If All You See…

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

…is an ocean that will soon rise up and swamp the land, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Victory Girls Blog, with a post on a disastrous Trumpcare promise.

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Fewer Illegal Aliens Could Mean Fewer Homes Or Something

By William Teach March 13, 2017 – 8:41 am

Once again, the Credentialed Media has conflated legal immigrants and migrant workers with those who are unlawfully present

Fewer immigrants could mean fewer new homes

For Stephan Sardone, owner of a Dallas-based home remodeling company, “a day without immigrants” last month meant a day without one of his subcontractors on a job in the city’s affluent Preston Hollow neighborhood.

Every one of the subcontractor’s employees skipped work on Feb. 16 to take part in an informal nationwide strike designed to highlight the importance of foreign-born workers to the U.S. economy and protest President Trump’s immigration agenda. The strike caused a minor inconvenience for Sardone, but its message certainly wasn’t lost on him.

Perhaps that subcontractor should be investigated for potentially employing illegal aliens.

That’s because homebuilders, remodelers and subcontractors rely heavily on foreign-born workers and are already coping with a long-running labor shortage. The lack of labor has depressed construction levels throughout the housing recovery, contributing to an imbalance between supply and demand for homes and thus driving up prices.

Well, gee, there are millions of Americans out of work. They could certainly do the job, could they not?

Tighter controls on immigration, whether legal or illegal, under President Trump may only exacerbate the homebuilding industry’s labor shortfall.

But, Trump is not talking about legals: he’s talking about illegals.

Foreign-born workers represent nearly 30 percent of those employed in construction trades, according to a study by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) that analyzed Census data. The share of immigrants is particularly high in some trades that are crucial to homebuilding (such as carpentry, painting and drywall installation) and don’t require much formal training.

It’s an open secret that many unauthorized immigrants work in the construction industry. While they represented a 5 percent share of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2014, they made up about 13 percent of workers in the construction sector that year, according to a Pew Research Center study. In a ranking of industries with high shares of unauthorized immigrant workers, agriculture came in first, followed by construction.

Those are disturbing stats: 5% of the civilian workforce and 13% of those in the construction sector are unlawfully present and taking jobs away from legal citizens and those who are here on visas. Much of the rest of the article does its best to mix legal with illegal immigration.

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Democrats Dive Into Conspiracy Theory Over Firing Of Preet Bharara

By William Teach March 13, 2017 – 8:19 am

As you’re well aware, Democrats have become rather unhinged at Trump’s request that the remaining 40+ federal prosecutors resign, even though this is something presidents do, because these prosecutors serve at the pleasure of the president. Clinton asked them all to resign early on, as did Obama. There was no outcry from the Democrats or the media. Of course, they had hissy fits when George W. Bush asked for resignations, because hypocrisy.

Preet Bharara refused to resign, which supposedly forced Trump to fire him. While Trump was well within his rights to make this move, I do believe it was a mistake, because Bharara was damned good at his job, and was willing to go after everyone, regardless of party, and, because his sector was New York, he was nailing corrupt Democrats left and right. As is the norm, Democrats are jumping into conspiracy theories. The first is to “question the timing.” Many Leftists are going down this route. Mika on Morning Joe threw this out there around 730 this morning.

Then we have this crazy Democrat

(The Hill) Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said there could be a connection between the firing of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and investigations into President Trump.

During an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Cummings, the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, said the president has the right to fire U.S. attorneys.

But he noted that not very long ago, the president said he was willing to “keep the U.S. attorney there in New York.”

“And then suddenly, he’s, I guess, changed his mind,” Cummings said.

“I’m just curious as to why that is, and certainly there’s a lot of questions coming up as to whether … President Trump is concerned about the jurisdiction of this U.S. attorney and whether that might affect his future,” he continued. (snip)

“So I think that in part, the president has created this situation for himself. But yeah, sure, no doubt about it, when they asked about the Emoluments Clause and possible violations of it and the U.S. attorney’s relationship to that, I think that had perhaps something to do with.”

When pressed further on whether he thinks there might be a connection, Cummings said: “There very well may be.”

Just imagine the media response had a Republican questioned Obama in this manner for firing someone. They would have circled the wagons and attacked the Republican for trotting out unfounded conspiracy theories, and demanded proof. But, then, the media have mostly not demanded any evidence on the Russia claims, and are more than willing to perpetuate the conspiracy theories themselves.

And we have this tweet by Bharara, via Mediaite

which led to liberal freakouts

Sigh. Snowflakes

New Yorkers will immediately get that opaque reference to the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption. Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo put them together in July 2013 to probe politicians of suspected corruption. Then suddenly disbanded it in 2014. There were allegations that the governor’s office tried to stifle investigations linked to Cuomo, so a US Attorney—Bharara—lead an investigation into whether there was malfeasance. In 2016, he announced there was insufficient evidence.

Anyway, it’s worth mentioning that watchdog groups asked Bharara on Wednesday to look into the president’s foreign business dealings for possible violations of the emoluments clause.

Those watchdog groups are all vastly left leaning, despite the Washington Post attempting to proclaim they’re bipartisan. CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics), Democracy 21, and Paul Smith of the Campaign Legal Center (which primarily goes after Republicans and supports Democrat beliefs). These groups are just continuing the leftist attempts to go on fishing expeditions to find any way to get rid of Trump, because they cannot accept the election outcome.

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If All You See…

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

…is a wonderful low carbon bike which Everyone Else should be forced to use over fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day The Right Scoop, with a post on people still trying to push Michael Brown conspiracies.

It’s Asian week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach March 12, 2017 – 9:44 am

space girl patriotic pinup

Happy Sunday! It’s a gorgeous day here in America. The clouds are gleaming, the snow is flying, and the young squirrels are very confused on this 12th of March (no, it’s not ‘climate change’, it’s just weather. Snow happens). Did everyone change their clocks? I’m not sure who did this pinup, searches failed.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. neo-neocon discusses attorneygate
  2. No Tricks Zone notes another subsidized company in a subsidized industry files for bankruptcy
  3. Chicks On The Right discusses questions Muslims don’t want to answer
  4. Creeping Sharia notes what happens when a girl is sexually assaulted in Sweden
  5. Doug Ross @ Journal covers California’s exit tax
  6. Fire Andrea Mitchell discusses how many people Trump should immediately fire
  7. Gates Of Vienna features an open letter to Trump from Sweden
  8. Gay Patriot covers the USDA wanting to shut down a farm for Wrongthink on gay marriage
  9. The Geller Report notes the rise in child brides in the UK among Muslims
  10. Jihad Watch covers Harvard smearing all sites which are leftist
  11. Legal Insurrection provides a Nancy Pelosi irony alert
  12. Moonbattery covers taking back the rainbow
  13. Political Clown Parade says don’t go away angry, just go away
  14. Powerline says it’s time to clean house
  15. And last, but not least, Raised On Hoecakes discusses freedom of speech through censorship

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page. While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets” calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. (BTW, since someone asked, the reason I leave links for the previous week up (or you might see a *) is because they are place holders for later in the day or for next weeks. Easier than rewriting all the time. Also, the listing order has to do with how they are added over time, not how good a post is. I just copy and paste from the previous week, then edit. If you see one of the *’s, go ahead and check out the blog anyhow, see if there is an update. I cannot update with my Android during the day.

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ACLU Is Suddenly Concerned Over Length Of Time Illegal Aliens Are Held

By William Teach March 12, 2017 – 8:34 am

Might there be an ulterior motive to what the ACLU is attempting to do?

(NBC LA) The American Civil Liberties Union sued the federal government to limit the amount of time that people can be held before seeing an immigration judge, saying many are held for months while waiting for an initial appearance.

The lawsuit was filed Thursday in federal court on behalf of three Mexicans at a San Diego immigration detention center, but the ACLU asks to represent all people who are held on immigration violations along California’s border with Mexico who are held for more than 48 hours.

People “routinely languish in detention for two months or longer before they see a judge,” according to lawsuit, calling the wait excessive and a violation of constitutional rights for people in custody.

“The first hearing before an immigration judge, like first appearance in criminal court, is critical to ensuring due process,” it says.

The lawsuit comes as President Donald Trump moves to significantly expand border and immigration enforcement, which will further strain already stretched detention centers and courts unless Congress provides more money.

Well, now, that’s interesting. Despite the absence of reports over the last eight years, apparently, Mr. Obama’s executive branch agencies were holding illegals for a long time, longer than the ACLU likes. In fact, Supreme Court decisions allowed this. Where were the lawsuits from the ACLU then? Let’s ask Reuters

U.S. civil liberties group ACLU seeks to tap anti-Trump energy

The American Civil Liberties Union is launching what it bills as the first grassroots mobilization effort in its nearly 100-year history, as it seeks to harness a surge of energy among left-leaning activists since the November election of Republican Donald Trump as U.S. president.

The campaign, known as PeoplePower, kicks off on Saturday with a town hall-style event in Miami featuring “resistance training” that will be streamed live at more than 2,300 local gatherings nationwide.

It will focus on free speech, reproductive rights and immigration and include presentations from legal experts, ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero and “Top Chef” television star Padma Lakshmi.

Obviously, it is crystal clear that the ACLU is not interested in civil rights, but, instead, being a far left activist group agitating against a sitting United States president. And many of their proposed actions are to protect those who are unlawfully present in the nation over the best interests of citizens of this nation.

As far as their lawsuit goes, they should be careful what they wish for. We already have reports that Team Trump will bring in 50 more judges to adjudicate case against illegal aliens.

What if, in response to this suit, Team Trump, sends out 100, 150, 200 or more judges to makes sure the cases are disposed of quickly, meaning that illegals who are caught are sent packing back to their home countries ASAP? It’s a case of being careful what you wish for, because you may get it.

The obvious intent of the lawsuit now is, in fact, to be opposition to the duly elected POTUS, and kiss the asses of left wing people and solicit donations. Attempting to force the release of illegal aliens into the nation would hurt citizens. Whose side is the ACLU on?

Meanwhile, in other illegal alien news, California actually has legislation teed up, Senate Bill 54, which would turn the entire state into a sanctuary state. And Denver is becoming a big sanctuary spot for illegals. Democrats care more about people unlawfully present in this nation, who are often involved in other crimes which hurt actual citizens, than they care about actual legal citizens of this nation. Why? We all know why. It has nothing to do with any morals (since Liberals have none, being the primary proponents of abortion) or caring. It’s about attempting to gain more low wage, low education voters.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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Women’s Day Marcher Super Excited To Jail Climate Skeptics

By William Teach March 11, 2017 – 6:31 pm

Not that this is anything new. We’ve seen this kind of thing time and time again, including from Democratic Party presidential primary candidate Bernie Sanders, who wanted to “Bring climate deniers to justice.” This is just a continuous trend of Warmists who are intolerant of opposing viewpoints and, once they get done screeching about FASCISM!!!!!!! over Donald Trump, show they want to jail those for Wrongthing, which is rather fascistic, wouldn’t you say

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 11, 2017 – 1:00 pm

…is corn oil that should be used as fuel for motor vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Daley Gator, with a post on not caring if you’re gay or transgender.

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Who’s Up For Another “Schoolkids Won’t Know What Snow Looks Like” Prognostication?

By William Teach March 11, 2017 – 11:24 am

If you remember, way back in 2000 The UK Independent ran a screed which proclaimed “Children just aren’t going to know what snow is.” This has led to lots and lots of well deserved mockery. Of course, they disappeared the article, which was, fortunately, preserved at Watts Up With That?. And, there have been plenty of other end of snow scaremongering articles since. Here’s another, via Watts Up With That?, from those crazy Special Snowflakes at UCLA

Climate change puts California’s snowpack in jeopardy in future droughts

UCLA research shows how warming trends affect the Sierra Nevada now and in the future

Belinda Waymouth | March 09, 2017

Skiing in July? It could happen this year, but California’s days of bountiful snow are numbered.

After five years of drought and water restrictions, the state is reeling from its wettest winter in two decades. Moisture-laden storms have turned brown hillsides a lush green and state reservoirs are overflowing. There’s so much snow, Mammoth Mountain resort plans to be open for business on Fourth of July weekend.

But, still, future doom

The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides 60 percent of the state’s water via a vast network of dams and reservoirs, has already been diminished by human-induced climate change and if emissions levels aren’t reduced, the snowpack could largely disappear during droughts, according to findings in the study published today in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. (snip)

“Seeing a reduction of a quarter of the entire snowpack right now — not 20, 30 or 40 years from now — was really surprising. It was almost as if 2015 was the new 2050 in terms of the impacts we were expecting to see,” said Berg, who is a scientist at RAND Corp.

It’s always dangerous for the Cult of Climastrology to make prognostications, because they oh so rarely come to fruition. Which is why they tend to look to 2050 and 2100, when most will have forgotten. As Eric Worrell writes at WUWT

Climate scientists regularly embarrass themselves with “end of snow” predictions, because they are an inevitable consequence of the “projections” (don’t say predictions) of their runaway climate models.

I call them prognostications, like the things you get from carnival palm readers

“End of snow” is one of the funniest and most revealing manifestations of this silliness, though at least some scientists appear to have learned from previous red faces to put the date of their predictions well into the future, presumably so they will never have to answer for their accuracy.

I disagree. The funniest part is their stammering, then blocking you on Twitter, when you ask them why they do not practice what they preach. The snowfall thing is definitely top 5.

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White House To Pelosi On Gang Of Eight Bill: “Nope.”

By William Teach March 11, 2017 – 7:26 am

The White House is open to compromise, but not that compromise. Perhaps if she promised to reveal what’s in it once it’s passed?

(Newsmax) On Friday morning, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called for a compromise with the White House on illegal immigration by reviving the “Gang of Eight” measure that passed the Senate four years ago and included a controversial “path to citizenship” for millions now in the U.S. illegally.

On Friday afternoon, the White House left little doubt that is not what the president means by saying he was open to compromise on dealing with illegal immigration.

“That particular bill was a non-starter, it continues to be a non-starter,” press secretary Sean Spicer told us, referring to the “Gang of Eight” measure that Pelosi was pushing.

This began when Newsmax asked Pelosi if she was willing to compromise, and she brought up the aforementioned legislation (for which, had he not been a big supporter (read: dupe) of it, we might be saying President Rubio), and that she wants a vote on it. That horrible bill would have legalized millions of those unlawfully present in the United States with a wink and a nod to border security and slowing the flow of illegals. It would have made a joke out of the normal process to become a citizen, as well as those who spent the time and money to become citizens.

“I think the president’s been very clear on the campaign trail that’s not a bill that he supports,” Spicer told Newsmax, in response to our question about Pelosi’s call for reviving the Gang of Eight proposal.

“But he looks forward to engaging with members of Congress to find a way forward to fix our broken immigration system. That particular bill was a non-starter, it continues to be a non-starter. But the president recognizes the system is broken and that he wants to work with Congress to fix it.”

Will Trump and the GOP tackle immigration? Time will tell. This statement does send a good signal that Team Trump will not play the typical game of making promises that there’s no intention of keeping on security while giving amnesty. What Pelosi, and surely most Democrats, want is not a compromise. They just want an amnesty.

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