NY Times: ZOMG, Trump Was Against Forever Wars, What If He Starts A New One?

By William Teach January 13, 2020 – 7:30 am

It’s amazing the lengths that Democrats will go to oppose President Trump ordering the drone strike that took out a stone cold terrorist, a guy with the blood of thousands of American soldiers killed and wounded, because Democrats are infested with Trump Derangement Syndrome. Had it been President Hillary Clinton, they would be lauding her for taking Suleimani out. Perhaps they should have read the opinion piece by Tom Cotton in the Times on how bad a person Soleimani actually was before they published this front page opinion piece disguised as news

Trump Sold Voters on Stopping ‘Endless Wars.’ What if a New One Starts?

Almost exactly four years ago, Donald J. Trump touched down at an airport hangar here, delivered a donation to a group that provides service dogs to veterans and, before inviting a few kids to run around on his Boeing 757, criticized the wars in the Middle East that many local families had sent their sons and daughters to fight in.

“I’m the guy that didn’t want to go to war,” he told a crowd of several hundred. “It’s just unjust, it’s a mess,” Mr. Trump went on, promising that if he ever did deploy the military anywhere, it would be “so strong, so powerful that nobody is going to mess with us anymore.”

That November, Dubuque County voted Republican in the presidential election for the first time since 1956, when Dwight Eisenhower was on the ballot.

Mr. Trump’s success in places like Dubuque — heavily white, working class, union-friendly and Catholic — remade the Republican electorate. And his path to a second term depends heavily on whether those voters turn their backs on the Democratic Party again.

But the specter of a new conflict in the Middle East — this time with Iran — threatens the political coalition that Mr. Trump built in 2016 by running against a national Republican Party that many voters came to see as indifferent and unresponsive, particularly when it came to the human cost of war.

A couple points. First, a lot of us disagreed with Trump’s notion of not getting involved in Afghanistan and Iraq. We do agree that they way they were fought was dumb, turning into quagmires. Second, most of us were not considering this part of Trump’s campaign as more than a minor point, especially since we know that once a person takes office things often look quite different. Barack Obama was almost going down the same roads in 2008, and was quickly educated on the Way The World Works, to the point that an opinion piece in the same NY Times was taking him to task. In late 2016, of course, rather than back in his first term. After starting a war in Libya, sort of maybe getting involved in Syria. Drone striking jihadis all across the Middle East, Northern Africa, and southern Asia.

Anyhow, let’s hear from a Trump voter who’s upset

“All he’s been saying is, ‘We’re getting out of there, we’re getting out of there, we’re getting out of there,’” said Mark Blume, a contractor in Dubuque who stopped into the local American Legion after work one evening last week for a beer.

Mr. Blume, who was raised in a Democratic household in New York and said he voted for Republicans and Democrats in presidential elections but did not vote for either Mr. Trump or Hillary Clinton in 2016, expressed fatigue with the president’s erratic style. If it weren’t for that, he would be less uncertain about voting for Mr. Trump, who he believes has done a better than expected job as president.

Oh, he didn’t vote for Trump. Huh. They did find some other quotes by a few people who never said they voted for Trump, and even from Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carleson, but, at the end of the day, Trump is not starting a forever war with Iran. Heck, there’s essentially been a cold war going on with Iran since 1979. And, if Iran doesn’t want any, then they should stop killing and wounding Americans. Trump did not start this.

And, I dare say that the vast majority of people who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 approve of killing Soleimani. We also approved of Obama killing Osama Bin Laden. This is just the NY Times attempting to slam Trump for killing Soleimani. Funny, how the same paper doesn’t slam Iran and Soleimani. Though writer Jeremy Peters lost the Narrative at the end

As Mr. Blume ordered another round at the American Legion, he considered the last three years under Mr. Trump. “He’s made my life better,” he said, citing the steady stream of contracting work he had been getting because of the healthy economy. “I haven’t lacked.”

Wait, life is good? Huh.

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Scottish Billionaire Sir Tom Hunter Is Looking For The Scottish St. Greta

By William Teach January 12, 2020 – 5:38 pm

But, hey, remember, this is all home grown, natural, not being driven by people vested in the climate cult. Nor making money off of Useless Idiots brainwashed into giving up their money and freedom

Tycoon Sir Tom Hunter launches hunt for ‘Scottish Greta Thunberg’

One of Scotland’s richest men is hoping to find the country’s answer to Greta Thunberg for ideas on how to address climate change.

Sir Tom Hunter, the businessman and co-founder of the Hunter Foundation, will work with Scottish schools to help identify ideas to reduce environmental damage — and is enlisting the help of Sir David Attenborough. The naturalist and broadcaster will be guest speaker at a dinner in Edinburgh on February 18, run by the foundation.

Secondary school pupils who enter a competition on how they would address what has been termed the “climate and environmental emergency” will have an opportunity to attend the charity dinner at the National Museum Of Scotland…

Sadly, the rest is behind a real paywall, so, bummer. But, you get the idea. This is all astroturf.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 12, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible heat snow from dogs as pets, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Weasel Zippers, with a post on Iran’s only female Olympics medal winner defecting.

It’s snow week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach January 12, 2020 – 9:36 am

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in America. A nice mild winter day, the squirrels are chattering, and the Devils are playing hard. This pinup is by Henning Ludvigsen, something a bit more modern, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. NoTricksZone notes that fires were worse in Australia in 1974-1975
  2. Real Climate Science notes that fires in Australia were worse in 1939, when CO2 was safe
  3. Ice Age Now covers the 97% consensus scam
  4. American Elephants discusses American journalism having gone too far
  5. American Power covers people getting mad at physical fitness trainer for “fat shaming”
  6. Barking Moonbat Early Warning System features all the Virginia 2nd Amendment sanctuaries
  7. Blazing Cat Fur notes Israel hating teachers stacking their courses with BDS
  8. Bustednuckles has an interesting science article about growing new teeth in your own mouth in 2 months
  9. Chicks On The Right covers CNN calling the Iranian “death to America” chanters being “nice”
  10. Cold Fury features Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez being right for once
  11. Creeping Sharia notes how many Muslim public officials would not express support for Constitution
  12. DC Clothesline highlights what happened to a deranged Liberal who spit on a guy wearing a MAGA hat
  13. Doug Ross @ Journal covers how bad the pooping in San Francisco has become
  14. Geller Report News notes Omar and Tlaib freaking over a proposed expansion to the “travel ban”
  15. ANd last, but not least, IOTW Report highlights Trump tweeting support for Iranian protesters

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets” calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me.

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

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CNN Decides To Mainstream Notion That Puerto Rico Earthquakes Are Linked To ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach January 12, 2020 – 8:21 am

Puerto Rico has been experiencing lots and lots and lots of earthquakes over the last week. They had a big 5.9 Saturday. Here’s just one view of what is going on

Remember, Warmists are blaming/linking the earthquakes to anthropogenic climate change (much like Warmists have done with other earthquakes). So, let’s go to CNN where they are always looking for responsible journalism and opinions, never hysterical and cultish

In Puerto Rico, quakes worsen climate of fear

(the headline above is from front page. It has gone through several changes. The one on the single page is “Puerto Ricans need new words to show what’s at stake”)

On Saturday morning the earth shook from under my elderly mother’s feet in Ponce for the nearly one thousandth time — the earth has not stopped shaking since the early morning of December 28. Since then, according to Puerto Rico’s Seismic Network, there have been nearly 1,000 tremors and aftershocks, the largest one slamming the southern region on Tuesday and registering 6.4 on the Richter scale. Tuesday’s quake — which locals are calling El Grande — came a day after a 5.8 magnitude quake struck Monday morning. That same morning, Paul Earle of the US Geological Survey (USGS) told David Begnaud in an interview on “CBS This Morning” that the estimated chance of another big earthquake happening at 3%. On Saturday, another earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 rocked Puerto Rico, according to the US Geological Survey.

The back-to-back natural disasters — earthquakes and hurricanes — that have hit the Caribbean island of my birth in just over two years have left many residents there anxious, sad, stressed out, confused, irritated, and exhausted. And also, asking questions. They are wondering if man-made events are the reason why the earth is literally coming apart under their feet, threatening the very ground they walk on.

“It’s crazy,” a friend texts me in the middle of the night from her home near San Juan. “It’s like we’ve entered some kind of porthole, loop, an alternative reality, an aberration of reality … so many crazy things going on and increasing in intensity. I’m concerned fracking is the result. We are being dismissed as crazy.”

Both the US Department of Energy and the USGS have denied rumors of fracking on the island in statements to the media. But after the treatment the island of Puerto Rico has received by the US government, especially under the Trump administration — but also extending back decades across administrations of both parties — no one could rightfully question the skepticism or the raw power of fear held by people who live there.

No one could rightfully question! Except everyone who understands Real Science rather than Cult of Climastrology science. Heck, after highlighting this cult Hottake, opinion writer Sandra Guzman, notes something real

The island residents I’m in touch with are particularly questioning if rigs they have photographed and observed near areas where new gas and petroleum was found a few miles off fault lines — Lajas Valley, Montalva Point, and the Guayanilla Canyon — could be causing unusual seismic events. The quakes are happening a few miles off the southern coast as the North American plate and the Caribbean Plate squeeze Puerto Rico. Literally.

Yes, literally. Perhaps the government run education system should teach more in the way of science rather than gender confusion, anal sex, Protesting, and being a social justice warrior. Anyhow, regarding the new words, let’s look

Geologists and social media journalists have used their networks to calm the public and dismiss the connection. People in Puerto Rico are asking questions because they don’t buy the answers they’ve been given by geologists and others. They’ve coined a new word for those who refuse to stop questioning, conspira-noicos, two Spanish words that form a combination of conspiracy and paranoid.

So, they’re questioning people involved in a hard science by invoking a new word for their climate cult beliefs. And then

Locals in the region say they are under attack by energy colonialists. Energy colonialists is another term they have coined to describe the 21st century battle for the billion-dollar gas industry on the southern part of island. It’s playing out now in a toxic mix of tremors, tsunami warnings, and confusion. Roughly two-thirds of the island has been in the dark, without power, a situation that only breeds more exhaustion and fear. Even as the power begins to come back on for some, for many the fear will linger.

SJWs

Language continues to be expanded by Puerto Ricans and Puerto Ricans will continue to create new words to describe just how much is at stake in the era of climate emergency when words in the dictionary are not enough.

Good grief. There is not climate emergency, and earthquakes are not being caused by man-induced climate change, nor are they linked.

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Feeling Unhinged Over ‘Climate Change’? Here’s How You Can Manage It Or Something

By William Teach January 11, 2020 – 3:05 pm

My personal recommendation would be to either give up your own use of fossil fuels, technology, grow your own food, live in a tiny off the grid home, make your own clothes, etc. Or, pull yourself out of the Cult of Climastrology, like people have done by escaping Scientology

Feeling distressed about climate change? Here’s how to manage it

Climate change is often framed as a scientific or technical issue. But for many, it’s an emotional one too.

It can be almost unbearable to witness entire towns obliterated by wildfires and islands leveled by storms. To see photos of koala bears singed by flames and dead seabirds washing ashore by the thousands. Or to read the latest confirmation that nations are woefully underperforming on their pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“It hits you in the heart before it hits you in the head,” said Jennifer Atkinson, a senior lecturer in environmental humanities at the University of Washington in Bothell.

Our reactions to these grim facts take many forms, including sadness, despair, hopelessness, anger and anxiety.

These are often manifestations of a deeper grief brought about by climate change. Experts say the phenomenon is growing , and it’s something we have to confront.

“We don’t want to get stuck in the space of grief forever,” Atkinson said. But “the ability to move forward is predicated on the ability to acknowledge losses and to openly grieve.”

In the past, people blamed the gods. Or witches. Now they blame trace amounts of “carbon pollution” from Other People.

The first step, she said, is to give yourself permission to feel whatever you are feeling, even if it seems silly or overblown, and to honor it.

“The message we get is that our grief is somehow deviant,” she said. But grief is a normal, healthy response to loss, examples of which are easy to find in a warming world.

But, it is deviant. Loony tunes. Bats in the belfry. It’s getting upset over a scam. But, hey, we can burn some witches if that will make them feel better.

The rest of the article is just as silly. Have a good laugh reading it.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 11, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is an ocean that will soon!!!!!, rise up and swamp all the land, you might just be a Warmist

IAYS

The blog of the day is Bunkerville, with a post on Pelosi having to miss the 49ers-Vikings game due to TDS.

Double shot below the fold, clearing out some of the extra photos, so, check out Datechguy’s Blog, with a post on an offer to Tammy Duckworth (D), who’s outraged that Doug Collins (R) called Democrats terrorist lovers.

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Surprise: Aussie Firefighter Charged With Setting 17 Blazes

By William Teach January 11, 2020 – 10:30 am

Remember, though, this is all caused by Hotcoldwetdry, not arson, according to Warmists

So, definitely climate change, right?

(UK Sun) AN AUSTRALIAN firefighter has been charged with deliberately starting 17 wildfires while on bail for alleged sex offences.

The unnamed man – who was working with the Darwin River unit in the country’s Northern Territory – was linked to 17 blazes by cops investigating suspicious bushfires.

The man, 27, was linked to the fires thanks to an ankle tag he was wearing as part of bail conditions for alleged sex offences.

Australian detectives investigating suspicious bushfires, as part of Operation Paringa, arrested the man following a raid on his house on Tuesday.

His lawyers argued all the evidence was circumstantial, and he has a girlfriend!

But on Wednesday, a judge refused his application for bail after receiving 33 pages of alleged facts compiled from data collected by his tracking device.

Funny how so many people have been arrested for starting the fires when they were supposed to be caused by ‘climate change’, eh? Of course, the Warmists are starting to now say that ‘climate change’ has created the conditions for bad fires and made them worse.

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St. Greta Says She Will Tell Rich People At Davos To Give Up On Fossil Fueled Economy

By William Teach January 11, 2020 – 7:20 am

And she, along with other climate cult kids, will stomp their feet till this is done

At Davos we will tell world leaders to abandon the fossil fuel economy

We have just entered a new decade, a decade where every month and every day will be absolutely crucial in deciding what the future will look like. Towards the end of January, chief executives, investors and policymakers will gather in Davos for the 50th anniversary of the World Economic Forum.

Young climate activists and school strikers from around the world will be present to put pressure on these leaders.

We demand that at this year’s forum, participants from all companies, banks, institutions and governments immediately halt all investments in fossil fuel exploration and extraction, immediately end all fossil fuel subsidies and immediately and completely divest from fossil fuels.

We don’t want these things done by 2050, 2030 or even 2021, we want this done now – as in right now.

When your 11 year old, OK, 16, but she looks 11, demands you Do Something right now, do you accede to their demands or ground them? Why, exactly, should we listen to a child who is blowing off her education?

The world of finance has a responsibility to the planet, the people and all other species living on it. In fact, it ought to be in every company and stakeholder’s interest to make sure the planet they live on will thrive. But history has not shown the corporate world’s willingness to hold themselves accountable. So it falls on us, the children, to do that. We call upon the world’s leaders to stop investing in the fossil fuel economy that is at the very heart of this planetary crisis. Instead, they should invest their money in existing sustainable technologies, research and in restoring nature. Short-term profit should not trump long-term stability of life.

Well, good luck with this, St. Greta. Fossil fuels are an inexpensive energy source which have made people’s lives much better. You don’t like them? Don’t use them. Stop attempting to be a Fascist and mucking with people’s lives for your beliefs. Oh, and let your fellow youths know that they won’t be able to get their smartphones anymore, because they won’t be able to be shipped, they can’t travel to take selfies, coffee from around the world won’t be available, good luck getting avocados, etc.

The theme of this year’s gathering in Davos is “stakeholders for a cohesive and sustainable world”. According to the forum’s website, leaders will meet to discuss ideas and improve our global progress on climate change. Our request to them is perhaps not so far-fetched considering that they say they understand and prioritise this emergency. Anything less than immediately ceasing these investments in the fossil fuel industry would be a betrayal of life itself. Today’s business as usual is turning into a crime against humanity. We demand that leaders play their part in putting an end to this madness. Our future is at stake, let that be their investment.

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Pelosi Blinks, Says Will Send Impeachment Theater To Senate Next Week

By William Teach January 11, 2020 – 7:08 am

Republicans not only do not seem concerned about dealing with Impeachment Theater, they seem to be looking forward to it, which could be why Queen Nancy was holding on to the impeachment referral

Pelosi set to send impeachment articles to the Senate next week

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that she expects to send the articles of impeachment against President Trump over to the Senate next week, breaking the standoff that had delayed the trial over his dealings with Ukraine.

The move, which came amid increasing pressure on the Speaker to drop her hold on the articles, means Democrats will move forward in appointing impeachment managers who will make their case that Trump committed high crimes and misdemeanors in Phase Two of the trial, which will weigh whether the president should be removed from office.

“I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler [D-N.Y.] to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate,” Pelosi wrote in a letter to Democrats.

“I will be consulting with you at our Tuesday House Democratic Caucus meeting on how we proceed further,” she added.

Be prepared. Uh huh. Is anyone thinking that she and Nadler might find an excuse to not transmit them over?

The announcement comes more than three weeks after the House passed two articles of impeachment, largely along party lines, alleging that Trump abused his power while pressuring the Ukrainian government to investigate his political opponents and obstructed Congress in Democrats’ inquiry.

Remember, it was uber-important, democracy saving, that the House vote to impeach Trump. Then, crickets afterwards, as they were trying to demand the how’s of any Senate trial. Just like Republicans had zero power in the House, Democrats have zero power in the Senate

But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) held firm in his stance that any decisions on witnesses should come after the Senate trial begins, in what he described as the same standard for former President Clinton’s impeachment trial in 1999.

McConnell deflated much of Pelosi’s leverage earlier this week when he announced that he had enough votes within his GOP conference to vote to begin the trial without acceding to Democrats’ demands to commit to witness testimony first.

Perhaps we’ll get to hear from the so-called whistleblower. People, including the President, have the Constitutional Right to face their accusers.

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