Cory Booker Is Super Enthused To Require Firearms Licensing For Law Abiding Citizens

By William Teach July 1, 2019 – 10:34 am

Everyone talks about wanting a ‘climate change’ debate for the Democrats. We also need a 2nd Amendment debate, where the Democrat presidential candidates can put forth their ideas on stage

See, the interesting thing here is that licensing would not have stopped the Parkland nutjob from shooting up the school. And Cory’s plan is focused almost exclusively on those who are law abiding citizens with firearms. There is nothing which would crack down on those who use/possess firearms illegally. Does anyone think that the people using them in places like Chicago (51 shot, 4 killed over the weekend) are buying them legally? Heck, Democrats are the ones who go soft on criminals, and even want to give them the vote.

Further, his plan goes after the NRA, a group made up of citizens engaged in employing their 1st Amendment Rights, including speech and petitioning for redress of grievance.

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From Cory’s plan

Here’s how it would work: Individuals could seek a gun license at a designated local office, widely available in urban and rural areas, similar to applying for or renewing a passport. They would submit fingerprints, provide basic background information, and demonstrate completion of a certified gun safety course.

The FBI would then verify submission of required materials and run a comprehensive background check before issuing a federal gun license, after which the license-holder could freely purchase and own firearms. The license would be valid for up to five years before renewal with regular, automatic checks to flag non-compliance with license terms.

Does anyone think criminals will do this? Further, the problem here is that this is not the end point, it is simply the beginning. Implement this, and then they make it tougher and tougher for law abiding citizens to comply, just like we saw in the District of Columbia, which led to the Heller decision. It was so burdensome and so restrictive that almost no law abiding citizens could obtain the permit. It’s why the Supreme Court has agreed to take up a suit against NYC and their restrictions.

Institute licensing, and not only will the gun grabbers make it harder and harder, but then they will want more restrictions. Bans on guns and ammo. Restrictions and bans on where you can carry them. Do away with concealed carry. Gun “buy backs” which turn people who legally purchased their firearm into criminals if they do not turn them in. Do away with Castle Doctrine and all self defense. Suing gun manufacturers out of business (which is part of Cory’s plan) so no one can actually purchase a firearm, because they aren’t being made.

This is why 2nd Amendment supporters won’t agree to anything, because we know that this will be death by a thousand papercuts.

 

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Washington Post Offers Questions That Should Be Asked During A Climate Focused Debate Or Something

By William Teach July 1, 2019 – 7:36 am

The Washington Post has asked a bunch of high muckity muck Warmists to offer some questions that should be asked of Democrats if they ever do a ‘climate change’ debate. The questions themselves tell an interesting story (remember, they are offering questions, not answer, here)

A climate-focused presidential debate? Here’s what moderators should ask.

Carol M. Browner Question: If Republicans still controlled at least one house of Congress when you took office, what would you be prepared to do on Day One, under existing executive authority, to set the country on a path to address the existential threat posed by climate change?

Katharine Hayhoe Question: How do you propose to move past the political posturing and rampant disinterest to persuade legislators and elected officials across the spectrum that climate action is not about defending a political position but about ensuring a safe future for ourselves and our children?

Ann Carlson Question: A number of cities around the country have sued oil companies for damages they are already experiencing as a result of climate change, such as sea level rise, wildfires, flooding, hurricanes and heat waves. Major oil companies want immunity from these lawsuits in exchange for agreeing to support a carbon tax. Do you support exempting oil companies from climate lawsuits in exchange for a carbon tax?

Kristie L. Ebi Question : Government agencies have supported limited research to better understand the health risks of climate change or to identify actions to prepare for its risks. How will your administration ensure the health and well-being of Americans in a changing climate?

These are all about how to increase the power of the Central Government. Jamming policies down the throats of citizens. Hayhoe’s question is interesting, in that she has pretty much admitted that there is “rampant disinterest” to Do Something about ‘climate change.’

Beverly Wright Question: If elected, would you join action on climate change with action to achieve environmental justice in communities of color burdened with racially disproportionate toxic pollution? How would you get this done?

See, this is not only about massively expanding Government, but about all the Social Justice Warrioring. It has nothing to do with actual science, unless we’re talking political science and social science.

Bill Nye Question: How would you persuade climate deniers in Congress to help you address the problem? Or how would you work around the deniers?

If you’re starting off by comparing people who aren’t buying into the notion that climatic changes are mostly/solely caused by mankind to Holocaust deniers, you aren’t going to be able to persuade anyone. They’re just going to tune you out. But, really, who are the real deniers? Those who do not believe that this is mostly/solely caused by Mankind, or those who do yet refuse to give up their own use of fossil fuels and make their lives carbon neutral?

Anyhow, I have a few questions myself they should be asked

  • When are you going to give up your own prolific use of fossil fuels, traveling around the nation on planes and in big SUVS while campaigning?
  • When will you give up your big house, and, for some of you, houses, and live in a tiny home with a small footprint?
  • How much of your own money are you will to have taken by government to pay for your Hotcoldwetdry ideas?
  • How do you propose to convince citizens that having their cost of living skyrocket while taking away their freedom and choice is a good thing?
  • The majority of citizens, including Democrat aren’t willing to spend more than $10 a month for Hotcoldwetdry: do you plan on convincing them that they should want to have more money taken, or will you just take it?
  • For those in the Senate, why did you vote “present” for the Green New Deal? For those in the House, why aren’t you demanding a vote on the GND?
  • What specific automobiles do you own?
  • Have you gone vegetarian yet, or at least give up meat multiple times a week?
  • Why aren’t you answering these questions, and when will you stop being a climahypocrite and make your life carbon neutral?

Warmists really do not like to answer questions that are inconvenient. Hence once reason there will be no climate debate. They really do not want to be shown as hypocrites, nor do they want to expose just how much this will cost citizens.

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California Budget Provides Health Care For Illegal Aliens

By William Teach July 1, 2019 – 7:12 am

They can’t fix all the garbage, poop, and used hypodermic needles in the streets. Rat populations are exploding. Typhus and typhoid are showing up. Homelessness is high. So, hey, let’s provide more incentive for illegals to come to California

California’s $215 Billion Budget Includes Health Care for Illegal Aliens

California’s Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $215 billion budget on Thursday, which includes taxpayer-funded health care for illegal aliens.

Newsom signed the massive $214.8 billion funding bill into law, which includes a provision that would expand health care for people who are illegally in the U.S. and penalizes people who do not purchase health insurance, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The California Democrat had proposed expanding health care for illegal aliens long before he took office.

In an August 2018 interview, Newsom said he would use an executive order to give universal health care to those residing in the U.S. illegally. Once Newsom took office in January, he proposed expanding Medi-Cal, the state version of Medicaid, to illegal aliens up to 26 years old.

Newsom proposed that $98 million in the budget should go to expanding taxpayer-funded health care for illegal aliens between 19 and 25 years old, but one state Assembly bill proposed setting aside $3.4 billion to cover all illegal aliens over 19 years old.

How much this will cost the taxpayers of California is not fully known. The LA Times story says

Medi-Cal eligibility is also being extended to adults in the U.S. illegally through the age of 25. Under that effort, which was championed by Newsom, immigration status won’t be considered for any child or young adult — an expansion of the program that puts California ahead of other states. Democratic lawmakers had wanted to provide access to anyone who meets financial eligibility requirements but lacks legal residency, but Newsom balked over the price tag. Expect those discussions to resume in next year’s state budget talks.

Now, $36 billion for Medi-Cal and it’s expansion comes from California. $64 billion comes from the federal government. Might we see Los Federales reduce their outlay, since some of that money is going to illegal aliens? We’ll probably know within a few weeks.

Another question about this is whether illegal aliens will be penalized for not having appropriate health insurance. Because there is now a health insurance mandate with specific monetary penalties per this budget. While also expanding those who are covered by Medi-Cal.

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‘Climate Change’ Is Scaring The Kids And Here’s How To Talk To Them Or Something

By William Teach June 30, 2019 – 4:45 pm

It’s really not ‘climate change’ that is scaring the kids: it’s unhinged members of the Cult of Climastrology, including the NY Times, where this screed comes from, that are scaring them with prognostications of future doom. This really is an opinion piece sitting in the “science” section

Climate Change Is Scaring Kids. Here’s How to Talk to Them.

Hollywood has produced quite a few fictionalized depictions of dramatic climate change. Scores of people die after Manhattan freezes in 2004’s “The Day After Tomorrow.” In “Geostorm,” released in 2017, the weather goes haywire after satellites malfunction.

Realistic scenarios, though, have been less frequent. Yet Sunday’s episode of “Big Little Lies,” the HBO show about five women living in Monterey, Calif., included a second grader who had an anxiety attack after discussing climate change with a teacher. The girl worried the world was going to end.

Psychologists say the way parents and teachers talk about climate change with children has an effect on their young psyches.

“A lot of people, when they talk to kids, are processing their own anxiety and fears,” said John Fraser, a psychologist and chief executive of NewKnowledge, a social science think tank that studies health and the environment. “Do you think kids won’t be scared, too? As a culture, we haven’t developed good tools to talk about these things.”

A lot of Warmists, when they talk to kids, shouldn’t be allowed to talk to kids, because they’re bat guano insane and should be seeking professional mental help. And should give up their own use of fossil fuels and make their own lives carbon neutral. See how that goes.

Janet K. Swim, a professor of psychology at Penn State University, said she emphasized several steps for parents (and teachers, for that matter) to take when talking about climate change with youngsters.

“You should start off with something positive, like, ‘We like the planet,’” she said. This should be followed with taking children outside to appreciate nature. For city dwellers, this is as simple as going to a park. Families in more rural areas can hike.

Or, better yet, refer them to people who are grounded in reality, who can explain to the kids that what is going on is nothing unusual for the Earth, that warm periods happen, that certain adults are trying to scare them with doomsaying over yearly temperature increases that are hundredths of a degree, that a 1.5F increase since 1850 is a nothingburger, that everything will be just fine, and that the people scaring them are utter climahypocrites. Further, that they should consider all the policies that Warmists push, and wonder why they all included increasing the cost of living as well as Big Government control of citizens lives, restricting their freedom, liberty, and choice.

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If All You See…

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

…is a world drying out from the evil fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Black & Blonde Media, with a post Cleon Trosky being right and socialism now trending.

It’s patriotism week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach June 30, 2019 – 8:53 am

Happy Sunday! Yet another gorgeous day in America. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and we’re just a few days away from Independence Day. This pinup is by Greg Hildebrandt, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Weasel Zippers covers an illegal alien accused of killing 12 now accused of 6 more murders
  2. Victory Girls Blog notes the meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un
  3. The Right Scoop notes how many Millennials are still getting an allowance from their parents
  4. The American Conservative discusses Kamala Harris as the racial strife candidate
  5. Raised On Hoecakes wants to legalize lemonade
  6. Powerline features AOC crying over an empty parking lot
  7. Pacific Pundit has AOC’s latest stupidity on immigration
  8. Moonbattery covers Danish school children being taught to grovel to Allah
  9. Maggie’s Farm explains how Trump won Thursday’s Dem debate
  10. Legal Insurrection discusses the violent attack on a journalist in Portland while the police did nothing
  11. Jihad Watch has a few questions for Ilhan Omar
  12. Geller Report notes S&P removing Facebook from its list of ethical companies
  13. Creeping Sharia covers a Minnesota city council voting to get rid of the Pledge Of Allegiance in order to not offend Muslims
  14. Chicks On The Right notes AOC thinking that quoting the Bible makes her just like Jesus
  15. And last, but not least, Watts Up With That? highlights the 30th anniversary of the UN “10 years to save the world” prognostication

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.

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NY Times Op-Ed Calls For Doxxing Federal Immigration Officials

By William Teach June 30, 2019 – 7:34 am

This is liberalism: calling for harassment and violence against people who you disagree with, at least while the person in the White House is not part of your Party. Remember, Democrats were not concerned with children being separated while it was occurring under Mr. Obama. Doing the job as required by federal law as passed by the Legislative Branch. Now, though

NYT Op-Ed Calls For Public Shaming Of Border Protection Agents

The New York Times published an op-ed Saturday that calls for border protection agents to face “serious social costs” and public shaming over their work at facilities housing migrant children.

“The identities of the individual Customs and Border Protection agents who are physically separating children from their families and staffing the detention centers are not undiscoverable,” writes Kate Cronin-Furman, an assistant professor at University College London.

“Immigration lawyers have agent names; journalists reporting at the border have names, photos and even videos. These agents’ actions should be publicized, particularly in their home communities.”

In the article, Cronin-Furman proposes a public shaming campaign — which she insists is not the same as “doxxing” — in hopes of forcing border protection agents to quit their jobs. She also said her proposal would deter others from taking jobs as border agents. (snip)

Cronin-Furman suggests shaming rank-and-file agents — whom she calls “foot soldiers” — because they have less “personal investment” than politicians and government officials in border control policies.

The NY Times can say that the opinion piece doesn’t represent the NY Times as much as they want, but, they allowed this person who is not a NY Times employee to publish this opinion piece, one which calls for going after the private lives of CBP employees, and, considering the violence and abuse that comes from Democrat voters, could lead to very bad things.

And this is definitely doxxing, no matter how much she argues it isn’t. If it happens, perhaps the agents should sue Kate Cronin-Furman and the NY Times.

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Cost Of Healthcare For Illegals? $660 Billion Per Decade

By William Teach June 29, 2019 – 4:27 pm

This is what Democrats want to give illegal aliens, and guess who pays for it?

Free Health Care for Illegal Aliens Could Cost American Taxpayers up to $660B a Decade

Providing free health care for all illegal aliens living in the United States could cost American taxpayers an additional $660 billion every decade in expenses.

This week, half of the 24 Democrats running for their party’s presidential nomination confirmed that their healthcare plans would provide free health care to all illegal aliens at the expense of American taxpayers — including former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).

Center for Immigration Studies Director of Research Steven Camarotta told Breitbart News that only rough estimates are available for what health care for illegal aliens will cost American taxpayers, and though a comprehensive study has yet to be conducted on this specific issue, taxpayers can expect to pay a “significant” amount.

“If we offered Medicaid for illegal immigrants, it is possible the costs could be over tens of billions of dollars,” Camarotta said. “However, it would depend on eligibility criteria as well as how many illegal immigrants actually sign up for program once it was offered. So while the actual costs are uncertain, the size would be significant for taxpayers.”

A reasonable estimate of health care for each illegal alien, Camarotta said, is about $3,000 — about half the average $6,600 that it currently costs annually for each Medicaid recipient. This assumes that a number of illegal aliens already have health insurance through employers and are afforded free health care today when they arrive to emergency rooms.

Based on this estimate, should the full 22 million illegal aliens be living in the U.S. that Yale University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have estimated there to be, providing health care for the total illegal population could cost American taxpayers about $66 billion a year.

So, $660 billion per decade. Why are Democrats always putting illegal aliens above citizens? And the majority of citizens are against giving illegal aliens any free healthcare.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 29, 2019 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon raft needed to move around the flooded earth, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Daley Gator, with a post on something the left will never admit on illegal alien deaths.

And a second photo below the fold, so, check out Virtual Mirage, with a post wondering if Che would wear a Bernie shirt.

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Vancouver Demands Oil Companies Pay Their Share On ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach June 29, 2019 – 10:30 am

Something is missing from this resolution by the Vancouver city council

City of Vancouver votes to demand fossil fuel companies pay share of climate-change costs

Vancouver city council has voted in favour of a motion that demands global fossil fuel companies pay their share of costs arising from climate change.

The motion, which passed 7-4 on Thursday, points to a B.C. government report that projects the City of Vancouver will have to spend $1 billion this century to mitigate rising sea levels.

The motion says the city will send letters to 20 of the world’s largest oil, gas and coal companies with its demand.

The city also says it will ask the B.C. and Canadian governments to enact laws to confirm the responsibility of fossil fuel companies to pay their share of costs.

Vancouver says it is the 24th community in British Columbia to pass such a motion since 2017.

They can demand all they want, but, the fossil fuels companies will simply ignore them. And, if any pass laws that put extra taxes/fees on the companies, they will just get passed down to consumers, including the governments.

Now, there are two big points with this. First, let’s look at actual data

At 0.16 feet per century, that is well below the Holocene average of 6-8 inches per century. So, what sea rise? Especially to the tune of $1 trillion (which we all know would be spent on other Social Justice garbage).

Second, if these cities are so Concerned, why are they not doing away with their own use of fossil fuels? Replace the entire city fleet with non-fossil fuels vehicles. Restrict citizens from using fossil fuels in the city. Do away with the airports. Walk the talk.

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