Comrade Bernie Won’t Apologize For Supporting The Green New Deal. Rep Crenshaw Has Thoughts

By William Teach February 15, 2020 – 10:30 am

Comrade Bernie is very proud

As Climate Change Dispatch notes

Not a single member of the Senate voted in favor of the proposal, and 43 Democrats — including Sanders — voted “present.”

Yet today, Sanders touts the Green New Deal on his presidential campaign website, promising that if elected, he will “generate the political will necessary for a wholesale transformation of our society,” do away with fossil fuels, guarantee the industry’s workers five years of their “current salary … as well as early retirement support for those who choose it or can no longer work,” and replace current energy sources with renewable industries that “will be publicly owned.”

Not even the main co-author of the GND, Senator Ed Markey, voted for it. And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the co-author in the House, had a meltdown, forgetting that Ed submitted the GND to the Senate.

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New One: Produce Stickers Helping Cause ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach February 15, 2020 – 7:17 am

You’ve seen the WarmList, right? It’s an old list of things that cause/are linked to anthropogenic climate change. They stopped updating in 2015 because the claims were growing exponentially, and the person doing the list just didn’t have time. Well, the claims have continued on, and this is a rather unique, idiotic, ridiculous, silly, cult-like one

From the link, we learn that those little stickers on veggies and fruits end up at composting facilities on rotting fruit, and

The stickers are too small to be screened out in the waste sorting process, but don’t break down during composting. Antler said they end up sprinkled as “foreign matter” through the finished product — compost that’s destined to be used to enrich soils in places such as gardens, farmland and parks.

The stickers aren’t toxic and don’t harm the compost — although presumably they add microplastics to the environment — so it’s mostly a cosmetic issue, Antler acknowledged. But there are strict guidelines about how much foreign matter is allowed in compost, especially higher grades. And too much can make compost unmarketable.

So, not really a problem. Oh, wait

It’s not just a waste — it could also speed up climate change.

At a compost plant, organic matter typically decomposes in the presence of oxygen, generating CO2 and compost that can nourish plants. At a landfill, it decomposes without oxygen into methane, a greenhouse gas that has about 30 times the global warming impact of CO2 over a century. (Some organics plants use anaerobic digestion, which also generates methane, but it is captured and burned so it doesn’t go into the atmosphere.)

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ICE Putting More Assets In Sanctuary Jurisdictions, Also Serves First Subpoena To San Diego Sheriff

By William Teach February 15, 2020 – 7:02 am

Sanctuary jurisdictions are going to be getting a lot of visitors, with Customs and Border Control agents helping ICE enforce federal law

ICE plans to deploy more resources in sanctuary cities

Federal immigration officials confirmed Friday that border agents and officers, including those in tactical units, will be deployed in Los Angeles and other so-called sanctuary cities to assist in the arrests of immigrants in the country illegally.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman confirmed details of the planned deployment that were first reported in the New York Times. The agency referred further questions to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security.

CBP will deploy 50 Border Patrol agents and 50 field operations customs officers in nine areas, according to the agency. Specially trained officers will be sent to cities including Chicago and New York, the New York Times reported.

Additional agents are expected to be sent to San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston, New Orleans, Detroit and Newark, N.J., according to the agency. The deployment of the teams will run from February through May.

CBP agents and officers being detailed to help ICE will come from different sectors and job positions, including some trained in tactical operations, according to the agency.“ICE is utilizing CBP to supplement enforcement activity in response to the resource challenges stemming from sanctuary city policies,” ICE Director Matthew Albence said in a statement.

On one hand, this is great. Sanctuary jurisdictions need to be held responsible for sheltering illegal aliens, and illegals are more likely to be in sanctuary jurisdictions. On the other, CPB should be doing the stuff on protecting the border and inspecting incoming shipments, not arresting illegals. But, we’ll have to see how long this operation lasts. It could be a quick couple weeks with a massive roundup. They should arrest law enforcement officials and politicians who shelter and protect illegals. Sadly, that probably won’t happen.

Meanwhile, in San Diego county

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement took the rare step of serving four administrative subpoenas Friday to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department for information on four Mexican nationals wanted for deportation.

The immigration subpoenas are the first of their kind in California, though they’re just the latest deployment of a new, month-old Trump administration tactic aimed at so-called sanctuary cities and states.

ICE, the Department of Homeland Security agency responsible for arresting and deporting people in the U.S. illegally, used the subpoenas Jan. 15 in Denver for what was believed to be the first time. The agency subsequently used them in New York and on Thursday in Connecticut.

According to an ICE spokeswoman, the subpoenas are not court-ordered or signed by a judge. But if the Sheriff’s Department does not comply, ICE said it can coordinate with federal prosecutors to seek an order from a federal judge that would compel the Sheriff’s Department to comply.

ICE is taking these steps because sanctuary jurisdictions refuse to comply with detainers on criminal illegal aliens who shouldn’t be in the U.S. I still say they should get actual court ordered orders, ones which would see law enforcement and politicians arrested for non-compliance

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Nevada Democrats Wonder How Presidential Candidates Will Counter Trump On The Economy

By William Teach February 14, 2020 – 4:22 pm

The whole recent media narrative of a doomed economy from a coming soon!!!!!!! recession failed, so, what do Democrats have to say about a pretty decent economy?

(Breitbart) The most frequent question from the audience to Democratic presidential candidates at a forum of Latino voters Thursday evening was: How will you counter President Donald Trump’s message on the economy?

Several candidates appeared at the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) forum at the College of Southern Nevada as the focus of the campaign shifted to the Nevada caucuses, to be held Feb. 22.

But few seemed to have an answer for concerns about Trump’s strong economic performance.

Billionaire left-wing donor Tom Steyer said that while unemployment was low, the Trump economy was not creating jobs that could support a family.

Most candidates offered some variation on that answer.

So, no real answer from Steyer, Comrade Bernie, Mayor Pete, or Amy Klobuchar (anyone seen a nickname for her yet?). Because there is none. Not that they want to say. Their ideas of the federal government assuming tremendous control of the economy, meaning the businesses people work for, including their own businesses, isn’t a real popular one. Nor are raising taxes. All they really have is “Orange Man Bad.”

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 14, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible heat snow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The People’s Cube, with a post noting we used to call certain people busy bodies.

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Your Fault: ‘Climate Change’ Means Longer Flights And Fewer Passengers

By William Teach February 14, 2020 – 10:30 am

If only you had a salad instead of that cheeseburger for lunch the other day, this wouldn’t be a maybe possibly it could totally happen in the future issue

Climate change means longer take-offs and fewer passengers per aeroplane – new study

The connection between your next flight and climate change is likely clear in your head. More aeroplanes emitting greenhouse gases means more global warming. Simple enough, but there’s an opposite side that you probably hadn’t thought of.

As the local climates at airports around the world have changed in the past few decades, the conditions that pilots have relied on in order to take off safely have changed too. Our new research suggests that higher temperatures and weaker winds are making take-off more difficult. In the long run, this means that airlines are delivering fewer passengers and cargo for the same amount of fuel.

Suggests? So, they really do no know. As far as winds, I thought the Cult of Climastrology was saying that winds would be stronger with ‘climate change”. No?

But climate change isn’t just about temperature – winds are slowing down and changing direction around the world too. This is a problem for airport runways that were built many years ago to align with the prevailing winds at the time.

Research has predicted that take-off distances will get longer as the climate warms. This is because higher temperatures reduce air density, which the wings and engines need to get airborne. With reduced headwinds, aeroplanes also need to generate more groundspeed just to get into the air. Once they’re up there, they’re subject to in-flight turbulence, which is getting worse due to climate change increasing the energy in jet stream winds.

Predicted. Uh huh. And since runways are supposedly too short for future doom

That could mean that airlines must reduce the numbers of passengers they carry on flights, or search for ways to lengthen their runways. In some extreme cases, it could become impossible for some aeroplanes to use some airports altogether. This is another reminder of how rapidly and extensively human actions are transforming the world around us, and how ill equipped we are to deal with the consequences.

They always have some sort of doom to push, eh? Yet Warmists still take fossil fueled flights.

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A Coalition Of Big Businesses Are Pushing A Carbon Tax: What’s In It For Them?

By William Teach February 14, 2020 – 7:03 am

Time magazine’s resident Warmist, Justin Worland, notices another big company calling for a carbon tax, and wonders if this is the solution to solving ‘climate change’ (scam)

A Group of Big Businesses is Backing a Carbon Tax. Could It Be a Solution to Climate Change?

The long list of big companies backing a carbon tax as a solution to climate change grew this week with financial giant J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. endorsing a legislative plan billed as a centrist approach to reducing emissions.

The announcement comes as the Climate Leadership Council (CLC), the organization behind the proposal, which was first released in 2017, redoubles efforts to promote the plan before an expected introduction in Congress as the conversation around various climate solutions heats up in Washington.

The CLC announced new backers—including former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres—and released internal poll numbers showing bipartisan voter support for the plan. Supporters now include a broad coalition of companies, from oil giants like ExxonMobil to tech behemoths like Microsoft, major environmental groups like Conservation International, and a range of economists and political leaders.

“The markets can and will do much to address climate change,” David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, a founding member of the CLC, told TIME in an emailed statement. “But given the magnitude and urgency of this challenge, governments must put a price on the cost of carbon.”

You have to wonder what is in it for these companies to push a carbon tax. It’s certainly not a centrist approach to institute a massive new federal tax that will end up increasing the cost of living of U.S. citizens. Exxon and Microsoft won’t be paying it, nor will JP Morgan. Any hits to their portfolios will be passed on to consumers.

Still, big corporations increasingly see a carbon tax—especially a proposal like the CLC plan—as the simplest solution to a thorny problem. With clear science, activists in the streets and voters experiencing extreme weather events in their own backyards, business leaders see new climate rules as all but an inevitability, if not at the U.S. federal level then in states or other countries where they have operations.

What’s their angle? They wouldn’t be pushing it if they thought it was going to cost them money. They wouldn’t be pushing it if they didn’t think they could make some money off of it.

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Alec Baldwin Hottake: GOP Fealty To Trump Is How Nazi Germany Started

By William Teach February 14, 2020 – 6:51 am

Of course, anytime a Republican is in the White House Democrats say we’re one step away from Hitler

Alec Baldwin Warns GOP’s ‘Sniveling Fealty’ To Donald Trump Is Straight Out Of Nazi Germany

Alec Baldwin on Thursday took a swipe at Donald Trump and Senate Republicans with biting tweets referencing Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and fascism.

The actor — who has repeatedly drawn Trump’s scorn in recent years with his portrayal of him on “Saturday Night Live” — said people who wonder how Hitler took control of “once great country” Germany should “simply watch” the behavior of the GOP-controlled Senate that last week acquitted Trump on impeachment charges over the Ukraine scandal.

“Their sniveling fealty and lack of courage. And you begin to get it,” he wrote.

He earlier tweeted

Remember that fascistic thinking takes hold when a standard of living is threatened consistently. People think that things are changing, and downward for most Americans. And that this will become the new normal. They are wholly directed by $.

Baldwin is a perfect representation of unhinged barking moonbat bat guano insane Democrats: you have people feeling better about the economy and the way America is going than anytime in the past 10 years. The economy is humming. The standard of living is only being threatened by Democratic policies, you know, those policies that put the Federal Government in control of everything, including citizen’s lives. What does that sound like?

The Washington Post is also freaking

Trump’s authoritarian style is remaking America

Over the course of his presidency, there have been myriad warnings about President Trump’s authoritarian tendencies. He has played to the fears of his critics by blowing past the republic’s increasingly creaky system of checks and balances. And with the aid of a right-wing echo chamber, he has pushed forward a narrative that conflates national interest with his personal gain, patriotism with unflinching loyalty to the occupant of the Oval Office.

As Trump embarks on a reelection campaign and basks in the aftermath of the Senate impeachment trial — in which, thanks to a Republican Party wholly captured by Trumpism, acquittal was seemingly always a fait accompli — he is adding to the strains on America’s polarized democracy. His calls this week for prosecutions of his perceived enemies and public attacks on federal judges and prosecutors involved in cases against his allies were so abnormal that it led to an unlikely rebuke from Attorney General William P. Barr, a Cabinet official largely viewed by Trump’s opponents as shamefully acquiescent.

OK, you can see where that’s going. Trump’s a loud mouth (loud tweeter), and enjoys attacking back, but, where is he trying to run people’s lives? Meh, as stated, every Republican president is Hitler to Democrats. Had Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio won, or any other Republican, they’d be Hitler.

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FYI: Amy Klobuchar Is Not Moderate

By William Teach February 13, 2020 – 2:30 pm

With her nice showing in New Hampshire, and Elizabeth Warren fading, the media and the #NeverTrumpers have taken to calling Klobuchar a moderate. She’s anything but. Back in 2006 she was all for border security. In 2020, she’s completely flipped, wanting all border fencing done away with. She will no longer support E-Verify unless it is paired with a blanket amnesty. She further wants to dramatically increase bringing the dregs of 3rd world nations into the U.S.

Here’s her climate page

Amy is deeply committed to tackling the climate crisis and believes that it is an urgent priority for our communities, for our economy and for our planet. She is a co-sponsor of a Green New Deal and has signed the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge.  On day one of Amy’s presidency she will get us back into the International Climate Change Agreement. On day two and day three, she will bring back and strengthen clean power rules and gas mileage standards that the Obama Administration put into place.  And she will put forward sweeping legislation that provides a landmark investment in clean-energy jobs and infrastructure, provides incentives for tougher building codes, promotes rural renewable energy and development, supports a landmark carbon pricing system that does not have a regressive impact on Americans, promotes “buy clean” policies, and puts our country on a path to achieving 100% net-zero emissions no later than 2050. Read more about Amy’s climate policies here.

Doesn’t look particularly moderate, eh? Bringing back, or at least attempting, since it was on hold due to lawsuits, Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which would skyrocket energy costs. Giving the federal government even more control of the way we build our homes.

From her detailed plan in the above link

Make politicians accountable to voters, not special interests. Again and again, bold action on climate has been blocked by the power of special interests. As President, Senator Klobuchar will put people first by working to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and get dark money out of our politics, as well as establish a campaign finance system that increases the power of small donors through a matching system for small donations. She will investigate potential wrongdoings and hold energy companies accountable.

Hmm, so, using Hotcoldwetdry for the Dems pet peeve, Citizens United.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 13, 2020 – 1:00 pm

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

The blog of the day is The Other McCain, with a post on Liz Warren being doomed and Feministas not understanding why.

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