Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach August 22, 2021 – 9:45 am

Patriotic Pinup Gil Elvgren

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in the Once and Future Nation of America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and my Dodgers are catching up to the SF Giants. This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, a bit of an older one, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. American Greatness discusses France deploying Special Forces to Afghanistan to rescue people
  2. American Power thinks we’ll be wearing masks forever
  3. Bunkerville notes Sleepy Joe cancelling more student debt
  4. Flopping Aces discusses the true lesson of Afghanistan
  5. Free North Carolina covers the Capitol Police saying their videos from 1/6 are not public records
  6. Geller Report News notes Iran accelerating uranium enrichment
  7. LMAO covers a racist rock
  8. IOTW Report notes California adding natural gas plants to provide power
  9. Jihad Watch features a US General whining that the Brits are making him look bad by rescuing people
  10. Moonbattery discusses starving people into getting the vaccine
  11. neo-neocon wonders why Biden was all fired up to rush out of Afghanistan
  12. Outside The Beltway laughs about porn site OnlyFans banning porn
  13. Pacific Pundit: say, who wants free tacos to get the vaccine?
  14. Say Anything wonders if the same people mad about Trump’s lies will be incensed at Biden’s
  15. And last, but not least, The Lid says Sec of Defense Austin should be impeached (actually, he should resign or be fired)

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?

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Biden’s Afghanistan: Taliban Taking U.S. Passports, ISIS Reported To Have Returned

By William Teach August 22, 2021 – 8:08 am

Remember how we were told Joe Biden is a foreign policy wizard? That he’s bring world  respect back to America? How’s that working with his big Afghanistan adventure?

Report: Taliban Seizing U.S. Passports from Afghan Americans

Biden Brain SlugMore chaos unfolds in Afghanistan, and more reports now show Taliban terrorists are seizing U.S. passports from Afghan Americans trying to get in the gates of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul to flee the country.

The Taliban terrorists around the airport are attempting to take U.S. passports and even identification orders as a deterrent to try to hinder the Afghan Americans from fleeing the country, the New York Post reported:

An Afghan American who reportedly has a home in the U.S. but has served within Afghanistan as an interpreter told the Post, “I got to the gates and was about to show my passport, but the Taliban got it, and he said you are not allowed to go through and wouldn’t give it back.” He added that he “was lucky a U.S. marine was right there and forced him to give it back.”

A former Navy SEAL, Ephraim Mattos, who is now the founder of Stronghold Rescue and Relief, a humanitarian organization, told the Post the Taliban terrorists are taking precious documents such as U.S. passports and driver’s licenses from American citizens. “They lose proof of who they are, and this has happened on multiple occasions in multiple places.”

In fairness, Joe is just the figurehead, who would have authorized the terrible plan to pull out our military before American citizens, destroying/taking the military materials, and those authorized to leave. People gave him very bad advice. The Woke military leaders should be fired for this disaster. Of course, Joe and his Woke military and intelligence leaders refuse to take responsibility.

IS threat forces US changes to evacuations at Kabul airport

Potential Islamic State threats against Americans in Afghanistan are forcing the U.S. military to develop new ways to get evacuees to the airport in Kabul, a senior U.S. official said Saturday, adding a new complication to the already chaotic efforts to get people out of the country after its swift fall to the Taliban.

The official said that small groups of Americans and possibly other civilians will be given specific instructions on what to do, including movement to transit points where they can be gathered up by the military. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military operations.

The changes come as the U.S. Embassy issued a new security warning Saturday telling citizens not to travel to the Kabul airport without individual instruction from a U.S. government representative. Officials declined to provide more specifics about the IS threat but described it as significant. They said there have beenno confirmed attacks as yet.

The strongest military in the world and they can’t go get out citizens. And now ISIS is threatening our citizens. Heck of a job, Disaster Joe.

Britain loses patience with Sleepy Joe: Tony Blair brands Biden an ‘imbecile’ over ‘tragic, dangerous and unnecessary’ decision to quit Afghanistan amid claims Boris Johnson remarked ‘we would be better off with Trump’

Tony Blair has branded US President Joe Biden’s ‘imbecilic’ decision to withdraw American troops from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, calling the scuttle ‘tragic, dangerous and unnecessary’ and claiming the move had ‘every Jihadist group round the world cheering’.

Mr Blair, who was in Downing Street when London sent British troops into the Middle Eastern country 20 years ago following the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington – said Britain has a ‘moral obligation’ to stay until ‘all those who need to be are evacuated’.

Relations between Britain and US are strained, with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warning ‘no nation will be able to get everyone out’ of Afghanistan as Mr Biden’s August 31 date makes the mission even more time-pressured, in what is likely to be seen as a plea to Washington.

Cabinet insiders have suggested the President was ‘gaga’ and ‘doolally’ for withdrawing so quickly, while the Prime Minister has allegedly privately referred to Mr Biden as ‘Sleepy Joe’, the nickname coined by Donald Trump. Mr Johnson also allegedly remarked Britain ‘would be better off with Trump’ – allegations branded ‘categorically untrue’ by Downing Street.

One minister denounced US isolationism and warned the Government would have to ‘revisit’ the recent review on defence and foreign policy because the US was no longer a reliable ally.

You just know similar conversations are occurring in Germany, France, Japan, Taiwan, and other U.S. allies. Same in enemy nations.

British military: 7 Afghans killed in chaos at Kabul airport

A panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul’s international airport killed seven Afghan civilians in the crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Taliban’s takeover of the country. (snip)

In chaotic scenes Saturday, British and Western troops in full combat gear tried to control crowds big enough to be seen in satellite photos pressing into the airport. They carried away some who were sweating and pale. With temperatures reaching 34 degree Celsius (93 degrees Fahrenheit), the soldiers sprayed water from a hose on those gathered or gave them bottled water to pour over their heads.

The British military on Sunday acknowledged the seven deaths of civilians in the crowds. There have been other stampedes and crushing injuries in the crowds, especially as Taliban fighters fire into the air to drive away those desperate to get on any flight out of the country.

This is on Sleepy Joe and his advisors and Woke military idiots, but, mostly on Joe, who’s POTUS. Greatest U.S. failure since the Bay of Pigs.

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Hotcoldwetdry Must Be Addressed By Government Or Something

By William Teach August 21, 2021 – 3:00 pm

A simple opinion piece that highlights what the climate scam movement is all about: empowering government. Duping citizens into giving up their money, freedom, and choice

Climate change must be addressed by legislators to make meaningful change

Climate change is real, and it is wreaking havoc on our daily lives. With record-high temperatures destroying both our environment and our economy, it’s time for us to work together to create clean energy jobs, reduce our carbon emissions and save our planet. (snip)

So what can we do to combat climate change?

For my part, I’m proud to be a founding member of the Climate Action Caucus in the Minnesota House of Representatives. We are a coalition of legislators dedicated to crafting and promoting meaningful laws to ensure Minnesota is a leader in combatting climate change and preserving our natural resources. (snip)

Unfortunately, our plan was dismissed outright by Republican politicians who refuse to see the damage climate change is inflicting on our community. It’s become common within the Minnesota GOP to deny science, to deny what is going on right outside their own doors. In 2019, 50 of my House Republican colleagues voted against an amendment stating that “the Legislature finds and declares that greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activities are a key cause of climate change.” This willful ignorance needs to stop before it’s too late.

This summer has been terrible for our air quality, our farmers, our fishing, and our lawns. It’s the time for my Republican colleagues to take a realistic look at what’s happening to our state’s climate. Let’s work together to combat climate change and save our economy and environment for generations of Minnesotans to come.

It gets better when we see who wrote this

State Representative Dan Wolgamott is serving his second term in the Minnesota House for District 14B. A Democrat, Rep. Wolgamott serves as the assistant majority leader and resides in St. Cloud.

That’s right, you have a state rep telling people they need to let government run their lives. Hence why ‘climate change’ is a scam. It’s not that the climate hasn’t changed. It has. Just like throughout the Holocene. It’s not that some of the changes are not caused by Mankind. Some are. Heck, even if the majority was caused by the actions of Mankind, the solutions all seem to be about authoritarian government. Government is telling you they will take that power, along with enticing citizens to give government that power. And lots of climate cultists will be shocked when government starts dictating their lives.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 21, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is a sea rising because of an evil fossil fueled boat, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is bluebird of bitterness, with a post on some Friday chuckles.

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Australian Police Arrest Hundreds Of Anti-Lockdown Protesters

By William Teach August 21, 2021 – 10:30 am

Australia has never had anything similar to the bill of rights, though it has been brought up by the elected rulers at times. Many of the states have their own lite versions. Which means the government can run roughshod over the citizens and do pretty much whatever it likes (photo from AP article)

Hundreds arrested, fined during Australia lockdown protests

More than 250 people who were protesting coronavirus lockdowns in Australia were arrested Saturday and many faced fines for defying health orders, authorities said.

At least seven police officers were treated for injuries after skirmishes broke out at some of the protests, which took place in multiple cities nationwide. The largest and most violent protest was in Melbourne. Many were organized by people in encrypted online chat groups.

Sydney has been in lockdown for two months, while Melbourne and the capital, Canberra, went into lockdown earlier this month. Under the rules of the lockdown, people are mostly confined to their homes and have limits placed on their social interactions.

Despite those measures, Sydney’s New South Wales state reported a record 825 new daily community infections on Saturday. Several cities are battling outbreaks of the highly contagious delta variant.

Protestors say the lockdowns should end, but authorities say they are necessary to suppress the spread of the virus and save lives.

In Melbourne, a crowd of about 4,000 mostly unmasked protesters let off flares, yelled and blasted music in the central city. Victoria state police arrested 218 people and issued more than 200 fines, each for more than 5,400 Australian dollars ($3,850).

Despite lockdown, there were 825 Chinese flu infections. Out of a population of 8.2 million. That’s what the government is locking people down over. Is it any wonder people are protesting for freedom?

Let’s be clear: some deserve to be arrested for getting violent. Most of the rest were simply protesting. The basic state of government is tyranny. Control. Look at Germany a few weeks ago

COVID: Berlin court bans anti-lockdown protests

Berlin authorities have banned more than tens of thousands of anti-lockdown protesters demonstrating this weekend.

Judges at the German capital’s administrative court refused to authorize 13 demonstrations, some of which had been organized by the Querdenker (Lateral thinker) anti-lockdown movement.

The ban was upheld by the Berlin-Brandeburg upper administrative court.

Organizers said 22,500 people had registered to take part in one of the rallies.

Court officials said the protests were banned amid fears of a rise in coronavirus infections sparked by the delta variant.

A separate march planned for Sunday has also been forbidden.

If you give a little freedom up to government, they will take lots and lots more. Meanwhile

(NY Post) The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to grant full approval of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, according to a report on Friday.

The New York Times reported that the approval had originally been targeted for Labor Day, but was expedited due the recent surge of the more infectious Delta variant of the virus.

Hopefully that means that more will voluntarily get the vaccine. It also means there will be a lot more mandates coming.

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FBI Report Notes “Scant Evidence” Mostly Peaceful Capitol Protest Was Coordinated

By William Teach August 21, 2021 – 7:53 am

Democrats to call the FBI dupes of Trump. When they aren’t simply ignoring the report. Perhaps they’ll give it the Mueller Report treatment, which failed to give them the ammunition they wanted, so, they’ll want another report

Exclusive: FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated – sources

The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials.

Though federal officials have arrested more than 570 alleged participants, the FBI at this point believes the violence was not centrally coordinated by far-right groups or prominent supporters of then-President Donald Trump, according to the sources, who have been either directly involved in or briefed regularly on the wide-ranging investigations.

“Ninety to ninety-five percent of these are one-off cases,” said a former senior law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation. “Then you have five percent, maybe, of these militia groups that were more closely organized. But there was no grand scheme with Roger Stone and Alex Jones and all of these people to storm the Capitol and take hostages.”

FBI investigators did find that cells of protesters, including followers of the far-right Oath Keepers and Proud Boys groups, had aimed to break into the Capitol. But they found no evidence that the groups had serious plans about what to do if they made it inside, the sources said.

Oops? It’s looking just like was stated early on: a bunch of people who were upset were using their 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech, protesting peaceably, and petitioning for redress of grievance, wanting to listen to Trump speak. Then some started getting jiggy with it, and decided to go to the seat of their elected officials, who are supposed to be responsive to the Citizens of the U.S.A. We are their bosses, not the other way around. And some went too far. We saw this happen during many of the BLM/Antifa protests, where a protest suddenly turned into mayhem, breaking and entering, looting, arson, property destruction, and assault. Most of which did not happen in the Capitol Building. Heck, many wandered around the Capitol while staying within the guidelines. Virtually no destruction. Certainly no arson.

They alleged that one Proud Boy leader recruited members and urged them to stockpile bulletproof vests and other military-style equipment in the weeks before the attack and on Jan. 6 sent members forward with a plan to split into groups and make multiple entries to the Capitol.

But so far prosecutors have steered clear of more serious, politically-loaded charges that the sources said had been initially discussed by prosecutors, such as seditious conspiracy or racketeering.

Because they cannot make those stick, and their BS charges.

But the FBI has so far found no evidence that Trump or people directly around him were involved in organizing the violence, according to the four current and former law enforcement officials.

Double bummer, eh?

A Life Destroyed for ‘Parading’ at the Capitol

After Robert Reeder was arrested in February and charged with four misdemeanors for his involvement in the Capitol protest on January 6, he lost his job as a truck driver for FedEx. “As a result of his arrest in this matter, he has been placed on administrative leave/has been terminated,” Reeder’s attorney wrote in court filing. “He has not been able to secure steady employment since being charged in this matter.”

Reeder, like many Americans who attended Donald Trump’s speech then walked to Capitol Hill, went alone. He is a registered Democrat but supported some of Trump’s policies. The Maryland resident decided to travel to Washington on the morning of January 6, a “spur of the moment” decision, according to his attorney.

After suffering the effects of tear gas and sting balls launched by police officers outside the building—a reality the news media still refuses to cover—Reeder went inside the building to look for water to rinse his eyes. From all accounts, he was allowed into the building. While inside, Reeder marveled at the beauty of the Capitol and urged others “do not destroy anything.” He asked police how he could get out of the building as the situation between law enforcement and protesters escalated. (snip)

Although Reeder has no criminal record and prosecutors admit he did not commit any violent crime on January 6, Biden’s Justice Department wants Reeder to go to jail for two months. He pleaded guilty to one count of “parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol Building,” a common low-level charge levied against hundreds of Americans who entered the Capitol building on January 6. Prosecutors want to make an example of Reeder despite the fact he essentially turned himself in to law enforcement and quickly negotiated a plea arrangement.

Wouldn’t engaging one’s 1st Amendment Rights about speech, protest, and grievance at the Capitol be exactly what the Framers were talking about, along with that part “Congress shall pass no law…or abridging…”? Read the rest.

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CBS: Climate Crisis (scam) Strengthened The Taliban Or Something

By William Teach August 21, 2021 – 7:34 am

Finally. I’ve been waiting over a week for the Cult of Climastrology to really link what’s going on in Afghanistan to ‘climate change’. Even most small players couldn’t find a way, and was mostly ignored by those on Twitter. We now have a winner!

From the unhinged doomsday cult screed

Rural Afghanistan has been rocked by climate change. The past three decades have brought floods and drought that have destroyed crops and left people hungry. And the Taliban — likely without knowing climate change was the cause — has taken advantage of that pain.

While agriculture is a source of income for more than 60% of Afghans, more than 80% of conflicts in the country are linked to natural resources, according to a joint study by the World Food Programme, the United Nations Environment Program and Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency. In 2019, Afghanistan ranked sixth in the world for countries most impacted by climate change, according to the Germanwatch Global Climate Risk Index.

Oh, good grief. In the Real World, it sure looks like the majority of conflicts revolve around religion, namely, Islam, and how some are extremists, particularly the Taliban and al Qaeda. Even if a slowly changing climate is involved, it’s primarily natural, without even that many components of land use and urban heat island effect.

Whether from drought or flood-ravaged soil, farmers in the region struggle to maintain productive crops and livestock. When they cannot profitably farm, they’re forced to borrow funds to survive. When Afghans can’t pay off lenders, the Taliban often steps in to sow government resentment.

“If you’ve lost your crop and land or the Afghan government hasn’t paid enough attention [to you] then of course, the Taliban can come and exploit it,” said Kamal Alam, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center.

The Taliban needs no reason to step in other than being hardcore Islamist extremists. Seriously, this is just disrespectful to the women treated like garbage by the Taliban. If there were no problems with the climate (there are always challenges with climate. For goodness sakes, consider the climate of the region to start with) you’d still have the Taliban doing their extremist thing.

“With poverty and war and everything else, climate change is the last thing on anyone’s mind,” said Alam.

Because they aren’t 1st World hysterics, able to worry about a nebulous, mostly fictional issue because their great 1st World lives need to invent a Problem.

Climate change has fueled terrorism and civil unrest elsewhere in the world. Boko Haram gripped water-scarce central Africa in 2017 as they gained footholds along the Lake Chad Basin. ISIS has taken advantage of agrarian communities suffering from extreme drought in Iraq and Syria. Farajalla said arid or semi-arid areas in impoverished countries with low levels of education and poor infrastructure are all ripe for extremism.

Holy Sheeeeeit, these are the words of a cult. One which won’t blame the extremist wing of Islam, if you remember. It makes a nice distraction from blaming Biden and his people for completely screwing the pullout up, though, eh?

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Ground Zero For Climate Doom Is *checks notes* Lake Charles, La

By William Teach August 20, 2021 – 3:00 pm

I once knew a girl in Lake Charles, Louisiana,  Little Bessie, And she told me just to come on by if there’s anything she could do

Welcome to ground zero of climate chaos

When the world’s leading scientists warned that climate change is “code red for humanity,” it was no surprise for those of us living on the frontlines.

“The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable,” they tell us. No kidding.

Welcome to my home, Lake Charles, La. We are ground zero of the age of climate consequences.

I first started working in Louisiana’s petrochemical industry in the 1980s. At that time, I had no idea that climate change would one day turn my family into climate refugees. But that day has arrived.

In the past year, my family had to relocate after our home was ravaged repeatedly by wind and water. In one terrifying day, Lake Charles was deluged by 15 inches of rain in a matter of 12 hours. I have seen bodies fished from drainage ditches. I have watched the coffins of family members washed from their graves and floating away in flooded streets.

This is the land where natural disasters are no longer natural.

Lake Charles is 15 feet about sea level, though, not that far above the rivers and lakes. That’s what happens. Always has. But, Ground Zero, folks!

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 20, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon bicycle that Everyone Else should be forced to ride, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is DC Clothesline, with a post on Democrats wanting the unvaccinated on a “no fly” list and ban them from all flights

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Bummer: Anti-COVID Barriers Do Not Work

By William Teach August 20, 2021 – 10:30 am

Oh, and they can make things worse

Those Anti-Covid Plastic Barriers Probably Don’t Help and May Make Things Worse

COVID barrierCovid precautions have turned many parts of our world into a giant salad bar, with plastic barriers separating sales clerks from shoppers, dividing customers at nail salons and shielding students from their classmates.

Intuition tells us a plastic shield would be protective against germs. But scientists who study aerosols, air flow and ventilation say that much of the time, the barriers don’t help and probably give people a false sense of security. And sometimes the barriers can make things worse.

Research suggests that in some instances, a barrier protecting a clerk behind a checkout counter may redirect the germs to another worker or customer. Rows of clear plastic shields, like those you might find in a nail salon or classroom, can also impede normal air flow and ventilation.

Under normal conditions in stores, classrooms and offices, exhaled breath particles disperse, carried by air currents and, depending on the ventilation system, are replaced by fresh air roughly every 15 to 30 minutes. But erecting plastic barriers can change air flow in a room, disrupt normal ventilation and create “dead zones,” where viral aerosol particles can build up and become highly concentrated. (snip)

But Covid-19 spreads largely through unseen aerosol particles. While there isn’t much real-world research on the impact of transparent barriers and the risk of disease, scientists in the United States and Britain have begun to study the issue, and the findings are not reassuring.

Well, let’s consider that when COVID hit there were lots of concerns, and we didn’t have answers, so people just tried anything. All the cleaning that occurred. Remember that? Some still do it. Yet, most studies show that you will not catch COVID from surfaces. Locking people down didn’t really kill it, yet, governments still try this. Slapping up all these barrier seemed like a good idea at the time. Now we’re finding out different.

A study published in June and led by researchers from Johns Hopkins, for example, showed that desk screens in classrooms were associated with an increased risk of coronavirus infection. In a Massachusetts school district, researchers found that plexiglass dividers with side walls in the main office were impeding air flow. A study looking at schools in Georgia found that desk barriers had little effect on the spread of the coronavirus compared with ventilation improvements and masking.

It’s one of the main reasons why they say airplanes are safe despite zero distancing: air flow.

The article delves into many studies, including one from 2013, which, you would have thought the People In Charge would have known about. But, we should give them a bit of a break, since we should remember all the panic that was occurring in the early part of 2020. Of course, why aren’t they saying anything now? Heck, they barely mention the smart stuff: wash your hands, don’t touch your face, social distance, don’t touch people. They want masks, which also don’t work, just like barriers.

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