Melania’s Hat Evokes Colonialism Comparison Or Something

By William Teach October 6, 2018 – 10:30 am

This is why we can’t have nice things: unhinged moonbats seeing shades of something nefarious in a simple hat

Melania Trump’s latest white hat evokes colonialist comparison

When first lady Melania Trump first stepped out in front of the press Friday in Nairobi, Kenya, she was wearing an outfit suitable for the setting. She was at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, ready to pet and bottle-feed baby elephants, who were prancing and playing with their caretakers on a large mound of red clay-like dirt, which is why the first lady’s khaki jodhpur pants tucked into tall, brown leather riding boots, and crisp, white tailored shirt seemed appropriate, if a bit of a gamble.

While most people likely wouldn’t want to pair thick, red-orange mud and splashing milk-drunk baby pachyderms with a white top, sartorially, Melania Trump is not most people.

But when she moved on to her next activity, a guided safari a half-hour later at the adjacent Nairobi National Park, the first lady had added an accessory to her get up: a pristine white pith helmet. It was very “Out of Africa,” an homage perhaps to the fabled 1985 Meryl Streep and Robert Redford film, in which Streep stars as Karen Blixen, an independent woman who takes over a farm in rural Kenya in the 1920s.

However, with the hat, Trump’s outfit might have tipped the scales, moving from a practical accessory dangerously close to costume territory evocative of colonialists.

The hat was widely used by European militaries in their colonies throughout Africa and in India, according to Gentleman’s Gazette, and became a popular sun hat for civilian Europeans visiting or living in colonies in the 1930s. US President Theodore Roosevelt wore his pith helmet while on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition after his presidency in 1909.

These people

Matt Carotenuto, a historian and coordinator of African Studies at St. Lawrence University, compared the hat choice to “(showing) up on an Alabama cotton farm in a confederate uniform,” saying that Trump on Friday “(completed) the stereotype trifecta—elephants, orphans and even the pith helmet.”

She looks gorgeous and dignified.

While pith helmets are still available for purchase online and in hat shops, they have come to symbolize white colonialist rule over the years, and, according to The Guardian, “a symbol of status — and oppression.” It’s unclear if Trump was aware of the meaning, and her office has not responded to CNN’s request for comment on the hat.

Good thing CNN is taking a neutral, journalistic approach to this story, which is simply an unhinged attacked against Melania. The nutters also attacked her boots and pretty much all her clothes.

But the kids sure loved her. And, really, that’s all that matters. Oh, and this was all about bringing aid to Africa, working through US Aid and the UN.

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ZOMG: Earth’s Climate Monsters Could Be Unleashed!!!!!!!

By William Teach October 6, 2018 – 7:23 am

Apparently, the upcoming UN climahysteric report is being written as something from Stephen King or other horror writers.

Earth’s climate monsters could be unleashed as temperatures rise
As a UN panel prepares a report on 1.5C global warming, researchers warn of the risks of ignoring ‘feedback’ effects

This week, hundreds of scientists and government officials from more than 190 countries have been buzzing around a convention centre in the South Korean city of Incheon.

They are trying to agree on the first official release of a report – the bit called the Summary for Policymakers – that pulls together all of what’s known about how the world might be affected once global warming gets to 1.5C.

What will happen to coral reefs? How will extreme weather events and droughts change? What about heatwaves? And then, what are the different “pathways” that economies could choose to keep temperatures to 1.5C?

On Monday morning, the summary document is expected to be released, and there will be a cascade of headlines around the world.

Climate monsters! Doom! It can be solved with a carbon tax and government control of your life, you know.

What’s even funnier is the ending of this UK Guardian fable

The paper has received a bit of pushback from scientists, largely, it appears, because of the sensational headlines it attracted.

For example, Professor Richard Betts, of the UK’s MetOffice, has a measured perspective that’s well worth a look.

Dr Glen Peters, an Australian scientist and climate modeller based at the Centre for International Climate Research in Norway, also thought some of the media coverage went too far with the doomsday vibe.

Liked the headline of this article?

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Sore Losers: People Who Demanded FBI Investigation Call It A Sham And A Cover Up

By William Teach October 6, 2018 – 7:04 am

Democrats demanded an FBI investigation despite being told that the six previous background investigations showed nothing, and the chances that this one would produce something different, especially as Dr. Ford had zero corroborating evidence, were pretty darned slim. So, when it produced nothing?

LIBERALS BEG FOR AN FBI INVESTIGATION, AND THEN ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE RESULTS

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The FBI’s weeklong investigation did not find any information that substantiated Ford’s or Ramirez’s claims. Despite that, both Democratic Senators and liberal commentators denounced the investigation as a “sham.”

Worth watching the buildup on calls for an investigation till we get to the sham talk about halfway through

And (not worth watching her screed)

And it was rigged!

And somehow CNN let their derangement go so far as to all this bit of nutbaggery from Frida Ghitis to be published

Kavanaugh FBI probe was a cover-up

The FBI probe apparently did not find any corroborating evidence into allegations of sexual assault against Judge Brett Kavanaugh because it was never meant to do that. It was not a search for the truth. It was a charade meant to appear as a real investigation, with the purpose of giving Republicans a fig leaf to confirm Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court without paying a political price. The final outcome of the vote is uncertain, but given the Friday morning results on a procedural vote, the odds seem to favor confirmation.

The investigation and much of what has gone along with it amount to a cover-up. No serious observer would mistake it for an effort to ascertain what really happened on those occasions when Kavanaugh, according to his accusers, was drunk, aggressive and assaulted them. He has repeatedly denied all the allegations.

It’s all designed to attempt to smear and create doubt on any future Kavanaugh votes on the Supreme Court, because he will be confirmed today. As Mr. Obama stated “elections have consequences.” Perhaps Democrats should have nominated someone other than Hillary, who was despised, ran a poor campaign, and passed out on 9/11 for all to see.

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Good Grief: More Men Are Wearing Stilettos

By William Teach October 5, 2018 – 6:11 pm

This is so Peak 2018 metrosexual pajamaboy gamma male (we’re beyond beta male territory)

https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/1048194177383714816

Had to include the tweet to show the accompany photo from the article

Han grew up to be a graphic designer, along the way running the femme footwear line Syro with business partner Henry Bae. The Brooklyn-based company sells heels and boots in men’s sizes 5-14. The styles are chic and trendy—plaid, patent, over-the-knee—but not gaudy à la Kinky Boots.

Whether a customer is male, trans, or non-binary, the mission of Syro is to promote femininity and encourage a fluid sense of style.

“We get emails where kids are saying how grateful they are to discover us, which is really heartwarming,” Han said. “They tell us that they’re wearing them to prom, or to a wedding. Those spaces are so gender-confirming so it’s nice to provide them a way to express themselves and challenge norms.”

The article doesn’t get any better after this, in fact, it goes way downhill. Thanks, Progressives. And it’s long, ending with

“People are uncomfortable and unhappily politically, and it makes sense that they want to feed grounded,” Graper mused. “When you’re sky-high in a stiletto, you’re not grounded.”

There are many kinds of heels, but none come close to communicating drama quite like a stiletto can. It’s what’s kept the look in vogue for more than 60 years. Sure, they’re comfortable, but kitten heels will never be as stylish as their taller cousins.

In Graper’s words, “I don’t love when people go for a shorter because it will be easier to walk in. It’s like, shit or get off the pot.”

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 5, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible horrible concrete causing drought and flood, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post wishing Kavanaugh had been as flawless as Obama.

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Climate Change Apathy Is The Biggest Threat To Planet Or Something

By William Teach October 5, 2018 – 10:30 am

Because closing all those coal power plants which provided reliable, dependable, low cost energy hasn’t worked, it’s time for people to be forced to Do Things that satisfy the bigwigs in the Cult of Climastrology (which they themselves rarely do)

Climate change apathy, not denial, is the biggest threat to our planet

Three years after world leaders signed the Paris climate agreement, we’re about to better understand what that deal means for how we live our lives. On Monday, a major report from the UN’s climate science panel will set out what it will take to limit global warming to 1.5C, the key Paris target.

There are reasons to think the world is, finally, getting to grips with climate change. Carbon emissions are still rising but more slowly than before, and in many countries they’re falling. The UK has slashed its emissions to 19th-century levels, and we’re not alone – plenty of other countries, including the US, are making progress as well. Crucially, that’s happened without many people noticing, suggesting the world might be able to deal with the problem without having to persuade the public to change their polluting lifestyles.

But this is wishful thinking. The UK’s recent emissions cuts have mostly come from shutting coal power stations, which had few friends, and there aren’t many left to close. And that only happened after years of campaigning, but it was still much easier than what is to come. Cutting emissions further to stop dangerous warming will depend on people changing how they live: flying less and eating less meat and dairy, for example. There’s no way this can be done as quietly as what’s been achieved so far.

Huh. Many nations like the UK have done away with that energy, have nothing worthwhile to replace it with, they still haven’t gotten to where the Warmists want to be, so, time to “change your minds on how you live”

Persuading people to cut down on things they enjoy for the sake of the climate might seem impossible. In most European countries, about three-quarters of the public say they’re worried about climate change, yet less than a third would accept higher taxes on fossil fuels to cut emissions.

But this climate apathy can be overcome if it’s tackled in the right way. The first step is to understand the psychology behind apathy. Climate change is exactly the kind of threat our minds aren’t equipped to worry about. It seems distant, happening mostly in the future and to other people. The widespread tendency to think “I’ll be OK”, known as optimism bias, makes it easier for people to assume such distant problems won’t affect them.

So, basically tricking people. Brainwashing them. Lots of dictatorial/authoritarian nations did this as well

Yet, daunting though these barriers are, they can be beaten with political leadership and honesty. To start with, the international community has to admit its plans aren’t enough. Commitments to cut emissions, such as the Paris Agreement and the UK’s Climate Change Act, give the impression the problem is under control. It isn’t. The UK is set to miss its targets from the mid-2020s, while global plans are so weak they would, even if achieved, leave us on course for dangerous warming.

Honesty and political leadership aren’t two things that go together that often. And, since this whole movement is based on lies, misdirection, ginned up computer models, bad data, missing data, and manufactured data, honesty was never a part of this.

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Your Fault: ‘Climate Change’ Could Possibly Maybe We Feel Reduce Scallop Production

By William Teach October 5, 2018 – 7:04 am

If you’d only agree to pay lots of taxes and give up your freedom to Government we could stop this

New Study Shows Climate Change Could Reduce Scallop Population

Researchers in Massachusetts say under the worst case scenario, climate change could reduce the scallop population by more than 50 percent in just a few decades, which could be bad news for New Bedford’s lucrative fishing port.

In 2016, commercial fishermen landed more than $300 million worth of fish at the Port of New Bedford, and 85 percent of that value came from scallops.

A new study from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows as carbon emissions in the atmosphere increase, so does the acidity in the ocean.

Jennie Rheuban, lead author of the report, said that could affect how well scallops can grow.

“Adults may actually be growing slower and calcifying less quickly under these acidified conditions because it’s more difficult for them to lay down calcium carbonate as a shell,” Rheuban said.

May, could, super scientific words, all based on attempting to scare people. One has to wonder how scallops developed in the first place when the oceans were warmer and higher? These people are shameless.

“They aren’t able to swim quite as well when they’re experiencing acidified conditions, and so we hypothesize that under acidification, scallops may be more susceptible to predation,” she said.

So, they don’t actually know? Huh.

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NY Times: Kavanaugh Wouldn’t Represent The Will Of The Majority Or Something

By William Teach October 5, 2018 – 6:55 am

There are plenty of other hot takes at the NY Times alone, such as the editorial board finding that Kavanaugh should not be voted to the Court because he got mad and upset during the hearings where he defended himself from scurrilous, false allegations. This is the same editorial board which hired a confirmed racist in Sarah Jeong, and went forward when the allegations were proven. Then you have Michelle Goldberg claiming a cover up in the FBI report which Democrats demanded.

But the one by Michael Tromsky, who is a very far left Progressive/Socialist, takes the cake

The Supreme Court’s Legitimacy Crisis
It’s not about Kavanaugh’s alleged behavior. It’s about justices who do not represent the will of the majority.

Test your Supreme Court knowledge: In the entire history of the court, exactly one justice has been

a) nominated by a president who didn’t win the popular vote and

b) confirmed by a majority of senators who collectively won fewer votes in their last election than did the senators who voted against that justice’s confirmation.

Who was it?

If you’re like me, your mind started leapfrogging back to the 19th century. After all, this sounds like one of those oddities that was far more likely to have happened when our democracy was still in formation. (snip)

No — it turns out you don’t have to go back very far at all. The answer is Neil Gorsuch.

Donald Trump won just under 46 percent of the popular vote and 2.8 million fewer votes than Hillary Clinton. And Mr. Gorsuch was confirmed by a vote of 54-45. According to Kevin McMahon of Trinity College, who wrote all this up this year in his paper “Will the Supreme Court Still ‘Seldom Stray Very Far’?: Regime Politics in a Polarized America,” the 54 senators who voted to elevate Mr. Gorsuch had received around 54 million votes, and the 45 senators who opposed him got more than 73 million. That’s 58 percent to 42 percent.

And if the Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh soon, the vote is likely to fall along similar lines, meaning that we will soon have two Supreme Court justices who deserve to be called “minority-majority”: justices who are part of a five-vote majority on the bench but who were nominated and confirmed, respectively, by a president and a Senate who represent the will of a minority of the American people.

And he goes on and on and on and on regarding this line of thought feelings. Which misses the point that Supreme Court is not there to represent the will of the majority, but to determine Constitutionality and rules of law. Equal justice for all. Not be mouthpieces for who got the most votes.

Further, Trump did receive the most votes per the way the Constitution lays out the election of the president. The Senators who voted for Gorsuch received the majority of individual votes in their state races to win their seats. It doesn’t matter how many Dianne Feinstein may have received in California vs how many Richard Burr received in North Carolina.

And, we should never forget that there are ways and means to protect the minority in Congress, the legislative branch, up to a point. We do not live in a majority rules nation.

These illogical, illiberal, anti-Constitution, Trump Derangement Syndrome (would be the same if Rubio, Jeb!, Cruz, or some other Republican won the presidency, though, perhaps the derangement would have been a 9/10 instead of a 13/10) infused Democrats should be pissed at Hillary for her campaign season failures, and, just suck it up. Trump’s president. Get over it.

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CNN Forgets Pertinent Information ON Guy Who Doxxed Republican Senators

By William Teach October 4, 2018 – 4:53 pm

I bet CNN’s Sophie Turner, who wrote the story, wonders why Republicans call them fake news

Capitol Police arrest man suspected of ‘doxing’ lawmakers during Kavanaugh testimony

The US Capitol Police announced Wednesday that they had arrested a suspect for allegedly “doxing” — a form of publishing private identifying information online — lawmakers during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week.

“Earlier today, the United States Capitol Police (USCP) arrested the Suspect who allegedly posted private, identifying information (doxing) about one or more United States Senators to the internet,” said Eva Malecki, communications director for Capitol Police, in a statement.

According to the statement, the Capitol Police arrested 27-year-old Jackson Cosko of Washington on Wednesday.

Cosko has been charged with making restricted personal information public, making threats in interstate commerce, unauthorized access of a government computer, identity theft and obstruction of justice/witness tampering, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. He’s also facing charges of second-degree burglary and unlawful entry for incidents in Washington.

There’s only 4 more short paragraphs in the story, two of which are composed of one line each, none of which note

U.S. Capitol Police arrested Wednesday a former Democratic staffer suspected of posting the personal information of at least one United States senator to the internet. (snip)

Cosko has most recently worked as an intern for Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. He has also worked under Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and former California Sen. Barbara Boxer, according to Fox News.

Jackson Lee’s Chief of Staff Glenn Rushing told Politico that Cosko has been fired.

Cosko is a “Democratic Political Professional & Cybersecurity Graduate Student,” according to his LinkedIn page, which states that his job duties in the U.S. Senate included assisting senior staff “with issues before the Commerce Committee including technology, telecommunications, transportation; as well as with cybersecurity matters before the Homeland Security Committee.”

Strange that such relevant information is missing from the CNN article, eh? In fact, it’s the only article on Cosko, so, it’s not like CNN is mentioning this anywhere else. Nor is it even front page. Imagine had a Republican intern done this: the treatment would have be completely different.

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If All You See…

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

…is a horrendous fossil fueled vehicle killing everyone, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jo Nova, who’s blog is ten years old today! Congratulations! Also, go read about Conservatives not being fooled like liberals on “extreme weather.”

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