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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Surprise: ‘Climate Change’ Is Barely An Issue For Midterms

By William Teach October 4, 2018 – 10:30 am

For all the caterwauling about the Doooooooom coming from anthropogenic climate change, it is almost always a tiny issue during actual election seasons. This one isn’t any different

DEMOCRATS SHELVE CLIMATE CHANGE RHETORIC AS ELECTION NEARS

Democratic messaging on climate change has been stunted throughout the midterm election cycle, and most candidates are turning to other issues to connect with voters, The New York Times reports.

Health care and the economy consistently top polls of key issues and social security, immigration and guns usually perform well too. Climate change, energy and the environment are almost always counted among the least important issues to voters deciding who to support.

Of 161 potentially competitive congressional races, just a “handful” of Democrats have released campaign ads, either on television or the internet, that talk prominently of climate change and energy issues, Climate Nexus’s in-house database shows, according to TheNYT.

“Until voters in the U.S. perceive this as a quite imminent threat, it’s liable to remain mired in the middle of all the other issues,” Climate Nexus executive director Jeff Nesbit, whose group is dedicated to communicating climate change threat, told TheNYT.

The article points out that people like Tom Steyer and Al Gore have donated millions and millions on the subject, and, just like in previous elections, that money has been wasted.

Highly publicized environmental activism and data has not translated into widespread concern for broader issues of climate change, energy or the environment as far as elections go. The top issues of registered voters are immigration and health care, according to a June poll by The Pew Research Center. Immigration most interested 19 percent of registered voters and health care is the key issue for 13 percent.

In a survey in which one of seven broad topics voters were most interested in for the 2018 midterms, energy issues never performed better than 5 percent by any metric and was often the least supported key issue, other than issues that fall into the obscure eighth category of “other,” according to an April survey by Morning Consult.

So, pretty much no one cares. Not even Democrats. As Anthony Watts notes

In close races, speaking on climate change might motivate conservative voters to turn out against Democratic candidates rather than encouraging Democratic voters to cast their ballots, according to The New York Times.

About the only election I can think of where ‘climate change’ was bigly on the ballot was the 2012 Queensland, Australia election, where the ruling party who was passing ‘climate change’ laws and rules and such lost so badly that they didn’t have enough seats left to be considered a recognized political party afterwards. Pushing taxes/fees, measures that will raise people’s cost of living, and measures that limit people’s liberty aren’t winning issues.

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Huh: Canadian Party Which Wants To Limit Immigration Wins In Landslide In Quebec

By William Teach October 4, 2018 – 7:53 am

It seems that people in other countries are also tired of government bringing in people who share little to nothing in common with the host country, especially when those people end up on the public dole and refuse to assimilate. Heck, many demand that the host country change to accommodate them

Canadian anti-immigrant party thrives with landslide victory in Québec

The populist movements sweeping across Europe and that led to President Donald Trump’s 2016 victory is cascading through Québec, the mainly French-speaking province in eastern Canada, where a right-leaning candidate and his young party dominated this week’s elections.

François Legault, leader of the right-of-center Coalition Avenir Québec and the province’s new premier-elect, won a landslide victory, taking 74 of the legislature’s 125 seats — even though recent polls had predicted a far narrower win. The CAQ was founded only seven years ago.

Legault had promised during the campaign to cut Québec’s annual immigration quota from 50,000 newcomers per year to 40,000, while also requiring those wishing to settle in Québec to take a test on their proficiency in French and on “Québec values” within three years or face expulsion.

Late in the campaign, Legault was forced to apologize after assuring a supporter he would protect Québec culture from being “erased” by immigrants, but his anti-immigrant message did not deter voters.

Experts predict he may not be able follow through on his most controversial proposals, but his and CAQ’s landslide victory offered strong evidence that the populist, nationalist movement is thriving within one of Canada’s largest provinces. Québec is home to more than 8 million people or about 23 percent of the country’s more than 35 million people.

Got that? It’s anti-immigrant to want to reduce immigration by one-fifth, and require immigrants to learn the language and the culture.

Following Monday’s election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that he would work with Legault on numerous issues, including immigration. “There’s a lot of conversations to be had, and I’m sure we will have disagreements from time to time, but we will do so in a constructive way that serves the citizens that have entrusted us with responsibilities,” he said.

Trudeau may be seeing some internal data regarding what Canadians are thinking on the unfettered importation of legal immigrants that supports the CAQ position, as well as on allowing all the illegal aliens into Canada. The actual opinions of citizens is often very different than what one reads in the news.

And this should concern Democrats here in the U.S., who have staked their mid-term chances on things like protecting illegal aliens and bringing in immigrants who would go on the public dole, as well restricting citizens’ 2nd Amendment rights, Trump Derangement Syndrome, blocking Judge Kavanaugh, abortion, and other crazy stuff.

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FBI Files Kavanaugh Report, McConnell Says Voting Will Start Friday

By William Teach October 4, 2018 – 7:25 am

After all the years of being rather squishy, Mitch McConnell has stayed beyond strong on Judge Brett Kavanaugh

McConnell sets key Kavanaugh vote for Friday

Senate Republicans filed cloture on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination on Wednesday, paving the way for a weekend showdown over the Supreme Court.

The move by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will allow the chamber to vote on ending debate on Kavanaugh’s nomination Friday under the chamber’s rules.

If Kavanaugh overcomes the procedural hurdle, the Senate could then take a final vote on his nomination as early as Saturday.

McConnell pledged earlier Wednesday that the chamber would vote on Kavanaugh this week, despite what he argued were attempts by Democrats to delay or stall the nomination.

“There will be plenty of time for Members to review and be briefed on this supplemental material before a Friday cloture vote. So I am filing cloture on Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination this evening so the process can move forward, as I indicated earlier this week,” McConnell said.

Might as well, as

Now, that’s just the White House making this statement, but, it’s highly, highly doubtful that the Senators will see any issues (other than perhaps Democrats seeing that Brett threw water balloons at classmates, including girls when he was in 7th grade and using a water pistol *gasp* at a pool party) in FBI background investigation number 7. Of course, outlets like the Washington Post are trying to throw shade on the report (before reading it), stating that it was curtailed. The FBI doesn’t care if a nominee drank while in high school and college. Nor did they find it necessary to interview Kavanaugh nor Dr. Ford, as they had both testified under oath.

And, of course, we’ll have these last minute attempts to derail Kavanaugh

And 63 million Americans and 30 states who voted for Trump want Kavanaugh on the court. Where were these law professors before the hearings (and who did they vote for)? Can’t wait to see what kind of whining from Dems we’ll get over the next few days. They got what they wanted: a separate hearing and then an FBI background check. Time to vote and confirm.

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Surprise: “Conservative” Groups Which Profess Belief In ‘Climate Change’ Receive Lots Of Liberal Money

By William Teach October 3, 2018 – 3:24 pm

The majority of the individuals and groups that claim they are conservatives/Republicans tend to be of the Big Government type variety, so this should be no surprise

WEALTHY FOUNDATIONS PAID ‘ONE OF THE LARGEST CONSERVATIVE GRASSROOTS’ GROUPS TO PROMOTE LIBERAL CLIMATE POLICIES

Wealthy charitable foundations spent $10 million on an effort that included handing money to conservative and libertarian think tanks and grassroots organizations to promote “a stable climate” and “a clean energy future” among other environmental issues, The Daily Caller News Foundation has found.

For example, two foundations that promote liberal energy policies handed nearly $4.2 million to the Christian Coalition to sway its conservative, religious membership of policies typically associated with liberals and environmentalists, according to grant information from tax filings from 2008 to 2016.

The Christian Coalition describes itself as “one of the largest conservative grassroots political organizations in America.”

However, the group received funding from charitable foundations since 2008 to “identify and educate supporters of renewable energy within the conservative community,” “advance policy solutions for a stable climate” and other related efforts, according to two grant descriptions.

“Environmental foundations have funded faux-conservative groups for many years to make it seem like their radical climate ideology has a broader consensus than it really does,” Institute for Energy Research (IER) President Tom Pyle told TheDCNF.

“If you see so-called conservative or free market groups pushing for policies that are anti-free market, follow the money, odds are left-leaning environmental foundations are supporting it,” Pyle said.

You may have read about “Republican Bob Inglis”, former Congressman for South Carolina, pushing for carbon taxes/fees many times, claiming this is a “free market solution”. Well, “his group, the Energy & Enterprise Institute (EEI), got more than $101,000 in 2012 from the Energy Foundation.” The Energy Foundation is a far left eco-wacko group. Surprise?

The article is long, worth the read, and, just remember, whenever you hear or read about a Conservative/Republican yapping about free market solutions and think that they’re exactly the same as the members of the Cult of Climastrology push, wonder where the money came from.

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If All You See…

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

…is a lawn dying from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Bunkerville, with a post on a report that Dr. Ford had no fear of flying and was coached for the polygraph.

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Don’t Forget The Test Of The Emergency Alert System Today

By William Teach October 3, 2018 – 11:11 am

I really just wanted to post this tweet

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Surprise: Californians To Pay Even More To Fight ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach October 3, 2018 – 10:30 am

One has to wonder why all the Warmists in California aren’t giving up their own use of fossil fuels and buying fully electric vehicles

How fighting climate change will raise California gas prices even higher

Last year the California Legislature raised gasoline taxes by 12 cents a gallon, and conservatives were so outraged they launched an effort to repeal it at the ballot box. Proposition 6 comes up for a vote in November.

Now, with considerably less fanfare, the state’s air-pollution agency has enacted a regulation that will raise gas prices as much as 36 cents a gallon by 2030 – and diesel by 44 cents. Californians already pay an average $3.73 a gallon for gas, or 85 cents above the national average.

The projected increases are part of the latest effort by the California Air Resources Board to fight climate change. The board last week voted to strengthen the state’s “low carbon fuel standard,” a fairly obscure regulation that requires oil refiners and makers of other fuels to reduce the “carbon intensity” of their products, including the greenhouse gases generated during production and distribution of the fuels.

As it is, the seven-year-old regulation costs California motorists an estimated 12 cents a gallon at the pump, according to Irvine energy consultant Stillwater Associates. The oil industry, which has been fighting the Air Resources Board over the rule for years, said the latest decision makes a bad regulation even worse.

It might not seem a lot, but, consumers won’t just be paying this directly, but, also through businesses passing on those extra costs via increase prices of goods and services. Then you combine this with all the other things and the middle and lower classes get hosed by the moneyed class which runs the government and the rich folks pushing this nonsense. I wonder when these governments and rich Warmists will practice what they preach?

The lone comment at the article notes

One of the greatest sources for carbon is Humans, spewing out carbon dioxide, by breathing, 24 hours a day. 365 days a year! Multiply that by 40 million people, all breathing at the same time!

California is wasting a great taxing opportunity here, but I’m sure they’ll rectify that in the future, calling for a breathing tax to mitigate the damage you’re causing by just being alive….Welcome to California!

Don’t give them ideas.

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