Bathroom Wars: Father Plans Stunt To Allow Son In Women’s Rooms At School

By William Teach May 17, 2016 – 7:46 am

In the guidance letter the Obama administration sent out via the politicized Department of Justice on the gender confused, which threatened to take away federal funding, they said that students must be allowed to use the bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers of their “gender identity”. The letter also forbids any measure which proves that gender identity. As a sidebar, the guidance doesn’t force schools to allow boys who identify as girls to be allowed on girl’s sports teams and such, and visa versa for girls who identify as boys. It’s just bathrooms, changing rooms, and showers. The whole letter violates federal law, but, hey, when has that stopped Team Obama? And one dad wants to make a point

(WTVD) A father in Fayetteville who supports House Bill 2 is planning a protest over the controversial law.

The dad, who asked not to be identified beyond his first name, told ABC11 that he’s petitioning Cumberland County Schools to let his 12-year-old son use the girls’ bathroom at John Griffin Middle School anytime he feels like it.

He did admit that his plan is a publicity stunt to prove his point.

The stunt is based on that DOJ guidance letter, and

The father came up with the idea after his son asked him if boys can start using the girls’ bathroom. The dad says he and a number of other parents fear for the safety and dignity of their sons and daughters if they share restrooms.

He goes a bit too far in stating that there will be assaults, which I doubt would happen. But, then, kids are cruel. They rarely have the moral filter that adults should have (meaning that a goodly chunk of Democrats are still kids). So far, though, he has not presented a petition to the Cumberland County school system, so it seems more of a “spreading awareness” campaign, designed to highlight just how silly it is to allow boys into the girl’s rooms. I doubt that he will actually submit any petition, he is simply making a point that if his son wants to use the girl’s showers, he should be allowed, if the son says he feels like a girl that day, and no one In Charge can stop him, based on that DOJ letter.

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People Are “Self-silencing” On Hotcoldwetdry Or Something

By William Teach May 16, 2016 – 3:08 pm

Apparently, no one actually wants to talk about climate change, so it’s time for some psychological mumbo jumbo

(Washington Post) If you want to understand why it is that on a planet wracked by climate change, people still don’t talk much about climate change, then this may be the key: They’re people.

Or, more specifically, they’re evolved social mammals who are acutely attuned to how they are perceived by the other evolved social mammals around them — and reasonably so, because those perceptions greatly influence their own lives.

Such is the upshot of new research on why people “self-silence” when it comes to climate change, just published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology by Nathaniel Geiger and Janet Swim of Penn State University. In a nutshell, Geiger and Swim find that people are often afraid to talk about climate change with their peers because they wrongly think those peers are more doubtful about climate change than they actually are. This incorrect perception — which the authors dub “pluralistic ignorance” — then makes people fear that others will think they’re less competent, and thus, view them with less respect, if they bring up the subject or talk about it.

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Or, it could be that most people just really don’t give a rats as about the subject.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 16, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrendous waste of non-renewable water, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Daley Gator, with a post on leftist thugs.

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Socialism Is Working Wonders In Venezuela!

By William Teach May 16, 2016 – 10:28 am

We already know many of the problems of Venezuela. The socialism has caused power reliability issues, despite being a major oil producer. They are having food riots, can’t keep toilet paper on the shelves, and no one even produces beer anymore. This is all being run by strong-arm authoritarians, who crack down on the media and any dissent by the citizens. Then there’s this

Dying Infants and No Medicine: Inside Venezuela’s Failing Hospitals

By morning, three newborns were already dead.

The day had begun with the usual hazards: chronic shortages of antibiotics, intravenous solutions, even food. Then a blackout swept over the city, shutting down the respirators in the maternity ward.

Doctors kept ailing infants alive by pumping air into their lungs by hand for hours. By nightfall, four more newborns had died.

“The death of a baby is our daily bread,” said Dr. Osleidy Camejo, a surgeon in the nation’s capital, Caracas, referring to the toll from Venezuela’s collapsing hospitals.

The economic crisis in this country has exploded into a public health emergency, claiming the lives of untold numbers of Venezuelans. It is just part of a larger unraveling here that has become so severe it has prompted President Nicolás Maduro to impose a state of emergency and has raised fears of a government collapse.

The word “socialism” doesn’t appear within the article, but, the NY Times does note

The crisis is aggravated by a political feud between Venezuela’s leftists, who control the presidency, and their rivals in congress. The president’s opponents declared a humanitarian crisis in January, and this month passed a law that would allow Venezuela to accept international aid to prop up the health care system.

So, you have those on the political “right” (they aren’t that right) who want to help the country, and those on the left who reject the help, and want to control. It’s a long, long, long article on the utter failure of left-wing politics.

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Climate Weenies Held Protests Against Fossil Fuels Sunday

By William Teach May 16, 2016 – 7:21 am

And many were arrested

(ABC News) At least 57 climate change activists were arrested in conjunction with the so-called “Break Free” protests against the use of fossil fuel.

The bulk of the arrests took place in Washington state this morning, when 52 activists were cited for trespassing on railroad tracks, according to the Skagit County Department of Emergency Management. One person was cited for resisting arrest. The other five arrests took place in Albany on Saturday on similar grounds.

In Washington, approximately 150 people had spent the night camping out on railroad tracks that lead to two refineries, according to a spokesperson for BNSF Railway. The protests were peaceful, according to the spokesperson, and the majority of activists obeyed a request to leave the tracks at 5 a.m. PT today.

The Break Free protests represent part of a “global wave” of action taking place across six continents over 12 days targeting “the world’s most dangerous fossil fuels,” according to a statement published by the organizers earlier this month.

I’ve perused many, many articles on this, and not one reporter asked any of the protesters two simple questions:

  • Did you take a fossil fueled vehicle to this protest?
  • Have you given up your own use of fossil fuels in your own life?

Warmists really do not like questions like that. They say they are immaterial, because “we all have to make sacrifices in our lives”, meaning that Government must be empowered to force these changes. It also means that they know they are hypocrites, and unwilling to practice what they preach, so, they need to change the conversation.

How’d they get there? There’s a second tweet at the article noting that California Warmists want an end to fracking, so, it’s not just oil they want eliminated, but natural gas, too, which provides a tremendous amount of power for things like heating and cooking, among others.

That photo (from Erik McGregor/Pacific Press) leads the story. Notice how many things required the use of fossil fuels. The smartphones were shipped either on a fossil fueled plane, truck or boat. The same with all the clothing. Many of those signs are plastics. Petroleum! I see plastic glasses, both frames and lenses. They all look well fed and (relatively) clean, thanks to all those dirty fossil fuels which allowed the creation of a 1st World Nation. Funny how these same people want to deny a modern, clean, well fed life to people in 3rd world crap holes.

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Man Who Lives Behind Walls Whines About Building Walls

By William Teach May 16, 2016 – 7:02 am

When you invite one of the nastiest, most abusive politicians in all of American history to be your commencement speaker, expect him to be nasty

(AP) President Barack Obama on Sunday urged college graduates to shun those who want to confront a rapidly changing world by building walls around the United States or by embracing ignorance, as he delivered a sharp and barely concealed critique of Donald Trump.

Obama used his commencement speech at Rutgers University to illustrate a world view antithetical to the ideas espoused by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Looking out at a sea of red and black gowns, Obama told the roughly 12,000 graduating students that the pace of change on the planet is accelerating, not subsiding, and that recent history had proved that the toughest challenges cannot be solved in isolation.

“A wall won’t stop that,” Obama said, bringing to mind Trump’s call for building a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. “The point is, to help ourselves, we’ve got to help others — not pull up the drawbridge and try to keep the world out.”

The president never mentioned Trump by name, but his intended target seemed clear. Repeatedly, Obama referred to disparaging comments about Muslims and immigrants, and opposition to free trade deals. But he appeared most incensed by what he described as a rejection of facts, science and intellectualism that he said was pervading politics.

Obama whined on and on and on, because he surely thought that Rutgers graduates, on one of the biggest days of their young lives, wanted to listen to a political speech better reserved for a DNC fundraiser.

But, seriously, what about walls? Obama lives behind a big fence, one which the Secret Service wants to make bigger. Five feet bigger. And the security for the fence, an attempt to keep the world out, includes armed security, many with sniper rifles.

Apparently, walls work, because Team Obama is funding a wall on the Tunisia/Libya border to stop the flow of Islamists. There’s also partial funding for a wall in Jordan. And supposedly one in Niger to stop Boko Haram.

Perhaps Obama should have spent some time explaining how to be less than average on gross domestic product growth and how the graduates will be competing for minimum wage jobs in the service industry, thanks to Obama’s awesome policies.

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Apparently, I’m A “Cuckservative” For Not Supporting Donald Trump

By William Teach May 15, 2016 – 4:28 pm

What is a Cuckservative? Let’s take a look at Wikipedia

One definition of cuckservative is a conservative who sells out,[10] having bought into all of the key premises of the left,[11] and is enthralled with liberal values.[6] According towhite supremacist Richard B. Spencer, the president of the National Policy Institute which has been designated as a hate group,[12] the term is a shorthand used to express “a certain kind of contempt for mainstream conservatives”.[13] The phrase is similar to “Republican In Name Only” (RINO).[14] Social conservatives who use the term condemn what they see as Republicans running on socially conservative values to appeal to their base during an election cycle, only to use vote trading to compromise on those values while in office.[13] The term cuckold has a long history as an insult implying that a specific man is weak and emasculated, and may even feel pleasure at his own humiliation because ofsexual masochism. The term cuckservative similarly implies that certain male Republicans are humiliated through their actions while feeling thrilled and excited from their own degradation because of the abandonment of their own moral standards.[3][15]

Those in the self-described conservative media targeted by the cuckservative slur along with various moderate and left leaning news sites decried the term as an anti-Christian,[4]racist slur[11][16] and a rallying cry for white supremacists and neoreactionaries.[17] Some observers, such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, say that the term’s usage has been rising among white supremacists in the United States.[3]

So, apparently, it was another term for a RINO, for someone who sells out conservative principles. However, the term itself has been co-opted by the Trump supporters to denigrate those who refuse to jump on board the Trump train. And, apparently, I’m now one of them

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Can anyone tell me when Trump has talked about supporting the Constitution? Or re-instituting personal liberty and freedom? Shrinking the size and scope of the federal government? The only time he talks about leaving things in the hands of the States is when it seems as if he just doesn’t want to talk about the issue, so he’s deflecting. If anyone is a “cuckservative”, a term I loathe, it would be Trump supporters, at least those who say they are conservatives. Can’t be Trump, because he has never really had any conservative leanings. At best, some squishy Republican ones. He is most assuredly a RINO. If anyone wants to call John McCain or Lindsay Graham RINOs, well, Trump is way worse.

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Someone please explain to me what Trump’s conservative cred is. Explain his Constitutional and personal liberty leanings. I’d love to hear it.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 15, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil fossil fueled vehicle that is needed to put out the wildfires that fossil fuels cause in the first place, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Quiet Towers, with a post on letting them own it.

It’s firefighters week! I wouldn’t mind being rescued by her. Of course, that would mean I was in big trouble, so, yeah, maybe not.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach May 15, 2016 – 9:09 am

Happy Sunday! Another great day in the Once and Future Nation of America. The sun is shining, tornado activity is down, and summer is almost here. This pinup is by Tatiana Doronina, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Alan Colmes discusses Beyonce’s sweatshops
  2. Allen B. West covers what some Black pastors think of the TG bathroom debate
  3. American Power covers the most “blatant microaggression”
  4. Capitalism Is Freedom notes a device the FBI might be tapping
  5. Chicks On the Right notes that you can now have sex with the environment
  6. Creeping Sharia covers Muslim refugees in a small Vermont town
  7. Fausta’s Blog discusses the Venezuelan coup rumors
  8. DaTechGuy notes that there are suddenly physical differences between the sexes
  9. Fire Andrea Mitchell notes who is responsible for 91% of child rapes in England
  10. Jihad Watch notes the jihad in Canada
  11. Legal Insurrection covers a man getting a big win against the EPA
  12. Moonbattery notes Trump threatening our 401k’s
  13. Noisy Room notes yet another fake hate crime
  14. Powerline covers Islamophobia causing Hotcoldwetdry
  15. And last, but not least, Raised On Hoecakes covers crazy college kids and gender

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page. While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets” calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. (BTW, since someone asked, the reason I leave links for the previous week up (or you might see a *) is because they are place holders for later in the day or for next weeks. Easier than rewriting all the time. Also, the listing order has to do with how they are added over time, not how good a post is. I just copy and paste from the previous week, then edit. If you see one of the *’s, go ahead and check out the blog anyhow, see if there is an update. I cannot update with my Android during the day.

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Washington Post Has A Solution To The Bathroom Wars (Which Will Be Unacceptable To TGs)

By William Teach May 15, 2016 – 7:42 am

Out of the mouths of babes, in this case, D.C. high school student Elishe Wittes, comes a Solution

One bathroom for all: Install gender-free, single-user restrooms

I am a young trans man, and I think I can make common cause with social conservatives on bathrooms.

To be sure, first there’s going to be litigation. There’s going to be a lot of yelling and screaming. Indeed, for the past several months, transgender activists and social conservatives have been engaged in a public spat about which bathrooms those of various gender identities should be allowed to use. But after North Carolina and the Justice Department are done duking it out, there will still be lots of people — including social conservatives and me — who are afraid to use public bathrooms.

I have a solution to this problem: gender-neutral, single-user bathrooms.

We really could have stopped at the headline. Installing single user gender neutral bathrooms would be a good idea in schools and public buildings for those who are gender confused, and, let’s face it, when it comes to kids who think they are the opposite sex of their biological plumbing, they are confused. Regardless, it would be a wise decision.

Ah, but this is an accommodation, a compromise, which is utterly unacceptable to the TG activists, their lawyers, and their interest groups. The do not want a compromise. They DEMAND that everyone be brought into their lifestyles, exposing little girls who are actually female to little boys who one or more parents who should be prosecuted for putting these insane ideas in the little boys’ head that they are actually a little girl.

Nor does this cover having the gender confused in the changing rooms and showers of the opposite biological sex, which the gender confused (and their lawyers and interest groups) demand to use.

Of course, Elishe has to yammer on about being scared. He/she is in fear of going into the bathroom that corresponds to his/her gender belief, and how dangerous it is

To be sure, my fear is justified, while conservative fears of trans people assaulting others in bathrooms are not. Nobody in this entire debate has produced a single documented instance of a trans person initiating any kind of violence or sexual harassment in a bathroom. But fear is not always rational. I take it as a basic principle that, if possible, we should make people comfortable (maybe then they’ll leave us alone). So let’s take conservative fears on this issue seriously.

But, the fear is mostly that predators and people with ill-intent will use these TG requirements to prey on people, mostly women and girls. There is also outrage that boys who crazily think they are girls will be exposing themselves to girls who are actually girls. Furthermore, conservatives are tired of people forcing them to comport to crazy beliefs. They do not take kindly to these in your face campaigns, which include lawsuits, threats, and the hatred and anger emanating from the TG activists and their supporters, simply because Conservatives and others refuse to buy into this mental illness. You want to believe you’re the opposite sex? That’s on you. Stop trying to make everyone else be involved in your lifestyle.

So, to all you state legislators working so busily to keep trans people out of bathrooms, we’ll see you in court. But no matter who wins, remember that we have something in common: both a problem and a solution. Remember as well to add a provision mandating single-user bathrooms the next time you’re writing some discriminatory bill. That, at least, we should be able to agree on.

And boom, there it is, the threat of lawsuits. Let’s say the North Carolina general assembly modifies HB2 a bit, and adds that schools and public buildings must offer a gender neutral single stall bathroom: who wants to bet that the accommodation, the compromise, will be rejected by the vast majority of the gender confused (and their lawyers and interest groups)?

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