Cackles Harris Open To An Arms Embargo On Israel

By William Teach August 9, 2024 – 8:08 am

Of course, her staff denies this, much in the same way that Biden’s people had to constantly walk back what he said

Harris campaign denies support for Israeli arms embargo

In an effort at damage control, Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign reaffirmed her support for Israel Thursday after initial reports of her meeting with pro-Palestinian leaders before a rally in Detroit suggested that she expressed an openness to an arms embargo for Israel.

A campaign source told The Jerusalem Post that Harris “did not express openness to an arms embargo.”

In a post on X, Harris’s National Security Adviser Phil Gordon said Harris has been clear and will always ensure Israel can defend itself against Iran and Iran-backed terrorist groups.

Yeah, but

According to a statement from a campaign spokesperson, Harris has “prioritized engaging with Arab, Muslim, and Palestinian community members and others regarding the war in Gaza” since October 7.

The spokesperson said in Wednesday night’s meeting with Uncommitted National Movement’s leaders Laya Elabed and Abbas Alawieh, Harris “reaffirmed that her campaign will continue to engage with those communities.”

“The vice president is focused on securing the ceasefire and hostage deal currently on the table,” according to the campaign spokesperson. “As she has said, it is time for this war to end in a way where: Israel is secure, hostages are released, the suffering of Palestinian civilians ends, and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, freedom, and self-determination.”

The Uncommitted National Movement had said late on Wednesday that Harris, the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, “shared her sympathies and expressed an openness to a meeting with Uncommitted leaders to discuss an arms embargo” during the interaction while campaigning in Detroit, according to a campaign aid.

Alawieh said on Thursday that both he and Elabed specifically asked for a meeting to discuss the demand for an arms embargo on Israel, “and in both cases, Vice President Harris expressed an openness to following up.”

Remember, the Uncommitted are primarily made up of the Islamists who said they would not vote for Biden because of his support of Israel. People who seem to have more allegiance to their home Islamist nations than the US. People who hate Jews and have shown their support of Hamas and other terrorist organizations. That’s who the Kamala campaign was playing with. That’s who she wants to get the votes of.

Will anyone in the media ask Kamala directly about her support for those who support Islamic terrorist groups, and if she supports Israel, and force her to answer?

Meanhile

(Wall Street Journal) The U.S. has warned Iran that its newly elected government and economy could suffer a devastating blow if it were to mount a major attack against Israel, a U.S. official said. (snip)

“The United States has sent clear messaging to Iran that the risk of a major escalation if they do a significant retaliatory attack against Israel is extremely high,” said the official. (snip)

Those messages have also put Tehran on notice “that there is a serious risk of consequences for Iran’s economy and the stability of its newly elected government if it goes down that path,” the official added.

Well, it’s not a threat of a military response by the U.S., but, at least it’s a threat. Of course, this leaves room for a smaller attack on Israel by Iran and their proxies.

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ABC News Wonders If Voters Care About Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach August 8, 2024 – 3:00 pm

This should be interesting

Do voters care about climate change? How going green divides this election

As voters prepare to head to the polls in November, inflation, foreign policy and reproductive rights have dominated the national conversation, with environmental policy failing to emerge as a major ballot issue.

But with climate change fueling more damaging and deadly weather events, experts question if the effects of global warming have fallen victim to over-politicization on the national stage.

“There’s no innate reason that addressing climate change should be a partisan issue, but unfortunately, it has become one,” Gregory Dotson, former chief counsel of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and current environmental law professor at the University of Oregon, told ABC News.

Oh, there is a big reason: the Warmists are using ‘climate change’ as an excuse to grow government, increase its power over citizens, take more money, control the lives of citizens, and restrict their freedoms.

“This is an extremely consequential election with regard to climate change,” Dotson added.

National polls from the Pew Research Center released in Feb. 2024, found that Americans on both sides of the political aisle rank climate change initiatives as a far lower policy priority than other ballot issues.

And this is what has been happening even back during the 2000 election, when you had Al Gore. People will say ‘climate change’ is important, but, when compared with real issues it is always low hanging.

Between party lines, however, Democrats are substantially more likely than Republicans to prioritize protecting the environment (63% vs. 23%) and dealing with climate change (59% vs. 12%), according to the survey.

Still, these findings may underestimate the public’s support for climate initiatives despite not being a top voting priority.

“The large majority of Americans would prefer government action on climate change, but that doesn’t mean that they prioritize the issue when they’re going into their polling place and voting,” Nathaniel Stinnett, executive director of the Environmental Voter Project, told ABC News.

In other words, no one cares that much when the real world is involved. Now, explain what the Warmists want to do, as I mentioned above, and let’s see if they are willing to give all that stuff up.

Anastas, who co-founded the Green Chemistry Institute and has won the Nobel Prize for his work in sustainability, fears that the conversation surrounding climate change is missing an integral piece – the solutions.

If the country is going to transition to clean energy, Anastas believes the existing oil and gas infrastructure is the best fit to make that a reality.

And how does that happen? Only with government force, with legislation forcing the takeover of these private businesses.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 8, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible water intensive lawn that is bad for ‘climate change’, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Diogenes’ Middle Finger, with a post on election fatigue.

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“Moderate” Tim Walz Wants To Ban Guns He (didn’t) Carry In War

By William Teach August 8, 2024 – 10:30 am

Well, it’s not surprising that the Comrade Harris-Walz ticket doesn’t want to discuss food prices, energy prices, housing prices, or other economic issues, nor the border. Heck, Cackle’s website doesn’t even have any policy positions, just a beg for money. But, they are happy to discuss hard left issues. Walz says he’s an avid hunter, yet, wants to ban guns

‘Never went to war’: Walz ripped for saying he wants to ban guns he ‘carried in war’

Vice President Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, said he wants to ban guns he “carried in war” though he never saw combat during his time in the Army National Guard and left the service after being informed that his unit would be deployed to Iraq.

“I spent 25 years in the Army, and I hunt. I’ve been voting for commonsense legislation that protects the Second Amendment, but we can do background checks. We can research the impacts of gun violence. We can make sure those weapons of war that I carried in war are only carried in war,” Walz said in a video posted by the Harris campaign on Tuesday.

Walz joined the Army National Guard in 1981, retiring in 2005 from the 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery, where he rose to the rank of command sergeant major. Across his more than two decades of service, he never saw combat, according to an interview with Minnesota Public Radio in 2018.

It’s not surprising that Walz wants to ban rifles: he’s a hardcore leftist. Good on him for serving, but, he’s never been in combat or a combat zone, so, he wouldn’t have carried a weapon. Otherwise he might have known that no one is carrying a semi-automatic rifle. And that there are plenty of rifles which are much more powerful than the hated AR-15 platform. But, this is the guy who also implemented a snitch line for COVID. He was at one point a big supporter of gun rights, but, then turned hard left

Walz retired months after a warning order was issued to his battalion that it would be deployed to Iraq, the New York Post reported Tuesday. Service member Thomas Behrends went in his place, according to the Post, sparking the veteran to slam Walz as “a traitor” and “coward” for retiring before deploying.

“When your country calls, you are supposed to run into battle, not the other way,” the retired command sergeant major told the New York Post. “He ran away. It’s sad.”

This ain’t Hell… has lots more on Walz’s stolen valor, and that’s what it is. He’s stated for years that he served in combat, but, didn’t. He bolted right before his unit deployed. Respect that he served in the Guard, but, he ditched the people he was supposed to lead. I suggest we disallow all his security from carrying anything but bolt action rifles, and restrict their handguns to magazines that only hold 10 rounds. He’d be fine with that, right?

He’s also not much of a fan of free speech

““I think we need to push back on this. There is no guarantee to freedom of free speech on misinformation or, or, hate speech, especially around our democracy!”” Actually, there is. Perhaps he should read the Constitution for the state he’s governor of. And the one for the nation he wants to be VP of.

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New Climate Cult Study Says Flying At Higher Altitudes Is Bad

By William Teach August 8, 2024 – 7:00 am

We can end quite a bit of this issue (which is still mule fritters) per cult dogma if we restrict all Warmists, starting with the Elites, from taking fossil fueled flights

Airplanes fly higher and make contrails that last longer now. A study says that’s bad for the climate.

climate cowAirlines have tamped down on carbon emissions by flying planes at higher altitudes. But this comes at a cost: the higher-flying aircraft are creating more contrails that last longer, worsening the industry’s impact on climate change, a new study found.

“This doesn’t mean that more efficient aircraft are a bad thing – far from it, as they have lower carbon emissions per passenger-mile,” said Edward Gryspeerdt, the lead researcher, in a statement. “However, our finding reflects the challenges the aviation industry faces when reducing its climate impact.”

Contrails — short for condensation trail — are the white streaks in the sky behind planes. Airplanes create the lines of water vapor when they fly through high altitude humidity zones.

An MIT study from March of this year found that contrails account for just over a third of the aviation industry’s contribution to climate change. Contrails trap heat in the atmosphere, which in turn warms the planet.

Wait, are they saying that *gasp* water vapor is a greenhouse gas? Hmm.

Private jets, already heavily scrutinized for high carbon emissions, represent a big part of the contrail problem. Imperial College London researchers found that the small planes produce similar-sized contrails to their bigger counterparts.

Well, lets stop lawmakers, administration heads, and governors, presidents, vice presidents, premiers, prime ministers, etc, from flying on private jets first. See how they like it. See if they are fine with this. Of course, any law would look more like France’s, which blocked all short haul flights of under 2 hours for the peasants, but, allowed private jets to make those flights.

Another possible way to get at the contrail problem, scientists from the Imperial College London say, is to reduce the soot emitted from aircraft engines. This could make the white streaks fall out the sky faster, reducing their warming impact.

Just a bunch of cultish nags, always wanting to tell Other People how to live their lives.

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SCC Not Expecting Large Numbers Of Illegals For DNC Or Something

By William Teach August 8, 2024 – 6:45 am

It’s probably a bad idea for the Sanctuary City Of Chicago to say this and bait Texas governor Greg Abbot to follow through on his promise to send them

Chicago no longer expecting huge influx of migrants ahead of Democratic convention

The city’s Deputy Mayor of Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Rights on Tuesday said officials are no longer expecting bus loads of migrants from the southern border ahead of the Democratic National Convention.

“We are not expecting 25,000 migrants or any other very large influx of migrants. The governor has certainly threatened to do that, and to send people here. There’s lots of speculation and concern about it,” Beatriz Ponce de Leon said on WGN Radio’s The Lisa Dent Show, referring to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Abbott at the Republican National Convention told attendees the bussing of people who crossed the southern border to other cities would continue “until we finally secure our border.”

Ponce de Leon called Abbott’s comments a “political stunt.”

See, it’s a political stunt when a declared sanctuary city has to actually deal with illegals/migrants. Her reason, of you listen to that radio bit (7 minutes long), is that there are not as many illegals crossing the border. She’s whistling past the graveyard, because there are still more than enough, plus many more in Texas, for Abbott to send a bunch of buses, dropping them off near the DNC building. Even if it’s just a couple hundred to a thousand, think of the optics of the buses rolling up.

As of Monday, Chicago has welcomed 45,881 migrants aboard nearly 950 buses to the city since August 2022. There were 5,567 people in 17 active shelters run by the city and state on Monday, according to a statement from the city.

So, welcomed and then booted them out of the city? Huh.

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Bummer: Great Barrier Reef Seeing Hottest Temps In 400 Years

By William Teach August 7, 2024 – 3:07 pm

I warned you to stop using fossil fuels, give all your freedom to government, and allow illegal aliens, er, climate refugees into your 1st World Nations, but, no, you wouldn’t listen

Great Barrier Reef waters spike to hottest in 400 years, study finds

Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef hit their highest level in 400 years over the past decade, according to researchers who warned that the reef likely won’t survive if planetary warming isn’t stopped.

During that time, between 2016 and 2024, the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem and one of the most biodiverse, suffered mass coral bleaching events. That’s when water temperatures get too hot and coral expel the algae that provide them with color and food, and sometimes die. Earlier this year, aerial surveys of over 300 reefs in the system off Australia’s northeast coast found bleaching in shallow water areas spanning two-thirds of the reef, according to Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

Researchers from Melbourne University and other universities in Australia, in a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature, were able to compare recent ocean temperatures to historical ones by using coral skeleton samples from the Coral Sea to reconstruct sea surface temperature data from 1618 to 1995. They coupled that with sea surface temperature data from 1900 to 2024.

They observed largely stable temperatures before 1900 and steady warming from January to March from 1960 to 2024. And during five years of coral bleaching in the past decade — during 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022 and 2024 — temperatures in January and March were significantly higher than anything dating back to 1618, researchers found. They used climate models to attribute the warming rate after 1900 to human-caused climate change. The only other year nearly as warm as the mass bleaching years of the past decade was 2004.

Interesting time frame. From 1618 through around 1850 the Earth was in a cool period, so, of course the waters were cooler. Why not go further back to try and compare during the Medieval Warm Period? Because this is all about doommongering from a cult. How many actual temperature readings do they have back to 1900 for the Great Barrier Reef. And with cult in cult out computer models.

Across the world, reefs are key to seafood production and tourism. Scientists have long said additional loss of coral is likely to be a casualty of future warming as the world approaches the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) threshold that countries agreed to try and keep warming under in the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

Even if global warming is kept under the Paris Agreement’s goal, which scientists say Earth is almost guaranteed to cross, 70% to 90% of corals across the globe could be threatened, the study’s authors said. As a result, future coral reefs would likely have less diversity in coral species — which has already been happening as the oceans have grown hotter.

Corals have grown under much warmer conditions with higher sea levels, hence why you have many islands, and those things called “coral atolls.”

As more heat-tolerant coral replaces the less heat-tolerant species in the colorful underwater rainbow jungle, McPhaden said there’s “real concern” about the expected extreme loss in the number of species and reduction in area that the world’s largest reef covers.

What about during previous Holocene warm periods, which were warmer? How did coral survive? And all the fish and crabs and such? Meh, scientists no longer ask questions about science, since this is a cult. It wasn’t that long ago when these same people bleated on about Darwinism and survival of the fittest, now they think everything must remain the same.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 7, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…are trees which will soon die from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The First Street Journal, with a post on Hamas’ new political leader being a dead man walking.

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Hilarious: Financial Times Blames Tory Rhetoric On Migrants For Riots

By William Teach August 7, 2024 – 10:30 am

It’s not really surprising that Leftist media hits the wrong target

Tory rhetoric on migrants created ‘climate’ for far-right riots, say critics

The “demonising” of asylum seekers, immigrants and the legal profession by Conservative ministers helped prepare the ground for the far-right riots currently gripping the country, critics including senior politicians have warned.

They say that years of scapegoating by senior Tory figures helped stoke and normalise anti-immigrant feeling that in part fuelled the violence that has spread across England in the past week.

Former prime minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to “Stop the Boats” was chanted by rioters last week, while former home secretary Suella Braverman previously described the flow of asylum seekers to England’s coast as an “invasion”.

Hotels used to house asylum seekers were attacked over the weekend by far-right gangs, while several mosques have been threatened. There have also been plans shared online to target dozens of immigration centres, refugee shelters and law offices that aide migrants on Wednesday.

Can you guess what is not mentioned in the article? The migrant who stabbed a bunch of children to death, which started this all. I don’t condone the riots, but, you can understand them. Citizens are tired of the government allowing tons of migrants in from countries in the 3rd World and Islamist regions for decades, who bring their own cultures, practice them in full, and refuse to assimilate into British culture. There are no go zones, loud calls to prayer, taking over the streets to pray to Mecca, grooming gangs, and so much more. I wish I could find the map again, which shows how many migrants have come into the UK over the last 30 years and changed it.

In a speech to the Policy Exchange think-tank last year, Jenrick said “excessive, uncontrolled migration threatens to cannibalise the compassion of the British public”.

Illegal migrants had “completely different lifestyles and values to those in the UK,” he went on, adding that “a shared national identity bound by shared memories, traditions and values is a prerequisite to generosity in society”.

There is no melting pot, just migrants taking over and forcing the UK to change for them. British citizens are arrested for sending mean posts on social media, while nothing happens to the migrants

The police mostly leave the migrants alone. And the media says nothing.

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Oops: Drivers Ditching EVs, Turning To Used Market For Fossil Fueled Vehicles

By William Teach August 7, 2024 – 7:00 am

I’ll say again, I’m not against them: I’m still seriously considering one. But, it’s not the business of government to force this on citizens (via Not A Lot Of People Know That)

Electric car sales forecast slashed as drivers turn to secondhand market

Car makers have slashed their forecast for electric car sales this year amid an ongoing slowdown in demand.

The Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) now predicts electric vehicles (EVs) will account for 18.5pc of the new car market in 2024, down from an earlier prediction of 19.8pc.

EV registrations surged higher in July but sales to private consumers continued to slump.

In figures published on Monday, the SMMT also revised down its forecast for the 2024 new car market as a whole, from 1.984m vehicle sales to 1.968m.

Within that estimate, the projected number of EV sales has fallen from roughly 393,000 vehicles to 364,000.

Mike Hawes, chief executive of the SMMT, said the figures still represented annual growth but warned that weakening demand for EVs among private consumers – despite heavy discounting by car makers – remained the industry’s “overriding concern”.

And that’s the thing, manufacturers are throwing insane amounts of cash to sell EVs. And I mean insane. Leases that look more like for a $24K car, not a $45K+ vehicle.

Mr Hawes said: “More people than ever are buying and driving EVs but we still need the pace of change to quicken, or else the UK’s climate change ambitions are threatened and manufacturers’ ability to hit regulated EV targets is at risk.

“Achieving market transition at the pace demanded requires greater support for consumers and action on incentives and infrastructure is needed now.”

How about he and the rest mind their own business? And why wasn’t Hawes asked if he’s driving an EV himself?

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