Slate: OMG NEVER SAVE WILD ANIMALS LET THEM BURN IN FIRES!!!!!!

By William Teach December 8, 2017 – 3:30 pm

Never go Full Slate

Wild Animals Do Not Need to Be Saved From Fires

Have you seen the viral video of the man who reportedly pulled onto the side of Highway 1, near La Conchita, California, to save a rabbit from the devastating Thomas fire?

In these dark times, I understand the tendency to turn to cute animals and stories of acts of kindness for pick-me-ups. But trying to save wild animals from a fire is a stupid thing to do. We should not reward this behavior, and we should not encourage others to do the same.

No worries, Torie Bosch keeps bringing the cray cray

We don’t know what happened to this man before or after his rabbit rescue. He may have been in shock, or he may have been traumatized. I certainly have no idea how I would react if I were within spitting distance of a wildfire and spotted a cute animal. (OK, I have a small idea: I probably would not have tried to save it, because I harbor an intense fear that I will forget to stop, drop, and roll if the need ever actually arises.) Either way, I don’t blame the man in the video.

But it is irresponsible to spread this video widely and cast him as a hero. If he had caught fire, wouldn’t the bystanders or people in cars passing by have had to help him? Doing so would have put them at risk, too. Several people could have ended up injured or worse because he tried to save a (wild!) rabbit. Or what if no one felt safe enough to help, and he was severely burned or died as a result? The people who were nearby would have likely felt tremendous guilt, possibly for the rest of their lives. Either way, it could have required response from emergency services that are already stretched thin.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 8, 2017 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible pool wasting valuable water which will soon disappear from climate change, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Raised On Hoecakes, with a post on Snowflakes upset that they’re called snowflakes.

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Louisville Mayor Totally Bucks Trump On Global Warming (scam) Or Something

By William Teach December 8, 2017 – 11:21 am

This is an amusing theme coming out of the Cult of Climastrology, especially here in America, whereby Warmists mayors, Governors, business owners, etc, are bucking President Trump by doing something he’s never ever said he wanted to stop them for doing, nor even seems to care in terms of state and local government as well as private businesses.

Bucking Trump, Mayor Fischer doubles down on pledge for Louisville to fight global warming

Mayor Greg Fischer has deepened his commitment to keep Louisville in the fight against global warming by joining more than 50 other mayors who have agreed to specific reductions in heat-trapping pollution for their cities.

This new “Chicago Charter” commits each city to reducing its greenhouse gases 26 percent to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.

Louisville will now get a customized plan on how it intends to meet that goal, which was part of the United States’ commitment to some 190 nations under the 2016 Paris Agreement. President Donald Trump has rejected that agreement as damaging to the economy and ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ditch a plan to reduce emissions of heat-trapping gases from power plants.

Interestingly, one of the things they did was switch from a coal power plant to a natural gas plant. If memory serves, Warmists have been telling us that natural gas is also evil.

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For Concealed Carry Reciprocity, Gun Grabbers Are Suddenly Concerned With States Rights

By William Teach December 8, 2017 – 7:09 am

The same people who want all sorts of federal laws banning and grabbing guns, along with lots and lots of restrictions on ownership by law abiding citizens, is suddenly concerned. The House passed a bill allowing nationwide reciprocity for concealed carry permit holders when they travel to states other than their own

(Daily Caller) “Throw’em into prison for five years” is what New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez wants for any out-of-state concealed carry permit holder who enter his state with a firearm. (article goes on a bit on this, so, snip)

He continued, “I find it amazing that Republicans who believe in state rights all of a sudden have a problem observing the state rights of those states that think that stronger gun laws is the way to protect citizens and that’s what I have to say about it.”

Uh huh

(Rolling Stone) On Wednesday, advocates finally got a vote on a bill that would close loopholes in the National Criminal Instant Background Check system, or NCIS. But they’re incensed that the broadly bipartisan NCIS bill was combined with legislation that forces police officers to recognize concealed carry permits from other states.

Well, they’re always incensed, so…

The concealed carry bill allows people to bring their weapons on national park lands and allows police officers who are off-duty to bring guns into highly restrictive school zones.

They could mostly do this beforehand, it just become codified. I guess gun grabbers don’t like the idea of armed police officers protecting schools. Why do they hate kids?

Critics of the legislation note that it would also allow people to obtain permits in states that will issue them to people convicted of domestic abuse and to use those permits in states that bar the practice.

“I’m very concerned about permit shopping. So if someone can’t get a concealed carry permit in Rhode Island, they could go to some nearby state and get a concealed carry permit there, and then all of a sudden it undermines what protections we have in Rhode Island,” Democrat Rep. Jim Langevin tells Rolling Stone. “It’s a frustrating turn of events when Republicans have improved background checks in one respect, but they’re just opening the floodgates to guns being in our community in another respect.”

No. No it won’t. Because they do not live in that state. And they still have to go through the federal background check system.

Critics of the concealed carry bill argue it’s especially hypocritical for the GOP to be pushing the legislation because it upends states’ rights – for instance, by allowing an 18-year-old to get a concealed carry permit in one state and then travel with his gun to a state that has set 21 as the legal age to carry.

“I’m not aware of any law which uses federal power to import the law of one state into another. The last law I can remember that did that was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1852,” Rep. Jerry Nadler, now the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, tells Rolling Stone. “Here, in an obnoxious way, it’s saying the safety concerns of every state are overridden by the most permissive state.”

Well, there’s law regarding marriage and driver’s licenses. But, of course Nadler went with what he went with. Regardless, this is fully in line with our belief in the primacy of the Constitution. Article IV, Section I: Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof. States may not deny rights that people already have to people from other states

(National Review) More than 40 years ago, in Shapiro v. Thompson, the Supreme Court struck down requirements that new entrants to a state establish residency for at least a year before being allowed to obtain certain welfare benefits, citing the fundamental right to travel within the country. In other words, states may not condition the right to move from state to state on the temporary surrender of certain benefits.

It is cute, though, how Leftists like to trot out talking points in defense of things they hate, like States Rights, when it serves them.

BTW, why do Democrats hate the notion of women being able to defend themselves?

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It’s Snowing In South Texas: You Know That Means Climate Doom, Right?

By William Teach December 8, 2017 – 6:42 am

Most people in Texas are enjoying a bit of the white stuff

(CNN) Big and fluffy snowflakes fell across parts of south Texas on Thursday, including San Antonio and Austin.

While snow is common in parts of north Texas, it’s unusual for this region to see snowfall and people shared their delight on social media.

“A Texas Christmas miracle!” one person posted on Twitter.

Unusual, but, it happens periodically. But, of course, you know what’s coming, right?

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Super Snowflake: Lindsay Vonn Won’t Represent President In Olympics

By William Teach December 7, 2017 – 3:17 pm

#Resistantrum in play

(CNN) A number of US athletes have spoken out against Donald Trump during his presidency — and skier Lindsey Vonn has become the latest to have her say.

Targeting Olympic gold at February’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Vonn is in St. Moritz, Switzerland, where she spoke passionately about what it means to compete for the US ski team.

“Well I hope to represent the people of the United States, not the president,” Vonn told CNN’s Alpine Edge.

And Vonn revealed she wouldn’t accept an invitation to the White House if she were to win gold at Pyeongchang.

“Absolutely not,” said Vonn. “No. But I have to win to be invited. No actually I think every US team member is invited so no I won’t go.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 7, 2017 – 1:00 pm

…is melting ice due to Someone Else using a hair dryer, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post on grinches deeming Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer to be raaaaacist.

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Surprise: Worst Case Hotcoldwetdry Prognostications Are Most Accurate Or Something

By William Teach December 7, 2017 – 11:02 am

Who’s surprised by this latest bit of cult validation, raise your hand

Worst-case global warming predictions are the most accurate, say climate experts

Current predictions of climate change may significantly underestimate the speed and severity of global warming, according to a new study.

Reappraisal of the models climate scientists use to determine future warming has revealed that less optimistic estimates are more realistic.

“Our study indicates that if emissions follow a commonly used business-as-usual scenario, there is a 93 per cent chance that global warming will exceed 4C by the end of this century,” said Dr Ken Caldeira, an atmospheric scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science, who co-authored the new study. (the actual number they’re trotting out is 4.43C, which equals 7.7F)

This likelihood is an increase on past estimates, which placed it at 62 per cent.

Of course! What they did was look at a whole bunch of models, and then take the ones that were best at replicating (snicker) the most recent past. They added in some water vapor, and, wallah! a doomy prognostication.

Other outlets, such as the Washington Post, have picked up on this, and are even more doomy than the above UK Independent.

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Enacting A Carbon Tax Would Stop California Wildfires Or Something

By William Teach December 7, 2017 – 7:08 am

This is, interestingly, occuring in the most ‘climate change’ action supporting state, which already has a carbon tax

Opinion California is on fire — in December. Congress, do something about climate change.

To the editor: It’s official: The worst fire season in California history has arrived. Your editorial points out that our warming climate may have played an important role. (“While Southern California battles its wildfires, we have to start preparing for our hotter, drier future,” editorial, Dec. 6)

It is important not to let our fear, anger or wishful thinking lead to helpless despair. Adaptation must work alongside a greening economy. We should know there are bipartisan actions our leaders in Congress can take.

One solution: Putting a price on carbon and rebating the fees to citizens would, several groups report, reduce carbon emissions up to 50% in 20 years. By holding fossil fuel companies responsible for their damages and attaching fees to the use of their products, the economics of clean energy would improve, stimulating innovation and creating jobs. The rebates protect consumers as well.

Well, of course, that should do it! We’re saved with a carbon tax!

Funny that they never seem to want to hold themselves, as users of fossil fuels, responsible.

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Tucson Police Chief: Upholding Federal Law By Cracking Down On Illegal Aliens Is Bad

By William Teach December 7, 2017 – 6:49 am

Chris Mangus is the police chief of Tucson, Arizona. He obviously has a problem in arresting certain law breaker, but, I bet if you decided to perform a little bit of petty theft you’d find yourself dealing with officers of the law

Tucson’s Police Chief: Sessions’s Anti-Immigrant Policies Will Make Cities More Dangerous

As the police chief here, I’m deeply troubled by the Trump administration’s campaign against “sanctuary cities,” which refuse to turn over undocumented immigrants to federal authorities. Washington is trying to retaliate against them by withholding funding for things like crime prevention, drug treatment and mental health programs.

Tucson is not technically a sanctuary city. But we are close to the border with Mexico and take pride in being welcoming to immigrants. Yet the government has warned us that our grants are in danger.

Still, while federal judges in Chicago and San Francisco have ruled against President Trump’s executive order to withhold money from sanctuary cities, the administration’s crackdown on immigrants is already having a chilling effect on police-community relations here. Many community members have told me that Latinos are not turning to us for help or working with us as often as they have in the past. Their growing sense of fear and distrust is clearly a consequence of the anti-immigrant rhetoric coming from Mr. Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Overall, illegal aliens tend to not report crimes in the first place, but, regardless, are we particularly concerned with criminals not reporting crimes against other criminals? If they have a problem, perhaps they should get the hell out of our country, which they are illegally present within. Perhaps Police Chief Mangus should actually uphold the law, not just the ones he likes. He takes an oath to uphold all laws.

The Justice Department could be playing a key role in building on the Obama-era policing reforms that many of my fellow police chiefs strongly support. Instead, the changes it wants to make — to force local police officers to cooperate much more closely with federal immigration authorities — will compromise public safety by reducing community confidence in law enforcement.

Here’s the thing: they aren’t our community. They’re another country’s community. We aren’t responsible for them.

The message from Washington is that cities need to refocus on “law and order.” Yet the harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric and Mr. Sessions’s reckless policies ignore a basic reality known by most good cops and prosecutors: If people are afraid of the police, if they fear they may become separated from their families or harshly interrogated based on their immigration status, they won’t report crimes or come forward as witnesses.

Yet, Mangus’ police arrest non-illegal aliens all the time who end up being separated from their families when they are sent to jail. Mangus continues going with all the same boilerplate on this subject, forgetting that it is his job to not pick and choose which crimes to enforce. If he’s not willing to enforce all laws, then perhaps he, and the other law enforcement supporters who protect illegals, should resign. Their first job is to protect citizens and those who are lawfully present in the United States.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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