AOC Decides To Jump In On The Science Of Ice Cream

By William Teach August 27, 2021 – 8:17 am

For some reason, ExxonMobile EU decided to post something fun about ice cream. How it’s made, what it’s made of, and more. The article cited has zero to do with their operations, so, of course AOC, who tweeted nothing about the Afghanistan terror attack (she did retweet about taking in Afghan refugees), decided to jump in

She was actually on a tear Thursday, with multiple tweets whining about fossil fuels. You know, the ones which allow her to fly quite a bit between NYC and DC, along with all her stops around the country pushing her Green New Deal. NYC couldn’t operate without them. It wouldn’t be such a big city without them.

Why aren’t Warmists like her giving them up? Fossil fueled vehicles clog the streets of New York. They’re moving people and goods. Fossil fueled ships bring goods and take them away. Fossil fueled airplanes bring goods and visitors, take New Yorkers going on vacation away. How do you replace those?

And why do climate cultists have to ruin everything? It’s ice cream. These people are nuts. And, ice cream companies wouldn’t be able to get their ice cream to market without fossil fueled trucks.

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Surrender Joe Vows Retribution Or Something

By William Teach August 27, 2021 – 8:05 am

Did you watch the Biden press conference? It was like listening to a man who could barely speak, who wasn’t really interested in what he was saying, except when he was asked some inconvenient questions, then he briefly woke up. That, and showing up for a PC 25 minutes late to discuss an attack that killed, at current count, 13 members of the US military

Biden vows retribution on terrorists who killed 13 US service members in Kabul

Biden Brain SuckerPresident Joe Biden had a clear and directed message for the assailants responsible for the deadly terror attack outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday, and for anyone else who might be planning an attack.

“To those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm, know this, we will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay,” he said. (snip)

“We will not be deterred by terrorists. We will not let them stop our mission. We will continue the evacuation. I’ve also ordered my commanders to develop operational plans to strike ISIS-K assets, leadership and facilities,” he said.

Well, I’ll believe it when I see it. Hopefully he does it, sics the armed forces of the U.S. on the perpetrators, but, I have little confidence, not with our Woke military leaders in charge and giving advice. These are the same ones who said we “won’t” go in to protect Americans. Not “can’t”, “won’t”. This is the same administration that basically told Americans in Afghanistan, and all those who helped the U.S and allies, that they were on their own.

“I’ve been engaged all day, in constant contact with the military commanders here in Washington and the Pentagon, as well in Afghanistan and Doha. And my commanders in Washington, in the field, have been on this with great detail, and you’ve had a chance to speak to some so far,” he said to reporters. “The situation on the ground is still evolving, and I’m constantly being updated.”

He said this like a somnambulist. It would have been better to just let everyone read the teleprompter. And, Biden doesn’t actually seem like he’s in charge

President Biden says he was ‘instructed’ to call on reporters from list at presser following Kabul attacks

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While it has become normalized for the president to rely on a list of pre-selected reporters, he made a rather stunning admission in the process.

“Ladies and gentlemen, they gave me a list here. The first person I was instructed to call on was Kelly O’Donnell from NBC,” Biden kicked off the press conference.

Imagine if Trump said that. Basically admitting that his people are telling him to call on very specific reporters, who are surely asking vetted questions.

The best part is Doocy responding to Joe questioning him with “Donald Trump is not the president anymore,” which is when Biden put his head down, and Doocy continued with “Do you think that people have an issue with pulling out of Afghanistan or just the way that things have happened?” And Joe decided it was time for some ice cream and left.

(Breitbart) On Aug. 20, Biden had promised: “[A]ny attack on our forces or disruption of our operations at the airport will be met with a swift and forceful response. We’re also keeping a close watch on any potential terrorist threat at or around the airport, including from the ISIS affiliates in Afghanistan who were released from prison when the prisons were emptied.”

Turx, the White House correspondent for Ami magazine, asked Psaki in a White House briefing following Biden’s speech: “Was this an attack? Were our forces targeted? Was this at the airport? Were our operations disrupted? And if, indeed, it was, would this quality as a ‘swift and forceful’ response?”

Psaki replied: “I think the president just addressed exactly that, when he said, ‘We will not forgive, we will not forget, and we will hunt you down.’”

Turx pressed her for answers, whereupon Psaki snapped: “I don’t think he could have been more clear.”

It’s now over 24 hours since the attack: where’s the swift and forceful response?

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Biden’s Afghanistan: Four US Military Members Killed In Suicide Bombing

By William Teach August 26, 2021 – 2:56 pm

Update: the Pentagon now says 12 service members have been killed.

Where’s Joe?

Way to go, #SurrenderJoe

At least four U.S. Marines killed in Kabul airport attack -sources

Four U.S. Marines were killed and three wounded in Thursday’s explosions at Kabul airport, U.S. sources told Reuters, in what the Pentagon said was a “complex attack” during its evacuation mission from Afghanistan.

In a statement, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed multiple U.S. fatalities but did not give details. The U.S. servicemembers were among those killed when at least two blasts tore through crowds thronging the airport gates.

And where are Joe and Kamala? As of this time, there are no statements from Biden or Kamala

Weird, it’s like nothing is happening. Or, more likely, they want to avoid answering pesky questions from reporters.

The Pentagon did release a statement

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 26, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is overly bright sunshine from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Evil Blogger Lady, with a post on how Emerald Robinson murdered the Weekly Standard.

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CNN: You Have No Constitutional Right To Refuse China Flu Vaccine

By William Teach August 26, 2021 – 10:30 am

Funny how quickly they dump “my body my choice”

You do not have the ‘constitutional right’ to refuse the Covid-19 vaccine

Now that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the Pfizer/ BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people age 16 and older, it’s time for all governments across the country to mandate the vaccine for people taking part in indoor activities. There are no more valid excuses for not being vaccinated other than health reasons.

One frequently heard pushback against vaccine mandates is that there is a “constitutional right” to choose whether to be vaccinated or not for adults and a right to determine whether children can be vaccinated. That is a non-starter in the midst of a pandemic.

The Constitution is not a suicide pact guaranteeing a right to harm others. The government has latitude to protect citizens from deadly conditions, especially when the science supporting vaccination is so clear. (snip)

With respect to children, parents do not have carte blanche. At one time, children were the property of their fathers, but that is no longer the case. Children are “persons” under the Constitution, and as the ruling in Prince v. Massachusetts held, parents do not have a constitutional right to make martyrs of their children. Parents have an obligation to protect their children’s health and life, which means that the school district mandates that reduce the risk of death to children should be enforceable, period.

They’re making the case that the Government can vaccinate your children with a vaccine that is showing lower and lower capability to protect people from getting COVID, unlike required vaccines for smallpox, measles, and others required for schooling. Vaccines that virtually no one objects to.

Those challenging the government mandates are likely to invoke their rights under the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments, which protect speech, religion, and a right not to “be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” Their view ends up as a snapshot of themselves; nonetheless, rights can be limited if a person is endangering another.

It’s a sentiment that came up in the 1905 Supreme Court decision in the case Jacobson v. Massachusetts. The court ruled against a man who had refused to be vaccinated against smallpox, stating: “Real liberty for all could not exist under the operation of a principle which recognizes the right of each individual person to use his own (liberty), whether in respect of his person or his property, regardless of the injury that may be done to others.” That same principle was apparent when Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who is thought to be a strong rights-advocate, left standing Indiana University’s vaccine mandate.

Of course, basic smallpox has a death rate of 30%, quite a bit higher than COVID. Other forms of smallpox are almost guaranteed to cause death. The mortality rate for COVID is all over the place in studies, but, looks to be under 1%. Spanish Flu of 1918 had a much higher mortality rate. Smallpox vaccine has a very higher rate of success.

We would posit, further, that governments that don’t mandate vaccination against Covid-19 are skating very close to violating the standard for a constitutional right to “life” without due process. If a government does not take reasonable action to prevent the likely deaths of so many people, there will be more lawsuits. Already, we’ve seen schools filing lawsuits against former Trump administration officials and individuals suing the World Health Organization contending that they mishandled the Covid-19 response.

Well, they were doing so well in making the case, right up till they said the Government must force you to get vaccinated For Your Own Good. All that drivel about my body my choice, body autonomy, and the rest went right out the window of the cruise ship and sank to the bottom of the sea.

Children and adults have a constitutional right to “life” that can only be protected if there is mass vaccination. It’s time for state and local governments to issue vaccine mandates and fines — as New York and San Francisco have — before this virus mutates into an even more elusive killer than it already is.

And it would be an interesting Constitutional case. Barrett may have had a case regarding the Indiana University mandate, but, for all citizens? The Constitution assigns duties to the federal government, and the Bill of Rights restricts what they can do. Politically, though, would any politician have the cajones to mandate the vaccine at a large scale? Doubtful.

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Forbes Offers Ways You Can Decarbonize Your Business

By William Teach August 26, 2021 – 8:41 am

Interestingly, Forbes forgot to mention whether they’ve done this in their own operations

How Decarbonizing Your Business Can Help Fight Climate Change

Nine years.

That’s how much time the United Nations says is left before the worst consequences of climate change become unavoidable.

And in nine years they’ve tell us we have 10 years left. They keep saying the same thing and then moving the date forward.

We got here by ignoring scientists’ warnings, putting short-term financial gain ahead of sustainability and squandering opportunities to decarbonize. As a direct consequence, “Human-produced greenhouse gas emissions are largely responsible for warming our planet,” according to NASA.

This isn’t a drill: If we fail to dramatically reduce carbon emissions by 2030, the changes we’re already seeing will become much worse. Scientists agree that avoiding further disaster requires immediate action in the form of decarbonization. And decarbonization requires large-scale change. That means every company needs to begin actively reducing its carbon footprint.

You first. Let’s see all you climate cult companies do it. Let’s see if you can avoid raising your prices and getting goods and services to market.

If you’re a business leader, you need to think ahead and consider whether you’ll make things worse by maintaining the status quo. That means business as usual isn’t acceptable anymore; everyone must cut their carbon-emitting activities. For most organizations, measurement — properly gathering and comparing data — will be the critical first step.

So, spend a bunch of money and time figuring out. Perhaps using the software created by the writer, who’s the CEO and co-founder of Persefoni. No conflict of interest in this piece, right?

Once you have the numbers, act on them. Depending on your industry, this could mean reducing travel, curtailing unnecessary shipping, enhancing the efficiency of logistics and/or updating your facilities with green technologies.

This won’t increase costs in the least, nor create problems with operations and getting your goods to the consumers, right? I wonder how many “green” companies actually do a damned thing other than talk about it

Participate in meaningful offsets that can sequester carbon, such as replanting stripped forests and rebuilding shorelines, which will trap and store emissions at ground and sea levels.

And purchase offsets! What a scam.

Meanwhile

Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine

Madagascar is on the brink of experiencing the world’s first “climate change famine”, according to the United Nations, which says tens of thousands of people are already suffering “catastrophic” levels of hunger and food insecurity after four years without rain.

The drought – the worst in four decades – has devastated isolated farming communities in the south of the country, leaving families to scavenge for insects to survive.

There have been other droughts? Huh. What happens if this doesn’t happen? Who’s held responsible for the prognostication failure? There was a massive drought in the 1860’s. What’s to blame for that?

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Biden’s Afghanistan: Americans Told To Leave And Avoid Airport Over Security Threat

By William Teach August 26, 2021 – 8:23 am

Surrender Joe has done a heck of a job with the pullout from Afghanistan, eh? They did it backwards, not getting Americans out first, and now they’re in even more danger

Security Alert: U.S. Tells Stranded Americans in Afghanistan to Avoid Kabul Airport or ‘Leave Immediately’

Biden Brain SuckerThe U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has issued a security alert advising stranded Americans to either avoid the airport in Kabul or “leave immediately” if they are waiting at the gates.

“Because of security threats outside the gates of Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so,” the embassy announced.

“U.S. citizens who are at the Abbey Gate, East Gate, or North Gate now should leave immediately,” it added.

And go where? What are Americans supposed to do? The Taliban is in charge. They also provided more guidance

  • Be aware of your surroundings at all times, especially in large crowds.
  • Follow the instructions of local authorities including movement restrictions related to curfews.
  • Have a contingency plan for emergencies and review the Traveler’s Checklist.
  • Monitor local media for breaking events and adjust your plans based on new information.
  • Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program(STEP) to receive Alerts and make it easier to locate you in an emergency.
  • Follow the Department of State on Facebook and Twitter.

Can you see the one thing that’s missing? Any notion of promising to get Americans out. It’s pretty much an emergency already, and has been for well over a week. The Biden admin doesn’t even seem to know how many Americans are there. The State Department has been touting that they’ve evacuated 80,000 people, but, only 4,400 have been American civilians, per the Pentagon. And the Surrender Joe admin has been making it harder for private organizations to rescue people and get them out. Oh, hey, remember when Joe was saying “just go to the airport” and Psaki was claiming that no American was stranded?

‘Severe threat’ of ‘imminent’ ISIS car bomb attack at Kabul airport: British minister’s chilling warning as Afghans are ordered to stay away – while thousands more head for Pakistan border to try to escape

Kabul airport is facing an ‘imminent’ ISIS terror threat within ‘hours’, a British minister warned today as thousands of Afghans still desperately try to flee the Taliban-controlled country.

Armed forces minister James Heappey said there is ‘very credible reporting’ of a ‘severe’ attack which could happen ‘within hours’ by ISIS-K, the sworn enemy of the Taliban who want to cause mayhem in the new regime.

The US, Britain and Australia had already told their citizens to flee the airport over the terror threat with Western forces still stationed at the transport hub, with a multiple car-bomb attack feared by officials.

The potential attack is heaping extra pressure on the operation to evacuate stranded foreigners, with Tuesday’s deadline for foreign troops to leave fast approaching.

Even CNN is reporting this. Now, just imagine Trump was president with this going on. Imagine the way the headlines and articles would read, the furious opinion pieces. The Washington Post is more concerned with the Taliban takeover driving a COVID spike, rather than hangings, stoneings, cutting off limbs, treating women like property, killing gays, and all the rest you get with the Taliban.

Fortunately, in all the bedlam created by Joe’s withdrawal plan, there was time to vet refugees

Report: Up to 100 Afghans Seeking Resettlement in U.S. ‘Flagged’ by Terrorism Watch Lists

Up to 100 Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan and seeking to resettle in the United States have been “flagged” by Defense Department terrorism watch lists, according to a new report.

As President Joe Biden’s administration looks to fast-track tens of thousands of Afghans into the U.S. interior over the next few weeks, Defense Department officials are reportedly sounding the alarm over the potential for fraud.

An official, involved with the vetting and screening process taking place in third safe countries for Afghans seeking resettlement in the U.S., told Defense One that “up to 100 of the 7,000 Afghans evacuated as prospective recipients” of Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs have been “flagged” as “potential matches to intelligence agency watch lists.”

How many more are hardcore Islamists, bringing their brand of hardcore Islam with them? Joe just laughs

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Surprise: People Keep Moving To Areas Doomed By Climate Crisis (scam)

By William Teach August 25, 2021 – 3:00 pm

Them: we’re doomed by ‘climate change’!

Also them: well, things will be fine where I move

Climate change be damned. More Americans are moving to high-risk areas

Seventeen years ago, when Adriana Nichols moved from New York City to Los Angeles, she had a simple wish list: natural light (her New York studio apartment was dark), a yard and quiet neighbors. She managed to check everything off that list — and has spent nearly two decades living in the canyons of LA.

But today, as she looks to move again with her husband, her requirements have changed.

“It is profoundly a different wish list. A place where we have [running] water, where we are not… having bags packed in case fires evacuate us,” said Nichols.

In the last few years, Nichols says the California wildfires and poor air quality make living there unappealing — and downright scary.

People starting fires, unintentionally and intentionally, is not the result of a changing climate, natural or anthropogenic. Especially in an area that is known to be fire-prone.

But she says nearly everyplace she looks to move to is experiencing some element of climate risk. And a new analysis by Redfin, a real estate brokerage, reveals more Americans are moving into areas that face the highest climate risks than ever before.

Redfin analyzed data from ClimateCheck, a real estate climate risk assessment provider, and the US Census, which showed that of the top 50 US counties facing climate risks in heat, storms, drought, flood and fire — the majority saw an increase in population over the last five years. (snip)

“Counterintuitively, people are moving to places with higher climate risk,” said Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin. “And it seems like climate, although it’s something that people care about, is at the bottom of the list or it’s not the top priority.”

It’s almost like climate cultists don’t actually believe what they’re proselytizing. Hence why Warmists like John Kerry, Al Gore, and Barack Obama bought homes at the sea.

(Fast Company) Florida, where coastal cities are facing stronger hurricanes and more flooding as sea levels rise, was among the top 10 fastest-growing states between 2010 and 2020. (The trajectory has continued through the pandemic, as an estimated 330,000 additional people moved to Florida between April 2020 and April 2021.) Utah, with the fastest population growth by percentage, is dealing with extreme drought, wildfires, and ongoing air pollution from fires in other states like California. Texas, another quickly growing state, is one of the places most at risk from both extreme heat and drought.

They keep wanting to push the sea rise doom and Stronger Hurricanes doom, yet, people keep moving there. Hurricanes are not getting stronger and sea rise is exactly average, when it should be at least 8-10 inches more per century.

“The White House has looked at international climate migration, and there’s a whole working group on that now, but there’s nothing on domestic climate migration,” says Jesse Keenan, an associate professor of real estate at the Tulane School of Architecture who studies climate change adaptation and the built environment. “I think that’s a missed opportunity on many fronts.”

Well, that’s not disturbing at all. Almost seems like Keenan is recommending that the Government restrict where we can move. Anyhow, sure looks like Warmists like to be concerned in theory, but, not in practice.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 25, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is a sea that will soon rise a hundred feet, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Pacific Pundit, with a post on how many have been rescued, and how many are Americans.

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Oregon To Require Masks In Most Outdoor Settings

By William Teach August 25, 2021 – 10:30 am

I have to wonder, is this about the science, or about Progressive (nice Fascism) politicians liking the power over the citizens?

Masks to be required in Oregon’s outdoor public settings

People in Oregon, regardless of vaccination status, will once again be required to wear masks in most public outdoor settings — including large outdoor events where physical distancing is not possible — beginning Friday.

The mandate, announced Tuesday by Gov. Kate Brown, is part of a growing list of statewide requirements implemented in Oregon in an attempt to slow the rapid spread of COVID-19.

Oregon is one of a handful of states with an indoor mask mandate in effect. But it’s the first to reinstitute a statewide mask requirement for outdoor public areas where people are close together, according to the governor’s office. (snip)

The new mandate requires masks in outdoor settings in which people from different households are unable to consistently maintain physical distance. The rule does not apply to “fleeting encounters,” such as two people walking by each other on a trail or in a park.

While the rule does not apply to outdoor gatherings at private residences with individuals from different households, the Oregon Health Authority strongly recommends that people wear a mask during those scenarios.

You know two things: the people in the big, Democrat run cities will be wearing them everywhere outside, and officials will demand that they wear them everywhere outside. Second, the areas outside of the big, Dem run cities will say “to hell with that” and keep living their lives. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a resurgence of the secession movement for parts of Oregon.

(KPTV) The rule does not apply to children under 5; people who are actively eating drinking and sleeping; people experiencing homelessness; people who are playing competitive sports, and people performing outdoors.

Wait, they actually think it’s necessary to say that people do not need to wear them while sleeping? Really? Nice exemption for the sports teams, as football, both college and pro, are getting ready to start. Remember, this is the same governor who signed a law saying students do not have to prove they’re proficient in math, reading, and writing to graduate. Does she go the full Australia route?

COVID and Tyranny in Australia

Australia (along with New Zealand) was touted as the gold standard in terms of their COVID-19 response in the early stages of the pandemic. How did they do it? They locked everything down and paid people (with money printing) to stay at home. Seems simple enough and even understandable given the unknowns at the time and the lack of a vaccine. It never was a viable long term strategy but the country came together to face the pandemic. (snip)

Are the residents of Australia bearing the brunt of the government’s failure? Does the government have more authority over your basic freedoms now than before the pandemic? Have they incited fear in order to grab power? Have they assumed they know what’s good for you better than you do?

Yes, yes, yes and yes. It sure does seem that way.

Read the rest. The only thing standing in the way in Oregon is the federal Bill of Rights and the state Bill of Rights, but, then, Progressives have never cared to follow them when inconvenient.

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