Leftist Theory: Trump Is Using Impeachment To Deflect From Gun Control

By William Teach October 1, 2019 – 2:40 pm

Well, let’s be honest: with all the other conspiracy theories flying around from the barking moonbats, this is actually not the craziest

Vice: President Trump Is Using Impeachment to Avoid Gun Control

Vice reports that Republicans indicated Trump is torpedoing gun control, but the only Republican to whom the media outlet directly attributes a quote is Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). And Graham does not allege Trump is avoiding gun control. Rather, he says, “I think we’re really close on compromise on a grant program for protective orders, and we’re still working on background check. I’m still hopeful we can get there.”

The rest of the quotes in the Vice column come from Democrat Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), former Rep. Gabby Giffords’ (D-AZ) colleague Robin Lloyd, and other gun control proponents.

From Vice we learn

In the days that followed, Politico reported, the senators working on bipartisan gun reform began to get radio silence from the White House about their plans. Then, on Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced a formal impeachment inquiry against Trump.

Now, the president is openly using impeachment as an excuse to bat away expectations that the White House will support gun-control legislation.

“She’s not interested in guns,” he said Wednesday at the United Nations. “Nancy Pelosi is not interested in guns and gun protection [or] gun safety.”

The whole quote would be nice

The president also said “I’ll tell you what: Nancy Pelosi is not interested in guns and gun protection and gun safety. All she is thinking about is this. She’s been taken over by the radical left, the whole Democratic Party.”

Hours before Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry into Trump on Tuesday, the president called her to discuss gun legislation. But, according to lawmakers familiar with the call, she soon changed the subject to his phone call with the Ukrainian president in which they discussed investigating former Vice President Joseph Biden, a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, and his son Hunter, the impetus for the impeachment inquiry.

So, it was Trump trying to discuss the issue, and Pelosi was consumed with Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine.

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If All You See…

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

…is a world killing canine, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Daley Gator, with a post on the Antifa trash.

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Warmist Marshall Shepard: Snow In Rockies Doesn’t Disprove ‘Climate Change’, It Kinda Proves It

By William Teach October 1, 2019 – 10:30 am

Wait, see, climate cultist Marshall Shepard isn’t really saying it does either, he’s just kinda wink winking that it’s all your fault

The Blizzard In The Rockies Doesn’t Disprove Climate Change But People Will Say It Anyhow

I predicted several days ago that some people would be tweeting that this early season snowstorm in parts of the Rocky Mountain region somehow refutes anthropogenic climate change. Rob Bailey, a computer engineer in Ohio, brought the Tweet at this link to my attention. I am sure there are many more just like it. It was as predictable as the sunrise or a pendulum changing sides. By now, we are used to seeing people tweet such things on a cold day or when it snows. The counter punch that I often hear is that “people do the same thing with a hot day or a heatwave.” The reality is that cherry-picking one day, one storm, or one week of weather to describe climate change is problematic and may reveal a lack of understanding of weather and climate. Here’s why the snowstorm in the Rockies and surrounding regions says nothing about climate change. (snip)

A couple of points are worth noting. People who make contrarian arguments about climate change often bring up cold events (Remember the snowball in Congress). In reality, there is nothing unusual about snowfall at this time of year in the Mountain West. In 2017, meteorologist Jon Erdman wrote at Weather.com:

See, this is all just weather, and normal. And he’s right. But, of course, remember that Warmists have told us numerous times that snow would be a thing of the past.

So why is the region experiencing such record cold and snow conditions in terms of magnitude of the event? To answer this question, we have to look to the jet stream. According to the NWS Glossary, the jet stream is a region of “relatively strong winds concentrated in a narrow stream in the atmosphere, normally referring to horizontal, high-altitude winds….The position and orientation of jet streams vary from day to day.” The wavy pattern of the jet stream is a very strong determinant of general weather patterns, particularly in terms of temperature and wetness. With this storm, the jet stream plunged southward bringing extremely cold air into the region. An upper-level low approaching from the Pacific region supplied the moisture.

To be clear, this is a weather event. I am not attributing it to climate change at all. However, I want to conclude with something that is very counterintuitive to many people. There is a growing body of evidence (and a few counter-narratives) in the peer review literature that suggests that because the Arctic region is warming, there is less of a difference in temperature between the polar and tropical regions. That difference, called a gradient, is what determines the strength of the jet stream. If the difference is smaller due to so-called Arctic Amplification (warming in the Arctic), the jet stream would be wavier. The “so what” is that a jet stream with greater wave amplitude means more extreme troughs or “dips” with cold air and more extreme ridges or “humps” with warm air. In other words, the extremes on both sides of the temperature range are amplified.

See, he’s not attributing it to ‘climate change’, he’s just saying that it’s climate change.

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Say, What Can You Do If Eco-Anxiety Is Ruining Your Life Or Something

By William Teach October 1, 2019 – 8:24 am

Really, should it be RUINING YOUR LIFE AND WE’RE ALL DOOMED? In all caps? Because they’re always losing their mind

What to Do If Eco-Anxiety Is Ruining Your Mental Health

When you’re young, you look to the future with equal doses of dread and optimism: fearing the obligatory baggage that comes with getting older but craving responsibility all the same. 30 years ago, the baby boomer generation was threatened with the possibility of war causing a kind of nuclear apocalypse. Nowadays, that sense of your life’s ambitions being thrown into disarray is marred by something different.

The climate crisis has drastically shaped the fate of the planet. You know the deal at this point. Scientists have claimed we’ve got just 12 years to save ourselves from impending doom, but corporate greed and climate crisis deniers in positions of immense political power are stalling us from making crucial, global changes. How does one process that information?

Fred is 20 years old and from Sydney. “I read somewhere that climate change is a concept too large for someone to ever fully understand, and I guess my relationship with it is like that too,” he tells i-D. “It’s too huge and scary and vague for me to comprehend how to cope, or even how exactly it causes my anxiety. I know that it’s real, and catastrophic.” Fred is one of many young people whose visions of the future have been clouded by the possibility of the climate crisis taking it away from us. A dark thought, but one that can’t be ignored if we stand any chance in stopping it.

I’d recommend he not use fossil fuels, get rid of the energy hogging smartphone, grow his own veggies, give up meat, move into a tiny apartment (can’t use natural gas!), and live like it’s 1499. Anyhow, what can they do per the story

That aforementioned report by the APA points out four ways in which we can collectively keep check on our own mental health in a moment of crisis like this, stating that we should build belief in one’s own resilience, foster optimism, cultivate active coping and self-regulation skills, maintain practices that help to provide a sense of meaning, and promote a connectedness to family, place, culture and community.

So….nothing about making their lives carbon neutral, giving a large chunk of their money to the Government, along with most of their freedom and choice? Huh.

“I have a lot of anxiety about the future,” says 15-year-old Ontario-native Sagan. “Like, on Friday there’s a climate strike going on where I live, and I can’t go because I have a cross-country meet, and it’s just eating me up inside because, like, why can’t I just be inconvenient and go?” These decisions are hard for kids like Sagan to make because, as much as the pressure to rebel exists, the demands Gen-Z put upon themselves to be studious and work hard to get further in a more cutthroat job market do too. To escape it all, he runs, makes art and plays music: “I just try to get off the internet and do things in real life.”

ZOMG, someone has anxiety about the future? And turns to music and art to escape? Gets outside? Welcome to the Real World, where that’s been happening for thousands of years.

“We have to make a distinction between anxiety and eco-anxiety,” child psychologist Rafael Dupré says. “Most other forms of anxiety are based on an irrational fear of a danger that is very unlikely. Eco-anxiety, however, is based on a danger that is very real, it exists and is proven to be a threat to human life.”

So, here you have a child psychologist telling kids they’re doomed. That’s helpful

Hannah is a 21-year-old senior at NYU. She suffers from a form of solastagia, and has taken Julie Scheiner’s advice, spending last weekend at the climate protests in Manhattan. “I find it interesting that when I went to my school’s counselling centre, they didn’t have any information about dealing with climate anxiety even though all my friends say that is the main thing making them anxious,” she says. Instead, to quell her nervous episodes, she meditates. Hannah is also comforted by the fact that she has the right to vote; to make a difference of some kind, no matter if it feels insignificant at the time. Is there a mantra that she wants to get out there, to help others paint a vision of the climate crisis that doesn’t exacerbate fear, but offer a promise of change?

Wait till life truly kicks her, rather than this imaginary fear of a tiny increase in the global temperature which is completely within the norm for a Holocene warm period. Really, blame the adult Warmist for causing the kiddies to have irrational fears.

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Surprise: Hate Crime Blamed On Mike Pence’s Wife Was A Hoax

By William Teach October 1, 2019 – 8:08 am

You know what happens whenever one of these hate crimes happens, right? I saw this a couple weeks back on Yahoo News, and most of the comments (comments tend to trend very right on stories there) were wondering if it was a hoax, betting on it being a hoax. It’s a hoax

Sixth-Grade Girl Admits To Fabricating Hate Attack That Media Linked To Mike Pence’s Wife, School Says

An alleged anti-black hate incident at a Washington, D.C.-area middle school that media outlets tried to link to Vice President Mike Pence’s wife was a hoax, the school said Monday.

Amari Allen, 12, accused three white classmates earlier in September of pinning her down and cutting off her dreadlocks during an attack at Immanuel Christian School, a private school in Springfield, Virginia.

“They said my hair was nappy and I was ugly,” Allen, a sixth-grader, told NBC Washington in an emotional interview.

The story received national attention not just because of the attack, but also because the school has a high-profile faculty member: Karen Pence.

The second lady teaches art at the school two days a week.

NBC News and other outlets highlighted Pence’s job at Immanuel, which has come under the spotlight because the school adheres to traditional Christian teachings and reserves the right to expel gay and transgender students.

The media even tried to reach out to the offices of Karen and Mike Pence over this. And then what happened?

But the school said Allen admitted to fabricating the attack, according to The Washington Post, citing a statement from her family.

“We can now confirm that the student who accused three of her classmates of assault has acknowledged that the allegations were false. We’re grateful to the Fairfax County Police Department for their diligent work to investigate these allegations,” Stephen Danis, the principal at Immanuel, said in a note to parents, according to WaPo.

“While we are relieved to hear the truth and bring the events of the past few days to a close, we also feel tremendous pain for the victims and the hurt on both sides of this conflict. We recognize that we now enter what will be a long season of healing.”

Pain on both sides? What pain is the accuser in? She lied about being attacked, caused problems for the three boys. Her grandparents even apologized on her behalf. Perhaps it’s time to teach her that attempting to create a Narrative about being a victim, especially in a racial manner, is no way to go through life. Be strong, don’t be a Victim.

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Washington Post: President Pelosi Can Totally Happen

By William Teach September 30, 2019 – 5:15 pm

These people have lost their minds. But, then, that’s nothing new. Remember, though, the Washington Post proclaims themselves to be non-partisan

From the screed, which is not in the opinion section

What happens when a Democratic speaker of the House — third in line to the presidency, according to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 — is suddenly thrust into the Oval Office, succeeding a Republican president and vice president who resign, embroiled in scandal?

Such a scenario is attracting attention — #PresidentPelosi was trending on social media after last week’s announcement of an impeachment inquiry — even though it may seem far-fetched that President Trump and Vice President Pence would be forced from office over abuse of power related to the administration’s dealings with Ukraine or other misdeeds.

This was a more urgent question in the fall of 1973. On Oct. 10, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned, pleading nolo contendere to charges of tax evasion. Ten days later, President Richard M. Nixon ordered the firing of Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox in what is widely known as the Saturday Night Massacre. As hearings began in the Senate and the House on the nomination of Agnew’s successor, Gerald Ford, questions swirled about the possibility that Democratic House Speaker Carl Albert (D-Okla.) might assume the presidency.

Yeah, this is all about looking back to what happened during the Nixon issue. And, yes, it’s Resistance Porn

No matter who succeeds this president, or when, the Sorensen memo is a road map to restoring the dignity, integrity and basic function of the nation’s highest office. The chaos created by the current occupant’s heedless, indulgent and volatile leadership — if it can be considered “leadership” — calls for attention to the national interest and preparation to avoid the kinds of hasty, unwise judgments and actions that can result in catastrophic mistakes. Although from another time, the Sorensen memo offers sage counsel for undertaking such preparations and a plan to steady our careening country and get it back on track.

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If All You See…

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

…is desert encroaching on the green land, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Victory Girls Blog, with a post on unhinged Mark Hammill taking shots at kids.

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Comrade Bernie Says His $16 Trillion Green New Deal Will Pay For Itself Or Something

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

By “paying for itself” he means that consumers will pay for it with sky high cost of living

Bernie Sanders Says His $16 Trillion Climate Change Proposal Will Basically Pay for Itself

As the 2020 presidential election draws near and the 18 remaining Democratic candidates work to break away from the pack and secure the primary, Senator Bernie Sanders sat down at Cosmopolitan’s office to talk about his campaign, why he doesn’t think he’s “far left,” why he won’t take away AR-15 assault rifles from gun owners if elected, and how he plans to fund his ambitious $16 trillion climate change proposal. (snip)

Sanders admitted that it is a “very expensive” and “very detailed” program that’s estimated to cost $16 trillion, but he intends to pay for it by cutting the $4 billion subsidies and tax breaks he said the fossil fuel industry currently receives. He added that he also plans to get the federal government to produce sustainable energy and sell it to international utility companies, which he said will make “a lot of money.”

Another course of action: “We are going to end military protection that now exists for oil producers around world and that is going to save billions. Hundreds of billions of dollars.”

According to Sanders, that strategy will “kind of” pay for the plan, which also includes creating about 20 million new jobs that are geared toward pulling away from fossil fuels and moving toward using sustainable energy.

Says the guy who has three homes and jets all around the country. But, hey, he’s not worried, because he’s part of the bourgeoisie, and not particularly concerned with rising prices from his policies for his own life. You? Have fun.

He knows it’s a lofty goal, but for him, the alternative is like a “raging fire” in a building that people will try to ignore if it suits them. “We have got to put out the fire that is now raging all over the world or else, the planet that we live to our children, and our grandchildren—my grandson is right here; I have 7 beautiful grandchildren—and the planet we leave to future generations will be increasingly unhealthy and unlivable,” he concluded. “From a moral perspective, we cannot do that.”

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Not A Cult: Church Of Sweden Calls Greta Thunberg “Successor Of Christ”

By William Teach September 30, 2019 – 7:37 am

I wonder if they explained this to the 64% of Swedes who do not believe that ‘climate change’ is mostly/solely caused by Mankind?

(Watts Up With That?) Via Bibliatodo Noticias via Google Translate:

Greta Thunberg activist is proclaimed “Successor of Christ” by Church of Sweden

For [her] defense of the environment, the Swedish church has claimed that activist Greta Thunberg is the “successor of Jesus Christ” at this time.

“Ad! Jesus of Nazareth has now named one of his successors, Greta Thunberg, ” wrote the Limhamns Kyrka church on Twitter.

OK, it’s not particularly new, but, it does show how utterly unhinged this is.

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House Democrats Carefully Attempt To Sell Impeach In Their Home Districts Or Something

By William Teach September 30, 2019 – 7:24 am

If this was such a slam dunk why would they have to be careful about it? They would just lay out the facts, right? No hyperbole, no soft-shoe

Back Home, House Democrats Tread Carefully on Impeachment and 2020

Orange County was the epicenter of the 2018 House Democratic takeover, where Republicans lost four seats in what was once the heart of Ronald Reagan conservatism in California. On Saturday night, as three of the victorious Democrats were honored at an annual political dinner, a new battle was on everyone’s minds: How to protect those gains in 2020 by selling voters on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump.

At the dinner, Representative Harley Rouda warned Democrats not to “sit on our laurels.” Representative Mike Levin solemnly said “the times have found us.” And Representative Gil Cisneros, who came out for the inquiry only last week, plugged his campaign website twice to ask for donations and noted, “The Republicans are coming after me now.”

A tricky balancing act is now underway for House Democrats as they return to their districts for a two-week recess that will double as a crucial time to frame a coast-to-coast debate over impeachment and the nation’s priorities.

Even as surveys showed more Americans embracing an impeachment investigation, voters talked mostly about issues like health care and the economy over the weekend at town hall meetings and party gatherings with House Democrats. Those members, especially in battleground districts, responded by highlighting their policy accomplishments and goals — while at the same time attempting to shape public opinion on impeachment and prepare voters for coming G.O.P. attacks.

hat Democratic messaging challenge came into sharp relief during interviews with voters like Donna Artukovic, a retired teacher who was volunteering at the Orange County dinner. Ms. Artukovic expressed nervousness about what an impeachment battle could mean for Democratic candidates.

“I am afraid it’s going to hurt them,” she said. “A lot of people — even who don’t like Trump — don’t like impeachment.”

Why do they have to be so careful? Because they know it’s only really popular among their unhinged base. They know that the more they talk about it, the more people will want information on Joe Biden and his son’s activities. They’ll want to know what Adam Schiff, tasked by Pelosi with leading the impeachment inquiry, and other Democrats were doing contacting Ukraine to get dirt on Trump. They’ll get a good look at how unhinged Schiff is, and see that this is about hatred. They’ll wonder why Democrats don’t just try to beat him at the ballot box.

The first independent polling since Democrats began the inquiry carries reassuring news for them — as well as some cautionary signs. A CBS News survey released Sunday indicated that 55 percent of Americans support an impeachment investigation, with Democrats now overwhelmingly supportive and independents about evenly divided. But only 42 percent of those surveyed said Mr. Trump deserved to be impeached, with 22 percent saying it was too soon to determine. This uncertainty is why House Democratic leaders are at pains to emphasize that they are not yet seeking to impeach Mr. Trump, but rather that they want to conduct a thorough investigation into his actions with the Ukranians.

And that’s also why they have to be careful, because Americans have seen this show before: Russia Russia Russia didn’t turn out particularly well for Democrats. This all just makes Democrats look like petulant children upset that they lost an election and are unable to accept the outcome. And with Trump, he’s more than happy to let everyone know that the Democrats are crazy. He doesn’t play nice like previous Republicans. Yes, yes, he may go overboard at times, but, think that doesn’t get people to pay attention to his points? And get people the average person to see his points?

Democrats should also remember that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If they want to set the condition which political disagreements are grounds for impeachment inquiries, Republicans can do the same against a Democrat president.

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