Your Fault: Bad Weather In Egypt Causes Scorpions To Sting Hundreds, Kill 3

By William Teach November 15, 2021 – 3:00 pm

Usually, when a story like this hits, people are like “oh, my goodness, that’s horrible!”

The Cult of Climastrology’s first though is “how can I use this to push the cult?”

As Climate Emergency Worsens, Freak Storm Sends Snow, Scorpion Plague on Egypt’s Aswan
Egyptian climate scientists have no doubt that the Aswan storm was a manifestation of human-driven climate change, and they say that the old Egypt people grew up with is being altered.

How freakish and biblical our climate emergency could become was illustrated this week in the Upper Egyptian city of Aswan, which was struck in November by rolling lightning storms, downpours, snow, and a plague of scorpions. High winds blew the deadly Egyptian black, fat-tailed scorpions from the surrounding desert into the city and into people’s homes. The scorpions killed three persons with their venom and left hundreds sickened, as Egyptian rescue crews tried to distribute the antidote.

The Egyptian fat-tailed or black scorpion is one of the deadliest of its species.

Snow and scorpions and downpours. In November. In Upper Egypt.

The average high in November in Egypt is 86°F. with an average low of 61°F. Not really what you would call snow weather. The average rainfall in November in Aswan is 0.0 millimeters. That is, none, zero, zilch, nada.

So, not only are scorpions caused by ‘climate change’, but, snow storms.

This tragedy underlines the ways in which climate change-driven superstorms and other severe weather drive wild creatures into human spaces, where they can spread exotic viruses or simply attack.

These people. And there’s more

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White House Acknowledges High Inflation, Claims Brandon’s Bills Will Bring It Down

By William Teach November 15, 2021 – 10:30 am

This is become a theme, as multiple people in the #LetsGoBrandon administration, including Joe, when he can actually read his teleprompter, make the same claim

White House economic director says ‘inflation is high,’ pledges Biden bills will bring it down

White House National Economic Council Director Brian Deese acknowledged that “inflation is high and it’s affecting Americans in their pocketbook and their outlook,” but promised the administration is working to address the rise in costs in both the short and long term.

“That concern actually underscores why it’s so important to move forward on the Build Back Better bill that Congress is considering,” Deese said in an interview Sunday with George Stephanopoulos on “This Week,” making the case for President Joe Biden’s nearly $2 trillion social spending bill still being debated in Congress.

“This bill is actually going to address the core costs that American families are facing in child care, in housing, in health care,” he added.

As inflation continues to plague the U.S., a new ABC News-Washington Post poll paints a problematic picture for the president on the economy as a whole: 70% of Americans say it is in bad shape, and more than half — 55% — disapprove of Biden’s handling of the economy.

Of course, Democrat outlets want to paint a rosy picture with BBB, but, the reality is that it will increase inflation, increase taxation, and, really, not help at all. It’s an irresponsible tax and spend scheme “that will only exacerbate the supply-side issues plaguing the economy.” It will “pour roughly $200 billion of fuel on the fire in its first year alone.” It’s all about “Spend more, tax more, borrow more.”

BBB is all about far left Modern Socialist restructuring of America. Democrats know they are going to lose in 2022, hence, they’re trying to ram it through. If it was popular they wouldn’t need to try the reconciliation rout.

And, if they do ram it through, they’ll say it didn’t work because it wasn’t big enough like when they first crafted it. And if it doesn’t go through, they’ll say that things are bad because Republicans refused to allow it to pass. These people are awful.

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Agreement Reached At COP26, But, Actually Following Through Is In Doubt

By William Teach November 15, 2021 – 8:17 am

Wow, it didn’t take long for people to start talking about the new agreement failing

Nations reach climate change agreement in Glasgow but follow-through in doubt

Negotiators from nearly every country on Earth reached an agreement Saturday evening at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming and to assist developing nations coping with the effects of rising temperatures.

The final agreement, which came following contentious negotiations over issues like ending fossil fuel subsidies, the creation of a crisis response fund for developing nations and the insistence that nations return in a year with steeper targets for emissions reductions, arrived more than 24 hours after the conference officially ended. But it did not go as far as many in the scientific community have said is necessary to keep the world from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius rise over pre-industrial levels, which was the main goal of the conference itself.

What emerged from two weeks of meetings at COP26, as the conference is also known, was a series of compromises that left many of the representatives of nations already on the frontlines of climate change angered.

“We have 98 months to halve global emissions,” Aminath Shauna, environment minister of the Maldives, said as the final wording of the document was being hammered out on Saturday. “The difference between 1.5 and 2 degrees is a death sentence for us.”

Good grief, it’s like watching a horror movie where everyone is overly dramatic, eh? This happens every year around the COPs.

For the first time ever, a climate agreement includes language explicitly calling for the phaseout of a fossil fuel, coal. It also explicitly endorses the concept of “loss and damage,” meaning an expectation that rich countries like the U.S. and those comprising the European Union will provide some compensation for the damage wrought on poorer countries by climate change.

Ending fossil fuels, as pushed by people using a lot of them. And just passing around that sweet, sweet, strings-free climate cash from developed nations to nations that have been developing for 100 years but also stay crapholes.

But if Glasgow participants made progress in the fight against climate change, for many it was inadequate enough to be judged at least a partial failure. Climate policy experts note that the mid-century targets of reaching net-zero emissions are implausible if nations actually stick with their current plans to allow global emissions to actually rise in this decade, because transitioning economies entirely away from fossil fuels is a decades-long project.

They’re always going to see it as a failure unless they get everything they want, forgetting that this would negatively affect their own lives. They’re plenty cool with this messing with Other People’s lives, though.

“In a year marked by uncertainty and mistrust, COP26 affirmed the importance of collective global action to address the climate crisis,” Ani Dasgupta, president and CEO, World Resources Institute, said in a statement. “While we are not yet on track, the progress made over the last year and at the COP26 summit offers a strong foundation to build upon. The real test now is whether countries accelerate their efforts and translate their commitments into action.”

Good luck with that. You know India and China will not comply in the least. When Republicans retake the House and Senate, they will refuse to move Biden’s climate cult agenda forward. Just like after Paris in 2015, a lot of nations will talk big then do little to nothing.

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NY Times Hot Take: Republicans Leading 2022 Mid-terms From Gerrymandered Maps

By William Teach November 15, 2021 – 8:05 am

Here we go: Democrats are already setting the stage for a big loss in 2022 by blaming gerrymandered maps, forgetting that states that are run by Democrats are being gerrymandered in their favor. Outlets like the NY Times know that the Democrat voting foot soldiers are dumb enough to believe this, especially if repeated enough times. Also, the unhinged #NeverTrumpers, who keep saying they are conservatives/Republicans yet do everything possible to help Democrats

Republicans Gain Heavy House Edge in 2022 as Gerrymandered Maps Emerge

A year before the polls open in the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans are already poised to flip at least five seats in the closely divided House thanks to redrawn district maps that are more distorted, more disjointed and more gerrymandered than any since the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965.

The rapidly forming congressional map, a quarter of which has taken shape as districts are redrawn this year, represents an even more extreme warping of American political architecture, with state legislators in many places moving aggressively to cement their partisan dominance.

The flood of gerrymandering, carried out by both parties but predominantly by Republicans, is likely to leave the country ever more divided by further eroding competitive elections and making representatives more beholden to their party’s base.

At the same time, Republicans’ upper hand in the redistricting process, combined with plunging approval ratings for President Biden and the Democratic Party, provides the party with what could be a nearly insurmountable advantage in the 2022 midterm elections and the next decade of House races.

Well, it’s nice that the NY Times mentions the poor approval ratings, but, they see that as secondary, as it’s all about those mean, cheating Republicans who will commit…..politics. Does anyone think California will be fair in redistricting? How about Oregon? Washington? It wouldn’t matter how this happens in Republican run states, as, at least at this time, people are extremely unhappy with the Democrats, and you just can’t see Biden getting better. His only saving grace will be if the economy gets a lot better by voting day next year.

See, though, it’s not just bad for the House

Nationalized races threaten Dem governors in ’22

The sharp swing away from Democrats last week in Virginia and New Jersey has the party newly alarmed about even more vulnerable governorships across the country next year.

President Joe Biden’s sinking approval rating in Virginia was one of the factors that helped doom former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe, strategists on both sides of the aisle say, something that could materialize in 2022 if the political environment does not change.

Even in gubernatorial races — in which candidates generally do a better job at separating themselves from national party dynamics than in federal races — negative views of the president present a huge problem for a slate of Democratic incumbents up next year. That’s especially true after many tied themselves closely to Biden during his 2020 campaign and the first six months of his presidency.

It looked to me like McAuliffe lost more due to his big mouth in pissing off parents, and would have lost by more without early voting and cheat by mail. You can expect Democrats to get more squirrely over the next year, and will talk about cheating, for which they believe gerrymandering is part of that (failing to mention that in their own states, nor will the media call them on it), and push lots of fearmongering about Republicans wanting to instituted Fascism, because Fascism apparently means “less government in your life” now.

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Lufthansa To Give Warmists A Chance To Pay For Their World Killing Fossil Fueled Flights Habit

By William Teach November 14, 2021 – 3:12 pm

How many climate cultists will voluntarily pay? How many will decide to fly a different airline? Because they sure aren’t willing to give up their own fossil fueled flights

Lufthansa to Charge Customers to Flaunt Green Credentials

climate cowAirlines have long found innovative ways to charge passengers for services like seat selection, priority boarding, checked bags and even carry-ons.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG is taking it to the next level: the German airline group is working on a new rewards plan to coax customers into paying for its effort to clean up greenhouse-gas emissions, tapping into their desire to be seen as environmentally conscious.

For a price, travelers will be able to demonstrate support for alternative jet fuels or carbon-offset purchases. The effectiveness of these measures has been challenged, but for now airlines have few other options to show passengers they’re trying to make a start on lowering carbon output.

Lufthansa is considering everything from marking seats green to creating digital badges that can be shown on a phone.

“We do think the eco-conscious traveler wants people to know that they’re an eco-conscious traveler,” Chief Customer Officer Christina Foerster said in an interview. “It needs to be chic to show off you’re flying green.”

If they want to be “green” they should not fly in an airplane. Period.

Airlines face a challenge in shifting onto travelers a bigger share of the potential $2 trillion industrywide cost of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. Lufthansa and other carriers already offer customers ways to pay extra for emissions, but just 1% pitch in.

So, it really won’t work. I saw the value in up-paying for my Frontier flight at Christmas. For not a lot more than checking one bag (I hate lugging around a big carry on, and Frontier charges more for a carryon than for checked) and picking my seat, I got 1 checked bag, one carry on, picked a seat in row 4, and priority boarding. That last is great at Christmas time. Will people see any value in paying extra to pretend they are “green”? How many of those 1% did it by accident?

Delta boss says climate change means flying will cost more

The boss of the world’s second biggest airline has said that tackling climate change will make flying more expensive.

“Over time, it’s going to cost us all more, but it’s the right approach that we must take,” Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian told the BBC. (snip)

Andreas Schafer, professor of energy and transport at University College London, says it will “cost trillions rather than billions of dollars” to move the global aviation sector to net zero carbon emissions.

Preliminary results from his team’s research suggest airfares would need to increase by 10%-20% to cover the costs.

So, because, really, due to government regs, rules, and laws, you will pay more.

Delta aims to be using 10% sustainable aviation fuel by the end of 2030.

Many airlines and fuel companies are investing in SAFs. Other technologies being developed involve turning food waste into jet fuel and using carbon dioxide pulled out of the air.

However, these still cost more than traditional jet fuels and the quantities needed are also seen as problematic.

Will they be as inefficient as ethanol? Just what you want, underpowered and unreliable jet fuel as you’re cruising 30,000 feet in the air.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 14, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is coffee which will soon taste horrible due to carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Irons In The Fire, with a post on the FDA playing games with people’s lives.

It’s Asian week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach November 14, 2021 – 9:28 am

Patriotic Pinup Dale Kelly

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in the Once and Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the geese are honking, and it feels like Fall. This pinup is by Dale Kelly, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. The First Street Journal notes a few journalists challenging Woke journalism
  2. Powerline covers Jon Gruden suing the NFL and commissioner
  3. Pacific Pundit discusses a Uyghur slavery survivor taking to LeBron and the NBA
  4. neo-neocon highlights different searches on Google and DuckDuckGo
  5. Moonbattery notes Europe going back under lockdown
  6. Legal Insurrection shows liberals triggered by judge’s ringtone
  7. Jihad Watch covers Biden’s banking chief nominee wanting to eliminate your bank account
  8. hogewash features some cool stuff from space
  9. Gen Z Conservative highlights the Pentagon saying families of US troops still stuck in Afghanistan
  10. Geller Report notes the Wisconsin National Guard activate while waiting for Rittenhouse verdict (they’ll probably be rioting from liberals no matter the verdict)
  11. Flag and Cross covers policing, or, lack thereof, in the People’s Republic of San Francisco
  12. Cold Fury discusses the Oklahoma National Guard resisting Biden’s vax mandate
  13. Chicks On The Right notes Kyle Rittenhouse’s mom going after Joe Biden for defaming her son
  14. No Tricks Zone features Warmist politicians going after single family homes
  15. And last, but not least, Not A Lot Of People Know That shows COP26 ending in humiliating failure

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your Pinups for Vets calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me.

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

Two great sites for getting news links are Liberty Daily and Whatafinger.

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Bloomberg: Americans Need To Live More Like Europeans Or Something

By William Teach November 14, 2021 – 7:53 am

News outlets are working overtime to make the supply chain issues seem like a good thing and protect Dementia Joe, just like with inflation. These news outlets really do live in La La Land. Do they think Americans are buying this stuff? Well, yes, screedists like Allison Schrager and the people who approved this at Bloomberg think you are dumb enough to buy into it

Americans Need to Learn to Live More Like Europeans
Supply-chain shortages are constraining U.S. consumers’ endless appetite for buying whatever they want whenever they want. It’s about time.

It’s become the conventional wisdom that the U.S. economy is built on Americans’ endless appetite to buy lots and lots of stuff. Household consumption makes up about 67% of GDP. When the economy falters, we’re told spending is our patriotic duty. But suddenly, Americans can’t spend like they used to. Store shelves are emptying, and it can take months to find a car, refrigerator or sofa. If this continues, we may need to learn to do without — and, horrors, live more like the Europeans. That actually might not be a bad thing, because the U.S. economy could be healthier if it were less reliant on consumption.

After all, Americans haven’t always acted like this. We’ve entered an age of overabundance. We consume much more than we used to and more than other countries. Consumption per capita grew about 65% from 1990 to 2015, compared with about 35% growth in Europe. Household consumption makes up only about 50% of GDP in Germany.

There are some good reasons for that. One, because European nations essentially limited their economies. Another is that we are the USA

Damned right. Abigail goes on to tweet that lower our expectations, we should raise them. Remember how the Washington Post said we should lower our expectations? Confirmed Miscer tweets “They want your life to be worse and they want you to celebrate it.” I wonder how much all these Elites and think-they’re-Elites are giving up? All those who took long fossil fueled trips to Glasgow for the COP26 do not seem to be giving up much.

And these numbers reflect big changes in Americans’ lifestyle. The average U.S. home was 1,700 square feet in 1980, by 2015 it was 2,000 square feet, even though the number of people in the average household shrank. In 1980, 15% of households didn’t have a TV, now only about 3% don’t. In 2015, 40% of American households had three or more TVs, including 30% of households earning less than $40,000 a year! In 1980, only 13% of households had 2 or more refrigerators, in 2015 30% did — including many low-earning households. Clothing purchases have increased five-fold since 1980 and the average garment will only be worn seven times before it’s disposed of.

We’re America. The only thing I’d agree with is that companies need to stop building obsolescence into their products, which is not a U.S. problem, but, a world problem. The batteries in smartphones should last way more than a year to year and a half before you’re mad that the battery doesn’t last as long per charge. It’s intentional. Lithium Ion’s should at least give you 5 years. TVs, fridges, washers, etc, should last longer. Companies want you to re-buy. You can’t fully blame them, but, you can blame for making products that don’t last. I have a washer and drying from 1994, still work. A stereo from late 80’s with Bose speakers. I took an old 30 inch square TV to the dump the other year that still worked from around 1990. I rarely buy any clothes I do not intend to wear a lot.

Finally, if we are truly serious about protecting the planet, being a good global citizen will take more than driving an electric car or installing solar panels. It means consuming less so that we throw less away. Maybe that means getting by with only one refrigerator or avoiding fast, disposable fashion. (snip)

In short, with higher prices, a more eco-conscious population and less trade bringing fewer cheap products, Americans may have to get used to consuming like Europeans. We will certainly not be deprived, but we will trim back our excesses, perhaps be more thoughtful about what we buy and purchase fewer, higher-quality goods.

Tufts University business professor Amar Bhide argues that what’s great and unique about American consumption is openness to new products and new ideas. Historically, America was a nation of early adopters. This, not just volume, has been what has propelled American growth because it creates a vigorous marketplace where new products can find a market, experiment and improve. Buying smart, while maintaining an openness to new things, can be the foundation of a more sustainable and growing economy.

Is this going to be the Democrats message for the mid-terms?

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Your Fault: Climate Crisis (scam) Could Damage Beer Production

By William Teach November 13, 2021 – 3:00 pm

The very fact that crop production, including for the ingredients to make beer, continues to stay high and even have record crops, is immaterial to Cult dogma. And that water isn’t disappearing. They have scary prognostications to make

Yes, climate change could impact the production of beer

Leaders from across the world are in Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, a United Nations climate change conference. This week, VERIFY has published multiple stories about different issues related to climate change, including carbon emissions and deforestation.

Another issue tied to climate change is its impact on crops.

Researchers say it’s hard to make the subject connect with people who are used to going to the grocery store and expecting food will be there. So, they’re trying to make the topic more approachable by sounding the alarm about specific foods and beverages with wide appeal – like beer.

That’s led to tweets (this one from Greenpeace and this one from EcoWatch) that link to stories that say climate change could impact the supply of beer.

Nothing like citing two unhinged groups who live by fearmongering. And those media outlets (there were a bunch) who are pushing this have joined in. And, since they are trying to make this like a fact check, the next section looks like (taking a screen shot works better)

Sherman?

mule fritter sherman potter

First, there’s water. Each gallon of beer requires about five to six gallons of water to produce, according to the World Wildlife Fund. That could be problematic for drought-laden states like California, which has the most breweries in the nation.

California has always been drought -laden. You know what happens? Move the brewery. In fact, many have moved out of California because of their climate and other business restrictions. If you’re drinking a beer on the east coast it is most likely produced on the east coast, with a few exceptions.

The second main ingredient is barley, which gives beer its color and flavor. But only 17% of the world’s barley is used for beer, according to one study, and most of it is grown in only a few locations that are seeing temperatures rise and yields drop.

Huh

Idaho sets record for average barley yield

You can find that for many areas. And sometimes the yields are average, sometimes below. Such is life. Of course, the climate cultists says doom is coming soon, so, give up your money, freedom, liberty, and choice to Government.

That study used five different climate models to project what impact a warming climate could have on beer supply, consumption and prices.

“Concurrent extremes of drought and heat can be anticipated to cause both substantial decreases in beer consumption and increases in beer price,” the study concluded.

In the study’s most severe climate events, researchers estimated the world’s beer consumption would drop 16%. That’s almost 8 billion gallons of beer, roughly equal to what the U.S. consumes in a year. Even in less extreme climate events, researchers estimated beer consumption would drop by 4%.

Once we start seeing computer models we know this is straight mule fritters. Same models cannot predict the weather with perfection.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 13, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful bit of nature that will soon be swallowed by the rising seas, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Lid, with a post on the FBI and NY Times cooperating to violate a journalist’s Constitutional rights.

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