If All You See…

By William Teach April 17, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible cat sucking up resources and causing the temperature to spike, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on the NJ Governor vs. The Bill Of Rights.

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You Can’t Buy Seeds And Paint In Michigan, But, Governor Says Abortion Is Essential

By William Teach April 17, 2020 – 10:30 am

Apparently, abortion on demand is life sustaining. But, what if it is snowing?

An infant car seat is rather life sustaining, but you can’t buy one of those in Michigan, either

(Daily Caller) The governor of Michigan said Thursday that abortion is “life sustaining.”

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, discussed abortion in times of the coronavirus pandemic during David Axelrod’s Axe Files podcast posted Thursday. Whitmer, who has drawn criticism for the coronavirus restrictions she’s implemented, noted that while Michigan has put a hold on performing all elective surgeries, abortions can still be performed in the state and are considered essential.

“We stopped elective surgeries here in Michigan,” she said. “Some people have tried to say that that type of a procedure is considered the same and that’s ridiculous,” she added, referring to abortion.

“A woman’s healthcare, her whole future, her ability to decide if and when she starts a family is not an election, it is a fundamental to her life,” Whitmer said. “It is life sustaining and it’s something that government should not be getting in the middle of. ”

But, see, you going out to live your life and have the money to survive is not life sustaining. Maybe these abortion nutjobs could teach kids in the schools they run to have safe sex, instead of using abortion as a contraceptive? Meh, they have to have their abortion on demand. As Brit Hume notes “this is how such people actually think.”

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Poll: Democrats Are Even More Super Concerned Over ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach April 17, 2020 – 8:03 am

There were several important questions not asked in the poll

U.S. concern about climate change is rising, but mainly among Democrats

The share of Americans who say global climate change is a major threat to the well-being of the United States has grown from 44% in 2009 to 60% this year. But the rise in concern has largely come from Democrats. Opinions among Republicans on this issue remain largely unchanged.

About nine-in-ten Democrats (88%, including independents who lean to the party) now consider climate change a major threat to the nation, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted March 3-29. That’s up 27 percentage points from a 2009 survey. Concern about climate change has increased among both liberal Democrats and moderate or conservative Democrats (rising 20 and 27 points, respectively).

By contrast, the 6 percentage point increase among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents since 2009 is not statistically significant. In the new survey, about three-in-ten Republicans (31%) consider climate change a major threat, while 45% say it is a minor threat and 24% say it is not a threat to the nation.

What I’m not finding is a link to the actual poll and how the questions are framed. If you just say “climate change”, that could mean mostly/solely man-caused, mostly/solely natural, or some mixture.

The latest survey was fielded amid growing concern in the U.S. about the outbreak of the coronavirus. Respondents who took the survey in the latter part of the month – after the March 13 declaration of a national emergency due to the virus – were about equally concerned about climate change as those interviewed earlier in the month. Around six-in-ten (63%) of those interviewed March 13 to 29 called climate change a major threat, as did 55% of those surveyed March 3 to 12. (This 8-point difference is not statistically significant at the 95% confidence level.)

In other words, this is a cult, and their opinions only get more cultish. What needs to be asked, though, are questions like

  • What are you personally willing to pay monthly to stop ‘climate change’?
  • Have you given up your own fossil fueled vehicle?
  • Have you moved into a tiny home?
  • Have you given up meat altogether or at least a few days a week?
  • How much more are you willing to pay for your energy bill?
  • Have you put solar panels on your house?
  • How much are you willing to see your cost of living rise?
  • Are you willing to lose your job or work reduced our?
  • Are you practicing what you preach?

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California Moves Forward With Ending “Fishmas” In Several Areas

By William Teach April 17, 2020 – 7:28 am

No fishing! That’s nuts!

California moves forward with fishing ban in some rural areas to stem coronavirus spread

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration was granted authority Wednesday to temporarily close the state’s fishing season in some rural counties following a disastrous telemeeting last week that erupted into chaos and slurs.

The California Fish and Game Commission’s unanimous vote over another teleconference will allow Charlton Bonham, director of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, to postpone the spring trout season, which opens April 25, in a few eastern Sierra counties at the request of local officials.

Elected leaders in Mono, Inyo, Sierra and Alpine counties have been urging Newsom’s administration to close the fishing season in their lakes and rivers. They fear that the thousands of out-of-town anglers who normally travel to their regions to fish for mountain trout will bring the coronavirus with them.

The worry is that if the infection rates among local residents spike, it will overwhelm their small medical facilities, which have limited equipment and medical staff to treat critically ill patients even in the best of times.

Several local officials from those counties, including Mono County Supervisor Stacy Corless, urged the commission to give Bonham the authority to halt fishing locally. For some anglers, the opening weekend of the spring trout-fishing season is so momentous they call it “Fishmas.”

While it seems silly to stop Fishmas, this is one restriction that actually makes sense. Do you really want to put thousands of people into smaller communities and having them in close proximity to each other? You’ve seen photos of those big fishing days in rivers and streams, right, with them all packed together? Plus, yes, if someone is actually sick, this could cause problems, and there are, supposedly, many who are asymptomatic. It’s much like shore towns not wanting people to come now, even if they own a home, because they are not yet ramped up to support them, like they would be come mid-May or so.

There are solutions, though. It doesn’t have to be fully open or fully closed, like everything else. They could give out a limited amount of daily passes, working off a list. We do a thing at work where we all put our cards in a hat and pick the order of sales ups. It’s usually just 4, but, with the slowdown and such, we are picking everyone’s card, so everyone gets a chance. In this case, let everyone apply at once, then pick a number of them for a day, then more for the next day, and so forth, till all picked. When they come, they need to have their temperature measured, then they can go. Must stay apart when fishing. If a game warden sees people close, they get a ticket.

Several anglers called the board’s virtual meeting Wednesday, saying they were worried the commission was overstepping its authority, fearing a slippery slope that would give Bonham authority to stop all fishing, which is protected under California’s constitution.

“I do respect their small communities not wanting to be infected,” one caller said. “But I also believe in the Constitution.”

Others said they were worried about limiting the ability of anglers to catch fish to feed their families, arguing fishing is less dangerous than going to the grocery store.

“Standing on the bank of a river or an ocean is not any worse than standing in line at a food bank,” said another angler.

Others urged the commission to do nothing, saying local governments had already closed piers, boat ramps and marinas, cutting off fishing access.

“We are using fishing to de-stress down here, and a lot of our local lakes have been made unavailable,” said another caller who said he lived in San Diego.

If you are in a boat isolated from other people, what’s the problem? You are social distancing. This is the over-reach. It doesn’t have to be all closed or all opened. We can find a good middle ground.

*The photo is from the Kenai River in Alaska, but, you get the idea of what can happen.

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Hotcold Take: Failing At Paris Goals Could Maybe Possibly Cost World $600 Trillion

By William Teach April 16, 2020 – 3:00 pm

Remember that “historic” Paris Climate Agreement? The one that was crafted to avoid the legislative branches of nations, particularly the United States? The one that climate cultists immediately started saying wasn’t strong enough? That the goal needed to be 1.5C, not 2C? And that most nations are failing to even come close to?

Climate crisis: Failure to hit Paris agreement goals ‘could cost world $600 trillion’

The failure of nations to limit global temperatures from rising over 1.5C warmer than they were in the pre-industrial era could cost the world economy more than $600 trillion (£480 trillion) by the end of the century, new research warns.

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest estimations, global temperatures are already on course to reach 1.5C of warming between 2030 and 2052, which would cause “dramatic damage”, the new research says.

But, wait, there’s more!

But the researchers said if countries take concerted action to reduce emissions the world stands to gain economically.

The international team of climate experts simulated the costs of global cooperative action under a variety of scenarios. Writing in the journal Nature Communications, they forecast the planet could gain $336-422 trillion (£270-£338 trillion) by 2100, if action is rapidly taken to keep warming to 2C and 1.5C respectively.

Seriously, anyone who isn’t a card carrying doomsday climate cultist knows the numbers are insane, and here’s where this insanity gets really fun. Hover the mouse over the headline link. Notice an interesting word in it? Strange how The Independent changed the headline. I wonder what else they changed in the article

“We think that if every country or region can greatly enhance their actions for emission mitigation, it is possible to achieve the 1.5C,” lead study author Biying Yu, from the Beijing Institute of Technology told AFP.

That’s right, this study (see the “writing in the journal Nature Communications”) comes from the University of Beijing Institute of Technology. And we can all trust the Chinese, right? And Chinese warmists? We know China lies about what they are doing for Hotcoldwetdry to start with.

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If All You See…

By William Teach April 16, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Right Scoop, with a post on Nancy Pelosi’s Marie Anoinette moment.

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Bat Soup Virus Crazy Today: Hunting Down A Jogger With A Drone

By William Teach April 16, 2020 – 10:49 am

They tell us to practice social distancing. OK, we do. Stay home, but you can go out for exercise as long as you social distance

Rome Mayor Uses Drone to Hunt Down, Fine Jogger During Lockdown

Rome mayor Virginia Raggi boasted on social media this week that she used a drone to track down and eventually fine a jogger who violated the coronavirus lockdown.

On Easter Monday in Rome, local police carried out more than 14,000 checks and issued 162 sanctions, Ms. Raggi has tweeted, adding that a runner on Rome’s Appian Way tried to evade police but was tracked down with a drone and fined.

Ms. Raggi has adopted a “tough cop” approach to the pandemic, attempting to terrorize citizens into submission through an increased police presence and by regularly publishing the number of random stops carried out and citations issued.

For a while, Rome police would slowly patrol city streets using bullhorns to warn people to stay home or face the consequences. The mayor announced moreover that she has hired an additional 300 police officers who will go on active duty to patrol the nation’s capital on April 17.

Raggi has also urged citizens to report on each other’s failure to comply with regulations and set up a special website where people can file their reports anonymously. Many Romans complained about the measure, insisting it was a “witch hunt” reminiscent of Italy’s dark days of fascism.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. It seems more and more we are seeing the authoritarian natures of elected officials come out. And, sadly, as we have seen, law enforcement is following right along

Sacramento cops now warn: Violate coronavirus stay-at-home order, you could be arrested

Sacramento County’s law enforcement agencies jointly announced Wednesday they would step up enforcement of the state and county orders to stay at home, and begin charging “blatant” violators with misdemeanors that carry a penalty of a fine or possible jail time.

“While education continues to be the primary focus of all agencies when it comes to violations of the health order, law enforcement agencies in Sacramento County will now also take enforcement action on violations of the public health order that clearly put the health and safety of our communities in jeopardy,” the news release by the Sacramento Police Department said. (snip)

People in violation of the public health order could potentially be charged with a misdemeanor that carries a penalty of a $50 to $1,000 fine or up to 90 days in jail, officials said.

Want to go for a jog? Jail for you. Unless you are an illegal alien. Or already in jail. Then they’ll let you go

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Your Fault: Clear Skies Causing More Greenland Melt

By William Teach April 16, 2020 – 8:58 am

See, everything is your fault, but, we can fix this with a tax on you and government controlling your life

Climate change: Blue skies pushed Greenland ‘into the red’

While high temperatures were critical to the melting seen in Greenland last year, scientists say that clear blue skies also played a key role.

In a study, they found that a record number of cloud free days saw more sunlight hit the surface while snowfall was also reduced.

These conditions were due to wobbles in the fast moving jet stream air current that also trapped heat over Europe.

As a result, Greenland’s ice sheet lost an estimated 600 billion tonnes.

Current climate models don’t include the impact of the wandering jet stream say the authors, and may be underestimating the impact of warming.

Of course, the wandering jet stream is blamed on your carbon footprint, that you ate a burger and took a fossil fueled trip to work. Seriously, it couldn’t possibly have anything to do with the nuclear furnace in the sky, right? That would be silly.

The authors believe their study explains why, despite the fact that 2019 was not as warm as 2012, last year produced a record drop in surface mass balance.

You were taking long showers and watering your garden, hence, this happened. The notion of long term variability and that this has happened multiple times naturally during the Holocene alone is silly. Stop it.

The exact mechanism by which climate change affects the jet stream isn’t understood. But the view is that as the Arctic warms, the temperature differences between the region and the mid-latitudes that drive the air current are reduced. This slows down the stream, making it wander further.

“The more CO2 we pump out, the more divergence starts to emerge between the behaviour of the Arctic and the mid-latitudes and this behaviour is accelerating and enhancing some of the differences. It is a crucial part of what is creating this waviness and the consequences,” said Dr Tedesco.

See? Your fault. Give up your freedom and choice to government, along with your money, and we can solve this.

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Report: Bat Soup Virus Escaped From Wuhan Lab

By William Teach April 16, 2020 – 8:42 am

Obviously, this is not the first report. There have been plenty of those. This one just seems to be making it more official, having moved from a conspiracy theory to a “you know, this kinda makes sense” conspiracy theory, to a “this is likely true” theory

Sources believe coronavirus outbreak originated in Wuhan lab as part of China’s efforts to compete with US

There is increasing confidence that the COVID-19 outbreak likely originated in a Wuhan laboratory, though not as a bioweapon but as part of China’s attempt to demonstrate that its efforts to identify and combat viruses are equal to or greater than the capabilities of the United States, multiple sources who have been briefed on the details of early actions by China’s government and seen relevant materials tell Fox News.

This may be the “costliest government cover-up of all time,” one of the sources said.

The sources believe the initial transmission of the virus – a naturally occurring strain that was being studied there – was bat-to-human and that “patient zero” worked at the laboratory, then went into the population in Wuhan.

The “increasing confidence” comes from classified and open-source documents and evidence, the sources said. Fox News has requested to see the evidence directly. Sources emphasized — as is often the case with intelligence — that it’s not definitive and should not be characterized as such. Some inside the administration and the intelligence and epidemiological communities are more skeptical, and the investigation is continuing.

Everyone pretty much knew that the lab was doing risky research, and gave known that for a long time. There’s reasonable certainty that both Sars and N1H1 escaped from the lab. To what purpose? Labs doing research on viruses and such all over the world. Some look to weaponize them

U.S. Embassy officials warned in January 2018 about inadequate safety at the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab and passed on information about scientists conducting risky research on coronavirus from bats, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Consider this

Israeli Professor Shows Virus Follows Fixed Pattern

Professor Yitzhak Ben Israel of Tel Aviv University, who also serves on the research and development advisory board for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, plotted the rates of new coronavirus infections of the U.S., U.K., Sweden, Italy, Israel, Switzerland, France, Germany, and Spain. The numbers told a shocking story: irrespective of whether the country quarantined like Israel, or went about business as usual like Sweden, coronavirus peaked and subsided in the exact same way. In the exact, same, way. His graphs show that all countries experienced seemingly identical coronavirus infection patterns, with the number of infected peaking in the sixth week and rapidly subsiding by the eighth week.

The Wuhan Virus follows its own pattern, he told Mako, an Israeli news agency. It is a fixed pattern that is not dependent on freedom or quarantine. “There is a decline in the number of infections even [in countries] without closures, and it is similar to the countries with closures,” he wrote in his paper.

“Is the coronavirus expansion exponential? The answer by the numbers is simple: no. Expansion begins exponentially but fades quickly after about eight weeks,” Professor Yitzhak Ben Israel concluded. The reason why coronavirus follows a fixed pattern is yet unknown. “I have no explanation,” he told Mako, “There are is kinds of speculation: maybe it’s climate-related, maybe the virus has its own life cycle.”

Let’s speculate: the Wuhan lab was messing around with it, playing around, changing it, and it got out. Let’s go further, as many have suggested: they intentionally created an easily transferred virus which would create panic and destroy the economies of 1st World nations before just fading away. Which seems to be happening right now.

Another theory being bandied about is that it was meant to kill off the elderly and sickly in China, a nation which has never been overly concerned with its people, especially ones that the State has to take care of, considering the massive population. But, it got out by accident. Or, maybe not.

Or, perhaps it was meant to decimate 1st World Nations. One has to wonder just how it spread like it did so easily. Maybe they knew that most would get sick but not die, and China would get to sell ventilators, test kits, and so forth to nations.  This is China we’re talking about, and their intentions are not honorable.

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Bummer: Palo Alto’s “Lofty Climate Goals” Crash And Burn

By William Teach April 15, 2020 – 3:10 pm

It’s very easy to say you support climate action in theory. Once you try and implement them, if it gets that far, it’s not so easy

After setting a lofty goal on climate change, Palo Alto struggles to make progress

Palo Alto’s evolving plan to curb carbon emissions faced a sharp rebuke Monday from numerous local environmentalists, who argued that the city is overstating its achievements while falling well short of its targets for combating climate change.

The criticism came as the City Council took a brief break from its immediate priority — responding to the coronavirus pandemic — to unanimously adopt a two-year plan aimed at getting the city closer to its goal of cutting carbon emissions by 80% by 2030, with 1990 as the baseline. The council had adopted the goal — known as 80/30 — in 2016 and has since taken some steps to advance it, including raising the energy efficiency standards in new buildings, retiring the sewage-burning incinerators near the Baylands and launching a carbon-offset program for natural gas. (snip)

But even with these steps, the city has curbed emissions by only about 36%, with the vast majority of the decrease attributed to the council’s shift to “carbon neutral” electricity in 2013. If the carbon offsets are factored in, the city’s reduction is about 56.5%, according to the Public Works Department.

Oops.

Despite the progress, residents maintained that the proposed steps are insufficient to meet the goal, which requires the city to reduce its carbon emissions by 224,600 metric tons annually. The advocacy group Carbon Free Palo Alto criticized the city in a letter for what it called a “longstanding disconnect between our GHG reduction goal and Palo Alto’s program results and plans.”

The question is, which residents? Just the climate groups, or most citizens? If they really care, are they giving up their own fossil fueled vehicles, 2 minute showers, hand washing clothes, growing their own food, etc?

The group argued that the city has not seen significant reductions in emissions since 2013 and does not have any programs that could feasibly scale to the 80/30 goal.

Funny how this always seems to happen, eh?

The council didn’t propose any new initiatives on Monday, though members reiterated the desire to see more electric vehicles. The two-year Sustainability Implementation Plan, which the council unanimously adopted, calls for a greater focus on the installation of charging equipment for electric vehicles at low-income homes.

“I think we really need to focus on electric vehicles and keep driving that adoption rate up in the city,” said Vice Mayor Tom DuBois. “We’re going to add in the electrified heating and cooling for homes and businesses, but a really strong focus on electric vehicles I think is going to go a long way.”

Why, so the rich can scoot on by and charge their vehicles? Low income folks do not spend $37k+ on electric vehicles. They don’t even spend $25K on regular hybrids. Warmists are very much elitists. And do the folks on the council and in the advocacy groups have plugins?

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