More California Jurisdictions Join The Anti-Sanctuary Movement

By William Teach April 4, 2018 – 7:50 am

Huntington Beach is also going a step further

(San Diego Tribune) Huntington Beach plans to file a lawsuit against California and the state attorney general to challenge the legality of state mandates that expand protections for undocumented immigrants.

Huntington Beach joined a group of other Orange County cities — as well as the Board of Supervisors — in fighting the sanctuary state movement. Fullerton will consider similar action tonight. (WT-Fullerton voted to take no stance)

City Attorney Michael Gates said he would file the suit this week after the City Council gave its approval Monday night on a 6-1 vote. Councilwoman Jill Hardy dissented.

Huntington Beach joins a wave of opposition in Orange County to California’s “sanctuary state” laws, such as Senate Bill 54, which in many cases prohibits state and local police agencies from notifying federal officials when immigrants in their custody who may be subject to deportation are about to be released.

Gates said Huntington will be the first city to challenge the legality of SB 54, authored by state Senate leader Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), and he said he hopes “other cities in California follow our lead.”

So, not just declaring they will not participate in the state being a sanctuary for illegal alien criminals, but filing a lawsuit against the state themselves. The other jurisdictions have joined on with the Trump administrations suit against California.

San Diego County is expected to vote to join Trump’s lawsuit soon, as well. Escondito is considering its stance. The Sheriff of Hunterdon County has made very clear his county will not be a sanctuary one.

Oh, and because the media keeps saying there is no such thing as a sanctuary city, San Gabriel, California, just approved a resolution declaring themselves a safe city for illegal aliens. Those are some pretty white faces in the accompanying picture, despite being only 11.6% white (61% Asian, 25% Latino, and only .5% Black. Guess they don’t like skin that dark).

Anyhow, I wonder which jurisdiction will be next.

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Clear Backpacks Are Mean, So Let’s Fill Them With Feminine Products

By William Teach April 3, 2018 – 3:31 pm

The same Generation Tide Pod schmucks who want to limit the 2nd Amendment, even repeal it, are totally the best people to listen to, right?

https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/981136553899626496

In case you weren’t aware, Cameron is a guy. Who also linked to this other schmuck

Universal background checks would be fine, if the Left haven’t already stated that they want to use them to deny people who would otherwise get a permit. “High Capacity Clips”? Learn the proper terms before yammering. Assault weapons ban? Sure sounds like they’re trying to take guns. And after that, they’ll says “well, most are being shot with handguns, so, we need to put in some sort of restriction”. It’s about dinking and dunking to a true ban. Why were so many Democrats super enthused and in solidarity with Justice Stevens calling for a repeal of the 2nd?

https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/980969851027107840

Interesting. Not one thing about the sheriff, FBI, and school dropping the ball. But, hey, they’re so strong that they melt down over transparent backpacks*, filling them with tampons.

*I do not think transparent backpacks really solve the problem in a decent school like Stoneman Douglas. And could be a 4th Amendment violation.

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If All You See…

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

…is a wonderful low carbon bike being ruined by high carbon pollution beer, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Raised On Hoecakes, with a post on the real March Madness.

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Your Love Of Shrimp And Lobster Is Bad For ‘Climate Change’ Or Something

By William Teach April 3, 2018 – 10:45 am

Hey, do you like shrimp and lobster? How about other seafood? Well, you should flog yourself with a carbon offset stick, because this is all your fault. No, no, you can’t blame this on the thousands of Warmists who jet off to climate change conferences, dining on taxpayer funded shrimp, crab, lobster, and other seafood. They’re Trying To Help!

Our growing taste for shrimp is bad news for climate change

Fishing boats are catching more shrimp and lobsters than ever before—and although that may be good news for your next visit to a seafood restaurant, it’s not so hot for climate change. The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by fishing vessels rose 28% from 1990 to 2011, according to a new study, thanks largely to a greater haul of this premium seafood.

The findings are especially alarming because, over the past 2 decades, some fishing boats have become more fuel efficient and buyouts of excess fishing vessels have decreased competition and distances traveled. But the additional emissions from shrimp and lobster fishing have outweighed those gains. Pulling nets through the water adds considerable drag and also requires lower speeds, both factors that drain fuel tanks quickly. Lobster fishing also takes a lot of diesel to place, check, and retrieve the traps. Despite the costs, demand has been rising. In 2011, the amount of crustaceans caught was 60% higher than in 1990—a greater increase than for any other type of seafood—the researchers report today in Nature Climate Change.

All told, crustaceans account for 22% of the CO2 emissions from fishing, despite making up just 6% of all the tonnage landed. Given that fuel prices have decreased since 2008, the researchers expect that the trend has continued. The carbon intensity of lobster and wild-caught shrimp is less than most beef or lamb, they note. So surf still beats turf. But by far the most climate-friendly seafood is small pelagic fish, such as sardines, herrings, and anchovies.

Surf may still beat turf, but Cultists still want to force you to eat less. And make you pay taxes and fees.

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Oregon Looks To Punish Law Abiding Citizens By Requiring Use Of Trigger Locks

By William Teach April 3, 2018 – 8:03 am

It’s always interesting that these “common sense gun control” wankers rarely ever seem to want to punish criminals who use firearms while committing crimes. It’s always the people who have firearms for hunting, sport, and self protection who are the targets

Initiative would make Oregon gun owners use trigger locks, be liable for injuries

Two relatives of people killed in the 2012 Clackamas Town Center shooting filed a proposed ballot initiative Monday that would establish wide-ranging requirements for gun owners, from how guns must be stored to making gun owners liable for injuries caused with their firearms. Their initiative is the second gun-related measure that could appear on Oregon’s November 2018 ballot if backers gather enough valid signatures.

Backers will have to gather more than 88,000 voter signatures to put the question on the ballot this fall.

If Initiative Petition 44 qualifies for the ballot and is adopted by voters, it would compel Oregon gun owners to:

  • Store and transfer their weapons with trigger locks or in tamper-proof locked boxes
  • Directly supervise any child who uses their gun
  • Report a lost or stolen gun to the police within 24 hours of when they knew or should have known of the gun was missing
  • Be fully liable for an injury caused with their gun, unless the injury results from self defense or defense of another person

Breaking the new gun ownership rules, if voters enact them, could result in fines of up to $2,000 per violation.

Meanwhile, the Democrats in charge will give the actual criminals a slap on the wrist with some Harsh Words. It’s the last bullet point that is the most important, because requiring trigger locks or storing them in a tamper proof box is virtually unenforceable, unless the new law, if this passes, would see armed law enforcement be given blanket warrants to enter people’s homes and demand to see their papers guns. Making citizens responsible for any injuries caused by their gun being stolen and used by a criminal is the biggie, meant to punish people who have been victims of a property crime and turn them into a criminal.

And it appears as if this Initiative would turn violations into felonies, which would bar people from being able to own firearms. Huh.

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Mexico Finally Decided To Do Something About Illegal Alien Caravan

By William Teach April 3, 2018 – 7:37 am

President Trump has been tweeting about the big caravan of migrants who intend to show up at the US border and attempt to gain entry both legally and illegally. The government of Mexico had pretty much been doing nothing about it. But, now, it appears that they might possibly be doing something, which has made the Washington Post’s Joshua Partlow and David Agren, plus whichever editor wrote the headline, a bit TDS

That caravan of migrants Trump was tweeting about? Mexico stopped it.

The Mexican government on Monday evening moved to break up the caravan of migrants moving through southern Mexico, with immigration officials registering the travelers and suggesting some could receive humanitarian visas while others would have to leave Mexico.

The caravan, estimated at more than 1,000 migrants, many from Central America, has gained increasing visibility because of tweets by President Trump that have criticized Mexico for not doing more to stop the flow of migrants to the southern border of the United States.

The larger group, in Oaxaca, was being registered by immigration officials on Monday, according to people traveling with the group. An official from Mexico’s National Institute of Migration told BuzzFeed News that Mexico plans to disband the caravan by Wednesday and that some vulnerable people, such as pregnant women or those with disabilities, would receive humanitarian visas, while the rest will be expected to leave Mexico within 10 days or apply for permission to remain in Mexico for a month.

So, it hasn’t really been stopped as of yet. In fact, another reporter notes

Nor is Trump trusting this in full

What will happen? We’ll see. Mexico has much stricter illegal immigration laws than the U.S.

Hey, if some of them make it to the U.S., we can settle them next to California Governor Jerry Brown’s house.

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Kids Who Want Lots Of Government For Other People Upset About Government For Themselves

By William Teach April 2, 2018 – 3:29 pm

Funny how Leftists are super thrilled by Big Government control on Other People, yet, whine like a 3 year old missing their blankie when it hits themselves (via Twitchy)

A prison, people! ZOMG! A clear backpack! Lots of great responses over at Twitchy, including this gem

And CNN even jumped in on the Victimhood bandwagon

Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School return to class Monday, their first day back since organizing one of the largest youth-led protests in US history.

But these teenagers won’t be returning to a normal high school experience. Instead, they’ll be met with strict security measures which are intended to protect them from another mass shooting but have some students feeling as if they’ll be learning in a prison. (snip)

MSD students will only be allowed to carry clear backpacks on campus and will be required to wear new student IDs at all times.

“It feels like being punished,” Robinson told CNN. “It feels like jail, being checked every time we go to school.”

Oh, noes, being punished for the actions of one nutjob, who could have been stopped if the sheriff, school, and FBI had done their job? How rude! And here’s Excitable David Hogg’s little sister, who was given a blue checkmark

Just. Like. Prison.

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If All You See…

By William Teach April 2, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is a ground turning to desert from carbon pollution atmosphere cancer, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Last Tradition, with a post on Democrats waiving background checks for their Pakistani IT guys.

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It’s Snowing In The Northeast, So, You Know What That Means, Right?

By William Teach April 2, 2018 – 10:30 am

You could see this one coming, right?

N.J. weather: Quick-hit April snowstorm to drop up to 6 inches today

A rapidly moving April snowstorm will make for a miserable Monday morning commute across the northern half of the state, dropping as much as 6 inches of snow before exiting early this afternoon.

Expect about 3 to 4 inches in the New Brunswick area and 2 to 3 inches around Freehold and Trenton.

Everyone from Toms River south should gets less an inch with people in Atlantic City as well as in Cape May and southern Cumberland counties seeing no snow. Parts of the state could see changes back and forth from rain to snow during the brief storm.

The snow isn’t confined just to Jersey, but the southern part of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Mass, Vermont, New Hampshire, Eastern PA, and southern Maine. So, of course

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NY Times Is Super Thrilled To Advocate For Secret Climate Scam Science

By William Teach April 2, 2018 – 7:10 am

Ever since Scott Pruitt announce that the science would no longer be secret, at least not on the taxpayer dime, all the Warmists have been coming up with various different Excuses as to why making the science transparent is a bad idea

(Daily Caller) The New York Times editorial board came out against Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s plan to stop “secret science” from being used as the basis of regulations.

Pruitt will soon require EPA to only rely on studies that make their data publicly available when crafting regulations. The Times opposed Pruitt’s transparency plan, echoing liberal critics’ claims it would violate patient privacy.

“He told his subordinates that they could no longer make policy on the basis of studies that included data from participants who were guaranteed confidentiality,” The Times editorial board wrote on Saturday.

“Over the years, such studies have been crucial to establishing links between mortality and pollution, led to regulations and saved many lives,” the editorial board wrote. “Limiting policymakers to only those studies with publicly available health data greatly narrows the field of research.”

It’s easy to see that Pruitt’s policy is primarily aimed at the climate change scam and some of the enviroweenie regulations that we were seeing implemented during the Obama years, ones that had an impact on citizens, and the People had very little access to the actual data.

The editorial board quoted an op-ed by former Obama EPA officials who argued, “Mr. Pruitt’s goal is simple: No studies, no data, no rules.” The Times editorial ties Pruitt’s latest plan into the Trump administration’s alleged “disdain” for science.

If the data cannon stand up to transparency, then it’s not particularly good data. In fact, the full quote at the Times reads

Far better to stick his head in the sand, ostrichlike; do that, and the need for policies regulating greenhouse gas emissions or dangerous pollutants like soot and mercury magically disappears. Which is certainly Mr. Pruitt’s modus operandi. As Gina McCarthy, a former E.P.A. administrator, and her deputy for air quality, Janet McCabe, said in a recent Times Op-Ed: “Mr. Pruitt’s goal is simple: No studies, no data, no rules.”

So, requiring that the science no longer be secret is Pruitt sticking his head in the sand, Ostritchlike? Really? Science must be replicable. It is supposed to be open. Why are Warmists advocating so strongly for it to be secret? It doesn’t take an Einstein to arrive at the real answer.

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