Progressive Minded Washington City May Ban Use Of Natural Gas To Solve Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach January 9, 2020 – 2:41 pm

Looking forward to the resulting freakout when their energy bills skyrocket thanks to their own beliefs

To Fight Climate Change, One City May Ban Heating Homes With Natural Gas

As a progressive-minded city nestled where the Cascade mountains reach the sea, Bellingham, Wash., has long been looking to scale back its contribution to climate change. In recent years, city leaders have converted the streetlights to low-power LEDs, provided bikes for city employees and made plans to halt the burning of sewage solids.

But while the efforts so far have lowered the city’s emissions, none have come close to erasing its carbon footprint. Now, Bellingham is looking to do something that no other city has yet attempted: adopt a ban on all residential heating by natural gas.

The ambitious plan set for consideration by the City Council in the coming weeks had already prompted vigorous debate over how much one small city should try to do to avert climate catastrophe, at a time when the federal government was putting less emphasis on halting the trajectory of rising temperatures. (snip)

In places like the Northwest, which benefits from a robust network of hydro-powered electricity, the move to detach from natural gas may be within reach — but at a cost.

Lots of climate cult cities are considering banning new construction with natural gas. Some have already banned new construction

Bellingham is talking about going even further: banning natural gas heating not only in new construction but also in existing homes and businesses.

The article, and the city council, is rather sparse on what home owners and businesses are supposed to do. It is not exactly cheap to convert gas heating and/or fireplaces and/or water heaters and/or stoves to something else. But, hey, if they are Believers, they will be willing to shell out, right?

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 9, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is a sea that will soon rise and kill all the turtles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is America’s Watchtower, with a post on Joe Biden noting that no one understood Obamacare when they voted for it.

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The Squad Members Still Upset Over Targeted Killing Of Suleimani

By William Teach January 9, 2020 – 10:51 am

Where are the Democrats who slam Iran and stone cold terrorist Suleimani? Can’t really find any, and, of course, Squad members are unhinged

(Breitbart) Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), the co-chair of the Progressive Caucus, proclaimed on Wednesday that “there was no raw evidence” of an “imminent threat” to warrant the elimination of Iran’s top terror chief, declaring that President Trump “recklessly assassinated” Qasem Soleimani.

Jayapal, upon emerging from a congressional classified briefing on the strike eliminating Iran’s top general, proclaimed that there was “no evidence of an imminent threat or attack” to justify the action against the terrorist mastermind, who directed terrorist proxies abroad. She claimed:

President Trump recklessly assassinated Qasem Soleimani. He had no evidence of an imminent threat or attack, and we say that coming from a classified briefing where again, there was no raw evidence presented that there was an imminent threat.

Well, of course she goes there, because she hates Trump and loves her Islamist buddies in Iran

The Pentagon said in a statement:

General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region. This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans.

The Pentagon also confirmed that Soleimani approved of last week’s violent attack against the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

She’d rather listen to her friends in the Iranian government

And then there’s Jew hater and terrorist lover Ilhan Omar (via Twitchy)

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German, Canadian Warmists Want To Jail Climate Skeptics

By William Teach January 9, 2020 – 8:10 am

Does this surprise anyone? Many members of the Cult of Climastrology have called for jailing “deniers”, ie, heretics of their cult. Remember that Comrade Bernie called for “bringing deniers to justice”, a phrase reminiscent of taking out Islamist jihadis. His Green New Deal calls for “The EPA’s Office of Civil Rights will step up its investigations into alleged environmental justice violations”. Wrongthink is not allowed (via Watts Up With That? through NoTricksZone)

Downplaying the climate catastrophe endangers human survival – do we have to accept that?

Why the trivialized must not hide behind the fundamental right of freedom of expression

Misleading alleged “studies” or scandal news are still spreading worldwide, the purpose of which is to sow doubts about scientifically proven warnings from climate science. For example, it has been claimed that climate scientists are exaggerating the extent and risks of global warming – in order to secure their jobs and receive more research funding. The aim of such misleading contributions is to continue fossil energy generation and economic activity for as long as possible. The Background section in more detail below .

One of the latest climate science studies at https://www.pnas.org/content/115/33/8252 now foresees the demise of mankind due to global overheating, if the global economic climate gas emissions are not ended within the next 10 years and active return of greenhouse gases is also introduced worldwide using technical methods. But this study painstakingly avoids any wording that could lead to panic.

Mark that prognostication down

It is important, not only in Constance, but everywhere in Germany (everyone should first come to their front door) and finally worldwide, to avert the danger to the best of their knowledge and belief. In the event of a climate catastrophe, the natural sciences provide the best knowledge, but not the trivialists. What the trivialists do can be called sabotage. And sabotage of emergency measures should be punished. (snip)

No change to the Basic Law is necessary, just a further provision in the “general laws” – here in the Criminal Code – something like this: “Anyone who trivializes or prevents the climate catastrophe defense against the climate catastrophe according to the Paris Climate Agreement and its follow-up agreements, denies or prevents the climate catastrophe, will be fined up to 300 daily rates. In the event of a repeat sentence, the sentence is imprisonment .

But, hey, this totally doesn’t undermine freedom of opinion

Such a threat of punishment in no way undermines the fundamental right to freedom of opinion. Also the freedom of opinion has, as already mentioned in the introduction, legal limits (Article 5, Paragraph 2, first half sentence German Law). For example, according to Paragraphs 185 to 187 of the German Criminal Code, insult, libel and slander are also sanctioned, because otherwise peaceful coexistence is not possible.”

As P. Gosselin of NoTricksZone notes

Emergency laws, sabotage, punishment. This seemingly undemocratic argumentation is not entirely new in Germany. The last time it was heard was 80 years ago.

You can bet most Warmists outside of Germany agree with jailing Skeptics for Wrongthink. Oh, look, Jo Nova finds more fun

If anyone should be passionately devoted to free speech, surely it’s journalists. Five years ago yesterday, nine writers, editors, and cartoonists associated with the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, were slaughtered in Paris. Islamic fundamentalists considered them guilty of blasphemy.

So what did the entire editorial board of Canada’s Winnipeg Free Press newspaper do the day before that anniversary? It loudly called for censorship. It promoted intolerance. It published a lengthy editorial titled Time to silence voices of denial. This isn’t the opinion of a single writer, we’re informed, but an official, “consensus view.”

Most journalists are part of the Cult.

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Washington Post: Proclaiming Trump Victorious On Iran Is Shortsighted Or Something

By William Teach January 9, 2020 – 7:35 am

The Washington Post Editorial Board is just continuing the media policy of slamming Trump and not slamming Iran, because Orange Man Bad

Proclaiming Trump victorious in Iran is shortsighted and premature

THE ESCALATING confrontation between the United States and Iran paused on Wednesday, which, as President Trump put it, “is a good thing for all parties concerned.” Having demonstrated that it can strike Iraqi bases where U.S. troops are deployed with precision, Iran announced that it had “concluded” its response to the killing of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani; Mr. Trump, reporting that no Americans were killed or injured by Tehran’s missiles, set aside the sweeping attacks he had threatened on 52 sites inside Iran.

Mr. Trump’s acolytes quickly proclaimed him victorious for having eliminated the architect of Iran’s foreign adventurism while avoiding a more damaging response. That assessment was premature and shortsighted. Iran’s strikes on U.S. interests and allies will almost certainly continue in the coming months. Unless the Trump administration quickly steps up its diplomatic game, what Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called his ultimate aim — the removal of the United States from the Middle East — could soon be realized in Iraq and Syria.

Um, I’m betting most who aren’t deranged Trump haters, like the WPEB, are glad Trump whacked Suleimani, a man with the blood of hundreds of Americans on his hands. A guy who was a big part of the whole “death to America” crowd in the Iranian Islamist government. A guy who liked to torture children and women. Killing him is rather victorious, in the same way as killing Osama Bin Laden. I don’t remember the WPEB chiding Obama and his acolytes for spiking the football when Obama had him whacked, do you? Most Americans, right and left, celebrated it. They didn’t take the side of al Qaeda and the hardcore Islamists around the world.

But, Orange Man Bad, so, the WPEB has to push ahead with taking Iran’s side. See, we should be talking to them, giving them billions and billions in cash, removing sanctions which allows Iran more money for their anti-American, anti-Israel, hardcore Islamist operations, and allw them to normalize relations. Maybe a deal which would provide them help to build nuclear weapons in 5-10 years

Mr. Trump ought to embrace the pause in hostilities as an opportunity to begin serious negotiations with the Islamic republic. That is the course favored not only by a majority of Americans but also by Mideast allies such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which have been pressing for restraint. Though he nodded to the idea, saying the United States was “ready to embrace peace,” Mr. Trump also said he would intensify already-massive sanctions on Iran. That campaign of “maximum pressure” has failed to bring about the new nuclear negotiations Mr. Trump says he wants, much less the regime collapse or capitulation his more hawkish advisers hope for. But it virtually ensures that Iranian responses like last year’s attacks on Persian Gulf shipping and Saudi oil fields will continue.

Iran has been the prime aggressor against the U.S. since 1979. What, exactly, are we to negotiate on? They really gave up nothing for Obama’s little deal. And were violating the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action within a year of signing it.

But, hey, Orange Man Bad. Democrats and their pet media should consider that all this support of Iran will show up on the campaign trail. It may not have been Trump’s intention to create a political issue, but, he has one now.

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Gizmado Warmist: The Aussie Fires Aren’t Arson (except for all the arsonists)

By William Teach January 8, 2020 – 3:00 pm

You know the Narrative is in danger when Warmists go off the rails, as witnessed by Gizmado’s Brian Khan

It’s Not Arson, You Absolute Fucking Morons

Australia’s bushfires are a bright red warning sign that the climate crisis is most definitely upon us and worse lies ahead if we don’t curb carbon pollution. That also makes them a bright red warning sign for a disinformation campaign about their causes for anyone looking to maintain the status quo.

After months of hell, coverage of the bushfires has penetrated mainstream conversation around the globe with an uptick in Google search interest, news stories, and Twitter hashtags. Celebrities even used their time at the Golden Globes to outline the clear link between the fires and climate change. It’s an easy one to make since Australia just had its hottest year on record and many areas are going through a record drought as well, and research has shown climate change is already increasing the risk of fire weather in the Land Down Under. Some real Climate Science 101 stuff.

Where’s the proof of anthropogenic causation?

Yet over the past week, a counter-narrative has emerged that no, it’s not climate change. It’s arsonists and nefarious green groups who have pushed to stop back burns and controlled fires that reduce fire risk. While 183 arrests have been made in connection with fires, only 24 people have actually been charged with arson. As for the green group’s thing, that’s just trash as far as I can tell. As someone who had a tweet about the fires “doing numbers” this week, I can attest to hordes of accounts responding with some iteration of these two conspiracy theories or mashing them up to say it’s, in fact, environmentalists who did the arson (which is weird since I thought they made it so that nobody could light fires but OK whatever).

So, wait, people have been arrested and charged for setting fires? Weird. Remember, not all are intentional. Many fires are simply accidents. Many are accidents that could have been avoided. But, hey, this is your fault for that steak you ate the other day.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 8, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is a book made from killing a climate saving tree, you might just be a Warmist

IAYS

The blog of the day is A View From The Beach, with a post on CNN caving to the Covington kid.

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Good News: Liz Warren’s Campaign Is Super Alive Due To Selfies

By William Teach January 8, 2020 – 10:44 am

Apparently, selfies are more important than poll numbers

Elizabeth Warren Defends Flagging Poll Numbers by Touting ‘100,000 Selfies’ Benchmark

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) defended her declining poll numbers on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Wednesday, by claiming that she’s taken over 100,000 selfies.

After being asked by Morning Joe co-anchor Willie Geist about her “slipped” support in the polls, Warren responded, “I should start out by saying I just don’t comment on polls and I actually don’t really look at them.”

“But I’ll tell you this. The best part of this whole year has been doing what I do, which is getting out and doing town halls. It’s reaching out to people. It’s reaching out to voters in New Hampshire and Iowa, but all across this country,” she declared. “Because I don’t spend time at closed-door fundraisers, I don’t spend a lot of time with billionaires and millionaires and corporate executives, it means I’ve had time to go all around the country. So I’ve been to 29 states and Puerto Rico. I’m closing in on 200 town halls. We’ve already shot past 100,000 selfies. And what that means is about reaching out to people, face to face, talking about the issues that matter to them.”

See? Selfies are more important than poll numbers, money to campaign, and such.

Give her credit, 53% of her funds come from donations of $200 or less. Almost 30%, though, comes from big donors. She’s received lots of money from Alphabet Inc (Google), Harvard, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, City of NY (why is a city spending taxpayer money like this?), IBM, Disney, and many other big big corporations.

But, you know, selfies.

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St. Greta Is Totally Correct In Her “It’s Not About Me” Tweet Or Something

By William Teach January 8, 2020 – 8:25 am

Forbes’ John Brandon is squeeing over a St. Greta of Stockholm tweet, and, you know what? I agree with his headline. But, for a different reason

Why Greta Thunberg Is Totally Correct In Her Latest Climate Change Tweet

“It’s not about me.”

That’s from a tweet by climate change activist Greta Thunberg today, and it’s absolutely true. It’s as true as anything she has ever said.

At the start of a new year, it’s a surprisingly refreshing attitude from the Time person of the year and a well-known advocate for the global crisis, at only 17-years-old.

The post arrived after the musician Meatloaf called out the activist as being “brainwashed” in an article that ran in the Daily Mail over the weekend.

“She has been brainwashed into thinking that there is climate change, and there isn’t,” he said. “She hasn’t done anything wrong, but she’s been forced into thinking that what she is saying is true.”

St. Greta responded

Brandon loves this

That’s a bold post because it is a departure from what we’ve seen from high-profile figures in the past, who are constantly claiming it is all about them.

Thunberg now has almost four million followers but is a regular figure on talk shows, news programs, and on social media.

What’s refreshing is to take a step back from the celebrity status and point back to the issue she is championing, and to also disarm detractors by relaying actual scientific facts. The chart she posted is quite alarming.

See, he loves it that she isn’t trying to make it about herself, not being narcissistic. He’s correct on the not making it about herself part, because she’s trying to shame governments into passing all sorts of laws, rules, and regulations that force Other People to live the life she demands they live. That Other People pay taxes and fees, along with restricting their freedom, liberty, and choice.

However, it’s commendable that someone on social media finally (finally) has tried to reorient the conversation back to the actual topic rather than constant trolling and name-calling.

Let’s ask: what does she actually know? Does she actually use her vast experience as a climate scientist to discuss the science? Oh, right, she’s a teenage girl who’s blowing off school, and has no degrees at all. In anything. Listen to her speeches. She actually tends to avoid any science. Her tweets post other people’s fear-mongering material. It’s always the Worst Possible (scam) Scenario with her.

Here’s the actual topic: prove that the minor temperature increase since 1850 is mostly/solely caused by the greenhouse gas output from the activities of Mankind.

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Iran Launches Missiles Towards American Assets In Iraq, Kills No One, Calls It A “Slap In The Face”

By William Teach January 8, 2020 – 8:08 am

Iran wants to get frisky after President Trump whacked Suleimani (a murderer, terrorist, guy who likes to torture children, among others), and launched some missiles to save face. No one was hurt, no one killed. Iran wants to beat its chest and play the tough guy, though

How Iran is responding after the missile attack

Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases housing US troops early this morning local time.

In a televised address this morning, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Iran gave the US “a slap in the face last night,” in reference to the attacks.

He added that America had cast Soleimani as a “terrorist,” which was “unjust and unfair.”

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, an elite wing of the Iranian military, said in a statement that the attacks on Iraqi bases were “hard revenge” for the death of Soleimani. The IRGC said any country housing US troops could be subject to “hostile and aggressive acts” and called on American citizens to demand the government remove US troops from the region.

It warned the US:

“If you repeat your wickedness or take any additional movements or make additional aggression, we will respond with more painful and crushing responses.”

Iran knew better than to respond too strongly, because, at the end of the day, they are more the chihuahua in the park in terms of power. Yes, they growl a lot, and can bite your ankles, but Great Dane will just sit on them if they get too frisky. This was an attack, again, to save face.

Notice, though, that they are reaching out to U.S. citizens, meaning Democrats, to Do Something. At the end of the day, the Iranian leadership are not idiots, and they know Democrats will take Iran’s side in this kerfuffle. All they have to do is look around the left leaning media to see things like

Those are just two opinion pieces at the NY Times which take Iran’s side against the U.S. and the president. NBC, CBS, ABC News, they all are offering support. The Washington Post has wisely decided to end any pieces that appear to support Iran. But, there are enough who are termed Useful Idiots.

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