Vast Majority In Ontario See Carbon Taxes As Tax Grab, Symbolic

By William Teach May 14, 2018 – 10:29 am

Which, they pretty much are

7 in 10 Ontarians think carbon taxes are just a tax grab: Ipsos poll

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Carbon tax has been a hotly debated issue in the run-up to next month’s provincial election in Ontario, but most voters think it’s little more than a tax grab and a pointless, symbolic gesture that won’t actually do much to tackle climate change.

That’s according to a new Ipsos poll, conducted exclusively for Global News, in which 72 per cent of Ontarians said carbon taxes are just a tax grab, while 68 per cent dismissed them as a purely symbolic gesture.

The poll of 1,197 eligible voters found the sentiments to be largely prevalent across party lines — while Conservative voters (85 per cent) were most likely to label carbon taxes a tax grab, a majority of NDP (72 per cent) and Liberal (54 per cent) voters also felt the same.

So, even Canadians are starting to realize that this is a scam meant to take more money from citizens.
Carbon tax is quite simply a low-priority issue for Ontarians at the moment, according to Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Global Affairs.

25+ years of Spreading Awareness and the Cultof Climastrology is even losing people who had been believers.

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US To Officially Move Embassy To Jerusalem Today

By William Teach May 14, 2018 – 7:15 am

Doing this has been U.S. policy for decades, but previous presidents have talked about doing it but never pulled the trigger

Jerusalem welcomes the new U.S. Embassy as Palestinians decry ‘hostile’ move

The windy road leading up to the city was decorated with fluttering American and Israeli flags on Monday as signs everywhere declared “Trump, Make Israel Great.” A popular soccer team even renamed itself: “Beitar Trump Jerusalem.”

Jerusalem is ready — sort of — for the official opening of the U.S. Embassy.

The inauguration will take place at the site of the new embassy, which is really the existing consulate, just with a spanking new plaque. President Trump will not attend but he will address the high-profile crowd, including his daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and a host of political, religious and communal leaders, via live video linkup.

For most of Jerusalem’s residents, the wider Israeli public and the country’s leaders, it’s a cause for huge celebration.

At a celebratory breakfast in Jerusalem, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked called Trump the “Churchill of the 21st century.”

“He has reversed Chamberlain’s policy of capitulation and teaches the world that “the landowner has returned,” said Shaked at an event attended by members of the visiting White House delegation. “Europe insists upon not learning from history. It closed its eyes to the strengthening of the Nazis; today it is choosing to close its eyes to the strengthening of Iran. In such a reality in particular, it is good that the leader of the free world is President Trump.”

And, what this also does is formally recognize Jerusalem as the official capital of Israel.

Palestinians are planning to protest the move at events planned throughout Jerusalem and the West Bank. Israeli police spokesman, Micky Rosenfeld, said that security forces were on high alert for what is expected to be a tense few days.

On Tuesday, Palestinians mark the Nakba, Arabic for “catastrophe,” a term used for the flight and expulsion of an estimated 700,000 Palestinians seven decades ago upon Israel’s creation. The day also draws large protests.

But the largest demonstrations will likely take place in the coastal enclave of Gaza, where there has already been several weeks of unrest, with some 49 Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers and more than 2,000 wounded.

Unsurprising, and it will be unsurprising that the international media will condemn Israel when they respond after being attacked.

Somehow, this next bit actually made it into a Washington Post article, even if it was exactly the last two paragraphs

But Mike Evans, an American Christian Zionist who runs the Friends of Zion center in Jerusalem and paid for the citywide banners celebrating Trump, says this is a “pragmatic move.”

“The embassy dedication is a statement of no longer tolerating evil and is a game changer for the Middle East,” he said.

Too often administrations have tolerated radical Islam and attacks on Israel. Team Trump is changing that.

*Photo is from Ariel Schalit/AP, and is being widely used throughout many similar articles.

More: Unsurprising (more at Twitchy and Hot Air)

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Illegal Alien Moms Demand That Their Kids Be Deported With Them

By William Teach May 14, 2018 – 6:57 am

How utterly awesome of these illegal alien moms to take this position on Mother’s Day

UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT MOMS HOLD MOTHER’S DAY RALLY DEMANDING U.S. STOP TEARING FAMILIES APART

On the eve of Mother’s Day, a group of undocumented immigrant moms gathered in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, California, to protest against the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies.

The rally, organized by immigration advocacy group Cosecha, called on the administration to provide permanent protection to undocumented immigrants in the U.S. and to stop tearing mothers away from their children.

“As families celebrate their mothers this Sunday, millions of immigrant mothers live with uncertainty and fear of being separated from their children,” Cosecha said in a statement shared on Facebook.

“Millions of mothers have made the hard choice to leave their homelands to give their children a better chance in life and have worked hard to build a community to safely settle their families,” the immigrant rights group added.

Led by undocumented mothers, dozens of people marched through the street of Los Angeles after the group shared stories and sang songs of protest in MacArthur Park.

“Listen my people, my condors, my eagles, no human being could ever be illegal,” singers chanted.

I’m not sure how many times I and others must write this, but these moms put themselves and their kids in this position. It’s great that they want their kids to have a better life, but they did it wrong. If they want their kids to have a better life by robbing a bank, would that be OK? What if they were selling drugs to make a lot of cash? Well, crossing the border into America illegally is also very wrong, and if they are fearful, that’s is squarely on them. America has no responsibility to these illegal aliens, nor towards their children. The illegals should have thought about the consequences prior to crossing the border illegally or overstaying their visas.

And they’re welcome to take their kids with them if deported.

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that it would separate parents and children at the border if parents are caught “smuggling a child” into the country, representing a departure from a long-held immigration policy allowing families to stay together while their cases are processed.

“If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you and that child will be separated from you as required by law,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said earlier this month during an address at the Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies’ 2018 spring conference. “If you don’t like that, then don’t smuggle children over our border,” he added.

Pretty simple concept. If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.

If the illegals were smart, they’d switch tactics from telling Americans how mean we are and running these protests and such, and instead turn to asking us nicely and showing that they have assimilated. Perhaps then they’d get more sympathy. Since they’re making demands while being unlawfully present in our nation, well, bye Felicia.

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Tales From California Part 2: People Hold Large Cookout In Solidarity In Park Where Raaaaacism Occurred Or Something

By William Teach May 13, 2018 – 6:28 pm

Remember a few days when we learned that an Evil White Woman called the cops on a black family which was simply just having a barbecue in a park, which was totally racist!!!!! of the Evil White Woman? Of course, there was this little issue with the black family cooking out in an area not designated for cooking, and we can’t forget how enviroweenie California has become (though, there are actual reasons for cooking in parks only in designated areas). And now

Large Cookout Held In Park Where White Woman Called Cops On Black Family Barbecue

A large cookout was thrown in Lake Merritt Park in Oakland, California, just two weeks after a white woman called the police on a black family while they were having a barbecue.

The incident was recorded on video by Michelle Snider, who captured the unknown white woman standing in the designated BBQ zone in the park telling a group of black people she called the Oakland police because “it is illegal to have a charcoal grill in the park here.”

“She said that we were trespassing, we were not welcome, and then she turned back around and said, ‘y’all going to jail,'” said Snider’s husband, Kenzie Smith, told KRON-TV.

In California, especially places like Oakland, it’s not that far of a stretch to think one could go to jail for this. And, beyond the enviroweenism, in places like Oakland Leftists love them some Big Government authoritarianism.

In response to the viral video, a cookout was thrown on Thursday, May 10, at the very same spot the woman called the police on Snider and her friends.

The very spot they were cooking out illegally. The article is kinda vague on the Citizens Of Color failing to follow the law.

“This how we feel about mad ass Oakland gentrifiers,” Michael Swanson Jr. said, capturing the cookout and people dancing the electric slide during the cookout. The video has been viewed over 320,000 times and has been shared over 7,000 times on Facebook.

Nice bit of racism, for which Newsweek forgets to call them out on.

Oakland Mayoral candidate Cat Brooks warned that calling police could raise tensions and make the problem of the matter worse.

“When you engage law enforcement in these kinds of things you are opening the door for things to go very wrong, the potential for arrests like in Philadelphia with those two black men or worse physical assault or death and I don’t believe in this day and age that white folks don’t know that,” he told KRON-TV.

In other words, if you see someone engaged in breaking the law, don’t call the police, because it’s really not their lawlessness that’s the problem, it’s your unconscious raaaaacism. And this is why race relations have gotten much worse since the start of the Age Of Obama.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 13, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is a world turning to sand from Other People’s use of fossil fuels, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Last Tradition, with a post on Iran threatening to expose those who took bribes to pass Iran deal.

It’s motorcycles week, as recommended by Jonathan Smith.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach May 13, 2018 – 9:21 am

Patriotic Pinup Gil Elvgren Cowgirl

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in America. The sun is shining, the squirrels are squirreling, and have you called you mom yet? Hope you sent a card or flowers or something. This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help.

What’s happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Not A Lot Of People Know That discusses junk scientists weaponizing weather
  2. Wizbang covers lunatics wanting to give human rights to rivers and streams
  3. Watcher Of Weasels has John McCain’s Death Song
  4. This ain’t Hell covers Dick’s being cut off
  5. The Right Scoop has liberal outrage: Seattle Seahawks edition
  6. The Powers That Be has this week’s ManBearPig Eco-hypocrisy award
  7. The Last Tradition features Pelosi’s plan to raise taxes
  8. The First Street Journal wants to hold Stoneman Douglass accountable
  9. The Daley Gator features the Brown Shirts getting Offendinitis
  10. Scared Monkeys note who 9 of the 10 most vulnerable senators are
  11. Powerline features a Happy Mother’s Day from Excitable Tom Steyer
  12. Political Clown Parade covers big news not deemed newsworthy because of Trump
  13. Pacific Pundit notes the Dems panicking over Blue Wave Fizzle
  14. neo-neocon wants to be protected from bad jokes (sic)
  15. And last, but not least, Moonbattery covers Moonbat child rearing

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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Winning: North Korea Invites Media To Event Shutting Down Their Nuclear Test Site

By William Teach May 13, 2018 – 8:09 am

Here’s one that isn’t really making the news much, because it would make Donald Trump look good, and the totally non-partisan, utterly un-biased media can’t have people knowing things like this

(Breitbart) North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday that the communist regime would hold a ceremony on a date between May 23 and 25 to permanently shut down the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, and journalists from five countries, including the United States, were invited to attend.

The announcement appeared on the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) website, and appeared to be a gesture of goodwill towards the international community, which has pressured North Korea for years to dismantle its illegal nuclear weapons program. The ceremony will occur less than a month before a planned in-person meeting between dictator Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump, scheduled for June 12.

The press release from the Foreign Ministry did not specifically name the Punggye-ri site, describing it only as the “northern nuclear test ground of the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea].” There is no evidence, however, that North Korea possesses any other nuclear test sites, active or otherwise.

“A ceremony for dismantling the nuclear test ground is now scheduled between May 23 and 25, depending on weather condition,” KCNA announced. “Dismantlement of the nuclear test ground will be done in the following sequence: making all tunnels of the test ground collapse by explosion; completely blocking entries; removing all observation facilities, research institutes and structures of guard units on the ground.”

The North Korean Foreign Ministry affirms that, following the ceremony, the site will be “completely closed.” It adds that international journalists will be welcomed into the country “to conduct on-the-spot coverage in order to show in a transparent manner the dismantlement of the northern nuclear test ground.” Journalists applying to cover the event will be limited to citizens of China, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Korea, due to the remote and diminutive nature of the site.

One has to wonder how many U.S. journalists will go to North Korea to witness this, and report back on it honestly. How many will give him credit for what’s going on with North Korea. And, yes, they should give some credit to the presidents of South Korea and Japan. But, you just cannot dismiss Trump’s policies for helping make this all happen.

Now, could it be a trick? Of course. This is North Korea. And we can’t forget that Kim is still are despicable, brutal, violent dictator running a regime that acts in the same way. Perhaps this could be a step forward in reforming the system. Regardless, a denuclearized North Korea is a great thing.

But, the press is already trying to poo poo the dismantlement thing, as we see in one of the few articles on the subject

Dismantling North Korea nukes could be costly and take years to complete

If President Trump is successful in convincing Kim Jong Un to dismantle North Korea’s nuclear weapons program the effort would be unprecedented in its size and complexity, analysts say.

“This would be the biggest undertaking by the international community when it comes to denuclearization or disarmament,” said Olli Heinonen, an arms control expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a national security think-tank.

If Trump and Kim reach an agreement, the process could take years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars, Heinonen said.

Perhaps I’m reading too much into this, but, it sure seems like the USA Today is trying to put a negative spin on this, does it not? You have to know that the article would be completely different, vastly more positive if this was happening under Obama, or a President Hillary Clinton. Speaking of Obama

John Bolton, Trump’s national security adviser, said that the dismantling of Libya’s nuclear program in 2003 might serve as a model.

“One thing that Libya did that led us to overcome our skepticism was that they allowed American and British observers into all their nuclear related sites,” Bolton told CBS News recently. “It wasn’t a question of relying on international mechanisms. We saw them in ways we had never seen before.” (snip)

Several years later Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was removed from power by rebels backed by NATO air support. Ironically, Gadhafi’s fate is one of the reasons Kim has clung so steadfastly to his nuclear weapons.

Kim sees the survival of his regime as linked to the country’s nuclear program.

Hmph. They forgot to mention who screwed up Libya, and caused NK to cling so steadfastly.

Regardless, give Trump credit where credit is due.

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Good News: You Can Now Take A Fossil Fueled Trip To World’s First ‘Climate Change’ Center

By William Teach May 12, 2018 – 4:43 pm

Many other places, like museums and aquariums, have implemented small sections of their property to Hotcoldwetdry, but this is all about it

First Look: The world’s first visitor centre devoted to climate change opens in Wicklow

“We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it.”

Barack Obama was quoting one of America’s governors, Jay Inslee, when he said this at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in 2015.

This quote is also one of the first things you’ll read when you visit Wicklow’s Cool Planet.

This interactive visitor centre is thought to be the first of its kind in the world, taking children and adults on a journey of what the world will look like in 2050 if we keep up the lifestyle habits that are damaging the planet.

In other words, this is like looking in a crystal ball with Madam Zelda. And her prognostications are probably closer to reality, because most Warmist prognostications have failed so far. Still ice in the Arctic, and Manhattan is not under water.

Anyhow, one has to wonder how much in the way of fossil fuels, concrete, and other Evil things for ‘climate change’ were used to make this indoctrination center. And how much in the way of fossil fuels will be used to visit it.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 12, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is carbon pollution floating through the sky, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Feral Irishman, with a post on Australia’s restrictive gun control working almost as well as Chicago’s.

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Tales From California: White Woman Calls Cops On Black Family Grilling Out

By William Teach May 12, 2018 – 10:30 am

Ah, the People’s Republik Of California, a hotbed of diversity, tolerance, multiculturalism….raaaaacism? (via Twitchy)

Family wants to create awareness after BBQ confrontation at Lake Merritt

A family’s weekend barbecue outing at a popular East Bay spot had the potential of turning seriously ugly.

Police were called in because of a dispute about where people can set up their charcoal grills.

“This is exactly what is the problem with Oakland today. This lady wants to sit here and call the police on them for having a barbeque at the lake as if this is not normal,” said Michelle Snider.

Snider used her cellphone to record the woman you see on the video who called Oakland police because she said “it is illegal to have a charcoal grill in the park here.”

Of course, the people grilling out were black, and the woman on the phone was white, so, the Usual Suspects had fits. Like Fake Black Sean King

https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/994694982996054018

Of course, this is California, where they have lots and lots and lots of rules about everything, especially when it comes to Evil Barbecues releasing Evil carbon pollution, and….

According to an official Oakland Park and Rec map of Lake Merritt, there are six designated barbecue locations, three stationary charcoal locations, and three non-charcoal portable grill locations.

Smith and Snider were charcoal grilling in a non-charcoal grilling location.

Oops. So, raaaaacism denied. But, refer back to the headline

Smith was allowed to continue his weekend family barbecue by the lake like he says since he was a child.

“Honestly I want some kind of awareness. We need to be able to talk about this in an open forum,” said Smith.

And if that happens, it could be the beginning of building a better community.

How about this: follow the rules and grill out in designated locations. That’s the only “awareness” needed. The only thing we need to talk about.

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