Warmists Are Very Concerned That Their Cult Could Be Dying Out

By William Teach November 2, 2016 – 7:21 am

Of course, rather than blaming their unhinged, cult-like movement, which is short on actual science and long on looking into crystal balls, they blame….

(Daily Caller) Environmentalists believe the climate change movement is losing political muscle and getting clobbered during elections by “a well-funded denial machine.”

“We have regressed to a bar so low that it’s practically touching the ground,” climate activist Chloe Maxmin wrote Monday in The Nation.

And part of the reason for the low bar, according to Maxmin, is that Republicans and climate skeptics are making headway in their attempts to sway public opinion on global warming. She chalked up the climate movement’s pitfalls to a lack of organization and the inability to deal with ridicule global warming.

I’d personally love to be getting some of that sweet, sweet, denial cash. I’m sure that most who blog about ‘climate change’ would love some, as well. Alas, it doesn’t pay, it’s just a passion. In my case, a passion against the forces of the authoritarian/fascistic forces of the Left.

Seriously, though, organization? Warmists have huge corporations and large moneyed interests, Hollywood figures (who’re climahypocrites), Democrats, and governments behind them. They get the money.

What they don’t have is the science. They don’t have the facts. They are utterly humorless, and are nasty. And hypocrites. Many take umbrage with my constant refrain about Warmists not practicing what they preach, but, that matters. When people look at an issue and see those who pushing it being utter hypocrites, it’s hard to take those people seriously as being truly concerned. If you’re overweight doctor is telling you to eat better and lose weight, do you listen?

If your mechanic tells you to take better care of your car, and they’re driving an old beater with a bad transmission, do you listen?

If someone who smokes tells you to stop smoking between hacking coughs, do you listen?

President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are not helping matters, Maxmin believes, mostly because they make favorable comments about fracking. The former secretary of state also appears to use climate change talk as a weapon against Republicans, she wrote, rather than something that has placed earth on “the brink of irreversible catastrophe.”

Your average citizen tends to tune out prognostications of doom and gloom, especially when they are far flung, and all their other prognostications have failed.

She pointed to evidence showing that environmental policies made up a total of 14 minutes and three seconds during presidential debates in 2000, and only 5 minutes and 14 seconds in 2004. The number of mentions about climate change policies nosedived in 2012. Talk of global warming simply does draw the kind of attention that it did in previous elections.

Because, really, ‘climate change’ is a minor issue which ranks low on lists of concerns.

A YouGov poll of 18,000 people in 17 countries in February found that less than 10 percent of Americans rank global warming as their biggest concern. Only Saudi Arabians were less concerned about global warming at 5.7 percent.

Another poll conducted in November by Fox News found only 3 percent of Americans list global warming as their top concern. The Fox News poll came out just before Obama met with world leaders in Paris to discuss an agreement to reduce worldwide carbon emissions.

Bread and butter issues will always move people, while a nebulous issue pushed by hypocrites, which seems to revolve around increasing taxes, causing people’s cost of living to rise dramatically, restricting modern conveniences, and restricting freedom and liberty, while giving government more and more power, all with junk science as its basis, is an eventual loser.

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Trump Takes Big Lead In NC As Enthusiasm For Hillary Fades

By William Teach November 2, 2016 – 7:02 am

Just imagine Trump had run a better campaign. That, coming out of the Republican convention, his focus had been primarily on Hillary, Democrats, their policies, and his own policies. That he’d avoided attacking Republicans, and, instead, woo’d those who were fence sitters and #NeverTrump. That he’d avoided all those little spats with citizens. Minimized his war with the media. Just doing that, imagine where he would have been since. We aren’t even talking about things like fundraising, opening campaign offices, get out the vote efforts, etc. Because with one week to go, we get

(WRAL) With a week to go until Election Day, Republican Donald Trump has seized control of a tight presidential race in North Carolina, according to an exclusive WRAL News poll released Tuesday.

SurveyUSA polled 659 people statewide Friday through Monday who have already cast their ballots or are likely to vote in the election and found Trump with a 51 to 44 percent lead over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.9 percentage points.

In a WRAL News poll released three weeks ago, Clinton led Trump 46 to 44 percent.

The latest poll was conducted after the FBI notified members of Congress that it was reopening an investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state. Meanwhile, an Elon University Poll released Tuesday that was conducted before the FBI announcement found Clinton and Trump in a dead heat in North Carolina.

That right there is a pretty big change. But, is it a case of too little too late? Or, are there enough who haven’t voted that could make the difference in the states that Trump must win to get to 270? Hot Air has a good breakdown. Back to the article

Almost a third of respondents in the WRAL News poll ranked trustworthiness as the most important consideration in voting for president. Positions on issues were rated most important by 40 percent, while experience and character were far behind at 17 and 8 percent, respectively.

Of those ranking trustworthiness most important, 83 percent favor Trump. He also wins among those most concerned about issues, 52 to 43 percent. Clinton was favored by 93 percent of those most concerned with experience, and she doubled up Trump among voters concerned about character, 58 to 26 percent.

Trump has also reduced Hillary’s 12 point lead with women down to 7, while increasing his male support from a 9 percent lead to a 23 percent lead. And, increasing his lead among 50+ people and keeping his slight lead with the younger crowd.

Clinton’s sizable lead in North Carolina’s metro areas also has eroded since early October. Her 64 to 27 percent lead among urban voters three weeks ago is down to 53 to 43 percent, and her 9-point lead in the suburbs is now a 2-point deficit. Meanwhile, Trump has extended his lead among rural voters from 18 to 26 points.

It’s the enthusiasm gap. As ABC reported, Trump has taken a 1 point lead in national polls

Trump now leads Clinton by 8 points in the share of voters who are very enthusiastic about their choice as of Friday. But compared with past elections, it’s low for both of them — 53 percent for Trump, 45 percent for Clinton.

Strong enthusiasm for Clinton has lost 7 points since the start of tracking, especially Friday through Sunday. This is possibly an effect of the renewed controversy over her use of a private email server while secretary of state. Trump’s strong enthusiasm has held steady in tracking, which started Oct. 20.

Trump is a not very nice person who tends to get in spats. Hillary is a despicable person who has used her position to enrich herself off the back of her so-called charity, engaging in pay for play while abusing her office while Secretary of State. She’s lied to the families of those killed in Bengazi to their faces, denigrating them when they called her on it, while also lying to the American people as a whole. She’s put her own convenience over national security. She’s sold out American interests. And, let’s face it, she’s not very personable.

Now, just imagine Trump had run a better campaign from the start. We might have been talking about Trump flipping Blue states, rather than having to go into the last week on a hope and a prayer that there really are tons of secret Trump voters.

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I’m Concerned About All You Folks Out There With “Beach Privilege”

By William Teach November 1, 2016 – 8:36 pm

Sadly, this is not The Onion, as brought to us via Brett T at Twitchy

Consider, for example, the Beach Boys. Some may remember when the country unified behind President Reagan to demand that the band be allowed to play the Independence Day concert on the National Mall, despite a caution by Interior Secretary James Watt that rock bands attracted the wrong element to the festivities.

Those were simpler times, and the idea that the Beach Boys were ever a national treasure shared by all has been challenged recently in the New York Review of Books. Ben Ratiff made his own waves by exposing the ugly truth: the Beach Boys’ biggest hits were nothing more than “poem of unenlightened straight-male privilege, white privilege, beach privilege” that played no part in helping anyone achieve their social rights.

Serious stuff from the NY Times, folks

https://twitter.com/drewharwell/status/791854872731582468

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/793184963143360513

All those rich liberals in the Hamptons and Malibu hit hardest. Seriously, can’t we just enjoy something without nutjobs ruining it?

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Surprise: Rich Guy’s ‘Climate Change’ Plan Will Hurt The Poor

By William Teach November 1, 2016 – 3:25 pm

So, there’s this guy who takes tons of fossil fueled vehicle trips around the country and world. Sometimes for official reasons, mostly for fundraisers, vacations, and golf outings. He likes to complain about how ‘climate change’ will hurt everyone, so he came up with this plan, one which won’t actually harm him in the least

Obama’s Energy Plan Will Cost Poor Hundreds Of Billions To Stop 0.019 Degrees Of Global Warming

President Barack Obama’s plan to fight global warming will raise energy prices and drag many low-income Americans into “energy poverty,” according to a new study.

The so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP) would significantly increase the price of electricity in the U.S., and could cost the economy up to $479 billion by 2031, according to a study by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI). The average American’s electricity bill would rise by more than 10 percent as a result of climate regulations that would do nothing to address global warming.

Climate models created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and utilized by the Cato Institute show that it would only prevent an additional 0.019° Celsius of warming by the year 2100, an amount so small it cannot be detected. (snip)

Such price increases hurt poorer people more than the rich since the poor tend to spend a higher proportion of their incomes on basic needs, like groceries, power bills, clothing, housing and gasoline than wealthier people. A 2009 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found green policies would increase the tax burden of the poorest households three times more than that of the richest households.

All this for no actual temperature change. But, rich people like Obama do not care. Why would they? Their policies won’t affect themselves in the least.

Of course, what Warmists/Democrats then call for are more subsidies to the poor people, making them more dependent on the Government.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 1, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is a climate killing dog, causing atmospheric radicalization, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Adrienne’s Corner, with a post on how Hillary smells.

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How Green Is “Green Energy”?

By William Teach November 1, 2016 – 10:30 am

It’s an excellent question

(Daily Caller) Wind and solar power aren’t as environmentally friendly as green energy activists often claim, according to a new study by scientists at Uppsala University in Sweden.

Researchers noted that wind turbines and solar panels are made of non-renewable resources that have to be dug out of the ground. Both solar and wind power use a lot of land and water, leading to habitat destruction. Additionally, hazardous materials like sulfuric acid and toxic phosphine gas factor in heavily in solar panel manufacturing. Modern wind turbines are also highly dependent on rare earth minerals mined primarily from countries with poor environmental records, like China.

We’ve previously learned from real world construction that solar can leave a massive toxic waste problem. Remember Solyndra? Warmists love solar and wind because it supposedly reduces CO2 emissions (and is a great way to financially reward campaign contributors), but, it isn’t very environmentally friendly, what with the solar panels and wind turbines having a limited lifespan, and creating environmental messes during production, installation, operation, and end of life.

And what of all the wildlife killed and habitats destroyed?

Environmental groups like the Center For Biological Diversity (CBD) have already begun opposing wind and solar projects due to their environmental impacts.

CBS has pursued legal action to block the creation of solar-farms out of fear that they would encroach on 32 endangered desert tortoises and that sunlight-concentrating panels act like super-heated death-rays for birds, killing tens of thousands of them per year. The same group has even sued to prevent the construction of environmentally friendly housing.

Many, many projects have been blocked or have seen attempts to block them, because they aren’t very green.

This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t pursue the use of alternatives. We should make sure that they are actually environmentally responsible while also providing low cost energy, without leaving taxpayers on the hook.

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Major Things That Concern People: Selfies While Voting

By William Teach November 1, 2016 – 7:43 am

Welcome to 2016

(NJ.com) The state lawmaker looking to lift the ban on ballot selfies says New Jerseyans who want to post photos from the voting booth shouldn’t be too worried come Election Day.

But the prohibition remains law.

Last month, State Assemblyman Raj Mukherji (D-Hudson) introduced a bill that would legalize the practice of polling place self-portraiture, arguing laws forbidding such photos are behind the times.

His bill (A4188) unanimously cleared the Assembly Judiciary Committee earlier this month, but won’t make it through the Legislature ahead of November 8.

According to an Associated Press review of the laws across the United States, New Jersey is one of 18 states where statutes are considered to prohibit the practice.

It would be easy to dismiss this as utter fluff, no big deal, and it should be that way, however, for many people, taking a selfie is Very Important. It’s a matter of Rights! Some people just have to take a selfie (or a picture of their food or beverage) on a constant basis, and probably start stressing out if they don’t, much like the joke about vegans

Just change it to “when you’re somewhere and haven’t taken a selfie in the last 5 minutes”. This is serious business

Court challenges to anti-selfie statutes have cropped up across the U.S. Last week, three New York voters filed a lawsuit seeking to have that state’s prohibition tossed. A month earlier, another federal court struck down New Hampshire’s ban.

Here’s an idea: go vote, then, when you’re outside the polling place, take your selfie. You can wait. Jessica Biel, wife of Justin Timberlake, waited. And then made fun of Justin. You’ll be OK. Breathe. And you won’t slow things down while attempting to take the perfect selfie, nor expose the faces of people who thought they were voting in private.

“I don’t think people should be worried about posting a ballot selfie on Instagram or Snapchat or whatever,” the assemblyman said. “In fact, I plan to.”

No, they shouldn’t be worried. I doubt anyone will prosecute. But, it is fun that Mukherji (Democrat) is explicitly stating that he plans to break the law.

Seriously. Selfies.

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Hillary’s Emailgate Is An Attack On Women Or Something

By William Teach November 1, 2016 – 7:20 am

Robin Lakoff has a bit of a hissy fit over at Time regarding EmailGate, deeming it sexxxxxist

Hillary Clinton’s Emailgate Is an Attack on Women

‘It’s not about emails; it’s about public communication by a woman’

I am mad. I am mad because I am scared. And if you are a woman, you should be, too. Emailgate is a bitch hunt, but the target is not Hillary Clinton. It’s us.

The only reason the whole email flap has legs is because the candidate is female. Can you imagine this happening to a man? Clinton is guilty of SWF (Speaking While Female), and emailgate is just a reminder to us all that she has no business doing what she’s doing and must be punished, for the sake of all decent women everywhere. There is so much of that going around.

The people are demanding Clinton act like moral exemplars, thundering from the pulpit like Jonathan Edwards or Cotton Mather. But Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh and their many conservative friends are not remotely Clinton’s moral superiors. They are simply bullies, using gender discrimination to give a veneer of plausibility to their accusations.

So, we have to be Clinton supporters to demand that she act in a moral manner? Of course, it is years to late for that. But, hey, gender discrimination. Apparently, the super strong Hillary Clinton needs protection to operate.

FBI Chief James Comey has shown himself to be another bully of the same kind. He has repeatedly talked down to Clinton, admonishing her as a bad parent would a 5-year-old. He has accused her of “poor judgment” and called her use of a private email server “extremely careless.” If Comey’s a Boy Scout, here’s one old lady who will never let him help her across the street.

If you can believe it, an adult wrote that. Someone who is in charge of teaching. Teaching an obscure and rather meaningless discipline, linguistics, and works for the U of California Berkeley, but, an adult teacher nonetheless. Is it really worth responding on a point by point basis, or, use

It really doesn’t get any better, either. She even attempts to turn this whole thing into a Free Speech issue, which, apparently, only men are entitled to in this society, according to Ms. Lakoff. Because Free Speech has always been about initiating a private email server against federal law, Executive Office and State Dept rules, then pass classified and sensitive information through it, some at the highest levels of classification which people who received it had no security clearance to view it, then delete emails in violation of subpoena, then lie and obfuscate.

She ends with

Imagine the emails the Trump campaign must be exchanging … Now those would be legitimately interesting!

Probably. But, do they involve transmitting America’s secrets in a manner contradicted by law? Doesn’t matter, because this is about sexxxxxism.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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Good News: All Cleveland Indians Fans Are Raaaaacists

By William Teach October 31, 2016 – 4:07 pm

The Cleveland Indians are on the brink of winning the World Series, being up on the Cubs 3 games to 2. So, obviously, it’s time for Social Justice Warrior David Leonhardt to whine about raaaaacism in the NY Times

Cleveland’s Unthinking Racism

For many of Cleveland’s passionate, patient baseball fans, their team’s logo is a joyful connection to the past. It’s a reminder of the players from their childhood and from generations earlier. The logo — which was the centerpiece of a 28-foot-high sign that welcomed fans to Cleveland’s old ballpark for many seasons — is one of the few constants across the decades.

But the logo is also an ugly racist caricature.

That much is undeniable, whatever else may be true. It consists of a cartoon face with bright red skin, grotesquely large teeth and a bent nose, topped by a single feather. The character is named Chief Wahoo, and the team, of course, is the Cleveland Indians.

Because something is always raaaaacist (or sexist, or whatever -ist you want) these days, so, someone must Do Something about it. Remember when Liberals told us that if we didn’t like something, change the channel? Now they will Make You Care. They’re always sticking their noses in things, and attempt to create National Conversations, because if they care, well, you will be forced to care.

This week, they’re trying to win their first World Series in almost 70 years. Which means that hundreds if not thousands of well-meaning Cleveland fans have gone out to a ballpark wearing an ugly racist caricature, while being watched on television by millions of other people.

So, all you Indians fans are raaaaacists. Whether you think it or not. Because shut up, you raaaaacists. You’re betters know better, and you’re unconsciously involved in a Hate Crime and Wrongthink.

As someone wrote to the Denver Post, which, along with lots of media outlets, are wringing their hands over Chief Wahoo,

“The only group with veto power over the image should be the people represented, and if they’re generally fine with it, then the matter is closed. We need to quit imposing our guilt and let them decide.”

That’s not good enough for SJWs. Their guilt is your guilt. Whether you want it or not. And, if you don’t have it, you’re raaaaacist.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 31, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful greenspace which should be replaced by solar panels, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is A View From The Beach, with a post on yet another unhinged SJW who has a problem with……canoes!

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