Biden’s $320 Million Gaza Pier May Well Be Dead

By William Teach June 1, 2024 – 6:45 am

This has give The New Republic, a hyper-left outlet which has always had a hate-on for Israel, a big sad

Pentagon Admits Biden’s Pathetic Gaza Pier Is Dead

Less than two weeks after its installation, the pier constructed by the United States to facilitate aid into Gaza has been completely removed after it broke apart in the water.

The Pentagon admitted Thursday that the remaining parts of the $320 million boondoggle were dismantled after the pier was damaged in rough waters off the coast of Gaza on May 28, rendering it unusable. Israel has closed several land crossings, preventing aid from getting into the Gaza Strip, and the Israel Defense Forces have fired on food convoys and looked the other way as settlers have blocked aid from entering the remaining open land crossings. The U.S. has thus far resorted to aerial aid drops and, more recently, the manmade pier to facilitate aid, rather than demand Israel open up crossings and crack down on settler obstruction of aid delivery.

Now, according to Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh, the pier is going offline for at least the next week as it is repaired and rebuilt in Ashkelon. Since its construction, the pier had allowed for only 1,000 tons of humanitarian aid to be delivered to Gaza. According to United Nations World Food Programme chief economist Arif Husain, northern Gaza alone requires 4,500 tons of food a month.

Will it come back on line? Will it be repaired and replaced? What little aid actually flowed via the pier was stolen by Hamas

Heck, the thing could barely take a little bit of wave action. Great construction. I wonder if Biden and the rest of his family got a cut from the contractor?

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Canadians Shunning EVs For Fossil Fueled Vehicles

By William Teach May 31, 2024 – 3:00 pm

It’s like they do not want vehicles that perform poorly in snow and cold weather, especially when the Elites attempting to force them to buy EVs do not drive in them

More Canadian car buyers shunning EVs in 2024: J.D. Power

More Canadian car buyers are shunning electric vehicles (EVs) due to tighter household budgets and higher borrowing costs, according to J.D. Power Canada. A new survey by the market research firm says nearly three-quarters are unlikely to consider one for their next purchase.

J.D. Power Canada collected nearly 3,000 responses from consumers in March and April for its third annual Electric Vehicle Consideration study. The results show 72 per cent of automobile shoppers are either “very unlikely” or “somewhat unlikely” to consider an EV for their next purchase. That’s up from 67 per cent last year, and 53 per cent in 2022.

Limited driving distance per charge, or so-called “range anxiety,” was the top concern among those choosing not to buy electric (68 per cent), followed by purchase price (61 per cent), and charging infrastructure (60 per cent). (snip)

J.D. Power Canada found Canadian car buyers remain far less interested in EVs than their American neighbours. This year’s survey found 11 per cent of Canadian new vehicle shoppers are “very likely” to consider an EV. That’s less than half of the 24 per cent of U.S. buyers who said the same.

Ney says part of this comes down to a Canadian preference for all-wheel drive vehicles with longer range.

Very likely doesn’t mean they will actually purchase, though. Even hybrids and plugin-hybrids are not doing that well in Canada.

The federal government aims to phase out sales of new internal combustion vehicles by 2035, with interim targets of 20 per cent zero-emissions sales by 2026, and 60 per cent by 2030. (The government’s ZEV classification includes both EVs and PHEVs.)

Yet, how many of these government officials are actually driving one now? Too bad the Credentialed Media folks never ask.

https://x.com/TPostMillennial/status/1796275689974300878

Is he driving one?

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 31, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…are tropical plants growing in Canada due to carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on good guys 1, bad guys 0/

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Biden Is Supposedly Coming Up With A Border Clampdown

By William Teach May 31, 2024 – 10:30 am

Why couldn’t he have done this years ago? Is this something mean to be permanent, or, simply an election year stunt?

Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown

Americans before illegalsThe White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold, with President Joe Biden expected to sign an executive order as early as Tuesday, according to four people familiar with the matter.

The president has been weighing additional executive action since the collapse of a bipartisan border bill earlier this year. The number of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border has declined for months, partly because of a stepped-up effort by Mexico. Still, immigration remains a top concern heading into the U.S. presidential election in November and Republicans are eager to hammer Biden on the issue.

The Democratic administration’s effort would aim to head off any potential spike in crossings that could occur later in the year, as the fall election draws closer, when the weather cools and numbers tend to rise, two of the people. They were not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing discussions and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

So, this is purely an election year stunt, which will most likely end immediately if Biden wins re-election in November

The move would allow Biden, whose administration has taken smaller steps in recent weeks to discourage migration and speed up asylum processing, to say he has done all he can do to control the border numbers without help from Congress.

I love how the AP is putting this so matter-of-factly, when they would be blasting a Republican for such a blatant election year stunt.

The restrictions being considered are an aggressive attempt to ease the nation’s overwhelmed asylum system, along with a new effort to speed up the cases of migrants already in America and another meant to quicken processing for migrants with criminal records or those who would otherwise be eventually deemed ineligible for asylum in the United States.

This means people are already in the US, and, they should be allowed to deport criminals immediately already.

The people told the AP that the administration was weighing some of the policies directly from a stalled bipartisan Senate border deal, including capping the number of encounters at an average of 4,000 per day over a week and whether that limit would include asylum-seekers coming to the border with appointments through U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s CBP One app. Right now, there are roughly 1,450 such appointments per day.

That would be 1,460,000 illegals per year. Is that supposed to make Americans feel better?

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Democrat In Charge Of NY Assembly Comes Out Against ‘Climate Change’ Superfund Act

By William Teach May 31, 2024 – 7:00 am

Is this a case of Carl Heastie introducing common sense, or, is he reading polls which show this will be really unpopular with voters who will turn around and blame Democrats?

NY Assembly speaker throws cold water on Climate Change Superfund Act

New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie threw cold water on a bill that would require major energy companies to pay for climate change remediation, saying the measure could ultimately result in higher costs for utility ratepayers.

The Climate Change Superfund Act would require companies that contributed significantly to the buildup of greenhouse gases to pay for part of the mitigation efforts to offset climate change, including major infrastructure projects like water barriers.

The measure was approved in the state Senate, but has stalled in the Assembly.

Heastie says he’s concerned that it would result in higher utility prices, as the energy companies pass down the costs of the new requirements to ratepayers.

“I’ve never in my life seen corporations choose the ratepayer over the stockholder,” Heastie said. “Asking these companies to pay more, it’s going to be, of course, taken out on the ratepayer.”

What company decides to take an overall lower profit when the cost of doing business rises, especially when it comes to government taxes? You can damned well bet all those lawyers and other professions working as elected public servants in the NY Assembly wouldn’t take less money if the government raised their taxes. They’d pass the costs on to their clients. That’s the way life works.

There’s actually been talk in the NY assembly about adding in a requirement that companies cannot pass those taxes/fees on to consumers. What happens then? They leave the state, taking their jobs and revenue with them. What happens when energy companies do the same? That would be decidedly ugly.

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Say, Why Do Food Prices Feel So High When Inflation Is Down?

By William Teach May 31, 2024 – 6:45 am

I’m actually shocked that Axios isn’t trying to spin this

The inflation rate for “food at home,” basically the stuff you buy at the supermarket, is really low these days, with prices rising just 1.1% over the last year. But since January 2021, when President Biden took office, prices are up nearly 21%.

Why it matters: Every time Americans go food shopping they feel the sting of higher prices, making the grocery store the place where consumers are most regularly reminded about inflation.

The intrigue: Dining out is worse — prices rose 4.1% over the last year, far faster than costs at the grocery store or overall inflation.

And prices for “food away from home” are up nearly 22% since 2021.

The bottom line: Finding cheap eats is a challenge.

What does it look like?

Sure, food inflation is below where it was when Brandon took office, but, it rose 21% since he took office. And every cent comes out of your wallet, eroding your paycheck. For most working and middle class Americans, their pay damned sure hasn’t gone up 21%.

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There’s A Bizarre Link Between Pregnancy And Climate Doom Or Something

By William Teach May 30, 2024 – 3:00 pm

Here we have cult science in action: they take something real and link it to their doomsday cult. The only thing bizarre is that these people are more nuts than Scientology, than Jim Jones, than Heaven’s Gate

The bizarre link between rising sea levels and complications in pregnancy

Today, 30-year-old garment factory worker Khadiza Akhter lives in Savar, a suburb of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Her small concrete house is clean and organized. Green shutters frame the windows, and clothes hang on lines outside her front door. A water spigot sticks out of the concrete next to the drying laundry, and the turn of a white plastic knob is all it takes for clear, clean water to rush out. Akhter calls it “a blessing of God.”

Akhter grew up some 180 miles south of Savar, in Satkhira — a district home to 2.2 million people on a river delta where, in recent decades, fresh water has become scarce. As sea levels rise, rivers dry up, and cyclones become more severe, Satkhira and the other low-lying districts that surround it have been among the first in the world to experience the sting of climate change-driven saltwater intrusion — the creep of seawater inland.

The memory of drinking water tainted with salt is burned into Akhter’s mind. “It felt like swallowing needles,” she told Grist and Vox in Bengali. “It doesn’t quench your thirst.” The water was so salty Akhter couldn’t properly clean herself with it. The sodium in the water prevented soap from forming bubbles and left powdery streaks on her skin as it dried. Her hair fell out, and she itched all over.

They always have to have a story of woe, eh? If she lives that far south of Savar, then she’s on the Bay Of Bengal, and, yeah, the seas are slowly rising. That’s what happens during a Holocene warm period. And an Interglacial period.

Studies have shown that saltwater consumption has negative, long-lasting effects on nearly every stage of a woman’s reproductive cycle, from menstruation to birth. Akhter knew that if she stayed in Satkhira and started a family of her own there, she’d be putting herself in real danger. She’s not the only person in her region to leave in search of cleaner water. Millions of Bangladeshis have been internally displaced by flooding in the past decade, and experts say saltwater intrusion is one of the factors driving migration from rural regions of Bangladesh to urban centers.

Yet, roughly 40% of the world’s population lives within 100KM of an ocean. They want to live near the ocean. And no one has whined about it. And people still have babies living near the oceans. In 3rd world nations people try to live near the oceans so they can catch seafood.

As usual, it is a long, long, long, boring Vox piece, which misses that instead of implementing climate cult initiatives, we could help them with desalination.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 30, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is fast rising sea that will soon tip islands over, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post on wind turbines potentially messing with the radar of ships.

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New Yorker Arrested After Trying To Run Down Jewish Students, Rabbi

By William Teach May 30, 2024 – 10:30 am

It could possibly be random, but, most likely, this is the result of all the protests against Israel and Jews, especially since he tried to do it twice

New York man arrested after allegedly attempting to run down students, rabbi near Brooklyn school with car

A New York man is in police custody after a manhunt when he fled the scene where he allegedly tried to run down several Jewish students and a rabbi with a vehicle outside a Brooklyn school on Wednesday morning.

Just before 11:30 a.m., the New York Police Department (NYPD) responded to an incident on Glenwood Road within the 63rd Precinct.

Police said a 58-year-old man was driving a white 2011 Ford Crown Victoria onto the sidewalk in an attempt to injure pedestrians.

Sources told Yeshiva World News that Boro Park Shomrim received urgent calls that a white sedan had twice attempted to hit Yeshiva Bochurim and a rabbi outside the Vien Yeshiva in Canarsie neighborhood.

Police said there were no injuries, and the driver was taken into custody shortly after locating him. Police have not released the suspect’s name or further details at this time.

The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force told Fox News Digital it is aware of the incident and that the investigation is being led by the NYPD.

Huh. If this was against Muslims you know the JTTF would have jumped in and taken control. According to the NY Daily News, he verbally assaulted the students. And his name is Asghar Ali. An immigrant from Pakistan.

(Asianet News) Asghar immigrated to the USA two decades ago. His previous encounters with the law include four prior arrests. In 1998, he was arrested for false personation. Despite claiming to be a cab driver, he did not possess a valid TLC license, according to police records.

With that arrest record, why was he not deported? Regardless of if he was going through naturalization (if he was, he would have been a citizen by now) or some other program, those arrests are grounds for deportation.

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Weird: Britain Warned They Need More Subsidies For Wind Power

By William Teach May 30, 2024 – 7:15 am

I’ve been told that wind power is cheap and can survive on its own. No? (via Not A Lot Of People Know That)

Offshore wind needs bigger subsidies, warns government adviser

State subsidies for new offshore wind projects may not be generous enough to drive the projects needed to achieve targets for boosting clean energy, a leading climate adviser to the government has warned.

Baroness Brown of Cambridge, chairwoman of the adaptation sub-committee of the Climate Change Committee, the independent non-departmental public body, said Britain had been “slow” and “not very clever” in its handling of offshore wind auctions.

The government has raised the so-called strike price, a guaranteed price that generators are paid for the power they produce, to £73 per megawatt-hour for this year’s auction and has set the budget at a record £800 million in the hope of attracting new offshore wind schemes. Last year’s round failed to secure any bids to build.

Huh. So, no one wants to lose money on wind power? They do not want to do this without government giving them vast amounts of money? Remember, these would be in addition to all the tax breaks.

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