Can You Guess Why Halloween Candy Prices Are Rising?

By William Teach October 22, 2016 – 10:30 am

Obviously, it’s because you drove a fossil fueled vehicle to work

Halloween Candy Prices Are On the Rise for a Surprising Reason

Surprising? No. These Warmists pull this schtick on a constant basis, and just can’t help linking man-induced climate change to everything

Is there anything more horrifying than a candy shortage? Although we’re in the clear for now, supply hasn’t matched demand for years, and Halloween candy prices have changed significantly. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that prices of the sweet stuff have been steadily rising since 1998, and a lot of that hike has to do with a much larger problem: climate change.

In particular, the cost of chocolate has gone up due to a decrease in cocoa production as a result of changing climates in bean-producing regions. USA Today reports that cocoa bean crops are being devastated by climate-related issues including unpredictable rainfall and rising temperatures. Meanwhile, demand for chocolate is higher than ever, resulting in an imbalance between how much cocoa is produced and how much chocolate is consumed.

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Bummer: Americans More Afraid Of Clowns Than ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach October 22, 2016 – 7:23 am

On the bright side, ‘climate change’ didn’t come in last or next to last place! Here’s Vox being Vox

Americans are more afraid of clowns than climate change, terrorism, and … death

We live in scary times.

In 2016, we’ve seen hundreds of mass shootings. We’ve watched the gap between rich and poor Americans widen. We’ve witnessed the fulminant rise of Donald Trump, whose nomination left Vox editor in chief Ezra Klein “truly afraid” for the first time in American politics.

But in the eyes of our citizens, there is a graver threat at hand: clowns.

In a poll we conducted with Morning Consult last week, 42 percent of Americans said they were, in some capacity, afraid of clowns. Among voters ages 18 to 29, nearly one in three admitted to at least a minor case of coulrophobia — fear of clowns.

The younger the group, the more afraid of clowns they become. Probably because those of us who are older understand that clowns aren’t really anything to be afraid of, and the jokes about them being scary and stuff on TV and in movies are jokes. Young people do not seem to have a sense of humor or reality nowadays.

Anyhow

We compared the results of our poll with a poll recently conducted by Chapman University, which asked 1,511 Americans to identify their greatest fears from a list of topics. Clowns outranked every single fear, save for “government corruption.” (Note that the Chapman poll only included “very afraid” and “afraid” as voting options, while our poll had “very afraid,” “somewhat afraid,” and “a little afraid.”)

42% were afraid of clowns. Just 32% were afraid of ‘climate change’. After 25+ years of spreading awareness and controlling what kids are taught in school, what people see on television and in the news, one would think there would be more concern. Alas, no. So sad.

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VP Who Likes To Be Gropey Threatens Hypothetical Violence Against Trump

By William Teach October 22, 2016 – 7:09 am

Just Joe “Get A Shotgun” Biden being Biden(?)

(Fox News) Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that he wished he could physically confront Republican nominee Donald Trump over lewd comments the real estate mogul made about women that were captured on tape in 2005.

“The press always asks me don’t I wish I were debating him,” Biden, 73, said of the 70-year-old Trump. “No, I wish we were in high school—I could take him behind the gym. That’s what I wish.”

This guy. Just imagine the outrage and apoplectic opinion pieces and hyperventilation from news personalities had this been said in the reverse.

“What he says he did and does is the textbook definition of sexual assault,” Biden said. “It’s more than that. He said because I’m famous, because I’m a star, because I’m a billionaire, I can do things other people can’t. What a disgusting assertion for anyone to make.”

Interesting. I wonder if Joe was thinking about Hillary getting away with things that the little people can’t, namely, her whole email server fiasco. I wonder if Joe was thinking about this

10 Times Joe Biden Has Touched People Against Their Will

Pretty rich for a guy like Uncle Joe Biden to come out and say that Donald Trump’s locker room talk about groping women amounts to “sexual assault.”

“The words are demeaning. Such behavior is an abuse of power. It’s not lewd. It’s sexual assault,” Biden said in a tweet Saturday afternoon.

Well if words about groping amount to sexual assault, then what does a history of actually touching women who clearly don’t want to be touched amount to?

Here’s a pictorial history of Joe Biden aka Sir Gropes-a-Lot …

Joe just loves touching people who don’t seem to want to be touched. As Gawker noted

Maybe he’s just a very warm man. Maybe he’s more affectionate than almost all other adults. But ask yourself this: if this were any other male politician, would we be so quick to add it to the meme pile? Try this: look at all of those photos and imagine, say, Paul Ryan’s face instead of Biden’s.

Some people are touchy. We all know people like that. The person who keeps touching you while talking to you. They don’t mean anything by it. The person who gets huggy. They don’t mean anything by it. I can’t stand bro-hugs, and try and forestall them with a hand out for a fist bump. I don’t like people touching me. But, I don’t think it’s sexual assault. Just annoying. Both Joe and Trump seem to be the touchy kind of people.

Yet, we have Biden on tape and in photos touching and kissing people. Almost nothing on Trump. Why are liberals not slamming Biden?

And, imagine Trump made a comment about wanting to beat up Biden in high school. How would that go?

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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Man Who Ignores Will Of The People Upset That Trump Might Do Same

By William Teach October 21, 2016 – 3:43 pm

Yeah, so this happened during Obama’s speech in Miami Gardens. Listen near the end

(this is at the 32 minute mark of the overall speech) No, no, no, I want everybody to pay attention here. That is dangerous. Because when you try to sow the seeds of doubt in people’s minds about the legitimacy of our elections, that undermines our democracy. Then you’re doing the work of our adversaries for them. Because our democracy depends on people knowing that their vote matters; that those who occupy the seats of power were chosen by the people. Even when your preferred candidate loses, even when you are the one who is running and you lose, you’ve got to see the bigger picture and say that here in America, we believe in democracy, and we accept the will of the people. (Applause.)

Interesting. This is coming from a man that utterly ignored the will of the people when it came to Obamacare, when the People said “no, we’re not interested, do not pass this.”

He ignored the will of the people when it came to the Iran deal. He ignored the will of the people when they rebuffed him and his Democratic Party cronies and voted the GOP back into the House with an historic blowout. Nor when the GOP regained the Senate. When he issues executive orders that thwart the established law. He has stepped on the will of the people throughout his 2 terms, and he dares lecture Trump? Perhaps he should retroactively lecture Al Gore. And Hillary Clinton, for her history of questioning Bush’s election in 2000.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 21, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is a world turning to desert form Other People driving fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Creeping Sharia, with a post on yet another fake bit of Islamophobia.

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Global Wine Production Is Doomed From ‘Climate Change’ Or Something

By William Teach October 21, 2016 – 10:30 am

It’s scary!!!!! And Bad Weather never happened before fossil fuels

Here’s how wine and climate change go scarily hand-in-hand

Get ready to whine.

If you didn’t think this year could possibly get any worse, you’re wrong.

On top of all your existing 2016 worries, you now have to deal with the horrifying reality that global wine production has fallen by 5 percent.

As a result of extreme weather events, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) reported that since 2015 there have been steep drops in wine production throughout the southern hemisphere.

During a recent press conference, OIV Director General Jean-Marie Aurand announced the troubling news that 2016’s wine production is among the lowest in the past 20 years.

Oh, noes!

(UK Guardian) Global wine production is expected to fall by 5% in 2016 because of “climatic events” causing steep drops in production in most of the southern hemisphere, particularly Chile and Argentina.

Wait, did it fall 5%, or expected to fall 5%? Both articles are based on exactly the same report. So, which is it? Does it really matter, though? As, no matter what, members of the Cult of Climastrology will be pimping doom and gloom.

(Fox News) Floods, drought, frost and hail cut into world wine production this year across Europe and South America, but the quality of the 2016 vintage shouldn’t unduly suffer.

Frost? So, colder temperatures? As far as the rest, weather happens. Some years are great, others, not so much. America was up 2%, while wine growers in South America were hit hard. Italy, France, and Spain saw their exports surge. There’s no mythical god of carbon pollution involved, just things that have always happened in climate.

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Hannity Loses It Again, Accuses NeverTrump Of Supporting Abortion

By William Teach October 21, 2016 – 7:43 am

See, because if you don’t support a guy who was “very” pro-abortion not that long ago, who was “pro-choice in every respect“, who is a big fan of Planned Parenthood, and is able to take 5 positions in 3 days on abortion, well, you must be a big supporter of abortion!

(Red State) Seeing the writing on the wall, Trump’s adoring media gimps… er… surrogates went into spastic fits of angst on Thursday morning.

Laura Ingraham, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, and everybody’s favorite sensei, Sean Hannity, discussed the final presidential debate, and took outrageous aim at the Never Trump holdouts.

“They’re standing with the woman who stood up there today and said, ‘I’m hundred percent for Roe v. Wade and partial birth abortion,” Ingraham said in reference to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton‘s performance Wednesday evening at the third and final presidential debate.

“That’s what ‘Never Trump’ stands for, I guess,” she said during an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “Roe v. Wade and partial birth abortion. Fantastic.”

Ridiculous and insulting.

It is. But, this is the way Hannity and the Trump Train runs. They’ve been doing this since the early spring, especially when Trump hit the magic number of primary delegates. You either supported Trump, a guy who was a Democrat not that long ago (2011), and held many Democrat positions, and, yes, was a big donor to Hillary and the Clinton Foundation, or you wanted Hillary elected, and were a traitor and a RAT. In no way did the Trumpites attempt to persuade people to vote for Trump. Heck, Trump said he didn’t need Conservatives, he’d woo Bernie Sanders supporters (how’s that worked out, BTW?).

Susan Wright continues

People like Ingraham, Hannity, and the other Trump devotees are trying to scare, bully, or shame principled voters into accepting their candidate. It doesn’t work that way. Nobody isowed our vote. It has to be earned. Trump has shown himself unprofessional, unqualified, and wholly unworthy of our sacred trust.

Hillary is no better. We’re not voting for her, either.

The transcript further shows Hannity losing it even more

Hannity interjected, “Get off their ass! Just say it. Tell them to get off their ass and stop being a bunch of crybabies.”

“I’m so tired of all those people. They don’t deserve any more discussion until the day after election. Then I got a lot to say about [House Speaker] Paul Ryan and the rest of them,” Hannity said.

Much like Trump, Hannity, who used to call himself a Reagan Conservative (does he do that anymore? The limited time I’m willing to tune in anymore hasn’t yielded a mention in the past months) is acting much like Trump, wanting to burn the whole thing down if he doesn’t get his way. Heck, if Trump manages to win, they’ll still want to burn the GOP down, which, let me think, is doing the job of the Democrats! Dissension is not allowed in Trump World. People like Hannity are acting like hardcore Lefties, who have long required that you toe their line or be destroyed.

What you have are people who say their conservatives supporting a man who is anything but a conservative, who is simply patronizing them with supposed conservative talking points, with a record that is contradictory. Maybe they’re trying to convince themselves? Who knows. What we do know is that every time Republicans start thinking “well, perhaps I can vote Trump as a vote against Hillary”, we either get Trump saying something stupid or unhinged people like Hannity saying something nasty.

As Susan end with “you own this.” Trumpites do. They could have chosen someone who polled well against Hillary.

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Silly Headline Of Day: “WikiLeaks poisons Hillary’s relationship with left”

By William Teach October 21, 2016 – 6:48 am

Seriously, Politico writer Kenneth P. Vogel blames Wikileaks for the poisoning, not Hillary, with that headline

Donald Trump is pointing to a stream of hacked emails as proof that Hillary Clinton would be a compromised president, but a surprising number of progressives are drawing similar conclusions — albeit for atotally different reasons.

Some of the left’s most influential voices and groups are taking offense at the way they and their causes were discussed behind their backs by Clinton and some of her closest advisers in the emails, which swipe liberal heroes and causes as “puritanical,” “pompous”, “naive”, “radical” and “dumb,” calling some “freaks,” who need to “get a life.”

There are more than personal feelings and relationships at stake, though.
If polls hold and Clinton wins the presidency, she will need the support of the professional left to offset what’s expected to be vociferous Republican opposition to her legislative proposals and appointments. (snip)

Liberal groups and activists are assembling opposition research-style dossiers of the most dismissive comments in the WikiLeaks emails about icons of their movement like Clinton’s Democratic primary rival Bernie Sanders, and their stances on trade, Wall Street reform, energy and climate change. And some liberal activists are vowing to use the email fodder to oppose Clinton policy proposals or appointments deemed insufficiently progressive.

Hillary is in it for herself, and, much like she has caustic words for those who support Donald Trump, such as “deplorables”, she doesn’t really care for the activists and such on the left. But, finding out how Hillary and her people really think is not the fault of Wikileaks: it’s the fault of Hillary and her people.

Is releasing stolen material bad? Of course. Liberals used to love this, though, when the information was about Republicans, especially George Bush and his administration. Or about the US military. They said it was perfectly OK when it was about our government, highlighting the bad things it was doing. They loved it when Edward Snowden was releasing material showing how much our government was spying on US citizens. Most of the stuff released about Hillary was essentially government.

Regardless, it’s not Wikileaks at fault: don’t blame them for the misconduct of Hillary and her people. It just provides more proof that Hillary hates the little people, who can’t pony up millions of dollars for pay for play access.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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Surprise: Minnesota Supreme Court Determines That BB Guns Are Not, In Fact, Firearms

By William Teach October 20, 2016 – 3:49 pm

Seriously, this had to go to court to be recognized

(Star Tribune)  The Minnesota Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a felon sentenced to five years in prison for the possession of a small BB gun, ruling Wednesday that the air-powered weapon is not a firearm.

Though the decision vacates the conviction upheld by the Minnesota Court of Appeals, it is not broad-sweeping. The ruling only covers Minnesota’s felon-in-possession statues, not someone who chooses to actually fire it.

Since 1977, the state’s two appellate courts have repeatedly agreed with the Legislature that a BB gun is a firearm when involved in various crimes, such as drive-by shootings. (snip)

The Supreme Court disagreed, arguing that the plain meaning of “firearm” does not include an air-powered BB gun. A firearm, it ruled, is defined as a weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder. A BB gun can’t be defined in that way because it doesn’t use explosive force, according to court records.

The court said it was up to the legislature to determine the definition of a firearm, noting that things like nail guns work on the same principle as a BB gun, yet aren’t considered firearms.

Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said he was disappointed with Wednesday’s ruling, which would force the dismissal of any pending cases in which a felon was alleged to be in possession of an “air-powered” firearm. Choi called on the Legislature to provide further clarity on the issue.

“For the public’s sake, there should be a clear prohibition and serious penalties for felons who carry ‘air-powered’ guns,” Choi wrote in a statement to the Star Tribune. “These ‘air-powered’ guns are not yesterday’s Daisy Riders. They look identical to popular handguns, have immense firepower, and too often are involved in criminal activity or tragic events.”

It would be wise for the legislature to look at penalties for those who use air-powered guns as props for intimidation and crimes. Some of them are so realistic looking that even the most knowledgeable gun owners have no idea. But, they aren’t firearms.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 20, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…are horrible farm animals causing giant hurricanes, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is This ain’t Hell…, with a post on SJWs opposing camouflage.

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