If All You See…

By William Teach March 22, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible leather from a carbon pollution producing cow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Gay Patriot, with a post on a “qualified lesbian”.

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Heat Trapping Gasses Are Apparently Making Winter Weather Worse Or Something

By William Teach March 22, 2018 – 10:50 am

Is there nothing carbon pollution from you driving to work and getting a burger for lunch can’t do?

Is Climate Change Making Winter Weather Worse? New Study Stokes the Debate

Episodes of winter warming in the Arctic are increasingly likely to be followed by severe winter weather in the eastern U.S., including cold snaps and snowstorms, a study published in Nature Communications this month finds.

The new study is the latest salvo in a longstanding debate on the links between midlatitude winter weather and conditions in the Arctic, where climate change has led to dramatic warming.

The study’s authors include Judah Cohen and Karl Pfeiffer (Atmospheric and Environmental Research) and Jennifer Francis (Rutgers University). Cohen and Francis are two leading proponents of Arctic-midlatitude linkage. Their work offers a potential explanation for some noteworthy episodes of bitter cold and heavy snow that have occurred across the eastern U.S. over the past decade in the midst of overall national and global warming.

Let’s just skip to the chase: they’re claiming that a warming world is making winters colder and more brutal. So, I have to wonder, if the temperature trends down, will that make winters less brutal? These people are always finding ways to prop up their cult, to the point that no matter what happens, it’s always the fault of AGW. If the Earth went into another glacial period, they’d blame it all on carbon pollution.

And they have to manufacture those links, because plenty of winters over the past 10+ years in both Hemispheres have been cold and snowy. And, they always want that sweet, sweet government cash.

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Man Engaged In Crime Shot By Police For Refusing To Cooperate, Raising Object At Police

By William Teach March 22, 2018 – 8:10 am

Of course, this is all being spun as racist, such as at the Washington Post

Police shot at a man 20 times in his own yard, thinking he had a gun. It was an iPhone.

Police say they saw an object in Stephan Clark’s hand before firing 20 bullets that killed him in his back yard Sunday night in Sacramento, a disturbing moment that was made public through body camera footage released Wednesday night.

The two officers were responding to a 911 call about a man breaking vehicle windows when they encountered, then killed, Clark, an unarmed black man.

Video released by the Sacramento Police Department depicts a frantic foot pursuit through darkened streets pierced by white slivers of police flashlight.

That “white slivers” thing is cute, eh?

The officers spot Clark approaching a house and shout: “Show me your hands! Stop! Stop!”

Clark is seen running, and the two officers round the corner of the house and find him under a covered patio.

An infrared camera on an overhead helicopter briefly loses sight of Clark at this moment.

“Show me your hands! Gun!” an officer shouts and ducks behind the wall in a fraction of a second.

The helicopter footage shows one of the officers appearing to grab his partner to pull him to cover.

Clark steps toward the officers. Behind the wall, one of the officers issues another command. “Show me your hands!” And then: “Gun, gun, gun!”

Both officers open fire. Sparks from the bullets light up the helicopter’s infrared camera in sharp white pops.

Both officers reportedly fired 10 rounds each. It’s unknown how many struck Clark.

The “article” spends a lot of time quoting his grandmother, Sequita Thompson, who was present at the time (Clark was staying with her), and we get things like

Thompson disputes the police department’s version of events. Her grandson was short, she said in a video produced by the Bee. She believes another suspect was smashing windows, and that Clark was in the back yard at the wrong time.

It’s all about building a raaaaacist narrative, which is interesting, since this happened in yet another Democratic run city. In fact, remember, Sacramento is the Capital of Democratic controlled California. The WP finally gets around to a bit of detail, long after most people who have moved on to another story while muttering about racist police killing unarmed black men

The narrative of the Sunday night shooting released by authorities tells a short, grim story.

The helicopter observed a suspect picking up a “toolbar” and breaking a window to a house after 9 p.m. Sunday night.

The Bee reported it was the sliding glass door belonging to a neighbor.

Authorities said the suspect then ran and looked into a car.

Police in the helicopter guided officers on the ground to the front yard of Thompson’s house as Clark was coming from the back.

They met in the middle, and soon Clark was dead.

The gun officers thought Clark had in his hand was actually a white iPhone.

An analysis by The Washington Post found that 987 people were killed by police last year — 68 of them unarmed. Of those unarmed victims, 30 were white, 20 were black and 13 were Hispanic, showing an overrepresentation of African Americans among the total population. Five of the remaining fatalities were unknown or other.

Whoa! That’s quite a jump, eh? In fact, Clarke’s brother says his name will be remembered

“You’re going to know his name forever,” he added before reciting the names of several black men who were killed by police: “You’re going to remember it like how you know Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice. You’re going to know him. You’re going to remember this.”

Trayvon wasn’t killed by a police officer. He’d be alive if he didn’t jump a guy. Mike Brown would be alive if he didn’t attack a police officer. Regardless, the majority of the story is all about race baiting. The Sac Bee article has a lot more detail as to what happened, with the long chase along with the observation by the police helicopter, as does this HuffPost story. The police were there because they had received multiple calls that a person was breaking car windows. The helicopter started following the movements of Clark, which then witnessed him break a glass door, then jump a fence. Clark ran when confronted by the police. And it continued on.

All Clark had to do was not run. And not raise an object towards the police in night-time conditions. It’s not racism: it’s common sense.

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Are More California Cities Planning On Following Los Alamitos In Defying Sanctuary Law?

By William Teach March 22, 2018 – 7:40 am

One of the things that the pro-illegal alien crowd was concerned with when Los Alamitos voted to opt-out of California’s sanctuary for illegal aliens laws was that other jurisdictions would follow suit. That could be happening

(Fox News) More towns and cities in California are exploring options to follow Los Alamitos in rejecting the state’s sanctuary law.

Members of the Los Alamitos Council voted Monday to opt out of a state law that limits cooperation between local police and federal immigration agents.

“Tiny Los Alamitos has kicked open the door,” state Assemblyman Travis Allen told the Orange County Register, “and now other cities across California are looking to get on board and stand up against the illegal sanctuary state.” (snip)

The council’s move inspired officials in Orange County and the cities of Aliso Viejo and Buena Park to consider adopting similar measures against California’s sanctuary law.

Orange County Supervisor Michelle Steel said in a statement Tuesday that she plans to present a similar ordinance to the Board of Supervisors.

“I thank the City of Los Alamitos for standing up for its citizens and rejecting the so-called ‘sanctuary’ legislation passed in Sacramento, and I urge the County of Orange and all of our cities to do the same,” Steel said in the release.

Now, remember, there are actually many parts of California which actually vote Republican in big enough numbers to elect some Republicans. These are the places that have been discussed in all the splitting the state of California plans (here’s one of the latest). You could easily see quite a few of them pick up this banner and run with it.

Meanwhile, the ACLU is Very Concerned

(LA Times) The mayor (of Los Alamitos, Warren Kusumoto) acknowledged the ordinance might set off a legal battle but said that doesn’t concern him, adding the vote has important symbolic meaning.

“Is it going to hold up? I don’t know,” he said. “I just want to protect our community. It’s that simple.”

It would be interesting to see the State of California fight a jurisdiction, attempting to force them to comply in non-cooperation with federal immigration authorities. How well will that play on the national stage?

Sameer Ahmed, staff attorney at the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, called the measure a “blatant violation of the city’s obligation to follow state law,” stating that the foundation was ready to launch a lawsuit if the measure is given final approval.

Wait, what? Wouldn’t that mean that California’s sanctuary state laws are blatant violations of the state’s obligation to follow federal law? 8 U.S. Code § 1373 would be one of the relevant statutes.

Localities have a lot of discretion but they cannot contravene state law, said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School.

“That’s essentially what they are trying to do. I think this is a political statement and not one that is necessarily legal,” she said. “Can you imagine the consequences if cities and counties could do this on a regular basis…. You shouldn’t make a political statement through potentially impermissible laws.”

Can you imagine if states and cities and counties decided to fail to follow federal immigration law on a regular basis?

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Salon Does Ivanka’s Hair, “Inclusive” Crowd Freaks OUt

By William Teach March 21, 2018 – 6:11 pm

This is the problem when all politics are as personal as being naked

(Fox News) An Iowa salon received major social media backlash this week after posting a photo of Ivanka Trump when she visited the store to get her hair styled before an event.

Salon Spa W, in Des Moines’ East Village, posted a picture Monday on its Facebook page of the first daughter, who was in town to tour Waukee school district’s Aspiring Professional Experience program (APEX), with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Des Moines Register reported. Reynolds was standing next to Trump in the photograph.

“Our Monday kicked off with styling Ivanka Trump for her visit to Iowa! We [love] supporting women in politics,” the salon wrote in a caption on Facebook, which has since been edited.

Despite the salon’s excitement, hundreds of followers lambasted the business for styling the White House adviser and threatened to never return. Some people said the photo was “f—ing gross” and vowed to unfollow the page.

The response was totally unhinged. Seriously, people, she got her hair done. Why is it necessary to pitch a Hissy Fit over such tiny things? Oh, right, Victimhood Culture. Anyhow

Another Facebook user commented, “Will never book an appointment at this salon again. Total bum out. This salon employs hetero/non-hetero individuals and this just truly sucks. The fact that Salon Spa W was inclusive was always a big A + to me. You put your money where your mouth is as your vote. I loved this salon. I’m so, so disappointed and I can’t imagine how your non-cisgender employees/clients feel. Fail. Won’t ever be back.”

By “inclusive”, the inclusive crowd means only things and people they approve of.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 21, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle that Other People should not be allowed to drive, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Victory Girls Blog, with a post on the Supreme Court slamming a California abortion law.

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‘Climate Change’ Will Not Make Us Nicer Or Something

By William Teach March 21, 2018 – 10:30 am

In fact, Warmists are saying that these tiny temperature increases are “frightening”

CLIMATE CHANGE WILL NOT MAKE US NICER

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More than two centuries after Montesquieu, the notion that climate molds character is getting some support from modern science. A report published in November in the journal Nature Human Behaviour claimed that ambient temperature (that is, the temperature of the surrounding environment) is a “crucial” factor associated with an individual’s personality. The paper—by a team of psychologists based in China, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—found that, compared to people who grew up in areas with more extreme temperatures,

individuals who grew up in regions with more clement temperatures (that is, closer to 22°C) scored higher on personality factors related to socialization and stability (agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability) and personal growth and plasticity (extraversion and openness to experience).

The report concluded that as global climate change continues, “we may also observe concomitant changes in human personality,” with the caveat that the extent of such changes “await[s] future investigation.”

In other words, everyone will be nicer because pleasant weather will allow us to go outside and be social. But, hey, nice, pleasant weather where you can take your loved ones out for a wonderful lunch just to be with them is a Bad Thing

It’s tantalizing to think that climate change could smooth out our personal rough spots, or that rising temperatures will gradually turn gruff New Englanders into laid-back Californians. But don’t count on it. Rentfrow is careful to qualify the report’s prediction of possible personality impacts. “Any changes that might happen as a result of climate change would probably end up being over generations,” he said. And perhaps more significantly, “not all places are going to become warmer,” he added. “Some places will experience harsher winters, while others get hotter and drier.”

Good grief.

This is why Bushman finds the implications of the research not at all cheery, but “frightening.” He wrote in an email, “As climate change makes temperatures more extreme, people should become less sociable.” His own research predicts that global warming will increase crime, on the theory that living at lower temperatures, with more seasonal variation, requires groups to focus on the future and exercise more self-control, which in turn inhibits aggression and violence. (snip)

The Inuit are now on the front lines of a warming world, but before long, even the agreeable, extraverted folks in more temperate zones will find it impossible to ignore. Climate change, then, is more than a mood booster or anger trigger: It’s “a real transformation in society and culture,” Mathews warns. “The future is going to be radically strange.”

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Gun Grabbers: Say, Let’s Let Government Have All Your On-Line Info To Stop Guns

By William Teach March 21, 2018 – 9:03 am

You have to love the gun grabbers: they’re happy to blow off the 4th Amendment as they assault the 2nd. Here’s Charlie Kirk and John Chachas losing their minds in the USA Today

Parkland shooting spurs information age solutions for gun violence
Big data already knows everything about us, so couldn’t it have stopped Nikolas Cruz’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School slaughter in Parkland?

When you call your favorite Chinese take-out today you usually are addressed by name; asked if you have the same address when you placed your last order in November and if you want “the usual with extra soy sauce and four spring rolls?” Similar questions from your favorite pizza joint. When you dial into your airline from your mobile phone, the automated system asks, “Welcome back, John, where are you traveling today?”

Virtually every piece of your personal, health, financial and travel data, even beer preferences are available to somebody somewhere. So much for the individual right of privacy and personal freedom, the erosion of which essentially began in 1946 with the invention of the ENIAC computer.

And given the national gun debate raging in America with all manner of suggestions such as armed teachers, metal detectors in schools and churches — can metal detectors and armed guards at McDonald’s be far behind? — it is time for Congress to move into the 21st century and require the harnessing of integrated data to better equip American law enforcement.

No. We’re stupid enough to give up a lot of this data, and sometimes the companies take it, but, quite frankly, I do not care if Chilis knows that I prefer the Ranchero Chicken Tacos with potato soup, and to put the bacon, cheese, and onions on the side rather than mixing them. Or, if I get the burger, same with the soup, and do not put mustard on the burger (makes me break out, plus hate mustard). This is none of Government’s business. Literally. It’s not the Government’s job to have access to this information without a warrant. They have no need to know if I drive down to the beach, nor if I go to the gun range to shoot off a couple hundred rounds.

We are both lifelong conservative Republicans and gun owners. We live in a remarkable age of information and in the interest of young people, we need to turn the national conversation to procedures that might have helped avert recent tragedies.

We are neither gun proponents, nor gun control zealots.

Having said that we must allow authorities to have available knowledge about excess purchases of weapons and ammunition; knowledge about persons with mental illness or at-risk behavior; and the intersection of these categories in a manner that offers tools for law enforcement to intervene.

The Chinese take-out, the pizza restaurant, airlines, the credit card companies, Google, Amazon, iTunes and every other American enterprise has moved forward voluntarily utilizing such data.

It is now time for Congress and policy makers to retire the worthless empty phrase “common sense gun laws” and equally worthless “Gun Show Loophole” and actually pass meaningful legislation. Millennials and kids are at risk so enough of the vapid talk.

Well, first you’ll have to do away with the whole 4th Amendment thingy. If you were truly “conservative Republicans” you’d know this. Let’s look at their specific proposal

  • Establish a central data base at the FBI and Department of Homeland Security for future gun purchases to take effect upon enactment of legislation.
  • The statute would mandate that before the purchase of any gun or ammunition, the buyer must present a valid state driver’s license or a U.S. passport and a social security number. Furthermore, every purchase must be by credit card — not by cash or trade-in.
  • Any party that purchases more than one gun or three 24-round boxes of ammunition within the same calendar week will be flagged by the database for further review.
  • Flagged buyers shall, following further review, be subject to additional data scrutiny including readily available public information on traffic violations, reports of domestic violence, public intoxication from drugs or alcohol, postings on social media, obituary notices, employment terminations and the like. This additional review will be established by the FBI and Homeland Security with appropriate help from Silicon Valley creating a “risk scoring” of data associated with flagged persons.
  • Cross references will highlight concerns raised about a person’s health status, treatment or behavior combined with flags for multiple purchases of firearms or ammunition.

They’re proposal sounds more like a gun banner’s delight, along with being Big Progressive (nice Fascist) Government watching your every move.

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Border Patrol Turns Tables On California, Refuses To Hand Over Wanted Illegal Alien With Felony Warrants

By William Teach March 21, 2018 – 8:33 am

The police in California are probably outraged that Donald Trump’s government is refusing to cooperate, because resistance is only good when it’s Leftists doing #resist

(Daily Caller) Border patrol agents are refusing to hand over illegal immigrants with felony warrants to police in California because they can’t be sure local authorities will return the criminal aliens to federal custody, according to a top border security official in San Diego.

Rodney Scott, the chief patrol agent in the Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector, said earlier this month that California’s statewide sanctuary law was undermining normal cooperation between his agency and local law enforcement.

In a little-reported declaration in support of the Department of Justice’s March 6 lawsuit against California, Scott recalled multiple instances in which a Border Patrol agent in the San Diego sector determined that releasing a criminal alien to a local law enforcement would likely result in the person being released without notification to federal authorities.

“In each instance, the Border Patrol Agent determined it was not appropriate, consistent with his or her federal responsibilities to ensure the enforcement of immigration law, to release a criminal alien to the state and local law enforcement,” Scott said in a court declaration. “This was because, although the alien was subject to removal, if released to California law enforcement, the alien would ultimately be released into the public.”

Scott’s declaration, first reported March 19 by a local San Diego nonprofit news outlet, blamed the decisions on the California Values Act, the sanctuary state law that went into effect at the beginning of 2018. Also known as SB 54, the law sharply restricts communication between local police and federal immigration authorities, including about when criminal aliens are going to be released from local jails.

It is pretty bad when federal law enforcement refuses to cooperate with state and local law enforcement because state and local law enforcement are working under laws and rules that are contradictory to federal law, reasonable behavior, and pro-criminal. California state and local laws/rules have made it harder for federal law enforcement to do their lawful jobs, things like going after child smugglers, narcotics smugglers, and gun runners.

Meanwhile

Three illegal immigrants, who avoided capture after Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf blew the whistle on a raid by federal immigration authorities last month, have since been re-arrested for new crimes including robbery and spousal abuse, ICE officials said.

Schaaf tweeted out a warning ahead of the raid in northern California last month, infuriating Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and the Trump administration. (snip)

One was a Mexican national arrested for robbery and gun crimes, who was released back into the community for a prior offense despite an ICE detainer request in November.

Another Mexican national was arrested for a DUI, despite having been deported three times and prior convictions for false imprisonment, DUI and battery of a spouse.

The third was a Mexican national who was arrested for corporal injury of a spouse, despite being deported twice and criminal convictions including drug possession, hit-and-run, DUIs, possessions of narcotics equipment and a parole violation.

These are the types of people Democrats in California are protecting.

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UK’s Favorite “Foods” At Risk From ‘Climate Change” Or Something

By William Teach March 20, 2018 – 3:30 pm

The UK just went through a harsh winter with lots of snow and ice and cold and stuff, so, of course the Cult of Climastrology has to attempt to scaremonger

Fish and chips to curry: UK’s favourite dishes at risk from climate change, research shows

Some of the UK’s best-loved dishes – including fish and chips and chicken tikka masala – could be under threat as a result of climate change, environmentalists warn in a new report on Tuesday.

Warmer seas could see populations of cod – long the staple in fish and chips – replaced by lesser-known substitutes, leading to an “anchovies and chips” fish supper as soon as 2050, the environmental charity WWF said.

Research commissioned for Earth Hour, the world’s largest event to protect the planet, found that these and other favourites including the cheese ploughman’s platter and lamb cawl (Welsh lamb stew) may taste different and cost more in the future. Crucially, climate change could threaten the supply of the key ingredients in these dishes, leading to substitutes.

Have you ever noticed that stories like this never seem to include facts, such as, I don’t know, how much warmer the British seas are right now vs say 100 years ago?

To mark Earth Hour, which starts at 8.30pm on Saturday 24 March, WWF is urging people to make promises to change their life in one small way to help the environment, such as refusing plastic cutlery, carrying a refillable cup or cutting back on meat.

Pathetic. Oh, and then there is bat shit crazy at the same paper

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