Having Solved All The World’s Problems, United Nations Takes On Cultural Appropriation

By William Teach June 14, 2017 – 7:18 am

On one hand, Leftists yammer on about diversity and multiculturalism and coming together and stuff. On the other hand, they have meltdowns over “cultural appropriation.” We get freakouts over certain women wearing braids in their hair, big hoop earings, twerk (really, no woman should twerk. Seems rather degrading in my mind, but, I’m probably a Misogynistic Offender for holding that opinion per Liberal World), and cooking food from other cultures. Even Kareem Abdul Jabbar had a minor issue. But, he does note it will continue, because “melting pot” and assimilation and similar notions. The United Nations doesn’t like this (via Twitchy)

From the article

Indigenous advocates from around the world are calling on a UN committee to make appropriating Indigenous cultures illegal — and to do it quickly.

Delegates from 189 countries, including Canada, are in Geneva this week as part of a specialized international committee within the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations agency.

Since it began in 2001, the committee has been working on creating and finishing three pieces of international law that would expand intellectual-property regulations to protect things like Indigenous designs, dances, words and traditional medicines.

So, if you’re not Mexican, and want to cook Mexican food, you could find yourself on the wrong end of a U.N. inquisition, branded a Hate Crime offender.

Obviously, this is aimed at White people, because it’s allowed nowadays to assault White people in all manners. If these U.N. idiots and Indigenous cultures want to play this game, then they are no longer allowed to use airplanes and automobiles, because that would be appropriation of White culture. Same with aspirin, blow dryers, bras, computers, and a whole host of other things. And no one but Black people would be allowed to use 3 light traffic signals. If you’re not Greek, you cannot use the elevator. If you’re not a White American, you cannot use the telephone. That’d be a bummer for all the folks working for the United Nations, eh?

Perhaps the UN should worry more about their “peacekeepers” raping the people in the areas they patrol. And all the dictators and human rights abusers within the body.

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Sore Loser Party Files Suit Against Trump Over Emoluments Clause

By William Teach June 14, 2017 – 6:53 am

One would have thought the Democratic Party couldn’t get more unhinged then they did during the George W. Bush presidency. It just goes to show, never underestimate the level of moonbattery available. There’s always plenty more

Congressional Democrats to file emoluments lawsuit against Trump

Nearly 200 Democratic members of Congress agreed to file a lawsuit Wednesday against President Trump alleging that by retaining interests in a global business empire he has violated constitutional restrictions on taking gifts and benefits from foreign leaders.

The lead senator filing the complaint in federal district court, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), said Tuesday that the lawsuit has already drawn more congressional plaintiffs — 196 — than any legal action previously taken against a president. No Republicans had joined in the lawsuit so far, although they will be invited to do so, Blumenthal said.

An advance copy of the legal complaint reviewed by The Washington Post argues that those in Congress have special standing because the Constitution’s “foreign emoluments clause” requires the president to obtain “the consent of Congress” before accepting any gifts.

Historically, this is idiotic and has no basis in the original meaning of the clause. This modern day wackadoodle interpretation by Democrats would have snared Mr. Obama for the sale of his books. And, if they want to play this game, you can bet people will dig into the business dealings of House and Senate Democrats to see if they are receiving foreign money for those business dealings.

The legal effort, led in the House by Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), is likely to escalate tensions between the White House and Capitol Hill, where at least five committees are investigating various issues related to the Trump administration.

This would be the same John Conyers who held fake impeachment hearings in the basement of the Capitol Building. Twice.

And, as you would expect, they seriously cherry picked which court to file the suit. This one has eight Democrat appointees, just one Republican

Indeed, the Emoluments Clause states simply that no “Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

The clause prohibits U.S. officeholders from accepting any sort of title of nobility or gift (and therefore potential bribe) from foreign state powers. Implemented in order to prevent U.S. diplomats posted abroad from working to alter government policy on behalf of their foreign hosts, it is difficult to see how it in any way touches upon Trump’s business dealings.

One has to wonder how these same Democrats would have felt had Hillary won the election, what with all her accepting of gifts and money from foreign state powers, especially when her emails showed they were done to influence her decisions as Secretary of State.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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Climate Change Ice Blamed For Cancellation Of Climate Change Expedition

By William Teach June 13, 2017 – 4:40 pm

Possibly one of the most cultish headlines you’ll see

From the Cult of Climastrology newsroom

Climate change researchers cancel expedition because of climate change
Icebreaker CCGS Amundsen diverted from science mission, continues search and rescue work

A team of scientists had to abandon an expedition through Hudson Bay because of hazardous ice conditions off the coast of Newfoundland caused by climate change.

About 40 scientists from five Canadian universities were scheduled to use the icebreaker CCGS Amundsen for the first leg of a 133-day expedition across the Arctic. It’s part of a $17-million, four-year project led by the University of Manitoba that looks at both the effects of climate change as well as public health in remote communities.

Their trip began May 25 in Quebec City, but due to bad ice conditions off the coast of Newfoundland, the icebreaker was diverted from its course to help ferries and fishing boats navigate the Strait of Belle Isle, said David Barber, a climate change scientist at the University of Manitoba and leader of the Hudson Bay expedition called BaySys.

Thick, dense ice had travelled to the area down from the High Arctic, said Barber, which caused unsuspecting boats to become stuck and even take on water.

They had “never seen anything like this.” The seas were supposedly to dangerous from all the ice for icebreakers to brave it. These were “severe ice conditions.” It would “put lives in danger.” And it’s most certainly your fault for refusing to give up your fossil fueled vehicle, taking more than two minutes in the shower, not buying local, and not going buying carbon offsets.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 13, 2017 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful carbon friendly bike which can reduce the melt from glaciers which becomes streams coming off of mountains, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Proof Positive, with a post on the quote du jour

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Orange County Changes Dress Code To Fight Scary Confederate Flag Clothing

By William Teach June 13, 2017 – 10:30 am

Unconstitutional and ripe for the Law Of Unintentional Consequences

(WTVD) In a dramatic meeting Monday night, Orange County school board members voted against their attorney’s recommendation and approved an altered revision to the school system’s dress code policy to combat concerns about the Confederate flag on campuses.

After 7 months of hearings and protests amid complaints that some students were wearing symbols of the Confederacy to harass or intimidate classmates, Monday’s vote sought to bring an end to the heated debate.

Most likely, they wore the shirts because they are proud of their Southern heritage, and aren’t thinking about slavery in the least.

A surprising turn came when members moved to vote on the revised policy which read, “Students are not to wear clothing, buttons, patches, jewelry, or any other items with words, phrases, symbols, pictures or signs that are indecent, profane, or racially intimidating that create a reasonable forecast of disruption.”

These free speech champions (sic) wanted to simply ban Confederate flags, but, instead they got the above. The last line was meant to attempt to insulate the school board from lawsuits over 1st Amendment free speech violations, as stated by the school’s attorney.

The Hate-Free Coalition, the leading advocates for a ban, called the vote a victory despite no specific ban on the confederate flag.

“It was a win to me,” said Latarndra Strong, a parent leader of the coalition. “Tonight we’ve shown that when a community stands up and speaks for the people we can get change and be the type of school system we want to be.”

Just wait till a student complains about being intimidated by someone with a Black Lives Matter shirt, or being racially intimidated by African style clothing. Or Che clothing, the Gay rainbow, or other things. How about hoodies? Because this is simply left in the hands of individual school principles. It’s about “racial intimidation and sensitivity.” How subjective is that? Will the complaints of some students be entertained, while others are shut down? I see lots of lawsuits in the Orange County School System’s future.

Instead of teaching everyone to be a Victim, how about teaching them to be adults and ignore it?

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Boston Globe Is Super Excited For You To Give Up Your Air Conditioning

By William Teach June 13, 2017 – 8:10 am

Nowhere within this long article does Leon Neyfakh express that he’s given up his own use, nor that the Boston Globe has turned off their AC units at the corporate building and in the fossil fueled vehicles they use to deliver newspapers

How to live without air conditioning
Could Americans kick our addiction to cool? Maybe more happily than we think.

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Since the technology was invented in 1902, and the first window unit was brought to market in 1939, air conditioners have become ubiquitous in the United States. Today, almost 90 percent of American households have one—as do the vast majority of restaurants, stores, museums, and office buildings. During weeks like the one we’ve just had, these places are sanctuaries: To walk into one after being outside is to be reminded how sweet life can be.

But all that magic chilling comes at a cost—something most people are aware of on a personal level, because their electricity bills are so high during the summer, but not so much on a global scale, which is really where the problem lies. In China and India, air conditioning sales have reportedly been growing by 20 percent per year; around the world, air conditioning energy demand is projected to increase vastly over the next decades. According to Stan Cox, author of the 2010 book “Losing Our Cool,” air conditioning in the United States already has a global-warming impact equivalent to every US household driving an extra 10,000 miles per year.

So, of course, this is all about ‘climate change.’ Surprise!

Until recently, however, civilization was humming along just fine without this costly convenience—and going back might not be as impossible as we think. The human body is quite well suited to deal with heat if we let it, and if we back away just a little bit from our assumptions about what it means to be comfortable, it’s easy to picture an alternate reality in which, instead of flipping on the freon at the slightest provocation, we learn to cope with the air we have. The human body is surprisingly adaptable, and by weaving together techniques from the past, ideas from hot-weather countries, and new findings from building design experts about what people actually find comfortable, we can see a surprising portrait emerge of what life might look like if we, as a society, decided we could no longer afford our addiction.

Wait, wait, we’re adaptable? We can deal with climate changes? So, there’s no need for massive taxation and fees schemes nor government restrictions on our lives? Huh.

Interestingly, the BG was also running another article

https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/874413939131658242

Typical. Warmists always want Other People to do make changes, usually by government force, in their lives, changes they refuse to make in their own.

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Silly Democrat Introduces COVFEFE Act, Because Why Not

By William Teach June 13, 2017 – 7:49 am

Suddenly, Democrats are Very Concerned with the retention of government communications (someone should ask Hillary about her 30,000 deleted emails)

(Mediaite) It seems like every single day there is at least one Democratic legislator looking to troll President Trump. Today, Illinois Congressman Mike Quigley joined the fray by introducing the COVFEFE Act.

Yes, just when you thought we were finally done with this meme, it’s baaaaaaack.

Quigley today announced legislation that is actually called The Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement Act (or the COVFEFE Act).

Trolling would be a good word, because, apparently, Quigley has nothing better to do, like a finding a way to reduce the violence plaguing Chicago. But, then, maybe he really doesn’t care that Black people are shooting, stabbing, and killing each other.

The purpose of the silly act

In order to maintain public trust in government, elected officials must answer for what they do and say; this includes 140-character tweets. President Trump’s frequent, unfiltered use of his personal Twitter account as a means of official communication is unprecedented. If the President is going to take to social media to make sudden public policy proclamations, we must ensure that these statements are documented and preserved for future reference. Tweets are powerful, and the President must be held accountable for every post.

On Twitter, Quigley stated that it would make “deleting tweets a violation of the Presidential Records Act, subject to disciplinary action.”

Certainly, the tweets should be retained already. This, though, is just typical Democrat moonbat silliness. From the getgo, Democrats didn’t even bother trying to work with Mr. Trump. Republicans, who were in the minority at the beginning of Obama’s presidency, at least attempted to work with O on certain things. Sure, they opposed many things, but, even when they regained the majority, they still attempted to work with O to get things done. Democrats are so unhinged by Trump, triggered like the 5 year olds at colleges, that they cannot even consider working with him, and do silly things like the above. Oh, and this, previously

Quigley is one of the Democrats who introduced the Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act (or MAR-A-LAGO Act) back in March.

Which is interesting, considering how much Democrats worked to help Hillary Clinton obstruct the investigations into her server, and didn’t have a problem with all the non-compliance by the Obama admin over Freedom Of Information Act requests.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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Texas Businesses Are Totally Not Waiting On Trump To Fight Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach June 12, 2017 – 3:37 pm

Companies that use vast amounts of fossil fuels and energy for their products are resisting or something

Texas businesses aren’t waiting on President Trump to fight climate change

The White House is dropping out of the international effort to limit global warming. But in Texas, candy and pet food giant Mars isn’t slowing its climate change plans designed to protect Waco-made Snickers from West African drought and shield pet food production in Temple from failed wheat harvests.

Mars is not alone. For years, companies say, they have been reducing their carbon footprints and embracing renewable energy to cut costs and appeal to a younger workforce and customers. And that will continue with or without government leadership, they say. (snip)

Other corporate giants operating in Texas, including newly-arrived Toyota, are pushing forward aggressively on climate-change mitigation. The Japanese company’s new U.S. headquarters in Plano has a 7.75 megawatt solar array, enough to supply a fourth of the building’s electricity. And the automaker is committed to eliminating all greenhouse gas emissions from its cars, operations and supply chain by 2050.

Will Toyota stop selling fossil fueled vehicles by 2050, eliminating the majority of its sales? Even the Prius uses gasoline. There is exactly one vehicle in their US portfolio that uses no gas, the Mirai, which starts at a middle class friendly $57500, and, get this, it puts out water vapor, which is the #1 greenhouse gas. And said solar array will, in practice, provide a hell of a lot less than 7.75 megawatts.

Regardless, these companies, along with AT&T and Apple, mentioned in the article, along with certainly other companies, are entitled to do these kinds of things if they choose to. It might cause costs to rise, and a lot is certain patronizing feel good stuff, but, it’s a choice. It is not Government forcing compliance. And that’s the way it should be. Let’s not forget that on every survey, ‘climate change’ comes in last or next to last regarding Issues That People Care About.

Now if only Warmists would choose to make their own lives carbon neutral.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 12, 2017 – 1:00 pm

…is a mountain that has lost all its glaciers due to Other People driving fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Bizzy Blog, with a post on CNN blaming Trump for the strain between him and Obama.

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Liberals Worry About ‘Climate Change’ In Face Of Real Threats

By William Teach June 12, 2017 – 10:38 am

I generally avoid reproducing entire articles as a matter of good blogging form. It was established early on that, unless you’re talking about a short article, you should avoid full copy and paste, simply take excerpts, and always link. Some ignored this, and shame on them. People work hard on their content, and that’s not what blogging is about. That said, there are times when it’s necessary for full context. Here’s one, a letter by David Kraner to the Bradenton Herald, which is shocking in that it was published

Really? Climate change? Here are some real threats

When a sharp knife slices across your throat or is plunged into your heart or that of a loved one… is climate change danger what comes to your mind as an existential threat?

When the airplane you and your loved ones are on disintegrates into fragments and plunges all of you to a horrible death after a terrorist bomb explodes… is welcoming all refugees, immigrants, legal and illegal, what comes to mind?

When a bright flash and a mushroom cloud from a North Korean or Iranian nuclear bomb vaporizes your city and you and your loved ones… will Russian election influence be what comes to your mind?

When your Internet crashes, your cell phones and landlines go dead and your electricity goes out in an EMP event, all in the dead of a freezing winter and the temperatures in your home plummets while you freeze to death… will CO2 and the Paris Climate Accord be on your mind?

When terrorists enter your children’s school and begin to execute them… will the gun ban (you favored) in school that prevented abiding staff and teachers from saving your child, come to mind as a good idea?

If the answer to any or all of these and many more reasonable questions, is “yes,” then you may be a delusional liberal, and likely a coward, and almost as big a threat to our nation as the terrorists who are at war with us.

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