Fired FEMA Employee Throws Them Under The Bus

By William Teach November 13, 2024 – 7:00 am

Remember the wonderful lady who was caught telling FEMA employees and helpers to skip homes that had Trump merchandise in Florida after the hurricane? Well

Let’s delve into this a bit more (Victory Girls Blog made it easy to find text)

surprise surprise surprise(NY Post) Marn’i Washington, who was fired last week over the saga, broke her silence in an interview with YouTube podcaster Roland Martin Monday, arguing she had just been following a widespread FEMA policy of avoiding “politically hostile” homes.

“FEMA preaches avoidance first, and then de-escalation. This is not isolated. This is a colossal event of avoidance,” said Washington, 39.

“Not just in the state of Florida. You will find avoidance in the Carolinas.”

Washington accused FEMA of lying after the federal agency said she had no authority to give the directive to disaster relief workers who were canvassing homes in Lake Placid, Fla., in the wake of last month’s Hurricane Milton.

The FEMA official said her supervisor had approved the message — and that there were incident reports that would prove some residents had shown “political hostility” to workers in the area.

“Senior leadership will lie to you and tell you that they do not know, but if you ask the [Disaster Survivor Assistance] crew leads and specialists what they’re experiencing in the field, they will tell you,” she said.

The House oversight committee will be working over FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell next Tuesday. They should invite Washington to testify ASAP, and, if she won’t, subpoena her.

Here’s the local Raleigh media

  • WRAL: With misinformation swirling in Hurricane Helene’s wake, officials urge residents to ‘stop this conspiracy theory junk’
  • ABC11: After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery
  • CBS17: Trump makes more debunked claims about FEMA as he surveys storm damage in North Carolina
  • News And Observer: Helene fact check: Here are the rumors and the reality in Western North Carolina

All have many, many articles about “misinformation”, while failing to actually send reporters to investigate. They just took the government’s word. And how many have articles on Washington’s allegations? Zero. Nor anything from NC Governor Rory Cooper. Obviously, Washington was involved with what happened in Florida, not western North Carolina. But, she’s made allegations it happened in NC. Our senators Thom Tillis and Ted Budd have both mentioned that this needs to be investigated.

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SCOTUS Has No Interest In Reviving Climate Scam Suit From The Kiddies And Their Adult Enablers

By William Teach November 12, 2024 – 3:00 pm

Too bad the Justices didn’t tell the kiddies “if you’ve stopped using fossil fuels and made your own lives carbon neutral we’ll listen”

US Supreme Court turns away bid to revive youth climate change lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to revive a novel lawsuit by 21 young people claiming the U.S. government’s energy policies violate their rights to be protected from climate change.

The justices denied, opens new tab a so-called petition for a writ of mandamus, opens new tab the youth activists filed in September that argued that the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had overstepped its authority by taking the “extraordinary” step of ordering a federal judge in Oregon to dismiss the case.

The 9th Circuit did so at the urging of the U.S. Department of Justice after the Oregon judge allowed the young people’s lawyers to amend their 2015 complaint to address problems the appeals court raised in an earlier 2020 ruling in the case.

Tuesday’s action by the justices is likely not the last time the Supreme Court will encounter the case, as the youth activists have until Dec. 9 to file a certiorari petition that they say will raise broader arguments over why the case should be revived and why they have standing to sue.

It’s a matter for lawmakers, not the courts

“The standing of children to be heard in their right to life case is a pressing issue of national importance,” Julia Olson, a lawyer for the young people at the non-profit Our Children’s Trust, said in a statement.

If the kids are so concerned they should practice what they preach and convince people to do the same, not attempt to force their cult beliefs on everyone else.

In Tuesday’s case, the youth plaintiffs had alleged the U.S. government has permitted, authorized and subsidized fossil fuel extraction and consumption despite knowing those actions cause catastrophic global warming.

By contributing to climate change, the plaintiffs said U.S. energy policies violate their rights to due process and equal protection under the U.S. Constitution.

But in a 2020 ruling, the 9th Circuit held it was beyond the power of the courts to order and supervise remedies designed to address climate change and that such complex policy decisions were better left to Congress and the executive branch.

They cannot convince others to act, hence, they want to use the courts. And, by they, I mean the adults that are really behind this, using the kids as props. It’s shameful.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 12, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible road built for Evil fossil fueled cars, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Political Hat, with a post on Kamala losing the game of chicken.

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Moonbat Wants Liberals To Shun Those Who Voted Trump Over Holidays

By William Teach November 12, 2024 – 10:30 am

This is taking the politics of personal destruction to a whole new level. We’ve seen this to a small degree in the early 2000s when Bush was president, and during the first Trump administration, but, the liberals have ramped up the crazy on cutting off contact with anyone who didn’t vote the way they did to Category 5

Yale Psychiatrist Urges MSNBC Viewers to Shun Trump-Voting Family over the Holidays

Yale University chief psychiatry resident Dr. Amanda Calhoun said Friday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that liberals who were devastated by Donald Trump’s presidential re-election should separate from family members who voted for him.

Host Joy Reid said, “I wonder if also, are people challenged with the idea of how do you interact with people you know voted for this? If you’re an LGBTQ person and know someone in your family voted essentially against your rights or you’re a woman, knowing this man was calling people the B word. JD Vance was literally calling Kamala Harris the trash. And said we’re going to take out the trash. I know a lot of black women were incredibly triggered by that. If you meet somebody and you know they voted for the people who called your trash, or if you’re Puerto Rican and you know someone voted that way, do you recommend just from a psychological standpoint being around them? We got the holidays coming up.”

Calhoun said, “I love that you asked this question because there is a push. I think there is a societal norm that if somebody is your family that, they are entitled to your time. And I think the answer is absolutely not. So if you are going through a situation where you have family members, close friends who you know have voted in ways that are against you, like what you said, against your livelihood, it is completely fine to not be around those people and tell them why. To say I have a problem with the way that you voted because it went against my very livelihood and I’m not going to be around you this holiday. I need to take some space for me. I actually talked to adults as well as advising parents for children. I don’t think you should force children or adults to be around people just because they are your family. There is a level of need to establish boundaries. If you feel like you need to establish boundaries with people, whether they are your family or not, I think you should very much be entitled to do so. I think it may be essential for your mental health.”

Before the moonbats were yammering about having talking points to use against your Trump voting uncle (or, just Republican uncle before Trump). Now they just want to cut off contact. And you have a wacko Yale psychologist saying this, rather than telling people to Adult Up and simply avoid talking politics. This is not like cutting off contact with abusive friends and family, it’s just politics. Democrats have made politics their religion. They have invested so much into Trump Derangement Syndrome that they are cutting off contact with friends and family simply over an election.

https://twitter.com/JebraFaushay/status/1854707301522784362

There’s lots of this all over Twitter, and, I’m sure you’ll see it on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram. They just can’t cope. It’s almost like Scientology

The rest

Embraces lies in recruitment (Russiagate, Fine People Hoax)? Yes
• Worships secrecy? Yes
• Exaggerates sinfulness of old beliefs? Yes
• Has an answer for everything? Yes
• A charismatic leader? No

So there you have it. The modern left is NOT a cult because it has only 8/9ths of the qualities of a cult. It’s only 89% cultish.

I mean, that’s practically an individualist anarchy, right?

Yup. Scientology calls cutting off family “disconnection”, which has caused trauma for children. But, moonbats really do not care about children.

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COP29’s Real Focus Is On Money Or Something

By William Teach November 12, 2024 – 7:00 am

What this is really about right now is about taking your hard-earned money in the 1st World and sending it elsewhere

Climate talks open with calls for a path away from the ‘road to ruin.’ But the real focus is money

United Nations annual climate talks stuttered to a start Monday with more than nine hours of backroom bickering over what should be on the agenda for the next two weeks. It then turned to the main issue: money.

In Baku, Azerbaijan, where the world’s first oil well was drilled and the smell of the fuel was noticeable outdoors, the talks were more about the smell of money — in huge amounts. Countries are negotiating how rich nations can pay up so poor countries can reduce carbon pollution by transitioning away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy, compensate for climate disasters and adapt to future extreme weather.

In order to try to start the 12 days of talks, called COP29, with a win, Monday’s session seemed to find a resolution to a nagging financial issue about trading carbon pollution rights — one that has eluded negotiators for years. It could free up to $250 billion in spending a year to help poor nations, said new COP29 president, Mukhtar Babayev.

When it comes to discussions on finance, the amount of money being talked about to help poor nations could be as high as $1.3 trillion a year. That’s the need in the developing world, according to African nations, which have produced 7% of the heat-trapping gases in the air but have faced multiple climate crises, from floods to drought.

Whatever amount the nations come up with would replace an old agreement that had a goal of $100 billion a year. Richer nations have wanted numbers closer to that figure. If an agreement is struck, money is likely to come from a variety of sources including grants, loans and private finance.

And your pocket to cover those grants, loans, and private finance that never get repaid. How about all those rich folks at COP29 use their own move?

Dozens of climate activists at the conference — many of them wearing Palestinian kaffiyehs — held up banners calling for climate justice and for nations to “stop fueling genocide.”

“It’s the same systems of oppression and discrimination that are putting people on the frontlines of climate change and putting people on the front lines of conflict in Palestine,” said Lise Masson, a protester from Friends of the Earth International. She slammed the United States, the U.K. and the EU for not spending more on climate finance while also supplying arms to Israel.

Well, of course the climate cultists have joined forces with the Israel/Jew haters and supporters of Islamic terrorism. Hell, even the Taliban is going to be there.

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Canada Is Super Concerned With Illegal Aliens Escaping America Under Trump

By William Teach November 12, 2024 – 6:45 am

I wonder if Canada will look to shut down their southern border with the United States?

Canada on ‘high alert’ bracing for migrants fleeing US

Canadian authorities are on high alert and increasing border security in anticipation of a potential surge in migrants from the United States due to the upcoming presidential election.

Sergeant Charles Poirier, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokesman, told news agency AFP, “We’re on high alert. All of our eyes are looking at the border to see what’s going to happen… because we know that Trump’s stance on immigration might drive up illegal and irregular migration to Canada.”

This follows a previous period during former President Donald Trump’s first term (2017-2021) when a significant number of migrants, including Haitians who lost US protections, sought refuge in Canada.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland convened a meeting with ministers to address potential challenges stemming from the US election. She assured Canadians that the government has a plan to manage a possible increase in migrant arrivals, emphasizing border security and control.

This comes at a time when Canada is reducing its own immigration targets to manage population growth and strengthen infrastructure and social services.

So, wait, the uber-leftist Canadian government doesn’t want more migrants? Huh

Following the recent US election, online searches related to moving to Canada saw a considerable rise, particularly inquiries about immigration processes.

Authorities plan to increase border patrol presence and utilize technology like cameras, sensors, and drones to monitor the situation. Information sharing between Canada and the US is also ongoing.

I wonder why the Canadian government leaders like Justin Trudeau don’t want all these illegals and migrants now, when they used to be oh so happy to get them.

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Climate Cult Now Wants To Give Legal Rights To Forests

By William Teach November 11, 2024 – 5:03 pm

I wonder if this article will be as wacky as I think it will be

How giving forests legal rights can help the fight against climate change

(Skipping through lots of twatwaffle)

Replicating this approach elsewhere requires a complete ideological shift about how we see forests. We must reshape the relationship between capitalism and life itself. A groundbreaking concept is emerging – bestowing legal personality upon forests, enabling them to act as legal persons in global discourse. This notion resonates with philosopher Bruno Latour’s “Parliament of things” and Michel Serres’ “natural contract”. Gabon is offering spiritual wisdom to its forests. Governmental policy is harmonized with nature. This approach can guide us toward a renewed dialogue. Our forests are not mere resources but as representatives demanding their rightful voice.

The approach of legal personality isn’t an idealistic idea only – it’s a path illuminated by history’s greatest thinkers. As capitalism faces an existential crossroads, it’s high time to embrace nature’s wisdom. Gabon’s example is profound: we must forge a capitalism that comprehends natural limits and respects the planet. The question isn’t whether we can – it’s whether we will.

In the face of our changing climate, rising inequality, and a world still grappling with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to reimagine capitalism has never been more crucial. Harvard Business School Professor Rebecca Henderson argues that to create a sustainable and just future, we must foster a new relationship with nature, transform business models, and shift corporate culture.

It’s not just about doing the right thing; it’s about building a world that works for all – for all the earth’s inhabitants. Will we rise to the challenge and forge a new path?

You know, if they would just say “we need to protect our forests” I’d be with them. But, this gets entirely too wackadoodle and Modern Socialist. Cultish.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 11, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…are Evil fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is This ain’t Hell…, with a post on illegal aliens potentially being held at military bases under mass deportation plan.

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Many DOJ Employees Are Terrified Of Trump’s Return

By William Teach November 11, 2024 – 11:28 am

This just makes me laugh and drink tears

Many in government are worried about Trump’s return. At DOJ, they’re terrified.

A collective sense of dread has taken hold at the Department of Justice, which drew Donald Trump’s rage like no other part of the federal government during his campaign.

Some career attorneys at DOJ are already considering heading for the exits rather than sticking around to find out whether threats from Trump and his allies are real or campaign bluster. Those threats range from mass firings of “deep state” lawyers to expelling special counsel Jack Smith from the country.

“Everyone I’ve talked to, mostly lawyers, are losing their minds,” said one DOJ attorney, who like most of the people interviewed for this article was granted anonymity to speak freely about colleagues and avoid retribution from the president-elect and his allies. “The fear is that career leadership and career employees everywhere are either going to leave or they’re going to be driven out.”

While alarm over Trump’s return is widespread throughout the federal bureaucracy, it is perhaps most acute at the Justice Department, which was at the center of many of the major controversies of his first term. (snip)

But department veterans say those events pale in comparison to what they expect when Trump gets a second chance to try to remake the DOJ in his vision. They also know Trump’s anger at the department has only deepened in the past four years as it launched two unprecedented criminal prosecutions against him.

If they were doing their jobs properly and not being partisan activists they wouldn’t be concerned, right? No one involved in weaponizing the DOJ against Trump and Republicans should be concerned. Justice should be blind, not a member of the Democratic Party. Citizens engaged in Wrongthink should not be fearful of the DOJ coming after them. They shouldn’t be scared that the DOJ will pursue them for years for daring to wander around the Capitol Building, causing no harm, no damage, no threat, while those who attempted to burn down a federal justice center in Portland are virtually ignored. If they can spy on a president-elect, they can spy on you. If they are willing to threaten states for passing state laws that have no bearing on federal law (remember, the DOJ enforces federal law), what can they do to you? If they can raid a former president and tear his home up they can do that to you. They’ve intimidated parents, deemed non-liberals as extremists, even put Tulsi Gabbard on a no-fly list.

The DOJ should not be acting as the personal police force of Democrats

And then, in early November, the DOJ’s Southern District of New York had the FBI execute pre-dawn search warrants at two homes of journalists believed to be in possession of a diary belonging to Biden’s adult daughter. What isn’t clear, based on facts known publicly, is why the president’s daughter’s diary would be a matter of federal investigative interest, particularly in light of the journalists’ claimed efforts to return the diary to both Ashley Biden and law enforcement prior to the searches.

By now, Biden must feel pretty confident that the DOJ is his personal police force. Outrage over its tactics has been muted and the attorney general doesn’t push back. So it’s no surprise that the administration invented DOJ superpowers this past week to intimidate politicians who hold different views.

And the media yawned. And the DOJ employees who have gone to the dark side should be terrified of being terminated or at least allowed to resign.

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Trump Names Tom Holman As Border Czar

By William Teach November 11, 2024 – 10:30 am

Perhaps there is something going on behind the scenes with Senate Republicans, probably the squishy ones, that means Trump does want to appoint him as Director of Homeland Security? Why not name him ICE Director again? Who will be ICE Director? Surely Trump doesn’t want to keep current acting director, Patrick Lechleitner, a Biden holdover, does he? He would want someone who will do the job

Trump taps Tom Homan as his ‘border czar,’ avoiding Senate confirmation battle

President-elect Donald Trump will tap his former head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tom Homan, to be the “border czar” in his administration.

Trump announced late Sunday evening that he would make Homan responsible for the southern border, northern border, coastal and air borders. Homan was under consideration to lead the entire Department of Homeland Security, a Senate-confirmed Cabinet position.

“I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders (“The Border Czar”), including, but not limited to, the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security,” Trump posted on Truth Social. (snip)

Homan said in an interview on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures that Trump planned to first target illegal immigrants with criminal histories for deportation.

“It’s going to be the worst first,” said Homan, adding that he hasn’t advocated for military involvement. “It will be a humane operation, but it’s a necessary mass deportation operation.”

Homan’s appointment means he will not need to get Senate confirmation, avoiding an ugly and potentially difficult process given Homan’s loyalty to Trump through the years. As a “czar,” Homan will advise the president on border issues and be the point person on related matters.

The position of ICE Director does require Senate confirmation, and, I’d think it would be great, with Republicans and Hollman explaining exactly why illegals are a danger, especially all those murderers, rapists, gang members, etc, that Biden-Harris have let in. I suspect that Hollman isn’t interested in going through all that, that he just wants to be an advisor. Regardless, what’s going to happen at the border is going to make the pro-illegal immigration forces (as long as the illegals are Elsewhere) nuts

Trump and Hollman should start shipping a large chunk of the illegals/migrants claiming asylum to Massachusetts, particularly Boston, while their cases are adjudicated. Remember when she was declaring a state of emergency over all the illegals? Ship the fake asylum seekers who are not criminals straight to sanctuary jurisdictions, let them deal with it.

Anyhow, I see the good with Hollman as Border Czar being he can concentrate on getting it done without dealing with the day by day minutia of running ICE, and Trump can trust Hollman to get the job done while Trump concentrates on other things.

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