The Conservative Retreat On Hotcoldwetdry Has Begun Or Something

By William Teach January 1, 2016 – 8:19 pm

So say Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles

The conservative retreat on Climate Change has at last begun

After close to three decades of ignoring and/or actively subverting climate science, conservatives have finally been forced to acknowledge the face-lashing climate facts that are now afflicting the planet.  The accumulating evidence of melting glaciers, drought, record wildfires, rising oceans and devastating flooding, has finally dislodged the permafrost  position conservatives have clung to on climate science.

It is the watershed moment of retreat on this issue, which has seen an ever-quickening tap dance of clever positions, from ‘there isn’t any evidence’, to ‘climate change will be a good thing’, to ‘scientists are all corrupt and actively perpetrating a worldwide conspiracy’.

That link goes to National Affairs, a nominally Conservative magazine which virtually no Conservatives ever cite. Heck, it’s traffic isn’t all that much more than my little spot on the web. And I don’t have big moneyed Republicans paying me nor dumping money into my site.

Anyhow, apparently one article from National Affairs means everything is changing! And we get a cartoon!

Huh

Yup. When something weather related happens in a part of the US, like the East coast heat, we’re doomed from ‘climate change.’ When it’s snowy and cold, well, then it doesn’t matter. Of course, they’ll also blame cold and snow on ‘climate change.’

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 1, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrendous future rising ocean requiring marches and spreading awareness, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Vox Popoli, with a post asking if you’re ready for 2016.

Starting off 2016 with exercise, what everyone wants to do after the holidays, which will go through the following Saturday. Though, if we did this like the real world, this theme would end Tuesday.

Not too be preachy, but, if you want to exercise, you need to establish a routine, to the point where you feel a bit bad when you don’t go but can.

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John Kerry: Non-binding, Voluntary Paris Climate Agreement Obama’s Most Important 2015 Accomplishment

By William Teach January 1, 2016 – 8:55 am

I did not want to make the headline really long, so I left out “with no force of law and no legally binding requirements”

(CNS News) Secretary of State John Kerry says the climate change deal he helped broker in Paris was the Obama administration’s most “important” accomplishment in 2015.

“As one year gives way to the next, international leaders have an opportunity to build on several major achievements of 2015,” Kerry wrote in an oped published Tuesday in the Boston Globe in which he also listed the nuclear deal with Iran, signing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and normalization of diplomatic relations with Cuba.

“Of these, none is more important than the recent global agreement in Paris to prevent the most harmful impacts of climate change.” Kerry wrote.

It’s such an awesomely huge achievement that Mr. Obama will not even submit it to the United State Congress for debate, discussion, and a vote. Liberals will, of course, say that the GOP would kill the agreement. And, their right (hopefully. You never know with the GOP, but, I do think they could muster 34 votes against it). But, if they did kill it, it would give Obama and the other members of the Cult of Climastrology a chance to lambaste Republican “deniers”. Yet, he won’t even give it a whirl. Says quite a bit how worthless this agreement actually is.

President Barack Obama and federal officials agreed to give $3 billion in funding to the U.N.’s Green Climate Fund to help developing nations – including China and India, which produce more greenhouse gases than industrialized nations – deal with the effects of climate change.

Let’s not forget that the entire thing almost jumped the tracks over the initial idea to make contributions legally binding, with John Kerry threatening to walk out. Obama/Kerry demanded they not be legally binding. And notice whose money they plan to give away. That’s right, not their own.

None of the pledges actually get the world to the apocalyptic 2C, or even 1.5C. Numbers which the world aren’t even close to now, being only about .8C above temperatures at the end of the Little Ice Age 166 years ago, and most likely wouldn’t get there in the first place, except in computer models.

There’s no process to verify anything. There’s no real process to properly vet the use of the Green Climate Fund. Sounds historic!

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NY Times: “How are cops supposed to know who the good guy or the bad guy is with the gun?”

By William Teach January 1, 2016 – 8:27 am

It’s a new year, so, the NY Times Editorial Board uses the occassion to pimp gun control with their usual flavor of hysteria

Two Ways of Dealing With Guns

This is a big day for Texans yearning to flaunt their handguns in belt and shoulder holsters. A new “open carry” law enacted by the Republican Legislature goes into effect on Friday, posing a challenge for law enforcement, businesses and other institutions that are understandably wary of how social interchange will be affected.

Got that? Flaunt their handguns. Does this apply to women who arm themselves to provide protection from assault and rape? Men average 50% higher strength than women. Men are 15 to 20% bigger. Do the NY Times and their Progressive supporters not want to allow women to protect themselves? Why do they hate women?

It’s also a big day in Seattle, where the City Council’s new “gun violence tax” takes effect, levying a $25 charge on each gun sold and an ammunition tax of 2 to 5 cents per round. The law was upheld in December by a county judge, who found it did not interfere with the right to bear arms and was a legitimate tax to finance gun violence research and help pay for its costly effects. If it survives appeal by the gun lobby, the taxation route deserves to be widely used as a tactic in battling the gun menace.

Boy, that should be a big roadblock to criminals, who tend not to purchase guns and ammo from regular gun shows.

The contrasting developments in Texas and Seattle demonstrate politicians’ tug of war over gun rights and civilian safety, which the gun lobby has been manipulating by pushing through state laws that block local governments from enacting needed ordinances. The resulting crazy quilt of clashing interests demonstrates the need for federal laws, which, of course, have been rejected by a Congress captive to the gun industry’s agenda.

How will taxes on guns and ammo provide safety? No one is ever able to provide a reason.

The effect of the industry’s power on local streets has the Houston police chief, Charles McClelland, worrying about how his officers will deal with openly armed citizens amid rising fears over mass shootings and terrorism. “How are they supposed to know who the good guy or the bad guy is with the gun?” he asks.

This is surely the favorite line for the Editorial Board, who surely think every civilian with a gun is a bad guy (and probably the police too. No word whether the armed security at the NY Times building are considered bad guys). But, hey, it’s pretty darned easy to know. The bad guy is the one whipping the gun out and pointing it at the police. The good guy is the one smiling at the police, wishing them a good day, and going about their business. The bad guy is the one hiding the gun under their very baggy shirt or jacket, or in a pocket. The good guy is the one confidently practicing their open carry capability in a holster. Interestingly, in almost every place that allows open carry (and concealed), those who are legally allowed aren’t shooting the streets up.

The confusion for the public can be considerable. A woman called 911 in Colorado Springs in October when she saw a man toting a weapon in the street. She was told the gunman had that right under the open-carry law. The man began a shooting spree outside her door and randomly murdered three innocent people.

Well, there you go, an obviously evil handgun carrier with nefarious intentions…oh, wait, the NYTEB forgot to tell us something, which we see at the provided link

On Halloween morning, Naomi Bettis called 911 to report a man with a long black rifle outside her home. The dispatcher asked her to describe what she saw.

Yeah, not a handgun. A rifle.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 31, 2015 – 1:00 pm

…is a scorching New Year’s Eve celebration because of too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day, the last day of the year, is The Lonely Conservative, with a post on 18 things that became raaaaacist in 2015.

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Is Polar Vortex To Blame For Warm Weather?

By William Teach December 31, 2015 – 11:34 am

I actually didn’t see this one comeing

The Polar Vortex may be back, only this time it’s making it warm?

….

So, what caused this wacky wave of winter warmth?

Just like any good mystery, there is more than one theory. And with weather systems and climate trends being so complex, it could take years of research to definitively crack the case. (snip)

El Niño, however, might not be the only culprit causing many winter days to feel like spring. Some meteorologists and climate experts say another big factor, and perhaps the more significant one, playing a role in the balmy East coast weather pattern is the polar vortex.

Might be, might not be. Might be El Nino, might not.

Another climate expert agrees that multiple factors are influencing our recent weather pattern.

“It’s not black and white,” said Judah Cohen, director of seasonal forecasting for Atmospheric and Environmental Research, a weather and climate research company based in Massachusetts. “It’s more gray.”

Cohen believes our warm December weather pattern appears to be more influenced by the strong polar vortex than the strong El Niño.

Wait, I thought every weather event was caused by a tiny increase in CO2? No? Huh.

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Writing About Something Is Not An Endorsement

By William Teach December 31, 2015 – 10:30 am

I wanted to address something, as brought up by Jeffrey, and felt it better to move it to a new post, rather than continue the conversation within that post, as it is a different subject. This comes from the post The Donald Schools A Clinton Compliant Media Hackette. After much back and forth, the goalposts were shifted, and then it went back to the original assertion, and got personal

Little Willy,

You typed:

Let me say right off the bat, I’m still not a Trump for president supporter or fan.

That is clearly a lie, as your actions count more than your words.

Similarly you claim to acknowledge that the Earth is warming, yet post article after article claiming that the Earth has stopped warming.

Actions speak more loudly than words.

This kind of “double thought” is diagnostic for the new conservative “mind”, such as it is. Since the new conservative is driven by ideology and not logic or evidence it seems natural to hold two diametrically opposed positions. Modern conservatives are incapable of recognizing their lies.

Writing about something in a positive manner does not make one a supporter. Does anyone think Ruth Marcus is a Trump supporter despite writing an op-ed entitled Trump is right: Bill Clinton’s sordid sexual history is fair game? If I write something nice about Obama, or agree with him on some subject, does that make me an Obama supporter? I’ve written in support of Obama expanding the Pacific marine reserve. I think he did it for the wrong reason (climate change, of course), but I support the decision. Consider

  • I very much support the recently passed federal ban on the use of microbeads, even though the legislation came from a Democrat. Doesn’t mean I support Frank Pallone (D-NJ), the primary author.
  • If I post something from Sarah Palin that makes sense, it in no way makes me a supporter. I’m not. If she ran for office, I would not endorse her, and I wouldn’t give a dime. She lost my support and respect back in 2011, to the point I even had a post with the phrase “Governor Half-term” in the title.
  • Just because I may slam Republicans on some issues, doesn’t mean I do not support the GOP.
  • I’ve slammed Bush on things, especially amnesty. Doesn’t mean I wasn’t a supporter.
  • I’ve said nice things about some Democrats, and even agreed with them on some issues. Doesn’t mean I support them.
  • I’ve met Hillary once, way back. She was very nice for the few minutes I talked to her. Doesn’t mean I support her.
  • If I slam the crazy rape culture nutters, doesn’t mean that I don’t think that rape is not a problem, nor that rape laws should be done away with.
  • Back when the Occupy Wall Street movement started, I actually wrote, can’t remember whether here or in someone’s comments, that they had some points, and there could be room for both OWS and the Tea Party to find common ground. Didn’t mean I supported OWS (especially when they went bat guano insane.

The list could go on, but, you get the point.

When it comes to climate change, acknowledging that the Earth has warmed post-Little Ice Age but has seen no statistically significant warming over almost 19 years is in no way a lie. There have been multiple periods during the current warm period where there were pauses in warming. There were periods during the Little Ice Age where the temps were going up. It was so hot during the summer of the Battle of Monmouth where more soldiers died from the heat than from battle wounds. This is not “double thought”, it’s acknowledging actual events. As opposed to Believing that tiny increases in CO2 will cause global temperatures to rise 3-6C and the seas to rise upwards of 50 feet by 2100.

Acknowledging that there should be some real world effective gun regulations doesn’t mean I don’t support the 2nd Amendment, nor, conversely, that I am a gun grabber.

There are several book authors that produce material I love/like, even though I know they are hardcore Progressives. Steve Alten has written some great books (especially The Loch), and, even though he wrote the idiotic and very political Shell Game, I still read some of his books afterwards. John Scalzi is a massive Social Justice Warrior, and I’ll side with Vox Day on the fight, but, I still enjoyed several of his books (most don’t interest me, just not my kind of story).

I do not support Trump. Yes, he says a few good things. He has a few good ideas. I like that he is willing to attack, especially in a manner that goes after his detractors twice as hard. I think he’d make a bad president, and would be entirely too Leftist for my beliefs set. I’d take him over Hillary if he gets the nod as the GOP candidate, a case of “bad over worse”. When the primaries hit NC, I will not be voting for him. It will be either Cruz or Rubio. I mostly agree with Jonah Goldberg, Trump is no Conservative. Donald made a big deal out of getting tough on illegals and completing the border fence. Great! Everyone forgets that he also supports amnesty. He’s great on ‘climate change’. But, he’s flipped around on other issues. And been incoherent on others. Some of his stances are Republican/Conservative, others are very Leftist. He said in 2000 that we must have universal health care. Now he’s against Obamacare. Which is it?

Could he convince me? Possibly. I don’t trust him right now. I don’t trust anyone who is seemingly telling me what I want to hear. Could his business acumen translate to a good economic president? Possibly. Convince me.

Writing about something positively doesn’t mean support.

If you want to piss me off, by all means, claim I lied and fail to offer a shred of proof.

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Irony: Fight Breaks Out At Newark Ant-Violence Rally

By William Teach December 31, 2015 – 7:16 am

You’re doing it wrong

https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/682349987678842881

From the article

A skirmish broke out between rival activists on the steps of City Hall Wednesday during what had been intended as a demonstration against violence in Newark.

Police were called to the scene after a small crowd began arguing over escalating violence and the city’s attempts to curb it.

The noon press conference was called by a group of activists led by Salaam Ismial, co-chair of the New Jersey Study Commission on Violence, and Abdul Muhammad, a longtime Newark anti-violence activist. In a release announcing the event, the two said they planned to ask Mayor Ras Baraka to “unleash his quality of life plan in addressing ongoing violence facing Newark residents.”

As the group spoke to reporters, however, a group of Baraka supporters including activist Donna Jackson and Tyrone “Street Counsel” Barnes began heckling and shouting from the base of the steps.

At that point, it got all pushy and skirmishy, with Barnes putting his hands around Mohammad’s neck and pushing him to the ground at one point.

Minister Thomas Ellis, who heads the Newark “Enough is Enough Coalition” and had joined Ismail and Muhammad at the press conference, said he was disappointed that what he characterized as an simple stand against violence had devolved into a political feud.

“People were speaking out two years ago or whatever, but now there’s not a lot of people speaking out. Everybody knows the reason,” he said.

“Today we stood on the steps of City Hall to show that black lives matter in Newark, and it turned out ugly.”

It’s nothing unusual at these protests, and, really, was probably one of the least violent protests, considering all the rioting, looting, arson, gun shots, stabbings, and real fights at others. Kinda hard to take a movement about non-violence seriously when they tend to include violence. As NJ1776 noted “This was a peaceful rally. No shootings or stabbings, just a few little fights. That’s quite peaceful for Newark.”

BTW, let’s not forget these are all Democratic Party voters living in Democratic Party run cities.

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Democrats Object To Plan To Subject Refugees To Lie Detector Tests Before Entry

By William Teach December 31, 2015 – 7:03 am

The suggestion to subject Middle Eastern refugees to lie detector tests was brought up mid-December. Now, it’s part of actual legislation

(The Hill) A House lawmaker wants to require Syrian and Iraqi refugees to complete lie detector tests before being allowed to enter the country.

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) has introduced legislation that would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), FBI and Office of the Director of National Intelligence to certify that the refugee has passed a polygraph as part of the screening process for applicants. (snip)

He also wants the three agencies to pledge that a potential refugee has handed over biometric data, including DNA, that would be used to check databases for any previous terrorist activity. The refugees would also need to complete background checks that include searching their Internet postings to determine if they are a threat to national security.

Seems like a common sense approach, in order to make sure the nation is protected. Along with questions regarding support for Islamic extremism, perhaps there should be questions for the males about rape, considering all the problems amongst the refugees in Europe. But, who could possibly object?

Senate Democrats, however, have pledged to block that bill if Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tries to bring it up. While the Republican leader is expected to try to move legislation on the refugee program early next year, it’s unclear what the bill will be.

Why are they pledging to block the bill? The article doesn’t say. Nor can I find it anywhere else. Could it be that the tests are “expensive”, running from $475 to $875? That would be funny, considering how much money Democrats piss away. Suffice to say, they want to block legislation that attempts to safeguard the American people. Perhaps the Democrats would offer to put up the refugees in their own homes and/or neighborhoods?

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Surprise: Burning Of Mosque Wasn’t By Islamophobe

By William Teach December 30, 2015 – 4:08 pm

There were lots and lots of liberals in High Outrage, blaming Trump, Cruz, Conservatives, Republicans, the whole normal schtick. Guess what?

A Houston man has been arrested in connection with a suspected arson at a mosque on Christmas Day, but the motive for the crime remains a mystery, with the suspect maintaining he was a regular at the mosque.

A spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed that the suspect, 37-year-old Gary Nathaniel Moore of Houston, was arrested early Wednesday. Moore appeared in court at 7 a.m., spokeswoman Nicole Strong said, and bond was set at $100,000.

According to a charging instrument released by the Harris County District Clerk, Moore told investigators at the scene that he has attended the storefront mosque for five years, coming five times per day to pray seven days per week.

Of course, now that we apparently have a practicing Muslim, who is also Black (relevant because liberals and their cohorts were quick to say it must have been a white right leaning Islamophobe), being the chief suspect, having him on video and with all sorts of material at his home, we are being told to “be patient” and not jump to conclusions.

The Jawa Report notes that CAIR is suddenly being very quiet after their previous grandstanding.

Neo-neocon notes this is another dog bites man story.

Creeping Sharia also notes CAIR being quiet.

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