‘Climate Change’ Is The Driver Of The Migrant Caravan Mob Or Something

By William Teach October 30, 2018 – 10:35 am

It’s like the UK Guardian spun a wheel of things to link to Hotcoldwetdry

The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change

Thousands of Central American migrants trudging through Mexico towards the US have regularly been described as either fleeing gang violence or extreme poverty.

But another crucial driving factor behind the migrant caravan has been harder to grasp: climate change.

Most members of the migrant caravans come from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador – three countries devastated by violence, organised crime and systemic corruption, the roots of which can be traced back to the region’s cold war conflicts.

Experts say that alongside those factors, climate change in the region is exacerbating – and sometimes causing – a miasma of other problems including crop failures and poverty.

And they warn that in the coming decades, it is likely to push millions more people north towards the US.

“The focus on violence is eclipsing the big picture – which is that people are saying they are moving because of some version of food insecurity,” said Robert Albro, a researcher at the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University.

“The main reason people are moving is because they don’t have anything to eat. This has a strong link to climate change – we are seeing tremendous climate instability that is radically changing food security in the region.”

Well, that’s a bummer, because ‘climate change’ is not covered by U.S. asylum laws. Of course, this entire premise is a bunch of mule fritters, but, that’s never stopped the Cult of Climastrology before.

Migrants don’t often specifically mention “climate change” as a motivating factor for leaving because the concept is so abstract and long-term, Albro said. But people in the region who depend on small farms are painfully aware of changes to weather patterns that can ruin crops and decimate incomes.

So, they don’t mention it? Weird. Fortunately, Warmist elites are there to tell the peons what to think.

Anyway, we can solve this with a tax.

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In Case You Haven’t Figured Out A Costume Yet, Here Are Climate Change Inspired Ones

By William Teach October 30, 2018 – 8:31 am

Finally, finally, we have a Halloween climate change article

Some Climate-Change-Inspired Halloween Costumes
Environmental destruction is scary—and makes for a really frightening costume

Wondering how to craft the cleverest, scariest costume at the Halloween party this year? Since we’re of the mind that there’s nothing scarier than environmental destruction, we gathered a few ideas for ways to give your costume some eco-flair. Because if there’s anything scarier than mummies and witches, it’s climate change.

1)  Climate Change Scientist

Put on a lab coat and grab copies of the IPCC study that came out a few weeks ago saying we are likely to see major crises from climate change as early as 2040 (or just write “IPCC Study” in big letters on a piece of recycled paper). Hand it to anyone who will take it. Give it to children (or their parents!) instead of candy. To get into character, say, “We’ve been trying to tell you this for years!”

2)  (Extreme) Weatherperson

You’ll need shorts and a T-shirt, a microphone, and a parka. Dress as a weatherperson trying to report on weather patterns made more extreme by climate change. Take your layers on and off throughout the night to adjust to “changing weather.”

3) Sea Level Rise

Dress yourself as a city skyline or a skyscraper, and then put on a life jacket. Craft wearable waves out of recycled cardboard. Voila—you’re a sinking city. Bonus points if you manage to dress like an at-risk city such as Miami or New York.

For sea rise, wear a banner that says really, really, really far into the future, and another that says “completely average for a Holocene warm period.”

We also can be

  • Wildfire
  • Glider Truck Transformer
  • Natural Gas Pipeline
  • Public Lands “Ghost”
  • Clean Coal Miner (which is meant to be ironic or something)
  • Plastic Ocean Pollution

The big question, though, is can they be made sexy? The last one annoys me, because this is the Cult of Climastrology hijacking a real environmental issue for their cultish political purposes, which in turn reduces the amount of caring people have for the issue.

Now, an really interesting part is that this really is about the first article linking Halloween and ‘climate change’. Even as recent as last year I would have had multiple articles per day that I could post. Yes, many would be repetitive from previous years, things like doom for chocolate, how it is soooooo much warmer than it was 100 years ago, and so forth. This year? Almost nothing. There are finally a few today, such as the Sierra Club opening “Rick Scott’s House Of Horrors“, an article on bats for Halloween that mentions their range is expanding due to Hotcoldwetdry (but it was almost an afterthought), how billions of pounds of pumpkins will be wasted after Halloween (CC is an afterthought, too), and another on costumes. It’s October 30th. We should have seen these earlier.

Which leads to the notion that there is a serious decrease in the amount of climate change articles. Where I would have had easily 15 pages for Google search of “climate change” for the last 24 hours, now I might get 5-8. Same for Yahoo News search and others. There’s not that much in major news outlets, either. A goodly chunk come from the same sources, such as the UK Guardian. Perhaps Google has cut sources used, but, did every other search company? The cult is dying, because no one really, truly cares.

Regardless, Warmists can go dressed as hypocrites. Or Rage Boy. Or clowns

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Washington Post Super Excited To Ban “Assault Weapons”

By William Teach October 30, 2018 – 8:08 am

On the bright side, at least they’re aren’t calling for a full gun ban for private owners

We can stop this American carnage

“WE’RE UNDER fire, we’re under fire. He’s got an automatic weapon,” was the report Saturday morning from one of the first police officers to respond to the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Minutes later, another officer radioed, “We’re taking on AK-47 fire from out the front of the synagogue.” Before the gunman was captured, four police officers were wounded and 11 people had been shot to death.

Once again, a piece of America had been turned into a war zone. Once again, the casualties were innocent people engaged in the rhythms of everyday life — this time, mostly elderly people practicing their religion. Once again, the question must be asked of what it will take — how many more mass shootings, lost lives and devastated communities — before Congress enacts sensible gun control that includes banning weapons designed for war.

War! As far as it can be determined, the rifle used wasn’t automatic, and you’d have to be an idiot to take a semi-automatic weapon to war. And you can do the same thing with the non-assaulty rifles that aren’t on their banned list

The slaughter of little children at Sandy Hook Elementary School should have been enough to persuade Congress to ban assault weapons and enact other common-sense measures. That it wasn’t is both tragedy and disgrace. The carnage that has followed — the Tree of Life shooting being the most recent — has unfortunately failed to stiffen the spines of national lawmakers. But voters next week will have the chance to send their own message. They should elect a Congress that will protect them by enacting long-overdue gun reform that includes getting weapons of war off America’s streets and out of its schools, theaters, churches and synagogues.

First, what other measures? They don’t say, being the final paragraph from the Editorial Board. Based on their previous talking points, universal background checks and stuff wouldn’t work. He passed multiple background checks. They note earlier in the screed “Mass shootings account for a minority of gun fatalities, but the use of assault weapons greatly increases the rates of death and injury as well as the severity of injuries.” Well, what of Chicago, a Democratic Party run city that often gets ignored.

Five were killed and dozens were wounded over the weekend, all from handguns. Six were wounded on Monday. This is the norm for Chiraq, er, Chicago. These are all illegal. Felonies. Just like using an “assault rifle”. Are we to punish all citizens, restrict their Constitutional Rights, for the actions of a few? That is a very, very slippery slope.

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Caravan Member Totally Wants Trump To Pardon Him

By William Teach October 29, 2018 – 2:19 pm

Fox News reporter Griff Jenkins, embedded with the caravan. and the interpreter received a bit of a shock as they interviewed an immigrant heading to the U.S. with the caravan. Griff asked the man “Are you willing to break the law to get back to the United States?”

He replied “I want to enter and ask for a pardon.” Then it got weird

That’s right, a 3rd degree felony of attempted murder. This is what’s coming with the caravan mob.

Make sure to watch the face of the interpreter around the 50 second mark.

And as Benjamin Arie at Conservative Tribune wonders “Jose was at least upfront about his criminal background to one reporter. What about the people who are not so honest?”

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 29, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is a costume that reminds us that we should be giving carbon cash to indigenous people, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on an election no one paid attention to.

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Car Backfires, Democrat Governor Calls For Gun Control

By William Teach October 29, 2018 – 10:54 am

It’s not totally that simple, but, it is moonbattery at its finest. Especially when the person in question is surrounded by armed security

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s visit to OSU interrupted by car backfire

The same day a shooter opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue, loud car backfires rang out like gunshots during Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s campaign stop in front of Reser Stadium on Saturday.

The event began like any other, with a crowd of more than 40 Corvallis community members and Oregon State University students gathering to welcome the Democratic governor seeking re-election. Her first question to the enthusiastic attendees, delivered with a wide grin, was “Who wants a selfie?”

This festive atmosphere, complete with young children dressed in Halloween costumes, would soon take on a more ominous tone.

Just before 2:45 p.m. after little more than 10 minutes of photos, the loud cracks sounded throughout the plaza, abruptly pausing the event as Brown’s security detail rushed her to a black SUV and drove away from the area. With no further disruptions, the visibly shaken crowd cheered as their governor returned minutes later.

In the brief speech that followed, Brown’s familiar message in support of firearm regulations fell heavily on the ears of her assembled supporters. She also mentioned the automatic voter registration bill she signed into law and her efforts to create clean energy jobs.

What laws that Democrats are calling for would have stopped this? Reports are that Robert Bowers purchased all his firearms legally, which means a background check for each one. They say they want universal background checks. That wouldn’t apply, since he got one. What she really means is taking guns away from the citizenry.

Watch out for those fossil fueled backfires, though.

Meanwhile, the mayor of Pittsburgh also wants to take guns away

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto was asked if, in the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, it was time to talk about removing guns from American society.

“We’re dealing with irrational behavior. There is no way that you can rationalize a person walking into a synagogue during services and taking the lives of 11 people,” he said.

“We shouldn’t be trying to find ways to minimize the dangers that occur from irrational behavior. We should be working to eliminate irrational behavior and the empowerment of people who would seek to cause this type of carnage from continuing.

“I think the approach that we need to be looking at is how we take the guns, which is the common denominator of every mass shooting in America, out of the hands of those that are looking to express hatred through murder.”

In most cases, the only way to do that is to disarm We The People. And brainwash them so they do not have Wrongthink.

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Scary: Only 13 Countries Have Emissions Reductions Plans That Match Their Promises Or Something

By William Teach October 29, 2018 – 7:16 am

Having plans and actually implementing them are two separate things, but, in Warmist World, action is not necessary. All you really need to do is virtue signal

Only 16 countries have emissions reduction targets matching their promises to avoid catastrophic climate change

Just 16 countries have set clear goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions that will allow them to match their ambitious pledges to tackle climate change.

In a new report, climate experts have warned of discrepancies between big promises made on the global stage and domestic targets backed up by law.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a warning earlier this month of catastrophic outcomes without drastic emissions cuts over the next decade.

In light of this, and with an upcoming major UN summit to discuss the world’s approach to global warming, the authors of the report say nations need to set clear plans about how they are going to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

“We have 12 years to get our act together, and in order to do that you really need to know what you are going to be doing in the next six months, in the next two years, in the next 12 years,” explained Dr Michal Nachmany from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

“So you need to set really clear targets in order to know you are on track to meeting those goals.”

I have a clear target: keep doing what I’m doing. Warmists like Dr. Nachmany should have their own, which should involved giving up their own use of fossil fuels and making their own lives carbon neutral, rather than forcing their un-science beliefs on everyone else

In total, 157 countries have made international commitments to slash their emissions under the Paris climate agreement – known as nationally determined contributions, or NDCs.

However, to be worth anything these promises must be translated into domestic commitments and policies on renewable energy, green transport and sustainable agriculture to lay out a realistic pathway.

The analysis by Dr Nachmany and Emily Mangan from the World Resources Institute found that nations have been slow to mirror their NDCs in national policies.

So far only 58 countries (from 157) have backed up those commitments with economy wide targets for emissions reductions, and just 16 of those are as ambitious as the ones they promise in their NDCs.

That “historic” Paris Climate Agreement was, for all purposes, voluntary, because so many leaders didn’t want something that they’d have to take back to their legislative branches for approval. And the moment it was passed the hardcore Cult of Climastrology members were already saying it wasn’t enough. It really was simply about claiming they are Doing Something while not really doing something, especially when the citizens will protest when they realize that the results of any policies will make their lives worse, at least in 1st World nations and ones like India and China. The others are just pissed off that the sweet, sweet climate cash isn’t flowing in so they can build more airports and stuff.

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Dems Warn Party That Their Messaging Stinks

By William Teach October 29, 2018 – 6:49 am

Might be a little to late to reconsider what their messaging is

Dems warn party message lacks punch

Democrats are sounding growing alarms in the final push before the midterm elections that the party lacks the message it needs to combat President Trump and win back Democratic majorities in Congress.

Some of the comments are positively biting, and illustrate that nerves are on edge less than two weeks before Election Day.

They also hint at the fights that will take place if Democrats under-perform and fail to at least win back the House majority, which would count as a significant disappointment at this stage.

“We haven’t had a real message since the last presidential election so why change it now?” said Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis. “We had no message in 2016. We had no message in between. We have no message going into this election…You have to give people a reason to vote for you, not a reason to vote against someone else.”

Democrats think they have a good chance of retaking the House majority despite these problems given the fact that their voting base is fired up to send a message to Trump.

Polls have tightened, however, and there is a recognition that Trump has started to fire up his own base. The narrow path the Democrats once saw for a Senate majority has largely disappeared.

“In terms of a Democratic Party having even a semblance of a message, it’s just not there and that’s the reason this election is going to be unpredictable,” said Kofinis. “Nobody should be surprised if it’s a good night or a bad night.”

The main focus for Democrats is that they Hate Trump. Besides what’s in the graphic above, we can add make sure there are zero restrictions on abortion on demand as well as implement measures that make citizens more reliant on Government, such as through carbon taxes and Single Payer health care/insurance. Does it resonate positively when they reflexively take the side of MS-13 when President Trump denounces them?

Democratic leaders are quick to reject the notion that their message lacks the bite to resonate with voters. Discarding a focus on the president — a focus thought to have backfired in 2016 —their “For the People” agenda features just three broad promises: lowering health care costs, boosting wages and fighting government corruption. It’s those issues, they contend, that voters care most about.

“People ask what are the Democrats for? We are for the people, for lowering their healthcare costs by reducing the cost of prescription drugs. We are for bigger paychecks by building infrastructure of America and we are for better government by reducing the role of money in politics,” Pelosi said Monday.

It’s a cute slogan, but, other than pimping Single Payer, what they usually refer to as Medicaid For All, do you ever hear Democrats talking about this stuff?

Yet Democrats are not all on the same page when it comes to the election-year approach to the president. Ignoring Trump, they argue, is to ignore the elephant in the room.

“There’s one issue in this election: Donald Trump. That is it,” Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) told The Hill recently. “And this election is about whether the country is going to vote for a mid-course correction.”

He’s about the only honest one, because that’s all Democrats care about: their Trump Derangement Syndrome. Doing things like rolling back the economic progress made under Trump and so much more.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 28, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is evil leather which comes from horrible carbon polluting cows, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Vlad Tepes, with a post on a story with two different versions.

BTW, girl on the left needs to put that thumb in. Not proper horns.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach October 28, 2018 – 9:32 am

Patriotic Pinup Halloween

Happy Sunday! It’s a gorgeous Fall day in America. The Sun is popping, the geese are honking, Halloween is almost here. Not quite sure who did this pinup, other than a tiny signature which goes nowhere.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. The Deplorable Climate Skeptic Blog discusses terror attacks and hate speech
  2. Adrienne’s Corner notes that Cesar Sayoc is suddenly a white guy, not a Native American
  3. Bizzy Blog covers a NY town rallying around an American flag mural
  4. Blazing Cat Fur discusses non-functioning bombs and double standards
  5. Chicks On The Right deep dives into the #WalkAway march
  6. Common Cents tells Conservatives to fly their American flags
  7. DC Clothesline has numbers on government dependency
  8. Doug Ross @ Journal notes how we can protect Democrats
  9. Geller Report covers how many women were helped in Afghanistan for $280 million U.S. dollars
  10. Jihad Watch notes a wonderful, super-peaceful Islamic migrant in Canada
  11. Legal Insurrection discusses an actual space force proposal
  12. Maggie’s Farm covers some virtue signaling
  13. Moonbattery has some fun with online moonbat dating
  14. Neo-neocon wonders what #MeToo has wrought
  15. And last, but not least, Pacific Pundit flashes back to when Democrats boo’d Israel

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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