If All You See…

By William Teach September 5, 2019 – 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 someone trying to rob the wrong woman.

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Nutty Guy Stages Event Where He Turns In His AK-47 To Texas Police

By William Teach September 5, 2019 – 10:45 am

Yeah, this happened

So, all law abiding citizens should turn in their firearms so that only government and criminals have them (video of the whole thing at the link)

Texas man turns in legally owned AK-47 to police in response to recent shootings, claims it takes ‘courage’ in staged news event

In a move that seemed to confuse even the police officer who greeted him at the station, a Texas man turned in his legally owned AK-47 to his local police station in an attempt to do his part to stop mass killings, according to KTBC-TV.

The man, identified in the story only as Billy from Austin, made sure to alert the media of his intentions so KTBC could send a reporter and a camera to document him bringing his weapon to an officer who appeared unsure what to do with it at first. Billy called for other legal gun owners to have the courage to follow his lead.

“I would encourage anyone that is in my position to do the same,” Billy told KTBC. “It’s not easy. It takes a lot more thought and a lot more courage to do this than to buy it.”

So, with the local news on board to film every step, Billy courageously loaded his AK-47 into his truck and drove to the police station. He left the gun in the truck and walked inside to announce his intentions to the officer on duty at the front counter.

Billy spent some time lecturing the cops before turning in the firearm, worth probably about $1,200, and got nothing back. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was either non-functional or just beat up so badly that it wasn’t worth having around. But, hey, if he wants to turn it in, this is on him. Otherwise, mind your own business

Billy’s obsession with getting his AK-47 “off the streets” is odd, considering it wasn’t really “on the street.” It was presumably in secure possession of a responsible, nonviolent owner; Billy told KTBC he had owned a gun since he was 10 years old.

Unless Billy had intentions of committing mass murder himself, he did not prevent any tragedies by giving away his own gun. But, that reality doesn’t stop Billy from being quite pleased with himself.

Exactly. Unless he is worried about being a mass murderer, why turn it in? Why tell law abiding citizens to turn in their firearms? And who wants to bet that Billy votes Democrat? And probably has a whole bunch more scary looking firearms? It’s not the guns, it’s the owners

Good call, Marnes.

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Mayor Pete Blames Trump And Others For Failing To Act On Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach September 5, 2019 – 7:57 am

There were many, many, many hot takes from CNN’s “climate crisis” town hall (which used vast amounts of energy to produce, and required vast amounts of fossil fuels to get everyone there). It’s hard to pick which one, especially since many of the Democrats were lying through their teeth on many things, in order to not look like Authoritarians. This is the one that amused me the most

Buttigieg blames Trump and ‘congressional enablers’ for inaction on climate change

Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday blamed President Trump and “enablers” in Congress for the nation’s inaction on climate change.

“It’s not just him. It’s all of the enablers in the Congressional GOP,” Buttigieg said at CNN’s climate town hall.

“I mean, Congress right now it’s like it’s like a room full of doctors arguing about what to do over a cancer patient. And half of them are arguing over whether medication or surgery is the best approach. And the other half is saying cancer doesn’t exist,” he said.

Buttigieg’s comments came in response to a viewer question about what he would ask Trump during a climate debate. The South Bend, Ind., mayor said he didn’t know what he could ask that would get through to Trump.

“I can’t think of anything I could ask him other than, ‘Would you please step aside and allow us to do something about this issue because you’re clearly not ready to lead,’” he said.

It’s cute how he Blames Republicans and Trump. You know, the guy in office for just 2 1/2 years? What did Obama really do? The only policy of consequence was the Clean Power Plan, which never went into effect, was an Executive Action rather than attempting to do something through the duly elected Legislative branch, and would have skyrocketed the cost of energy for citizens. And what have Democrats done in the House? They’ve been sitting on the Green New Deal since February. Even Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez refuses to demand a vote on it, and she’s the primary sponsor in the House. And Democrats voted “present” on it in the Senate.

I wonder how he’s going to unify the country?

“We have to actually unify the country around this project. And that means bringing people to the table who haven’t felt that they’ve been part of the process. I mean, this is the hardest thing we will have done certainly in my lifetime,” he said. “This is on par with winning World War II, perhaps even more challenging than that.”

CNN has a long, scrolling post on each candidate as the came to the stage, and we also find

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg defended his decision to fly on private planes during his 2020 campaign despite the increased impact private air travel has on the environment

Buttigieg and his traveling aides regularly fly private, and the South Bend, Indiana, mayor spent more money on private air travel than any other candidate in the second quarter of 2019.

Asked on Wednesday about that travel, Buttigieg said he is “interested in de-carbonizing the fuel that goes into air travel” but that he flies private because “this is a very big country and I’m running to be president of the whole country.”

Buttigieg also slammed the fact that United State has an “inferior train system.”

So, your carbon footprint is bad, but, his is OK because he’s running for president.

There are too many hot takes, it’s worth the scroll to see what these idiots believe. Though, they mostly stayed away from the hardcore stuff, the raising taxes and cost of living stuff, the taking away stuff, and the Authoritarian stuff, as they know it won’t play well with the independents and GOP #NeverTrumpers, as well as the soft Democrats. It might not drive them to vote for Trump, but, it will cause them to not vote Democrat.

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Bummer: Being Open Borders Is Most Unpopular Political Position For 2020

By William Teach September 5, 2019 – 7:39 am

Being open borders is pretty much the default position of every Democrat

Poll: Increasing Immigration, Giving Illegals Right to Vote Most Unpopular 2020 Political Positions

Increasing illegal and legal immigration to the United States is the most unpopular position a 2020 presidential candidate can take, as well as giving illegal aliens the right to vote, according to a new poll.

The latest Harvard/Harris Poll finds that 2020 presidential candidates who want to increase overall immigration to the U.S. — while the country already admits 1.5 million foreign nationals every year — are the least likely to win over American voters.

When all U.S. voters were asked which position would make them the most unlikely to vote for a 2020 presidential candidate, “opening our borders to many more immigrants” topped the list with 64 percent.

Increasing immigration was the top most unpopular position among swing voters, with 66 percent saying they would be unlikely to vote for a 2020 presidential candidate who favors such a policy. Wanting more immigration to the U.S. was also the most unpopular position among Republican voters, conservatives, Trump supporters, voters who identify as “moderates,” white voters, American men, voters without a college degree, rural voters, and suburban voters.

Even among Hispanic voters and black Americans, increasing immigration was the second most unpopular position a 2020 presidential candidate could take — just after increasing taxes to pay for social programs.

Oops. Adding to that, 85% of Americans are against giving illegals the ability to vote, including 80% of Democrats. And this poll has a D/R/I of 37/32/29. So, being an Open Borders advocate won’t work out too well for Democrats. I wonder if the Democrat candidates already know this, as they tend to stay away from immigration while on the campaign trail. They yammer about Hotcoldwetdry, Medicare for all, taking money from some people to give to others, and just general Trump Derangement Syndrome.

44% are unlikely/very unlikely to vote for a candidate gives free college, 39% for their universal health care scheme, and 64% are against raising taxes to pay for all sorts of new programs. (this is on page 172 of the document. Too awhile to get there). And from a few pages earlier

For independents, that’s shaking down to 42% for Democrats, 58% for Trump.

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And Now Julian Castro Releases His Hotcoldwetdry Plan

By William Teach September 4, 2019 – 3:24 pm

He’s happy to spend all your money

Julián Castro unveils climate plan centered on Green New Deal principles

Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro on Tuesday began rolling out his campaign’s $10 trillion plan to address climate change, an initiative that aims to have all electricity in the U.S. be clean and renewable by 2035.

In a statement, the former mayor of San Antonio said his proposal centers on principles of the Green New Deal, an ambitious and controversial plan spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York. Over the course of the next decade, Castro is calling for “immediate and significant” reduction in greenhouse gas emissions until the country achieves net-zero emissions by 2045 at the latest.

“Right now, the climate crisis is already devastating our communities, our homes, and our families,” Castro said in a statement. “Severe storms, deadly hurricanes, massive floods, extreme droughts, and wildfires are now a normal occurrence, destroying homes and businesses, and shrinking our economy.”

If elected, he said his first executive action will be to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement that President Donald Trump withdrew the country from in 2017. Over the next decade, Castro is calling for significantly reducing carbon emissions by transitioning off of fossil fuels to clean energy.

So, not much different than all the other Democrat contenders traveling all over the nation in fossil fueled vehicles and on fossil fueled airplanes.

During his first 100 days in office, Castro said he would propose legislation to address and dismantle structures of environmental racism, a type of discrimination where communities of color and low-income communities are forced to live in close proximity to environmentally hazardous or degraded environments, such as hazardous waste sites or pollution. To that end, Castro said he’d propose new civil rights bills like requiring all federal actions be reviewed for environmental and health impacts on low-income and marginalized communities.

So, it’s really more about the SJW stuff. Surprise!

But his plan carries a significant price tag, directing $10 trillion over the next decade to “create ten million good paying jobs, transition away from fossil fuels, build a 100% clean-energy economy and establish a National Climate Council.” Castro said the money would come from federal, state, local and private investments.

Like all the rest, how much of this is just patronizing the unhinged climate cultist base?

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 4, 2019 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle causing hurricanes, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Diogenes’ Middle Finger, with a post on NPR saying that temperature is racist.

BTW, yeah, I’m staying away from the Hotcold takes on Hurricane Dorian. Nothing really new coming from the Cultists.

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Surprise: Extinction Rebellion Co-Founder Was Inspired While Taking Hallucinogenic Drugs

By William Teach September 4, 2019 – 10:30 am

Hey, remember this from a few weeks ago?

Extinction Rebellion: We Should All Take Psychedelics To Stop ‘Climate Change’

Gail Bradbrook, co-founder of the Extinction Rebellion political movement, has called for the mass ingestion of psychedelics to protest the criminalization of drugs.

“I would support a mass civil disobedience where we take medicine to tell the state that they have absolutely no right to control our consciousness and to define our spiritual practice,” said Bradbrook during Breaking Convention, a psychedelics conference that was recently held in London…

Bradbrook emphasized that Extinction Rebellion isn’t in the business of promoting psychedelic drug use, but she has previously expressed that psychedelics were a powerful motivator for her to form the social movement. In an article she wrote for the journal Emerge, Bradbrook said “people on psychedelics report a deeply felt sense of peace, oneness and unity with the planet which has been shown to have a profound and enduring effect on the way they live their lives.”

Motivator. Now we learn (via Watts Up With That?)

Extinction Rebellion co-founder reveals she was inspired to begin the climate change protest movement after taking ‘psychedelic medicines’ as group shuts down central Manchester

One of the co-founders of Extinction Rebellion has revealed she began the movement after taking ‘psychedelic medicines’ – just days following the shutdown of central Manchester by climate protesters.

Gail Bradbrook, 47, a molecular biologist, said she ‘prayed in a deep way’ while taking the substances on a retreat.

She told a BBC Inside Out West documentary that her prayer was answered within a month, with Extinction Rebellion formed last year.

Ms Bradbrook said: ‘I’ve always been interested in how things change, in social change,’ she told the documentary.

‘I was involved in the animal rights movement as a young woman, I’ve been involved in thinking about gender and issues around racism and so on.

‘I’d been focused on trying to start civil disobedience since 2010 and I’ve tried many things and they didn’t work, so I went on a retreat and prayed in a deep way with some psychedelic medicines.

I won’t be a hypocrite and slam her for taking the drugs (they aren’t medicines), as I’ve done plenty myself when younger, purple microdots, blotters (both contain LSD), and tried peyote once (throwing up is not fun). But, then, I haven’t done that since I was maybe 20. And I haven’t touched marijuana in 20 years (again, I do not care if people smoke it, I just started finding it boring and didn’t make me feel good). Here’s a woman taking hardcore drugs in her late thirties, and, really, was simply looking for a way to cause problems.

Because, notice, that’s all she was looking to do. And that quote in red very much shows that she didn’t really care what it was. Makes one wonder how much she really cares about Hotcoldwetdry, and how much of this is just trying to create civil disobedience.

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Mayor Pete Releases His Own Trillion Dollar Hotcoldwetdry Plan

By William Teach September 4, 2019 – 7:51 am

It saves almost $15 trillion over Comrade Bernie’s plan, but, also seems to have little to do with ‘climate change’

Pete Buttigieg unveils $1.1 trillion climate change plan that would aim to create 3 million clean energy jobs

Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg unveiled a $1.1 trillion climate change plan Wednesday morning, with a goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 and creating over 3 million clean energy and infrastructure jobs in the next decade.

The South Bend, Indiana, mayor’s plan contains three pillars:

  1. building a clean economy, comprised of clean energy jobs, strong rural communities, and protection of natural resources
  2. investing in disaster relief and prevention in vulnerable communities
  3. building America’s role on the international stage in combating climate change.

The climate proposal includes a $200 billion investment over 10 years in clean energy research and development, the creation of a $250 billion Clean Energy Bank to finance innovative technologies, a $250 billion fund matched with $250 billion in private investment with American companies to lead development of green technologies and a $50 billion seed fund for riskier and experimental ideas.

Buttigieg is polling at 4.7% behind rivals Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris, according to a RealClearPolitics average. He released his plan ahead of Wednesday night’s “Climate Crisis” town hall, where candidates will each have 40 minutes to explain their climate policies in front of a live audience. Buttigieg is scheduled to be interviewed on his proposal at 10 p.m.

It almost looks like Mayor Pete’s advisors said “you gotta have something, anything, to satisfy the climate cultists”, so they whipped something together just to have something. He doesn’t even deserve his own climate clown graphic yet.

Buttigieg, the only millennial candidate in the presidential race, has also called for the creation of a “U.S. Climate Corps” open to high school graduates dedicated to educating communities and rebuilding infrastructure to make it more resilient to the effects of climate change.

Yay, indoctrination!

What the CNBC article forgot to mention is that Mayor Pete wants to turn the U.S. military into the fighting part of the “Climate Corps”

(CNN) In a new policy proposal released Wednesday morning ahead of a 10-candidate CNN town hall focused on the issue, Buttigieg calls for a Climate Mission Control set up under the Department of Defense, which his campaign said would put the crisis front and center and make it an urgent priority. The plan also creates a new senior climate security role within the department.

The whole thing is rather silly, you get the whole “climate justice”, instituting policies and taxes which make people more reliant on government, and so forth. Just at a lower price tag.

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Excitable San Francisco Board Of Supervisors Declares 5 Million Americans Terrorists For Being NRA Members

By William Teach September 4, 2019 – 7:30 am

This is the same city which has no problem with their massive homeless problem, which leads to poop in the street, used drug needles, and citizens getting abused, harassed, and being robbed. And, tolerates, even extols, groups that despise the U.S., support Islamic terrorism, especially against Israel, as well as the super-violent Antifa.

From the link

The city of San Francisco has formally adopted a resolution calling the National Rifle Association a domestic terrorist organization.

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday took the step of officially declaring the nation’s premier gun-ownership advocates a terrorist organization.

District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani wrote the scathing declaration reading in part, “the National Rifle Association spreads propaganda that misinforms and aims to deceive the public about the dangers of gun violence.”

She continued, “The NRA exists to spread dis-information, and knowingly puts guns into the hands of those who would harm and terrorize us,” said Stefani, whose district includes the Marina and Presidio.

“The NRA has it coming to them, and I will do everything that I possibly can to call them out on what they are, which is a domestic terrorist organization,” said Stefani.

In fact, Stefani wrote the declaration following the July mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.

Interestingly, one thing you never hear is that these mass shooters is that they are actual members of the NRA. Also, why are they not mentioning that one of the biggest sites on city crime (for those looking to move their or move around in the city), Neighborhood Scout, has San Fran as a 2, meaning that it is safer than 2% of U.S. cities? Violent crime is well above the California median, and almost double the U.S. median. Murder and rape occurrences are at U.S. median, but assault is above, and robbery is almost three times the rate.

U.S. property crime is 24. California is 24.97. Property crime in San Francisco is 62.48. San Francisco has to spend enormous amounts of money to keep the crime confined to certain areas, especially when the car theft problem was skyrocketing.

But, really, they aren’t that worried, nor about the illegal aliens committing crime against U.S. citizens. Nor do they care about leftists wearing masks to hide from being identified while being violent during demonstrations.

Now, by declaring the NRA, and its members, domestic terrorists, they are violating the Constitutional, both Federal (1st) and California (Article 1). This denies free speech, the ability to protest peaceably, and petition for redress of grievance. Here’s California’s version

SECTION 1. All people are by nature free and independent and have inalienable rights. Among these are enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy.

SEC. 2. (a) Every person may freely speak, write and publish his or her sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of this right. A law may not restrain or abridge liberty of speech or press.

SEC. 3. (a) The people have the right to instruct their representatives, petition government for redress of grievances, and assemble freely to consult for the common good.

Notice that people should have the ability to defend themselves and their property, to go with free speech, redress of grievance, and, heck, it doesn’t even say peaceful assembly, like in the federal 1st. It says assemble freely.

Essentially, they aren’t just calling the NRA, which is driven by its members, terrorists, but every law abiding citizen who owns a gun.

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Brave Sir Cory Booker Releases His Own $3 Trillion Hotcoldwetdry Plan

By William Teach September 3, 2019 – 2:56 pm

In terms of cost, it is not as bad as others, but, we all know that the cost would skyrocket when implemented, and, further, it would skyrocket the cost of living for citizens. And Spartacus Booker is happy to take lots of fossil fueled trips to tell us about it

U.S. presidential candidate Booker proposes $3 trillion climate change plan

U.S. presidential hopeful Cory Booker unveiled a $3 trillion plan to address climate change on Tuesday, vowing to reach a 100% clean energy economy by 2045 by sharply curbing fossil fuels while investing heavily in renewable energy sources.

The plan also calls for a new White House-coordinated “Environmental Justice Fund” that would focus on defending at-risk communities from environmental threats, including a nationwide lead remediation program to replace all lead water pipes for schools and residences.

Booker’s home of Newark, New Jersey, where he served as mayor for seven years, has been grappling with lead contamination in its water supply in recent weeks.

“We are facing a dual crisis of climate change and economic inequality,” Booker said. “Without immediate action, we risk an incredible human toll from disasters, health impacts, rising national security threats, and trillions of dollars in economic losses.”

What does lead contamination have to do with climate change, whether natural, man-caused, or some sort of combination? It’s certainly a man-caused issue, but nothing to do with the climate. Pretty much because the Cult of Climastrology places every single issue under its banner, which is how you get “environmental justice” garbage.

Booker said he would impose a carbon tax on natural gas, coal and oil producers and return some of the revenue to Americans via a monthly dividend, though his campaign did not offer specific figures. Several lawmakers from both parties have introduced versions of a fee-and-dividend system in Congress, though none of the bills appear likely to pass.

So, he’ll cause your energy costs to skyrocket, causing your cost of living to skyrocket. And then he’ll give you some money back, making you reliant and subservient to Government.

The proposal includes several executive actions that Booker would take as president, including barring new offshore and onshore fossil fuel leases, requiring all new passenger vehicles be zero emission starting in 2030 and requiring fossil fuel companies to stop all methane leaks.

Even a Tesla isn’t zero emissions. A lot are created to manufacture them. But, if Booker makes this happen, vehicles would be too expensive for most people to afford. Have fun taking the family on a trip to the beach on the bus. Not that you’ll have any money to do that. And that’s not even counting that these actions would be un-Constitutional, but, hey, what’s a pesky old document in the face of Doom?

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