Youths Have Totally Changed The Climate Crisis (scam) Movement Or Something

By William Teach December 19, 2019 – 4:14 pm

Right, right, because people who pretty much don’t live on their own, mostly depend on their parents for an allowance and to get to rallies and such, don’t pay rent, food, clothing, and aren’t even close to living in the Adult World should be listened to

How Youth Have Changed the Climate Movement

We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children,” affirms the Oglala-Sioux version of a belief common to several indigenous cultures. To David Brower, the “archdruid” founder of Friends of the Earth, and other environmentalists, “stealing it from our children” better characterizes modern humans’ degradation of the earth. The only hope, Brower declared nearly 50 years ago, is “what young people can do before older people tell them it’s impossible.”

Yeah, well, they have almost no Adult responsibilities, so, they can focus on this silliness. Once they enter the Real World, well, let’s see how much they care when their proposed policies reduce their paychecks, movement, liberty, choice, etc.

The youth-led climate strikes in September that drew some 4 million marchers worldwide demand a far broader concept of democracy if the environmental goals they advocate are to be won. The climate-strike revolution represents a huge new step for human rights that expands hierarchical oppressions to include the dimension of future time. The young are a distinct class because they, not the old, will face climate change’s worst devastations

By broader, they mean democracy like Saddam Hussein offered, where you voted the way you were told to vote, or be thrown in prison or  executed.

Climate-change activism is not new, but the role of youth in it today is. Today’s youth reject the idea that they are junior auxiliaries to adult movements. They challenge the traditional rule of older people over the young, and, most radically of all, uphold the interests of future generations as equal to those of present ones. They find true elder wisdom manifest in hard science and lambaste the old as immature and selfish for rejecting that science. “Why do we have to clean up the mess that past generations, and your generation, has left us?” Nazar interrogated Congress members in February.

Again, wait till they are adults with adult responsibilities. Suddenly, this whole super important issue will be relegated to a minor issue to discuss in bull sessions in coffee shops, but, otherwise, they’ll mostly be in the same world of care as those who are polled who say they refuse to spend $10 a month more to Solve Hotcoldwetdry.

The rest is yap yap yap

Young people see future-facing issues such as climate change, gun violence, human rights, proactive government, and globalism more clearly than older leaders but are denied pathways to power on account of their age. Extending voting and office-holding ages to 16 or even younger is crucial to bringing future-focused issues to the forefront. In an America whose leaders increasingly reject even short-term investments to fix bridges and fund schools, winning tough action on long-term threats like climate change demands a revolutionary reimagining of innovative solutions.

They usually forget to show up to vote. Think of yourself when you were 16: you knew it all, right? Until you became 17, and realized your 16 year old self was a fool. Followed by 18, 19, 20, etc. Let them get out in the Real World and see how it works.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 19, 2019 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil fossil fueled vehicle creating horrific heat snow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Political Clown Parade, with a post noting Pelosi should not play three dimensional chess with McConnell.

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New One: Oregon’s Climate Policies Failed Due To White Nationalist Organizing

By William Teach December 19, 2019 – 10:30 am

The failure to pass climate laws that take money out of people’s pocket while limiting their freedom, liberty, and choice and giving the government more power couldn’t possibly have anything to do with the notion that ‘climate change’ is popular in theory, not practice, and that people do not want to pay out of their own pockets, right? Nope, nope, it’s white nationalists according to the Sierra Club

White Nationalist Organizing Threatens Climate Progress in the Northwest

Wondering why Oregon’s attempt to pass legislation to limit carbon pollution failed this year? Eric Ward, executive director of the Portland-based Western States Center, attributes the disappointing outcome to the rise of white nationalist groups in rural Oregon. Those groups threatened violence to defend GOP lawmakers who fled the Capitol to prevent the passage of the climate bill.

“Right-wing and nationalist groups have been increasingly visible in Oregon over the past five years as rural voters get more disillusioned,” said Ward. “In frustration, there are organizations and individuals who have stepped into a leadership gap and are attempting to provide parallel leadership. But that leadership is led by bigotry and threats of violence.”

Why would they be disillusioned? It couldn’t be due to the Democrats pushing authoritarian government, could it?

At the 2019 Activists Mobilizing for Power (AMP) conference, hosted by the Western States Center, hundreds of advocates came together to talk about how the rising influence of white nationalist groups is impacting issues from climate change to education. 

Activists Mobilizing for Power is a gathering for policy advocates and social justice organizers from every issue area in the progressive movement. One of the things that sets AMP apart from other activist conferences is its regional focus: AMP is designed to bring together justice leaders from the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West states. This approach offers a unique opportunity for activists from every community to learn from each other about emerging trends in the Northwest that impact folks across issues and states. It’s the only event I know of focused on building progressive political power across issue areas in a particular region of the US.

The world is changing faster than ever. Achieving our goals in this moment—when climate change, economic structures, and governing institutions all fuel inequity—means fighting for a bold agenda that recognizes the interconnected nature of our planet, people, economy, and democracy. The theme of AMP this year was “Democracy Under Siege,” with a focus on countering white nationalism and defending inclusive democracy.

Whoa, that’s a pretty white picture.

I know it’s a stretch for some folks to make this connection, all the way from fighting climate change to fighting white supremacy. But the bigots and the militia members get the connection. Many of them believe that our work to stop climate change is part of a vast global conspiracy to eliminate the “white race.”

There’s always an excuse from Warmists as to why they keep failing. Especially when we get

The Sierra Club is committed to a just, equitable, and sustainable future built on a foundation of racial, economic, and gender equity—a future where all people benefit from a healthy thriving planet and a direct connection to nature. We can’t build that world without confronting hate through spaces like AMP. We can’t even pass legislation to limit carbon pollution while white nationalists are willing to use violence and intimidation to enact their hateful agenda.

I thought the Sierra club was about actual environmental concerns? Apparently not.

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NY Times: Why Not Embrace Super Long Trips To Avoid Flight Shaming Or Something

By William Teach December 19, 2019 – 8:33 am

I always enjoyed the reviews for the Chevy Volt when it first came out: all those ones of people taking double the time to get anywhere because they had to charge the vehicle, and had to plan their trip to be able to stop to charge it. Oh, and how they were freezing or sweating because they didn’t want to kill the battery charge by using climate. Now

See? Prolong the journey! This also reminds me of how St. Greta of Stockholm was being lauded for her sailboat trips, saying we should all do that. Right, because we all have weeks and weeks of vacation time, most of which we would spend traveling to and fro. Anyhow

(NY TImes) Many travelers today are mindful of the environmental cost of flying, and perhaps nowhere more so than in Sweden. In the homeland of Greta Thunberg, the teenage climate activist who has inspired a worldwide no-fly campaign and a generation of youth protesters, the buzzword is flygskam, or flight shame, a term that was added to the Swedish lexicon last year. The peer pressure there can be palpable. (big snip)

Over the past two years, I’ve witnessed this same shift within my social circle in Stockholm, where I live half the year. Although everyone still flies, many now choose the train when possible. After my friend Malin insisted she enjoyed taking the train when returning to her hometown, Umea — the six- to seven-hour trip spent binge-watching episodes of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” on her laptop (of course she would)— I reconsidered my own rail skepticism. Rather than always seeking the most efficient route, could I instead embrace the journey?

As a travel writer who splits her time between Sweden and Italy, far from family on the other side of the Atlantic, I can’t envision a future in which I completely abstain from flying. But every big change begins with one small step, so in September, I started by giving up one flight.

ZOMG, one flight! See, fossil fueled flights are evil, but, she can’t give them up for her job and lifestyle, it’s just you who should be forced to do so.

Had I nabbed the cheapest train tickets for each leg of my trip from Stockholm to Paris, it would’ve cost €79.80, or about $87. (Most rail operators use dynamic pricing, like airlines, so prices vary depending on how far in advance you book.) By comparison, Ryanair touts a fare from Stockholm Skavsta to Paris Beauvais airport of only 139 Swedish kronor, or about $14. But add to that the cost of the airport bus in Sweden, the shuttle in France and the carry-on charge (oh yes, it’ll cost an additional 99 kronor to board with anything larger than a laptop bag). In the end, the budget flight would have taken eight hours city-center-to-city-center with no delays and cost $93 with one checked bag (or $65 without) — faster than the 18 hours by train, sure, but not necessarily cheaper.

I’d pay $93 to be there in few hours vs taking all day. A round trip ticket to Trenton, NJ from Raleigh, NC is around $188 with 1 checked bag. Excluding time to and from the airport, it costs me around 3 hours, since you SHOW UP ahead of time for Frontier, or they close the ticket booth. You do not show up late. A train will take almost 10 hours, and cost about the same. Of course, I can also drive, and take 8 hours.

This trip was not about negligible savings, though. It was really about anxiety.

Mine started in 2018, during one of the hottest summers on record in Sweden. Wildfires raged in parched forests, farmers battled drought conditions, and fire warnings were issued for large swaths of the country. The overnight temperature in my non-air-conditioned apartment did not dip below 85 degrees for weeks on end, and the entire Stockholm region sold out of fans. Lying awake at night with a single desk fan wedged in the window, I was consumed by creeping dread.

 

The whole trip is described in detail, worth the read, and Ingrid wraps up with

The final tally: 18 hours and 56 minutes of active travel time, 41.8 kilograms of carbon emitted, (300 kilograms less than that cheap, two-hour flight), one book of Alexander Chee essays read cover-to-cover, six Instagram stories of the passing views, countless naps and a piqued interest in discovering where else the rails might take me. I guess you could count me among the new generation of #trainboasters.

Hey, if the train was easy, cheap, and I didn’t then have to drive 1 1/2 hours to the parents house, I would love to take it for the convenience of not driving. Let me read my book. It’s not. So, if I need quick, I fly.

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House Dems May Sit On Impeachment Articles After Rushing To Pass Them

By William Teach December 19, 2019 – 8:12 am

We all know this was purely a partisan exercise which has been in the works since the night Donald Trump was elected president over Hillary Clinton. Democrats just can’t deal with Trump winning, and looked for any excuse to impeach him. Heck, as Rep Mark Meadows noted during debate, and had Ilhan Oman melting down, hateful and Jew hating Rashida Tlaib said

So, after rushing

Pelosi suggests she may wait to send impeachment articles to Senate: ‘We’ll make a decision … as we go along’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Democrats may wait to send their articles of impeachment against President Trump to the GOP-controlled Senate, for fear that they are incapable of holding a fair trial.

Pelosi held a press conference on Wednesday following the House impeachment vote and was asked what would qualify as a “fair trial.”

“We’ll make a decision as a group, as we always have, as we go along,” she replied.

Pelosi was then asked about possibly withholding the articles of impeachment from the Senate until they get certain reassurances, and the Speaker refused to give a direct answer.

“Again, we’ll decide what that dynamic is, but we hope that the resolution of that process will be soon in the Senate,” she said.

Would this be the “fair trial” Trump received in the House? Seriously, is this somehow supposed to hurt Trump and give Senate Republicans a sad? The vote was 100% along party lines, with every Republican voting against the Democrats crimeless impeachment articles, and a couple Dems voting against or “present.” But, hey, y’all go ahead and sit on the articles, Mitch McConnell isn’t backing down, and there’s zero way two-thirds of Senators vote against him. Sit on the articles and more on the fencers will realize this was all an exercise in the ultimate Trump Derangement Syndrome, and the polls will turn even further against impeachment.

Oh, and the Senate can still hold an impeachment vote even without the articles being sent over. They’re public record, McConnell could simply say “hey, we’re voting in 3 days, go ahead and read them.”

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People Who Are Unhinged, Deranged, And Not Funny Tell Us Comedy Can Help Tackle The Climate Crisis (scam)

By William Teach December 18, 2019 – 4:24 pm

These people are not funny, not when they are talking about politics. Well, OK, they are kinda funny in the “WTF are you doing?” kind of way, like, when some says “hey, y’all, watch this”, not like Robin Williams or Richard Prior live in concert funny. Not like Eddie Murphy at the barbecue.

Comedy can help us tackle the climate crisis – here’s how

Society’s defining issues are rarely presented as raw facts and stats, and climate change is no exception. From the performance of funerals for lost species and glaciers to the claim that the best we can do is adapt to impending catastrophe, climate change is often narrated like a classic Greek tragedy. Errors in human judgement set off a chain of events that once in motion inevitably bring extreme suffering, and a powerful sense of helplessness to change what we know is coming.

In many ways, such gloomy perspectives are appropriate. Millions of people are already being displaced or killed by the human-caused destabilisation of our climate. And yet, as environmental scientists and communication specialists point out, such narratives are problematic because they tend to inspire inertia and anxiety rather than action.

Narratives of hope might go some way to changing the script and galvanising a response. But there’s an even more suitable story we can supplement our tragic narratives with: comedy.

EVERYTHING IS DOOM!!!!!! Here’s some comedy.

This proposal might seem bizarre. There is nothing funny about the prospect of environmental collapse. But while comedies are meant to be funny, they don’t have to be lighthearted or trivial.

So, not really comedy.

Many philosophical approaches to comedy hold that comic effects arise from incongruities: mismatches between what we expect and what we perceive. For French philosopher Henri Bergson, one of the central incongruities used in comedy is when organic life – normally chaotic, changeable, and adaptable – instead acts in a machine-like way. Bergson argues that laughing at this incongruity is a social tool by which we mildly scold each other for not being adaptive and flexible enough.

The article doesn’t mention one bit of “comedy” from anywhere close to the modern era

I do not recommend that we turn away from tragic and apocalyptic narratives entirely – there is much truth and value to them. But we would do well to supplement them with comic reflections on our relationship with nature and our ability to act in the face of hopelessness. Comedy is not merely a way to allow us to process news about climate change in a less anxiety-inducing way. It allows us to reflect on who we are and how we do things in the world.

Sounds like a knee slapper, eh?

More specifically, comedy can point out where there are fundamental problems in our mechanical and technocratic behaviour toward the environment. And, finally, if we begin to think of our own agency more like that of comic heroes — not in control of their environment, yet often able to muddle through despite their own ineptitudes and repeated failures — this might help us persevere in view of the seemingly impossible tasks ahead of us.

One problem: Warmists are humorless scolds, who think it’s funny to wish death on people who do not believe in the climate crisis scam. Who want to put them in jail. They really are miserable. (and hypocrites)

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 18, 2019 – 1:00 pm

…is carbon pollution in the sky, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Crawdad Hole, with a post wondering if Democrats rushed the impeachment vote because of scheduled resist rallies.

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Northeastern States Look To Implement Transportation Climate Initiative

By William Teach December 18, 2019 – 10:30 am

And they are all very surprised that it will raise costs. But, hey, all these left leaning Dem voting climate crisis (scam) believing voters will have no problem with this, right?

Fighting Climate Change Isn’t Free. But A New Plan Could Ease Traffic And Cut Emissions In An Equitable Way

In Massachusetts, the word “transportation” conjures images of choked highways, rickety bridges and derailed subway cars. The frustration, inconvenience and loss of economic productivity we all incur due to transportation shortcomings constitute a painful cost to our quality of life.

Transportation that is powered by fossil fuels exacts still more costs, due to the pollution that it generates. It exacerbates respiratory diseases and it is the largest source of climate-warming greenhouse gases — 43% of Massachusetts’ greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector.

Responding to the increasing distress around transportation, the Baker administration, in collaboration with other eastern states, has made public new details of an innovative regional plan, called the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI). The plan is designed to raise needed revenue and ratchet down fossil-fuel emissions that contribute to serious public health problems and climate change.

It would indirectly add a small amount to the cost of gasoline and diesel fuel at the pump in Massachusetts, and so it acts, in effect, as a tax. Any levy that the state imposes on the public must be not only justified but just. TCI is both.

The Transportation and Climate Initiative is a regional cap-and-invest program. Twelve eastern states and the District of Columbia would agree to set a cap on emissions by requiring wholesalers of transportation fuels to purchase, from the states, pollution allowances in proportion to the total carbon content of the fuel they sell. The pollution allowances would be limited — thus the “cap” — and decline in number every year while increasing in price. The states independently invest the money they collect to improve transportation and limit pollution.

And every penny will be passed on to the consumers, who will suffer with higher costs at the pump to go to work, reducing the value of their paychecks while also increasing their overall cost of living.

The justification for TCI is clear. Transportation planners have long wishlists of projects to address a multitude of troubles. A report earlier this year estimated Greater Boston’s rush-hour congestion to be the nation’s worst. Our commuter rail system needs to be electrified. The MBTA is in continual crisis. The eastern and western halves of the state aren’t connected by passenger rail.

You political masters know what is best for you and will try and force you out of your fossil fueled vehicles, which makes it easier to control your movement. NJ.com wonders if consumers are willing to pay

Is it worth a 5 to 17 cent per gallon increase in gas prices to fight climate change, reduce air pollution and plow the money into better public transit and electric vehicles?

That is a proposal being floated in 12 northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia, as part of the Transportation and Climate Initiative. Supporters said it is designed to help reduce air pollution and the resulting health-related illnesses from dirty air. New York, Pennsylvania and New York are part of the bi-partisan initiative

CO2 is not a pollutants. It doesn’t make the air dirty. Now, consider, you will be paying 5 to 17 cents (to start with) on everything. When you fill your tank. When you buy tomatoes. When you buy ice cream. Every single product at the grocery store. Every single meal. Everything. Because every bit will be passed on. But, hey, all you climate cultists supporting this, stay in your states. Suck it up. Live it. Don’t come to GOP states to escape it.

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White Christmas’ Will Soon Be A Thing Of The Past In Canada Or Something

By William Teach December 18, 2019 – 7:37 am

This is all your fault. All your use of fossil fuels, ordering presents online to have them delivered, not growing your own food, eating some sort of meat on Christmas day, having lights up, using wrapping paper. Bad you!

No white Christmas? Environment Canada predicts ‘green’ holiday

Though it’s still too early to say with certainty, most Canadians are likely to have a green Christmas this year, according to Environment Canada.

And that could be the new normal, said senior climatologist Dave Phillips.

“The trend is towards greener Christmases,” he told CTVNews.ca on Tuesday, adding that the weather could still change on a dime. The most accurate forecasts for Dec. 25 won’t come until Sunday or Monday, but there are no active weather systems on the horizon right now, he said.

“If you’ve got a white Christmas now I think you’re probably going to hold it,” he said. In Canada, a “white Christmas” means 2 cm of snow or more, according to Environment Canada, not the “thin and scanty” snow cover seen in many areas. (snip)

The silver lining is that holiday travelling could be smooth sailing, but increasingly green Christmases are perhaps the simplest reminder of climate change, he said. In some areas of the country 50 years ago, there was an 80 per cent chance of a white Christmas. Those same areas are more like 65 per cent today.

“We are the snowiest country in the world — I think we’re losing it,” he said. “We’re not as white as we used to be. We’re not as cold as we used to be. The one season that has truly gotten warmer is our winter season.”

Fifty years ago everyone was worried about a coming ice age. Now, it’s just a continuation of a typical Holocene warm period. But, the climate cultists always have to fearmonger.

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On Eve Of TDS Impeachment, Trump Is Resilient, Supporters Buoyed

By William Teach December 18, 2019 – 7:20 am

The Washington Post seems surprised by this state of affairs. They apparently expected Republicans to abandon Trump, just like Democrats abandoned Bill Clinton when he was impeached with actual evidence of perjury, witness tampering, and suborning testimony, unlike what Democrats are saying Trump did, which is essentially ignoring unhinged Democrats in Congress and being mean to them

Trump appears resilient as he faces the ‘very ugly word’ of impeachment

Poised to become on Wednesday only the third president in U.S. history to be impeached, President Trump remains remarkably resilient, wounded but not fatally so as he turns toward his 2020 reelection campaign.

Unbowed and unapologetic, Trump is charging through impeachment much as he has wrestled with previous crises in his presidency — attacking his perceived enemies, spinning falsehoods, promising vengeance and firing off tweets, all while cycling between fits of indignation and bouts of confidence and good cheer.

In a fiery and freewheeling six-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday, Trump demonstrated what allies describe as fortitude and critics deride as mania, railing against “an illegal, partisan attempted coup” and a “perversion of justice and abuse of power” at the hands of Democrats.

“You have cheapened the importance of the very ugly word, impeachment!” he wrote.

Trump’s ability to exist — and even thrive — amid historic tumult has worried Democrats, who have sought to portray themselves as pursuing somber impeachment proceedings rooted more in duty to the Constitution than partisan politics. Yet that same reality has left many supporters and allies of the president buoyed.

“We’ll just wake up Thursday after this absurd impeachment vote and say, ‘Well, that was quite a Season 3 finale. What’s going to happen in Season 4?’” said Cliff Sims, a former White House aide. “He’s the most resilient politician the country has ever seen.”

Democrats aren’t moving the polls against Trump. It’s primarily a partisan thing. It’s all political. And we know it is just based on Trumo Derangement Syndrome because

Impeachment Forever: House Vows to Continue Probes No Matter What Senate Decides

House Democrats vow to continue the fight to impeach and remove U.S. President Donald Trump, even after the House vote and the Senate trial, a top House lawyer indicated Monday.

No matter what the U.S. Senate does–and it is expected to clear President Trump early next year after the House votes on Wednesday to impeach him–the House is likely to continue its quest to remove the president from office.

Politico reported:

Lawyers for the House told a federal court on Monday that lawmakers will continue their impeachment investigation even after the House votes later this week to impeach President Donald Trump.

In a filing to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, House General Counsel Douglas Letter argued that the House’s demands for grand jury materials connected to former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation were still urgent because such evidence might become relevant to the Senate’s expected impeachment trial next month.

But Letter went further to note that even apart from the Senate trial, the House Judiciary Committee intends to continue its impeachment investigation arising from the Mueller probe on its own merit. That investigation began earlier this year.

They can’t accept that Trump beat Hillary, and can’t accept that Trump is in office, and if you think the meltdowns when George Bush won re-election in 2004 were bad, just wait till Trump wins in 2020.

Oh, and the meltdowns later today when the moonbat base realizes that the House voting for impeachment on a party line doesn’t mean Trump is booted out of office.

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