NY Democrats Look At Checking Social Media And Internet Searches For All Gun Purchases

By William Teach November 5, 2018 – 7:28 am

As Voros McCracken notes, this violates Amendments “1, 2, 4, maybe 5, and certainly 14. That’s pretty impressive” (via Twitchy)

Perhaps we should have a referendum on changing the NY State Constitution which would require the same searches for elected office and those who want to be hired for government work in NY. From the link

Two New York lawmakers are working to draft a bill that would propose a social media check before a gun purchase.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and state Sen. Kevin Palmer’s proposal would allow authorities to review three years of social media history and one year of internet search history of any person seeking to purchase a firearm.

“A three-year review of a social media profile would give an easy profile of a person who is not suitable to hold and possess a fire arm,” Adams explains.

The two are hoping to identify any hate speech on social media profiles, which are often revealed only after someone is arrested in a mass shooting.

This would violate a large number of NY state laws, much less their own Constitution, which has similar provisions to the federal Constitution, and, as stated, violate numerous provisions of the federal Constitution. Democrats who wanted to essentially protect Islamic jihadis constantly paraphrased the Ben Franklin saying, writing “those who would give up temporary freedom for security will get neither” are now super enthused to give Government and it’s various whims by temporary elected residents the ability to define hate speech and empower government authorities to search people’s information without a warrant based on criminal activity.

The NY State Constitution specifically states in Article I Section 8 “Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish his or her sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.” Think these Democrats trying to pass this anti-gun law care?

Interestingly, that Ben Franklin saying is also being applied to the government spying on U.S. citizens. Which is what this would be. Along with a measure meant to discourage people from even applying for a gun purchase license, and a way of denying as many as many citizens their 2nd Amendment Rights they can get away with.

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Bummer: Schwarzenegger Says Warmists Doing Terrible Job Of Selling Their Cult, Er, Concerns

By William Teach November 4, 2018 – 5:41 pm

Why do we have to sell scientific truth in the first place? If the science was sound people could look and say “huh, I get it.”

Schwarzenegger to CNN’s Axelrod: Environmentalists doing a terrible job selling climate change concerns

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger slammed environmentalists for failing to “sell” concerns about climate change to the American people, and argued that individual states like California “cannot rely on the federal government” for environmental protections.

Schwarzenegger made the comments on “The Axe Files,” hosted by former Obama campaign chief strategist David Axelrod. The program originally launched as a podcast in 2015 that CNN turned into a weekly Saturday program in May 2017.

The “True Lies” and “Terminator” said environmentalists are not making the argument on the dangers of climate change in a way that resonates with the American people.

“Environmentalists have done a terrible job in selling this,” Schwarzenegger said. “Because the more they talk about global climate change, which no one understands what that is, they talk about what’s going to happen 20 years from now, and the sea level rising and the polar bear and all of these kind of things.”

“No one cares about that when you want to have a job and you want to bring food on the table today,” he continued. “But what people care about is if you say, ‘This is going to cause cancer. This is going to make your child have asthma early on.'”

“And as soon as they hear the health aspect of it, because that’s how we sold it to the people in California, this is the difference, it has to be sold the right way.”

First, they never really sold it to California’s, they simply passed legislation and told citizens to deal with it. Beyond that, Arnie is saying that what the Warmists have been doing is what he advocates: pimping the doom and gloom of something that may or may not happen based on something that may or may not be scientifically sound which relies upon politicized and manufactured data. All to scare people into giving up their money and freedom by elites who already have theirs and refuse to give it up.

“It’s crazy because we are polluting the world and it’s not just about global climate change, but it is the amount of people that it kills every day all over the world. Every year, seven million people die because of pollution, so if the responsibility of government is to protect people, then why would I let that happen?” he concluded.

Name one person who died from the atmospheric content of carbon dioxide.

Schwarzenegger was referring to a May 2018 report from the World Health Organization based on 2016 data that an estimated 7 million people face a premature death each year due to air pollution.

Said report was about real air pollution, not a trace gas necessary for life on Earth. But, Arnold has mixed his talking points to make it appear as if CO2 was the cause.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 4, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible carbon intensive dog creating heat snow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Right Scoop, with a post on SNL mocking a GOP veteran’s war wound.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach November 4, 2018 – 9:02 am

Patriotic Pinup Valery Barykin

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in America. The sun is shining, the geese are honking, and the economy is killing it under Trump. This pinup is by Valery Barykin, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. The Geller Report has some interesting info on the synagogue vandalizer
  2. Yid With Lid discusses the ACLU suing a Montana sheriff for following federal immigration law
  3. Watcher of Weasels notes the inherent racism in Progressive elites
  4. This ain’t Hell… has your Sunday morning feel good stories
  5. The Right Scoop features a GOP effigy hung in utter irony
  6. The Powers That Be covers a totally “random” person interviewed by CNN
  7. The Last Tradition notes Biden and Ocasio-Cortez threatening violence
  8. The Hayride covers protesting enviro activists being litterbugs
  9. The First Street Journal discusses the unemployment rate of 3.7%
  10. The Daley Gator notes another leftist narrative biting the dust
  11. Powerline wonders if the midterms will be a wakeup call for Democrats
  12. Patterico’s Pontifications covers the male millennial layabout
  13. Pacific Pundit wonders how a radical leftist from Kentucky got a San Diego postmark
  14. neo-neocon wishes a professor good luck after writing about the lack of intellectual diversity
  15. And last, but not least, Moonbattery discusses the Trump ad that set the Left’s hair on fire

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page. 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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New Democrat Idea: Let 16 And 17 Year Olds Vote For President

By William Teach November 4, 2018 – 7:49 am

Democrats should always remember that their attempts to hijack things political can always come back to bite them, like when they decided to go with the nuclear option

Washington, D.C., could lower the voting age to 16: City council is weighing proposal to give teenagers a say in the 2020 presidential election

The Washington, D.C., City Council is preparing to vote on a bill to lower the voting age to 16 for all elections, both local and federal.

WTOP-FM reports the bill won 3-0 approval in the Judiciary and Public Safety committee Thursday and will get a final vote before the full council this month.

The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizens 18 and older the right to vote, but scholars have said it doesn’t prevent a state, or in this case, the nation’s capital, from setting a lower age.

Council member Charles Allen says his bill will ‘enfranchise the District’s young people and bring their voices into the political process.’

The new law would allow approximately 10,400 teenagers between the ages of 16 and 17 to vote in the 2020 presidential election.

More than 80% of them are identified as youth of color, WIJLA reported.

Vote16DC Campaign Manager Dave Chandrasekaran told the news outlet: ‘DC is poised to become the first major American city to grant voting-rights to 16- and 17-year-olds.

‘At a time when political discourse in this country is so divisive, it’s really inspiriting to witness how passionate D.C. youth are about having a voice and positively influencing our community.’

On one hand, the 26th may, in fact, allow a lowering of the voting age for federal elections. On the other hand, there are and have been multiple pushes for a new Constitutional Amendment to lower the age to 16 for federal elections. So it sees constitutionally shaky that D.C. can do this. You can expect a massive amount of lawsuits filed against the Democratic Party run city (crime index is 3, meaning it is safer than just 3% of U.S. cities. Most violent and property crimes are well over the U.S. average) if they pass this.

But, what’s the point? Adding 10,000 or so mushy heady, hormone addled votes won’t change anything in D.C. in the vote for president, as the city has never voted their 3 electoral college votes to anyone other than a Democrat. And how many might they actually provide? 1,000? Of course, what we will surely see is school field trips to bring the kids to vote.

What if states where the parents trend Republican and teach their kids to vote Republican were to give 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote for President? Well, see, a lot of these places are seeing an influx of Democrats escaping from turning their cities and states into crime ridden, over-priced, job losing, government controlling 2nd class states. Those right leaning kids could take that purple and turning it bright red.

And if we’re trusting them to vote, a very heavy responsibility, then they should have the right to have a firearm. Don’t think people won’t make that argument, including in D.C. if this passes.

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ZOMG, Daylight Savings Is Here, And Here’s What You NEED TO KNOW!!!!!!

By William Teach November 3, 2018 – 6:08 pm

If you don’t pay attention your are freaking doomed!

Daylight saving time is coming; here’s what you need to know

It’s almost time to fall back.

What’s going on: Daylight saving time will officially end this coming weekend, giving everyone an extra hour of sleep. Finally.

  • Beginning at 2 a.m. on Nov. 4, the clocks will roll back one hour.
  • So your 7 a.m. today will be your 6 a.m. next week.
  • You’ll want to set your clock back one hour if you’re awake before 2 a.m.
  • If you’re awake around 2 a.m., wait until the morning to change your clocks.

Why?: “Daylight saving time gives people that extra hour of sunlight during the warm summer months, then comes standard time when that extra hour of daylight is snatched away in the evening and shifted to the morning hours. It’s an age-old tradition that officially isn’t that old,” CBS News reports.

Did you pay attention? I really, really hope you paid attention, This Is Important!

Seriously, people, do we really need these kinds of articles? “What you need to know”? It’s a simple concept, like brushing your teeth in the morning. You turn your clocks back one hour. That’s it! No need for an article like this.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 3, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible fog caused by carbon pollution, making it hard to see the world, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Raised On Hoecakes, with a post on the purpose of illegal immigration.

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Bummer: Democrats Lack Robust Hotcoldwetdry Plan

By William Teach November 3, 2018 – 12:20 pm

This has give the UK Guardian a case of the sads

‘Precious little’: Democrats lack robust climate change plan despite global crisis

Democrats don’t have a plan to address climate change comprehensively – or even to a significant degree – if they regain control of the US government in the near future, despite criticizing Republicans as the party of pollution.

After failing to get conservatives on board to limit planet-warming gases through legislation or regulation, Democratic leaders in Washington are now wary of wading into another tough political fight, despite an intensifying environmental crisis.

If Democrats win back the House in Tuesday’s midterm elections, their strategy is to hold oversight hearings on Donald Trump’s environmental rollbacks and pursue more incremental and popular measures, according to close observers and a senior Democratic aide.

Environmental advocates hoping progressive politicians will lead efforts to save the planet may be shocked to learn there’s no wide-ranging strategy or headline-grabbing legislation waiting to be unveiled – even if Democrats take the White House in 2020.

You know why? Because they really do not care, either, unless the plan raises taxes and gives government more control over citizens, private entities, and the economy. Their polling surely shows that ‘climate change’ is a bottom end, negligible issue. Few even bother mentioning it at all. They know it won’t really fire up voters.

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Surprise: Warmist Drags ‘Climate Change’ Into Tree Of Life Shooting

By William Teach November 3, 2018 – 7:29 am

You just had to know that some member of the Cult of Climastrology would do this, in this case, Eve Andrews at Grist

Tree of Life and our deadly climate of change

As the rest of the country tried to figure out why Robert Bowers had targeted Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in the worst anti-Semitic massacre on American soil, news reports tied the shooting to a partnership between HIAS, the Jewish refugee-resettling organization, and Dor Hadash, one of the congregations that meet at the temple.

Dor Hadash was the congregation I grew up in, a bit of a raggedy and itinerant troupe of Reconstructionists (basically progressive Jews). In my 29 years of life, our little temple has wandered across the eastern Pittsburgh neighborhood of Squirrel Hill from the Hebrew Institute to St. Philomena’s Church (sorry, Jesus, we had to take the cross down) to Tree of Life’s giant, modern synagogue. I spent seven years in the temple’s school Dor L’Dor — a similarly scruffy affair that shifted between the living rooms belonging to its students’ families — where we learned how to read inky characters from right to left and about tzedakah. (snip)

These days, environmental stewardship is actually far less planting trees in Israel and more finding new homes for people who have been forced to leave theirs due to changing climate and natural disasters — like the cruelly maligned “migrant caravan” or victims of the Syrian crisis, or any of the Pacific Islanders who have seen their shores subsumed. The social action committee of Dor Hadash simply chose to address the human consequence of altered ecosystems. (snip)

Our new world under climate change is terrifying in many ways. But we cannot go back in time, and it’s useless to try. The best way to survive is to determine how to flourish in the new world — and Jews have been surviving for millennia, so we’ve developed some pretty good strategies.

I am mourning. I am praying every day for the healing of my mother and my family and the families of my temple and my home and my Earth. I will not waste one more thought on Robert Bowers. He is a relic of an expired world that we have no time for.

This is shameless. Does that even need to be said? Ms. Andrews is using the horrific shooting to promote her pet cult.

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NY Times: The Migrant Mob Is No Threat And We Have Laws To Deal With This Or Something

By William Teach November 3, 2018 – 7:10 am

The NY Times Editorial Board, featuring confirmed racist Sarah Jeong, has finally chimed in on the mob of Central Americans making their way to America in an attempt to force their way in. Thousands have taken Mexico up on their asylum offer. Thousands more haven’t

Common Sense on the Caravan
A group of desperate migrants walking toward the Texas border is not a threat. We have laws to protect us — and them.

The caravan of people slowly making their way on blistered feet (riding in buses and trucks paid for by someone) and thin hopes toward America’s southern border sometimes seems like an election gift to President Trump, giving him fresh meat to throw to his base on the eve of fateful midterm elections.

The Central Americans, estimated at about 3,500 people, many of them women and children (but mostly young men, just like with all the “refugees” who invaded Europe), have morphed in the president’s immigrant-bashing demagogy into an “onslaught of illegal aliens” concealing “criminals and unknown Middle Easterners,” all enabled by Democrats and, Mr. Trump “wouldn’t be surprised,” by George Soros, a favorite villain of far-right conspiracy-mongers. (snip)

Most of Mr. Trump’s description of the migrants is untrue or unwarranted. But none of it is surprising. Demonizing immigrants is his go-to move, from his “big, beautiful wall” to his call to end birthright citizenship. Not to mention the race-baiting campaign ad he tweetedfeaturing a Mexican immigrant who was convicted of killing two police officers. (um, the illegal did kill two police officers, and sanctuary jurisdictions, as run by Democrats, refused to do anything about him) (snip)

The right way to deal with the caravan crisis is to make clear that it is no crisis. The marchers pose no threat. The United States has clear laws governing refugees and well-funded agencies to enforce those laws, and it’s an embarrassing waste of money to send troops to the border. In fact, illegal border crossings have significantly declined in recent years. The country must and will continue to enforce the laws that control its borders, as Mr. Obama himself did as president during an earlier, actual surge of Central American migrants, when he took the difficult step of dispatching National Guard troops to the border and detaining many mothers and children.

And that’s where it breaks down. Yes, we do have laws. But, they have to be enforced. And when thousands just show up at the border with claims of asylum, it’s a long, long process to go through all those claims, and there aren’t enough judges. What do you do with the people? If you detain them, Democrats complain and file lawsuits. If you let them go, only a small percentage show up for their hearings. The rest disappear into America. When those who disappear are caught, Democrats will work to protect them, especially if they have been here for a few years, and more if they have children. If they are caught in a sanctuary jurisdiction for some other crime, the authorities will let them go.

Right at this moment, there is an illegal alien in Portland, Oregon who is now accused of killing his wife. ICE wanted him held for deportation, but the sheriff’s officer refused to hold him.

We don’t really know who these people are. If they get here, the taxpayers will have to foot the bill for their food, shelter, healthcare, clothing, and so forth. And will have to bear the burden of the cost when they do not return for their court dates. Money that could be used for Americans.

People seeking to partake of the American dream have always been central to America’s identity and strength. How the country treats them goes straight to its core values. The Democrats cannot sit this one out, especially when the Republican leader is so blind to the true sources of America’s greatness.

These same people are denigrating America and carrying the flags of their own countries, as well as attempting to force their way in. That’s not the case of identifying with living the American dream, that’s the case of being foreign invaders.

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