If All You See…

By William Teach November 18, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is a sudden carbon pollution fueled snowstorm, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post on gender inequality in snow removal.

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Here Are 10 Steps To Limit Warming to 1.5C Or Something

By William Teach November 18, 2016 – 10:30 am

I’m sure you’ll notice what is missing from this list

Climate Action Tracker Outlines 10 Most Important Short-Term Steps To Limit Warming To 1.5°C

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Scientists with CAT also warned that if one sector was to do less than the others — particularly the energy, industry, and transport sectors — they would leave behind a high-emissions legacy for several decades. They also point out that lack of action could result in a failure to set in motion the wider-system changes necessary to achieve the required long-term transformation.

The ten steps are as follows:

  1. Electricity: sustain the growth rate of renewables and other zero and low carbon power until 2025 to reach 100% by 2050
  2. Coal: no new coal power plants, reduce emissions from coal by at least 30% by 2025
  3. Road transport: last fossil fuel car sold before 2035
  4. Aviation and shipping: develop and get agreement on a 1.5°C compatible vision
  5. New buildings: all new buildings fossil-free and near zero energy by 2020
  6. Building renovation: increase rates from <1% in 2015 to 5% by 2020
  7. Industry: all new installations in emissions-intensive sectors are low-carbon after 2020; maximize material efficiency
  8. Reduce emissions from forestry and other land use to 95% below 2010 levels by 2030, stop net deforestation by the 2020s
  9. Commercial agriculture: keep emissions at or below current levels, establish and disseminate regional best practice, ramp up research
  10. CO2 removal: begin research and planning for negative emissions

Did you catch it? That’s right, there is nothing about members of the Cult of Climastrology going out and living the carbon neutral life. It is all about, and I’ll know you’ll be utterly shocked by this, the use of Governmental power to force these 10 things, because that’s the only way they happen. Force of government. This is why so many Skeptics note that this whole thing is about politics, not science. Virtually every policy prescription revolves around increasing the size and power of government. Rarely anything about personal responsibility.

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It Begins: House Democrats Want Obama To Pardon Illegal Aliens

By William Teach November 18, 2016 – 7:10 am

Democrats keep proving why they have lost so many elected positions at the federal, state, county, and local levels

(The Hill) A group of House Democrats petitioned President Barack Obama Thursday to pardon undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children for their immigration violations.

Democratic Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Lucille Roybal-Allard of California, and Luis Gutierrez of Illinois said it is Obama’s “responsibility” to protect participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program from potential immigration enforcement measures taken by a Trump administration.

“We want the immigrant community to know that we are not giving up, we are going to fight for them, we are going to stand by them, we are on their side,” Lofgren said at the press conference.

In a letter to Obama, the proponents argued that the president’s power to grant pardons extends to civil immigration violations such as illegal entry, overstaying a visa and illegal presence.

Instead of worrying about the middle class, which, really, Democrats rarely do, they’re more concerned with people who came to the country illegally, whether they were young or not, over the needs of American citizens. Democrats do not care about the DREAMers per se, they just want their votes. Meanwhile, the rest of us are a wee bit upset about these illegal aliens demonstrating in the streets, demanding that they be legalized and given free things like a college education. They freak out about citizens flying the American flag, while they fly the Mexican flag and demand the American SW be returned to Mexico.

Anyhow, the White House has told these Congress Critters that they can’t, it wouldn’t give legal status, only Congress can do that.

In their letter, Lofgren, Gutierrez and Roybal-Allard warn that the Department of Homeland Security “now has fingerprints, home addresses, and other information to identify those DREAMers.”

“They are more at risk because they registered,” Gutierrez said.

Who did that? Perhaps if the DREAMers asked nicely, and showed that they love this country, things might go differently.

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Last Person In World How Should Be Telling Trump To Get Serious Tells Trump To Get Serious

By William Teach November 18, 2016 – 6:56 am

This is a hoot

(Politico) Get serious or get played, President Barack Obama told President-elect Donald Trump here Thursday — warning his successor that he’ll lose elections and people will die if he doesn’t shape up.

As impressive as the campaign he ran was, that won’t translate to governing, Obama said he told Trump in their long private post-election Oval Office meeting last week. (snip)

Obama said he told Trump in their private meeting that “what may work in generating enthusiasm or passion during elections may be different in terms of what will work in terms of unifying the country and gaining the trust of even those who don’t support him.” (snip)

“I think the president-elect is going to see fairly quickly that the demands and responsibilities of a U.S. president are not ones that you can treat casually,” Obama said.

Then a warning shot: “If you’re not serious about the job, then you probably won’t be there very long, because it will expose problems.”

Where to even start? This is a guy who has hit the links 324 times and held over 500 fundraisers during his time in office. All the appearances on late night and daytime talk shows. He appeared on Between Two Ferns and with a girl who takes baths in milk for Youtube broadcasts. He’s all into those selfies, especially when discussing historic events. All the parties with celebrities. Picking his March Madness brackets Oh, and here’s my favorite

https://twitter.com/HarrietBaldwin/status/799314293569163264

As far as governing, Obama uses his pen far more than attempting to talk to the duly elected legislative branch.

Gaining the trust of those who don’t support him? How’s that worked out for Obama? He’s manage to lose more House seats than anyone else. He put the GOP back in the majority in the Senate. Then there are all the wins by Republicans in the state, county, and local offices.

And let’s not forget how he has supported the Black Lives Matter thugs, who’ve loved rioting, looting, burning, and general mayhem.

The rest of the article doesn’t get much better, so, the only question left to ask is “What’s the over/under on Obama playing golf Saturday?”

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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DHS Sued For Environmental Impact Of Illegal Immigration

By William Teach November 17, 2016 – 3:22 pm

This one is a hoot

(Breitbart) A federal complaint has been filed against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Jeh Johnson for their “actions concern[ing] the entry and settlement of multitudinous foreign nationals into the United States.”

The DHS, and Secretary Johnson (in his official capacity) have been sued for the damage that has been caused to citizens because of expansive immigration policies and lax enforcement, and for not conducting an environmental analysis of the effect of their policies. The plaintiffs want transparency from the federal government and environmentally informed decision-making.

The nine plaintiffs urge that communities have been harmed and overwhelmed by school overcrowding, traffic congestion, water and air pollution, destruction of property and livestock, loss of green space, and interference with the peaceful enjoyment of private property. There were 14 affidavits attached to the complaint by those harmed by the federal government’s policies.

They should have included climate change, actually making it the primary objection. Would have created quite the conundrum for liberals, would it not?

Lead IRLI counsel, Julie Axelrod told Breitbart Texas, “The federal government has been ignoring our nation’s preeminent environmental law for the past 46 years. NEPA, which stated directly that endless population growth is not in the national interest, was supposed to prevent exactly what has happened— that the public is in the dark about the massive environmental impact of the policy choices of their government.”

Well, now that’s just a low blow, using the leftist’s own type of talking points to slam them on illegal immigration.

Anyhow, read the rest.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 17, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil fossil fueled vehicle creating heat snow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Daley Gator, with a post on the mental malfunctions of liberals.

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Kerry On ‘Climate Change’: No One Should Make Decisions For Billions On Ideology

By William Teach November 17, 2016 – 10:44 am

After taking long fossil fueled trips to Antarctica and New Zealand, current Secretary of State and uber-Warmist/climahypocrite John Kerry has gone all announcey

(Huff Post) The United States on Wednesday announced an ambitious new goal to rapidly reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by midcentury, despite the incoming presidency of Donald Trump, a man who has called the phenomenon a “hoax” invented by the Chinese. (snip)

Under the newly released strategy, which aims to rapidly “decarbonize” America, emissions would be slashed about 80 percent by 2050, compared with levels set in 2005. The U.S. has already promised a 26 percent to 28 percent cut in emissions by 2025 and would build on those pledges through a transition to renewable energy production, carbon removal technology and efforts to curb emissions from agriculture and other sources.

Good news: President Trump will axe these goals and projects. Here’s where it gets really fun

Kerry used his speech to urge those in power to “do your own due diligence before making irrevocable choices.”

“No one has a right to make decisions that affect billions of people based solely on ideology or without proper input,” he said. “Anyone who has these conversations, who takes the time to learn from these experts, who gets the full picture of what we’re facing ― I believe they can only come to one legitimate decision, and that is to act boldly on climate change and encourage others to do the same.”

Sounds like he’s making these decisions for billions based on a cultish ideology and with only the facts from that narrow viewpoint. He says to do your own due diligence, then trots out the Warmist viewpoint. This is what they do.

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Who’s Up For A 12 Step Program For Responding To President Trump?

By William Teach November 17, 2016 – 7:57 am

NY Times hyperventalist Nicholas Kristof provides this for all those who have been traumatized by the election of Donald Trump. Missing is anything on liberals stopping their violence, stopping their creation of hate crime hoaxes, stopping their vandalism

A 12-Step Program for Responding to President-Elect Trump

1. I WILL accept that my side lost, but I won’t acquiesce in injustice and I will gird for battle on issues I care about. I will call or write my member of Congress and express my opposition to mass deportation, to cutting 22 million people off health insurance, to nominations of people who are unqualified or bigoted, to reduced access to contraception and cancer screenings. Better yet, I’ll attend my representative’s town meeting and put him or her on the spot.

Here’s a phrase that Obama used early on: “I won.” And “the election is over” to John McCain, meaning McCain lost, as did his policy prescriptions. And “elections have consequences.”

2. I WILL try to do small things in my own life, recognizing that they are inadequate but at least a start: I will sign up on the Council on American-Islamic Relations website, volunteering to fight Islamophobia. I’ll call a local mosque to offer support, or join an interfaith event. I will sign up for an “accompany my neighbor” list if one exists for my area, to be an escort for anyone who is now in fear.

Full stop: Kristoff is advocating that people join CAIR, a group that is linked to the radical Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood, which is recognized in many nations as a terrorist group, and is the base of so many terrorist groups around the world. They want the destruction of Israel, just like Iran. They want to force their hardcore Islamic beliefs, the same things groups like al Qaeda and Hezbollah believe in, on the United States.

3. I WILL avoid demonizing people who don’t agree with me about this election, recognizing that it’s as wrong to stereotype Trump supporters as anybody else. I will avoid Hitler metaphors, recognizing that they stop conversations and rarely persuade. I’ll remind myself that no side has a monopoly on truth and that many Trump supporters are good people who want the best for the country. The left already has gotten into trouble for condescending to working-class people, and insulting all Trump supporters as racists simply magnifies that problem.

We could really end this right here, because it is entirely too late for this. Heck, it was too late back in 2004. Progressivism is all about intolerance for the viewpoints of people who do not vote Democrat. Excepting those who are Islamic extremists in other countries, who can’t vote in our elections. Liberals love protecting them.

5. I WILL support groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center that fight hate groups, and back the center’s petition calling on Donald Trump to disavow bigotry. Depending on my interests, I’ll support an immigration rights group, the A.C.L.U. or Planned Parenthood. And I’ll subscribe to a newspaper as one way of resisting efforts to squelch the news media or preside over a post-fact landscape — and also to encourage journalists to be watchdogs, not lap dogs.

LOL! He wants you to subscribe to the NY Times, because their circulation is collapsing, and now he wants journalists to do their jobs. Where was this attitude 8 years ago?

6. I WILL support refugees, one of the most demonized groups in the world.

Hey, Nick, why don’t you offer to host these same refugees? Have them in your town? How about recommending that for your peeps? Oh, you don’t want your town turned into a 3rd world shithole, with all sorts of rape, violence, crime, abuse, denigration of women, and such that we see in Europe? Huh.

8. I WILL resist dwelling in an echo chamber.

Too late. This entire piece is an echo chamber.

9. I WILL do what I can in my own life to make sure that the needy aren’t forgotten in the next four years amid paroxysms of tax cuts for the wealthy.

No, they won’t. Liberals are chincy when it comes to using their own money to support charity. That’s The Government’s job.

11. I WILL take on sexism and misogyny, which in forms like domestic violence, sexual assault and sex trafficking affect women and girls across the country.

Weird how most of this occurs in areas run by Democrats, such as college campuses.

12. I WILL not lose hope. I will keep reminding myself that politics zigs and zags, and that I can do more than shout in the wind. I can fight for my values even between elections, and even at the micro level I can mitigate the damage to my neighbors and attempt to heal a social fabric that has been rent.

Good thing liberals aren’t using demeaning words/phrases like “Dumbfuckistan”, “Jesusland”, and “Flyover Country” in an attempt to heal. And, Kristoff seems to give liberals the ability to get out in the streets and fight. Which they are more then willing to do.

Here’s an easy 3 step process post election for liberals, based on the words of Barack Obama early on: “sit down, shut up, and we’ll drive. You can come for the ride, but you have to sit in the back.”

 

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Executive Power: What Obama’s Pen Giveth, Trump’s Sharpie And Twitter Can Take Away

By William Teach November 17, 2016 – 7:31 am

In the immediate aftermath of Trump’s historic win, Sean Dean wrote a piece about 10 things that will be cool again. Things like making jokes about the president, gridlock and obstruction, war protests, and, get this executive power.

A Trump presidency will do wonders in restoring beliefs in limits on executive power. The unitary executive is old and busted. The new hotness is bipartisan compromise across each branch of government.

Liberals are going to be shocked when Trump uses executive power to roll back the Era Of Obama

Washington’s massive about-face on executive power is underway.

Donald Trump’s election has triggered a whiplash-inducing role reversal in D.C. legal circles, as liberals who spent the past eight years defending President Barack Obama’s use of his executive authority prepare to challenge Trump’s plans on issues like immigration, the environment and transgender rights, while conservatives who railed against Obama for acting unilaterally on those fronts seem ready to back the new president’s moves.

Republicans are all-in on using that power to roll back Obama’s executive orders, all the things Obama did via executive power that avoided the constitutionally elected legislative branch. If he starts going beyond that, well, he might find a bit of pushback.

“Whatever Obama’s pen and phone giveth, Trump’s Sharpie and Twitter can taketh away,” said Josh Blackman, a conservative law professor at the South Texas College of Law. “Obama has set all these dangerous precedents….All the shortcuts Obama took are now coming home to roost.”

Of course, Democrats will manufacture reasons to suddenly say that Trump can’t do the same things Obama did, such as

Obama’s defenders say executive action was rarely the president’s first choice, but effectively his only one, in order to pursue policy priorities in the face of a recalcitrant Congress.

The problem here is that Obama was doing this while the Democrats owned Congress during 2009 and 2010. He often simply ignored Congress during that time period, as well, and often didn’t even bother attempting to work with Congress. He would say he wants this piece of legislation, but fail to follow through in discussing it with Congress, even people of his own Party. There was no attempt to do a bit of the old give a little get a little. He would announce something he wanted to do, immediately demonize Congressional Republicans, then go ahead and do it through executive orders.

Trump will use his sharpie to whack a goodly chunk of Obama’s EO’s and federal regulations. Some in total, some partly. His picks for leadership of federal agencies can force through rulemaking changes to counter those from Obama’s minions. They can make things like killing the Clean Power Plan and the Waters of the United States, approving Keysone XL, and so much more, happen. Stopping the abuse from the Dept of Education which used mob tactics when they told school that refused to allow the gender confused to use the opposite sex bathrooms “be a shame if something happened to your federal funding.”

In many things Trump would have the support of the Congress, such as pulling federal funding from cities that shelter illegal aliens, the sanctuary cities. In other cases, all Trump has to do is tell the Executive Office agencies to follow existing federal law.

All in all, it will be fun watching Liberals suddenly be against all they loved during Obama’s time.

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Liberal Cities Are The Only Hope For Climate Change Action Or Something

By William Teach November 16, 2016 – 3:58 pm

This is supposed to be in rebuke to soon-to-be-inaugurated President Trump, but, it really says something different

America’s Cities Are the Only Hope for Climate Change Action

Last week’s U.S. election makes clear that subnational actors—especially cities—are America’s only hope now in terms of climate action. Climate policy cannot take a sabbatical and wait another four years or another election cycle for more aggressive action.

What follows is a lot of whining about Trump and his potential policies, as you can imagine, leading to

This is why cities must be—and will be—at the fore of climate action going forward. This is increasingly clear, from the U.S. to the U.K., as new leaderships abdicate responsibility in protecting their populations from fossil-fueled harm to our health, our economies and our environment.

Since cities are responsible for nearly three-quarters of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions, and the majority of the world’s population lives in cities, cities are the right places to focus, and some are stepping up to demonstrate this leadership. Leading cities, like the cities of the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance, are stepping up and moving fast and furiously towards more livable, sustainable cities, irrespective of national government support or lack thereof.

Making America great is about ensuring that its people are healthy and happy, its economies and environments are thriving, and its security is sound. One of the clearest and most present dangers that is poised to undo this greatness is dirty fossil fuels. They harm health, they’re costly to our economy, they kill our environment and they undermine our security. Any claim to the contrary is not supported by the facts.

Here’s the thing: why haven’t these cities, which are essentially hotbeds of hardcore Progressivism and ‘climate change’ belief, already doing all these things regarding climate action? They take lots of little steps, which don’t amount to much beyond “spreading awareness.” They really aren’t putting their money, and liberty, where their mouths are. They can talk the talk, but, not walk the walk. Why don’t they ban fossil fueled vehicles, and require that all power be derived from renewables? Institute carbon taxes? Require that all food be local? And so on? Why? Because it would be inconvenient for these Warmists, plus, expensive as hell, not too mention reducing their own lifestyles, increase their cost of living, and reduce their liberty. The negative parts of their beliefs should always be on Other People.

Let’s start the whole thing by banning fossil fuels of any type in the big cities.

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