If All You See…

By William Teach June 28, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is a fast rising sea because Other People won’t go vegetarian, you might just be a Warmist

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The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post on the NY Times noticing that the Maldives are not sinking.

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Scotland Yard Raided Homes Of Just Stop Oil Wackos, Arrests Them

By William Teach June 28, 2024 – 1:00 pm

I’m not quite sure how I feel about this, though. I’m laughing, but, also, they hadn’t actually committed a crime yet. But, they were threatening to break the law in a criminal conspiracy, right? What do you think

Just Stop Oil: Police swoop on 27 activists suspected of summer airport chaos plot in wave of raids

Police have carried out a nationwide wave of arrests against Just Stop Oil supporters suspected of plotting to disrupt airports this summer.

The arrests took place in London, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Devon, Essex, Manchester, Surrey, Sussex, Norfolk and West Yorkshire, the Metropolitan said in a statement on Friday.

Scotland Yard said that on Tuesday four people were arrested after being identified at Gatwick Airport and have been released on bail.

It said that on Thursday six more people were arrested at an east London community centre “as part of a publicly-advertised event promoting airport disruption”.

“Among those held were several high-profile members of Just Stop Oil who we believe to be key organisers,” the force said.

And on Friday, Met officers worked with eight other police forces to arrest 17 suspects at their homes across the country.

Regardless, this is based under UK law, not U.S. law, and they were all in cahoots to commit crime, disrupting federal airports. This is my favorite part

Notice all the objects that are made with petroleum around her home. And her clothes. And her giant glasses.

(Metro UK) Suspects released on bail are subject to conditions which include not travelling within one kilometre of any UK airport unless passing by while on a mode of transport.

I’m sure they’ll violate the bail conditions.

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Most Agree That Biden Had A Very, Very, Bad Night At The Debates

By William Teach June 28, 2024 – 10:30 am

Remember, Biden took a week off to prepare. This is a guy who first took office as a Senator in 1973, then served 8 years as Obama’s VP, and has been president since 2021. You’d think he would have had this stuff down

Debate-watchers in the Biden and Trump camps seem to agree on something. Biden had a bad night

“Oh, Joe.”

That gasp, from patrons at a Chicago bar when President Joe Biden first stumbled verbally in his debate with Donald Trump, spoke for a lot of Americans on Thursday night.

In watch parties, bars, a bowling alley and other venues where people across the country gathered to tune in, Trump supporters, happily, and Biden supporters, in their angst if not dread, seemed to largely agree they had witnessed a lopsided showdown.

By the end of the 90-plus minutes, some Democrats were saying what partisans say to put the best face on things: It’s still early. One debate doesn’t necessarily sway the nation. Judge him by what he’s done and wants to do, not by how he says things.

But many were let down.

Biden “just didn’t have the spark that we needed tonight,” Rosemarie DeAngelus, a Democrat from South Portland, Maine, said from her watch party at Broadway Bowl. Trump, she said, showed “more spunk or more vigor” even if, in her view, he was telling a pack of lies.

Trump was his normal Trump self while Biden mostly looked lost. In honesty, I only watched about 3 minutes, and for most of that time he appeared as if he had no idea where he was, with a few maniacal smiles here and there. It’s never good in a debate to have negative looks. Remember Gore stalking around the debate area, making all sorts of noises? At one point Bush looked up like “why are you near me?” It was a bad look. This was disastrous.

Of course, Joe’s handlers tried to say that he had a cold. Nixon had the flu. Those who watched on TV said he lost to Kennedy. Those who listened on radio said Nixon one. Joe’s answers were so bad that no one listening would make any mistake that Biden lost and sounded lost.

Among them, Vance Gonzales, 40, a moderate Democrat, said the debate convinced him that “we need another Democratic candidate, to be honest, because this is not competitive.” He said of Biden: “He’s not on point with anything. I think it’s disappointing.”

As you peruse the news outlets you see a lot of that. Biden’s lost, and need to be replaced. At one point we got this

(AL.com) In one of the debate’s early moments, Biden stumbled toward the end of a response on why voters should trust him to solve the country’s immigration crisis:

“I’ve changed [immigration law] in a way that now you’re in a situation where they’re 40% fewer people coming across the border illegally, especially when [Trump] left office. And I’m going to continue to move until we get the total ban on the total initiative relative to what we can do more border patrol and more asylum officers,” Biden said.

In response, Trump said: “I don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.”

And Joe’s look while Trump was responding is the way he looked most of the night: wondering where he is.

But, how many minds will it change? Trump should be out there saying “OK, you don’t personally like me. That’s OK. But, do you think I will do a better job? That’s the crux of the matter, folks, who will do better.”

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Study Shows “Carbon Footprints” Of Websites

By William Teach June 28, 2024 – 7:00 am

So, when will all the Warmists who use the Internet stop? Will they give up Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, and others? To save the planet?

Study shows the carbon footprint of popular websites

The average American spends more than 7 hours each day online, according to data from GWI. By 80 years old, that would be equivalent to 18 years of adult life looking at a screen.

As web functions become more advanced and users are spending more time scrolling, websites are becoming a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions.

“If the internet was a country, it would be the fourth largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world,” said Charles Howes, CEO of Klatch, a digital marketing company.

Climate Cultists sure don’t seem to like the modern world, eh? Funny that they’re also publishing this on the Internet. Did they plant trees to offset?

Klatch analyzed more than 500 of the biggest global websites and determined carbon emissions per user.

The study found some of the top 50 websites use fossil fuels to power their servers and data centers including Bing, Yahoo, and Reddit.

“A lot of the big sites – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp – if they could switch to sustainable energy and make sure that they’re looking at their carbon emissions per user, they’re going to have a huge impact on the web and its energy efficiency,” Howes said. (snip)

X, formerly Twitter, would need to plant five trees to offset the carbon generated by 10,000 pageviews, a number reached on the site every 3 seconds.

TikTok would need to plant 15 trees for the same number of views.

Whelp, kiddies, time to stop making all your stupid videos along with watching them.

Obviously, the activism shows, because, why else would they waste time and money doing this?

As we continue to rely on digital platforms for work, entertainment, and communication, it’s crucial that consumers and businesses alike, also advocate and support sustainable practices. By making conscious choices and supporting companies that prioritise the environment, we can collectively make a significant impact.

What if we do not want to do this? What if we don’t care, we just want our Internet stuff?

Oh, and stop using a black background with white letters. Damn, but I hate that. Just messes with your eyes.

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SCOTUS Rules In Favor Of 7th Amendment, Fans Of Administrative State Unhappy

By William Teach June 28, 2024 – 6:45 am

Well, they’re unhappy now, but, the minute the Government comes after them in an un-Constitutional manner they’ll be happy for the ruling. But, will Biden and the Executive Branch follow the ruling?

‘Tough luck’: The Supreme Court just took a new bite out of Biden’s agencies’ powers

Bill Of RightsThe Supreme Court’s newest rebuke of the Securities and Exchange Commission is threatening to unleash chaos throughout the federal government, creating uncertainty about the limits on agencies’ power to punish law-breakers.

The 6-3 ruling held that the Constitution’s 7th Amendment guarantee to a trial by jury applies when the SEC seeks civil penalties for securities fraud. But legal experts said it raises questions about a wide range of agencies’ ability to impose fines for violations of a host of laws and rules, including those protecting consumers, workers and the environment.

Agencies that suddenly face new potential challenges to their decades-old enforcement powers include the Environmental Protection Agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Labor Department and the National Labor Relations Board, lawyers and former agency officials told POLITICO.

The decision “could threaten EPA’s enforcement program as we know it,” said Kevin Minoli, a former acting general counsel at the agency. He said it raises questions about whether “everyone facing a government penalty has the right to request a jury trial” — and how many defendants will choose to invoke that right.

Most EPA enforcement actions are handled through an administrative process, not litigation, Minoli noted in an email. The agency does not have the resources to take every environmental violation to court, and neither does the Justice Department, said Minoli, now an attorney at Alston & Bird.

Let’s take a look at that 7th Amendment

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

If the government is coming after you for more than $20 they should have to prove their case in front of a jury, should they not? And, let’s be clear, it’s the Executive Branch which is doing this, all while working as prosecutor and judge. Leftist say that all sorts of criminals (who often do not even know they broke some arcane law or rule, with many of those rules not even being the intention of the duly passed laws) will now get away with it because the government doesn’t have the resources to prosecute. Well, yeah, that’s too bad, but, the government must be responsive to The People. It is not our ruler. Perhaps now the government will go after the big cases, rather than going after the little people who do not have the resources to fight the government, which made them easy targets.

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The ruling should have been 9-0, but, the liberals are unfamiliar with the tenants of the Constitution and that government is limited, and forbidden to act as potentates. That government is not allowed to run roughshod on the citizens it is meant to serve. And lots of liberals are very upset. Right up to the point where it is them the government is going after.

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Low Cost Chinese EVs Could Cause Problem For Automakers In US Or Something

By William Teach June 27, 2024 – 3:00 pm

But, will people actually want to buy them?

Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers

Electric vehicleIt’s a scenario that terrifies America’s auto industry.

Chinese carmakers set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules. Once in place, they send ultra-low-priced electric vehicles streaming into the United States.

As the Chinese EVs go on sale across the country, America’s homegrown EVs — costing an average of $55,000, roughly double the price of their Chinese counterparts — struggle to compete. Factories close. Workers lose jobs across America’s industrial heartland.

Ultimately, it would all become a painful replay of how government-subsidized Chinese competition devastated American industries from steel to solar equipment over the past quarter-century. This time, it would be electric vehicles, which America’s automakers envision as the core of their business in the coming decades.

Low-priced Chinese EVs pose a potentially “extinction-level event’’ for America’s auto industry, the Alliance for American Manufacturing has warned.

Would Americans want tiny EVs? Perhaps for city only drivers. You wouldn’t really be able to go far in them, and, what of repairs? What of insurance costs? Would they want to spend $27500 for one, when they can get a Civic or Corolla? In reality, a lot of the Chinese EVs for Europe are a lot less expensive, because they are being subsidized by the Chinese government. And virtual slave labor to build them.

Of course, the people trying to force Americans into EVs, despite those Elites not driving them themselves, are happy with this

The threat from Beijing is emerging just as U.S. automakers face slowing EV sales. High prices and a shortage of charging stations are keeping many American consumers away.

Cheap Chinese EVs might help by pushing down prices, accelerating sales and encouraging investment in charging stations. “It would be cheaper just to let the Chinese cars come in, forget all the tariffs and subsidies, let the market figure it out,’’ said Christine McDaniel, a senior research fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. “Yes, it would be disruptive. But EVs would get on the road in the U.S. a lot faster.”

They want to restrict the working and middle classes from having easy fossil fueled travel by any means, even if it means letting China dominate the market. Though, would they? Further, will they have the safety standards required for the U.S.? People talk about America letting the market decide, but, the market would be skewed by China dumping the vehicles.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 27, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is an area turning to desert from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Not A Lot Of People Know That, with a post on British folks being tricked into being vegetarian.

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IDF Shows Doctors Without Borders That Doctor Was A Terrorist

By William Teach June 27, 2024 – 10:30 am

I mentioned Wednesday that the Israeli Air Force sent a high value terrorist to see Allah, and linked him to MSF International, a medical aid group. The docs were mad about it. But, see

PHOTO: IDF Shows Proof After ‘Doctors Without Borders’ Denies ‘Colleague’ Was Terrorist

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or “Doctors Without Borders,” denied Wednesday that its “colleague,” Fadi Al-Wadiya was also an Islamic Jihad terrorist — but the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) produced photos of him in uniform.

As Breitbart News noted earlier Wednesday, Fadi Al-Wadiya was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday. He was a senior member of the Iranian-backed terror group, responsible for directing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.

Doctors Without Borders claimed that Al-Wadiya was just a physical therapist “on his way to work.” It denied that he was a terrorist, and produced a photograph of him treating a child in Gaza in 2022. (photo shown of the terrorist treating the child in article)

But the IDF produced photos showing Al-Wadiya in military fatigues, wearing the Islamic Jihad uniform:

Huh

The Times of Israel noted:

The IDF said he was a prominent member of Islamic Jihad, involved in developing missiles for the terror group, as well as being an electronics and chemistry expert.

Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, says al-Wadiya worked for Islamic Jihad’s rocket manufacturing unit for more than 15 years.

He attaches three images showing al-Wadiya in Islamic Jihad uniform.

As the IDF said, “always check to see who you’re hiring….”. To Docs Without Borders they should say “always check to see who you’re defending.” Unless, of course, you want to protect a terrorist.

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Your Fault: World’s Sleep Being Disrupted By Global Boiling

By William Teach June 27, 2024 – 7:00 am

It’s amazing what a 1.7F increase (or 2.2F, depending on which climahysteric outlet you listen to) over 170+ years can do, eh? All while the Warmists are trying to take air conditioning away from Other People, and stop those people in places like Africa from getting it

World’s sleep being chipped away by hotter nights, global warming, Climate Central study says

Climate change is not only harming the planet – it’s also ruining our sleep.

A new report from Climate Central says rising nighttime temperatures are chipping away at human sleep across the globe.

Once you mention Climate Central you know this will be doomsday cult propaganda. Oh, and that none of them have given up their own AC

Scientists found global mean temperatures have risen by more 34 degrees Fahrenheit since 1850, setting a new record in 2023.

??????? Really? That is compete and utter horseshit. According to NASA the mean global temperature is 59F. Are we seriously supposed to believe that it was 25F in 1850? So reconstructions think the MGB was 46F during the last glacial period.

Ironically, it gets worse once the sun goes down.

Nighttime temperatures have increased even more rapidly than daytime temperatures as the world heats up, the study said.

Those hot and sleepless nights make it harder for people to recover from the heat of the day. And the effects could be deadly.

Hot nights led to a 50% increased mortality risk, the report said.

The increased night time temperatures mostly go to land use and the Urban Heat Island effect. But, you know this is a doomsday cult which relies on scaremongering.

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USAID Official Blames Everything But Hamas For Failure To Deliver Aid

By William Teach June 27, 2024 – 6:45 am

I mean, sure, there could be certainly other issues, but, how many of these are really just Hamas?

Gunfire, lawlessness and gang-like looters are preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says

Thousands of tons of food, medicines and other aid piled up on a beach in war-torn Gaza is not reaching those in need because of a dire security situation and lawlessness on the ground, a U.S. aid official said Wednesday.

Truck drivers are getting caught in the crossfire or have their cargo seized by marauding “gang-like” groups, said Doug Strope, with the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The sense of desperation gripping ordinary Palestinians is only compounded by the combination of Gaza being an active combat zone and a prevailing “general sense of lawlessness,” Stropes told The Associated Press.

The security “that’s needed for the humanitarians to work is what’s really lacking right now,” the USAID official added.

Hamas runs Gaza. Virtually of of these issues can be linked right back to Hamas, which has the guns. Those gangs? Mostly Hamas. Looters? Well, again, mostly Hamas. Which also works with the UN aid program.

The remarks are the latest amid international criticism over Israel’s campaign against Hamas as Gaza faces severe and widespread hunger. The eight-month war has largely cut off the flow of food, medicine and basic goods to Gaza, and people there are now totally dependent on aid.

The war was triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in which the militants stormed into southern Israel, killed some 1,200 people and took about 250 hostage. Since then Israel’s ground offensives and bombardments have killed more than 37,600 people in Gaza, according to the territory’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians in its count.

Yes, the war was triggered by Hamas. There’s an old saying “if you can’t do the time don’t do the crime.”

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