Say, Is ‘Climate Change’ Causing Problems With Home Values Near The Sea?

By William Teach May 15, 2019 – 7:10 am

Spoiler alert: no, it isn’t

Are Coastal Home Values Feeling Drag of Climate Change?

For sale: waterfront property with sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean. Waves erode beach regularly. Flooding gets worse every year. Saltwater damage to lawn.

Asking price: anyone’s guess.

Some research suggests rising sea levels and flooding brought by global warming are harming coastal property values. But other climate scientists note shortcomings in the studies, and real estate experts say they simply haven’t seen any ebb in demand for coastal homes.

So how much homeowners and communities should worry, and how much they should invest in remedies, remains an open question.

Climate scientists should probably consult with real estate experts. Take a look at sites like Zillow, and you’ll see that properties near the shores are doing just fine.

Nearby, Denis Champagne can’t be sure that rising seas are hurting his waterfront home’s value. The three-story, four-bedroom home has views of a scenic marsh, has been renovated and is blocks from the ocean — yet was assessed around $420,000.

“Do I feel that it should be worth more than that?” Champagne said recently in his sun-soaked living room. “I mean, I’m biased, but where can you find this for that price — anywhere?”

Massachusetts has three official NOAA tide gauges, which show .93 feet over 100 years (Boston), .94 feet over 100 years (Woods Hole), and 1.21 feet over 100 years, the last being an island, and, really, right at what the average should be during a Holocene warm period. None show acceleration or anything unusual.

A drop in home values could shatter a community like Salisbury, which relies almost exclusively on beachfront real estate taxes to fund schools, police and other basic services, researchers warn. And, they say, families could face financial ruin if they’ve been banking on their home’s value to help foot the bill for pricey college tuitions or retirement.

“People are looking at losing tens of thousands of dollars of relative value on their homes,” said Jeremy Porter, a data scientist for the First Street Foundation, which describes itself as a “not-for-profit organization of digitally driven advocates for sea level rise solutions” on its Facebook page. “Not everyone can sustain that.”

Still, home prices in coastal cities have been rising faster than those of their landlocked counterparts since 2010, according to data provided by the National Association of Realtors.

It’s great when they throw cold water on the cold water of ‘climate change’ doom.

And waterfront homes are still generally more expensive than their peers just one block inland, said Lawrence Yun, the association’s chief economist.

“The price differential is still there,” he said. “Consumers are clearly mindful that these climate change impacts could be within the window of a 30-year mortgage, but their current behavior still implies that to have a view of the ocean is more desirable.”

Essentially, most people do not care, and arean’t buying into the scaremongering.

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GOP Amps Up Attack On Tlaib’s Anti-Israel Comments

By William Teach May 15, 2019 – 6:54 am

What level is “amp up”? Pouncing? Seizing? Respond? And what would the defense of an Israel hater be called?

Republicans amp up attacks on Tlaib’s Holocaust comments

The war of words over race and anti-Semitism is heating up on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers in both parties launched new salvos Tuesday in the escalating uproar over recent comments from Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) invoking the Holocaust.

House Republicans fired shots at the Michigan freshman and her party defenders, accusing Democrats of whitewashing sentiments that GOP lawmakers have portrayed as anti-Semitic.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) have responded in kind, denouncing Tlaib’s critics for twisting her message in an effort to divide the party and win the favor of Jewish voters, who have long flocked to the Democrats’ side.

Other top Democrats joined in defending Tlaib on Tuesday.

“Rep. Tlaib has been purposefully slandered by the President and other Republicans with her comments deliberately taken out of context and mischaracterized,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), one of the most powerful Jewish lawmakers, said in a statement. “It is clear from the full quote that she was not making any antisemitic reference.”

The bitter back-and-forth marked the latest development in the ongoing debate over Israel and Congress’s approach to its longtime Middle East ally. That dynamic took on new dimensions this year with the arrival of two outspoken Muslim women — Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) — on Capitol Hill.

Lots and lots of Democrats are defending her comments. Now, many will say that she is just a buffoon who spoke out on an issue in which she was ill-informed, getting it wrong

The GOP outcry follows Tlaib’s recent interview with Yahoo News’s “Skullduggery” podcast, in which she denounced the lost lives, forced migrations and other hardships suffered by some Palestinians when Israel was created after World War II. Tlaib, the first Palestinian American to serve in Congress, couched her remarks by adding that she also experiences a “calming feeling” in considering that the political upheaval helped “create a safe haven for Jews” after years of “tragedy and horrific persecution,” including the Holocaust.

But, she has a history of anti-Israel sentiment, as well as anti-Jew sentiment. The recent comment is not isolated. And could well be a belief, in the same way that so many Islamists hold on to the belief that 9/11 was an Israeli plot. Heck, this is exactly the kind of thing that the SJWs would term “unconscious bias.”

But, hey, the GOP is amping. And has fired shots. And there’s outcry. Which leads to

She gets to play the Victim Card because the Democrats and their pet media protect her.

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Hot Take: Trump’s Grip On DOJ Doomed Meuller’s Investigation

By William Teach May 14, 2019 – 4:56 pm

Intercept “reporter” Jim Risen has a new conspiracy theory for why the Mueller investigation failed to end with Trump being frogmarched out of the White House. He actually started yapping about it back on the 7th, but, The Hill ran some video of this today. Leftist nutters will never give up on their nutbaggery

Did Donald Trump’s Grip on the Justice Department Sabotage Robert Mueller’s Investigation?

THROUGH HIS UNRELENTING efforts to obstruct the Trump-Russia investigation since its inception, President Donald Trump has inflicted a slow-motion Saturday Night Massacre on the American people, a constitutional nightmare that has lasted two years instead of one night.

And it is still going on, despite the fact that special counsel Robert Mueller has completed his investigation. Trump now has a willing lackey in Attorney General William Barr, who is aiding and abetting the president’s ongoing efforts to control the Justice Department and corrupt the country’s system of checks and balances. (snip)

Much of the carnage is documented in the second volume of the Mueller report, which focuses on obstruction of justice. Mueller recounts Trump’s nonstop efforts to block the Trump-Russia investigation and details the firings, threats, and intimidation tactics Trump used to pressure key figures involved in the probe.

But Mueller may not have captured every aspect of Trump’s Saturday Night Massacre. That’s because Trump’s threats to fire the special counsel — combined with the president’s incessant public and private pressure on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Justice Department official who supervised Mueller’s investigation — may have influenced both what is in the special counsel’s narrow and hesitant report, and what is conspicuously absent.

See, it was Trump who made Mueller find that there were no reasons to charge Trump with obstruction. And this line of thought keeps going and going and going. They just can’t admit that their attempted coup failed.

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Overheated Planet: Who’s Up For May Snow?

By William Teach May 14, 2019 – 3:14 pm

So, weather happens

Winterlike weather pattern tightens grip on Northeast, unloading snow in some areas

Winter is making a mid-May comeback in the northeastern United States early this week as snow returned to some areas with cold and rainy weather in other parts of the region.

The air was even cold enough for snow to whiten the Catskill Mountains in southeastern New York and the Berkshires in western Massachusetts.

Slushy and slippery spots along the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Berkshires prompted officials to dramatically reduce the speed limit on Sunday. The trace of snow that fell in Albany, New York, on Sunday, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, was the latest snow to fall on a Mother’s Day since 1977, when Mother’s Day occurred on May 8.

And then

So, of course, it’s the fault of Trump and ‘climate change’

https://twitter.com/saferozie/status/1128259814042161152

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 14, 2019 – 1:00 pm

…is late season snow from Other People using air conditioning, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Victory Girls Blog, with a post wondering when we will stop catering to SJW morons.

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Comrade De Blasio Trolled While Pimping His Green New Deal, AOC Forgets She Isn’t Demanding A Vote On Hers

By William Teach May 14, 2019 – 7:34 am

Monday was Green New Deal day or something. In NYC we had really, really rich guy showing that this really is all about politics, and getting trolled

De Blasio event to attack Trump on climate change turns into spectacle

An event designed to capture national attention for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s environmental record turned into a spectacle Monday, days before he’s expected to announce his decision on a White House run.

The news conference, held in the lobby of Trump Tower, was designed to put the president “on notice,” de Blasio said, for the pollution emitted by Trump’s buildings. But the event, moved inside at the last minute due to rain, was more of a circus than a rally. Much of the mayor’s roughly eight-minute speech was drowned out by music played at curiously high volumes in the lobby, protesters shouting, “You suck,” among other profanities, and several people riding the escalators behind the mayor, toting signs that read “Trump 2020” and “Worst Mayor Ever.”

The din was so loud, de Blasio had to leave his lectern and request reporters walk forward just so he could hear their questions.

https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/1128013201373847554

Comrade Bill decided that it was a good idea to make Trump and Trump Tower the face of his Green New Deal attacks, and when even Politico notices the politics involved, you can tell this is all about politics, not “the environment.”

That message was somewhat blunted when the mayor was unable to name any other landlords with high-emissions buildings and when it was revealed de Blasio had been driven to the event — a sore spot for a mayor who has been criticized for regularly riding a gas-guzzling SUV to his local gym.

So, yeah, this is all politics. Just like the majority of the ‘climate change’ movement. And then we have Squeeky

Ocasio-Cortez chides Dems over lack of Green New Deal support

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told a packed room of climate change activists at an event which also featured Sen. Bernie Sanders that voting Democrat isn’t enough if they want to pass a Green New Deal.

“I am not here to tell you that all Democrats are good and all Republicans are bad and that if you simply elect someone with a ‘D’ next to their name that our problems will be solved,” the Bronx congresswoman at a Washington, D.C. event for the Sunrise Movement.

“Because I’ve been in that chamber, I’ve been told by people on both sides of the aisle that we need to frack more that we need to build more pipelines both sides of the aisle,” she continued. (snip)

“And I will be damned if the same politicians who refuse to act then are going to try and come back today and say we need a middle-of-the-road approach to save our lives,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “That is too much for me.”

Yet, she refuses to demand a vote on her GND resolution in the House, had a hissy fit over the vote in the Senate, and has even said that “it’s messaging focused and was never meant to be passed”.

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US Attorney Appointed To Investigate How FBI Probe Of Trump Probe

By William Teach May 14, 2019 – 7:14 am

This is going to make many Democrats, especially those in the FBI and intelligence communities, and quite possibly high ranking people like James Comey, Obama appointees, and Obama, very uncomfortable

Attorney General William Barr Appoints US Attorney to Look into Origins of FBI Probe

Attorney General William Barr has assigned the United States attorney in Connecticut to look into the origins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s probe into the Trump campaign, according to reports.

Barr has appointed John Durham for the assignment, according to the New York Times. Durham has a history of investigating potential wrongdoing among national security officials.

Barr sent shockwaves through Washington after he acknowledged earlier this year during a hearing that he would review the origins of the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign, and again when he referred to those activities as “spying.”

Specifically, he has said he wants to review whether the FBI had appropriate predicate for spying on the Trump campaign, for example, when it sought a surveillance warrant against former campaign adviser Carter Page.

Barr’s assignment of Durham may indicate that his review of the origins warrants further investigation and action.

So much of the investigation seemed to be based on false information, such as the Trump dossier, which the FBI seemed to understand was, at best, shoddy. Yet, they still did it. Remember, Mueller stated that they couldn’t find any American who colluded/conspiracy with Russia. No Trump associate was charged with anything to do with conspiracy/collusion. Just old stuff and/or process crimes. They wouldn’t be looking at process crimes if there was no process, which was based on a lie. On Democrat dirty tricks.

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Say, Could Sheriff Joe’s Views On ‘Climate Change’ Kill His Candidacy?

By William Teach May 13, 2019 – 2:45 pm

Obviously, Democrats are just fine with his racist comments, bigoted comments, uselessness as Obama’s VP, using his position to enrich his family members, his conflicts of interest, his gropey hands, and so much more. Nope

Could climate change submerge Joe Biden’s presidential bid?

Climate change is transforming life by redrawing coastlines, turning vast areas of forest into infernos, stirring enormous storms and spreading exotic diseases. An indirect casualty of this upheaval could be Joe Biden’s hopes of becoming US president.

Biden, frontrunner in the polls to secure the Democratic nomination, has not laid out a plan to address the crisis.

This is set to change, according to Reuters, with the Biden campaign working on a strategy to reinstate climate policies torn down by Donald Trump, such as restrictions on coal-fired power plants and vehicle fuel efficiency requirements. (snip)

But this “middle ground” approach has been roundly attacked by environmental groups and progressive Democrats for being woefully insufficient.

More importantly, it does not appear to chime with the urgent action scientists say is required to avert disastrous climate change. A landmark UN report last year stated that “unprecedented”, “rapid and far-reaching” transformations across energy, land use and transportation are needed to avoid increasingly dire flooding, wildfires, heatwaves, food insecurity and unrest.

“A ‘middle ground’ policy that’s supportive of more fossil fuel development is a death sentence for our generation and the millions of people on the frontlines of the climate crisis,” said Varshini Prakash, director of the Sunrise Movement, a youth climate change organization allied to progressive Democrats such as the New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Will this kill his prospects? I’d like to say it is idiotic to consider this, but, then, look at the Democratic Party these days and the nuts who will be voting in the primaries.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 13, 2019 – 1:00 pm

…is snow from extreme weather, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Blazing Cat Fur, with a post on how far Obama’s spying went.

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Say, Is Canada’s Carbon Tax Enough To Fight Hotcoldwetdry?

By William Teach May 13, 2019 – 10:30 am

You know what the answer will be, right? At least they aren’t yammering about it being a “free market” solution

IS CANADA’S CARBON TAX ENOUGH TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE?

As Canada’s 2019 Federal election looms closer, carbon pricing has shown itself to be a highly contested and divisive issue. Since the Federal Liberals announced their carbon pricing plan, it’s dominated the conversation surrounding climate change.

The NDP and Greens back the Federal Liberal’s proposal, whereas the Conservatives do not, meaning the issue has fallen down a left/right, partisan split.

Among experts, there’s a policy consensus that carbon pricing should play an integral role in moving the world towards decarbonization. Unfortunately, the political sphere is lagging behind, primarily due to Provincial and Federal Conservative resistance.

Or, it could be that people, even Warmists, heck, especially Warmists, do not want to pay very much out of their own pockets.

Due to the divisiveness of carbon pricing, there has been significantly less coverage paid to other focal points of reducing emissions. While carbon pricing represents an important aspect of a successful climate change plan, it must be accompanied by a host of other incentives, initiatives, and investments. Without a comprehensive plan, Canada won’t be able to meet the Paris Climate Accord targets, let alone become a global leader on climate change.

So, what are they thinking?

First, eliminating fossil fuel subsidies and replacing them with renewable energy subsidies will provide industry incentives without undermining carbon pricing. This is an area Canada is particularly weak on, as Trudeau has continued his predecessor’s trend of providing minuscule funding for the renewable industry.

Tax breaks are not subsidies. But, hey, go ahead and jack up gas prices, and see how the elections go.

There are also certain social policies that can be implemented to help cut down emissions. Expanding public transit, lowering the cost, or making it free to use encourages reductions in transportation-related greenhouse gases (GHG), the second largest contributor in Canada. Increasing electric vehicle (EV) rebates and expanding charging stations are also successful ways of reducing GHG from the transportation sector. Creating more stringent energy efficiency standards in construction, and providing significant funding for retrofit programs can help reduce the amount of energy required for heating and cooling.

So, force everyone into public transit, hook up rich people with rebates and charging stations for their expensive EVs, and make it more expensive to buy a home and maintain it.

Finally, it’s about time politicians address agricultural emissions. The production of meat is not only energy and water intensive, but also produces vast quantities of methane, which is far more dangerous to the climate than carbon dioxide. Promoting non-meat alternatives through subsidies or research and development funding could help expand consumer’s food choices.

Government nags, followed by government regulation.

Carbon pricing is far from a blanket solution to climate change, but it offers an opportunity to use market-based tools to address the world’s most pressing issue.

They didn’t use the word “free”, at least. And this would be the government market. Remind me what kind of political system that is?

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