Beto Releases ‘Climate Change’ Plan, Says We Only Have Ten Years Left

By William Teach April 30, 2019 – 7:44 am

Yes, guy who talks in the 3rd person of himself a lot is Concerned. So concerned he did this

Nothing like taking a long fossil fueled trip to yammer about ‘climate change’, eh? Remember, he’s from Texas (and he traveled around California after the Yosemite stunt)

Beto: We only have ’10 years’ left on Earth if we don’t address climate change

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke sounded the alarms on Monday, saying that civilization has only “ten years” left on Earth if no action is taken on climate change.

The former Texas congressman unveiled the first major policy proposal of his candidacy, which is a climate change initiative that would cost $5 trillion in over 10 years in hopes of reaching zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Appearing on MSNBC, O’Rourke promoted his proposal but was asked about his prior support from the oil and gas industry, and whether the relationship would be a problem going forward.

“Do you see the oil and gas industry as an opponent in that? Won’t you have to declare yourself in opposition to their interests?” MSNBC host Chris Hayes asked.

O’Rourke responded “yes,” but said he is optimistic that the industry will take part in his initiative.

Guess who’s going to pay for it? The rich companies and people, of course! But

O’Rourke’s plan, which also includes a promise to use executive authority to curb the leakage of methane — a powerful greenhouse gas — from the oil and gas sector, may be an attempt to mute criticism the candidate is too cozy his home state’s oil and gas industry. His vote to end a 40-year ban on the export of crude oil in 2015 and other votes seen as fossil friendly have led some progressive activists to question his commitment to fighting climate change.

Is he a Believer, or just pandering to the Cult of Climastrology? One sect of Warmists is not buying

The Sunrise Movement, a progressive grassroots group aligned Ocasio-Cortez, criticized O’Rouke’s plan as not being aggressive enough. The Green New Deal calls for net-zero emission by 2030, 20 years sooner than O’Rourke’s climate vision.

“Beto claims to support the Green New Deal, but his plan is out of line with the timeline it lays out and the scale of action that scientists say is necessary to take here in the United States to give our generation a livable future,” Varshini Prakash, Sunrise’s executive director, said in a statement.

The Sunrise Movement was less then pleased, since these youths (including using pre-teen children as props) are big supporters of AOC’s Green New Deal, and are traveling around the country (in fossil fueled vehicles) to tell people about it.

Nice try, Beto. He’s not worth his own climate clown photoshop yet, though.

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NY Times Suspends All Political Cartoons In International Edition Over Internal Jew Hatred

By William Teach April 30, 2019 – 7:26 am

Remember this from just a few days ago?

It says quite a bit about the people who work for the NY Times international edition and those who submit their work that the cartoonist felt perfectly fine creating a Jew and Israel hating cartoon and submitting it, then making it past editorial review to be published. The Times blamed some low level editor, but, no one has been fired. The cartoonist, who is syndicated, was not told that his work is no longer welcome. But, the Times sorta kinda apologized, and then

So…

(Breitbart) The New York Times has suspended the publication of all future syndicated political cartoons in its international print edition, the newspaper’s spokeswoman Eileen Murphy confirmed late Monday.

The Daily Beast’s Lloyd Grove spoke with Murphy in the wake of the newspaper’s publication of a second controversial cartoon that drew critical condemnation from the Jewish community–after a first cartoon, which the paper now admits was antisemitic, was retracted and then subsequently apologized for over the weekend.

The newspaper is in a full internal crisis on this matter, as executives and editors have launched a full-scale internal investigation into what happened, who is responsible, and what procedural and structural changes need to take place so the Times does not publish more antisemitic content.

The first cartoon was published Thursday. The second cartoon was actually published Saturday, right before the Times was forced to finally offer an apology after waffling for a few days. The blamed the publication of the 1st on “a faulty process” with “a single editor working without adequate oversight….” Again, what kind of company has employees/contractors who feel fine submitting these cartoons, and feel fine publishing them? The anti-Israel beliefs of those on the political left morph into Jew hatred, as we’ve seen on college campuses, and is being mainstreamed just like in 1930’s (and other periods) Europe.

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Cult Of Climastrology Now Looking To Excuse And Mainstream Ecoterrorism

By William Teach April 29, 2019 – 3:41 pm

It’s to save the planet, you know

Climate Change Fiction Is Rethinking The Ecoterrorist

Toward the end of Paul Schrader’s most recent film, First Reformed, the main character straps on an explosive vest with the intention of blowing himself up — along with a church full of other people — driven by an inarticulate but intense desire to strike a blow on behalf of the environment.

The character’s name is Ernst Toller, he’s played by a dyspeptic Ethan Hawke, and he isn’t an ecological radical when the film starts. He’s a minister at a small church in upstate New York that’s more of a historical tourist attraction than a functional place of worship, and when we first meet him, he seems to think about climate change the way a lot of us do, or used to — as inexorably dire but also still distant enough a concept to not cast a shadow over our day-to-day lives.

That changes after he pays a visit to a troubled parishioner named Michael (Philip Ettinger), an activist for whom the effects of global warming are not abstract at all, and who’s in the grip of an existential crisis prompted by his wife Mary’s (Amanda Seyfried) pregnancy. How can it be justifiable, he demands of Ernst, to bring a child into a world you believe is going to crumble within their lifetime? He’s not being dramatic or alarmist. It’s a real question, one he shores up with all the data he’s accrued about sea levels rising and land mass shrinking, which he follows to logical conclusions about catastrophic change and civilization being shaken at its foundations. “The bad times will begin,” as he puts it. “This isn’t some distant future. You will live to see this.” (snip)

While Ernst goes into the meeting intending to talk Michael down from his hopelessness, he emerges, instead, infected with dread himself. And that dread begins blossoming, compounded by guilt, when he discovers Michael dead in the woods from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. By the time Ernst puts on that explosive vest, which he took from a box hidden in Michael’s garage, we understand his intentions as both extremist and an attempt at a logical response to an impossible problem: How are we supposed to behave in the face of the possibility that there is no future for us, because of our own choices as a species?

See? We can excuse the behavior because of the Dooming of our species. You really should read the whole story in full, which ends with

It’s interesting too to think of the young fandom that the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, has accrued, as profiled in New York magazine back in December. They’re kids who found themselves nodding along to his manifesto about how we need “a revolution against the industrial system,” creating “anti-civ” reading lists, and participating in open-air survivalist workshops in preparation for the end of civilization. The subjects of the article prefer the term “ecoextremism” and act cagey about their commitment to violence, but they do feel like real-world relations to all these fictional characters. The same feelings of quiet, constant panic in the face of an inevitable future that come through in this fiction are also bubbling up in our lives, and in these subcultures whose affiliations and actions may be beyond the pale, but whose desperation feels very familiar

Yes, kids are now extolling the virtues of the Unabomber.

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If All You See…

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

…is a horrible carbon polluting pool causing the seas to rise, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The First Street Journal, with a post on Jew Hatred at the NY Times.

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Your Big Carbon Footprint Is To Blame For April Snow In Chicago

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

In case you missed it, Chicago, and the upper mid-west, has had a bit of a problem with snow this April

Chicago Shatters Record for Spring Snowfall

It’s not a record that the city of Chicago necessarily wanted to set, but history was made on Saturday as the area was hammered with a record snowfall.

According to the National Weather Service, O’Hare International Airport, the official reporting station for the city, received 2.5 inches of snow on Saturday, setting an all-time record for snowfall this late in the spring. The snow broke a record that was set all the way back in 1910, when Chicago received 2 inches of snow on April 26.

The snowstorm wasn’t limited to just Chicago, either. Numerous areas west of the city reported receiving over 5 inches of snow, and hazardous travel conditions continued into Sunday as slippery roads and icy surfaces were reported across the region.

Some springs can be cold and snowy. Nothing unusual. So, of course

https://twitter.com/QuestForApollo/status/1122493491169329152

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Surprise: NYC’s Version Of Green New Deal Will Cause Massive Issues With Real Estate Industry

By William Teach April 29, 2019 – 7:16 am

I wonder what Comrade de Blasio will do for the NYC government owned buildings? How about all those buildings with state and federal government tenants?

NYC’s Own Green New Deal May Be A Disaster For City’s Real Estate Business

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently signed the most ambitious climate overhaul plan enacted by any large city in the United States. The Climate Mobilization Act, a legislative package passed earlier this month by a 45-2 vote, is considered New York City’s very own Green New Deal.

During an Earth Day address, de Blasio announced the city government is poised to begin implementation of the plan immediately via the creation of a new initiative known as OneNYC 2050.

According to a press release from de Blasio, the city intends to implement “laws and actions [that] will drive a nearly 30% additional reduction in greenhouse emissions by 2030 and spur tens of thousands of good jobs.” He also says New York City intends to be “carbon neutral” by 2050 with the full implementation of zero and reduced-emissions energy sources.

The article itself is obviously focused on the requirements for buildings which are over 25,000 square feet (from what I’ve seen, this is over 57% of NYC buildings) to become all sorts of “green” or pay fines out the wazoo

The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) has announced its opposition to the Climate Mobilization Act with the board’s president, John H. Banks, stressing that the goals of these new building regulations are not attainable.

“There is no greater challenge to our city, state, and planet than climate change,” Banks said, but added that the new measures “will have a negative impact on our ability to attract and retain a broad range of industries, including technology, media, finance, and life sciences, that provide opportunity and continued economic growth that is so important for our city.” Banks also believes the new retrofitting requirements inhibit a building’s ability to grow and attract new tenants.

Surprise? Costs are already high in NYC: artificially increase them more and it makes business difficult, and could drive them elsewhere. Companies are not going to assume the costs, they’ll pass them on, but, they can only do that so much and stay viable. They leave, they take the jobs with them. Oh, and the tax revenue.

In addition, Crain’s New York Business reports that even “environmentally friendly” buildings could face fines. The Durst Organization, a family-run real estate management firm that co-developed One World Trade Center with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and owns several skyscrapers that are part of the city’s iconic skyline, says their firm could be fined millions just for one building, according to the report.

Hey, most of the people in NYC voted for this garbage, so, they’ll get what they deserve. And, really, if people like Mr. Banks above think there is no greater challenge than Hotcoldwetdry, then they should be willing to see their businesses destroyed to Save The Planet, right?

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NY Times Wants Everyone To Relax On Socialism

By William Teach April 29, 2019 – 6:59 am

This is partly their way off attempting to protect AOC and the new breed of Democratic Socialists, which they managed to do in an incredibly sexist manner

https://twitter.com/brandondarby/status/1122658506354626560

And away go (hey, I wonder if writer David Bentley Hart will ask the folks who run the Times if they’ll pay their fair share of taxes?) with an article that is way worse than the casual sexism towards AOC

Can We Please Relax About ‘Socialism’?
Only in America is the word freighted with so much perceived menace.

To be trapped in the boarding area of a smallish airport in the upper Midwest is, as often as not, to be subjected to that bestial din of fricatives, gutturals, plosives and shrieks of hysterical alarm that constitutes political discussion on Fox News, pouring incessantly from those obnoxious pendulous ceiling televisions. And unless one fancies running the T.S.A.’s gantlet of gropers again, there’s no escape. The experience is especially nasty if one’s wait coincides with the prime-time shows hosted by those two almost indistinguishable fellows with the suety faces, bouffant coiffures and nerve-racking mezzo-castrato voices.

So, Hart just managed to insult most Midwesterners, everyone who watches Fox New, and TSA agents. Good job.

That fate, at least, I avoided a few weeks back. Instead, there I was with the commentator Ben Stein hovering over me like some grim heathen god, exuding all the effervescent charm of a despondent tree sloth, glumly wobbling his jowls and opining that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez espouses a political philosophy that in the past led to the rise of Hitler and Stalin.

Now, I realize that this has become axiomatic on America’s excitable right. I know also that in this country we employ terms like “socialism” with wanton indifference to historical details and conceptual distinctions. I grasp too that many among us truly believe that, say, a higher marginal tax rate or a public subsidy for poor children’s dentistry is only a step away from the gulags. And I am painfully aware that the male Fox commentariat nurtures its sickly obsession with Ms. Ocasio-Cortez partly because they resent her cleverness, charisma and moral vitality, but mostly because they suspect that in high school she was one of those girls they had no hope of getting a date with (though, really, she comes across as someone who could look past a face of even the purest suet if she thought she glimpsed a healthy soul behind it).

And there’s the sexism

Well — only in America, as they say. Only here is the word “socialism” freighted with so much perceived menace. I take this to be a symptom of our unique national genius for stupidity. In every other free society with a functioning market economy, socialism is an ordinary, rather general term for sane and compassionate governance of the public purse for the purpose of promoting general welfare and a more widespread share in national prosperity.

Well, maybe you folks in Europe like the notion of a strong central government controlling your lives, dictating everything. We fought a war over two hundred years ago to get away from that. It’s interesting that most of Europe has a low GDP and much higher unemployment rate. It’s interesting that most of the big inventions come from the freedom of America, not Europe. It’s interesting that America had to save the world from the threat of Socialist styled governments twice in the past century.

He keeps blabbing on, but, hey, if these Leftist really love Socialism so much, why are they not sending at least 50% of their earnings to the federal government? Why do they want to keep their freedom and choice? Germany has the largest population in Europe, at 82 million. England comes in at 67 million. We have well over 327 million, spread out over an area bigger than Europe. Most of our states are larger than EU countries. And we see the failures and government dominance in places like California. The homelessness in uber-leftist cities. The nanny state controls. The loss of freedom. The crime. They can redwash this as much as they’d like, but Modern Socialism (which is really a light version of Fascism) is against America and its beliefs in freedom.

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Extinction Rebellion Nutter Glues Her Breasts To Ground To Protest ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach April 28, 2019 – 4:22 pm

This is not a joke….well, these people are funny as hell in their insanity, but they are dead serious in their insanity

That leads to the UK Sun, which has many pictures of the idiot lying in the road, and authorities trying to unglue her. Obviously, other outlets were covering

https://twitter.com/StephaniScruggs/status/1122183701046030336

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If All You See…

By William Teach April 28, 2019 – 1:00 pm

…is a world flooded by carbon pollution from America*, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Weasel Zippers, with a post on a hero who took a bullet to save her Rabbi’s life.

This week’s theme is ladies of Chile! And those are Chile flag bikinis. *But we know Leftists will see the colors and blame America

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach April 28, 2019 – 9:11 am

Happy Sunday! It’s a gorgeous day in America, and a great day to take a drive somewhere, right! This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Climate Change Dispatch notes Chicago will break snow records with weekend storm
  2. Jo Nova covers an e-bike fire
  3. 357 Magnum notes the missing media bias
  4. America’s Watchtower discusses a potential bombshell report on FBI abuses
  5. Blazing Cat Fur covers a Michigan lawsuit against the AG’s attempt to criminalize speech
  6. Blogs For Victory notes the Left’s war on memory
  7. Brass Pills covers the NY Times white knighting to change men’s working hours to help women
  8. Bunkerville discusses a lunatic Democrat wanting to kill off golf
  9. Chicks On The Right covers testing of Woke straws
  10. Common Cents highlights Biden’s best gaffes
  11. Creeping Sharia notes more terror-linked Muslim groups meeting Democrat reps
  12. DC Clothesline will shock you with whom ISIS is praising
  13. Diogenes’ Middle Finger has your guide to Dem candidate slogans
  14. Free North Carolina covers Canadian officials seizing Wrongthink books at the border
  15. And last, but not least, Jihad Watch notes Sri Lanka protecting mosques while shutting down churches

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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