…are pine trees that will soon die from carbon pollution driven bark beetles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post on the 15 minute city.
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…are pine trees that will soon die from carbon pollution driven bark beetles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post on the 15 minute city.
Read: If All You See… »
Is this a Sopronos or Goodfellas reference?
Obviously, there’s more to it
Jeffries threatens quick Noem impeachment push, says Stephen Miller also ‘needs to go’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that House Democrats are poised to launch impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem if President Trump doesn’t remove her from power “immediately.”
“She’s got to go — we are dead serious,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol. “She needs to be put on ice permanently.”
Jeffries did not put a date on the launch, but he said he spoke with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday to warn GOP leaders that the effort to topple Noem is imminent.
“If Kristi Noem is not fired immediately, impeachment proceedings will commence,” Jeffries said.
First, good luck with that when the GOP controls the House and Senate, and you will never get the required votes in the Senate even if you get it out of the House.
Second, imagine the caterwauling from the NY Times, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, etc and so on, if a Republican had said “She/he needs to be put on ice permanently” regarding any Democrat. Everything else said would be ignored, it would be portrayed as a death threat.
There is a reason I started calling it Hotcoldwetdry all the way back in 2011. And why it’s called a cult
Climate Change Is Fueling Extremes, Both Hot and Cold
On a typical winter day, the Arctic air that has gripped much of the United States this week should be a few thousand miles to the north, sitting atop the North Pole.
But as man-made climate change continues to disrupt global weather patterns, that mass of cold air, known as the polar vortex, is straying beyond its usual confines.
The escaped polar vortex is just one instance of extreme weather playing out right now around the world. With so much cold air much farther south than usual, typically frigid regions have become relatively balmy.
They just keep repeating this like a 2 year old who heard daddy say “f***”. On and on and on.
Colder colds. Hotter hots. These are the intense bouts of unusual weather that scientists for decades warned would become more common with global warming.
“This is the thing we’ve talked about with climate change,” said Judson Jones, a Times meteorologist and reporter. “The extremes are going to be more extreme.”
Which is a lie.
Warmists used to say that winter weather and cold were going to go away. Remember this?
The doomsday cult came up with a talking point to explain winter, namely, that it is also your fault.
Read: Your Fault: Climate Doom Cause Hot And Cold Extremes »
But, that would require something commonsense
Border czar Homan says feds plan ‘draw down’ of immigration agents if Minnesota officials cooperate
Border czar Tom Homan said Tuesday morning that he’s looking into a “draw down” of federal immigration officers from Minnesota after city and state officials agreed not to release immigrants who have criminal records and pose risks to public safety, so they can instead be transferred into federal custody.
Homan appeared to try to diffuse the increasingly tense situation in the Twin Cities between federal agents and the public and elected officials, while maintaining the federal government’s hard-line approach in Minnesota.
Homan said he reached agreements this week with Governor Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison that federal immigration officers could conduct enforcement in jails to arrest immigrants with criminal records.
“This is common sense cooperation that allows us to draw down the number of people we have here,” Homan said.
As local elected officials cooperate more on other efforts, Homan said, he’ll withdraw additional federal agents.
It is really that easy. Don’t protect illegals who commit crimes. Give them up to ICE as soon as you know they’re illegals. Honor ICE detainers. That will keep that mass deployments out of cities, where they will end up taking the illegals who haven’t committed any crimes (other than being illegals) in large groups because Los Federales know exactly where they are.
However, Homan also said he plans to stay in Minnesota until “the problem’s gone,” adding that he plans to continue to have conversations with elected officials, police chiefs, business owners and religious leaders to seek solutions. Homan delivered a 20-minute address Thursday morning as part of his first public update since arriving in Minnesota Monday at President Donald Trump’s direction.
Enforcing federal law is fun!
‘Could happen anywhere’: Mayors gather in D.C. to discuss immigration enforcement in their cities
A meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors is typically a chance for political leaders to share ideas on issues like housing, climate change and AI. But attention at this year’s winter gathering in Washington D.C. that kicked off Wednesday kept turning to dealings with the federal government, immigration enforcement in cities and violent confrontations in Minneapolis.
“?Every conversation I’ve been a part of here, no matter what the initial agenda was about, has included questions from mayors saying, ‘What should I do to prepare my community for what might come? How will I know if they’re coming?’” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu told WBUR Wednesday evening.
Simple. Go back to the part about not sheltering illegal alien criminals.
Read: Tom Homan Says Immigration Action Could Soon Draw Down In Minneapolis »
Obviously, another excuse as to why after 30+ years of spreading awareness most people do not really care in practice
Climate news is written in a language most people can’t understand
In the summer of 2023, more than 19,000 people were forced to evacuate as wildfires swept through Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories. Emergency alerts were issued in French and English, but not in the nine Indigenous languages that are recognized as official languages in the territory, forcing some Indigenous families to rely on friends, radio broadcasts, and social media for critical information.
So more leftist white knighting, thinking that the Indigenous in Canada do not understand English or French? Why do leftists always think “minorities” are stupid and incapable?
A new white paper argues that the lack of translated disaster warnings is emblematic of a much broader problem: Climate change information, from emergency alerts to scientific research, is overwhelmingly produced only in English. The research, published by Climate Cardinals, a youth-led climate advocacy organization focused on language access, found that 80 percent of scientific papers are published in English, which is spoken by just 18 percent of the world’s population. The researchers argue that most of the world is excluded from the information needed to understand how climate change is reshaping the planet, including people in positions of power.
Well, it could be that those papers are written by first worlders who have the luxury to care about the climate scam in theory. Most of the 2nd and 3rd world are not exactly doing scientific investigation, you know?
“Language is not just about inclusion, but I think really determines what would count as climate reality,” said Jackie Vandermel, research co-director at Climate Cardinals. “Language is not just about who receives the information, but also what is allowed to even exist in climate governance.”
See? The problem is the language, not that the vast majority of Warmists fail to practice what they preach, showing it is all a lie.
The report puts particular emphasis on the need for Indigenous language translations, including in emergencies like those in Yellowknife. Indigenous languages, researchers note, are increasingly threatened not only by colonialism but also by climate change itself. Forced migration can sever ties to ancestral lands, making it more difficult to teach languages to new generations. At the same time, Indigenous languages embed detailed understandings of local ecosystems and weather not captured elsewhere. Indigenous peoples are also disproportionately exposed to climate impacts, like melting Arctic ice and Pacific typhoons. The result can mean that Indigenous peoples face heightened climate risks and get less access to relevant information while struggling to preserve languages that could be critical to fighting climate change.
Hey, through all the thinking Indigenous are children in need of nannyism, did anyone think to ask them if they give a rat’s ass about the scam?
Read: Bummer: Climate (scam) News Is Written In A Language Most People Don’t Understand »
…is a wonderful low carbon mode of travel during heatsnow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is This ain’t Hell…, with a post on Thursday thrills.
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Republicans should counter with a bill that would allow citizens to sue Democrats individually for wasting taxpayer money
Democrat’s bill would let people sue ICE over misconduct
Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley wants to allow people to sue over immigration enforcement officers’ infringement of their constitutional rights, according to a copy of his new bill shared with Semafor.
The bill would allow people who are deprived of “rights, privileges, or immunities” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection to sue the federal government, with the funds paid out of last year’s tax cuts law, which included billions for immigration enforcement.
It’ll be a nonstarter for the Republicans, but will demonstrates the scale of change Democrats now believe is needed.
“ICE and CBP must face consequences if their agents wrongfully violate citizens’ rights to protest and free speech, search people’s homes without a warrant, or deny due process,” Merkley said.
If you click that Semafor link you’ll see that this is meant to bestow US Rights on people who are illegally present in the US, and would end up giving them a legal status. Those suits could take years, meaning that illegals couldn’t be deported during that time period. And if a huge chunk of them are doing this, how many millions would be considered non-deportable? 5? 10? Just like claiming asylum, which are mostly false, but, cannot deport till have their day in court.
It would also allow the unhinged liberal base to sue after their mostly peaceful protests, after interfering with federal immigration authorities.
Of course, there is zero chance this passes. But, what if Dems win the House and Senate in the Fall? Might they nuke the filibuster to pass it?
If they really cared the state would shut down the airports and ports, restrict citizens from driving fossil fueled vehicles. Instead, they’re trying a shakedown, which will probably get killed in court
Illinois lawmakers plan to introduce a climate change superfund bill in the state legislature this session, the latest in a growing number of states seeking to make fossil fuel companies pay up for the fast-growing financial fallout of climate change.
As the costs of global warming rise—in the form of home insurance premiums, utility bills, health expenses and record-breaking damages from extreme weather—local advocates are increasingly pushing states to require that fossil fuel companies contribute to climate “superfunds” that would support mitigation and adaptation.
Illinois state Rep. Robyn Gabel, who will introduce the bill in the House, said she is motivated by the growing threat of flooding and heat waves in the state.
“The costs with climate change are going to be extravagant, and it’s going to end up on the backs of the taxpayers, and the oil companies continue to walk away with huge profits,” said Gabel, an Evanston Democrat. “Polluting companies should be responsible for the damage they cause.”
Advocates will rally on Thursday morning in Chicago to support what’s known as the “Make Polluters Pay” effort as part of a national week of action, with climate activists and disaster survivors holding events across the country, including in Connecticut, Colorado, California, New Jersey and Maine. Two states—New York and Vermont—have already passed climate superfund laws.
Yeah, it’s really a slush fund, nothing more, and all the costs will be passed on to the users. Have fun, Illinois people, you voted for this.
Read: People’s Republik Of Illinois Considering A Polluter Pays Bill »
This is so horrible for Trump
‘Our cities are no longer safe’: GOP mayors condemn Trump immigration enforcement
A number of Republican mayors are condemning the Trump administration’s hardline immigration enforcement tactics in Minnesota, as they call on the president to pull back from Minneapolis and worry their cities might be next.
“It’s roiling the country,” Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt told POLITICO. “We’re all sort of feeling the angst of our residents and the fear that our city will be next and that chaos is going to inevitably creep across the entire country.”
Fresno, California, Mayor Jerry Dyer said in an interview that “too much damage has been done” with the crackdown and “the trust in communities has been lost.”
And Burnsville, Minnesota, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, warned that the agency’s current tactics meant “our cities are no longer safe.”
The remarks from the trio of moderate-leaning GOP mayors who have broken with Trump in the past came at the annual gathering of the nonpartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors, held blocks from the White House. Holt chairs the conference.
And then there’s ……. no one else. This is what the Credentialed Media does, find a few utter squishes and inflates the importance, making it seem as if there are a whole bunch who disagree with Trump, and that their voices are super important and Should Be Listened To. When, in fact, there are always going to be a few who disagree, especially when there are plenty of pure Squishes in the GOP. Burnsville is right outside Little Somalia, er, Minneapolis, so, of course Kautz is going to be Squish. Fresno is weird, because it is a majority Dem city which tends to vote Republican mayors, who are utter Squishes. Holt has been a Never Trumper who cavorts with the wackos at The Bulwark.
The Republican leaders’ calls for Trump to deescalate after the fatal shootings of two Minnesotans by federal agents show the GOP’s deepening fissures over the administration’s aggressive immigration agenda, even as the mayors and Republicans broadly offered support for the president’s overall goal. And their alarm comes as ICE ramps up operations in other states, including Arizona and Maine.
Do the voters care what the get along go along Republicans, the Never Trumpers, the Squishes think? Trump voters are thrilled by this.
Seriously, how could we actually be in it when it was set up to avoid the required vote by the US Senate on treaties, Article II, Section 2, Clause 2?
America Officially Leaves the Paris Climate Agreement. For the Second Time.
As of Tuesday, the United States is no longer a party to the Paris agreement on climate change, becoming the only country in the world to abandon the international commitment to slow global warming.
The formal departure from the climate accord comes one year after President Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawal. Earlier this month Mr. Trump said the United States would also leave the United Nations treaty that underlies the Paris agreement, which was unanimously ratified by the U.S. Senate in 1992 and signed by President George H.W. Bush.
The dual moves by Mr. Trump underline America’s isolation in the effort to control emissions of greenhouse gases, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels, that are dangerously heating the planet.
I had to look to see if this was in the news section or opinion, but, it’s in the climate section, so, cult opinion.
The United States is currently the planet’s second largest climate polluter after China. It is also the largest historic emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, which is notable because emissions linger in the atmosphere for decades or even centuries, trapping heat and contributing to sea level rise, heat waves and intensifying extreme weather like floods, wildfires and droughts.
CO2 is not a pollutant, so, yeah, this is cult propaganda.
Wopke Hoekstra, the European Union climate commissioner, said abandoning the Paris agreement is a “clear absence of leadership” that will have “significant negative impacts” on America’s reputation.
Seriously, no one really cares, except all the 3rd world shitholes and island nations which like the zero strings attached scam money to flow in.
“What others will say is, ‘How on Earth is it possible that a country with this might, with this deep a purse, and with this direct responsibility for the planet heating up, basically checks out’?” Mr. Hoekstra said.
See? It’s the money. If these big wigs really cared then they’d make sure they had a zero carbon footprint in their own lives, and that their countries were actually moving towards the “1.5C” goal, when, in fact, most are missing it.
Jennifer Morgan, a senior fellow at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and Germany’s former climate envoy, said she believes other countries will continue to transition to clean energy. But she said, “It will really require leadership from the European Union and other countries to be a heavyweight against the Trump administration’s efforts to roll things back.”
Good. Let’s see how much further their economies and societies collapse. Every experiment needs an experimental group.
Read: Good News: US Is Officially Out Of Paris Climate (scam) Agreement »