…is a world turning to desert from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Brass Pills, with a post on Feminists demanding all men get screened by police after a breakup or divorce.
Double shot below the fold, so, check out Bustednuckles, with a post on why he likes President Trump.
Read: If All You See… »
Apparently, both Coronavirus and ‘climate change’ are evil, as espoused by people with degrees in spreading awareness rather than science. Supposing they have degrees and aren’t blowing off their education
Climate change or coronavirus? ‘Pick your evil’, protesters say
Protesters at a rally led by climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday denounced governments for taking urgent action against the coronavirus outbreak but failing to treat global warming as an emergency.
Several thousand people braved the rain in Brussels with the 17-year-old Swede, marching through the city that is home to the European Union’s main institutions.
“It is shameful that for so long the climate and environmental emergency has been ignored. We are still in a crisis that has never once been treated like a crisis,” Thunberg told the demonstrators in a speech.
Some supporters said they had put aside concerns about being infected with the coronavirus in a crowd to join the march.
“It’s pick your evil. Do you want to die from global warming or from coronavirus?” said Gorkem, 40, wearing a face mask.
“One of them gets much more attention than the other, so we are trying to raise a bit more awareness about what is already affecting all our lives.”
Flo, a filmmaker from the Belgian city of Ghent who attended with her baby daughter, said the rapid spread of the coronavirus had demonstrated that governments can respond to crises.
“You see people all crazy with coronavirus and you see that governments can do things to make everybody aware about a situation, to make things happen … But they do so little about climate change,” she said.
Because one is real, the other is fake. Of course, it really doesn’t help when the message is muddled.
So, Hotcoldwetdry, no war, Iran is cool, Marxism, and Coronavirus all in one photo. What’s the message? If you want to convince someone to buy your product, do you stay on message, or yammer on about all sorts of different things?
Warmists keep claiming that ‘climate change’ is all about science when Skeptics say it’s all about politics, then Warmists prove us right again and again
Integrating a Reproductive Justice Framework in Climate Research
Climate change is reshaping weather patterns, economies, and social structures and fundamentally altering the planet. The question is no longer why or if climate change is happening but how communities around the world will respond in order to safeguard human health, safety, and freedom.
While climate change affects both women and men, the way it is experienced differs significantly by gender. As a result, academic researchers, government agencies, and think tanks are making efforts to integrate a gender-specific lens into their climate research—an approach known as gender mainstreaming. While gender mainstreaming has led to more extensive research on the connection between climate change and women’s health and well-being, there is still more work to be done to capture these intersecting issues. Specifically, there is a dearth of research that uses a reproductive justice framework to better understand and respond to the inequitable effects that climate change has on women. Indeed, not all women experience climate change similarly, so simply applying a gender lens is oftentimes insufficient.
Coined by women of color activists in 1994, the term reproductive justice refers to a human rights framework that emphasizes a person’s right to have children or not and to parent the children they do have with dignity and in a safe environment. It links reproductive rights with social justice and demonstrates how the intersecting forms of oppression that some women—particularly Black, Latina, and Indigenous women—experience can affect their bodily autonomy and parenting decisions. These forms of oppression include facing discrimination in the health care system; being denied access to services based on income or immigration status; living in unsafe and unhealthy environments; or experiencing disparities in pay and overall economic security.
Let’s put this in plain English, rather than Barking Moonbat: they want to have the right to get pregnant through unsafe, irresponsible sex, then abort that baby willy nilly. And they’re linking the abortion on demand movement with doomsday Cult of Climastrology. Everything else mentioned later in the article, such as “poor menstrual health and hygiene,” are all diversions from the real issue, abortion, which is no surprise, being that this screed comes from the Center For American Progress, about as far left as you’re going to get.
And, pretty much everything the mention requires massive amounts of Big Centralized Government. Surprise?
Read: Reproductive Justice Needs To Be Part Of Hotcoldwetdry Research Or Something »
Down here in the South, and, let’s face it, many other places, if a winter storm is predicted people run to the store and buy milk, bread, water, and eggs. Same thing for a potential tropical storm. One time I saw the cookie aisle wiped out. Oh, and don’t forget to get the beer. The funny one is people buying microwave meals, when the power can go out. Also, I’ve been through plenty of storms, hurricanes, tropical storms, snow storms, ice storm, big thunderstorms, where the power goes out, and never needed to buy water. On several occasions there was no power, no cable, no phone (landline and wireless), yet, water stays on. Anyhow
‘It’s crazy’: Panic buying forces stores to limit purchases of toilet paper and masks
Rationing supplies. Overwhelmed delivery workers. Toilet paper protected by security guards.
This is the new reality for some retailers that are having to take drastic action to limit the number of toilet paper rolls, face masks and hand sanitizer bottles each person can buy as customers stockpile goods over fears of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Australian supermarket chains Woolworths and Coles both began limiting toilet paper purchases to four packs per person this week. Costco Australia is also restricting how much toilet tissue, disinfectant, milk, eggs and rice each customer can buy.
In the United States, Kroger (KR) says it is capping individual purchases of “sanitization, cold and flu-related products,” while Home Depot (HD) is curbing the number of face masks in single orders placed online and in stores.
In the United Kingdom, Boots is limiting the purchase of hand sanitizer to two bottles per customer, and UK online grocer Ocado has advised customers to place orders further in advance in the wake of “exceptionally high demand.”
I can see wanting disinfectant, but, the rest? How is all that TP going to help you? Hand sanitizer won’t protect you. Face masks are for people who already have the flu (pretty smart to go to Home Depot for them, but, are they medically sound, or just to protect from dust and stuff during home building?).
At a Coles supermarket in Brisbane, Australia on Wednesday, toilet paper was completely sold out. One worker at the store told CNN Business that his shift had been hectic as customers mobbed the aisles.
When a new delivery of toilet rolls arrived that afternoon, workers didn’t even have time to unpack the goods before shoppers swooped in, he said.
Is this an Australian thing?
Demand for toilet paper at Mount Druitt Coles is so high today there’s a security guard stationed permanently in the toilet paper isle to monitor the situation. “We’re going through a pallet every ten minutes or so,” he said. #coronavirus #panicbuying pic.twitter.com/Rk69I2BhyJ
— Matt Wade (@MattWadeSMH) March 4, 2020
Sigh.
Read: Good Grief: Stores Have To Limit Toilet Paper Purchases From Panic Buying »
Funny how things always get more and more doomy with this cult, eh?
More accurate climate change model reveals bleaker outlook on electricity, water use
By 2030, global warming alone could push Chicago to generate 12% more electricity per person each month of the summer.
If the city generated any less electricity, it would be risking a power shortage that may require drastic measures to avoid rolling blackouts, according to projections from a model designed by Purdue University researchers.
That estimated increase is larger than previous projections because it takes into account how consumers use electricity and water at the same time. The model also considers a wider range of climate features that affect this mixed use, such as humidity and wind speed, making predictions more accurate. (snip)
In a study published Thursday (March 5) in the journal Climatic Change, the collaborative team applied this model to five other cities in the U.S. Midwest: Cleveland; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis; Madison, Wisconsin; and Minneapolis.
As a whole, the model projected that the Midwest will be using 19% more electricity and 7% more water. And that’s just during the summer.
So, doom? Anyhow, the “model” looked at this and that and some more, all in order to prognosticate doom
The model uses artificial intelligence to make predictions on climate change impact. As a learning algorithm, the model is fed years of data from a region’s utilities and weather services and then trained to predict changes in electricity and water use given certain climate-change scenarios.
These scenarios are when the earth’s temperature increases by 1.5 or 2.0 degrees Celsius above its mean temperature during the pre-industrial period, approximately 1881-1910.
So, grab your crystal balls, kids!
Read: Surprise: “More Accurate” Climate Model Projects Worse Doom »
…is a climate killing dog, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post on shopping in San Francisco.
Read: If All You See… »
Every election cycle we are treated to all sorts of young folks who want Stuff Done and say they’ll vote this time and we know that they tend to vote Democrat because life hasn’t smacked them around yet, but, their votes tend to disappear come election day. Why?
Young People Aren’t Turning Out to Vote — but It’s Not Because They Don’t Care
The short answer? Voter suppression — which takes countless forms, including voter I.D. restrictions, inflexible work and school schedules that prevent citizens from taking time to vote, lack of civics education in schools, the sudden closing (or changing) of polling places, lack of childcare or eldercare, and hours-long wait times to cast a vote. A plethora of factors make voting in America less a thing everyone participates in, and more a competitive sport that seems to demand more training and planning than our systems currently offer.
“Instead of blaming young people and assuming they are tuned-out due to narcissism or apathy, we should work together across generations and institutions to remove voter impediments and implement best practices,†said Yael Bromberg, Chief Counsel for Voting Rights of The Andrew Goodman Foundation and Principal, Bromberg Law LLC. She explained that there are a range of obstacles placed in young peoples’ paths to vote, including the “over-reliance by young people on provisional ballots,†voter identification laws, and the issue of accessible polling locations. Bromberg conducted studies on youth voting rights and the twenty-sixth amendment, which also cited cuts to early voting and same-day registration, voter intimidation by election officials sharing misinformation, and gerrymandering as factors that threaten the youth vote.
Dismissing the 18 to 29-year-old voter demographic as apathetic or lazy does a disservice to the country: Instead of acknowledging the barriers that make it difficult or even impossible to vote, critics take the simpler route, rejecting a demographic as non-participatory rather than grappling with solving the systemic issues.
I’m 52: I’ve never had a problem getting to the voting booth. I’ve never had an issue with having a proper ID. Never had an issue with school or work schedules, especially with early voting. “A lack if civics in schools”? Which Party runs most of the education system? I never needed teachers to teach me how to vote, because it is freaking easy. You do research, which is a lot easier now than back in the 80’s and early 90’s, then you go vote. How hard is that? Why is it that people 30+ can deal with all these factors, including childcare and long wait times and such, yet, 29 and under can’t?
BTW, if you’re 21+, you aren’t a young person. You are a pure adult. And, with all this whining and Victimhood, we’re supposed to extend the vote to 16 and 17 year olds?
Mercedes Molloy, 19, a student at The New School, had her mother mail her the absentee ballot after it was sent to her parents’ house. After informally polling her peers at school, she found a lot of her college classmates were registered, but they didn’t vote because their ballot wasn’t sent to their college address it was sent home. The lack of guidance around absentee voting proves to be a “challenge for out of state students, specifically first-generation college students and first-time voters,†she said.
I had zero problem getting and mailing my ballot, attending ECU in NC while still being registered in NJ.
What this is really about is creating Excuses for when Trump wins in November.
Read: Why Aren’t Young Folks Voting? Voter Suppression Or Something »
No, really, I think this is a great idea
Greta Thunberg tells EU to set emissions reduction goals for 2020
The EU’s executive unveiled a planned climate law to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.
“We cannot just have goals for 2030 or 2050. We also need them for 2020 because right now, if high emissions continue like today’s business as usual, then the remaining budget will be gone before we will even have a chance to deliver on those targets,” Thunberg said.
“This climate law is surrender – because nature doesn’t bargain and you cannot make ”deals” with physics.
And we will not allow you to surrender on our future.”A part of my speech today addressing the European Parliament in Brussels. Full speech here: https://t.co/dJ0kEsivMk pic.twitter.com/0AXnuLJK9L
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) March 4, 2020
She’s right, you know, at least in terms of setting goals for 2020. Not for her Reasons, but, simply because the EU should be required to practice what it preaches. It’s super-easy to set these far flung goals, which so often get ignored or done away with. Walking the climatalk right now? That’s hard.
Anyhow
Thousands expected to join Greta Thunberg in Brussels climate march
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg will be among the 5,000 demonstrators expected to march in the latest school strike for the climate in Brussels.
Organisers called for the participants to gather at Gare Centrale as they prepare to set out through Brussels at around 2:00 PM.
Police said traffic disruptions were to be expected from 1:30 PM and last until around 4:30, as the demonstrators make their way from downtown Brussels to the Parc Du Cinquantenaire.
I wonder what kind of environmental mess they will leave, and how many will be coming to the march in fossil fueled vehicles.
Read: I Agree With St. Greta: EU Should Set Their Hotcoldwetdry Targets For 2020 »
You knew this was coming, right? That Liz Warren dropping you would be blamed on sexism, right? Strangely, few Liberal pundits mention where said sexism is coming from
So you're saying that Democrats are sexist? Because they were the ones voting in the primaries, Paul
— William Teach2 ??????? #refuseresist (@WTeach2) March 5, 2020
I mean, sure, some are blaming President Trump, because #TDS, but, no one blamed sexism on Klobuchar dropping out. Or other women. It’s good to know that Queen Nancy thinks Democrats are sexist
https://twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/1235631947289776128
Anyhow, the NY Times analyzes, meaning this is an opinion piece, why there are only old white males left for Democrats (forgetting about Tulsi)
Was It Always Going to Be the Last Men Standing?
In the end, the pink wave carried two white men ashore.
Since Donald J. Trump won the presidency, women’s rage has fueled the Democratic Party. Women created new political organizations, led protests, ran for office and voted for Democrats more than they ever had before. A record number of female lawmakers now serve in Congress. After years of being considered a political liability, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has emerged as a party icon and, in 2020, multiple women ran for president.
For the first time in history, Americans saw a diverse group of female leaders pursuing the country’s highest office, an elite sorority that included former prosecutors, senators, a combat veteran and even a self-help celebrity.
And, for the first time in history, a majority of Democratic voters rejected them all. As the party moves toward picking a nominee, the last man left standing will be, most certainly, a man.
“The narrative that somehow women are less electable than men seems to still be an issue. It’s very disgusting really,†said Representative Barbara Lee, Democrat of California, who was one of Senator Kamala Harris’s campaign co-chairs. “In 2020, we should have a woman as our commander in chief.â€
Strangely, the Times article never truly casts Democrats as sexists. Despite them being the ones primarily voting in the primaries.
After Ms. Warren announced her bid at the end of 2018, Democratic strategists fretted over whether the misogyny they argued helped cause Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016 could take down another woman nominee.
Wait, I thought it was Russia Russia Russia which beat Hillary.
At events for Democratic candidates over the past year, many women said that they were more aware than ever of sexism in their own lives and in the culture at large, because of the #MeToo movement and heightened focus on gender parity. All of that awareness, though, became an obstacle to electing a female president. They knew how sexist the world was, some said, and they couldn’t take the risk.
Darned misogynistic Democratic Party voters. (or perhaps they weren’t interested in all the Victimhood from people like Liz)
In the Super Tuesday contests, Ms. Warren ranked third among female voters, losing to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Mr. Sanders by more than 10 percentage points. She did, however, win 30 percent of white college-educated women, the largest share held by any of the candidates, according to exit polls.
Perhaps they just didn’t really like Liz. Nope, nope, gotta be sexism and the patriarchy.
“We are so hungry to replace the occupant of the White House that a certain portion of Democratic Party was not willing to take the perceived risk of having a woman lead the ticket,†said Gov. Kate Brown, the first female governor of Oregon in more than two decades, who questioned whether gender was influencing voters’ decisions at a private meeting with Democratic governors after the Iowa caucuses. “It’s as straightforward as that.â€
See? Sexism. They don’t trust women or think women are good enough to win. The one I would be worried about is Tulsi Gabbard, who is young, attractive, well spoken, not over-the-top, avoids most political pissing matches, has well reasoned comebacks, and while left, is not as crazy left as the rest. Yes, she has some issues, but, she could have attracted a lot of middle ground voters and perhaps taken enough purple states to win. But, she isn’t a crazy Modern Socialist, so, Dems don’t want her. Because Dems are sexist.
Read: NY Times: With Liz Warren Dropping Out, The Democrat Party Is Rather Sexist »
I know, I know, you’re shocked that all that pledged, donated, and forcibly taken climate money isn’t making it where it’s supposed to go
Analysis shows climate finance not reaching most vulnerable
People in some of the world’s poorest countries are receiving as little as $1 each a year to help them cope with the impacts of the climate crisis, despite rich countries’ promises to provide assistance.
Climate finance is intended to help developing countries cut greenhouse gases and protect their people from the consequences of climate breakdown, and forms a core part of the Paris agreement. Rich countries pledged more than 10 years ago to provide $100bn (£77m) a year to the poor by 2020, but it is not certain that these commitments are being met. (snip)
A new analysis of climate finance by the charity WaterAid suggested that existing climate finance is not reaching the poorest and most vulnerable, who are likely to be worst affected by the climate crisis. The charity’s report found that half of all countries receive less than $5 per person per year in climate finance.
Yemen received about $1.17 for each of its people per year on average between 2010 and 2017, WaterAid’s analysis found, despite the country being ranked at 29th in the world’s most vulnerable to the impacts of climate breakdown.
The figure for Sudan was $1.33, despite it being the seventh most vulnerable country in the world. Angola, another of the 50 most vulnerable, received $1.58 per person per year over the period, and the Central African Republic – 16th in the most vulnerable ranking – received $1.61 per person per year.
So, where’s it going? The article really doesn’t say. And why aren’t Warmists running out and giving their own money, and time, to help these nations, rather than cruising around in their fossil fueled vehicles for a 1 mile trip to the grocery store?
Read: Oops: Sweet, Sweet, Redistributed Climate Finance Not Reaching Most Vulnerable »
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