…is a planet killing beer on an evil fossil fueled ship, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is A View From The Beach, with a post on maskless by Memorial Day.
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…is a planet killing beer on an evil fossil fueled ship, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is A View From The Beach, with a post on maskless by Memorial Day.
Read: If All You See… »
CNN is rather admitting that Joe and the Dems are not really attempting to pass a bill focused on infrastructure
The fight to define infrastructure could change America
The meaning of the word “infrastructure” suddenly depends on your politics.
President Joe Biden is using a sleight of hand by crafting a bill that might be traditionally associated with repairs to potholed highways to instead be his latest effort to reshape the US economy and social safety net. His move encapsulates the White House’s own sense of momentum and explains why Republicans are lining up to block his ambitions before they change the character of the country.
In one example, the President has stretched the definition of infrastructure to insert $400 billion in the bill to revolutionize home health care for the elderly and disabled. In another he’s also seeking billions to supercharge America’s development of electric vehicles to fulfill another political priority — the elimination of fossil fuels in the fight against climate change. And, after a year in which millions of workers relied on home internet connections to work remotely, the plan also includes $100 billion to build a high-speed broadband infrastructure that would reach the whole country.
Biden and his Cabinet members argue that infrastructure undergirds every pillar of American life, from education to energy, and health care to manufacturing and that the need for investment is gargantuan. But the President’s audacity and his generous interpretation of a policy area that Washington has traditionally seen as confined mostly to transportation projects is already sparking a huge clash with his foes on Capitol Hill. After all, one person’s infrastructure plan is another’s left-wing power grab. (snip)
The disconnect over infrastructure exposes the huge gulf in perceptions between Republicans and Democrats over the state of the country as the post-pandemic era approaches. It highlights a seminal moment in American politics with a new Democratic President eying a window in history to carve a record that will stand comparison with the great reforming Democrats of the 20th Century. And most fundamentally, the battle over the shape and size of Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure bill announced last week fleshes out the perennial fault line between conservatives and liberals on the role of American government.
We all know what infrastructure is, and we all know that this bill being proposed is mostly about non-infrastructure things. It’s about pushing progressive (nice Fascism) ideas and increasing the power of the federal government. And, because it focuses so little on real infrastructure, we’ll be having this debate again in 3-4 years.
The unfolding standoff over the infrastructure bill escalated on Monday even as another threat to its passage came into view. West Virginia’s Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin warned he and several other moderates wouldn’t back Biden’s proposed corporate tax hike from 21% to 28% to help pay for the mega-bill.
They know it is bad optics, and that raising the corporate tax rate will not work out the way China Joe thinks. Corporations will just change up operations, which could mean less hiring, more part timers, slower coming pay raises, and passing the costs on to consumers, who will then purchase less. Tax increases never work out. Remember, though, Biden is all about bipartisanship and Unity! Despite essentially going it alone.
Oh, wait, you where thinking these were rules for the people who believe in the climate crisis scam? Silly you. It’s rarely ever about themselves, it’s always about Other People. And government force on people and private entities
The 2 Rules for Eating to Fight Climate Change
Quit wasting food and eat less meat.
What’s for dinner?
On a planet wracked by rising seas, expanding deserts, withering biodiversity, and hotter temperatures, that’s a fraught question to answer. Food production accounts for roughly a quarter of the world’s greenhouse-gas emissions, and scientists have found that limiting global warming will be impossible without significant changes to how the world eats. At the same time, climate change is threatening the world’s food supply, with land and water being exploited at an “unprecedented†pace.
Reforming the food system to save the planet is going to require new corporate practices, and new laws and regulations at the national and international levels. But individual consumer behaviors matter, as well—more than you might think. Your diet is likely one of your biggest sources of climate emissions. But what should you do? Eat locally? Get your food from small-scale farmers? Choose organics and fair trade? Avoid processed foods? Eat seasonally?
The choices are many; the stakes are high. But experts on land use, climate change, and sustainable agriculture told me that two habits tower above all others in terms of environmental impact. To help save the planet, quit wasting food and eat less meat.
Look, reducing food waste is a good idea. That shouldn’t have to be controversial, but, the climate cult nuts have made yet another wise idea into part of their cult, and, let’s face it, the disciples of the Cult of Climastrology are pretty much just as culpable for this as Skeptics. I bought too much uncooked chicken the other day, didn’t need that much, but, it was the smallest amount I could buy. So, I’m throwing about half a pound out, because you can only refrigerate it for a few days. I know I’ll never get too it if I freeze it. But, it’s not up to Government to dictate my food habits.
And certainly not require me and you and everyone else (Warmists think this won’t affect themselves, of course, because they’re idiot cultists) to eat less meat. Because that’s really want the CoC want Government force. Because most people are not going to give up their own eating of meat. It’s always about governmental force.
Read: Climate Cult Lays Out The Rules For Eating Food Or Something »
This is actually a good idea, since so many of the Rich Folks like to tell Everyone Else they need to comply to avoid climate apocalypse. Ones like Obama, John Kerry, China Joe, Kamala, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi. Ones like Leo DiCaprio, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jeff Bezos, Harry and Meghan Markle, Prince Charles, Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Mark Ruffalo, Billie Eilish, Emma Thompson, and, goodness, the list could go on and on and on, couldn’t it? They always have Excuses, though, eh?
If you’re wealthy, reducing your carbon footprint is important
It was the summer of 2012 when sustainability scientist Kimberly Nicholas decided she couldn’t live like this anymore. She was attending a climate change conference in Austria, listening to talk after talk about how bad global warming was and how much worse it was going to get. All the while, Nicholas was thinking about all of the planet-heating carbon that she, like most other attendees, had dumped into the atmosphere by flying there.
“It really felt like a conference of doctors smoking cigarettes and telling our patients to quit,†Nicholas said.
But after a beer with a U.K.-based friend who took a train to the conference, Nicholas, who is American but lives and conducts research in Sweden, realized something: She could have done that, too. Since then, Nicholas has stopped flying within Europe, cutting her air travel emissions by 90 per cent in the process. She has also stopped eating meat and has gone car-free. To ensure she’s making lifestyle changes that will have the biggest carbon bang for their buck, Nicholas conducted peer-reviewed research on the subject. In 2017, she and her colleague Seth Wyens published a paper on the individual behavioural changes that have the greatest benefits for the climate. Topping the list? Flying less, followed by driving less and eating a plant-based diet.
Yet, most Warmists will refuse to do this, because that would be inconvenient. Plus, Other People should be forced to comply.
Nicholas has now expanded that paper into a book, Under the Sky We Make. A crash-course on why climate change is happening and how to fix it interwoven with beautifully written, witty anecdotes about a scientist’s personal journey toward sustainability, Under the Sky We Make pushes back — politely, but with science — against the narrative that individual actions make little difference to the climate. Rather, if you’re a wealthy person living in a wealthy country, the book makes a compelling case that your individual choices matter a lot. For the “carbon elite,†as Nicholas describes her intended audience, the decision to take fewer flights or install solar panels on your roof materially reduces the amount of carbon in the sky forever, not least because it can inspire similar behavioural changes amongst your peers. (snip)
That’s not what Nicholas is doing. Her message isn’t aimed at folks struggling to make ends meet, but at people making a middle-class income or higher who live in a wealthy country like the United States, Germany, or France. Far from a distraction, Nicholas argues that the climate impact of the carbon elite is something we need to focus on — individually and systematically. She points out that globally, more than two-thirds of climate pollution can be attributed to household consumption, and that the richest 10 per cent of the world population — those making more than $38,000 a year — is responsible for about half of those emissions.
Wait, back up
…that the richest 10 per cent of the world population — those making more than $38,000 a year — is responsible for about half of those emissions.

So, basically, a high percentage of those living in the 1st World.
Read: Warmists Are Super Excited To Tell Rich People To Reduce Their Carbon Footprint »
…is an area flooded by carbon pollution created Bad Weather, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Dissecting Leftism, with a post on China Joe wanting to spend $20 billion to destroy “racist” highways.
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You know what this means? Climate doom. All because you refuse to give up your fossil fueled travel and take the train or bus, refuse to stop eating juicy burgers, and won’t give up your money, freedom, and choice to Government
Think of Japan in the spring, and the image that comes to mind is likely the country’s famous cherry blossoms, also known as “sakura” — white and pink flowers, bursting across cities and mountains, petals covering the ground.
The flowers, which experience a “peak bloom” that only lasts a few days, have been revered in Japan for more than a thousand years. Crowds celebrate with viewing parties, flocking to the most popular locations to take photos and have picnics underneath the branches.
But this year, cherry blossom season has come and gone in the blink of an eye, in one of the earliest blooms on record — and scientists warn it’s a symptom of the larger climate crisis threatening ecosystems everywhere.
Yasuyuki Aono, a researcher at Osaka Prefecture University, has gathered records from Kyoto back to 812 AD from historical documents and diaries. In the central city of Kyoto, cherry blossoms peaked on March 26, the earliest in more than 1,200 years, Aono said.
And in the capital Tokyo, cherry blossoms reached full bloom on March 22, the second-earliest date on record.
“As global temperatures warm, the last spring frosts are occurring earlier and flowering is occurring sooner,” said Dr. Lewis Ziska from Columbia Universities Environmental Health Sciences.
The peak bloom dates shift every year, depending on numerous factors including weather and rainfall, but have shown a general trend of moving earlier and earlier. In Kyoto, the peak date hovered around mid-April for centuries, according to Aono’s data, but began moving into early April during the 1800s. The date has only dipped into late March a handful of times in recorded history.
So, they bloomed super early 1,200 years ago? What caused that? Sure weren’t factories, fossil fuels, or megacities back then. Why can’t they be blooming earlier the same as back then? Which, interestingly, was during the Dark Ages, a time of mild cooling after the Roman Climate Optimum. And when the earlier times started shifting in the 1800’s, well, that was because the Earth was coming out of the Little Ice Age. The climate shifts.
Cherry blossom season in Japan ???? pic.twitter.com/jqaS8yx9tj
— Earth (@earth) March 30, 2021
Their early bloom, however, is just the tip of the iceberg of a worldwide phenomenon that could destabilize natural systems and countries’ economies, said Amos Tai, assistant professor of earth science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
There are two sources of increased heat, which is the main factor making the flowers bloom earlier: urbanization and climate change. With increased urbanization, cities tend to get warmer than the surrounding rural area, in what is called the heat island effect. But a bigger reason is climate change, which has caused rising temperatures across the region and the world.
I’m rather shocked they mentioned the urban heat island effect, which, while man-caused, is not global. But, they fail to mention the #1 reason for climatic systems, natural systems, starting with the Sun. But, that’s what climate cultists do. And the long screed goes on to describe more Doom which is all your fault. Just surrender, peons!
Read: ClimaBummer: Japan Just Saw Earliest Blossoming Of Cherry Blossom Trees In….1,200 Years »
Without delving too deep into Political Theory 101, the main element of Socialism within the Democracy model is the Economic Core, in which government is heavily involved in running all aspects of the economy, up to and including owning the means of production. Of course, another aspect is the Moral Core, in which government pretty much leaves citizens alone in their personal lives, very much not like today’s Democrats, hence the use of the phrase “Modern Socialist”, which is really more Progressive, known as Nice Fascism. And CNN’s John Harwood is pretty excited
Democrats finally have a chance to remake the economy the way they’ve hoped for decades
For decades, Democrats and their economic advisers have agreed: broadly-shared growth requires more government investment. They’ve just lacked the power to invest.
That’s why President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” economic plan has so energized the White House, his party and outside allies. The new President and congressional Democratic majorities have a chance, finally, to make it happen.
The scale of his proposals reflects pent-up demand that years of thwarted ambition have produced. Actions to curb income inequality and boost middle-class wages were already at the center of Democratic debates before the last year brought them into even sharper relief.
“The pandemic just blew it all wide open,” observed Cecilia Rouse, who chairs Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers. “The opportunity cost of not doing anything has become extremely obvious.”
The $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan Biden outlined last week was just the start. It invests in transportation, manufacturing, schools, broadband, water systems, care-giving services and energy transformation to curb climate change.
So….it’s not really an infrastructure plan, it’s an economy changing plan? Huh. And all those “investments” mean government controls it and can tell businesses what to do. Are they going to give those broadband systems to private entities to run, or run it themselves? Will they charge market rates, or will they be below rate and/or free (meaning Other Taxpapers foot the bill)? As for care-giving, perhaps they should talk to NY Governor Andrew Cuomo about sending seniors off to die.
The comparably-priced American Family Plan coming later this month is at least as significant. Building “human capital” through investments that include universal early education represents a cornerstone of Democratic dreams of reducing poverty, increasing racial equity and fostering long-term prosperity.
With all that is going on, I hadn’t heard of that one. I’ll have to look it up, but, sure appears to be another big Progressive venture, involving the government in the early education of people’s children. Will they start mandating it? Not every parent puts their kid in pre-school.
When Biden came of age after World War II, the federal government invested much more in components of economic growth than it does now. Money for President Dwight Eisenhower’s federal highway program, President John F. Kennedy’s space program, and President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society swelled the part of the budget classified as investment — capital spending, research and development, and education and training — to more than 6% of the size of the entire economy.
Highways and space flight are a heck of a lot different than what Democrats are attempting to do now. They weren’t about government taking charge of the economy.
Democrats now dare to hope the pendulum has swung back in their direction. Before Biden defeated him, Donald Trump, too, emphasized the long-run economic struggles of what he called “the forgotten people.”
The disparate economic effects of the pandemic deepened and underscored the problem. Democrats say the robust fiscal response, including the $1,400 per person checks in Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan, has begun rebuilding long-lost trust in Washington.
“People are now seeing how government can be on their side,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio. “That changes everything.”
And Democrats want to control the economy, despite so few of them actually doing work in the private sector. Few have run companies, many were simply lawyers (70% of House members were lawyers), most don’t know what goes into running a company. Many haven’t done any work in the private sector in years, if not decades. When’s the last time Joe Biden actually worked in the private sector? 1972, when he ran for the Senate and won. What did AOC do? Bartender and waitress. She wasn’t doing the books or payroll, wasn’t doing staffing. Interestingly, she is the kind a person the Founders wanted, a regular person who would get elected, serve a few terms, then go back to live under the laws she voted for. But, she has zero idea how anything works.
The return on Biden’s investments would take years to tally in any event. But he’ll enjoy one immediate political advantage if Congress delivers them.
Forecasters already predict the economy will surge over the next two years even without additional legislation. So voters will render their initial verdict on his agenda in the warm light of strong economic growth.
According to Democrat Talking Points, the economic surges that happened under Trump were the result of Obama’s polices. So, what’s happening now is a result of Trump’s policies. Regardless, Harwood just exposed that America doesn’t need any of these bills, any of this “help’. The economy is fighting its way back. What’s happening is a target of opportunity. Thanks, #NeverTrumpers on the Right, who thought electing Biden and Dems was great because they were unhinged over Trump, and you didn’t care about the cheating by Democrats.
Read: CNN’s Super Excited That Democrats Have Chance To Turn Economy Modern Socialist »
When a cult invades an actual religion, causing ordained ministers to yammer about other stuff before the whole point of Easter
Easter message from The Right Reverend Dr Tim Dakin, Bishop of Winchester
IT HAS been quite a year – and, of course, the great thing about Easter is the hope it brings even in our crises. Yet the crises that we’re facing really are quite something.
First, we’re aware that we’re facing an environmental crisis. Climate change is becoming critical. Many of us, I’m sure, are committed to doing something about that personally.

Perhaps someone should explain to Rev Dakin that climate cultists are committed to forcing Other People to do something, not themselves.
As a sidebar, after his start on climate crisis scam, he then mentions economic crisis, BLM, Brexit, and COVID, before finally getting around to mentioning Jesus. Which seems more like “hey, I gotta mention Jesus if this is about Easter. Oh, well.”