Hot New Idea To Stop ‘Climate Change’: Flood The Deserts

By William Teach November 13, 2018 – 2:27 pm

Why would they want to flood the deserts when they are already getting greener? It’d probably be a lot easier if every member of the Cult of Climastrology gave up their own use of fossil fuels and went carbon neutral

Would flooding the deserts help stop global warming?
The idea is “risky, unproven, even unlikely to work,” according to Y Combinator. But if it did work, it could slow climate change.

We could probably stop right after the subhead

Imagine flooding a desert half the size of the Sahara. Using 238 trillion gallons of desalinated ocean water to do the job. Creating millions of 1-acre-square micro-reservoirs to grow enough algae to gobble up all of Earth’s climate-changing carbon dioxide. For an encore: How about spreading the water and fertilizer (the dead algae) to grow a vast new forest of oxygen-producing trees?

A Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Y Combinator, unveiled the radical desert flooding plan as one of four “moonshot” scenarios that it hopes innovators will explore as potential remedies to catastrophic global warming.

But would it work? And should it even be tried?

No and no. But Warmists gonna Warmist

“We do not want to have this be purely profit driven,” said Greg Rau, a University of California, Santa Cruz climate scientist and part of the team that helped Y Combinator craft the request for proposals. “We are trying to benefit the planet, not just make money. So we need this kind of research and development first, but then oversight and governance over how any of this is deployed.”

In other words, they want Other People to pay for their insane ideas.

The startup accelerator that helped finance Airbnb, Dropbox and Reddit asked innovators last month to come forward with specific proposals on desert flooding and three other extreme plans for reducing greenhouse gas concentrations. The existential threat posed by climate change requires research into solutions that the investment firm itself conceded could be “risky, unproven, even unlikely to work.”

Which means they need Government money, coming from your wallet.

Y Combinator pegs the price tag at $50 trillion. That’s roughly half the entire globe’s economic productivity for a year. Altman said in an interview that the cost for any solution will need to drop into the billions to become more realistic. “You can do a lot of things that require spending more money than you will ever be able to get,” Altman said, “and it just doesn’t come.” Brought to a more realistic price, he believes that governments will pay.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 13, 2018 – 1:00 pm

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

The blog of the day is DC Clothesline, with a post on Christian filmakers being threatened with jail if they don’t make gay films.

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School Is Considering Legal Action Against Kids Who Threw Up Nazi Salute In Photos

By William Teach November 13, 2018 – 10:30 am

Get this: even people who are assholes are entitled to Free Speech

School launches investigation after prom picture of students appearing to perform Nazi salute goes viral

A Wisconsin school district is considering legal action after a photo of students appearing to give the Nazi salute went viral, prompting an apology from the photographer. Students are also alleging that their school routinely ignores racism.

“The photo of students posted to #BarabooProud is not reflective of the educational values and beliefs of the School District of Baraboo,” read a Monday tweet from the Baraboo School District in Wisconsin. “We are investigating and will pursue any and all available and appropriate actions, including legal, to address.”

If burning the U.S. flag is considered to be protected under the 1st Amendment, so are these little idiots. And Wisconsin does have the same protections in its state Constitution. Not quite sure what legal measures can be taken by kids being jerks. Here’s where it gets even dumber

Superintendent Lori Mueller also tweeted a letter sent to parents which read in part, “Early this morning, a photo that was taken last spring of some Baraboo School District students who appear to be making extremely inappropriate gestures began circulating on social media,” and she reiterated the district’s commitment to investigate with the help of local law enforcement.

“With that, we want to be very clear,” she wrote. “The Baraboo School District is a hate-free environment where all people, regardless of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry are respected and celebrated.”

So, everyone is respected and celebrated? But they’re going to go after these little idiots? Doesn’t sound like everyone is respected and celebrated. Sounds like intolerance. I wonder if these hardcore leftists even think before they write talking points like this, any sort of understanding that they don’t actually respect and celebrate anything outside of their little bubble.

There may or may not be more to these high school idiots doing this, you’re welcome to read the article. Regardless, again, even assholes have Free Speech protections from government. Not from private citizens blasting them, of course. We should also remember that people do dumb things all the time. I bet every single person blasting these kids have done something incredibly stupid.

It’s also interesting that the kids are now being bullied. I thought that was bad? Perhaps if they were shown compassion and told what they did wrong they’d realize the error of their ways.

Finally, see the kid front row left between guys in gray? He’s throwing the so-called White Power OK sign. He’s actually playing the circle game. And you just looked.

At the end of the day, you don’t have to agree with what someone says or does: but government can’t simply come in and punish speech it doesn’t like. The kids are still aholes, though. Even though they are kids, they should still know better. A few did. Most didn’t.

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Bummer: Clean Energy Not Moving Fast Enough To Solve ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach November 13, 2018 – 7:49 am

The NY Times’ Brad Plumer has a sad about how slow green energy is progressing, so he wrote a thinly veiled opinion piece, and, can you guess what his solution is?

Clean Energy Is Surging, but Not Fast Enough to Solve Global Warming

Over the next two decades, the world’s energy system will undergo a huge transformation. Wind and solar power are poised to become dominant sources of electricity. China’s once-relentless appetite for coal is set to wane. The amount of oil we use to fuel our cars could peak and decline.

But there’s a catch: The global march toward clean energy still isn’t happening fast enough to avoid dangerous global warming, at least not unless governments put forceful new policy measures in place to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

That’s the conclusion of the International Energy Agency, which on Monday published its annual World Energy Outlook, a 661-page report that forecasts global energy trends to 2040. These projections are especially difficult right now because the world’s energy markets, which usually evolve gradually, are going through a major upheaval.

Surprise! More government taking more control and power!

Even with the impressive recent gains for renewable energy, the world is still far from solving global warming. Global carbon dioxide emissions rose 1.6 percent last year and are on track to climb again this year. The report projects that emissions will keep rising slowly until 2040.

One reason: Carbon-free sources like wind, solar and nuclear power aren’t yet growing fast enough to keep up with rising global energy demand, particularly in places like India and Southeast Asia. That means fossil fuel use keeps growing to fill the gap.

For this to change, nations will have to enact sweeping new policies, like investing in energy efficiency to slow demand growth, curbing methane leaks from oil and gas operations, and developing carbon capture technology for existing fossil fuel power plants and cement factories.

And taxes and fees! Don’t forget taxes and fees! Funny how it always comes to this.

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Trumpy Bear Is Actually Masking Something Nefarious Or Something

By William Teach November 13, 2018 – 7:27 am

Have you seen this one yet?

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1061965651470925825

It’s a cute bear. With a combover. And a blankie! And it is real! And it has far left outlet writer Jeet Heer melting down

(New Republic) Like the Teddy Bear, the Trumpy Bear uses cuteness to mask something terrible.

Some television viewers were taken aback by an ad running on Fox News and other stations showing a stuffed bear coiffed like President Donald Trump.

By “some viewers”, Jeet means the liberals who tuned in to monitor Fox having typical meltdowns

At the request of readers, the fact-check site Snopes.com verified that the Trumpy Bear is not a satire, but a genuine stuffed toy being as a comfort doll to Trump fans. In a statement, Fox News said the ad “was a local ad purchase with the cable operator. We do not do business with them nationally.”

Exceptional Products, the toymaker, issued a “vision statement” from V.L. Lange, the designer of Trump Bear. “In 1902 the teddy bear was born and named after President Teddy Roosevelt,” Lange said. “When President Donald Trump was elected to office as the first non-politician president, I felt it was time to name an American fearless grizzly bear after our new Commander in Chief.” (snip)

Like its ancestor, the Trumpy Bear becomes more sinister if you understand its origins. The ad begins on an ominous note. “A storm is coming,” a husky voice says. “You cannot defeat the storm. I am the storm.”

What does a storm have to do with stuffed bears? The answer is disturbing. Those words are the slogan used by QAnon conspiracy theorists, who believe Trump is a heroic figure fighting a secret network of pedophiles that control Hollywood, the Democratic Party, and the so-called Deep State. The Trump Bear is the cuddly avatar for one of the most unhinged factions of American political life.

Did Jeet just happen to know this, or did this gamma male pajama boy Democrat supporter actually do research on a stuffed bear, looking for something Evil? It most likely has zero to do with QAnon (which, like the creation of the OK “white power” symbol, is pretty much trolling the media), but, Trump’s own words, as we see from the link above

“You guys know what this represents?” Trump said, gesturing to the uniforms. “Maybe it’s the calm before the storm.”

But it’s a stuffed bear, guys. A stuffed bear. Only in Liberal World would this bring an article on nefarious plots. Which are nothing compared to the number of Democrats who said President George W Bush either let 9/11 happen or made it happen.

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Warmists Glue Hands To Doors For ‘Climate Change’ Protest Or Something

By William Teach November 12, 2018 – 3:04 pm

This is what sane people do, you guys

Climate change protesters plan day of civil disobedience

Demonstrators have blockaded the UK energy department in London over what they call the climate change crisis.

At least one person has been arrested, the Met Police confirmed.

The UK is seen as a leader in policies to reduce greenhouse gases and ministers will soon be considering tougher targets.

But the protesters say research suggests the chance of keeping global temperature rise under a 2C danger threshold is just one in 20.

The demonstrators blocked entry to the offices by lying chained together on the pavement, while some glued themselves to the doors of the department building.

They compare themselves with the suffragettes, the anti-apartheid movement, the followers of Gandhi, and the US civil rights movement, although their critics point out that these groups didn’t have the vote.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 12, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is a forest that is totally drying out because other people drove fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Creeping Sharia, with a post on Canada’s ban on adopting children from Muslim nations.

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Surprise: Camp Fire Wildfire Not Caused By Your Use Of A Fossil Fueled Vehicle

By William Teach November 12, 2018 – 10:30 am

The devastating, deadly wildfire was most likely (meaning, yeah, this is what happened) caused by a down power line. So, still mankind related, but, not because you ate a burger last week

(Mercury News)  Downed PG&E power lines, amid high winds, may have sparked the deadly Camp Fire that has destroyed the town of Paradise and killed at least nine people, according to hours of firefighter radio transmissions reviewed by Bay Area News Group.

At about 6:33 a.m. Thursday, firefighters were dispatched to a vegetation fire “under the high tension power lines” across the Feather River from Poe Dam, where Cal Fire officials have pinpointed the fire’s origin, according to the transmissions. The first firefighters arrived there at 6:43 a.m and noted the fire was being buttressed by 35 mph winds.

“We’ve got eyes on the vegetation fire. It’s going to be very difficult to access, Camp Creek Road is nearly inaccessible,” one firefighter told dispatch. “It is on the west side of the river underneath the transmission lines.”

As firefighters rushed to Poe Dam early Thursday morning, each truck acknowledged over the radio, “Copy, power lines down,” as part of safety protocol for firefighters.

Many other of the wildfires over the past few years have been caused by the same thing.

Of course, we are getting this stuff

Fire chief: climate change helped make California wildfires more devastating

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As Los Angeles fire chief Daryl Osby took the podium, strong gusts swirled smoke, ash and dust through grey skies. Along with updates on progress in fighting the fire, he said this blaze signified a shift: fire crews are now facing the most erratic and challenging fight of their lives.

Climate change, Osby said, was undeniably a part of why the fires burning in northern and southern California were more devastating and destructive than in years past.

The death toll stood at 25: two in the LA-area fires, 23 around the destroyed town of Paradise 500 miles to the north. The total was expected to rise.

“The fact of the matter is if you look at the state of California, climate challenge is happening statewide,” Osby said, adding that “it is going to be here for the foreseeable future”.

So, state which is very dry in a lot of areas. Environmentalists won’t allow clearing of brush and controlled burns. Tons of people with growing population and infrastructure, and some of the latter is getting old. A state prone to high speed dry winds. So, yeah, let’s make it all about ‘climate change.’ They make everything about it, especially tragedies. Because this is a sick cult.

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Raaaaacist Flyers Found In Bronx, Police Investigate

By William Teach November 12, 2018 – 7:13 am

Sticks and stones my break my bones, but words are ZOMG THE WORST AND MUST BE SHUT DOWN!!!!!!

‘White Excellence’: Racist, misspelled flyer posted in the Bronx spurs outcry and police investigation

It was a call to action for white people to declare their supremacy over other races, and to fight non-Christians. Now, a racist flyer posted on a few trees in the Bronx is provoking action, but not as it intended. The community is rising up against its message.

“We heard from some constituents in Woodlawn,” State Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz said, describing how he’d first learned about the flyer. “And of course, I was shocked, because we’ve never had anything like that here before.”

He’s one of many people here in the North Bronx speaking out and taking action against the flyer, a few copies of which were attached to some trees next to Van Cortlandt Park, near the 238th Street dog run.

The headline on the flyer reads, “White Excellence,” but its message is anything but excellent. Part of that message, by the way, is also misspelled.

It speaks of “Black Thugs” making an “invasion” “of our neighborhood… targetting (sic) old women and young men leaving bars.”

It also calls for a “stand against radical Islam, bringing Sharia Law to enslave and rape our women and children.”

This is being called a hate crime, and the NYPD Hate Crimes division was involved in investigating these mean (misspelled) words, because the 1st Amendment and NY State 8th Amendment are apparently no longer valid in the City of New York. Said investigation also found that there was only one flyer.

Interestingly

The flyers were condemned in a statement from several local officials, including Dinowitz, Congressman Eliot Engel, Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., and council member Andrew Cohen, who cited the rising popularity of Donald Trump and other racist messages circulated in the summer by a group calling itself as “Identity Evropa.”

Meanwhile, residents mobilized to start a GoFundMe page, creating signs of their own that say hate has no home in Woodlawn. While many believe it’s an isolated case, residents want to be clear that hateful behavior of any kind won’t be tolerated.

Organizers say the GoFundMe funds will be used to create posters, pins, and signs for homes and businesses denouncing hate in the neighborhood.

Anyone else starting to smell a rat? Post flyer, Democrats grandstand, slam Trump, create GoFundMe, put up other posters. And a hardcore leftist group just happened to be the ones who first broke the story

A resident, who is anonymous, just happened to find this late at night while walking their dog and in a very, very liberal neighborhood. Kind of a rather strange place to recruit, eh?

Anyone else smell a rat?

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House Democrats Plan Action On Gun Control In Next Session

By William Teach November 12, 2018 – 6:53 am

Any legislation they pass has almost zero chance of passing the Republican controlled Senate, especially since you know Pelosi and company will overreach

Democrats promise congressional action on gun control

Newly ascendant Democrats are promising congressional action on gun control amid a rash of mass shootings, including a late-night assault at a California bar that killed 12 people.

Measures including expanded background checks and a ban on assault-style weapons are likely to reach the House floor when Democrats retake control after eight years of Republican rule.

“The American people deserve real action to end the daily epidemic of gun violence that is stealing the lives of our children on campuses, in places of worship and on our streets,” said Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader who is running for a second stint as House speaker.

Pelosi vowed to push for a range of actions to stem gun violence, including restrictions on high-capacity magazines and a measure allowing temporary removal of guns from people deemed an imminent risk to themselves or others.

The measures could win approval in the Democratic-controlled House next year but will face opposition from the Republican-controlled Senate and the White House, where President Donald Trump has promised to “protect the Second Amendment.”

All these measures are in place in so many of the states that have seen mass shootings, and some have even more, like California, where we just saw the Thousand Oaks shooting. A federal “red flag” law would most likely be killed in the judicial system, as Los Federales have zero authority to empower federal agents and federal courts to seize firearms unless federal laws have been broken. The draconian gun laws in California, NJ, Chicago, and other Democratic Party run areas haven’t stopped shootings. Twelve people were shot and one killed in Chicago on Sunday alone.

If they were smart, they would play small ball. Start with background checks. Expand them to cover the tiny amount of sales that do not include a federal background check. They could craft a “red flag” law that protects people’s 2nd Amendment and other Constitutional Rights when accused while also removing firearms from those who are a federal danger. This could be a model for the states who do not have them.

Passing a whole raft of gun control legislation that the Dems love and are in Democrat states and cities only means that law abiding citizens have their rights restricted. Criminals won’t care. We see that they don’t care.

But, you know they will over-reach and push their whole gun grabbing agenda.

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