Bummer: Draft Interior Dept Report Doesn’t Mention ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach October 26, 2017 – 10:30 am

For those Warmists who are upset, you should have run a better candidate. Oh, and you should prove you believe by giving up your own use of fossil fuels and making your lives carbon neutral

No mention of climate change in Interior’s draft strategic plan

A draft version of the Interior Department’s five-year strategic plan does not mention anything about climate change, including whether the agency plans to fight it or how it will adapt.

The draft, first reported by The Nation, focuses heavily on plans to produce more fossil fuels and other forms of energy on public lands and the nation’s outer continental shelf.

“The DOI provides access to and manages energy and other resources including oil, gas, coal, water, timber, grazing, and non‐energy minerals on public lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS),” reads a part of the draft plan that describes how the agency will generate revenue and use natural resources.

“The DOI is committed to achieve and maintain American energy dominance through responsible productivity of the public lands for the multiple use and economic benefit of present and future generations,” it continues.

That sounds like a good plan. Why should we get energy from other, and often hostile, nations when we get get it here.

But the draft document doesn’t mention climate change at all.

By contrast, the previous plan, written by the Obama administration and covering 2014 through 2018, mentioned climate change more than 40 times.

Elections have consequences.

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Hey, Non-Celts: Stop Appropriating Halloween

By William Teach October 26, 2017 – 8:33 am

It’s the time of the year where loopy SJWs nag about costumes and cultural appropriation. Colleges across the country are lecturing on what costumes are Allowed, and which ones are Mean. They’re having lectures and symposiums, putting out memos. This occurs as well in high schools and elementary schools, where some even have said “no costumes.” And, of course, we have nutty articles preaching to teens, like this one from Teen Vogue by Jessica Andrews

Cultural Appropriation at Halloween: My Culture Is Not a Costume

It’s time to change the conversation around cultural appropriation. The term has been reduced to mere internet outrage, and dismissed as a tool devised by the “fun police” to keep people from enjoying Halloween. But the reality is cultural appropriation is a stain on American history. It’s the manifestation of one of the earliest, most enduring racist ideals: the belief that people who belong to marginalized cultures are somehow less than human. Once you’ve dehumanized someone, you can co-opt their culture with ease; their language, dress, and customs aren’t worthy of the respect you reserve for your own. On top of centuries of oppression, marginalized groups must now contend with people mocking their identity, right in front of their faces. And when they speak up, critics rush to attack and silence them.

Pure Victimhood. Whining whiners. People who need to get over themselves. People used to celebrate the differences in culture. It’s a way of bringing us all together. Now? If you speak a few words of Spanish and you’re white, you are demonized by these wankers

In this climate, we asked 6 brave women to explain what cultural appropriation means to them — and how it feels to see their culture worn and discarded. Their answers reveal the painful, human side of cultural appropriation. Gianna Collier-Pitts breaks down why the Afro wig is not just a fun hairpiece to wear and discard after a Halloween party. “Our hair is stigmatized as being untidy and this costume is incredibly insensitive to the real struggles African-Americans have wearing their natural hair.” Through tears, Cashman Aiu explains why it’s hurtful to see people co-opt Hawaiian culture for a night of revelry. “One of the things about Hawaiian culture that not a lot of people know is that historically it was illegal to practice anything that had to do with native Hawaiian culture. My grandmother is currently in her 70s, and she’s finally learning how to dance hula. And she’s been creating her hula skirt and lei for weeks now, and this is nothing like what it looks like. This costume is extremely hurtful, not only for myself but the generations that had to go through this erasure.”

These are simply miserable people who have bought into being Victims, and want to drag everyone else into their miserableness.

With this video, we challenge you to look into the faces of the people whose culture you co-opt. Hear their stories of being shamed for their lei, hijab, and Afro, only to see their peers make a mockery of it. See their reactions — tears, scowls, laughs to “keep from crying” — as they come face-to-face with culturally appropriative costumes, sent to us by some of the world’s biggest online retailers. Watch them triumphantly tear those same costumes apart, a symbolic act and a call-to-arms to young people to end cultural appropriation with our generation. Most importantly, listen to their message. These costumes aren’t funny and harmless; cultural appropriation isn’t senseless outrage. It’s a painful, dehumanizing attack on their culture, their history, their very existence. And it should have no place in our society — at Halloween and beyond.

First of all, fortunately, most people do not buy into this cultural appropriation garbage, and just go on with their lives. They do not feel that they’re doing anything wrong. It’s just a costume. It’s just someone making good food like tacos. They aren’t worried about a call to arms.

Second, though, if they really want to push this, if “cultural appropriation isn’t senseless outrage” (it is), then these same people who are whining about cultural appropriation should not be eating, wearing, speaking, practicing, or using anything that doesn’t come from their culture. For instance……Halloween!

Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints; soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a day of activities like trick-or-treating and carving jack-o-lanterns. Around the world, as days grow shorter and nights get colder, people continue to usher in the season with gatherings, costumes and sweet treats.

If we apply the foundation of (the insane) cultural appropriation meme, then, if you are not of Celtic descent, then you may not celebrate Halloween. Period. Full stop. That’s fair, is it not?

What’s that you’re saying, Little SJW? That’s not fair? That’s mean to force you to stop celebrating Halloween? Tough. Having you celebrate Halloween is painful and dehuminizing.  It’s extremely painful. It’s racist!!!!!! So, stop it!

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Judge Sides With Trump On Cost Sharing Payments, Refuses To Force Federal Government To Make Them

By William Teach October 26, 2017 – 7:51 am

Who would have thought that a judge would not require the federal government to not make payments to insurance companies that another judge had already ruled unConstitutional

(The Hill) A federal court in California has struck down an emergency motion that would have forced the Trump administration to continue making ObamaCare subsidy payments to insurers.

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria denied the motion for an injunction, saying that he was skeptical that cutting off the payments known as cost-sharing reductions (CSR) would cause an immediate injury to residents of the state.

He noted many states, including California, saw “the writing on the wall” and took actions to mitigate any potential harm if the payments were ended.

“To be sure, the absence of money for CSR payments does not seem to be causing health care reform to come crumbling down,” Chhabria wrote in his ruling.

California allowed insurers to add a surcharge to the mid-level silver plans, which increases the amount of tax credit subsidies available. So even though premiums would spike for silver plans, consumers would have other, cheaper options.

Many other states have done the same thing, and did it in response to a judge ruling that cost-sharing, ie, insurance company bailouts, was unconstitutional, as the Democrats had made no provision to actually force funding. They did it in this manner as to keep the roughly $7 billion a year payments off the CBO scorecard.

Chhabria said the ability of states to act in advance and shield consumers undercuts the argument that people will face higher premiums because the cost-sharing payments are ending.

He suggested if states are so concerned that people will be scared away from signing up for insurance on the exchanges because of the thought of higher premiums, they should “stop yelling about higher premiums.”

It’s interesting how Democrats weren’t actually concerned about the rising cost of premiums because of Obamacare, nor the high deductibles in Obamacare plans, but are now screeching about higher premiums because the insurance companies …. at least those left in this collapsing initiative … are getting their bailout money.

This does not mean that the judge might not rule in favor of the insurance company bailouts, er, cost sharing reductions, later, as the suit will go forward, per the judge’s order. But, they are stopped for now.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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Say, What’s The Point Of Climate Proofing Liberal Cities When They’re Too Darned Expensive To Live In?

By William Teach October 25, 2017 – 4:11 pm

Good thing “climate proofing” won’t make the already much more expensive liberal cities even more costly, eh? Of course, there needs to be some Trump Blamestorming, because he’s apparently at fault for not just future Democratic Party run cities being expensive, but the past as well

It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them

This hurricane season, people struggling to keep a roof over their heads are again dreading having their communities shaken by another political perfect storm. That’s because from Puerto Rico to Texas to Florida and beyond, Trumpism is poised to hit public housing hard.

The Poverty Race Research and Action Council (PRRAC), a civil rights coalition focused on urban policy, has chronicled the Trump administration’s steady degradation of environmental protections over the past year, starting with the dismantling of the basic core of Obama-era EPA regulations. More recently, President Trump’s announced, just weeks ahead of Hurricane Harvey, that his administration planned to upend Obama’s flood risk mitigation standards for federal infrastructure projects. Now, whatever rebuilding does take place in the wake of disasters like Harvey will likely rebuild communities unevenly, leaving poor neighborhoods and communities of color more exposed to climate catastrophe than ever before.

See? Trump

Public housing in flood-prone areas can’t afford to wait for the next catastrophe. After Superstorm Sandy struck New York and exposed stark inequalities between richer and poorer neighborhoods, the city got serious about disaster preparedness by foregrounding environmental justice in its climate adaptation planning. Housing authorities laid out a plan to build for equitable resilience: for example, housing authorities can ensure that when the next storm hits, seniors and people with disabilities living in public housing projects are prioritized in evacuation plans. Working-class neighborhoods should be guaranteed safe access to back-up public transit, so they’re not isolated when subway and bus lines are flooded. To prevent the next Sandy from pushing the city onto the same backward slide that post-Katrina New Orleans has undergone, housing authorities in cities like New York should institute a democratic planning and risk communication system, so that reconstruction projects do not become taxpayer-subsidized vehicles for gentrification.

Whoa! Some serious Progressive talking points going on. One has to wonder why Dem cities have so much trouble, and so much inequality. And the solution. Get this. More Government control! Shocking, is it not?

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 25, 2017 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful street empty of fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Right Scoop, with a post on not a single witness providing evidence of collusion with Russia Russia Russia.

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Who’s Up For An Election Anniversary Scream-a-thon From Sore Losers?

By William Teach October 25, 2017 – 10:30 am

This should be fun

https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/922914262984491008

From the link

Liberals still suffering rage over the election of Donald Trump as president will have another opportunity to vent their feelings.

On Nov. 8, the event “Scream helplessly at the sky on the anniversary of the election,” will take place in Boston to mark the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton. So far, more than 4,400 people have RSVPed on Facebook, with another 33,000 more making themselves as “interested.”

“Come express your anger at the current state of democracy, and scream helplessly at the sky!,” reads a terse event description.

The Boston Facebook link seems to be removed or only for those authorized to view the page, but, there is also one for Philadelphia. There also seems to be one which will perform outside of Trump Tower in NYC.

Via Chicks on the Right, we see

Yup.

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Jet Setting IMF Chief Warns Of “Dark Future” From ‘Climate Change’ Or Something

By William Teach October 25, 2017 – 8:04 am

Christine Lagarde, who likes to take lots of fossil fueled trips around the world and ride in fancy fossil fueled vehicles, says we’ll be “toasted, roasted and grilled” from Hotcoldwetdry. It’s a good thing that Warmists have taken the advice of many of their more sane compatriots to tone it down, rather than sounding like the person on the corner screaming about repenting now, eh?

(UK Guardian) The world will be in deep trouble if it fails to tackle climate change and inequality, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has warned.

“If we don’t address these issues… we will be moving to a dark future” in 50 years, she told a major economic conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Tuesday.

Lagarde said that “we will be toasted, roasted and grilled” if the world fails to take “critical decisions” on climate change.

Did anyone catch where she was while making these doomy prognostications?

Lagarde is essentially turning the IMF into an arm of the Cult of Climastrology, as well as a Social Justice Warrior org with her Progressive push on “inequality”, rather than just doing the job of the IMF as it was established. Of course, their mandate was further broadened in 2012, to give them more latitude to be the types of Progressive nags they want to be.

Lagarde also called for tackling inequality between men and women and countries that are “haves” and those that are “have nots”.

If the world wants a future that “looks like utopia and not dystopia”, it needs to address such concerns, Lagarde said. She predicted that in 50 years’ time, oil will be a secondary commodity.

Funny how she took a long fossil fueled flight to a nation that 1. makes most of their money from oil, and 2. isn’t exactly a paragon of virtue when it comes to the treatment of women.

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GOP Launches Multiple Investigations Of Hillary Clinton

By William Teach October 25, 2017 – 7:48 am

Will anything come of this? Other than highlighting that Hillary (and Bill) are extremely shady people who used their influence and public offices for graft for their own enrichment, probably not. First, the GOP doesn’t seem to have the cajones to take any investigation further (hence the call for a separate special counsel), and, 2nd, there’s probably just enough separation for Hillary (and Bill) to avoid prosecution, just enough doubt in the documents

(The Hill) It’s almost been a year since the 2016 presidential election, but Republicans are putting the spotlight back on a familiar political foil: Hillary Clinton.

On Tuesday, top House Republicans launched a pair of investigations. The Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees will jointly investigate the FBI’s probe into Clinton’s handling of classified documents. Meanwhile, the latter committee with the Intelligence committee will jointly probe the sale of a uranium company to a Russian firm when Clinton was secretary of State.

The seemingly coordinated investigations — which were announced within a half-hour of each other — is sure to fire up the conservative base and infuriate Democrats who want House investigators to more rigorously probe Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 election in favor of Donald Trump.

Well, now, that’s not written in a somewhat subtly biased manner, is it? Regardless, the Uranium One investigation itself isn’t focuses exclusively on Hillary, but on the deal overall. As for her handling of classified documents, well, when a 2nd report showed that FBI Director Comey decided not to recommend charges well before the conclusion of the investigation, and new documents come out about the tarmac meeting between Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch, more investigation is needed. Democrats and some squishy Republicans think this is old news. Well, a lot of what Weistein did was old news, as well. Things that happened decades ago. One would think that corruption, taking bribes, soliciting bribes, using the office for personal gain, and careless handling of classified material would be worth a look to try and keep government honest.

In related news to the “scandal free Obama administration”, there is apparently a smoking gun memo regarding the Eric Holder DOJ that reveals that they intentionally blocked Conservative groups from being awarded settlement payouts that were not denied to Liberal groups, which was an abuse of power, and the funds, long suspected, were being used as a government slush fund to supporting groups.

Also, the Hillary campaign and the DNC are definitively linked to the uttely-discredited Trump dossier created by Fusion GPS.

And, the Obama era unmasking of Americans, particularly those linked to Trump, and having information leaked to friendly media (violation of National Security Act), will go a step further with the testimony of Ben Rhodes. We’ll see if he pleads the 5th.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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Goracle: Hotcoldwetdry Will Cause More Hurricanes Like Harvey Or Something

By William Teach October 24, 2017 – 3:01 pm

Because Al Gore and his over-sized carbon footprint have been totally right on his other predictions, right?

(Houston Chronicle)  Al Gore warned Texans on Monday that global warming will lead to more Hurricane Harveys in coming years – but he urged them not to be discouraged.

Change, he said, can be made.

“We have to realize how big this thing is,” Gore said. “We have got to change.”

You’re reading this in his voice, aren’t you? And by “we”, he means you. By government decree.

“We can’t treat the world like an open sewer,” said Gore, the 2000 Democratic presidential candidate. “Every day we’re dumping 110 million tons of CO2 in the sky, and it traps heat.”

Says the guy who flies around the world on private jets.

In fact, he said, the amount of global warming pollution produced by humans “traps as much extra heat energy in the earth … as would be released by 400,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs going off every 24 hours.”

That has led to the warming of oceans, Gore said, which has led to more intense hurricanes that intensify more rapidly.

If reporters had any cajones, if they weren’t a part of the Cult of Climastrology, they have asked him that if this is so, then why an almost 12 year dearth in landfalling major hurricanes, why so few landfalling minor hurricanes and tropical systems.

Regardless, this Prognostication means that there will be another long period of inactivity, even though there has supposedly been a natural shift in activity towards more systems, which happens every 10-15 years, off and on, lots, few.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 24, 2017 – 1:00 pm

…are wonderful trees sucking carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Datechguy’s Blog, with a post on NFL players feeling the results of their protests in future years.

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