Your Fault: Flood Maps Out Of Date Because You Won’t Buy An EV

By William Teach September 5, 2022 – 7:00 am

How dare you!

US flood maps outdated thanks to climate change, Fema director says

Flood maps used by the federal government are outdated, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or Fema, said on Sunday, considering a series of devastating floods caused by excessive rainfall induced by climate change.

Deanne Criswell told CNN’s State of the Union: “The part that’s really difficult right now is the fact that our flood maps don’t take into account excessive rain that comes in. And we are seeing these record rainfalls that are happening.”

Criswell was questioned about the situation in Jackson, Mississippi, where city water facilities failed in the aftermath of heavy flooding on the Pearl River, leaving residents without drinkable or usable water.

On Sunday, thunderstorms and heavy rain pounded parts of north-west Georgia, sparking flash floods. Local news reports showed roads under water and homeowners struggling. (snip)

Criswell said Fema would work with local jurisdictions “to help them better identify what their needs are and help them create better predictive models, because we have to start thinking about what the threats are going to be in the future as a result of climate change, so they can put the mitigation measures in place”.

Well, he could be correct, but, not because of climate crisis doom. Land use changes. Areas are paved over, others are stripped of all their trees for homes and business buildings, which changes what happens with the water from rains, turning areas that usually wouldn’t flood into ones that will. Or direct all that water downstream.

A 2020 study of flood risks by the nonprofit First Street Foundation that analyzed every property in the 48 contiguous US states found federal maps underestimated by 67% the number of homes and businesses in significant danger.

Doesn’t mean it’s due to Hotcoldwetdry. But, the cult has to fearmonger always.

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Bummer: Democrats Seem To Still Be Avoiding Biden On The Campaign Trail

By William Teach September 5, 2022 – 6:45 am

Shot

Fewer Democrats are calling for Biden to forgo a 2024 reelection campaign, buoyed by his legislative victories and falling gas prices: report

Chaser

Asset or liability? Biden’s momentum hasn’t led to new invitations on midterm campaign trail

During a trip to Wilkes-Barre, Pa. last week, President Joe Biden lavished praise on Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman, calling him “a hell of a guy” and “a powerful voice for working people.”

“He’s going to make a great United States senator,” Biden said.

But Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor, was not in attendance. The campaign said a pre-scheduled fundraiser forced Fetterman to miss the White House event on public safety.

Biden is a full-contact campaigner, known for hugging supporters, telling stories about life in Scranton, Pa., and giving fiery speeches about the little guy. But even as his once-floundering approval ratings improve, it’s unclear how often the president will be asked to join Democratic candidates in key states and congressional districts.

How many want his gaffes and ability to denigrate voters at their rallies? Him hugging and kissing little girls? Slurring his words, getting angry, losing track of what he’s saying? And, while his approval number has come up a bit, he’s still way underwater. Democrats are just avoiding the notion of him running in 2024, and the Compliant Media is refusing to ask politicians to answer the question on him running in 2024. Notice most pollsters are avoiding question on the economy and Biden’s handling of it

“If this were a couple of months ago, I think most Democratic candidates in a lot of these swing states would have been loath to be seen with him,” said David Cohen, a political science professor at the University of Akron. “Now, he’s not necessarily a huge asset for a lot of these campaigns, but he’s also not a drag on the ticket.”

Less than 70 days before the midterms, Biden is hitting the road with his first traveling blitz of the campaign season. This week, his schedule will collide with the itineraries of three Democratic Senate candidates in crucial races, testing whether they view him as a liability or strength to their campaigns.

Will Fetterman and Wisconsin Democratic Senate nominee Mandela Barnes be available? U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, Ohio’s Democratic Senate nominee, says he will be at an event at an Intel semiconductor manufacturing plant where Biden will be, but, time will tell. But, he’s also not asking Biden to campaign for him.

Still waiting for any reporter to ask Biden why he’s not traveling in an EV.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 4, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible carbon polluting beer, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Blazing Cat Fur, with a post on how wonderful Vancouver’s new electric fire trucks are working.

It’s MAGA week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach September 4, 2022 – 9:51 am

Patriotic Pinup Pearl Frush

Happy Sunday! Another great day in the Once And Future Nation of America. The Sun is shining, the hummingbirds are humming, and the Dodgers are 18 games up on the Padres. This pinup is by Pearl Frush, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. The First Street Journal highlights the unexpected consequences of EV credits
  2. The Gateway Pundit covers Biden using a fake text to congratulate himself
  3. The Last Refuge features Biden wanting $14 billion more for Ukraine
  4. The Lid covers Trump being right again about Russia shutting off gas to Europe
  5. The O.K. Corral notes Biden blocking cheaper medications
  6. The Other McCain discusses BLM grifters gonna grift
  7. The Right Scoop has Kari Lake obliterating a reporter playing partisan games
  8. Weasel Zippers covers potential civil unrest and riots in Europe over energy
  9. Greenie Watch notes the true range of EVs
  10. Jo Nova covers coral bleaching and recovery
  11. Not A Lot Of People Know That says we’re living in St. Greta’s world now
  12. Watts Up With That? discusses the ongoing warming pause
  13. 357 Magnum highlights an armed citizen stopping a mass shooting
  14. 90Ninety Miles From Tyranny covers the FBI searching Barron Trump’s room
  15. And last, but, not least, Da Techguy’s Blog says that Biden speech should give you Nazi vibes

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014). 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. I’ve also mostly alphabetized them, makes it easier scrolling the feedreader

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. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

Two great sites for getting news links are Liberty Daily and Whatafinger.

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Trump Calls Biden An Enemy Of The State At Rally

By William Teach September 4, 2022 – 8:34 am

Well, considering Biden is trying to remake America into a Progressive (nice Fascism) state, yeah. It might be more real to label Biden, and his advisors, an enemy of half the people, after Biden’s comments, but, smarter to avoid that and not cause that blue/red division like Biden did

Trump blasts Biden’s anti-MAGA speech: ‘He’s the enemy of the state’

Former President Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden’s address to the nation earlier in the week calling it the most “vicious” speech ever given by an American president.

“This week, Joe Biden came to Philadelphia to give the most vicious, hateful, and divisive speech ever delivered by an American president,” Trump told a raucous crowd on Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania while campaigning for Republican candidates in the commonwealth. “Vilifying 75 million citizens, plus another probably 75 to 150 if we want to be accurate about it, as threats to democracy and enemies of the state. You’re all enemies of the state.”

Trump continued, “He’s the enemy of the state if you want to know the truth.”

Biden was widely criticized by conservatives for his speech in Philadelphia on Thursday in which he claimed that “equality and democracy are under assault” by “MAGA forces.”

Biden has declared himself your enemy for this agenda

Biden and his people are against those things.

(NY Post) The majority of Americans believe political divisions have worsened since the beginning of 2021, a new poll finds — and two out of five think a civil war is likely to break out within the next decade.

About two-thirds — 66% — say Americans have become more split politically since the start of 2021 and they are largely pessimistic about the future of the United States, with 63% saying they expect the separations to increase and 62% predicting political violence will worsen over the next few years, the YouGovAmerica poll shows.

Asked about the likelihood that the country will be riven by a second civil war in the next 10 years, 14% believe it is “very likely,” 29% say it is “somewhat likely,” while 24% opt for “not very likely” and 11% say “not likely at all.”

Another 22% say they aren’t sure.

If you aren’t complying with the extreme authoritarian agenda of Biden and his Comrades, you are Evil, and are labeled as such, so, is it any wonder that so many think a civil war may be coming? I doubt it will be violent, at least from our side, but, could look more like a belligerent divorce. The difference between a republic and a confederation is that, in the confederation, it is voluntary for states to stay in the union. If the federal government has broken the compact, the terms of the Constitution, then there is no need for states to stay in. Some may start opting out.

It’s also a heck of a lot more likely that Trump runs in 2024, and, it’s also more likely that Biden will ramp up his nasty rhetoric.

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Humans Have Caused Global Weirding Chaos On Earth Or Something

By William Teach September 3, 2022 – 3:00 pm

The Cult of Climastrology will never, ever, not in a million years give up on their scaremongering. Just like they won’t give up their own big carbon footprints

Global Weirding: Humans Have Caused Chaos on Earth

Humans have disturbed the climate to such a great extent that we have created chaos on Earth, scientists say.

“Scientists say” is always amusing

Climate change as a result of burning fossil fuels, deforestation and pollution has caused an intensification of weather and hydrological extremes, which will continue to worsen.

If the cult wasn’t so extremist, perhaps we could do something about problems that are environmental, like deforestation and real land, sea, and air pollution.

Weather records around the world are being broken almost annually. The U.K. saw its hottest ever summer this year, Pakistan is experiencing some of the worst flooding in its history, and China’s Yangtze River is so dry from drought that the government is preparing to cloud-seed to make it rain. Wildfires have been plaguing California and Oregon all summer, causing mass evacuations and worsening atmospheric pollution.

Weather records only go so far back: how do they compare during the Medieval and Roman warm periods? Don’t forget, these cultists also blame cold weather records on a warming earth.

Auroop R. Ganguly, director of the Sustainability & Data Sciences Laboratory, told Newsweek this increase in extreme weather events has become known as “global weirding”.

“On the hydrometeorological hazards side, heat waves are getting (and are further projected to get) even hotter, cold snaps persisting even if growing less frequent, heavy precipitation getting heavier, and so on. The impacts can be far-reaching across multiple sectors such as ecosystems and coastal processes, aspects of the water-energy-food nexus, infrastructures and urban lifelines,” he said.

Yup, it’s a cult. Oh, his degrees are in engineering, not climate or meteorology. Also mentioned is Matthew Casale, Environment Campaigns Director at nonprofit group PIRG, who doesn’t have a degree in science.

“To stop global warming and prevent the effects from getting worse, we need a mix of individual and collective action,” Laura Deehan, state director of Environment California, told Newsweek.

“The more of us who walk or bike instead of driving, buy electric vehicles instead of gas-powered cars, put solar panels on our roofs, reduce energy waste in our homes and offices, the better off we will be. But individual action won’t be enough on its own; we also need every concerned individual to tell their elected leaders that we are counting on them to take action to address climate change right now. By acting together we can catalyze the widespread policy change that sets our whole society on a better path forward.”

Interestingly, Laura fails to mention what individual action she’s taken, and the article author, Jess Thomson, forgot to ask. Oh, and Laura is also not a climate scientist, having a BA in international relations. So, an article with “scientists say” includes zero actual scientists. Huh.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 3, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is an elevated house to avoid Bad Weather flooding, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Climate Scepticism, with a post on the Australian Academy of Science trying to get Big Tech to shut down divergent voices.

Doubleshot below the fold, check out Chicks On The Right, with a post on 22K customers locked out of their thermostats in the People’s Republik Of Colorado.

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Surprise: Biden’s Nasty, Divisive Speech Creates Calls For Violence

By William Teach September 3, 2022 – 10:30 am

Interestingly, this story doesn’t mention the calls for violence from Biden supporters who now feel emboldened by Biden saying things like “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic” and calling them fascists and semi-fascists (which is rather ironic), extremists, terrorists

Biden speech denouncing Trump, ‘MAGA ideology’ sparks threats, calls for violence

President Biden’s fiery speech in Philadelphia denouncing former President Donald Trump and what he described as “extreme MAGA ideology” has sparked online calls for violence, including death threats against the president, according to documents obtained by Yahoo News.

Biden’s remarks also prompted immediate concerns from senior counterterrorism officials who said they fear that calling Trump supporters extremists would be viewed as a call to arms and would only inflame an already volatile threat environment.

“Too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal,” Biden said Thursday night at Independence Hall, flanked by two U.S. Marines. “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.”

If you slam and slur 74 million Americans, well, you’re going to get the response you asked for

By Friday afternoon, posts on forums popular among white supremacists and far-right extremists called for the assassination of Biden, and named Jewish administration officials including Attorney General Merrick Garland, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as potential targets. Declarations of civil war were also appearing, according to documents detailing some of the threats.

“On Gab, one user posted a series of violent threats accusing Biden of stealing the election,” according to a threat alert from Site Intelligence Group sent to law enforcement agencies and others on Friday. Trump and many of his supporters have long claimed, without evidence, that the 2020 presidential election won by Biden was stolen from Trump due to widespread voter fraud.

Site Intelligence Group, which tracks online extremism activity, issued several threat alerts detailing calls for violence in response to Biden’s speech. The potential threats were posted in online forums tied to the Proud Boys, neo-Nazis and other extremist groups.

I’m concerned they might attack and firebomb a federal justice center, loot and pillage stores, burn down black stores and areas, and create their own independent zone with lots of crime and violence, pushing store owners and residents out.

“Users on several far-right and ultranationalist venues made violent threats against President Joe Biden following his speech addressing political extremism on September 1, 2022,” said one of the alerts. “Users advocated for Biden to be murdered and predicted violence if he continues speaking about the topic.”

And how many Lefties threatened Trump? How many were willing to threaten Trump openly?

During Biden’s speech, four current U.S. domestic counterterrorism officials told Yahoo News they were concerned the president’s words would further divide the nation and lead to increased threats against government and law enforcement officials.

“I fear he is lighting a fuse that is not going to go well,” one senior Biden counterterrorism official said. “Sadly this is not a united speech but a very divisive one.”

Well, duh. And, of course, the Biden admin is using the violent rhetoric that they created with that divisive speech

“The President’s message couldn’t have been more clear: there is no place in our democracy for political violence,” the Brandon House statement said. “None. And that some of the more extreme elements in our society are now calling for more violence only proves the very point of his speech … that we are in a dangerous moment right now, a moment where simply stating the truth about the fragility of our democracy brings out the worst instincts of those who want to tear it apart. The President was right to call them out. The bigger risk to the body politic would have been to remain silent in the face of such a threat.”

And then he flew off to Camp David for the 7th weekend this year (20 in Delaware, 8 elsewhere than the White House), having done his job in 100% dividing America. And whipping up a Republican passion to vote in the mid-terms.

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Gen Zers Find Climate Crisis (scam) Is Their Top Concern Or Something

By William Teach September 3, 2022 – 7:15 am

They’re totally willing to give up their use of fossil fueled travel, stop streaming so much, stop going all around to take selfies, and give up lots of their money and liberty to Government, right?

Climate change is top concern for Generation Z students

Students heading back to the classroom have more on their minds than their lessons. Generation Z’s top concern is climate change and environmental issues, according to a study by Deloitte.

So, no more fossil fueled bus rides, right? No air conditioning in class?

Chloe Thompson is a junior at The Middle College at UNCG. She lives with type one diabetes, which inspired her to become a doctor. This summer’s brutal heatwaves and other natural catastrophes reinforce her passion to pursue a career in health sciences.

“I know I personally want to go into the health science field, and so seeing how climate change is having a huge effect on people’s personal health and causing some of them to have to go to the hospitals or even people dying is really sad and hard to see,” she said.

So, she wants to blame her diabetes on ‘climate change’? When doctors do not even know what really causes it in children?

A study by Deloitte found in 2021, climate change and environmental issues were the top concern for Generation Z. Unemployment and health care ranked second and third. For millennials, health care ranked first, unemployment was second and environmental concerns third. Additionally, 43% of Gen Zers surveyed said they’re afraid it’s too late to repair the damage done to the environment.

“It made me want to help with recycling and try to combat some of those things to hopefully help with our future generations so our environment is a cleaner, better place,” Thompson said.

From recycling used batteries to coordinating litter pick-ups in their neighborhoods, young people like Thompson are taking small steps in the big fight against climate change.

Yes, small steps, which are really environmental, not about climate doom. How many of these Gen Zs are willing to radically alter their lives to accord with their climate apocalypse beliefs?

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Russia Threatens U.S. For Providing Long Range Weapons To Ukraine

By William Teach September 3, 2022 – 7:00 am

The war in Ukraine has become rather backburner news, and doesn’t seem to have any ending in sight. Now, though, Putin is making serious threats towards the U.S., thanks to Biden’s meddling. Bluff? Or, is Biden dragging us into WWIII

Russia warns US off sending long-range weapons to Ukraine

Biden Brain SuckerA senior Russian diplomat sternly warned Washington Friday against supplying long-range weapons to Ukraine, noting that the U.S. is balancing on the edge of direct involvement in the conflict.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also pointed to the country’s military doctrine that envisages the use of nuclear weapons in case of a threat to the existence of the Russian state.

“We have repeatedly warned the U.S. about the consequences that may follow if the U.S. continues to flood Ukraine with weapons,” Ryabkov said. “It effectively puts itself in a state close to what can be described as a party to the conflict.”

Speaking on state television, Ryabkov warned that ”a very narrow margin that separates the U.S. from becoming a party to the conflict mustn’t create an illusion for rabid anti-Russian forces that everything will remain as it is if they cross it.”

Do these warnings have teeth, or just bark? Should there be concern as the U.S. provides more and more offensive weapons?

Supplies of the U.S. HIMARS multiple rocket launchers strengthened the strike capability of the Ukrainian army, which has used them to hit key infrastructure facilities and other targets. The truck-mounted systems fire GPS-guided missiles capable of reaching targets up to 80 kilometers (50 miles) away.

U.S. authorities so far have refrained from providing Ukraine with longer range missiles for HIMARS launchers that can reach targets up to 300 kilometers (186 miles) and could potentially allow the Ukrainian military to hit areas deep inside Russia.

“We are warning the U.S. against making provocative steps, such as deliveries of longer-range and more devastating weapons,” Ryabkov said. “It’s a road to nowhere fraught with grave consequences, the responsibility for which will lie entirely with Washington.”

There’s an easy answer: get out of Ukraine, Russia. That said, Brandon needs to be damned careful, as do his crazy leftist handlers. They’ve already done a wizbang job in enabling Russia to feel emboldened to invade Ukraine

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