China Joe Reportedly Attempting To Craft Executive Orders That Can’t Be Undone On Gun Grabbing

By William Teach April 3, 2021 – 6:55 am

The Associated Press forgets to ask and answer a very pertinent question: would any of these EOs actually make a difference in reducing gun play? Would they make any difference in Chicago, which is seeing the most shootings since 2017? Or so many others that are occurring in Democratic Party run cities, where murder is, at last check, still illegal?

Analysis: Biden White House tries to craft gun executive orders that can’t be undone

The White House is trying to craft a series of executive actions for President Joe Biden to sign to try to limit gun violence, hoping they cannot be quickly dismantled in court, according to aides and gun safety groups.

Among the measures being considered – and strongly encouraged by activists – is one directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reinterpret existing law on untraceable “ghost guns.”

So-called “ghost gun” kits are self-assembled from parts purchased online or at gun shows and are increasingly associated with crimes. But they are not classified as firearms and so can be legally sold without serial numbers or background checks.

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has said more than 30% of the illegal weapons it has confiscated in some areas of California are ghost guns.

Among the topics discussed, according to attendees, were “ghost guns”, pushing the DOJ to bring more cases against firearms dealers and manufacturers, limiting exemptions for private sales from background check rules, and alerting local law enforcement when someone fails a federal background check.

So, they say ghost guns associated with crime. What types? How often? Are there shootings involved? You know if they were being used the Credentialed Media would be screaming about this, right? Going after dealers and manufacturers? For what, selling and manufacturing legal devices? If any have done something illegal, why would an EO be needed? Under what authority would limiting exemptions be changed by an EO? That’s something lawmakers would have to do. The last one is already supposed to be done.

Biden has said the administration is exploring whether he has the authority to take action on firearms made using 3D printers as well as on imported guns.

“We stand ready and all options are on the table,” said Amy Hunter, a spokeswoman for the pro-gun National Rifle Association, when asked about the possibility of presidential executive orders.

White House and Department of Justice lawyers are working to anticipate a raft of legal challenges, aides and allies said.

If you’re worried about Constitutional lawsuits, well, that should tell you that your EOs could very well be un-Constitutional

The Department of Justice needs to create a paper trail to show that any rule change was not abrupt or political, that it has a strong foundation in law, and that officials followed a reasoned and orderly process before making the change, lawyers and activists say.

“They are talking about the levers that they have to address gun violence,” said Christian Heyne, vice president of policy at the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a group that has met with White House. “That’s reflected in some of the meetings they had.”

I have an idea: how about enforcing the tens of thousands of existing laws on the books? How about developing a system whereby people who have been busted by police at any level (as well as in the military, as we’ve seen) are put into the database for checking gun eligibility, which would make the so-called
Charleston loophole” null.

Absent congressional legislation that cements any U.S. presidents’ executive orders or other policies into law, the conservative-leaning Supreme Court could have the final say.

Cute, considering how often hardcore leftist courts blocked Trump’s EOs. Anyhow, how many shootings will this stop? How many killings? How many crimes involving a firearm will be stopped? When they instituted the 55 mile an hour speed limit, seat belts, helmets, and other moving vehicle regulations, they said “it will save this many lives.” What will any of these gun restrictions do?

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Climate Cult Groups Want Kerry To Stop Wall Street From Investing In Fossil Fuels

By William Teach April 2, 2021 – 3:00 pm

Where does climate envoy and climahypocrite John Kerry get the authority to do this? Further, it just reinforces that these people are Fascists

U.S. Climate Groups Call On Kerry to Shut Off Wall Street Funds

Climate groups are calling on John Kerry to shut off the flow of money from Wall Street to the fossil-fuel industry and acknowledge the role of U.S. finance firms in warming the planet.

A total of 145 organizations, including the U.S. divisions of Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, wrote to Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, requesting his support in addressing the contribution that banks and investors make to climate change by financing companies involved in fossil-fuel extraction and deforestation. If the U.S. is to be a global leader on climate issues, it must take action to cut off the money pipeline to polluters, the groups said.

“We must recognize that Wall Street isn’t yet an ally,” they wrote. “As long as U.S. firms continue to pour more money into the drivers of climate change, they are actively undermining President Biden’s climate goals.’’

A State Department spokesperson said the U.S. government doesn’t have sufficient resources to address the crisis by itself and will require the public and private sector to help finance its climate agenda.

“Resources”? How about authority. When I started saying this whole ‘climate change’ thing was about politics, not science, 16+ years ago people said I was off-base. This simply smacks of authoritarianism, forcing others to Comply with the whims of the cult. It’s no wonder they love China so much. They love this power.

Meanwhile

Oil companies defeat New York City appeal over global warming

A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected New York City’s effort to hold five major oil companies liable to help pay the costs of addressing harm caused by global warming.

Ruling in favor of BP Plc, Chevron Corp, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions should be addressed under federal law and international treaties.

It rejected the city’s efforts to sue under state nuisance law for damages caused by the companies’ “admittedly legal” production and sale of fossil fuels, and said the city’s federal common law claims were displaced by the federal Clean Air Act.

“Global warming presents a uniquely international problem of national concern,” Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan wrote for a three-judge panel. “It is therefore not well-suited to the application of state law.”

First off, screw international concerns and such. We go by American law and the Constitution. Second, if NYC is so upset, they could stop using fossil fuels for city operations, right? Perhaps their mayor could stop taking fossil fueled flights.

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If All You See…

By William Teach April 2, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…are horrible fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on the NY Times doxxing the Chauvin trial jurors.

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CNN: Once You’re Vaccinated You Can Live Your Life

By William Teach April 2, 2021 – 10:30 am

I’m just wondering if they meant to say this, as they’re also fear-mongering about a 4th wave

Get fully vaccinated before resuming normal activities, health experts plead with Americans

With fears growing that the US may be facing a fourth surge of Covid-19 cases, health experts are pleading with Americans to keep taking precautions until they are fully vaccinated.

“Please wait until you’re fully vaccinated before you’re traveling, before you’re engaging in high-risk activities,” said CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen. “No doubt when you become vaccinated, the activities that were once higher risk are now going to be lower risk and so just wait until then.”

Wen said she worries the US is on the “precipice” of a fourth surge as data is showing that infections are now skewed toward a younger generation.

Her sentiments were echoed by Dr. Anthony Fauci, who told NBC Nightly News that while he is feeling some Covid-19 fatigue himself, it is important the US continue taking precautions while vaccinating Americans.

“We need to hold out just a bit longer and give vaccines a chance to really get the upper hand in this,” Fauci said. “I’ll guarantee as we get into the late spring and the early summer, you’re going to see a return to gradual degree of normality that everyone is hoping for, but we don’t want to do it prematurely.”

OK, I got my second shot yesterday, so, in about two weeks I can say to hell with all the precautions, according to CNN. I can go and live my life.

But, really, how much of the 4th wave stuff is pushed into the fear-mongering realm because these people want to keep people controlled and in fear? They keep pushing out the timeline, adding to the lockdown. Meanwhile, Texas and Florida seem to be doing well, along with all the other states who’ve lifted their mask mandates and opened their states up mostly or fully.

The protection offered by the Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine remains high for at least six months, the companies said Thursday.

And Wen, speaking on CNN on Friday, described that level of protection as “the floor, definitely not the ceiling.”

She added: “Most likely the protection that the vaccine will provide will be years even. But we just don’t know that.”

“I do think there’s a possibility that we may need to get a booster shot. Maybe booster shots that target new, emerging variants,” Wen said. “But I think that’s a small price to pay now that we have these safe and very effective vaccines that are out there.”

That’s interesting to know, since I got the Pfizer. Still going to live my life. What will the Elites do next in trying to control the population?

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You Know What’s Lacking In The Scientific Method For Climate Science? “Human Engagement”

By William Teach April 2, 2021 – 7:08 am

The Scientific Method is a process that was developed from a thousand years of scientific endeavors, about taking your feelings and personal opinions out and going with Facts, but, it’s rather inconvenient for a cult

Climate scientist pinpoints what exactly is lacking in the scientific method

Dr. Mika Tosca, 36, a climate scientist and assistant professor at the School Art Institute of Chicago, believes a certain step, if not process, is missing from the scientific method: a lack of human engagement. Of all subjects and their relation to science, art is what she accredits to allowing her to explore ways to better produce scientific knowledge.

“It’s [the scientific method] a lot of solo scientific work, whereas artists and designers start a lot of projects by talking to people,” Tosca told AccuWeather in an interview. Her theory is if scientists could adopt this process and think about the ways in which designers and artists create, perhaps scientists could find solutions to long-enduring questions.

For Tosca, one of those questions is how to address climate change.

The answer, she theorizes, may intersect with other movements for change.

“I think that if we are ever going to have a better world, for example, if we’re going to solve climate change, we can’t really do that on its own,” Tosca said. “It needs to be accompanied by, in my opinion, just sort of general liberation for queer people and for POC, and etc.”

Got that? Science needs to be all about feelings and social justice and stuff, hence, the Scientific Method, which is dispassionate and about facts needs to change (and because most climate cult research and hypotheses cannot stand up to the rigors of the SM)

Dr. Mika Tosca, a climate scientist and assistant professor at the School Art Institute of Chicago, tells AccuWeather how meteorology intersects with social movements.

As biases around marginalized groups persist across communities, factors from access to university-level education to not having representation or visibility in the field to a potential employer’s own biases all play a role in the diversity of the people coming to the table in the STEM field.

So, does this mean we have to force people of color, women, etc, into meteorology, climate science, STEM? And then teach them SJW stuff rather than science, of course.

“If I talk about being a trans[gender] scientist or, you know, someone talks about being a Black meteorologist or a woman, we’re often told you can leave your identity aside, but it’s not really true because the default identity for science has been white men.” (snip)

“Oftentimes, we think of science as being unbiased and objective and devoid of identity, but I’m here to talk about how that’s not really true and never has been true,” Tosca said. “I think we should bring our full selves to the job, even if it seems like two different things, like being trans and also studying the weather.”

This is a very long, crazy, wackadoodle piece, full of seriously cringe-worthy not-about-science stuff. Because it’s a cult. Not science. Hence the belief that the Scientific Method should be changed to accommodate them.

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US Military Goes 100% Woke On Transgenders, Will Even Pay For Transition Surgery

By William Teach April 2, 2021 – 6:53 am

Old and Busted: joining the military to get money for college. New and hot: spending your time in the military getting all sorts of gender confused surgeries and such rather than training and fighting, all paid for by Uncle/Aunt Sam

Glad China Joe picked a guy more interested in social experiments rather than making sure that the U.S. Military is the strongest fighting force in the world

Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military

The Pentagon announced new policies on Wednesday that undo the Trump-era rules that effectively banned transgender people from serving in the military.

The new regulations provide “access to the military in one’s self-identified gender provided all appropriate standards are met,” the Defense Department said in a statement, and “provide a path for those in service for medical treatment, gender transition, and recognition in one’s self-identified gender.”

The new policies go into effect April 30.

“These policies are based on the conclusion that open service by transgender persons who are subject to the same high standards and procedures as other Service members with regard to medical fitness for duty, physical fitness, uniform and grooming standards, deployability, and retention is consistent with military service and readiness,” the Department of Defense instructions state.

So, will the fake men be held to the same standard as the real, biological men? Will the fake women be berthed with real, biological women? Will they spend most of their time getting therapy and transition procedures? Trans folks have a lot of mental health issues, and are way more likely to commit  suicide, which is always great when they’re around all the weapons in the military, right?

“We applaud this step to ensure the Department of Defense provides inclusive policy to attract and retain the best and brightest our nation has to offer,” said Air Force Lt. Col. Bree Fram, who is vice president of SPART*A, a transgender military advocacy organization.

The military is about getting the best fighters, the best to complete the mission of protecting the United States, not who can be the best Social Justice Warrior.

“Military personnel reach maximum effectiveness when they have access to all medically necessary care and we are excited that this policy extends that access to transgender service members. Additionally, opening recruitment to transgender individuals ensures an extremely talented and motivated pool of people that this country needs have the opportunity to serve in uniform,” Fram said in a statement.

One of the bullet points in the article says “The Defense Health Agency will develop clinical practice guidelines to support the medical treatment of service members diagnosed with gender dysphoria.” In other words, they’ll spend their time not being soldiers/airman/Marines/seamen, they’ll treat joining as a way for free stuff, getting boob jobs, lip injections, estrogen/testosterone treatments, and so on. And they’ll muster out the minute they get their stuff. I’m sure China and Russia are laughing at the U.S.

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Hotcold Take: Senator Durbin Says It’s Patriotic To Invest In Climate (scam) Bonds

By William Teach April 1, 2021 – 3:00 pm

If he wants to play this game, I’d say that it is patriotic for climate cultists to give up their own use of fossil fueled travel, their big fancy pants houses, meat, and make their lives carbon neutral

Sen. Durbin wants Americans to make a ‘very patriotic investment’ in bonds to fight climate change

In times of war, the U.S. government has asked Americans to buy bonds to help fund the fight. Now, Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) wants to give Americans the chance to buy bonds in order to fund the fight against climate change.

“Many of us believe that climate change is a similar challenge and an expensive one,” said Durbin in an interview with Yahoo Finance.

Durbin and Rep. Ted Deutch (D., Fla.) have proposed a bill that would authorize the U.S. Treasury to offer $200 million in state and local tax-exempt “climate bonds” annually, with the option to increase the issuance to $1 billion if the demand exists.

Money from the bond sales would go toward a Climate Change Resiliency Fund, which would give grants to federal, state, and local governments, non-profits and other organizations to fund projects to fight climate change. A bipartisan commission would create program requirements and select projects to be funded trough the Climate Change Resilience Fund, giving priority to low-income communities and communities of color.

So, a slush fund to patronize these people, who will have their lives destroyed by climate cult policies.

“Let’s get into the world where Americans live and let them know that this is a very important patriotic investment in the country,” said Durbin.

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If All You See….

By William Teach April 1, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…are palm trees that will soon grow in Canada due to carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Climate Change Dispatch, with a post on the statue to St. Greta.

It’s Opening Day! And, yes, most are picking the Dodgers to repeat.

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China Joe Whines About Texas Rangers Having Fans In Attendance

By William Teach April 1, 2021 – 10:30 am

The Elites really do not like people getting back to normal, as that takes away their power to limit freedom

President Joe Biden on Rangers allowing 100 percent capacity crowds: ‘I think it’s a mistake’

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas Rangers have announced plans to fill Globe Life Field to 100 percent capacity this season.

President Joe Biden thinks they are making a mistake.

During an interview with ESPN that aired Wednesday night, Biden stressed the importance of masks, vaccines and safety protocols for MLB as it enters opening day. He was blunt while assessing the Rangers’ full-stadium plan:

Well, that’s a decision they made. I think it’s a mistake,” Biden said. “They should listen to Dr. [Anthony] Fauci, the scientists and the experts. But I think it’s not responsible.”

The Rangers remain the lone team to announce plans for 100-percent capacity crowds, but it’s unlikely they will be alone by the end of the season, or even the All-Star break. Other leagues have interest in doing the same; NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday he hopes to see every team with full stadiums when the NFL season begins in September.

Would this be the same Dr. Fauci caught at the ballpark not wearing a mask in close proximity to others?

Remember, that’s when pretty much no fans were allowed at the ballparks. And how’s Texas doing since killing off their mask mandate and fully reopening the state?

They’re actually doing much better than super restrictive New York. Personally, I would not go to a full stadium at this point. Even after getting my 2nd shot later today I might hold off for a bit, rather be safe than sorry. But, that’s my choice. Others can do as they want. I’ll mind my business, they can mind theirs.

Go Dodgers!

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“Experts” Say The Next Fight Between US And China Will Be Over Climate Crisis (scam)

By William Teach April 1, 2021 – 8:34 am

China has been getting rather frisky for years, building up their military, making moves toward Taiwan and the south Pacific, and has amped that up since Joe came into office. But, you know cultists have to cult

U.S. and China’s next economic battle will be over climate change, experts say

Having long been at loggerheads over trade, technology and capital markets, the world’s foremost economic superpowers are turning their attention to climate change as the next path to commercial supremacy.

China outspent the U.S. nearly two-to-one on energy transition-related investment between 2010 and 2020, according to BNEF data, Bank of America’s ESG Research team highlighted in a report last month.

Pressure points including “supply chain dominance, domestic-focused manufacturing policies, human rights-related laws and carbon-related trade tariffs,” BofA analysts said.

BofA Managing Director of Research Haim Israel said a “climate war” between Washington and Beijing would follow the tech war and trade war as climate change becomes the dominant economic and political theme of the coming decades.

Yeah, quite a bit of that energy they’ve invested in have been coal plants and making super cheap and not as good solar panels to sell to idiot Western nations, undercutting the Western world manufacturers. China is the very definition of “paying lip service” while not actually doing anything, all in an attempt to beat Western nations economically while making moves to ingratiate themselves with 3rd world nations.

“It’s not just about saving the planet. We believe climate strategies offer a route to global supremacy, as much more is at stake here: the economic impact of climate could reach $69 trillion this century, and energy transition investment needing to rise up to $4 trillion per year,” Israel said in a research note in February.

“Energy independence and supply chain control are also at stake with the geopolitical balance of power also linked to peak oil in 2030.”

We’re still doing this “peak oil” thing?

Harry Broadman, managing director and chair of the emerging markets and CFIUS practices at Berkeley Research Group, told CNBC last week that developed countries’ ability to develop, execute and sell products that advance the climate agenda without negatively affecting the labor market would shape the economic landscape in the coming years.

In Reality Land, this won’t happen.

“There can be only one sort of standard in the world from a pure economic perspective. The economies of scale are so powerful that if you have two co-existing standards, someone is going to lose money,” he explained.

“That’s why I think whoever wins that race is going to be on top. That race has begun and the G-7 have not pursued this through collective action, and that is what they have to do. Climate is just an extraordinarily critical case in point.”

That’s about the G7 banding together to Do Something about the climate scam, taking on China. And China will be happy as hell that the U.S. and it’s European partners in the G7 are limiting their economies for this scam while China doesn’t.

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