Overly Politicized And Biased DOJ Now Super Worried About Their Reputation Under Trump

By William Teach February 16, 2020 – 8:14 am

Here’s the NY Times digging for Controversy in the Age Of Trump

Fearful of Trump’s Attacks, Justice Dept. Lawyers Worry Barr Will Leave Them Exposed

In an email a few days ago to the 270 lawyers he oversees, Nicola T. Hanna, the United States attorney in Los Angeles, offered a message of reassurance: I am proud of the work you do, he wrote.

Other U.S. attorneys in the Justice Department’s far-flung 93 field offices relayed similar messages of encouragement after President Trump’s efforts to influence a politically fraught case provoked the kind of consternation the department has rarely seen since the Watergate era. “All I have to say,” another United States attorney wrote to his staff, “is keep doing the right things for the right reasons.”

But the fact that the department’s 10,000-odd lawyers needed reassurances seemed like cause for worry all by itself.

In more than three dozen interviews in recent days, lawyers across the federal government’s legal establishment wondered aloud whether Mr. Trump was undermining the Justice Department’s treasured reputation for upholding the law without favor or political bias — and whether Attorney General William P. Barr was able or willing to protect it.

Well, that’s interesting. First, it seems more like they meant to share this with the media, rather than being anything internal, so, right there that is political. Second, the entire story is meant to be a hit-job on Trump and Barr, with not one current DOJ employee needing reassurance named. Do they exist? It’s all anonymous, which is par for the course.

Third, what of when the Attorney General attempted to meet secretly with the husband of an investigation target on a tarmac? The media made excuses for that, and we didn’t get any articles about DOJ employees being concerned. Nor about when the DOJ, including the Director of the FBI, ignored actual federal laws, serious felonies, when they declined to charge Hillary Clinton, nor even put the fruits of the investigation in front of a federal grand jury. Which would have happened had you or I done half of what she did.

How about spying on reporters? Operation Fast and Furious? Blowing off the prosecution of the New Black Panthers thugs blocking a voting office with clubs. AG Eric Holder being Obama’s “wingman.” The entire department was politicized, and you had employees working to actively defeat Donald Trump. Perhaps the folks from high to low in, specifically, the DOJ itself and the FBI should have been worried about what was going on during 8 years of Obama using it.

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Say, Will Nevada Be The First Climate Primary In America?

By William Teach February 15, 2020 – 5:26 pm

Say, if ‘climate change’ is so important to Nevada, why don’t they get rid of Las Vegas and Reno, both of which use enormous amounts of energy and water, not too mention all the vast amounts of fossil fuels used to transport people to, from, and around those cities, and the fossil fuels used for all the food and drink and other stuff

Why Nevada will be America’s first climate primary

Democratic presidential candidates are pivoting to Nevada, the first state in the nominating process whose population is comprised mostly of people of color — who have somewhat different concerns and interests than voters in Iowa and New Hampshire.

A new poll reveals that one of their top priorities is climate change. The cause is particularly important to Latinx voters, who represent a growing political force in the Western state.

According to data collected by the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) and the Nevada Conservation League, 86 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers listed climate and environmental protection as “very important” or the “most important” issue to them in 2020. Health care edges out climate change for the No. 1 policy concern, but the data show environmental concerns consistently appear as one of the top two issues among voters.

For Latinx caucusgoers, climate change is the most important issue, topping health care concerns and immigration policy.

And? Democrats are Warmists. Their political masters have told them they must be that way, much like one has to believe in abortion on demand to be a Democrat. And authoritarian government. And government being in charge of health care. And everything. And taxing the hell out of people. And that Someone Else has to bear the price for all these beliefs. Because you don’t see any of the Democrat candidates practicing what they preach. They’re all running around the country in limos and private jets. Nor do you see the majority of these voters walking the talk.

Additionally, 50 percent of Latino/Hispanic-identfiying respondents said they support the Green New Deal, a proposal on Capitol Hill aimed at combating climate change and economic inequality.

Well, let’s enforce the GND on Nevada for 10 years, and see how they like it. When Reno and Las Vegas essentially shut down, that will help their economy, right? But, it should be that anyone who supports the GND is not allowed to move from Nevada for those 10 years. They have to live the belief.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 15, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fuels pump, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Brass Pills, with a post on a potential all female Fast and Furious spinoff.

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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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