New Democratic Socialist Rep Says People Will Die Unless We Do Something About ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach November 24, 2018 – 7:10 am

Super Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hasn’t gotten the memo that she’s supposed to recommend a carbon tax, but she is good at aping the standard boilerplate doomsaying from the Cult of Climastrology

(Daily Caller) Democratic Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used social media on Friday to call for the issue of climate change to be addressed “ASAP,” or “people are going to die.”

“People are going to die if we don’t start addressing climate change ASAP,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “It’s not enough to think it’s ‘important.’ We must make it urgent. That’s why we need a Select Committee on a Green New Deal, & why fossil fuel-funded officials shouldn’t be writing climate change policy.”

So, if we implement a carbon tax and take away people’s freedom and choice people won’t die anymore? Goodness! Of course, after 30 years of spreading awareness and trying to make it important, ‘climate change’ is typically last or near last on the list of issues that people care about. It is amusing that she wants a big committee to figure out ways to tax/fee you and remove your choice, eh?

As for the report, it’s completely unusual that a big Hotcoldwetdry report says that we’re all doomed, eh? No matter where you go, be it NY Times, Washington Post, ABC News, local news, international outlets, they’re all pimping the same doom. Because that’s what Warmists do. Not one outlet is noting that Humanity has done better than during cool periods, or that mankind has come further that any time in the past during the Modern Warm Period. Nor do the force the authors of said study to prove it. But, how do you prove a prognostication of future doom?

AOC is the perfect person to push this. She wants to take Other People’s wealth and spread it around, while refusing to give up her own fancy lifestyle which includes fossil fueled travel.

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A Barely Noticeable Increase In Temps Will Force Workers To Get Up Earlier Or Something

By William Teach November 23, 2018 – 7:46 pm

Can you really notice the difference between 67 and 68.5 degrees Fahrenheit? Perhaps inside you might have an inkling in a controlled environment, but, now try it outside. No? Of course, most of these nutters pushing this garbage have no idea what getting up and doing a hard day’s work actually is. Hence why they always plan their protests for 10am or later

Study: Climate change could force outdoor workers to wake up far earlier

A new study published in Earth’s Future, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, indicates that if society tries to avoid the economic impacts of climate change on outdoor labor by shifting working hours, outdoor workers in many regions will need to start working well before dawn at the end of this century to avoid the effect of excessive heat stress.

Outdoor workers are exposed to excessive heat stress, particularly in hot seasons, a trend that is expected to increase as a result of climate change. This will reduce the capability of physical labor and eventually cause economic loss.

Shifting working time earlier in the morning, when it is cooler than during midday, can be an effective way to reduce the effect of heat stress. However, the plausibility and efficacy of such an intervention has not been quantitatively assessed on a global scale.

A research team led by Jun’ya Takakura, a researcher at the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan, investigated whether shifting work times can offset the economic impacts of labor capacity reduction due to climate change. The researchers used a new method to estimate the heat exposure index, and calculated the required amount of time shift necessary to keep the current level of labor capacity in the future.

The results showed that although a time shift was effective to reduce the effect of heat stress, the required amount of change in working times was not realistic. The expected start time for outdoor workers would be well before dawn unless stringent climate-change mitigation was achieved.

They’re actually propositioning that workers would need start hours and hours before dawn to avoid the dangerous average rise from 58.3 to 59.8, if we consider that the average earth temp will go up another 1.5F by 2100. Doom, baby, doom!

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 23, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible rising sea with carbon pollution clouds, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post on a poo flinging bicyclist.

Going somewhere warm!

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More Detail On NY’s Proposal For Social Media And Internet Searches For Gun Ownership

By William Teach November 23, 2018 – 11:41 am

You remember the reports of the State of New York considering searching social media and Internet searches for gun permits? Well, here’s a bit more

New legislation calls for social media search before pistol permit in NY

New legislation submitted in the State Senate would require social media checks before someone could get their pistol permit.

We’ve been told for years to keep passwords private. If you’re trying to get a pistol permit in the future…that may change.

According to a new bill in the New York State Senate, pistol permit applicants would have to give up their social media usernames and passwords to allow government officials to search for posts that “cause concern”.

I’d like to say that something as intrusive as this would be killed quickly by a federal judge, but, nowadays, you never knew what a judge will do. But you know there will be a lawsuit filed about 2 minutes after the Governor of NY signs it, provided it passes as such.

How long are you supposed to give up your passwords and private information for? Do they check in on it periodically? Are they now monitoring you?

“The judge who grants or denies a permit has fairly broad digression under New York State law. And it has to have a rational bases. So they can’t say they don’t like your gender or your race,” said Sheldon Boyce, an attorney with Brenna Boyce PLLC. (snip)

A main issue with this bill, is it does not clearly define what is “concerning”  or if each individual judge (or county sheriff-) could rule what they believe is “concerning or not”.

Of course, Democrats think anything said by a Conservative is “concerning”, so you can bet permits would be denied at a high level. This would be a complete invasion of privacy and infringement on our 2nd Amendment Rights, along with others.

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Island Nation Of Vanuatu, Which Depends On Fossil Fuels, Considers Suing Fossil Fuels Companies For ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach November 23, 2018 – 7:07 am

Over 40% of Vanuatu’s GDP comes from tourism. Since they are a group of islands, the vast majority will arrive on either a fossil fueled ship or a fossil fueled airplane. There are 30 airports scattered throughout the islands (not all are for international flights, mind you). They get the vast majority of their electricity, over 80%, from fossil fuels. Yet

Vanuatu considers suing fossil fuel companies over climate change, as global carbon dioxide levels hit new record

Low-lying Vanuatu is considering suing fossil fuel companies and industrialised countries that use them for their role in creating catastrophic climate change, the foreign minister of the Pacific island nation said on Thursday.

The comments came as the UN World Meteorological Organisation warned that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere had hit a new record in 2017, with no sign of slowing down.

Vanuatu, with an estimated population of 280,000 people spread across roughly 80 islands, is among more than a dozen Pacific island nations that already face rising sea levels and more regular storms that can wipe out much of their economies.

Foreign Minister Ralph Regenvanu said it was time that some of the billions of dollars of profits fossil fuel companies generate every year goes towards the damage they cause in countries like “desperate” Vanuatu.

“This is really about claiming for the damages,” he told Reuters in an interview.

So, this is a shakedown. Said fossil fuels companies should refuse to sell their product to the government of Vanuatu if the suit is filed, but, what the nation is really hoping for is some free climate cash, especially from the fossil fuels companies.

“My government is now exploring all avenues to utilize the judicial system in various jurisdictions – including under international law – to shift the costs of climate protection back on to fossil fuel companies, the financial institutions and the governments that actively and knowingly created this existential threat to my country,” he said.

So, when will the islands nation give up its own use of fossil fuels?

Anyhow, we’ve mentioned that the seas are barely rising around the nation, and, in fact, the nation is growing. They are just trying to play the Victim to get Other People’s money.

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“Migrants” Defy Trump At Border Or Something

By William Teach November 23, 2018 – 6:47 am

You can’t really call them illegal aliens yet, as they haven’t snuck across the border unlawfully yet. And they can “defy” all they want, but they’re still stuck in Mexico

Migrants defy Trump at Mexico border as US forces flex muscle

Hundreds of Central American migrants staged a boisterous demonstration on the US Mexico border Thursday, screaming for President Donald Trump to let them in as US soldiers and riot police put on a menacing show of force.

The increased tension over the presence of a thousands-strong migrant caravan came as Trump marked Thanksgiving Day by threatening to close the border if he thinks Mexico has lost control of it.

Vehicle and pedestrian traffic at the busy San Ysidro crossing came to a halt for 40 minutes as dozens of US police wearing helmets and holding rifles formed a line facing the Mexican side of the frontier. Separately, riot police rehearsed deployment movements. US Customs and Border Protection called all of this a “large-scale readiness exercise.”

American soldiers in khaki-colored uniforms set off rockets that exploded with a pungent-smelling white smoke. Helicopters hovered overhead. (snip)

At almost the same time as the police and troop exercise, at another nearby border crossing called El Chaparral, Central American migrants from the caravan emptying into Tijuana defied the president with a loud rally.

“Open the gates, Trump! We are not looking for war, but work,” shouted Alberto Ruiz, a 22-year-old Honduran.

Defied him! ZOMG! How is this defying him? I guess you could say they are challenging him, but, only with words. But they’re still stuck in Mexico. The very same Mexico which offered them asylum, which they refused. Which means this is all a stunt. And they reportedly won’t be let in the U.S. prior to their asylum claims being processes

Central Americans who arrive at U.S. border crossings seeking asylum in the United States will have to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed under sweeping new measures the Trump administration is preparing to implement, according to internal planning documents and three Department of Homeland Security officials familiar with the initiative.

According to DHS memos obtained by The Washington Post on Wednesday, Central American asylum seekers who cannot establish a “reasonable fear” of persecution in Mexico will not be allowed to enter the United States and would be turned around at the border.

The plan, called “Remain in Mexico,” amounts to a major break with current screening procedures, which generally allow those who establish a fear of return to their home countries to avoid immediate deportation and remain in the United States until they can get a hearing with an immigration judge. Trump despises this system, which he calls “catch and release,” and has vowed to end it.

Of course, you know some judge will nix this plan. At which point the illegal aliens should be released in that judge’s town and told to stay there till their court date. For which most will fail to appear. We don’t really need a wall, we need to establish the conditions that would keep most from attempting to come to the U.S. illegally or forcing their way in, along with those who overstay their visas. Stop giving them aid and comfort, stop catch and release, stop allowing them to use their kids as anchors, and so forth.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 22, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is carbon pollution causing gigantism in animals, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is American Elephants, with a post noting that the difference between the political parties couldn’t be clearer.

Also doing Thanksgiving are (below the fold)

Eat well today, for tomorrow we….well, I guess some will shop. Some will work. Some will do nothing.

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Happy Thanksgiving! (sticky for day)

By William Teach November 22, 2018 – 8:40 am

Wishing the best to you and your family.

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Hottest Take Ever: Beauty Magazine Explains How To Implement An Almost Total Ban On Private Ownership Of Firearms

By William Teach November 22, 2018 – 8:31 am

Everyone goes to Harper’s Bazaar, a magazine primarily about fashion, beauty, celebrity, culture, and food and travel, for diatribes about gun bans, right? But, remember, no one is advocating taking away your guns

How We Can Stop Mass Shootings in America
Australia’s national gun buyback and gun registry worked. It can work for us, too.
….

We don’t have to live this way.

There is a lot we can do in society to discourage violent outbursts. Encouraging young men to be comfortable expressing emotions rather than turning their anger into murderous violence would be a great start. But in the meantime, because that’s going to take a while, let’s take away the guns.

Yeah, I know, you want a gun to kill a bear. Fine. Let’s take away the vast majority of the guns. Because we’re going to keep having mass shootings in America until we do something about America’s gun problem. And we can, because other countries have. As the Onion regularly—too regularly—has to point out, we are the only country where this regularly happens.

(a few rebuttals to common 2nd Amendment supporter arguments)

There are going to be fans of the second amendment who respond to that by saying, “Well, the right to bear arms wasn’t in the constitution in other countries.” Yeah, the constitution includes what’s commonly referred to as an Elastic Clause. It’s Article 1, Section 8 and it grants congress the power “To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.” It’s commonly understood that the founders included that clause because they could not accurately anticipate the needs of the populace, say, 250 years in the future. Given that the constitution is intended to provide people with “domestic tranquility”— which no one can experience when our schools, our movie theaters, our concert halls and our yoga studios are places where we might have to contend with a mass shooter—it would be a pretty great time to make use of that elastic clause.

This is perhaps the hottest of hot takes on the 2nd Amendment I’ve ever read. I usually reserve red for my own interjections, but, bold red works for this one, which has to be taken in whole. As grandma says

Excitable Jennifer Wright has zero clue how the Constitution works in relation to the Bill Of Rights. By her definition, the Congress could simply pass a law that restricted free speech, due process, oh, hey, freedom of the press, all for “domestic tranquility” and such. Do I really need several paragraphs to explain how utterly insane her reasoning is? That it’s false? What are they teaching in schools? How do people get these wackadoodle ideas?

But good news. You don’t have to ban all guns entirely. You just have to put laws into place to make sure that they are hard to get, and safely handled. (snip through a discussion of the Port Author shooting in Australia, which led to their forced confiscation and bannings)

After Port Arthur, Australia did make certain guns illegal. They prohibited the ownership, possession and sale of all automatic and semiautomatic weapons, and made it illegal to import those weapons.

Yes, she is recommending the Australian solution, which would be forced confiscation with some compensation (you can’t buy back my gun, because the government didn’t sell it too me) and a ban on most private ownership of firearms. Then, when each 2nd Amendment supporter is left with owning tons of 6 shooters, speed loaders and bolt action rifles (except for the criminals, who kept their semi auto and auto weapons), they will have to be registered. But, you’ll only be allowed to carry them when hunting, so, open and concealed carry will be verboten.

Good luck with this. First, you’ll have to repeal the 2nd Amendment. Her idiocy on the “Elastic Clause” won’t work.

Second, good luck getting the hundreds of millions of legally owned firearms from their owners.

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Who’s Ready To Gather ‘Round The Turkey And Argue ‘Climate Change’?

By William Teach November 22, 2018 – 8:04 am

It’s finally here! A day for Warmists to argue with all their bestest of friends and relatives! Well, really, they argue every day (right before they use a ton of electricity and travel in fossil fueled vehicles), but, now they can do it to a relatively captive audience which just wants to watch parades, football, and have pleasant conversation with people, some of whom they haven’t seen in some time. The NY Times’ John Schwartz is on it

It’s Cold Outside? Gather Around the Turkey and Argue About Climate Change.

It’s going to be a chilly Thanksgiving in the Northeast, with near-record cold temperatures in some cities. Which means, of course, that you can expect to get an earful from Uncle Walter over your turkey and stuffing about how global warming is just a hoax. He might bring up sunspots. Or something about Al Gore.

Many of us have an Uncle Walter, to borrow the character from the Ben Folds Five song, in some form. People can be cantankerous and counterfactual at any age.

But how to respond?

Well, first of all, it is undeniably going to be colder than usual for this time of year. On Twitter, Zeke Hausfather, a climate researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, delivered a forecast of frigid temperatures and a high probability of climate denial:

https://twitter.com/hausfath/status/1064379407039553537

See, when a small area is above normal, that is Definitive Proof Of Anthropogenic Climate Change doom. When a huge swath of America is below average (and into Canada, a good chunk of Europe, and parts of South America and half of Australia, the latter two which are in late spring), well, that means nothing. It’s surprising that it’s not being positioned as being caused by ‘climate change’.

We have discussed how to survive the Thanksgiving climate change argument before. The trick is not to get flustered in the moment that your debate partner brings up a theory or nugget of truthiness that you haven’t encountered before, such as a reference to the medieval warm period (irrelevant) or the allegation that the planet is actually cooling (nope).

If you must rebut, take a deep breath and excuse yourself for research. With the internet on our phones, a quick trip to the bathroom is like visiting the library, and sites like Skeptical Science and the denial response collection at Grist can be helpful.

Or you could refuse to engage. That’s what Mr. Hausfather does. He, too, has “a couple of Uncle Walters” on his wife’s side of the family, he said. “In general, there are just certain conversational topics we tend to avoid talking about at the Thanksgiving table to ensure civility.”

The problem here, of course, is that most of these conversations are started by hardcore liberals. Because everything is political to them. Yet, they usually do not know what they’re talking about beyond a few talking points and slogans, hence the reason to excuse yourself for research.

Conservatives do not need this kind of advice. The ones who tend to start this stuff are usually liberals, and in cases when they don’t, they make it too hardcore. Even when they start it, they make it too hardcore, because someone dared respond. The Huffington Post continues to retweet this October 31 article

The NY Times has three articles on getting into arguments showing in the opinion section on the front page (here, here, and here). Other outlets are running their own, because this has become a thing. And because it has Become A Thing, many others are recommending staying away from certain topics and/or how to de-escalate. Which is something those of us who aren’t Democrats already know how to do (unless we’re simply trolling for a good laugh. It can be a good way to get Democrats to stomp off and sulk so we can watch football).

On the plus side, in reality, despite all these pieces, most people aren’t going to get into an argument. It’s just the media with too much time on their hands.

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