If All You See…

By William Teach December 2, 2019 – 1:00 pm

…is an area turning to desert from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Not A Lot Of People Know That, with a post on St. Greta’s yacht skipper taking a long fossil fueled trip.

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Supreme Court To Hear 2nd Amendment Case Monday

By William Teach December 2, 2019 – 10:30 am

This case is giving the gun grabbers a serious case of heartburn, as we can see from this very long activist article from USA Today

Supreme Court may expand Second Amendment rights despite repeal of disputed gun restrictions

The Supreme Court may be on the verge of expanding gun rights for the first time in nearly a decade. What’s surprising is how it got there.

The court on Monday will hear a challenge to an obscure New York City rule that set such rigid restrictions on transporting legally owned guns that it was repealed in July.

But it turns out that wasn’t what they really wanted. Backed by the National Rifle Association and the Trump administration, the challengers to New York’s abandoned restrictions are hoping the high court refuses to declare the case moot. That would give them a chance to win the biggest Second Amendment victory since landmark rulings a decade ago affirmed the right to keep guns at home for self-defense.

Faced with a defunct ban on transporting guns outside city limits, the increasingly conservative court majority could render a decision making clear what some justices believe: that the Second Amendment extends beyond the home, and that lower courts should view state and local limits on carrying guns in public with skepticism.

I’ve mentioned this case a few times. The City Of New York restricted heavily where law abiding citizens could take their firearms, and, faced with a lawsuit, they did away with the law in an attempt to avoid the Supreme Court making a ruling, as backed by all the gun grabber groups. The Court said they would still hear it.

Enter an extreme rule such as New York City’s, which barred licensed handgun owners from taking their guns beyond its five boroughs, even to second homes or shooting ranges. Federal district and appeals courts upheld the 18-year-old rule, but it looked like a goner at the Supreme Court.

Gun control groups such as Brady, Everytown for Gun Safety and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence feared something else: a decision that would expand public carry rights elsewhere, including in nine states that give law enforcement officials discretion to deny licenses. Those are California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware and Hawaii.

This could very much empower the law abiding citizens who want to utilize their 2nd Amendment Right. The article is very much about “oh, those darned Conservatives on the court” and such, but, interestingly, none of these gun grabber groups or states are going after the criminals who use firearms, just the law abiding.

Buoyed by recent victories, gun control groups and their allies worry that what the justices write when deciding the New York case could influence lower courts to strike down other restrictions.

“The court doesn’t have to look like it’s making a big change,” says Adam Winkler, a UCLA School of Law professor and Second Amendment expert. “It can make a big change by setting the foundations for future cases.”

See? It’s all about harming the law abiding.

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As Latest Climate Scam Meetings Kick Off In Madrid, UN Chief Warns Of Coming Doom

By William Teach December 2, 2019 – 7:54 am

Just like we’ve been hearing for 30 years, yet the doom never seems to arrive

U.N. chief warns of ‘point of no return’ on climate change

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres urged countries Monday not to give up in the fight against climate change, as representatives from nearly 200 countries gathered in Madrid for a two-week meeting on tackling global warming.

On Sunday, Guterres warned that the “point of no return is no longer over the horizon. It is in sight and hurtling toward us.”

In his opening speech to delegates on Monday, the U.N. chief cited recent scientific data showing that levels of heat-trapping gases have hit a record high, reaching levels not seen for at least 3 million years when sea levels were 10-20 meters (33-66 feet) higher than today.

Unless emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are sharply cut, temperatures could rise to twice the threshold set in the 2015 Paris accord by the end of the century, he warned.

“Do we really want to be remembered as the generation that buried its head in the sand, that fiddled while the planet burned?” he asked.

Well, it’s a good thing 10,000 or so people didn’t take fossil fueled trips to Madrid, eh? On the bright side, more could take a train, since so many are from Europe, but, did they? Why would they? They are Big Shots, and deserve special treatment. Also, if the Paris Climate Agreement was so darned historic, as we were told ad nauseum, why is everyone saying it set a poor goal? And why are so few countries actually keeping to their pledges?

Anyhow, point of no return, tipping points, yada yada yada

“Those who don’t want to see it will be on the wrong side of history,” said Carolina Schmidt, Chile’s environment minister, who is chairing the meeting. She called on governments to make more ambitious pledges to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases ahead of a deadline to do so next year.

Hey, we always need a “wrong side of history” from someone who just took a long fossil fueled trip from Chile, right?

The summit, which moved to the Spanish capital after Chile had to pull out amid anti-government protests, aims to put the finishing touches to the rules governing the 2015 Paris accord.

That involves creating a functioning international emissions-trading system and compensating poor countries for losses they suffer from rising sea levels and other consequences of climate change.

Hmm, so, some sort of international taxing scheme where, certainly, the U.N. would be receiving the money and spreading it around? No chance for graft there, right? Expect a lot of the meetings to be about redistribution of wealth from 1st world nations to 3rd world shitholes, er, developing nations, with no strings attached.

Organizers expect around 29,000 visitors at the meeting, including around 50 heads of state and government for Monday’s opening session.

Except for the European Union’s newly sworn-in leadership, which was due to begin a five-year term by paying a visit to the summit, the rest of the world’s largest carbon emitters — the United States, China and India — are sending ministerial or lower-level officials to the meeting.

Whoa. That’s a lot more than usual. Lots of big carbon footprints from traveling, right?

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White House Declines To Participate In House Witch-Hunt Hearings

By William Teach December 2, 2019 – 7:39 am

The White House was given a very short time frame to decide if they want to participate in the latest moonbat impeachment hearings, and the witness list has yet to be disclosed

(Breitbart) White House Counsel Pat Cipollone wrote a five-page letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) on Sunday, rejecting participation in what Cipollone called a “baseless and highly partisan” impeachment inquiry.

Nadler had given the president and his lawyers until 6:00 p.m. EST to respond to a request to participate in the opening hearing of the Judiciary Committee’ inquiry on Wednesday, focusing on constitutional and legal issues. Democrats had prepared four witnesses, unnamed as of Sunday: three were reportedly in favor of impeachment. Separately, Nadler gave the White House a deadline of Friday, Dec. 6, to participate in the broader inquiry.

In his letter (via Politico), Cipollone said that the Democrats’ process “violates all past historical precedent, basic due process rights, and fundamental fairness.” He accused Democrats of deliberately scheduling the opening hearing during the president’s upcoming trip to the NATO Leaders Summit in London this week.

Cipollone further pointed out that the opening hearing would “include no fact witnesses at all,” and that neither the first nor subsequent hearings were clear about what witnesses would be called, or about what rights the president would be provided. (He reserved the right to respond to Nadler’s broader invitation by the Friday deadline.)

Cipollone wrote, for one

Although your letter attempts to invoke precedent from the Clinton impeachment inquiry, you have completely ignored not only the process followed then, but all other historical precedent. For example, when the Judiciary Committee scheduled a similar hearing during the Clinton impeachment process, it allowed those questioning the witnesses two­ and-a-half weeks’ notice to prepare, and it scheduled the hearing on a date suggested by the President’s attorneys. Today, by contrast, you have afforded the President no scheduling input, no meaningful information, and so little time to prepare that you have effeetively denied the Administration a fair opportunity to participate.

Nadler has been one of the leaders of Trump Derangement Syndrome in Congress, and he’s now setting a very bad precedent, following on the heals of Adam Schiff’s very bad precedent. Democrats should remember that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander when there’s a Democrat president and GOP led House. Any minor things will be grounds for investiation and impeachment. And, it’s not like Nadler’s investigation is new

(Daily Caller) Nadler has continued to investigate Trump, requesting a number of documents from the White House on March 4 and sending letters seeking information from people and organizations close to Trump.

In March, the House Judiciary chairman sent requests to 81 groups, people and organizations, searching for constitutional abuses and corruption by Trump. The New York representative said in March the requests for documents are to “begin investigations, to present the case to the American people about obstruction of justice, about corruption and abuse of power.”

So, this is an open investigation in search of a crime. That’s un-American and un-Constitutional. Nadler should expect to be called to testify and be questioned, along with Schiff, if this ever makes it to the Senate. Of course, this is more about digging for dirt like the inquisition, and they want to keep it going for quite some time, rather than actually voting on impeachment.

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High Flying John Kerry Recruits Big Wigs For His “World War Zero” Climate Scam

By William Teach December 1, 2019 – 3:17 pm

It’s funny how you get all these rich and powerful folks whose carbon footprints are massive attempting to tell Other People how to live their lives. Well, not really tell so much as get government to apply force. This is one of the major points that changed me from a warmist to a Skeptic

John Kerry Recruits Bill Clinton, Leonardo DiCaprio for New Climate Coalition

Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday announced the launch “World War Zero,” a star-studded coalition of former heads of state and Hollywood figures dedicated to advocating for solutions to climate change.

The forthcoming organization’s website states their chief objective is to mobilize resources to tackle global warming in a way akin to the Western allies in World War II.

The New York Times reports that John Kerry, who served as a senator in Massachusetts from 1985 to 2013, has recruited former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter and former Republican governors John Kasich and Arnold Schwarzenegger. A-listers such as actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton Kutcher, and rocker Sting are also on board. Over 60 figures are said to have signed up for the coalition.

“We’re going to try to reach millions of people, Americans and people in other parts of the world, in order to mobilize an army of people who are going to demand action now on climate change sufficient to meet the challenge,” Kerry said in an interview with the Times.

That squeeing NY Times article is interesting in that “reporter” Lisa Friedman fails to ask any substantive questions directly to Kerry or in wondering as to whether all these folks, including Kerry, will be giving up their own use of fossil fuels and making their own lives carbon neutral. She notes in the second paragraph

The name, World War Zero, is supposed to evoke both the national security threat posed by the earth’s warming and the type of wartime mobilization that Mr. Kerry argued would be needed to stop the rise in carbon emissions before 2050. The star-studded group is supposed to win over those skeptical of the policies that would be needed to accomplish that.

Right, right, this is totally going to convince us. Especially when they all take unnecessary fossil fueled trips on private jets to the UN IPCC meeting in Spain.

With a starting budget of $500,000, Mr. Kerry said, he and other coalition members intend to hold town meetings across the country starting in January. Members will head to battleground states key to the 2020 election, but also to military bases where climate discussions are rare and to economically depressed areas that members say could benefit from clean energy jobs.

So, fossil fueled trips, eh? Will they be willing to listen to Skeptics, or will it just be a once sided diatribe? And, seriously, do they think Skeptics are going to listen to Democrats, squishy Republicans, and Hollywood celebs? All of whom are massive hypocrites?

Oh, and keep Bill Clinton away from the young ladies.

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If All You See…

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

…is a wonderful low carbon sailboat floating on a flooded world, you might be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Doug Ross @ Journal, with today’s Larwyn’s Links.

Still cleaning out the folder.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach December 1, 2019 – 9:29 am

Happy Sunday! Another awesome day in America. Getting some much needed rain, set up a new fish tank (the old one was gorgeous, all glass, but, was a nightmare to keep clean for just 6.3 gallons. Tons of algea buildup), and December is here. This pinup is by Vaugan Bass, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Jihad Watch has more information on the crazy ISIS member who went on a stabbing spree in London
  2. Weasel Zippers covers the illegal alien child sex predator released by Philly being caught by ICE
  3. Vox Popoli explains why Trump is a legend, and it involves rice and China
  4. This ain’t Hell… has a feel good story of a Marine helping save a kids life
  5. The Other McCain wonders why Democrats hate Jesus
  6. The Last Refuge discusses Narwhal tusks (seriously, in a kitchen full of sharp knives, ultimate guy move in grabbing a narwhal tusk)
  7. The Crawdad Hole notes that there is no truth, just Narratives
  8. White House Dossier covers a woman who tried to ruin a man for wearing a MAGA hat getting fired
  9. Powerline discusses Biden’s potential running mates
  10. Pacific Pundit highlights Bloomberg’s idea on why taking more money from the poor is a good idea
  11. Noisy Room wonders who’s watching out for potholes as the blind lead the blind
  12. News Busters discusses the failure of the new Woke movie Last Christmas
  13. MOTUS A.D. covers journalists as “Useful Idiots”
  14. Moonbattery discusses no longer needing White Guilt
  15. And last, but not least, Legal Insurrection features a cat fight between Mayor Pete and AOC

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets” calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me.

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

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USA Today: Swimming In Underwear Teaches You About Donald Trump And Getting Away With It Or Something

By William Teach December 1, 2019 – 8:09 am

Trump Derangement Syndrome abounds. First we had the idiot Newsweek reporter and her story of how Trump was going to spend Thanksgiving golfing, tweeting, and more, which was clearly a huge bit of TDS. Then, of course, Trump went to Afghanistan to visit the troops. Not sure the reporter, or, is that, “reporter”, should have been canned, as Newsweek and the rest of the media pull this stuff on a daily basis, but, there you go. And here we go

What swimming in my underwear taught me about Donald Trump and getting away with it

Last month I swam laps at a public health club in my underwear. I forgot my bathing suit and was damned if I was going to spend an hour walking home and back to get it.  As I approached the pool, the horrified stares from two older women in the whirlpool made my humiliation feel as though I’d accidentally taken a double dose of my daily “skin on fire” niacin. But as a litigator, I’ve learned to watch my case circle the drain and not flinch. And so I shot the women a look that said “You perverts, haven’t you ever seen a man in a Fruit of the Loom bathing suit?”

With each lap, I expected a pool skimmer to hit me on the head before security dragged me out of the pool. But it never happened. And so instead of making a beeline to the locker room when I was done swimming, I was emboldened. I smiled at the same ladies as I joined them in the whirlpool. By this time, their shock had subsided and their expectations recalibrated. They didn’t raise an eyebrow as they shared a hot bath with a stranger in his underwear.

As I walked home it occurred to me: That’s how President Donald Trump gets away with it.

Anyhow, Excitable Michael J. Stern goes on a rant after that about Trump, facts, how big a meaning Trump is, and that impeachment is super awesome, and why he should be impeached

The insidiousness of Trump’s forward inching by desensitizing us to a train off the rails must be stopped. That’s where impeachment comes in. For too long we have relied on pundit babble and impotent congressional subpoenas as a response to pieces of the sky falling.

So, desensitizing us is reason for impeachment? In other words, Democrats are very unhappy that Trump is doing what Republicans never do, which is to Fight Back.

Beyond branding Trump a failed president, for Democrats impeachment is a strategic necessity. Nothing breeds voter apathy quicker than the thought that your leaders are doing nothing in the face of a disaster that demands they do something. The 2020 platform must be built around: “We’ve done all we can. If you’re unhappy with what Trump and the Republican Senate have done, vote us back into power.”

Meanwhile, in the real world, the economy is doing great, unemployment is at historic lows, and consumer confidence is still high, despite all the doomsaying from the media on a “coming recession”.

Finally, however slim, impeachment brings a hope for deterrence. Last month was not the first time I forgot my bathing suit and swam in my underwear. Perhaps if security had hit me on the head with a skimmer and dragged me out of the pool the first time, I’d make sure I packed my bathing suit before heading to the gym.

Back to the underwear. Stern should remember that this sets the bar for future presidents. Using this standard, Obama could have been impeached 5-10 times. Any future Democrat could see this happen to them. You reap what you sew.

 

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Climate Cultists Now Have The Perfect Gift For Their Climate Denying Uncle Or Something

By William Teach November 30, 2019 – 4:21 pm

Warmists sure seem to care what their uncle thinks, eh?

Patagonia has the perfect gift for your uncle who doesn’t believe in climate change

In 2011, Patagonia took an almost unprecedented stand against Black Friday with its now infamous “Don’t Buy This Jacket” ad. Now, as the annual chaos around Black Friday ensues, not only does Patagonia not want you to shop at its stores but the company is actually willing to pay you not to.

Well, sort of.

Starting today, and running until December 31, the brand is matching donations to grassroots environmental organizations through its Action Works platform. The holidays are a time when families get together to eat, drink, be merry—and likely argue about politics. Every gathering has a climate-change denier (or at least a contrarian), so maybe instead of yelling at them about the planet, this provides an opportunity to take the high road. Uncle Pete from Brooklyn doesn’t think we’re in a climate emergency? Now you can donate to The River Project on his behalf. Aunt Sharon from Chicago doesn’t see what all the fuss is about? Put her name on a donation to the Environmental Law and Policy Center.

Or, Patagonia could recommend that little climate cultists practice what they preach, give up their smartphones, live in tiny off the grid homes, grow their own food, etc. And Patagonia could stop shipping their products, much of which surely comes from China. Heck, they should just close shop to save the climate.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 30, 2019 – 1:00 pm

…is Christmas capitalism causing climate change, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The People’s Cube, with a post on Barbie and Ken under Socialism.

And, since I uploaded the below photo, not realizing it was so tiny, a double shot with The Lid, with a post on Angela Merkel saying we have to take away free speech or we can’t be free.

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