If All You See…

By William Teach November 18, 2015 – 1:00 pm

…is the need to move to high cliffs to avoid the hundreds of feet of sea rise coming soon, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is This ain’t Hell…, with a post on a very dangerous sign removed from an Army base.

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Excitable Mike Bloomberg Says Best Way To Support Paris Is Attend Climate Change Meetings

By William Teach November 18, 2015 – 10:09 am

These people are nuts

(Breitbart) No, this is not a parody account. Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg really said this.

At least he had the minimal degree of shame necessary to realize this would be a bad time to push his other obsession, gun control. Disarming law-abiding citizens worked out great for Paris, didn’t it?

This isn’t a new idea. The Climate Cult has been pushing global warming as the principal cause of terrorism for years. While hostages were still being slaughtered in the Bataclan concert hall, cultists were suggesting the killers’ true goal was to inconvenience the upcoming Paris conference on climate change… as if ISIS has ever done anything but laugh uproariously and thank Allah for their good fortune when they hear dingbat Western politicians nattering on about how global warming is a bigger security threat than terrorism. Becoming invisible is the super-power every murderer longs for. Islamists love their chances against weak infidel governments that can’t even name them, let alone fight them.

I’d recommend reading the rest of the article, but, let’s flip to the link in the Tweet and see what Bloomberg had to say

On November 13, only hours before terrorists launched despicable attacks on the people of Paris, I met with Mayor Anne Hidalgo to discuss the upcoming Climate Summit for Local Leaders that we are convening on December 4, as part of the U.N.’s gathering of world leaders at COP21.

After watching the city endure a night of monstrous barbarity that left at least 129 people dead and hundreds wounded, I went to Paris’s City Hall on Saturday to offer my full support to Mayor Hidalgo during this painful period. I gave Mayor Hidalgo my personal pledge that I would do everything possible to convince the global community of local leaders to express its solidarity with Paris and the people of France by attending the Summit. (snip)

There is no better opportunity for mayors to support the people of Paris than by accepting Mayor Hidalgo’s invitation to attend the summit. Cities face many common challenges, and overcoming them requires us to stand together – and that’s why the summit in Paris is now more important than ever.

People like Bloomberg are not only shameless, but are beyond insane.

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Man With World’s Largest Carbon Footprint Speaks To APEC About A “Low Carbon Future”

By William Teach November 18, 2015 – 8:03 am

Paris being hit by a big terrorist attack? ISIS on the march? World economy in a duldrum? People living in abject poverty, without power and running water throughout the Asian-Pacific region? Islamic extremism rising? Real world issues? Bah! Climate change!

Obama tells Apec: Let’s talk about climate change

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) member-economies to start talking about climate change.

Speaking before the Apec CEO Summit held in Manila, Obama in his keynote speech urged the executives to start investing in climate change resilience for future generations.

“But the topic I want to focus on today would have a greater impact not just on our companies, but on every country in this region around the world. I’m talking about the urgent and growing threat of climate change,” he said.

Obama urged a conversation about climate change as he lobbied for a landmark change deal, which is set to be signed during the 21st Conference of Parties or COP21 in Paris in December.

He urged Apec member-economies to support COP21, an “ambitious agreement” among companies to invest in a “low carbon future.”

How cute. This is the guy who just took a fossil fueled flight on a jumbo jet, first to Turkey, then from Turkey to Manila, Philippines. Accompanying him was a backup jumbo jet, as well as multiple fighter jets. Then we add in the huge number of fossil fueled vehicles for on the ground transportation. The man lives in a giant mansion, which uses vast amounts of energy, and he is able to get food from all over at a whim. He lives a huge carbon footprint life, yet, he wants all these Other People to live a “low carbon future”.

And, no, he did not speak on anything else but Hotcoldwetdry during that speech.

So, my message to you today is that your businesses can do right by your bottom lines and by our planet and future generations. The old rules that said we cannot grow our economies and protect our environment at the same time, those are outdated. We can transition to clean energy without squeezing businesses and consumers. When we double fuel efficiency on cars, that’s money in people’s pockets because they’re spending less money at the gas station.

So far, that’s been a fantasy, as the push has come from Government. Furthermore, let’s not forget that with better fuel economy we’ve seen a massive reduction in gas taxes, which has Government looking for other ways to recoup that money from the public which thought they were saving money.

Americans aren’t concerned about tiny increase of the global temperature. Based on his actual gigantic carbon footprint, neither is Obama. Except as a way for government to increase its control.

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Mother Jones: Liberals Should Pretend They Care About Threat From Syrian Refugees

By William Teach November 18, 2015 – 7:37 am

Perhaps Kevin Drum should explain this to Mr. Obama, who has shown quite a bit of emotion demonizing Republicans as he performs on foreign stages (which always used to be a no no in American politics), emotion he failed to show when speaking of the actual Paris attacks and ISIS. He treats fellow countrymen like enemies, while Islamic terrorists are just an afterthought for him

Liberals Should Knock Off the Mockery Over Calls to Limit Syrian Refugees

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Here’s the thing: to the average person, it seems perfectly reasonable to be suspicious of admitting Syrian refugees to the country. We know that ISIS would like to attack the US. We know that ISIS probably has the wherewithal to infiltrate a few of its people into the flood of refugees. And most voters have no idea how easy it is to get past US screening. They probably figure it’s pretty easy.

So to them it doesn’t seem xenophobic or crazy to call for an end to accepting Syrian refugees. It seems like simple common sense. After all, things changed after Paris.

Mocking Republicans over this—as liberals spent much of yesterday doing on my Twitter stream—seems absurdly out of touch to a lot of people. Not just wingnut tea partiers, either, but plenty of ordinary centrists too. It makes them wonder if Democrats seriously see no problem here. Do they care at all about national security? Are they really that detached from reality?

The liberal response to this should be far more measured. We should support tight screening. Never mind that screening is already pretty tight. We should highlight the fact that we’re accepting a pretty modest number of refugees. In general, we should act like this is a legitimate thing to be concerned about and then work from there.

Let’s break that down: Drum, taking a look at polls, understands that there is a serious concern among the American people regarding the refugees, who aren’t just from Syria, but all over the Muslim world (one has to wonder why these refugees aren’t going to other Muslim nations), so, liberals should pretend they actual care about that concern, when they really, really don’t. ISIS has stated that they will sneak people in. Supposedly, according to an ISIS member, they’ve managed to infiltrate 4,000 into Europe. Does anyone think that won’t happen here?

https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/646674892184797184

That was September. Does anyone think the numbers have gotten better?

NJ.com is running a web poll in which 75% say “No. They could pose a threat to our security, not to mention stretching our resources” and 22% say “Yes. If they make it through our vetting process, there’s no problem” in regards to letting them in to New Jersey. I wonder if it would make a difference if it was explained that the vetting process essentially comes down to taking the refugees word that they aren’t an extremist? How about if we place these refugees in the same neighborhoods as liberal supporters?

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What Say To A New “End Of Snow” Prediction?

By William Teach November 17, 2015 – 5:20 pm

This little paper comes to us via Eric Worrall at Watts Up With That? which has something really fun in the abstract

The potential for snow to supply human water demand in the present and future

Runoff from snowmelt is regarded as a vital water source for people and ecosystems throughout the Northern Hemisphere (NH). Numerous studies point to the threat global warming poses to the timing and magnitude of snow accumulation and melt. But analyses focused on snow supply do not show where changes to snowmelt runoff are likely to present the most pressing adaptation challenges, given sub-annual patterns of human water consumption and water availability from rainfall. We identify the NH basins where present spring and summer snowmelt has the greatest potential to supply the human water demand that would otherwise be unmet by instantaneous rainfall runoff. Using a multi-model ensemble of climate change projections, we find that these basins—which together have a present population of ~2 billion people—are exposed to a 67% risk of decreased snow supply this coming century.

Doom!!!!! Or, is it doom??????

Further, in the multi-model mean, 68 basins (with a present population of >300 million people) transition from having sufficient rainfall runoff to meet all present human water demand to having insufficient rainfall runoff. However, internal climate variability creates irreducible uncertainty in the projected future trends in snow resource potential, with about 90% of snow-sensitive basins showing potential for either increases or decreases over the near-term decades. Our results emphasize the importance of snow for fulfilling human water demand in many NH basins, and highlight the need to account for the full range of internal climate variability in developing robust climate risk management decisions.

So, ‘climate change’ is going to cause more or less snowfall in the future. If they predict either and one comes true, they win!

This comes on the heels of one of the longest running failed climate predictions, the most awesome quote by Dr. David Viner, a senior research scientist at the CRU of East Anglia University, “Children just aren’t going to know what snow is”, being pulled along with the entire article from the UK Independent. The original title of the article was “Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past”, and led to the fun meme “schoolkids won’t know what (x) is”. I had lots of fun with it, with stuff like Schoolkids Seriously Tired Of Knowing What Snow Looks Like, and Tom Nelson used to do the same on his site, and still does on Twitter.

And we now get this

British winter could feel longer and colder because of El Nino
This year’s El Nino will be one of the strongest in 50 years and is likely to bring a cold snap at the end of winter

The long and short of it is that the UK Met office, renowned for getting their predictions wrong in their quest to push Hotcoldwetdry, is pre-blaming another potential cold and snowy winter on El Nino, after suffering through harsh winters for most of the last decade. That’s not to say they are wrong in that El Nino won’t cause this, but, one has to wonder, if El Nino, a natural occurrence, can cause weather changes, why can nature cause most of the minuscule warming over the past 160+ years?

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 17, 2015 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil 1%er swimming pool, taking away water from poor people suffering from drought due to carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Bookworm Room, with a post wondering if Obama will do anything post-Paris.

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Good News: We Can Totally Defeat Terrorism And Poverty By Fighting Climate Change!

By William Teach November 17, 2015 – 10:48 am

It’s been a while since I took a peak at Grist. It’s not as fun since some of the writers, like David Roberts, left. But, this one is a hoot, as written by Robert Pollin

4 reasons why we can and must fight terrorism and poverty through climate action

Soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, then-President George W. Bush offered the view that “we fight against poverty because hope is the answer to terror.” Bush himself never followed through in advancing a serious global anti-poverty agenda. But, in the in the aftermath of last Friday’s terrorist slaughter in Paris, it is imperative that the rest of us do so now.

Interesting. The United States has spent untold amounts around the world since the end of World War II on anti-poverty programs. We’ve spent around $22 trillion over the last 50 years. Yet, poverty still exists.

But, this matters not at all to members of the Cult of Climastrology, who will say and write anything to push their political agenda. They’ll link each and every real issue to their pet cause. Which means the real issues are made less important.

I was planning on excerpting the 4 reasons, but, really, all but the last one are just plain stupid and have shown historically that they are failures. The last one did peak my interest, though

  1. Small-scale distributed energy systems can flourish.
    Clean energy investments will create major new opportunities for alternative ownership forms to emerge, including various combinations of smaller-scale public, private, and cooperative enterprises. People are also able increasingly to install and operate their own small-scale distributed energy systems that rely less and less on electrical grids. This is already happening in a major way in the U.S., Germany, and other advanced economies, especially with solar energy installations. But here again, the opportunities are greatest in poor countries such as India, where more than 40 percent of rural households still do not have access to grid-based electricity. Distributed renewable energy will enable such rural households to leapfrog over grid-based electricity generation systems entirely.

It’s an interesting idea, one I wholly support. Smaller scale projects allow for better control, as well as storage of power, rather than relying on giant companies and governments controlling huge grids.  However, this goes against what the Cult wants, since this would take power (pun intended) out of the hands of Government.

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If We Don’t Go Ahead With ‘Climate Change’ Meeting, The Terrorists Win Or Something

By William Teach November 17, 2015 – 8:15 am

Somehow, I sincerely doubt that ISIS was really thinking about the big yearly climate change meeting which will take place in Paris in a few weeks when they planned their attacks. But, hey, the murderous ISIS attacks give those who want to enact draconian policies that put more control of people, private entities, energy, and economies in the hands of centralized government a chance to show just How Brave they are.

Why Paris climate change talks won’t allow protesters (+video)

A highly anticipated UN climate conference scheduled to start in Paris in two weeks will go on as planned, though many of the side events, like marches and concerts, will likely be canceled as France tries to balance a “business-as-usual” approach with increased security concerns.

But not so brave that they’ll allow protests and marches and stuff.

The terrorist attacks in Paris, which have killed 129 people and injured hundreds more, left some people worried that the French government and United Nations might cancel the COP21, where countries are expected to map out a global accord to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

But officials say that the main part of conference, the negotiations, will go on as planned.

“The feeling is we should go on with business as usual, because you can’t give in to these terrorists,” an unidentified European diplomat told Politico on Saturday, adding that his prime minister will attend.

Perhaps the attendees can pass a resolution of condemnation against ISIS for their huge carbon footprint. Seriously, how much carbon pollution was created by all that travel and the use of fossil fuels? Were the guns and bombs they used locally produced?

Mr. Fabius told Reuters that many world leaders have committed to come to the summit, despite the violent Friday attacks that shook the world.

He quoted some leaders as saying: “We not only planned to come, but now we have to come, because we have to show to the terrorists that we are not afraid of them.”

That’s French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who famously stated that the world has “500 days to avoid climate chaos“, 565 days before the Paris Conference on the Parties. If they do not come up with a (fascistic, authoritative) agreement, will the world end?

Some experts are saying that the conference may devote more time to discussions linking climate change with national security, a theme often stressed by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, reports Reuters.

Well, if that is the case, then the attendees are part of the problem

Politico reports that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change expects the event to draw about 10,000 government representatives to the Le Bourget conference center in a northeastern Parisian suburb, plus 3,000 journalists and about 7,000 climate activists and other observers each week.

So, over 20,000 people taking long fossil fueled trips to complain about ‘climate change’, which they blame mostly on the use of fossil fuels.

Say, I wonder if they would ever consider that terrorism is causes by writings in the Koran?

Also, if we don’t allow all the climate marches and protests and stuff, aren’t the terrorists winning?

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North Carolina Joins Call To Restrict “Syrian” Refugees

By William Teach November 17, 2015 – 7:39 am

One of the problems is that, according to at least one report, only 20% of the “refugees” entering Europe are actually from Syria. Some 80% are coming from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria, Albania, Libya, and other nations not called Syria. And a good majority are young men of fighting age. North Carolina governor McCrory joins the growing call to stop the in-flow to the United States, and puts his call in a way that puts anyone who wants unfettered immigration of these “refugees” on the hook

(WRAL) Gov. Pat McCrory says he has asked the federal government to stop sending Syrian refugees to North Carolina until more is known how those fleeing the war-torn country are vetted.

Citing last week’s Paris terrorist attacks, McCrory joined at least 10 other governors from around the country in asking the federal government to provide more information about those being resettled from Syria.

“I empathize with these people who are dealing with unimaginable atrocities from ISIS,” McCrory said during a hastily called news conference in Charlotte. “But what worries me is some of these people might be ISIS.”

How are they vetted? Supposedly, this is a process that takes two years on average. Yet, these “refugees” seem to be arriving quite quickly in the United States. Are they being thoroughly vetted? Of course, quite a bit of the information on the refugee comes…..from the refugee. We’re relying on them not lying. “Both Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and FBI Director James Comey raised the challenge of being unable to vet all Syrians against existing intelligence information.”

And we all trust that the government isn’t making mistakes, taking shortcuts, ignoring protocol, etc, right?

(CNN) More than half the nation’s governors — 27 states — say they oppose letting Syrian refugees into their states, although the final say on this contentious immigration issue will fall to the federal government.

States protesting the admission of refugees range from Alabama and Georgia, to Texas and Arizona, to Michigan and Illinois, to Maine and New Hampshire. Among these 27 states, all but one have Republican governors.

OK, send them to those other states. Let them deal with the fallout (well, not really, we should be fully vetting all, including to see if they are believers in hardcore Islamism. It’s not just the violent ones we need to worry about). The thing is, according to Gov. McCrory, los Federales are not providing any information on the Syrian refugees (well, refugees from all over the Islamic world) to the government on North Carolina, besides the number imported. We don’t know who they are or where they are being relocated to.

Of course, this all leads to calls of Islamophobia from un-indicted co-conspirator CAIR

Nonetheless, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a civil rights group, says the governors’ announcements are indicative of growing Islamophobia among many in the US.

“We believe these governors are succumbing to fear and Islamophobia,” Ibrahim Hooper, national communications director of CAIR, told Al Jazeera.

CAIR is part of the Muslim Brotherhood, “an Islamic supremacist organization that pioneered 20th century Islamic terrorism and sanctions violence against civilians.” They very much attempt to use our laws, Constitution, and social mores against us in pushing their hardcore Muslim beliefs.

Finally, it should be no surprise that Liberals are up in arms over anyone wanting to stop the flow of unvetted and unknown refugees into the country. Just looking at the nations two main papers, the Washington Post and NY Times, we get

That last one from the NY Times Editorial Board is a pip. After starting with how Republicans and some EU nations are looking to stop the flow we get

These responses are wrong. Confusing refugees with terrorists is morally unacceptable and, as a matter of strategy, misguided. Stemming the exodus of refugees from Syria must be an important part of any comprehensive plan to end the Syrian war. Building new barriers to keep them out with the absurd argument that Muslims are inherently dangerous could provide propaganda benefits to the Islamic State. The group, also known as ISIS, has drawn recruits around the globe by offering a cause and a home to Muslims who feel marginalized and scorned.

Good grief. They actually think that people are joining ISIS because their feelings have been hurt.

Mr. Obama hit just the right note at the Group of 20 summit meeting in Antalya, Turkey, on Monday. “Many of these refugees are the victims of terrorism themselves, that’s what they’re fleeing,” he said. “Slamming the door in their faces would be a betrayal of our values. Our nations can welcome refugees who are desperately seeking safety and ensure our own security. We can and must do both.”

Perhaps if Mr. Obama had shown a spine early in the war, and even as far back as the Arab Spring, this would be a moot point. He set red lines, then ignored them. Is it really our duty to take in people who do not share our values, and could be potentially not just terrorists, but the type of Islamist who will, again, use our laws and societies against us in pushing their hardcore Islamist agenda?

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 16, 2015 – 1:00 pm

…is a rising sea meeting a desertified world from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Lonely Conservative, with a post noting Obama showing up late for something important.

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