Migrant Mob Rejects Mexico Offer To Stay

By William Teach October 27, 2018 – 7:21 am

If these are people looking to supposedly escape the the violence of Honduras, Guatemala, and other Central American nations, then what’s wrong with Mexico? A culture much closer, language is the same, and they are making an offer

Migrant caravan members reject offer to stay in Mexico

Several thousand Central American migrants turned down a Mexican offer of benefits if they applied for refugee status and stayed in the country’s two southernmost states, vowing to set out before dawn Saturday to continue their long trek toward the U.S. border.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced what he called the “You are at home” plan, offering shelter, medical attention, schooling and jobs to Central Americans in Chiapas and Oaxaca states if they applied, calling it a first step toward permanent refugee status. Authorities said more than 1,700 had already applied for refugee status.

But after one of the caravan’s longest days of walking and hanging from passing trucks, the bulk of the migrants were boisterous Friday evening in their refusal to accept anything less than safe passage to the U.S. border.

“Thank you!” they yelled as they voted to reject the offer in a show of hands in the town of Arriaga. They then added: “No, we’re heading north!”

So, what, exactly, do the want in the U.S. Obviously, we are the better country. No shame in saying that if you’re an American. But they were offered asylum and all sorts of benefits. Even jobs. If they’re worried about the kids, there you go. And, having been offered asylum by Mexico and turned it down, they would no longer be asylum seekers when arriving at the U.S. border. They should be refused entry. You cannot claim to be a refugee then turn down excellent offers.

Now they’re simply a mob marching on our borders, and should be treated accordingly.

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Canada Passed A Carbon Tax Scheme That Will Give Canadians (More Of Their Own) Money Or Something

By William Teach October 26, 2018 – 2:54 pm

Funny how all this works

Canada passed a carbon tax that will give most Canadians more money

Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, Canada will implement a revenue-neutral carbon tax starting in 2019, fulfilling a campaign pledge he made in 2015.

The federal carbon pollution price will start low at $20 per ton in 2019, rising at $10 per ton per year until reaching $50 per ton in 2022. The carbon tax will stay at that level unless the legislation is revisited and revised. (snip)

A $20/ton carbon tax translates into a 16.6 cent per gallon surcharge on gasoline. So, in 2022, the $50/ton carbon tax will increase Canadian gasoline prices by about 42 cents per gallon (11 cents per liter). For comparison, the average price of gasoline in Canada is $1.43 per liter, so that would be about an 8% gasoline price increase in 2022.

The price of coal would more than double, with a carbon tax surcharge of about $100 per ton in 2022. Natural gas prices will rise by about 10 cents per cubic meter in 2022 compared to current prices of around 13 cents per cubic meter – about a 75% increase. This will increase demand for cheaper carbon-free electricity. However, Canada already supplies about 60% of its electricity through hydroelectric generation and 16% from nuclear – only about 20–25% comes from fossil fuels. (snip)

One key component of the federal carbon tax is that it’s revenue-neutral, similar to the policy proposal from Citizens’ Climate Lobby. All the taxed money will be distributed back to the provinces from which they were generated. The provinces will in turn rebate about 90% the revenues back to individual taxpayers. The rebates are anticipated to exceed the increased energy costs for about 70% of Canadian households.

For example, a Manitoba family will receive a $336 rebate in 2019 compared to its increased costs of $232. A similar family in Saskatchewan will receive $598 compared to its higher costs of $403. In Ontario, families will receive $300 to offset its $244 in carbon taxes. And in New Brunswick a $248 rebate more than offsets the average household cost of $202. The rebates will more than double by 2022 as the carbon tax rises, and the net financial benefit to households will grow over time.

So, Government taxation from anti-scientific method professional Alarmists will increase the cost of living for Canadians, so government will (supposedly) refund them the extra money that the tax will cost them. Which gives Government more control and influence on citizens. Strange how that works, wouldn’t you say?

Of course, this doesn’t really take into account the true cost of living increase for Canadian citizens. You can bet that family in Manitoba will be spending more than $232 as an increased cost. And certainly more than the $336 rebate.

(National Post) In a Financial Post editorial earlier this month, Mintz estimated that even when the rebates are tallied, the carbon tax will cost the average Ontario family about $124 a year.

And this

Yes, it won’t meet the Paris targets
If a carbon tax was the only climate change policy Canada ever implemented (and it’s not), $20 a tonne wouldn’t come close to meeting its Paris agreement target of reducing emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. In fact, it’s pretty reasonable to assume that Canada and the rest of the world is not going to meet the IPCC’s most optimistic target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (although two degrees is still in the cards). But carbon emissions are still bad, and it prevents environmental damage whenever there’s less of them. In a 2013 estimate the U.S. White House was estimating that every extra tonne of carbon was causing US$37 of damage around the world. In fact, many economists aren’t tremendously enthused by the Paris targets, arguing that the better strategy is to simply make carbon emissions about as expensive as the damage they cause. “We should … focus on what the environmental damage is from emitting one tonne. Then, price that,” the University of Calgary’s Trevor Tombe told the National Post. Meanwhile, it’s not like the carbon tax is the first government program that isn’t a be-all end-all solution to to a policy problem. We put soldiers in body armour even though it won’t make battlefield deaths obsolete and we require airbags in cars even though they won’t completely prevent road fatalities.

They just want to tax the ever loving hell out of citizens, not realizing the damage it will do. Because most who push this are very rich, and it won’t harm their own lifestyles.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 26, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is toilet paper which should only be used 2 sheets at a time to save us from sea rise*, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Crawdad Hole, with a post on media rejecting civility.

*And why do you have a phone in the toilet?

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Blue Wave Tanking? NJ Senator Race Now Toss Up

By William Teach October 26, 2018 – 10:54 am

If a Democrat in New Jersey can’t have a comfortable lead, well, that might not bode well for the others

Menendez odds to win Jersey’s hot Senate race downgraded. It’s now a tossup.

The nasty race between Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and Republican challenger Bob Hugin is now a tossup, as the Cook Political Report said the incumbent’s ethics baggage could cost him the seat.

The Washington-based publication that tracks Senate races downgraded Menendez’s chances less than two weeks before Election Day, citing little-known and unfunded community newspaper publisher Lisa McCormick’s surprisingly strong performance in June’s Democratic primary.

“The contest isn’t about anything else but Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his ethics problems,” said Jennifer Duffy, Cook’s Senate analyst.

“The biggest threat to Menendez’s re-election is not so much Hugin than it is the voter who goes to the polls and decides to send Menendez a message, much the way many did in the primary when 38 percent voted for his unknown primary opponent,” she said.

Still, Inside Elections, which also tracks Senate races, said Menendez was likely to win re-election, and Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight gave him a 90 percent chance of being re-elected. The Real Clear Politics polling average put him ahead by 7.7 percentage points.

Obviously, Menendez is a above average political scumbag (AAPS). But, despite being an AAPS, most papers and media outlets in NJ, including NJ.com, where the above article emanates from, have been supporting Menendez, at least in terms of being better than Hugin. A lot of the coverage has been anti-Hugin, not necessarily pro-Menendez, but it amounts to the same. So, is this something? Is it just a matter of “well, Menendez is an AAPS” and losing support? Because Democrats have been shown to support them, such as Cold Cash Jefferson and impeached judge Alcee Hastings who was put in the House by Democrats? Or crazy drug dealing/using Marrion Barry for D.C. mayor?

We can talk about spending, which both sides have done. Certainly, his ethics have played a part, but why now? Is it possible for NJ to go GOP for that Senate seat? If so, could this be part of a wide trend, or just a one off?

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Al Gore: Well, Sure That Climate Report Was Torqued Up To Scare Lawmakers

By William Teach October 26, 2018 – 7:19 am

This is the way science works in the Cult of Climastrology: manufacture some scares rather than actually doing science and saying “here it is”

(Watts Up With That?) Former Vice President Al Gore: “The language that the IPCC used in presenting it was torqued up a little bit, appropriately – how [else] do they get the attention of policy-makers around the world?” Video follows.

Gore admission that the UN IPCC report was “torqued up” in order to “get the attention of policy-makers around the world” is just the latest in a long line of evidence that the UN climate panel is nothing more than “a purely political body posing as a scientific institution.”

PBS NEWSHOUR – ONE-ON-ONE – Broadcast: October 12, 2018 – (Gore’s quote begins at 1 min. 30 into video)

PBS host Judy Woodruff to Former Vice President Al Gore: “They are painting a much more alarming picture of what we face than we had previously known…”

Gore: “The language that the [UN] IPCC used in presenting it was torqued up a little bit, appropriately – how [else] do they get the attention of policy-makers around the world?”

Right before this exchange, about 1:22. Gore was yammering on about using the Earth’s atmosphere as an open sewer for man-made global warming pollution. You know, CO2 which plants love and provide the base of the food chain. Then he probably hopped in a fossil fueled vehicle.

But this is what the CoC is all about: attempting to scare people, especially compliant lawmakers, in order to get them to institute rules, regulations, and laws that force citizens to live the life the Warmists mostly won’t live voluntarily. They want everyone to be forced to comply with CoC beliefs, which boil down to fees/taxes and government dominance over our lives.

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Trump Considering Freezing Asylum Laws To Stop Migrant Mob

By William Teach October 26, 2018 – 6:57 am

Just the mere mention of this has set liberals off. In what is supposed to be the news section, the NY Times has not one, but two subheads reading

Anti-immigrant! Stoking fears of immigrants! We saw how well the mass import of “immigrants” worked in Europe. All the rapes, sexual assaults, lawlessness, and other crime when the majority of the “immigrants” are young men

(Breitbart) Media reports say that President Donald Trump may use his extraordinary power over immigration to temporarily freeze the asylum laws which are inviting the migrant exodus from Central America.

The dramatic exercise of Trump’s border power is being considered as the caravan of poor Honduran migrants slowly heads towards the California border. Officials are still trying to game out the likely consequences, including interventions by progressive judges, media outrage, and hostility from the Mexican government.

Also, the caravan is just a small part of the illegal migration problem, most of which is caused by the cartels’ labor-trafficking businesses. Overall migration has escalated in 2018 partly because judges have repeatedly blocked Trump’s agency reforms, while Congress has refused Trump’s reform bills and refused to fund his border programs, including the wall. The establishment media and business groups have also bitterly opposed any reforms which reduce migration.

We are supposed to find out more today as to what the actual plan will be, as all the news reporting is rather vague on details. We get this from the San Francisco Chronicle

First, Homeland Security and the Justice Department would issue a rule limiting immigrants’ ability to seek asylum if they are part of a population barred by the president. The rule would take effect immediately, unlike most, and be justified as an extraordinary situation.

That would clear the way for Trump to issue a proclamation directed at a specific population, expected to target the 7,000-plus Central Americans heading toward the U.S.

Under 8 U.S. Code 1182 the President has the authority to do this. During his almost two years in office Mr. Trump and his people have done what they can to discourage people from coming to this country illegally as well as just showing up and demanding they be given entry and access to the U.S. The Democrats and news media, along with the unhinged #NeverTrumpers, have worked to undermine this, which is undermining our laws. And while the media has been oh so worried about a journalist commentator brutally murdered by elements of Saudi Arabia we see

Those are just a few of the incidents from illegal aliens and “migrants. The amount of sexual assault, especially against children, has been going up dramatically this year. Yet, the media has little concern for that. Also on the front page of the NY Times today is an article about the Saudi war against Yemen (a hotbed of jihadi Islamists) which gets linked to the Khashoggi murder. Yet virtually no concern for the victims of illegal immigration, be they Americans or other illegals.

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Cops Asked To Investigate When Mayor Gets Penis Shaped Candy In Mail

By William Teach October 25, 2018 – 7:29 pm

No, really, this is what police are being asked to waste their time with in SJW World

Prankster sent mayor penis-shaped candy. Cops were asked to investigate.

Someone thought it was a good idea to send the mayor of Hamilton Township (New Jersey) a bag of penis-shaped candy as a prank.

Mayor Kelly Yeade received a package of penis-shaped candy, sent through the website Dysfunctional Veterans, last week.

The group’s website, and its accompanying Facebook page, describe its community as “a brotherhood and sisterhood of veterans rooted in sarcasms and the things that remind us we are not alone.”

The Dysfunctional Veterans website sells a variety of items such as T-shirts, hats, mugs, flags, patches, and pranks.

The website offers “Eat a bag of d—-” under its prank gift category with the following description:

“Don’t you wish you could just tell that special idiot you know to eat a bag of d—-? Wouldn’t it be even better if you could actually give them a bag of d—- to eat? Now you can!”

Yaede’s office received the candy last week, when the mayor wasn’t in.

OK, a harmless, though somewhat rude and inappropriate, prank

“My staff intercepted it and then asked the Hamilton Township police department to find out the origin of the package,” Yaede told NJ Advance Media. “When I was alerted to it I didn’t give it a second thought, and laughed it off.”

Good for the mayor, who realized that it was just a prank, no big deal, move on. Or, it could have been the realization that having law enforcement attempt to force a company to violate their privacy policy was a) not going to happen and b) made the mayor’s office look silly. She says she took it at a prank, and we’ll leave it at that.

The bigger point here is that her staff called the police to investigate. An actual detective contacted the company. It’s a bad deal when those in government feel empowered to use their powers for this.

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NY Attorney General Attempts To Shake Down Exxon With Climate Scam Lawsuit

By William Teach October 25, 2018 – 3:12 pm

I wonder when the NY Attorney General’s office will stop using fossil fuels for their activities, both professionally and personally?

NY Sues Exxon For Allegedly Defrauding Shareholders On Climate Change Risks

New York’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against ExxonMobil for allegedly downplaying for decades the risk the company’s oil products pose on the climate, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

The lawsuit follows more than three years of investigation first orchestrated by former AG Eric Schneiderman, who resigned in April over abuse allegations from former romantic partners. The probe took many different twists and turns and seemed to come to a halt shortly after his resignation.

Exxon engaged in a “longstanding fraudulent scheme” to deceive investors, analysts and underwriters “concerning the company’s management of the risks posed to its business by climate change regulation,” the lawsuit notes. (snip)

Barbara Underwood, the state’s current AG, brought the lawsuit under the Martin Act, a state law that gives her broad authority to prosecute securities fraud. The suit demands Exxon turn over any profits the company made through the alleged fraud and make restitution to investors. Exxon could be made to pay out hundreds of millions of dollar if the suit is successful.

Exxon has long stated that all these suits and investigations are simply violations of their 1st Amendment Rights, and, really, it’s dangerous and disturbing when the State uses the personal beliefs of elected employees to go after individuals and private entities using those beliefs. This is a shakedown, blackmail, extortion. Exxon should look at the relevant statutes to counter sue over abuse of power, malicious prosecution, misconduct, and so forth.

Oh, and stop selling gas in the capital city of NY State, Albany.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 25, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…are plants that will die from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Bizzy Blog, with a post on under reported stories.

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It’s Personal For Hondurans In Traveling Mob Or Something

By William Teach October 25, 2018 – 10:23 am

I have to wonder, do these stories actually help?

For Honduran migrants in caravan, the journey is personal

A deportee from the United States trying to get back to the life he spent more than a decade building. A woman whose soldier husband already is in the U.S. with their 4-year-old son. A teenager desperate to earn money to support his diabetic mother back home.

The caravan of Central American migrants traveling through southern Mexico — estimated at around 7,000 people, nearly all Hondurans — has attracted headlines in the United States less than two weeks before Nov. 6 midterm elections.

But most of those walking through blistering tropical temperatures, sleeping on the ground in town squares and relying on donated food from local residents are unaware of U.S. political concerns or even that there’s a vote coming up.

While they commonly cite the same core reasons for migrating — poverty, violence — their stories are deeply personal.

Personal!

David Polanco Lopez, 42, is a former anti-narcotics officer from Progreso, Honduras. He’s traveling north in the caravan with his daughter Jenifer, 19, and his 3-year-old granddaughter, Victoria, whom the adults take turns pushing in a stroller.

Polanco came to the United States 13 years ago and applied for asylum after he was threatened by drug traffickers over his police work. He was given a court date, but he acknowledges he never showed up — in part because he didn’t understand the court document’s instructions, which were in English.

Polanco put down roots in Arizona: He married, and got a home. He thought that as long as he stayed out of trouble, he’d be fine.

“If they catch me committing a felony, then go ahead and kick me out,” Polanco said. “But my record is clean.”

So, he came to the U.S. illegally, blew off his court date because he couldn’t be bothered to try and learn our language or find an interpreter, and was deported. Now he’s attempting to force his way back in. Not exactly a great role model.

Then there’s Alba Rosa Chinchilla Ortiz, a 23-year-old from Amapala in Honduras’ Valle department, whose husband took their child to the U.S. and is supposedly applying for asylum. Why didn’t she go with to start out? It’s about creating a sob story about her being separated from her 4 year old for 7 months. She’s the one in the picture above. Glad she could take time to shower, put on fresh clothes, as well as makeup, all for the media’s sad face picture after walking hundreds of miles.

We also have Marel Antonio Murillo Santos , who is attempting to force his way into the U.S. so he can make money to send back home for his sick mother. Doesn’t sound like someone escaping from dangerous conditions (why don’t we treat people escaping from Baltimore the same?). You know who it’s personal for? It’s personal for all of the Americans who will financially underwrite everyone of these people from the minute they start interacting at the border, or cross illegally and legal citizens will pay ICE, law enforcement, judges, lawyers, shelters, and that is just the beginning. Are we supposed to take in and support every person who has a sob story? Why not apply for asylum in Mexico, where they share a common culture and language? Or are they just looking for free stuff in America?

It would be helpful if Democrats, and a few squishy Republicans, would stop enticing people to come to the U.S. illegally.

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