If All You See…

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

…is a carbon pollution sea rising up, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 90Ninety Miles From Tyranny, with a post on yet another wonderful undocumented person.

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An Early Spring Is A Dark ‘Climate Change’ (scam) Warning Or Something

By William Teach March 12, 2018 – 10:56 am

There’s an old term for when it gets really warm during the fall or winter: Indian summer. Because weather things happen. But, in Warmist World, this is doom

The Dark Warning of an Early Spring

(Margaret Renkl starts out with a bit about the recent warmth, and birds waking her up with singing, which is totally horrible)

Winter was brutal this year, highs in the teens day after day after day, torrential rains whenever the mercury rose into a more normal range for Middle Tennessee. A polar vortex prompted the president of the United States, who apparently does not know the difference between climate and weather, to tweet, “Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!”

In this context, even a person who knows the difference between climate and weather might be forgiven for welcoming a warm day in February — a gorgeous day when birds are singing and little creatures are stirring in the brush, and all the sleeping turtles have crawled out of the deep mud at the bottom of the lake and lumbered onto the slick trunks of fallen trees. I paused to study them sunning themselves, all lined up in a row like prehistoric rosary beads.

But, doom is coming

“When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest,” Hemingway famously wrote in “A Movable Feast.”

But this, it turns out, was not a false spring. This was actual spring arriving very early.

The symptoms of climate change are well known, and its risks to some of our favorite creatures — tigers, sea turtles, elephants, giant pandas, mountain gorillas, monarch butterflies — are equally clear, though it’s easy to forget that in the comings and goings of our own daily lives. In December a National Geographic video of a starving polar bear went viral as people faced at a gut level the undeniable consequences of a phenomenon that can sometimes seem mainly theoretical.

Yeah, apparently spring wasn’t arriving, it was just a bit a warm up, which happens. But, not in Warmist World, where everything that happens is The Worst Ever, and a Harbinger Of Annihilation.

And if spring arrives earlier than expected in the Northern Hemisphere, migrating birds will show up, right on schedule, to find their typical food sources vanished, with terrible implications for the survival of their young.

We could fix this all with a tax, you know. And giving up most of your freedom to Big Government.

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Colorado Blows Off ICE Detainer, Releases Illegal Alien Charged With Vehicular Homicide On Bond

By William Teach March 12, 2018 – 8:38 am

If this illegal hurts anyone else, the Department Of Justice should charge the people in charge with multiple violations of federal immigration law, which actually cover things like this

(Fox News) An illegal immigrant charged with vehicular homicide in a fiery crash on a Colorado interstate bonded out of jail Saturday, a week after the deadly hit-and-run incident, despite being wanted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Ivan Zamarripa-Castaneda, 26, allegedly fled the scene of the accident on Interstate 70 involving a tractor-trailer that caught on fire last week, leaving the driver to die, according to the Denver Police Department.

Zamarripa-Castaneda bonded out on Saturday, according to jail records, but it’s not clear if he has been taken into custody, FOX 31 reported.

So, this is a guy who already fled the scene of a crime before being caught, a scene where someone died

The 26-year-old had bond posted at $25,000, meaning he could get out of jail for $2,500 and avoid federal immigration officials until his next court date. That’s because the Denver Police Department and other state agencies stopped honoring detainer orders from ICE since 2013 after courts ruled it was illegal.

The Denver Sheriff Department, which operates the jail, told Fox News last week that unless ICE gets a federal criminal warrant that Zamarripa-Castaneda could leave detention after posting bond.

And they gave this guy a tiny bond for vehicular homicide. Typical bail amounts for this are usually in the $100,000 range or higher. Was this a case of assigning a lower bail to make sure he could get out before ICE came? We have seen this in other cases, where illegals are given lower charges and/or lower bail amounts to avoid ICE.

His next court date is on April 2. What’s the over/under on him appearing?

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White House To Push Arming Teachers But Not Raising Firearms Purchase Age

By William Teach March 12, 2018 – 8:14 am

As Victory Girls Blog’s Deanna Fisher notes

This is a common pattern with President Trump. Propose one idea as being the right tack to take, watch and see who objects, then back off and change your mind. This time, it regards the age restriction on gun purchases.

If you remember, the president hosted a meeting at the White House a week ago that laid out his initial take on “what a president should do RIGHT NOW.” The reaction by conservatives and more mainstream Republicans was… shock.

It’s rather a pattern of what you see more in the business community, rather than in a politician, where they run ideas up the flagpole, realize that something will not fly, and change their minds, hence the reason we see this with Trump quite a bit. Also, because many of Trump’s leanings are NYC liberal (not hardcore progressive, just an average liberal, mind you), not Conservative. And here’s what’s going on

White House vows to help arm teachers and backs off raising age for buying guns

The White House on Sunday vowed to help provide “rigorous firearms training” to some schoolteachers and formally endorsed a bill to tighten the federal background checks system, but it backed off President Trump’s earlier call to raise the minimum age to purchase some guns to 21 years old from 18 years old.

Responding directly to last month’s gun massacre at a Florida high school, the administration rolled out several policy proposals that focus largely on mental health and school safety initiatives. The idea of arming some teachers has been controversial and has drawn sharp opposition from the National Education Association, the country’s largest teachers lobby, among other groups. Many of the student survivors have urged Washington to toughen restrictions on gun purchases, but such measures are fiercely opposed by the National Rifle Association, and the Trump plan does not include substantial changes to gun laws.

Rather, the president is establishing a Federal Commission on School Safety, to be chaired by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, that will explore possible solutions, such as the age requirement for purchases, officials said.

DeVos characterized the administration’s efforts as “a pragmatic plan to dramatically increase school safety.”

“We are committed to working quickly because there’s no time to waste,” she said on a conference call with reporters on Sunday evening. Invoking past mass school shootings, she continued, “No student, no family, no teacher and no school should have to live the horror of Parkland or Sandy Hook or Columbine again.”

Other stories I’ve run across regarding gun training and arming involves other school employees, as well. As Ms. Fisher points out, arming teachers is not popular with the teacher’s unions heads, but is popular with many of the rank and file, as is arming administrators, which, as I’ve said before, might be a wiser choice, since they tend to be more freely moving around the buildings, rather than stuck in a classroom.

But, so far, there are no plans released by the White House at this time. Also

The NRA supports the idea of allowing armed teachers in schools. Bremberg said the administration is backing two pieces of legislation: A bipartisan bill by Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) that is designed to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and the STOP School Violence Act, which would authorize state-based grants to implement violence prevention training for teachers and students.

Democrats have been rather wishy washy on the background checks bill which was primarily written by Murphy, because they want promises of lots more gun control. I guess we’ll see where this all goes, and if the Washington Post knows what they’re talking about or they got punked.

It’d be nice if schools could remove the gun free zone signs, and replace them with “If you don’t work here, don’t bring a gun, because employees are armed, and you’ll lose”.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 11, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is a world dried out from Other People’s carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is MOTUS A.D., with a post on #SooperSunday.

It’s armed women of Israel week, as recommended by Steve Eggleston.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach March 11, 2018 – 9:43 am

Happy Sunday! Yet another great day here in America during Second Winter. The birds are chirping, the Devils are hanging tough for the Playoffs, and my Gouramis are mostly getting along (though the 3 Fire Gouramis demolished my live plant). This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, I believe, with a wee bit of help.

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

  1. Vox Popoli covers armbands for gun control
  2. Victory Girls Blog thinks Trump meeting with Little Kim is a bad idea
  3. This ain’t Hell… discusses a cop hating coffee shop
  4. The Powers That Be covers next level media bias at the NY Times
  5. The Other McCain notes “Jew hating intersectionality” at the Women’s March
  6. The Last Tradition explains how California illegal alien policies hurt Californians
  7. The First Street Journal notes that we should never fear to negotiate
  8. The Daley Gator says that video games are not to blame
  9. Powerline covers Stormy Daniels and Ted Kennedy
  10. Patterico’s Pontifications discusses a Washington Post writer wanting babies with Down Syndrome aborted
  11. Pacific Pundit notes Trump’s new 2020 slogan
  12. neo-neocon covers the world’s most dangerous cities
  13. Moonbattery notes social justice engineering at …… funeral homes
  14. Legal Insurrection notes that transcripts from school shootings don’t lie
  15. Jihad Watch covers a college claiming that saying “God bless you” is Islamophobic

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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Surprise: Firearms Background Check System Riddled With Flaws

By William Teach March 11, 2018 – 8:43 am

This is shocking! We all saw how well the whole system worked for the Parkland shooter, did we not?

Gun background check system riddled with flaws

Recent mass shootings have spurred Congress to try to improve the nation’s gun background check system that has failed on numerous occasions to keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous people.

The problem with the legislation, experts say, is that it only works if federal agencies, the military, states, courts and local law enforcement do a better job of sharing information with the background check system — and they have a poor track record in doing so. Some of the nation’s most horrific mass shootings have revealed major holes in the database reporting system, including massacres at Virginia Tech in 2007 and at a Texas church last year.

Despite the failures, many states still aren’t meeting key benchmarks with their background check reporting that enable them to receive federal grants similar to what’s being proposed in the current legislation.

“It’s a completely haphazard system — sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn’t,” said Georgetown University law professor Larry Gostin. “When you’re talking about school children’s lives, rolling the dice isn’t good enough.”

Essentially, the database is incomplete, mostly from human error and/or incompetence. So, um, how would Democrats demand for “universal background checks” actually work? How about “closing the gun show loophole”? Realistically, they are not actually concerned with any of these, they just want to make sure the Government knows how many guns you have and what types they are, all the better to confiscate them if they’re able to get their gun banning/grabbing bills through.

“The system is riddled with opportunities for human error,” said Kristin Brown, co-president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

A proposal in Congress seeks to establish a structured system for federal agencies to send records to the NICS database. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas says the legislation — often referred to as “Fix NICS” — will save lives.

This is a bipartisan bill sponsored by a Democrat, Senator Chris Murphy (Conn), which is being blocked by Democrats, including Murphy, because they want more gun control. However, Cornyn says he has the votes to avoid a filibuster.

If Democrats actually want to reduce criminal use of firearms, this is the type of legislation you start with, one which won’t punish the law abiding citizens and will drastically reduce the number of people who purchase a gun legally when they should be denied.

Meanwhile, the DOJ is looking to enact a regulation that would recodify bump stocks, making them illegal. I’m good with this.

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Bummer: There’s Something We’re Not Talking About For ‘Climate Change’ (scam)

By William Teach March 10, 2018 – 4:53 pm

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Folks, we should totally be talking about this

One Effect of Climate Change We Aren’t Talking About

The San Francisco Bay Area’s flood risk maps, produced by FEMA, use satellite radar to calculate city-by-city threats. One thing they don’t take into account, however: Bay-side cities aren’t just vulnerable to melting ice caps. They’re also sinking — sometimes at a rate of about a half-inch per year.

That’s the alarming conclusion from researchers at UC Berkeley and Arizona State University. Their paper, “Global Climate Change and Local Land Subsidence Exacerbate Inundation Risk to the San Francisco Bay Area” was published in the journal Science Advances this week. The Mercury News reports:

Much of the bay’s shoreline, because it is built on mud that compacts over time, is sinking at about 2 millimeters a year, roughly the thickness of a nickel … .

This is totally your fault, you guys. Stop eating beef tacos, you’re making mother earth deflate.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 10, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil horse releasing evil carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is C3, with a post on facts not lying.

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New Democrat Idea For 2020 Race: Abolish ICE

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

You can always count on the so-called fringe of the Democratic party to tell us what they all really think

(Daily Caller) Left-wing pundits and activists are increasing pressure on Democratic politicians to embrace the fringe position of abolishing ICE.

Once a fringe idea on the far-left, abolishing the nation’s immigration enforcement agency now looks likely to become a campaign issue in the Democrats’ 2020 presidential primary.

Former Hillary Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon came out for abolishing the agency in January. “ICE operates as an unaccountable deportation force,” Fallon argued. “Dems running in 2020 should campaign on ending the agency in its current form.”

“Should ICE exist?” MSNBC host Chris Hayes asked Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris on Thursday. Harris’s answer — “certainly” ICE should exist — sparked a backlash among some liberals.

Liberal writer Jack Mirkinson on Friday slammed Harris for her answer in an article titled, “Not Good Enough, Kamala Harris.”

Head on over for the rest of the story, but, suffice to say, all the lefties who have been yammering about wanting to keep the “good” illegals while getting rid of the bad ones are simply lying: they want to keep them all.

“ICE​ is terrorizing American communities right now,” Angel Padilla, policy director of the Indivisible Project, told The Nation. “They’re going into schools, entering hospitals, conducting massive raids, and separating children from parents every day. We are funding those activities, and we need to use all the leverage we have to stop it.”

No, they aren’t entering schools and hospitals. Yes, they are conducting raids, as the law dictates. The parents put their children in this position.

Good luck with this talking point, Dems.

BTW, ICE does a whole lot more than just enforce immigration, as you can see in the “what we do” page.

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