Cult Now Trying To Hijack The Affordability Debate

It just goes to show that no matter what the issue is the doomsday cult wants in, and will attempt to hijack it

Affordability As One Possible Response To Climate Change

Reasons for the lack of new affordable housing seem nearly limitless. Depending on whom you talk to, factors can include inflation, NIMBYism, governmental red tape, labor shortages, material costs and others. All contribute to the ongoing crisis of a shortage of 7.1 million affordable and available rental homes, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC). The NLIHC estimates just 35 affordable and available homes exist in the U.S. for every 100 extremely low-income renter households.

Well, let’s see: COVID causing housing prices to skyrocket, as so many blew out of higher priced big cities and moved elsewhere, like the South. Biden letting in Lord knows how many millions of illegals, fake asylum seekers, refugees, and TPS recipients, putting a strain on housing. Democrats constantly pushing “affordable” housing, so we get more townhomes and apartments, rather than houses. Owners jacking up the cost of rent due to COVID even though their own costs barely rose. The cost of building going up because of government mandates on things, such as AC and heating.

But some developers and architects believe if new affordable housing cannot be built in sufficient volume, there exists a next best idea: Creating more old affordable housing by renovating and preserving already existing structures.

OK, that sounds like a great idea. There are tons of buildings, commercial and lving, they can do that with that. Of course, government gets in the way. How’s that whole permitting thing going in the Los Angeles area?

BTW, most of the permits are from the feds. None from local, county, state (why are the feds even involved?)

The added benefit of doing so is it is a more sustainable solution than building anew. Renovating old housing avoids the environmental tradeoffs of new construction, including carbon emissions and demolition waste. Renovating existing buildings to provide housing helps trim waste, lower energy usage and fortify those communities most susceptible to the impact of climate change.

The vast majority of the article has little to do with environmental concerns nor the green scam, yet, you look at the headline and see that the cult requires it’s blood sacrifice in every article.

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If All You See…

…is an Evil fossil fueled vehicle causing horrible heatsnow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Woodsterman, with a post on Libturd Thursday.

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Cool: DHS To Buy 737’s To Deport Illegals

They could have bought military style cargo planes or the big, uncomfortable ones we transport troops in, but, at least the illegals will get repatriated in some style

DHS inks contract to create its own fleet of 737 jets for deportations

The Department of Homeland Security recently signed a contract worth nearly $140 million to purchase six Boeing 737 planes for deportations — a move that will allow the agency to operate its own fleet after receiving a massive funding increase from Congress.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the arm of DHS that carries out deportation flights, has long relied on charter planes, but two officials familiar with the contract and records reviewed by The Washington Post indicate ICE has broader plans.

Tricia McLaughlin, a DHS spokeswoman, said in a statement in response to an inquiry from The Post that the planes would save money “by allowing ICE to operate more effectively, including by using more efficient flight patterns.”

McLaughlin said the effort would save $279 million in taxpayer dollars. She did not offer specifics.

“We are delighted to see The Washington Post is highlighting the Trump administration’s cost-effective and innovative ways of delivering on the American people’s mandate for mass deportations of criminal illegal aliens,” she said in a statement.

None of the wacko activists, unhinged judges, or elected Democrats will be able to pressure the charter companies with this. ICE can simply load up the planes and ship them off to their home countries. Or other places. And it creates jobs for aircraft mechanics! That’s great!

Another former DHS official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly about their former employer, said that the likely rationale for the agency is to increase capacity to do both removals from the United States and move people from one facility to another within the country. The official said previous administrations considered similar ideas but concluded it was too expensive because of costs or the logistical complications of maintaining a fleet of aircraft and flight crew.

It took five Washington Post writers to tell us this. I think we can all figure out it makes things easier and quicker.

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Noem to Face Questions From House Panel Amid Immigration Crackdown

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, is set to appear before Congress on Thursday for a hearing that is likely to draw sharp questions about the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics and efforts to upend legal paths for migrants to live in the United States.

The hearing, held by the House Homeland Security Committee, typically takes place annually and focuses on “worldwide threats” to the United States. Ms. Noem will face a panel of lawmakers as the federal government is escalating its immigration efforts and seeking to ramp up deportations.

In other words, Democrats are going to caterwaul and bloviate about DHS following laws as passed by duly elected Congresses to capture and deport people in violation of immigration laws. There will be barely any questions from Democrats as they have a freakout over illegal aliens.

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NY Times Reader Wonders How He Can Get His Climate Cult Wife To Stop Nagging People

Maybe ask her if she’s made her life carbon neutral? Or to calm down?

How Can I Stop My Wife From Badgering Our Friends About Climate Change?

My wife has become an eco-warrior. She has strong feelings about the environment and other people’s carbon footprints. She challenges our friends repeatedly about their lifestyle choices. I agree with her in principle, but I can’t support her moral outrage. It’s become clear to me that her behavior is off-putting to many people we see. And it’s uncomfortable for me and for them when she raises the same issues repeatedly. She seems to care more about the climate crisis than our relationships. I try to see this issue through my wife’s eyes, so I understand her need to speak up. But it’s so uncomfortable. Help!

Hmm, their lifestyle choices? I’d love some detail about her own choices. I’m betting that the pool of friends has shrunk, that most are always busy, have something going on, so, they do not have time to meet up anymore. Let’s see what the NY Times has to say in response

I am going to assume that you have raised this issue with your wife privately and have not made much headway. (It would be odd to keep quiet about your growing discomfort, and that of your friends, only to broach the subject with me.) Still, I have a suggestion that may be persuasive to your wife: Offer her an alternative that increases the chances of changing people’s behavior.

She probably knows already — but may need to be reminded — that there are few turnoffs more potent than being bullied by moral crusaders. I wouldn’t start there, of course! I would begin by praising her, rightfully, for her commitment to an important issue that receives little practical attention — among my friends and neighbors, anyway. We believe in human-caused climate change, but we are not altering our transportation, diets or energy habits to reduce our carbon footprints.

Damn, I’ve been noting that about the Warmists for 20 years

So, after expressing your solidarity, turn to her presentation. Tell her you’ve seen friends pull back from her when she becomes strident. Remind her that she isn’t likely to shame people into making lasting changes in their behavior. And ask her to consider posing her important question more gently: How can we call something a crisis and still not take steps to ameliorate it? A soft conversation here — with talking and listening on every side — is more likely to change people’s habits than an angry attack is.

Yeah, that doesn’t really help, not with utter zealots, true cult members. He needs to have a clear conversation with her, which won’t go well. A conversation that is probably worse than a spouse trying to set boundaries within a marriage (something like this). How do you get a person dial down their cult? How many Dems are out on social media saying they cut Trump voting family members out of their lives, won’t go to Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner with them? How do you overcome that?

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US Captures Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil Tanker

That sound you hear is moonbats baying at the moon in apoplexy

Bondi shares heart-pounding footage of US seizing Venezuelan oil tanker in rare action last seen in 2014

Attorney General Pam Bondi released video footage Wednesday of U.S. forces seizing a Venezuelan crude oil tanker, a bold move last ordered more than a decade ago.

Video footage showed FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents, along with U.S. Coast Guard members, with support from the Department of War, executing a precise seizure of the tanker, which was being used to move sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran.

Armed personnel in tactical gear rappelled from a helicopter above the vessel off the Venezuelan coast Wednesday, landing on the deck of the ship and entering with weapons drawn.

“For multiple years, the oil tanker has been sanctioned by the United States due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations,” Bondi wrote in a statement on X.

“This seizure, completed off the coast of Venezuela, was conducted safely and securely—and our investigation alongside the Department of Homeland Security to prevent the transport of sanctioned oil continues.”

So, of course we get Dipshitus Liberalus

Well, yes, blowing that ship up would have created an ecological disaster for a period of time, and the sanctions kinda do not authorize boom boom. Oil is a legal commodity, drugs are not. Blowing up a few drug running boats is not that big of a deal, and really, US authorities capture plenty of drug running boats.

And, then you have Democrat Adam Smith getting all hot and bothered by this.

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Your Fault: One Side Of Earth Is Getting Colder Or Something

This is why they call it ‘climate change’, so they can blame you for everything

One Side of Earth Is Rapidly Getting Colder Than the Other

Scientists from the University of Oslo say one side of Earth’s interior is losing heat much faster than the other side—and the culprit is practically as old as time.

A study published in Geophysical Research Letters uses computer models of the last 400 million years to calculate how “insulated” each hemisphere was by continental mass, which is a key quality that holds heat inside instead of releasing it. The pattern goes all the way back to Pangaea.

Earth has a red hot liquid interior that warms the entire planet from inside. It spins, too, generating both gravity and Earth’s magnetic field. This holds our protective atmosphere close to Earth’s surface.

Over the extremely long term, this interior will continue to cool until Earth is more like Mars. The surprise in the study is how unevenly the heat is dissipating, but the reason makes intuitive sense: Parts of Earth have been insulated by more landmass, creating something of a Thermos layer that traps heat.

So, just things that happen

There’s a surprising contradiction in the findings. The Pacific hemisphere has cooled about 50 Kelvin more than the African hemisphere, but the “consistently higher plate velocities of the Pacific hemisphere during the past 400 [million years]” suggest the Pacific was much hotter at a certain moment in time.

At this time, the cult has not gotten involved to make the spin, but, give it time. Regardless, it does show that natural processes of the Earth, the Sun, the solar system’s place in the galaxy, etc, play way more than a tiny amount of CO2 because Other People drive fossil fueled vehicles. Though, I will still be skeptical of computer models.

Meanwhile

The climate cult’s dissolution is inevitable

The collapse of the Paris Agreement and the unmasking of the net zero illusion were never hard to predict — not for anyone with a shred of intellectual honesty. It didn’t take a fancy research title or an advanced degree. The writing was carved deep into the stone of energy reality, which no press release, no activist lobby and no billionaire-backed foundation could erase.

Most nations — particularly those early in the process of building their futures — offered only empty nods to their climate targets. Their participation was a transparent quest for political leverage. The climate crusade survived by hijacking the political class, manipulating data through compliant scientists, and converting media empires into megaphones of fear.

Good piece, worth the read, and it is similar to

The end of the climate cult

Finally, thankfully, the global warming craze is dying out. To paraphrase Monty Python, the climate parrot may still be nailed to its perch at the recent COP summit in Belém, Brazil – or at Harvard and on CNN – but elsewhere it’s dead. It’s gone to meet its maker, kicked the bucket, shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. By failing to pledge a cut in fossil fuels, COP achieved less than nothing, the venue caught fire, the air-conditioning malfunctioned – and delegates were told on arrival not to flush toilet paper. Bill Gates’s recent apologia, in which he conceded that global warming “will not lead to humanity’s demise,” after he closed the policy and advocacy office of his climate philanthropy group is just the latest nail in the coffin.

Also worth the read, and, it warms my heart that so many are using the word cult when talking about this subject. Tom Nelson and myself, along with a few others, were the first to really start calling it a cult. But never make the mistake that the doomsday climate cult will go away, it is the perfect vessel for government taking people’s money and freedom, Modern Socialism, authoritarianism, in the name of Saving The Planet. It was the perfect platform when the Soviet Union collapsed for Big Government, all controlling government. “Do you hate the planet?” they said, so, comply. It was a great means for graft, for taking massive amounts of taxpayer money. The cult has managed to fold most issues under the banner of the cult. It might hibernate, but, it will never go away. The cultists won’t let it, especially the rich, elected class, and Elites.

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If All You See…

…is an island that will soon be dealing with dozens of feet of sea rise, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jihad Watch, with a post on Netflix’s wokest movie so far.

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LOL: Illinois Passes Law Banning Immigration From Arresting Illegals In Certain Areas

They’re so cute when they think they actually have power

Illinois law protects immigrants from arrest near courthouses, hospitals or colleges

Immigrants living in Illinois, among the states hit hardest by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, are now shielded from federal enforcement near courthouses, hospitals, university campuses and day cares under a law Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker signed Tuesday.

The law, which takes effect immediately, also provides legal steps for people whose constitutional rights were violated during the federal enforcement action in the Chicago area, including $10,000 in damages for someone unlawfully arrested while attempting to attend a court proceeding.

“Dropping your kid off at day care, going to the doctor, or attending your classes should not be a life-altering task,” Pritzker said at a bill-signing in the largely Latino Little Village neighborhood in Chicago. “Illinois — in the face of cruelty and intimidation — has chosen solidarity and support.”

Coming to the U.S. illegally or overstaying your visa puts you in the position to be detained. It’s on you. Further, just about the only daycare involved was when an illegal was running from federal law enforcement and ran into a daycare. What if the people involved are not illegals: can they be arrested? Quite often places like courthouses are the safest places, because there’s a limited chance they will be armed. What about Americans being arrested in hospitals because they are Bad People? Is that OK?

Anyway, good luck enforcing this law

Critics complain the law will be overturned by the courts.

Oh, I’m sure the Democrats in Democrat run Illinois can find several Democrat federal judges to uphold the the law, but, it will be killed on appeal.

Federal agents are now prohibited from making civil arrests in or around courthouses of a person attending certain legal proceedings, and the law provides for $10,000 in fines for the arrest of someone the officer should have known was attending a court hearing. It prevents the release of private medical records by hospitals, blocks universities from taking certain actions regarding the immigration status of students or employees and precludes day cares from sharing such status information.

Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said of Pritzker, “He must be unfamiliar with the U.S. Constitution,” the Supremacy Clause of which declares that federal law cannot be superseded.

The law pretty much puts state residents in conflict between this state law and federal law. Oh, and federal immigration officers will certainly ignore the law, and good luck to any state or local officer who tries to interfere. Notice, though, it is about “civil” arrests. Why would illegals be in court for civil matters? What if they are in court for assault? Does the Illinois law allow for their arrest?

Regardless, federal law overrides state law when it comes to immigration, as Los Federales were tasked with immigration in the Constitution, and there is no federal law blocking illegal alien arrests in any of those places. Nice try, J.B.

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EPA Removing Mentions Of Human Caused Climate Doom From Website Or Something

It would be truly hilarious if the EPA would leave in that Warmists driving fossil fueled vehicles, taking fossil fueled flights to climate conferences, and eating meat, among others, causes ‘climate change’ per cult doctrine

E.P.A. Erases Mention of Humans Causing Climate Change From Some Web Pages

The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly removed the fact that human activity is driving climate change from a handful of pages on its website.

The information was deleted from one webpage titled “Causes of Climate Change,” and another that tracks the impacts of the global warming in the United States.

The changes comes as the Trump administration takes aggressive action to boost oil, gas and coal, the burning of which is the main driver of global warming. Mr. Trump, who calls climate change a “hoax,” has eliminated climate regulations and made it easier to develop fossil fuels and harder to build renewable energy like wind and solar power. (snip)

Brigit Hirsh, a spokeswoman for Mr. Zeldin, said the Trump administration is focused on protecting human health, rather than what she called “left-wing political agendas.”

“This agency no longer takes marching orders from the climate cult,” Ms. Hirsch said in a statement. She noted that the older web pages have been archived and are still available online.

Just replace the on-line data with photos of American climahypocrites, like Sheldon Whitehouse, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Al Gore, Gavin Newsom, and so many more driving around in big fossil fueled SUVs and flying in private jets. And their big mansions and homes by the sea.

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“Rights” Groups Sue For Boat Strike Justification Memo

These American rights groups never miss an opportunity to defend foreigners, but, I wonder, would they do this if Biden or Kamala were president? Actually, yes. They sued Obama multiple times for drone strikes in foreign nations which killed American citizens who were fighting with ISIS and al Qaeda. Because groups like the ACLU are nuts

Rights groups sue administration for release of memo justifying boat strikes

A group of civil rights advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration, seeking the release of a legal memo and other documents related to lethal U.S. military strikes on boats suspected of trafficking drugs from Latin America.

The complaint alleges that the nearly two dozen boat strikes carried out since September are illegal and that the public deserves to see how President Donald Trump’s administration has justified them. The strikes have killed at least 87 people.

“The public deserves to know how our government is justifying the cold-blooded murder of civilians as lawful and why it believes it can hand out get-out-of-jail-free cards to people committing these crimes,” Jeffrey Stein, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, one of the plaintiffs, said in a statement Tuesday.

The ACLU, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to the complaint, the groups filed a freedom of information request with several federal agencies on Oct. 15 seeking the release of a legal opinion from the White House’s Office of Legal Counsel. The Washington Post reported that the memo argued the country is in a “non-international armed conflict” with unspecified “drug cartels.”

Last time I checked, none of the drug runners were American citizens. Certainly not citizens of the State of New York. None of them have Constitutional rights. The whole thing is wild that Liberals/Democrats are hanging their hats on defending foreign drug smugglers.

Saying drugs are not bad because Trump is blowing up foreign drug running boats is a hell of a take.

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