Warmists Sue Australia For Violating Human Rights Or Something

By William Teach May 13, 2019 – 7:29 am

A relatively new tactic to attempt to do….something. They don’t really say what

Complaint Charges Australia with Human Rights Violations over Climate Change

A group of indigenous Australians have brought a legal complaint against the Australian government for violating their human rights by contributing to climate change.

The complaint, filed by indigenous people from the Torres Strait Islands to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, alleges the government’s inadequate response to the climate crisis is a violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the world’s oldest human rights treaty. It is the first climate change case in Australia based on human rights claims and it is believed to be the first in the world brought by residents of low-lying islands against a national government.

The Torres Strait Islands are located between the northern tip of Queensland, Australia and the southern edge of Papua New Guinea. Climate change threatens the islands, which experience regular flooding because of sea level rise, and the islanders’ sacred cultural sites.

Fearing that their home and way of life could disappear, the Torres Strait Islanders are seeking legal recourse. Eight islanders from four different islands submitted their complaint on Monday. The Human Rights Committee monitors nations’ compliance with the ICCPR. The islanders’ complaint alleges that Australia violated their rights under the treaty, including the right to life and culture and the right to be free from arbitrary interference with privacy, family and home.

Notice that the link for “threatens the island” actually doesn’t offer proof, just a link to the groups petition. Nor is any actual scientific proof offered anywhere. What is the actual sea rise in that area? I’ve been searching, and can’t find any actual data anywhere. Let me know if you do. Most northern Australia stations are limited in term, same with Papau New Guinea. New Zealand helps a tiny bit. The whole area seems to be below one foot of rise a century, which is less than one would expect for a Holocene warm period. A UK Guardian scaremongering article even admitted “The precise sea level rise around the Torres Strait, and the projected inundation, has not been calculated…” They haven’t scientifically proven that this is all caused by Mankind, just assumed it. Usually because they want money.

A decision by the Human Rights Committee would not be legally binding, but could exert significant moral pressure on the Australian government to comply.

OK, so no more use of fossil fuels for the islanders? They’re cool with bringing stuff in by sailing ship?

The Torres Strait Islanders’ case is part of a growing global climate justice movement seeking to hold governments and fossil fuel companies accountable. The first successful climate lawsuit came when Dutch citizens won a ruling in 2015 compelling the government of the Netherlands live up to its promised emissions reductions. That case inspired others, including the landmark youth-led case Juliana v. United States. The Philippines Commission on Human Rights is also investigating the role of 47 fossil fuel corporations in causing climate change and potentially violating human rights. Another Pacific island nation, Vanuatu, has indicated interest in pursuing climate liability litigation against fossil fuel companies and the governments that support them.

And yet these same people keep using fossil fuels in their own lives. Go figure.

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Washington Post: Republicans “Seize” On Rep. Tlaib’s Holocaust Remarks

By William Teach May 13, 2019 – 7:04 am

Now, just imagine that it was a Republican making really bad remarks about Israel and the Holocaust: would the WP be yammering about “seizing”, or be blasting the Republican? Especially if the Republican was already accused of being anti-Israel and anti-Jew? Seriously, this is bad, really bad. Look at the way it starts

Republicans criticize Tlaib over remarks on Holocaust, Israel

House Republican leaders took aim at Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday for a podcast interview in which she discussed her support for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In an interview on Yahoo News’s “Skullduggery” podcast published Saturday, Tlaib was asked about her position on the issue. The freshman lawmaker began her response by noting that the United States commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day two weeks ago. She then discussed her Palestinian ancestors and the founding of the state of Israel, saying she was “humbled by the fact that it was my ancestors that had to suffer” to create a safe haven for the Jewish people.

“There’s, you know, there’s a kind of a calming feeling, I always tell folks, when I think of the Holocaust and the tragedy of the Holocaust, and the fact that it was my ancestors — Palestinians — who lost their land and some lost their lives, their livelihood, their human dignity, their existence, in many ways, had been wiped out. . . . I mean, just all of it was in the name of trying to create a safe haven for Jews, post-the Holocaust, post-the tragedy and the horrific persecution of Jews across the world at that time,” Tlaib said.

She added that the events of the past have informed her views on how to approach a solution to the conflict.

“I love the fact that it was my ancestors that provided that [safe haven], in many ways,” Tlaib said. “But they did it in a way that took their human dignity away, right? And it was forced on them. And so, when I think about one-state, I think about the fact that, why couldn’t we do it in a better way?”

By starting off with Republicans criticizing, it’s putting the burden on Republicans, rather than Tlaib. As Joel B. Pollack points out

In reality, the major Palestinian leadership figure of the time, Hajj Muhammad Amin al-Husseini, collaborated with Nazi Germany, and Palestinians violently opposed Jewish immigration — before, during, and after the Second World War.

Tlaib also made the awkward remark that “[t]here’s always kind of a calming feeling I tell folks when I think of the Holocaust,” meaning that she felt reassured about the “fact” [sic] that Palestinians had helped Jews (they did not).

Tlaib brought up the Holocaust on her own, by way of defending her call for the destruction of Israel through the creation of a single Palestinian state.

Rep. Liz Cheney responded to Tlaib

“I call on Speaker Pelosi and Leader Hoyer to finally take action against Representative Tlaib and other members of the Democratic caucus who are spreading vile anti-Semitism,” she said, referring to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.). “All of us, regardless of party, must stand as Americans against the evil of anti-Semitism. If the Democratic leadership continues to stand by in silence, they are enabling the spread of evil.”

But, the article spends most of its time finding Democrats to defend Tlaib, even throwing in

Denzel McCampbell, Tlaib’s spokesman, condemned Cheney’s statement as “dangerous.” Cheney was the first GOP leader to criticize Tlaib on Sunday.

So, it’s Cheney who’s dangerous, rather than the anti-Israel comments of Tlaib? Back to Pollack

The article neglected to mention the other “context” — that this remark was hardly the first anti-Israel or antisemitic statement by Tlaib.

Well, don’t expect Pelosi to do anything, not when she allowed an anti-Israel/anti-Jew Imam to give the invocation in the House last week. And second to last paragraph of the WP article

The episode marks the second time in recent weeks Republicans have seized on out-of-context remarks by a freshman Democratic lawmaker.

Seized.

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Apparently, AOC’s 12 Years Left Wasn’t Meant To Be Taken Literally

By William Teach May 12, 2019 – 5:16 pm

See, it was just dry humor and sarcasm

But, um, it’s literally right there in her pinned tweet from back on April 17th

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 12, 2019 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible spring heat snow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jihad Watch, with a post on a Trump campaign staffer being called anti-Muslim for calling 9/11 attackers “murderous thugs.”

With all the heat, let’s think cool thoughts this week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach May 12, 2019 – 8:48 am

Patriotic Pinup Bill Medcalf

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in America. The birds are singing, spring is in the air, and spiders are making webs between your side view mirror and your driver’s window. Did you remember to call your mom today? This pinup is by Bill Medcalf, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Watcher Of Weasels notes Harvard law turning its back on humane jurisprudence
  2. The Right Scoop covers an assault by a pro-abortion activist
  3. The Other McCain notes that the Colorado school shooter’s father is an illegal alien
  4. The LidThe Lid discusses feminists attacking Alyssa Milano over her call for sex strikes
  5. The Last Tradition notes Ilhan Omar supporting group that produced beheading skit
  6. The Last Refuge covers Trump trolling Buttigieg with Mad Magazine
  7. The First Street Journal notes the credentialed media trying to normalize gender confusion
  8. The Daley Gator covers the cultural Marxists coming for Mother’s Day
  9. White House Dossier highlights Beto blaming ‘climate change’ for illegal immigration
  10. Powerline notes Mitch McConnell’s team selling Cocaine Mitch t-shirts
  11. Political Clown Parade discusses CNN’s interview with whore Comey
  12. Pacific Pundit features Sleepy Joe saying that illegals deserve free healthcare
  13. neo-neocon covers whether the NY Times violated tax law or not
  14. Newsbusters highlights the news media being full of alarmist clickbait
  15. And last, but not least, Moonbattery notes a false #MeToo accusation got a man killed

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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Warmists Super Excited Bernie Will Join AOC For Green New Deal Rally Monday

By William Teach May 12, 2019 – 7:35 am

Would this be the same Green New Deal that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez refuses to demand get a House floor vote? The same one which she and Democrats threw a fit over having a vote on it in the Senate? The one that zero Senate Democrats voted for, instead voting “present” (except for the few who voted “no”)? And aren’t these two people who use vast amounts of fossil fuels to travel around?

Bernie Sanders to join AOC at Green New Deal rally in DC

Sen. Bernie Sanders will join Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a rally next week sponsored by a group of young activists in D.C. to promote a Green New Deal.

Sanders, I-Vt., a 2020 presidential candidate, will headline the Sunrise Movement’s final stop of its “Green New Deal Tour” on Monday night at Howard University, the group announced Saturday.

Sunrise has also pressured 2020 presidential candidates to pledge to reject donations from fossil fuel interests, as Sanders has.

So, they won’t take donations but they’ll use a ton traveling around the nation to mostly Democrat voting areas? Is that correct?

Sanders has associated himself with Sunrise and endorsed the Green New Deal, although he has not yet released a detailed climate change policy such as Democratic rivals Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke.

His website currently has just a few talking points, most aimed at fossil fuels, including natural gas. Will he come out with a deeper plan, like for 2016, when he wanted to “bring climate deniers to justice”, a call that treats people who do not toe the Cult of Climastrology line like terrorists?

The middle ground is a shot at Joe Biden, but, how would we get rid of fossil fuels when Democrat Believers refuse to give up their own use of them? Meh, we all know they’re hypocrites.

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Bummer: Democrat Leaders Feel Squeeze From Both Sides Of Lunatic Party

By William Teach May 11, 2019 – 8:34 pm

If Democrats are going to act like lunatic moonbats, are going to patronize the lunatic moonbats, then lunatic moonbats get elected, and they go lunatic in office, well, this happens

Dem leaders feel squeeze on Trump strategy

House Democratic leaders scrambling to manage their oversight of the Trump administration are increasingly being squeezed by both wings of their diverse caucus.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is a biting critic of President Trump, but she’s rejected early calls for impeachment hearings, instead favoring aggressive investigations into potential abuses of administrative power.

That methodical approach has plenty of support within the Democratic Caucus — not least from moderates in battleground districts wary of the political fallout of impeachment proceedings. But cracks are beginning to show at the edges.

Yes, the moderates are the lunatics who are investigating everything Trump in a personal manner, rather than on actual policy.

On the left, a number of progressive lawmakers are now sounding the alarm that leadership’s strategy is not aggressive enough to confront a president they deem unfit for office. And from the center, some those vulnerable moderates are voicing fears that even the cautious approach could alienate middle-of-the-road voters — and hurt centrist Democrats at the polls next year.

So, Nancy and Company are hemmed in by lunatics in their own way on both sides, either of which will help get Trump re-elected

Van Drew said the years-long investigative saga into Trump’s conduct reverberates with die-hard partisans — both those who adore the president and those who detest him. But “the large, amorphous body of people in between,” he cautioned, have reached a phase of “investigative exhaustion” with a cast that includes special counsel Robert Mueller and Attorney General William Barr.

“What comes up the most with those people is, in all honesty, they want it to come to an end,” he said. “Mueller, Barr the president, everybody — they sent us to Congress to get things done.”

Most Americans are over this, especially since the Mueller report was a big nothingburger. There are too many lunatic moonbats, from so many of the newbies like AOC, anti-Semites Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, to veterans like Nadler and Schiff, all going loony and shooting themselves in the foot. Let them keep doing this. As the saying goes “never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 11, 2019 – 1:00 pm

…is a world turning to desert due to Other People using ice makers, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Weasel Zippers, with a post on a school renaming its Mother’s Day event.

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Bummer: Illinois Proposes Massive Tax Hike On Electric Vehicles

By William Teach May 11, 2019 – 10:36 am

This has EV owners (who are so often upper middle class and people considered “rich”) Very Upset

Illinois might start charging $1,000 per year to own an electric vehicle: ‘It’s outrageous’

A proposed hike in Illinois’ annual registration fee for electric vehicles, from $17.50 to $1,000, is being called unfair by current EV owners, and a sales disincentive by manufacturers — just as the new technology is beginning to gain broader traction.

“It’s outrageous,” said Nicoletta Skarlatos, 56, of Chicago, who bought a Tesla Model S five years ago. “I thought Illinois was progressive and would want to encourage EV ownership.”

Aimed at raising money to make overdue road improvements across Illinois, the proposed legislation would also more than double the state’s gas tax to 44 cents a gallon and raise the registration fee for standard vehicles to $148, from $98, among other elements.

But the kicker is a nearly 60-fold increase in the electric vehicle registration fee — one that is sure to cause sticker shock across a nascent segment of the auto industry, which has depended on government incentives to entice early adopters.

This does not cover hybrids, both regular and plug-in

The justification for the dramatic hike? Electric vehicles don’t provide the state with any gas tax revenue.

“There’s definitely a push, because electric vehicles don’t pay any gas taxes,” said Pete Sander, president of the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association.

Realistically, it wouldn’t raise all that much, since there aren’t that many pure EV vehicles out there, but, more people are purchasing them (for the life of me, can’t figure out why. Just seems too much of a pain in the behind). Remember, though, what we’ve seen over the past 10-15 years is a push to raise gas and other automobile taxes and fees because autos are getting much better fuel economy, so there was less revenue coming in to the treasuries. And much of the better gas mileage was due to government mandates on auto manufacturers. So, much is a problem caused by government solved by raising your taxes for saving money on gas used.

For Skarlatos, a self-employed software developer who bought her Tesla using $7,500 in federal incentives and $4,000 in state incentives, the idea of suddenly having to pay a $1,000 registration fee to own an electric vehicle in Illinois is “unfair,” and would have dissuaded her from an environmentally motivated purchase. The $11,500 in incentives, she said, persuaded her to take the plunge.

If you have to offer a big tax incentive to get people to purchase, perhaps the product isn’t that great.

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AOC, Dems Incensed Over Biden’s “Middle Ground” On ‘Climate Change’ Comment

By William Teach May 11, 2019 – 7:06 am

Joe Biden is certainly a leftist, but, he’s more old-school leftist, as opposed to today’s unhinged Modern Socialist leftist. His policies are, for the most part, not as extreme as the rest running for president, and he’s smart enough to push more middle of the road policies. So, we get something like this

Exclusive: Presidential hopeful Biden looking for ‘middle ground’ climate policy

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is crafting a climate change policy he hopes will appeal to both environmentalists and the blue-collar voters who elected Donald Trump, according to two sources, carving out a middle ground approach that will likely face heavy resistance from green activists.

The backbone of the policy will likely include the United States re-joining the Paris Climate Agreement and preserving U.S. regulations on emissions and vehicle fuel efficiency that Trump has sought to undo, according to one of the sources, Heather Zichal, who is part of a team advising Biden on climate change. She previously advised President Barack Obama.

The second source, a former energy department official advising Biden’s campaign who asked not to be named, said the policy could also be supportive of nuclear energy and fossil fuel options like natural gas and carbon capture technology, which limit emissions from coal plants and other industrial facilities.

Of course, ‘climate change’ is still a low hanging issue for most Americans, something they may profess to care about, but not enough to even pay more than $10 a month to deal with. Joe seems to be crafting a policy designed to make people feel good, but not destroy their cost of living. So, of of course

Blaming blue collar Americans? Huh what? The leadership part is amusing, since she refuses to demand a vote on her Green New Deal in the House, flipped a wig when Cocaine Mitch held a vote in the Senate (her proposal received exactly zero yes votes), and has even said that “it’s messaging focused and was never meant to be passed”. Where’s Squeeky’s leadership?

The crazy climate kids are not amused, either

A death sentence, you guys! But, they’re cool with fossil fuels if it gets them to places, such as spring break. And, going back to Naomi Klein, let’s not forget that she gives lots of talks and writes books and newspaper pieces about getting rid of capitalism. But, hey, this is all Science, not politics, right?

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