Death Valley Continues To Sizzle And It Is All Your Fault

By William Teach July 17, 2023 – 3:00 pm

You could have given up your fossil fueled travel, stopped using an ice maker, turned the AC up to 80, only bought second hand clothes, given up eating meat, and moved into a tiny apartment in a Progressive city, but, no, you had to do you and cause the Earth to burn

California’s Death Valley sizzles as brutal heat wave continues

Long the hottest place on Earth, Death Valley put a sizzling exclamation point Sunday on a record warm summer that is baking nearly the entire globe by flirting with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded, meteorologists said.

Temperatures in Death Valley, which runs along part of central California’s border with Nevada, reached 128 degrees Fahrenheit (53.33 degrees Celsius) on Sunday at the aptly named Furnace Creek, the National Weather Service said.

The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134 F (56.67 C) in July 1913 at Furnace Creek, said Randy Ceverny of the World Meteorological Organization, the body recognized as keeper of world records. Temperatures at or above 130 F (54.44 C) have only been recorded on Earth a handful of times, mostly in Death Valley.

“With global warming, such temperatures are becoming more and more likely to occur,” Ceverny, the World Meteorological Organization’s records coordinator, said in an email. “Long-term: Global warming is causing higher and more frequent temperature extremes. Short-term: This particular weekend is being driven by a very very strong upper-level ridge of high pressure over the Western U.S.”

More likely! ZOMG! We’re doomed…..wait, what was that part about 1913? When carbon pollution was below the “safe” level of 350ppm? How did that happen? And was it all your fault?

Anyhow, they call it Death Valley for a reason

Heat records are being shattered all over the U.S. South, from California to Florida. But it’s far more than that. It’s worldwide, with devastating heat hitting Europe along with dramatic floods in the U.S. Northeast, India, Japan and China.

First, they told us that El Nino was going to spike temperatures which are already up because we are in a Holocene warm period, so, the cultists are using this as an excuse. Second, floods have always happened. People have very short term memories about this stuff, so, it’s easy for the cult to fearmonger.

A combination of long-term human-caused climate change from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas is making the world hotter by the decade, with ups and downs year by year. Many of those ups and downs are caused by the natural El Nino and La Nina cycle. An El Nino cycle, the warming of part of the Pacific that changes the world’s weather, adds even more heat to the already rising temperatures.

So what happened in 1913 when we didn’t have all those fossil fueled vehicles and such?

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 17, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…are homes in an area where it will SOON flood from sea rise, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Victory Girls Blog, with a post on Joe Manchin potentially going 3rd party for 2024 president.

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NYC Looks To Racetrack For A “Migrant” Tent City

By William Teach July 17, 2023 – 10:30 am

It’s a real shame when you realize that your belief in unfettered illegal immigration actually shows up on your doorstep, eh?

Mayor Eric Adams eyes Aqueduct Racetrack, Creedmoor Center for new NYC migrant tent cities

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is eyeing the Aqueduct Racetrack and Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens as new locations for massive emergency tent cities that would help temporarily shelter the relentless influx of migrants in the Big Apple, officials said Sunday.

City Hall notified Queens Borough President Donovan Richards late Saturday that officials would be touring the grounds of both sites this week, he confirmed to The Post.

If they are deemed suitable, the tent cities would open on the grounds of Aqueduct and Creedmoor at the end of July, Richards said.

The City first reported the locations were in play to be converted into encampments housing 1,000 migrants each.

Both sites are on state property and Gov. Kathy Hochul would have to approve the plans, officials said.

Both sites are away from the main part of NYC, out in Queens. I guess they don’t want all those migrants hanging around all those rich folks.

“I understand we are in a crisis. I’m not playing the NIMBY game here,” Richards said, referring to the acronym for the phrase “not in my backyard,” used to refer to people who oppose undesirable developments in their neighborhoods.

But Richards expressed frustration that he doesn’t know how many migrants are sheltered in the borough because city officials have refused to provide the tally.

“How many migrants are in Queens? I can’t get a breakdown,” he said.

Interesting. The NYC government is being rather shady on this. I wonder how many single adult males have been shipped to Queens.

The administration estimates will be a $4.3 billion price tag by the end of the next fiscal year. That cost also includes contracts with security firms to safeguard the sites.

This is what they wanted by declaring themselves a sanctuary city, right? New Yorkers should be happy if the city imposes higher taxes and fees to accommodate the illegals.

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Brandon Regime Are Super Excited To Push ‘Climate Change’ With China

By William Teach July 17, 2023 – 7:15 am

It’s not like there are serious issues, like human rights abuses, including slavery, dumping good on the U.S. market, trade imbalances, China’s moves towards Taiwan, their military getting frisky, flying balloons at will, developing viruses, and so much more, right?

China should be pressured on climate issues, Jake Sullivan says

National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that China should be pressured to “take significant, substantial action“ in reducing emissions and fight climate change.

Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,“ Sullivan said of China: “They should not able to hide behind any kind of claim that they’re a developing nation, to step up to their responsibility. And their responsibility under the Paris climate accord is to take significant, substantial action to reduce emissions on a defined time frame in the near-term.“

And what will the U.S. do if China continues to pay lip-service and do things like build coal fired power plants in China and for African nations? Does Sullivan actually think China was serious about their Paris commitment, which, if you’ll remember, has no power of force. It was more of a pinky swear.

It’s a constant refrain from the Biden admin, with John Kerry and Janet Yellen taking long, fossil fueled flights to kowtow to the communist leaders of China, failing to bring up anything else. It’s a joke.

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Politico: Democrats Have A Masculinity Problem

By William Teach July 17, 2023 – 7:00 am

Well, gee, you think? When they’re essentially pushing all their males to pretend to be women and the rest are mostly soy boys, yeah

Democrats Have a Man Problem. These Experts Have Ideas for Fixing It.

surprise surprise surpriseIt’s hard to deny that Democrats have a masculinity problem. Attitudes toward masculinity have been an important predictor of votes for Donald Trump. And while Black and Latino voters still overwhelmingly lean Democratic, men in those communities are turning to Republicans at higher rates than women. Republicans seem all too happy to capitalize on the gun-toting, fist-pumping tropes of stereotypical manhood. GOP presidential candidates are bragging about their athletic prowess. Missouri Senator Josh Hawley’s recent book, Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs, joins a body of let-men-be-real-men work that includes the preachings of Jordan Peterson, the postings of Andrew Tate and the writings of a popular online guru who goes by “Bronze Age Pervert” — all of whom cast liberals and progressives as the enemy of masculinity.

As they approach elections with razor-thin margins, what are Democrats to do? Recruit candidates who fit traditional stereotypes of manhood? Confront Republican arguments head-on with alternative takes on crime, guns, transgender rights and a vision of masculinity that intersects with all of these issues? Or just do nothing and hope voters are turned off by GOP rhetoric that they see as toxic or discriminatory?

So, should they continue to be against traditional biological roles, or fake it for the election season?

Joanna Weiss: Chuck, more Latino men voted for Trump in 2020 than in 2016. You’ve argued that Democrats need to more directly court the Latino vote. What’s the best way to do that?

Chuck Rocha: You start with the premise that the average age of a Latino in America is around 27. They’re just a younger demographic. They’re consuming things differently. This narrative that GOP appeal to Latinos is about machismo is mostly a false narrative. It’s more about this economic pressure on Latino men to provide.

Huh, so, no ideas.

Then you see Josh Shapiro, who won, presenting a very different paradigm and a very different view of masculinity. In his ads, he talked about faith, he talked about family, he talked about opportunity, he talked about how when he was a county legislator, he cut taxes and kept taxes low. He talked about how as attorney general, he worked to combat crime. He always talked about being a dad and going home to his kids, and how he’d married his high school sweetheart. Those are, I think, examples of masculinity that a lot more men can identify with than these guys out there like Doug Mastriano dressing up as a Civil War soldier, or feeling the need to storm the Capitol in a triangle hat.

So, the complete opposite of Democrats

There are really two abiding themes in masculinity: The macho man — Trump’s got that covered — and the good man. And what Democrats need to do, and Josh Shapiro did this, Lis, to a certain extent, is enact the good man, the decent man, the “It’s a Wonderful Life” man. The only people I see articulating that are other Republicans, which makes me a little sad as a Democrat.

Joanna Weiss: You’re talking about adopting a kind of working-class white male perspective. This right-wing critique of the Democratic Party as out of touch and feminized and elitist and arugula-eating and in the ivory tower — how much of it is really just a proxy for class warfare?

There’s a lot of talk in this piece, but, it all boils down to if Democrats can fake it to make it. Skipping all the way to the end

Jackson Katz: I hear Democratic Party and progressive strategists saying, “We’re sick of talking about white men. White men are the cause of all the problems. Why are you going to spend more time on this?” And I think a lot of young white men hear this, and they hear disdain. Go to the comment sections on Breitbart: They basically say, “The left and the Democratic party hates white men.”

My plea here is that there is a way to speak to those young white men and young men of color that is inclusive, that is challenging, that is positive. It’s not that we have to replicate the aggressive traditional masculinity to appeal to them. It’s just that we have to take them seriously. When someone like Jordan Peterson sells out 10,000 people in an arena, when people like these are getting 20 million views … they’re tapping into something real. How can we tap into it in a way that gives them actual solutions? If we can do that, we have the potential for creating multiracial, mixed-gender coalitions that can actually put in place the legislation and the policy that will help everybody. I don’t think that’s naive. I just think we have to do a better job.

So, say they hate white men but not so harshly.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 16, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is a coconut tree growing in Canada, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Independent Sentinel, with a post on California math focusing on equity, social justice, and protests.

It’s an easy bikini week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach July 16, 2023 – 9:50 am

Patriotic Pinup

Happy Sunday! Another fine day in the Once and Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the squirrels are squirreling, and the Dodgers are on a roll. This pinup is by Baron von Lind, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Flag And Cross discusses the potential collapse of Bitcoin
  2. Gates Of Vienna notes a German food bank prioritizing German citizens
  3. Geller Report covers praying for America’s children with the nutter school personnel
  4. IOTW Report features a report saying top Dems know Biden won’t run in 2024
  5. Legal Insurrection notes an Arizona State donor pulling $400k donation over left wing hostility
  6. Moonbattery highlights Krazy Kamala promising to reduce population
  7. neo-neocon covers RFK Jr and the Jews
  8. Pacific Pundit notes Zuckerberg’s Threads not doing well
  9. Powerline wonders how creepy Joe Biden is
  10. The First Street Journal covers how wealthy New Englanders fight ‘climate change’
  11. The Gateway Pundit notes the Boston mayor giving the names of critics to the police
  12. The Lid discusses a left wing mag calling home cameras raaaaacist
  13. The Other McCain features a tale of two conventions
  14. The Right Scoop notes Ilhan Omar going full anti-Semite
  15. And last, but, not least, Victory Girls Blog features a wacko Dem hating Alaskan king crab

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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Good News: Almost A Third Of Bradleys Sent To Ukraine Are Damaged Or Destroyed

By William Teach July 16, 2023 – 7:00 am

Of course, they are meant for fighting, but, does the Ukrainian military truly know how to utilize them correctly?

Nearly a third of the Bradley armored vehicles the US provided Ukraine may have already been lost or damaged

Nearly a third of the Bradley armored vehicles that the United States has provided to Ukraine may have already been lost or damaged, according to open source data, demonstrating the extent to which Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Russia is proving to be a hard and costly slog.

In January, the Biden administration announced it was sending Ukraine no fewer than 50 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, an armored personnel carrier that pairs heavy firepower with the ability to transport about 10 soldiers.

The New York Times reported Saturday that Ukraine’s 47th Mechanized Brigade is the only unit known to have received the vehicles. And leaked Pentagon documents from February indicate the 47th Brigade was due to receive a total of 99 of them. But other reporting suggests the United States has delivered as many as 109 of the vehicles, which were first deployed on the battlefield in April.

Oryx, an open-source military research group, reports that 34 Bradleys have now been visually confirmed as having been abandoned, damaged, or destroyed. As Insider previously reported, more than a dozen were lost or disabled in a few days of fighting in June, when Ukraine formally announced its bid to retake territory conquered by Russia following last year’s full-scale invasion.

The news is putting a rosy spin on this, but, we keep giving them all sorts of weapons and weapon platforms and they keep blowing through them, and then wanting more and more, and Biden, the Democrats, and many neocon Republicans are happy to comply, rather then spending the money here at home, along with depleting all our own stockpiles. And for what? “Saving Democracy in Ukraine”? The government, including Zelenskyy, are corrupt and almost as bad as Putin. They are no saints. What’s the endgame? Zelenskyy and others are talking about not just kicking Russia out of Ukraine, but, Crimea as well. Where does it stop? How much more will we give them?

Limited battlefield progress hasn’t spooked western allies, Kyiv says

Despite an underwhelming first month of Ukraine’s much-anticipated summer push to liberate territory from Russian forces, Kyiv says its Western backers are not pressuring the country for quick results.

Since the Ukrainian counteroffensive began in June, the fighting has proved tougher than some anticipated, with progress being measured in hundreds of meters as opposed to tens of kilometers.

Ukraine had hoped to use the push to expel a significant amount of Russian forces from Ukrainian soil and turn the tide of the war.

Another offensive, another bit of underperfoming. It’s almost like most Disney movies these days. Saturday was day 508 of the “war” which seems to be slow-marching. What is actually going on, other than Western nations, including some like Japan and South Korea, giving more money and weapons to feed “limited battlefield progress”?

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Brandon Regime Launches $20 Billion Green Bank Or Something

By William Teach July 15, 2023 – 5:37 pm

Using your money for the climate scam

US launches $20 billion in ‘green bank’ programs to curb climate change

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday launched two competitive grant programs with $20 billion in funding that aim to spark clean energy investments across the country especially in low-income communities.

The programs, part of the overall $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund established by President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) last year, are the latest move by his administration to support projects that reduce planet warming emissions.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said at an event in Baltimore that the investments would lower power bills for working families by making heating and cooling systems efficient. “We lower the cost of electricity, which means lower energy bills for working parents, so they have more money for groceries, and home repairs, and school supplies,” Harris said.

The $14 billion National Clean Investment Fund will provide grants to two or three national clean financial institutions, enabling them to partner with the private sector to provide financing to tens of thousands of clean technology projects nationwide, the White House said.

A $6 billion Clean Communities Investment Accelerator competition will provide grants to support up to seven nonprofit groups that will deliver funding and technical assistance to build the clean financing capacity of local lenders working in lower-income and disadvantaged communities.

In other words, this is a) a taxpayer funded giveaway to entice these poor folks in deep Blue urban areas to vote Democrat and b) it’s going to jack up the cost of heating and cooling systems. You may save more on electricity, but, you’ll pay a lot more for the units.

The non-profit green banks help reduce risk of projects in lower-income communities by providing a financial backstop and help attract private sector investment.

If there was profit in it those private sector investors would already be doing this. Yet, they mostly don’t, because they know they will lose money.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 15, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is a terrible fence made from cutting down carbon sucking trees, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Don Surber, with a post on a fire sale at Disney.

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