NY Governor Signs Cheat By Mail Bill, Is Immediately Sued As Violating NY Constitution

By William Teach September 22, 2023 – 10:30 am

When do Democrats worry about following any sort of Constitution?

Gov. Hochul signs law expanding early mail-in voting in New York state

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Wednesday opening up the state’s early voting period to include mail-in balloting, prompting an immediate legal challenge from Republicans who said the measure was unconstitutional.

The law, which takes effect immediately, would expand New York’s mail voting regime beyond absentee ballots — which are limited to a select group of New Yorkers, including people who are ill or staying somewhere outside the county they’re registered to vote.

Hochul said the law would strengthen New York’s democratic systems and make it easier for people with packed schedules to fulfill their civic responsibility.

Packed schedules? Going out to take selfies and do TikToks is not a packed schedule. Nor is going out to party. American citizens have gone to the polls for hundreds of years despite their own schedules. Isn’t this why states implemented early voting? That gives people more than enough days to go to the voting site

New York Republicans responded with a complaint, filed in Albany Supreme Court on Wednesday, that asserted the law violated provisions of the state Constitution.

The suit cited Article 2 of the Constitution, which says the Legislature can create an absentee balloting path for voters who are not able to vote on Election Day.

“Kathy Hochul and extreme New York Democrats are trying to destroy what is left of election integrity in New York,” U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, a Trump-aligned upstate Republican and plaintiff in the suit, said in a statement.

Her office asserted that the change to the state’s mail-in voting system required a constitutional amendment.

The lawsuit was filed immediately upon Hochul signing it, and, it does violate the Constitution, as absentee ballots are only for voters with a medical or physical disability or proof they’ll be out of their county of residence or New York City on Election Day. They aren’t for everyone. Per the NY Constitution. Article 2 Section 2

The legislature may, by general law, provide a manner in which, and the time and place at which, qualified voters who, on the occurrence of any election, may be absent from the county of their residence or, if residents of the city of New York, from the city, and qualified voters who, on the occurrence of any election, may be unable to appear personally at the polling place because of illness or physical disability, may vote and for the return and canvass of their votes.

Pretty clear, eh? Of course, will the Democrat controlled NY State Supreme Court vote rule appropriately, or, do what leftists always do?

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Biden Unveils American Climate Cult Corps

By William Teach September 22, 2023 – 7:00 am

This is supposedly about training for jobs, but, it will end up being cult indoctrination, creating a whole bunch of new “activists” hell bent on telling Other People how to live their lives, and agitating for government to force those Other People to live the cult life

Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New Deal

The White House on Wednesday unveiled a new climate jobs training program that it says could put 20,000 people to work in its first year on projects like restoring land, improving communities’ resilience to natural disasters and deploying clean energy.

The American Climate Corps is modeled after a program that put millions to work during the Great Depression. President Biden’s climate policy adviser Ali Zaidi told reporters that the program has broader goals beyond addressing the climate crisis.

Is it really wise to compare anything during this poor Biden economy to the Great Depression?

“We’re opening up pathways to good-paying careers, lifetimes of being involved in the work of making our communities more fair, more sustainable, more resilient,” Zaidi said.

The program will pay participants, and most positions will not require previous experience. The administration is also proposing new regulations aimed at making it easier for participants to enter the federal public service after the program.

Is this authorized by the duly elected Legislative Branch? No, it is not, so, he has no authority to create it, and damned sure no authority to spend money and pay people.

Democratic lawmakers including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., had pushed for more funding for the climate corps program, but that did not transpire, meaning the program is likely to be smaller in scope than early proposals.

And, like Biden, they are huge climahypocrites. They’re also giving away their power to the Executive Branch, and should remember that a Republican president can kill this program with the stroke of a pen.

There is another key difference, too. While the Conservation Corps primarily employed young, white men, the White House says that the American Climate Corps is designed to attract participants from disadvantaged communities disproportionately impacted by the changing climate.

Hmm, this is sounding more like a money giveaway to people for votes.

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Illegal Alien Loving Governor Of New York Wants Illegals To Go Elsewhere

By William Teach September 22, 2023 – 6:45 am

As I keep writing, Democrats didn’t vote for this, they voted for unfettered illegal immigration for Somewhere Else

Gov. Kathy Hochul has message for migrants looking to come to New York: ‘Go somewhere else’

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul seemingly changed her tune on the migrant crisis Thursday, remarking during a CNN appearance, “If you’re going to leave your country, go somewhere else.”

“We have to let the word out that when you come to New York, you’re not going to have more hotel rooms,” Hochul said. “We don’t have capacity, so we have to also message properly.”

“The smarter thing is to apply for asylum before you leave your country,” the governor added.

The notable shift comes after the Democrat previously touted New York’s sanctuary status.

During her appearance on CNN, Hochul said she would support New York’s “right to shelter” law being recalled or rescinded amid the migrant crisis because it was originally intended to address homeless men on the streets experiencing AIDS, and then it was expanded to apply to families.

The governor said it was never meant to ensure “an unlimited, universal right or obligation on the city to have to house literally the entire world.”

Supporting mass illegal immigration and people demanding asylum (but most won’t get it so they disappear into the country) is super easy when it’s Somewhere Else. Proclaiming your state is a sanctuary is super easy when Other People have to deal with the fallout. Talking about how great illegals are is super easy when Someone Else has to pay for it.

Hochul said during her CNN appearance she had to be certain not to support a policy that can draw more people because places like New York “really are at capacity.”

“We have large hearts. You want to be generous and supportive to people who are experiencing humanitarian crisis, but there is a limit to what we can do,” the governor said.

New York has received a pittance of what the border states have dealt with. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis should send a whole bunch to NY’s capital, Albany. Suddenly Dems having to deal with the outcome of their beliefs are backtracking.

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Young Women Turning Metal Songs Into Feminist Anthems (or something?)

By William Teach September 21, 2023 – 5:29 pm

I’m a person who listens to all sorts of rock, from soft like Christopher Cross to country style like Jimmy Buffett and the Eagles to Southern rock to straight rock to acid rock to hard rock to metal. New Wave, punk, you name it, I listen to artists from all those genres of rock. My favorite band of all time is Rush. I listen to some country, some folk (I love Arlo Guthrie), some classical. Even some newer pop stuff. I mostly avoid Today’s (s)Hit Music, rap and hip hop. I also avoid some rock where they’ve sold out. But, I truly love metal. All types. So, I find this interesting

‘Dancing femininely is the most metal thing’: the young women turning Slipknot into feminist anthems

Not Slipknot

At first listen, a song with violent and sexual imagery seems like an unlikely anthem for women who dressed up to see the Barbie movie. But many on TikTok are claiming Custer, by the nu metal band Slipknot, as a feminist anthem.

In TikTok videos, “girly pop” creators who celebrate dressing up, doing their makeup, and enjoying the fluffiness of girlhood are twerking along to the loud and aggressive metal track.

The videos are part thirst trap, part protest, as the women move provocatively to the music. Videos that use the song have been viewed over 94m times on TikTok, and the new popularity has hit Spotify, too, where Custer has over 166m streams, making it one of the band’s five most-played tracks.

Mash-up videos pair the song with the Macarena, or Barbie Girl, Aqua’s 1997 dance-pop hit, to add to the girlish irreverence. Nu metal may have long been associated with lonely young white men, but these songs of alienation and depression have since become beloved by gen Z fans of all kinds.

Let’s be clear on something: metal is a look, not an attitude. For those of you old enough to remember early Punk, they would tell you that Punk was an attitude, not a look. Most metal fans just love the music. It’s not who they are. You wouldn’t recognize a goodly chunk of the metal artists on the street. It’s just fun. It’s not about anger, depression, lonely young white men, etc. And you’ll find that metal fans tend to listen to a wide variety of music. The question on the young women who are doing this to Custer (good song) is “do they like the music, or is this just a fad, like so much of TikTok?” I’m hoping it them liking the song, because maybe then the youngsters will start listening to real music, not this corporate produced garbage.

“We’ve been called ‘posers’, ‘pick me’s’, ‘thots’ and ‘hoes’,” Blossom and Nela, the two sisters who make up the Miami-based indie band ELAZ, told the Guardian. “Women who present themselves in a hyper-feminine manner while enjoying alternative music are often targeted with hate.”

So in March, the sisters danced around their practice space while blasting the song Custer, their moves less moshing and more Miley Cyrus. It was a message to male gatekeepers that they posted on TikTok: girls can like Slipknot, too.

No one said they couldn’t. Women are more than welcome into the metal “fraternity”. Probably the biggest metal show in the world is by Jackie Kajzer, who hosts Full Metal Jackie, which I listen to all the time on iHeart Radio. She’s very well respected in the metal world. But, you know what? I’ll tolerate this kind of GenZ attitude if it gets them to listen to real music.

Kyra Robinson, a 23-year-old from Newcastle, UK, loves metal shows. She’s usually found moshing in the pit. While watching Slipknot headline this year’s Download festival, Robinson and friends found themselves further back in the crowd. They had room to film a dance video, so the three women threw their hands in the air, swaying their hips side to side with the beat. Though Slipknot did not play Custer that night, Robinson later posted a TikTok with the song playing over their moves.

Good for her and her friends. Unfortunately, metal has largely been something that not that many women listen to, but, they are more than welcome. I’ve been to Judas Priest shows where there are lots of women and Dream Theater where it is mostly guys.

The sisters say what matters more is the amount of women who are making their own TikToks and feel free to express themselves. As they put it: “It’s important for girls and women to feel seen in the metal scene so that they can fully embrace their love for the music without feeling like outsiders.”

I hope they all attend concerts and listen to tons of metal over the decades, since really the first, true metal album, Black Sabbath’s self titled album released in 1970. If doing TikToks gets them into real music, go for it. Also, women have been dancing to metal since the 70’s.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 21, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is a jungle that’s disappearing due to global boiling, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The First Street Journal, with a post on Deep Space Nine being prescient on the destruction of San Francisco.

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Zelensky Sees A Lot Of Pushback Over US Funding Of Ukraine War

By William Teach September 21, 2023 – 7:45 am

Remember this poll

(CNN) Overall, 55% say the US Congress should not authorize additional funding to support Ukraine vs. 45% who say Congress should authorize such funding. And 51% say that the US has already done enough to help Ukraine while 48% say it should do more. A poll conducted in the early days of the Russian invasion in late February 2022 found 62% who felt the US should have been doing more.

Within both parties, there are splits by ideology. On providing additional funding, liberal Democrats are far and away the most supportive, 74% back it compared with 51% of moderate or conservative Democrats. Among Republicans, about three-quarters of conservatives oppose new funding (76%) compared with 61% of moderate or liberal Republicans.

Independents mostly say the US has done enough to help Ukraine (56%) and that they oppose additional funding (55%).

But, remember, it’s only “far right Republicans”  who oppose more funding

Zelensky returning to a chillier, more chaotic Congress

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is returning to Washington less than a year after he last visited, seeking to solidify support for his country as chaos on Capitol Hill threatens both the U.S. economy and America’s support for Ukraine.

Standing side by side with President Biden will send a signal of America’s commitment to Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s invasion. But his meetings with lawmakers are likely to highlight the growing skepticism over the cost of ongoing U.S. support for Ukraine in Congress, which ultimately has control over additional military and financial assistance.

Criticism has been the loudest in the House, where a growing group of far-right Republicans want to cut off funding entirely. But even in the Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has said there’s “unanimity” in support for Ukraine, there’s significant fractures on what that support entails.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has earlier put up roadblocks in the Senate on passing funding for Ukraine, delaying for at least a week a $40 billion aid package in May 2022. When the Senate brought the bill to a vote on the floor, Paul led 10 other senators in opposing the measure.

Asked by The Hill on Monday night if he would attend the meeting with Zelensky, Paul quipped, “Is that a welfare hearing? What is that for?”

“I don’t think we should be sending any more money,” he said. “I’m just not for sending them any more money.”

We do not even have accounting for the money we’ve already sent, though, we are sure than a lot went to paying Ukrainian lawmakers and bureaucrats. Biden wants to give Ukraine another $24 billion

“I’ve always been in favor of munitions and military equipment, but I am not in favor of continuing just blank financial support,” said Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of Senate GOP leadership and the Armed Services Committee.

The whole thing seems to be a scam meant to bleed the US and EU allies dry. Poland is no longer sending arms as they fight with Ukraine over grain.

‘What’s our objective?’: Biden under pressure over Ukraine aid sales job

Ukraine’s biggest backers in Congress want the Biden administration to more aggressively sell America’s interest in the war, fearful that bipartisan support for aid is faltering.

In recent weeks, senior House Republicans and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have separately told national security adviser Jake Sullivan and other administration officials to step up their efforts in selling lawmakers on additional Ukraine aid or risk losing critical support, according to three people familiar with the messages and granted anonymity to discuss private conversations.

On Wednesday, McConnell blasted Biden’s public messaging on Ukraine as “insufficient” and indicative of “timid leadership” on the matter.

Biden “has an obligation to speak to all Americans. But most of his messaging about lofty and abstract principles seems tailored for Washington think tanks,” McConnell said on the Senate floor, echoing sentiment he made privately to Sullivan and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, according to a senior Republican aide.

Good grief, a sales pitch? That’s the big idea? At this point, no one really knows what the objective really is. Unless it’s to bleed Russia dry as Ukrainians die for a decade or more. Or, is it to start WWIII?

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Your Fault: Humanity Has “Opened The Gates Of Hell” Or Something

By William Teach September 21, 2023 – 7:00 am

Was this before or after thousands took long fossil fueled trips to NYC for the latest United Nations bitch-session? Definitely before tens of thousands take long fossil fueled trips to the yearly climate conference in November in the fossil fuels nation of Dubai, right?

‘Humanity has opened the gates of hell’: U.N. chief calls for climate change action

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres opened the United Nations’ Climate Ambition Summit on Wednesday in New York City with a dramatic declaration that “humanity has opened the gates of hell.”

Following the hottest summer on record, which featured a number of devastating extreme weather events linked to rising global temperatures, Guterres cataloged some of the results.

“Horrendous heat is having horrendous effects,” he said. “Distraught farmers watching crops carried away by floods. Sweltering temperatures spawning disease.”

The U.N. chief went on to call for more aggressive action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change and increased financial support for the most affected countries. He was followed by speakers from 34 nations discussing their own actions to address climate change.

The gates of hell! From a small increase in the global temperature since 1850. No worse than previous Holocene warm periods. Oh, and what’s more aggressive action? And how much will that affect your money and freedom?

In his U.N. speech Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom laid the blame for climate change directly on the fossil fuel industry.

“It’s not complicated, it’s the burning of oils, the burning of gas, the burning of coal, we need to call that out,” Newsom said.

“The climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis, so we need to leave fossil fuels behind,” said Chilean President Gabriel Boric in his address.

Said by two guys who just too long, fossil fueled flights, surely in private jets, then fossil fueled limos to a city that runs on and is powered mostly by fossil fuels. How many of these people have investments in solar, wind, and EVs?

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Chicago To Spend $29 Million For Security At Illegal Alien Camps

By William Teach September 21, 2023 – 6:45 am

So, what could the Sanctuary City Of Chicago do with $29 million? How many legal residents could they feed? How many areas could they secure against crime (California looks to spend $267 million to stop smash and grabs)?

Mayor Brandon Johnson quietly signs $29 million deal with private security firm as part of Chicago’s planned migrant ‘base camps’

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration recently moved forward with plans to place new asylum-seekers in massive tent camps around the city, signing a nearly $30 million contract with a private security firm at the center of controversies related to its handling of asylum-seekers elsewhere in the U.S.

GardaWorld Federal Services, and its subsidiary Aegis Defense Services, quietly sealed the one-year deal with the city on Sept. 12. The city contract calls for GardaWorld to provide “emergency logistics management and operation services that will set up shelter … and other necessary services (also called ‘a base camp’ or ‘solution’)” for the new arrivals.”

The company signed a similar $125 million contract with the state of Illinois late last year, though so far very little has been paid out. Earlier this month, Johnson’s team noted the city’s migrant expenditures could reach $302 million by the end of this year when factoring in costs of the new tent encampment sites.

That’s awesome. Supposedly, the contract will see GardaWorld provide more than just security, but, really, they are needed to protect the citizens of Chicago from yet another source of crime. How are you feeling about all those sanctuary city policies now, Democrats? These illegals are going to love living in a tent during a Chicago winter, especially with the wind blowing off the lake with 8” of snow on the ground and temps below zero. Just a regular January day in the Sanctuary City. And, I wonder how many of the companies being paid to supply support for the illegals are Democrat Party donors?

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Climate Cultists (and climahypocrites) Hate Free Speech

By William Teach September 20, 2023 – 3:00 pm

So, you have a ton of Elites taking long, fossil fueled trips to NYC for the UN meeting, and yammering about the climate crisis scam. How many took private jets and then were ferried around in low MPG limos/SUVs, with big retinues. And there’s former New Zealand Comrade Prime Minister Jacinda Ardean. I’m not sure why she’s there and addressing anyone, since she’s no longer in government

Is anyone surprised in the least that the climate cult wants to silence free speech? This is one of the issues that turned me from believing that anthropogenic global warming, as it was called back in the early part of the century, was a big issue to a skeptic. I could see that virtually every policy from the Warmists revolved around big, controlling, Authoritarian government. These same people constantly yammer about “losing our Democracy” yet are the first ones who want to restrict the rights of citizens, who want to stop you from speaking. It’s fine for them to say whatever they want, but, you peasants? Nope.

Then we get to the wannabe dictator from Ukraine

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 20, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is a big fossil fueled vehicle in a big carbon polluting nation, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Right Scoop, with a post on two old women sent to jail for blocking an abortion clinic.

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