Good News: Young Warmists Recognized For Being Warmists Due To Un-Scientific Propaganda

By William Teach February 9, 2018 – 12:50 pm

Nothing says “I totally believe in science” like basing your beliefs off of something that is simply propaganda

Two Portland students being recognized for their efforts to address climate change

Two Portland middle schoolers are fighting to address climate change. It’s a fight to educate local students and lawmakers that’s now being recognized around the world.

“We’re the ones affected the most by climate change,” said Jeremy Clark. “We have to do something.”

Eighth graders Jeremy Clark and Charlie Abrams began their mission after Clark saw a cover of National Geographic Magazine.

“I was in the fourth grade and I saw this National Geographic Magazine and the picture on the front was the Statue of Liberty and she was up to her waist in water. It said this is the ice that melted,” said Clark. “I thought, well I don’t want that to happen.”

The two decided to create their own blog they’ve named twogreenleaves.org. It’s a website meant to teach their peers about climate change.

This is all based on junk science. The Statue Of Liberty is not going to see sea rise up to her waist. It’s not going to see sea rise to the top of the pedestal. Heck, probably not even up to the pedestal.

This is the kind of garbage kids are being taught and exposed to

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Rand Paul: When Republicans Are In Power, There Is No Conservative Party

By William Teach February 9, 2018 – 7:14 am

Rand Paul’s speech on the Senate floor has annoyed many Republicans, and caused a brief shutdown. Perhaps these Republicans should have listened to the speech

(Real Clear Politics) When the Democrats are in power, Republicans appear to be the conservative party. But when Republicans are in power, it seems there is no conservative party.

You see, opposition seems to bring people together, and they know what they’re not for. But then they get in power and they decide, we’re just going to spend that money too. We’re going to send that money to our friends this time. (snip)

The dirty little secret is that, by and large, both parties don’t care about the debt.

The spending bill is 700 pages, and there will be no amendments.

The debate, although it’s somewhat inside baseball that we’re having here, is over me having a 15-minute debate. And they say, ‘Woe is me! If you get one, everybody will want an amendment.’

Well, that would be called debate.

That would be called an open process.

That would be called concern for your country, enough to take a few minutes.

And they’re like, ‘But it’s Thursday, and we like to be on vacation on Fridays.’

And so they clamor. We’ve been sitting around all day. It’s not like we’ve had 100 amendments today, we’re all worn out and can’t do one more. We’re going to have zero amendments. Zero, goose egg, no amendments.

There’s lots more to this. Click over to the RCP article to read it all, and there is video. You can see why Republicans would be upset, because Senator Paul was simply telling the truth, and roasting Republicans for this spending. That spending bill is 700 pages long?

(The Hill) The House approved a sweeping budget deal early Friday morning that would fund the government through March 23, sending legislation to President Trump that would end a brief shutdown of the government that began at midnight.

That’s right, a 700 page spending bill, which spends lots and lot, and only goes through March 23. Supposedly we’ll see a real budget by then

The bill will fund the government until March 23, which will give lawmakers time to write an omnibus spending bill for the rest of the fiscal year and break the pattern of gridlock that has led to five temporary funding patches since September.

We can’t depend on Republicans to reign in spending. Sure, it’ll be a bit better than if Democrats were in charge, but not much.

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Draft Rules Could Limit Legal Immigrants Who Use Public Benefits

By William Teach February 9, 2018 – 6:51 am

Why are legal immigrants using public benefits in the first place? People who immigrate attempting citizenship are barred from using public benefits. They have to show that they can take care of themselves, that they won’t be a drain on government coffers

(Reuters) The Trump administration is considering making it harder for foreigners living in the United States to get permanent residency if they or their American-born children use public benefits such as food assistance, in a move that could sharply restrict legal immigration.

The Department of Homeland Security has drafted rules seen by Reuters that would allow immigration officers to scrutinize a potential immigrant’s use of certain taxpayer-funded public benefits to determine if they could become a public burden.

For example, U.S. officials could look at whether the applicant has enrolled a child in government pre-school programs or received subsidies for utility bills or health insurance premiums.

The draft rules are a sharp departure from current guidelines, which have been in place since 1999 and specifically bar authorities from considering such non-cash benefits in deciding a person’s eligibility to immigrate to the United States or stay in the country.

“Non-citizens who receive public benefits are not self-sufficient and are relying on the U.S. government and state and local entities for resources instead of their families, sponsors or private organizations,” the document states. “An alien’s receipt of public benefits comes at taxpayer expense and availability of public benefits may provide an incentive for aliens to immigrate to the United States.”

Why would we allow immigrants to reside in the U.S., and potentially become permanent legal residents, or even citizens, who have to rely on the government in such a manner? Virtually every first world country has the same requirements, namely that any immigrant must not rely upon government services. They have to be able to support themselves.

U.S. immigration law has long required officials to exclude a person likely to become a “public charge” from permanent residence. But current U.S. guidelines, in place since 1999, narrowly define “public charge” to be a person “primarily dependent on the government for subsistence,” either through direct cash assistance or government-funded long-term care.

In other words, the Clinton administration made it easier for people who depend on Government to come to and stay in the U.S.

“It’s going to scare a lot of people into yanking their children off of needed healthcare, school programs, child nutrition programs, basic sorts of subsistence-level programs that have kept the population healthy and employable,” said Charles Wheeler, director of training and legal support at Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

Why are we allowing in immigrants who depend on government to this degree to start with? Would it not be better than we take care of our own first?

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Olympics: Coin Tosses Are Now Raaaaacist

By William Teach February 8, 2018 – 5:23 pm

See, what happened here is

(AP) Hamlin and Davis were among eight nominees for the flagbearer role, and athletes from each of the eight winter sports federations — bobsled and skeleton, ski and snowboarding, figure skating, curling, biathlon, hockey, speedskating and luge — represented those nominees in a balloting that took place Wednesday night.

Eventually, the final vote was deadlocked at 4-4. Hamlin won a coin toss, the predetermined method of picking a winner if all else failed in the athlete-led process. The U.S. Olympic Committee confirmed the tie, and that voters knew if the tie couldn’t be broken by them the coin toss would have to occur.

Seem pretty clear cut, does it not? Established rules. Perhaps next time they should have gone to 3 on 3 overtime followed by a shoot out? Becaaaaaaaauuuuuuuse

https://twitter.com/ShaniDavis/status/961534274586464256

Sour grapes. Whiny. Erin Hamlin is the only American of either gender (yes, there are just two) to win a medal in singles luge. The inclusion of #BlackHistoryMonth2018 shows that Shani was going for the raaaaacism aspect.

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‘Climate Change’ Isn’t Just About The Planet Or Something

By William Teach February 8, 2018 – 3:30 pm

I had another Hotcoldwetdry piece I was going to comment on, in which the Warmists were calling for total redistribution of wealth, which seems to be one of the main points of the AGW push, with everyone in the 1st world being forced to live a 2nd/3rd world life, but, this is even more fun

Climate Change Isn’t Just About the Planet
It’s about justice: racial, social, socioeconomic, reproductive, and environmental. It’s about immigration reform, LGBTQIA+ rights, and religious freedom.

It’s not really necessary to go beyond the headline and subhead. It’s all right there. But, let’s take a look at what Snowflake Yeehi Yona, who’s too young to actually understand the world, whines about. Starts out with lots of gripes, going to Trump, Scott Pruitt, Rick Perry, Rex Tillerson, pulling out of Paris climate agreement, and so forth, before reaching

However, this summer, I couldn’t even think about wildfires breaking across the continent without thinking about trans rights. I couldn’t think about Hurricane Irma without thinking about DACA.

Climate change isn’t just about the planet. It’s about justice: racial, social, socioeconomic, reproductive, and environmental. It’s about immigration reform, LGBTQIA+ rights, and religious freedom. I know this interconnectedness, and fervently believed in it when I wrote my initial essay submission last year.

However, in this moment, I find myself unable to think of climate change on its own. When Trump’s policy is climate destruction, it doesn’t take place in silos. I cannot consider Hurricane Harvey without my mind racing to the undocumented families who could not leave Houston because ICE maintained checkpoints and borders. I cannot think about climate change without thinking about Charlottesville, about the long legacy of racism, xenophobia, and fascism in this country, and how the communities most affected by Trump’s environmental rollbacks will be poor communities of color. If anything has changed in my mind since last year, it is that my connection to so many struggles for social justice are even more strongly at the forefront.

She’s really just saying what we’ve known for awhile now: anthropogenic climate change is really just a part of the overall Progressive (nice Fascist) movement. It’s an excuse to implement more taxes/fees along with control by the Government over citizens, private entities, and economies. Wrongthink is not allowed. Freedom is not allowed. You’ll think and act the way government dictates. Interestingly, these same little Warmists never consider that these authoritarian leanings, as well as the taxes/fees and higher cost of living, will ever effect themselves.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 8, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon bicycle which Everyone Else should be forced to use, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Don Surber, with a post on when the NY Times called Trump treasonous.

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Bummer: Dreamers Promise To Self-Deport If Amnesty Fails

By William Teach February 8, 2018 – 10:44 am

Is this supposed to be a threat?

(Breitbart) Some illegal aliens shielded from deportation by the President Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are planning to self-deport from the United States if an amnesty is not passed soon, according to a CNN report.

Alex and Daniela Velez, two illegal alien sisters enrolled in the DACA program, were profiled for a CNN report which revealed how some illegal aliens are planning to leave the U.S. if they do not receive amnesty.

CNN reported:

“Alex and I are both over this [DACA situation],” said Daniela, who is 24-years-old. “If DACA ends, I will leave with Alex. I will close my business, leave work and school.”

…

Should Alex, who is 19, find herself unprotected, she said she is clear on what her plan will be. “I will leave. I will leave America as soon as possible,” she said. “I want to be able to leave on my terms. I’m not going to be waiting for anyone to come for me.”

Ok, bye now. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. And take all your illegal alien family members with you.

It’s amazing that these illegals say they love America, it’s the only country they know, yet, are will to leave if they do not get their way.

Though, it’s doubtful they’ll actually leave: this is probably a threat much like all those celebrities claiming they would leave America if Trump won, and, none have.

The tradeoffs will be significant: Alex will be abandoning the $10,000 in tuition she’s paid and the two years’ worth of community college credits she’s built up in her pursuit to become a veterinary technician. She will also have to quit her job at clothing store Forever 21, where she was just promoted to a merchandising position four weeks ago.

So, there would be an open spot for a U.S. citizen at that college, and a job that could go to a U.S. citizen.

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Several Democrats Want EPA Head Pruitt To Recuse Himself From Ending The Clean Power Plan

By William Teach February 8, 2018 – 7:57 am

They seem rather shocked that someone who has been against the CPP wants to kill it

(Daily Caller) Four Democratic senators are demanding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt recuse himself from repealing a former President Barack Obama-era regulation placing significant burdens on fossil fuel energy providers, The Washington Post reports.

Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Brian Schatz of Hawaii together submitted a comment to the EPA Wednesday on repealing the Clean Power Plan (CPP). The group of Democratic lawmakers claim that Pruitt’s bias toward the CPP — he sued the EPA four times over his term as attorney general of Oklahoma — prevents him from making a fair judgement.

“The evidence for Pruitt’s inalterably closed mind on CPP rulemaking is overwhelming,” the senators wrote, according to The Hill. “It falls into three categories: (1) his deep and wide financial ties to the fossil fuel industry which is ferociously opposed to the CPP; (2) his status as a previous petitioner suing the EPA to block the CPP; and (3) his numerous statements denouncing the CPP, questioning the ability to regulate carbon emissions under the [Clean Air Act] as the CPP proposes to do, and casting doubt on climate science.”

The lawmakers request follows similar comments filed by environmental groups and left-leaning states and cities in January.

Would Pruitt be attempting to kill off CPP if he supported it? Seriously, Democrats are just silly. Have they forgotten that “elections have consequences”? Perhaps they shouldn’t have jammed through a rule that harms citizens and the energy sector for a scam. A scam that most of them, like Sheldon Whitehouse, apparently do not feel applies to them, as they use lots and lots of fossil fuels in their personal and professional lives.

Furthermore, the Supreme Court had blocked implementation of the CPP back in February of 2016. It has never been in force. Twenty seven states sued over it. If these Democrat Senators really love CPP, they should get their states to implement it. We can use them as test-beds to see what happens.

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Pelosi Was Totally Enthused To Speak For Eight Hours On Dreamers

By William Teach February 8, 2018 – 7:30 am

She cares more about illegal aliens than Americans

(CNN) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke for a little more than eight hours to oppose the budget deal to lift spending caps and avert a government shutdown — because the plan does not address immigration issues.

The House Historian’s office told CNN that Pelosi’s speech is the longest on record on the House floor, according to their records.

Pelosi started speaking shortly after 10 a.m. ET, and wrapped the speech a little after 6:10 p.m. ET.

“I have had the privilege of reading the testimony from Dreamers, I still have more,” she said, receiving applause in the chamber. “I thank all of you.”

Afterwards she sent this out

Do you know who truly matters? American citizens. People who are here lawfully. People who should be getting the jobs, rather than illegal aliens. People who should be getting money for college, rather than illegal aliens. People who should always come before illegal aliens.

She was apparently “filibustering” a bill she helped craft

Still, some viewed Pelosi’s gambit as window dressing for DACA. After all, Pelosi was purportedly part of the talks with other top House and Senate leaders.

“I don’t understand if you have four leaders agree to a bill why do you get to negotiate if you’re not going to vote for the bill?” asked House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.

Many Democrats thought it was a silly stunt

“There’s all kinds of ways, I assure you, that leadership exercises its influence — the least of which is a floor speech,” said Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.), an unabashed critic of leadership on immigration issues.

He’s one of the biggest supporters of criminal aliens.

In interviews will nearly a dozen House Democrats, many who requested anonymity to speak candidly, several called the speech an attempt by Pelosi to shore up support with the progressive base angry by congressional inaction on Dreamers. By agreeing to the spending caps deal, Gutiérrez and others argued, Democrats gave up all their leverage to force Republicans into serious negotiations to shield Dreamers from deportation. (snip)

Some centrist-minded Democrats said Pelosi’s daylong protest could — by calling attention to the failure to provide relief for Dreamers — make it that much harder for vulnerable members to vote for the budget deal.

“This stunt … had nothing to do with protecting vulnerable members who have to take a difficult vote,” said one moderate lawmaker who asked not to be named. “Working out this deal and then saying she’s not going to vote for it? Come on. She was at the table.”

If only Democrats cared as much about American citizens and our military as much as illegal aliens.

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Trump Has Declared War On The Climate Or Something

By William Teach February 7, 2018 – 3:25 pm

It’s a 350.org kind of day. First they’re yammering on about how great it would be if Paris sued fossil fuels companies, and they want cities to divest from fossil fuels, and then they were given a platform at The Hill. This bit of nuttiness is by May Boeve, the executive director

Trump has declared war on our climate — we won’t let him win

President Trump declared recently in his State of the Union that his administration had “ended the war on American energy and clean coal.” In fact, what Trump actually did was declare war on our climate. We won’t let him win.

Hiding behind rhetoric about our nation’s “crumbling infrastructure” isn’t a plan that makes America great. It’s a plan that makes America more polluted, worse off, and less prepared for the difficult century ahead.

Listen to mayors and governors across America and they’ll tell you that climate change is one of the greatest threats facing their communities. Whether it’s sea level rise in Miami or drought in Phoenix, the climate crisis is eating away at the foundational stability that our cities, states and country depend on.

Blah blah blah. Liberal mayors of liberal cities love the notion of taxing their citizens more, while also having the power to control their citizens more. Here’s the most amusing part of this whole bit

A truly visionary president would propose a “Green New Deal,” a massive federal investment to create a new renewable energy economy that works for all of us. A Green New Deal would improve on the original New Deal with worker training programs, grants for local communities, and a call to action for our young people to create a more just and sustainable world.

Um, didn’t someone already try that? I can’t quite remember his name. And didn’t other world leaders give this a shot? And it failed?

Together, we can provide the vision that our president lacks. Our parents’ generation raced to the moon. Our generation is racing to make sure we can survive on our planet. This isn’t something that can wait, we need it fast. Without real leadership in Washington, we must turn to one another and build the fossil free world we deserve.

When will 350.org pledge that its members will stop using fossil fuels?

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