Italy Could Reduce Climate Change If They Went Vegetarian

By William Teach July 29, 2016 – 10:30 am

Considering the state of Italy’s economy, how they’re being inundated with refugees and Islamists, organized crime and corruption, a divide between the north and south, and heck, even their treatment of women, I’d think that this would be one of the last things Italians would be concerned about

(Newsweek) The announcement last week that Turin—the industrial core of meat-loving Italy—will be making moves toward vegetarianism was met with some groans. According to The Guardian, the meat-reduction agenda introduced by the city’s new mayor, Chiara Appendino, drew complaints of nanny-stateism; one disgruntled Tweeter mocked the proposal, writing: “If you disobey [the mayor’s agenda] in Turin you’ll go to bed without dinner.”

Yeah, people are pretty pissed off. You can make Italian dishes without meat, but, really, you are going to find some type of sausage, beef, pork, or seafood in most.

But it’s growing increasingly impossible to ignore how our carnivorous preferences are tangled up in the fate of the planet. Agriculture and food production currently account for about a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions, 80 percent of which are livestock-related, according to new research from the Oxford Martin School. The study modeled four different global scenarios to predict how those numbers might alter by the year 2050: in one, consumption and production continued at the current rate; another predicted the outcome of adherence to global dietary guidelines, which limit red meat, sugar, and total calories while emphasizing fruit and vegetable intake; the last two modeled the impact of strict vegetarian and vegan diets.

You first, Warmists, you first

That will, undeniably, require instigating a societal sea change. And if we follow the logic that the biggest shifts must happen gradually, the pushback against Appendino’s leap to vegetarianism is understandable. However, Barcelona, as our sister site CityLab Latino recently reported, is dealing a softer blow by declaring itself “veg friendly” and a “friend of vegan and vegetarian culture.” While shying away from a prescriptivist approach to diet, Barcelona will work to establish itself as a convener of information about the meat-free lifestyle: a new meeting space, BCN Veg Point, will bring consumers and entrepreneurs together in discussion, and the city will launch a new app and guide to the local vegan and vegetarian hotspots.

In other words, government force and Nannystatism is required. Funny how this issue always comes around to increased governmental power.

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Every Vote This Year Is For Or Against Climate Change, Ya Know!

By William Teach July 29, 2016 – 7:21 am

Because ‘climate change’ is the top issue of the campaigns!

This Year, Every Vote Is a Vote for or Against Climate Change

YESTERDAY, THE 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia aired a five and a half minute video about climate change. Directed by James Cameron and narrated by Sigourney Weaver, it featured Don Cheadle, Jack Black, America Ferrera, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and other celebs. Instead of scientists and hockey sticks, it had forest fires, Hurricane Sandy survivors, and a summer blockbuster soundtrack. The gist: Climate change is causing awful things in America and abroad. If you care to stop it, vote for Hillary Clinton.

None of that is as remarkable as the context in which it was shown. In the decades since scientists first warned a US president that greenhouse gas emissions would doom us all, no political party has ever presented itself as taking the issue seriously during a presidential election. This year is different. And not because the Republican candidate calls climate change a hoax. What’s new is Democrats are going on the offense. Speaker after speaker at the convention has laid into Donald Trump and his party’s denialism. Climate action is a prominent plank in the Democratic Party platform. They’ve made the stakes clear: A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote for planet Earth.

So, vote Hillary or die. Uh huh. The interesting part here is that Hillary hasn’t really shown that much passion for the subject, mostly treating it as a box to be check to patronize her unhinged base (which refuses to give up their own use of fossil fuels and go carbon neutral). Will she actually push Hotcoldwetdry policies? They don’t seem important to her. A President Hillary would most likely allow her federal agencies to run wild in implementing policies, but, wouldn’t actively push them herself.

Even Hillary surely realizes that ‘climate change’ is last or next to last on the list of American concerns.

This election year is different. “I would say, just taking a moment and looking back, there is no question that this year climate change is in the forefront of presidential election issues, much more than it every has been and with greater urgency,” says Cristine Russell, senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, who covered science and environment for decades for the Washington Post. Why? Well, Gore’s documentary amplified popular culture’s acceptance of climate science. Katrina, Sandy, and the Great Western Drought happened. Scientists got better at attributing specific weather events to climate change. One hundred and seventy-six countries signed an international accord to collectively confront global warming. Climate change is no longer subordinate to other issues. It encompasses them.

Got that? No longer is ‘climate change’ just subsuming actual, real, important environmental issues and placing them under the Hotcoldwetdry banner: it’s putting every issue under the banner. Which will turn people off, not too mention that the wrong fix will be applied.

As far as the film goes, there are lots of whoppers, duckspeak, and misinformation. I’ll let you read it for yourself, while noting that the people who put it together and appeared in it tend to use lots and lots of fossil fuels. Also, how much fossil fuel was used for the entire Democratic National Convention, from putting it together, to holding it, to get people to and fro? How much energy was used, how much trash was created, all the rubber for the balloon drop, all the wasted food, the dead tree signs? What was the carbon footprint?

All in all, no one really cares, but, keep beating that drum, Warmists.

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Woman With Virtually No Accomplishments Makes History Or Something

By William Teach July 29, 2016 – 6:58 am

There’s quite a bit of sqeeeing going on the news media over the nomination of Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic Party presidential nominee. It’s History! The NY Times says so

Clinton Makes History

….

Mrs. Clinton’s nomination — bringing women, barred first by law and then by custom, to the pinnacle of American politics — is to be celebrated as inspiration for young Americans, and as hope for women in nations and cultures that deny them the most basic opportunities. It is further proof that opening doors to women elevates and strengthens our nation.

Well, now, that’s interesting, because she has virtually no positive accomplishments over her time as a public figure. Quick, name one. Getting a bill renaming a federal center in NYC really doesn’t count much, does it? Let’s be honest: Hillary has ridden Bill’s coattails since he became governor of Arkansas. Call that sexist, call it misogynistic, the truth hurts. She was pathetic as a reverse carpet bagger senator, and was worse as Secretary of State.

Of course, to point anything out and go against her is sexism

Some Americans remain deeply uncomfortable with women leading corporations, let alone the free world. No woman is more aware of this than Mrs. Clinton, who has struggled as first lady, senator and secretary of state to strike the right balance between what society expected of women and what she aspired to accomplish.

See?

What is already clear is that Mrs. Clinton has had to work fiercely hard, under a withering scrutiny no male candidate would face, and that that hard work has now resulted in a profound service to the nation: A short time ago, the idea that a woman would attain her party’s presidential nomination was beyond audacious; it no longer is.

Yeah, no man with that bad a record, who is that unlikable and has a problem speaking to citizens outside of small gatherings would ever have trouble. Now that she is official (after having help from the DNC in spiking Bernie Sanders’ attempt), the compliant news media can frame all opposition as sexism.

Now over to the “straight news” at the Times, with this filed under “news analysis”. In other words, an opinion piece disguised

Hillary Clinton Asks Not for Trust, but for Faith in Her Competence

The trust of the American electorate remains out of her reach. Its affections still elude her.

So after 40 years in public life, Hillary Clinton grasped for something less lofty and far more attainable here on Thursday night: an unquestioned acknowledgment of her readiness for the job.

Her speech was rather short on actual accomplishments, because her history in government is rather short on actual accomplishments.

This all is pretty much repeated across the news media, you’ll get the same things at ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, LA Times, etc. Hillary is utterly corrupt, incompetent, and soulless. She’s a big government statist who has no idea what the middle and lower classes go through. She wants to disarm law abiding citizens while having her own armed security for decades. She’s an unindicted felon who exposed national security for her own convenience. Her foundation is a criminal racket which spends just 10% on charity. She has no legislative record to speak of, and her time as Sec State saw the rise of ISIS, the disaster in Syria, support for Islamic extremists, and the rise of Russia, among others.

History is not always positive.

Anyway, her speech was agitated, hectoring, pandering, and robotic. There were catcalls and boos. Even Bill apparently found it boring

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Are Democrats Blocking Plainclothed Police Officers Inside Convention?

By William Teach July 28, 2016 – 4:25 pm

But, but, but, Democrats love police officers! I know because they tell us! Right before they slur them

Huh

(Breitbart)  Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” in an appearance from the site of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani called the convention “the most anti-police” and “the most anti-law enforcement” he had ever seen.

However, he also said that according to “high-ranking police officers” in Philadelphia, uniformed law enforcement was not allowed on the floor of the convention.

“This is the most anti-police, anti-law enforcement convention I’ve ever seen in my whole life. There was not a uniformed police officer allowed on the convention floor. I was told that by four high-ranking police officers, two of whom I’ve known for a very long time. And then I walked the floor for very long time and I couldn’t find a single officer. Go look at your footage.  You find me a uniform. Hillary Clinton didn’t want uniformed police officers on the convention floor.”

Giuliani made the same claim this morning on the Bill Lumaye show on WPTF (I refuse to listen to Glenn Beck anymore). He went on to say that officers are allowed as long as they are not in uniform.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 28, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful carbon friendly bike in the middle of a horrible drying world prone to flooding, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Fire Andrea Mitchell, with a post on another nutty Democrat lighting themselves on fire while trying to burn the American flag.

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Groups File Lawsuit Against Rhode Island AG For Climate Change Targeting

By William Teach July 28, 2016 – 10:47 am

Democratic party attorney generals wanted to use the power of the government to engage in lawfare and intimidation against those who refuse to believe in anthropogenic climate change. They’ve been receiving a bit of their own medicine, and here comes some more

(New Boston Post) Two national public interest groups are suing Rhode Island’s attorney general, whom the groups claim formed a “secret pact” with climate change lobbyists and other state attorneys general to prosecute those who raise questions about global warming.

On Wednesday, Washington, D.C.-based Free Market Environment Law Clinic and the Energy & Environment Legal Institute filed suit in Providence Superior Court against the Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General, seeking specific records detailing that office’s collaboration with other attorneys general investigating those who disagree with the prevailing wisdom on climate change.

This goes back to the collusion between the 19 Democrat AGs and climate change lobbyists and groups to target Exxon Mobile, as well as lots of private Conservative groups. They demanded tons and tons of material, including emails and documents going back decades, which would include donor information and the names of compatriots, who would then be included in the targeting. It was a massive attempt to chill Free Speech, which Warmists are attempting to criminalize as “fraud”, despite having no actual evidence. So much was simply a fishing expedition.

The suit filed in Rhode Island on Wednesday by pro-energy groups alleges that Kilmartin’s office withheld documents related to his office’s involvement in the effort to coordinate such strategies.

In particular, the suit alleges that Kilmartin withheld evidence of a “common interest agreement” which, they allege, is actually a sweeping effort by the attorneys general to exempt themselves state open records laws with respect to any discussions regarding the topics of energy and climate. The suit claims that the AG’s office violated the Access to Public Records Act, Chapter 38-2 of the Rhode Island General Laws and seeks to vindicate the public’s right to a transparent and open government by asking the court to require Kilmartin to produce the requested records.

The AGs want tons and tons of records, yet, they seem very unwilling to provide their own. Similarly, these same AGs and climate groups are refusing to provide the documents demanded by a subpoena from the House of Representatives. What do they have to hide?

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Surprise: Yet Another Warmist Calls For Climate Skepticism To Be A Crime

By William Teach July 28, 2016 – 7:59 am

I wonder, should it be a crime to call for all sorts of anthropogenic climate change measures and laws to fail to practice what they preach? Should it be a crime for members of the Cult of Climastrology to call for measures on Other People? Should it be a crime for a Warmist to use fossil fuels in their own lives? Na. But they sure want to criminalize what they consider Wrongthink (via Anthony Watts)

Dr Jarrod Gilbert: Why climate denial should be a criminal offence

There is no greater crime being perpetuated on future generations than that committed by those who deny climate change. The scientific consensus is so overwhelming that to argue against it is to perpetuate a dangerous fraud. Denial has become a yardstick by which intelligence can be tested. The term climate sceptic is now interchangeable with the term mindless fool.

Fraud, huh? Aping the latest duckspeak from the Cult of Climastrology.

Meta studies show that 97 per cent of published climate scientists agree that global warming is occurring and that it is caused by human activities. The American Association for the Advancement of Science compared it to the consensus linking smoking to cancer. The debate is over, yet doubt continues.

Trotting out 97% consensus is fraud, since the studies are frauds. Plus, consensus is not science.

The worst of these problems will impact more greatly on generations to come, but to ignore them now is as unconscionable as it is selfish. It ought be seen as a crime.

Of course, the writer, Dr Jarrod Gilbert, who practices that deep science disciple of “sociology”, isn’t fool enough to delve into specific criminal penalties

One way in which everyday crime can be discouraged is to ensure that “capable guardians” are around to deter criminal activity. When it comes to climate change, the capable guardians are educated members of the public who counteract the deniers.

You know what he really wanted to write was to stick skeptics in jail or re-education camps. Or kill them. Many Warmists have thought that murder for Wrongthink is a great idea.

There may be differing opinions on what policies to pursue, but those who deny that climate change exists ought be shouted down like the charlatans that they are. Or better yet, looked upon with pitiful contempt and completely ignored.

Merriam-Webster defines charlatan as “a person who falsely pretends to know or be something in order to deceive people.” Dictionary.com goes with “a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack.” Would not a person who says there is a Big Problem but refuses to change their own life to match the solutions they recommend be implemented by governmental force be a charlatan? Yes.

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Obama Gives Speech At DNC, Forgets Who Has Been President Last 7+ Years

By William Teach July 28, 2016 – 7:35 am

It was an amazing speech from a guy whose political party loathes America, and he himself has long attempted to fundamentally transform America. This ABC News headline is perhaps the most ironic

President Obama Tells DNC ‘America is Already Great’ and ‘We Don’t Look to Be Ruled’

President Obama delivered a resounding defense of the state of the country at the Democratic Convention Wednesday night and said Hillary Clinton would help defend his legacy in the White House, continuing the work left unfinished during his presidency.

The president also offered a stinging rebuke of Clinton’s Republican rival Donald Trump, painting him as fear-mongering and unqualified for the job and saying “we don’t look to be ruled.”

Says the guy whose use of major Executive Orders has been staggering. Says the guy who started an air war against Libya without even bothering to notify Congress for days. Says the guy who shut down national monuments when he didn’t get his way during budget negotiations after agreeing to a deal. Says the guy who sends his wife and kids off on taxpayer funded vacations. Says the guy whose every proclamation is about increasing the power of the President and Executive branch.

“This is a more fundamental choice -– about who we are as a people, and whether we stay true to this great American experiment in self-government,” he said. “We Democrats have always had plenty of differences with the Republican Party, and there’s nothing wrong with that; it’s precisely this contest of ideas that pushes our country forward.”

Trump has appealed to quite a few Americans because we elect people to office who then refuse to accede to the wishes of the people, doing what they want. People are tired of a far flung government failing to listen. They are tired of the unaccountability.

“America is already great. America is already strong. And I promise you, our strength, our greatness, does not depend on Donald Trump,” he said, questioning Trump’s qualifications.

Obama and his crew have been tearing down America for decades. He’s spent his entire term telling us how disappointed he is in the citizens. It’s his side that burns American flags, and had to be shamed into putting a few flags in public view after having none on day one of the convention. He’s weakened our military and harmed our economy. He and his folks have worked hard to change America into something else. Someone who thinks that “America is already great” doesn’t seem to “fundamentally transform” America.

“Anyone who threatens our values, whether fascists or communists or jihadists or homegrown demagogues, will always fail in the end,” he added.

Again, says the guy who rules by his pen and phone. Of course, the phone is used to call up his appointees and tell them to increase their power through non-legislative fiats. It isn’t used to actually communicate and talk with the duly elected legislative branch. Oh, and says the guy who wants to violate our 2nd Amendment rights. Says the guy who violated the spirit of the 1st by targeting political opposition with not just his verbal assaults, but with the use of federal agencies. And violates the religious rights of citizens via his contraception mandate, created out of thin air, as it appeared nowhere in Obamacare. Says the guy who will force schools to force girls to share bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers with boys who feel they are girls (some just for a period to spy on naked girls). Says the guy who forced through a deal that will simply kick Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions down the road 10-11 years. Says the guy who demanded that the Paris climate accord be drafted in a way as to avoid putting it in from of Congress. Says the guy who denigrates the values of average Americans.

Says the guy whose economy is floundering. Says the guy who has seen race relations significantly worsen. Says the guy who denigrates police officers. Says the guy who has been less than transparent. Says the guy who started out by blaming America for being attacked on 9/11, wondering what we did wrong. Really, the speech was like he forgot that he has been president the past 7+ years.

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Democrats, Media Suddenly Very Concerned With Hillary’s Deleted Emails

By William Teach July 27, 2016 – 4:36 pm

Democrats and the media, but I repeat myself, have been telling us since the moment Hillary’s illegal server came to light that her emails were inconsequential. Much ado about nothing. A big fat nothingburger. And, heckaroonie, what’s the big deal that she deleted 30000+ emails about yoga and weddings and personal stuff, anyhow? Well, Trump made a statement this morning, which I was actually watching, and listening, and they’ve lost their minds. For instance, the NY Times

Donald J. Trump said Wednesday that he hoped Russia had hacked Hillary Clinton’s email, essentially encouraging an adversarial foreign power to cyberspy on a secretary of state’s correspondence.

“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Mr. Trump said, staring directly into the cameras during a news conference. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.”

Now comes the apoplexy in a news article

Mr. Trump’s call was an extraordinary moment at a time when Russia is being accused of meddling in the United States’ presidential election. His comments came amid questions about the hacking of the Democratic National Committee’s computer servers, which American intelligence agencies have told the White House they have “high confidence” was the work of the Russian government.

There are all sorts of examples of this same thing, with Dems and their compliant media being Outraged!!!!!!

https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/758335643764264960

Lots of media folks and Dems were saying the same thing. Of course, they were lying. That is not what Trump said. But, hey, they have a Narrative. And you can expect there will be more Outrage in the opinion pages by tomorrow morning, and surely Outrage on CBS, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, and CNN, among others.

But, here’s something interesting, per Sean Davis at The Federalist, who first notes this tweet from Team Hillary, echoing their press release

Davis writes

Sullivan did not explain how the e-mails, which Clinton said were about nothing more than her “yoga routines” and wedding planning for her daughter, could possibly pose a national security risk to the United States. Sullivan also failed to explain how unclassified e-mails “private personal e-mails” wholly unrelated to her work as Secretary of State — Clinton declared in an infamous 2015 press conference that she “did not email any classified material to anyone on my email” — could compromise American security.

If the emails are nothingburgers, then what national security is at stake?

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 27, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful carbon neutral ship sailing the seas that have risen hundreds of feet, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Animal Magnetism, with a post on Animal’s hump day news.

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