Good News: Biden Regime Cancels Drilling Leases In Alaska

By William Teach September 8, 2023 – 7:00 am

It’s amazing that a guy who uses an incredibly huge amount of fossil fuels to travel to Delaware or somewhere else virtually every weekend in office wants to limit your use of fossil fuels and skyrocket your fuel costs. He doesn’t pay for the fuel for helicopters, SUVs, and jumbo jets

Biden Administration Cancels Remaining Fossil Fuel Leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge

st greta carThe Biden administration officially canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday and proposed protections to stop development and protect millions of acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

According to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, the decision was made to further push for environmental protections throughout the country and to protect Alaskan wildlife. The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is home to polar bears, caribou, and thousands of migratory birds.

“With climate change warming the Arctic more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet, we must do everything within our control to meet the highest standards of care to protect this fragile ecosystem,” Haaland said via a press release.

‘Climate change’ seems to be warming everywhere twice as fast as everywhere else.

Some Democrats are upset as well. The leases and other fossil fuel projects have been supported by figures on both sides of the political aisle because, you guessed it, development and drilling have created jobs. U.S. Representative Mary Peltola, who is a Democrat, said that canceling the leases would especially harm local indigenous communities.

Well, perhaps you Democrats should stop rubber-stamping everything Biden does. Brandon is also making transportation more difficult

Biden admin overturns Trump-era rule allowing fossil fuel transport by train

The Biden administration has announced it will prevent the use of rail tank cars to transport liquified natural gas.

Coming from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Friday, the new rule reverses a previous one that was put in place under former President Donald Trump.

“PHMSA, in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration, is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations to suspend authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation in rail tank cars pursuant to a final rule published on July 24, 2020, pending the earlier of either completion of a companion rulemaking evaluating potential modifications to requirements governing rail tank car transportation of LNG, or June 30, 2025,” PHMSA wrote.

Everything is about making your life more expensive as pushed by people who have the government, meaning your taxes, pay for their lives.

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Splodin’: SCNY Mayor Says Illegal Immigration Will Destroy City

By William Teach September 8, 2023 – 6:45 am

Back in the day when I and so many used to blog a lot about terrorism there was something called “splodin'”, which was when a jihadi unintentionally set off their bomb early, usually taking themselves and other jihadis out. My favorite was a jihadi strapping on his suicide vest in Pakistan, then tripped and fell down the stairs from the 2nd floor and it went off. Good stuff. Watching liberal mayors of declared sanctuary cities lose their sh*t reminds me of splodin’

Adams: Cost of migrants ‘will destroy New York City’

New York City Mayor Eric Adams made some of his strongest comments yet on his concerns about the unending flow of migrants coming to the city, warning it will upend neighborhoods and continue to strain resources.

“Never in my life have I had a problem that I did not see an ending to. I don’t see an ending to this,” Adams said Wednesday night.

Adams, a Democrat, was speaking at a town hall organized by his office on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. His opening remarks lamented the financial impact of the city’s efforts to house and serve more than 100,000 migrants over the last year.

“This issue will destroy New York City. … All of us are going to be impacted by this. I said it last year when we had 15,000, and I’m telling you now at 110,000. The city we knew, we’re about to lose,” he continued.

It’s a real shame when Democrats have to deal with their beliefs when they wanted the problem to be Someone Else’s problem, eh?

Republicans praised Adams, jumping off his words to promote the party’s position of reducing immigration and knocking the White House for not doing more.

“The first step towards solving a problem is admitting you have one. Credit to Mayor Adams for being truthful in this clip about the scope of NYC’s migrant crisis,” Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Now, he must repeal NYC’s sanctuary policies & President Biden must reinstate Remain in Mexico to help solve it.”

The solution is simple: shut down the borders as much as possible. Anyone here illegally is to be deported immediately. This includes visa overstays. End asylum, allowing those here legally to assimilate, like has been done several times in the past. We can work on the “Dreamers”. I like my plan, we could also do Rand Paul’s plan, however, his doesn’t include forcing the people who “sinned” by bringing the kids illegally to leave the U.S. Enforce visas. No more constant reauthorization when they aren’t supposed to be, with the visa holders being here so long they demand citizenship, and are bringing over all their relatives. No. Increase the temporary worker permits, especially for Mexicans, we can get back to where everyone could cross the border at will and then everyone goes home.

Otherwise, Abbott and DeSantis should triple the buses going to sanctuary areas.

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Reuters Demands Action At COP28 Or Something

By William Teach September 7, 2023 – 3:00 pm

You know what real action would look like? Well, for one, reporters not acting as activists, which is what is happening her. Also, not having tens of thousands take long fossil fueled travel, buying all sorts of fast fashion which lets them take all their cute selfies, all while demanding that Other People reduce their own standard of living

COP28 needs to show action not words for business, finance leaders

Less talk and more action on decarbonising the energy system should be the main focus of world leaders at the next round of climate talks, speakers at the Reuters IMPACT conference said.

So, wait, Reuters held a conference where at ton of Warmists took fossil fueled trips? Huh

November’s COP28 conference in Dubai is seen as a crucial opportunity for governments to accelerate action to limit global warming and preserve nature, yet to-date most countries are nowhere close to reaching net-zero carbon emissions.

“What we want to see, all of us, is a real sense of urgency about reducing CO2 emissions,” Roche Vice-Chair Andre Hoffmann said.

“We are going to get to (a) position where we really need to show results. We need to show action, and I’m not sure that what I’ve read so far of the COP28 will be strong enough for that.”

Speaking on a separate panel on Thursday, Eelco van der Enden, chief executive of the Global Reporting Initiative agreed: “I would suggest that they stick to the words of the late and great American philosopher Elvis Presley: a little less conversation, a little more action.”

So, how do we trust the news when they are no long impartial? When they are basically part of a cult? Would you trust a reporter who’s a member of a cult, say, Scientology, if they were reporting on Scientology and telling you everything is great?

Despite rapidly falling prices for renewable energy, Roche’s (ROG.S) Hoffmann said much faster action was needed.

“This is not just the time for good intentions, it’s a time for decarbonising our energy production system.”

With cutting edge climate tech such as sucking carbon out of the air set to play a big role in the discussions in Dubai, Celine Herweijer, chief sustainability officer at HSBC (HSBA.L) said it was important to remember there was more to be done to increase the use of renewable energy.

So, basically, people who stand to make a lot of money by forcing Doing Something want to force people to Do Something? Go figure.

Despite that, Steer said there was cause for optimism, particularly if governments embraced the need for, and opportunities that would open up by, “smart, bold action”.

“You’ll have greater economic efficiency, you will drive new technologies, you will lower risk and you will reshape expectations about the future. And those four things combined can lead to a lot of dynamism.”

Green Fascists are happy to get government to force citizens to act in a certain way and take their money so the same Fascists can make money.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 7, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is

The blog of the day is The Lid, with a post on Harvard being ranked worst for free speech.

I do have to say, this is the type of selfie that makes me laugh. You put on your expensive boots, short shorts, and barely there bustier (she may have taken her actual top off to take the selfie), and possibly paid a boatload for the seat just to take a sexy selfie.

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Federal Judge Orders Texas To Move River Barriers

By William Teach September 7, 2023 – 10:30 am

Too bad the judge didn’t order the Brandon regime to actual secure the border, as required by federal law and the U.S. Constitution

Federal judge orders Texas to remove floating barriers aimed at deterring migrants on Rio Grande

Americans before illegalsA federal judge ordered Texas to remove floating barriers in the Rio Grande and barred the state from building new or placing additional buoys in the river, according to a Wednesday court filing, marking a victory for the Biden administration.

Judge David Alan Ezra ordered Texas to take down the barriers by September 15 at its own expense.

The border buoys have been a hot button immigration issue since they were deployed in the Rio Grande as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative known as Operation Lone Star. The Justice Department had sued the state of Texas in July claiming that the buoys were installed unlawfully and asking the judge to force the state to remove them.

In the lawsuit, filed in US District Court in the Western District of Texas, the Justice Department alleged that Texas and Abbott violated the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act by building a structure in US water without permission from United States Army Corps of Engineers and sought an injunction to bar Texas from building additional barriers in the river. The Republican governor, meanwhile, has argued the buoys are intended to deter migrants from crossing into the state from Mexico.

Biden doesn’t want anyone to get in the way of unfettered illegal immigration. Abbott should invest in a lot more buses. Doesn’t Biden have a fence at the White House? One being built at his beach house? Barriers at the DOJ building?

Texas swiftly appealed the judge’s order.

“This ruling is incorrect and will be overturned on appeal. We will continue to utilize every strategy to secure the border, including deploying Texas National Guard soldiers and Department of Public Safety troopers and installing strategic barriers,” Abbott’s office said in a statement, adding that the state “is prepared to take this fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Well, it won’t be a long trip, but, Gov Greg Abbott should send a busload or two of illegals and drop them off outside Ezra’s court in Austin, Texas. And drop a bunch off at the DOJ building in D.C. And the White House. On the face of it, the ruling may be correct per law, being an international border, but, I hope Texas argues on appeal that the federal government is not doing much to stop illegals from crossing into the U.S.

Meanwhile, more justice system run amok

California Judge Halts School District’s Transgender Parental Notification Policy

A California judge granted the state government’s request for a temporary restraining order against the Chino Valley Unified School District’s new policy requiring parents to be notified if a child wishes to become transgender.

Though the full case will resume in October, San Bernardino Superior Court Judge Thomas Garza — appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) in 2007 — seemed inclined to rule in favor of the state’s argument that the policy violates the rights of children who say they are transgender, and against the district’s contention that the policy is a common-sense rule that protects children and the rights of parents to be involved in their children’s upbringing.

Our justice system is protecting illegal aliens over U.S. citizens and groomers over the well-being of children.

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UN Quickly Moves From “Global Boiling” To “Climate Breakdown”

By William Teach September 7, 2023 – 7:15 am

It’s not really a new term, the climate cultists have been yammering about this for years, but, I guess it polls better than global boiling

UN announces ‘climate breakdown’ after record summer heat

“Climate breakdown has begun”, the United Nations chief has warned as the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that the world went through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer on record.

The WMO, citing data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), said on Wednesday that last month was the the hottest August on record “by a large margin” and the second hottest ever month after July 2023.

Remember, when they started trotting this out they were only using data for the satellite era, going back to 1979. Do we have specific data to compare it to during the previous Holocene warm periods?

“The dog days of summer are not just barking, they are biting,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement after the report’s release.

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Democrats Now Want Ground Rules On Presidential Impeachment

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

Where was Evan Davis (D) during the unhinged impeachments of Donald Trump? He worked for the Democrats who were looking to impeach Nixon. But, now, with a potential impeachment of Biden (really, I’m not sure the House GOP has the cajones, and there are too many squishes who might vote against even having an investigation), Davis wants to argue that rules need to be set

We need to set ground rules for presidential impeachments

Constitutional scholar Garrett Epps has called presidential impeachment “the atomic bomb of domestic politics.” It should not become a conventional weapon of political polarization.

We’re on the verge of that, however, if we as a nation don’t set a floor under the grounds for presidential impeachment.

Doing so requires public discussion of the impeachable offense of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” contained in the U.S. Constitution. What is it? What does it cover?

As a task force leader in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s inquiry into the impeachment of former President Nixon, I saw this question wrestled with first-hand. After detailed study, we concluded that “[b]ecause impeachment of a President is a grave step for the nation, it is to be predicated only upon conduct seriously incompatible with either the constitutional form and principles of our government or the proper performance of constitutional duties of the presidential office.” What does that then preclude?

You know what it precludes? “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” That’s it. It should be serious, but, as usual, Democrats blew that out the window during the Trump years, and tried to get there during the Bush43 years. We warned you wackos that if you wanted to play games with Trump it could blowback on you

First, it requires that a president be impeached only for offenses committed while serving as president. There can be no violation of the constitutional duties of the presidential office until one becomes president. Moreover, the weight of historical precedent is key in fixing the scope of impeachable offenses: The four presidential impeachments and 15 judicial impeachments have all been for conduct while in office.

Actually, it doesn’t. Nothing in the passage from Article II Section 4 makes that claim. What if we found out the president killed someone before he/she took office? Can they not be impeached? Damned right they can. But, see

Yet there is talk on Capitol Hill of impeaching President Biden for actions taken either while vice president or in the four years between his terms as vice president and then president. As shown, the Constitution does not envision a president being put out of office for something that took place before he was elected to the office. Similarly, American voters should not be disenfranchised based on actions taken by an individual before being elected president. There are other legal remedies for such actions.

And there it is: Democrats want to exclude the crimes by Biden before he was President. Nope. That’s not going to fly.

One claimed ground for impeaching Biden, for instance, is that as vice president he conditioned aid to Ukraine on the firing of a corrupt prosecutor to help a Ukrainian company on whose board his son served. Putting aside the problem of basing presidential impeachment on conduct as vice president and the factual implausibility and speculative nature of this claim, the alleged conduct is not a crime or the abusive solicitation of a personal benefit in return for official action.

Influence peddling and extortion, especially using The People’s money, is a crime. Mr. Davis could go to jail for extortion. Why not Joe Biden?

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20% Of Climate Cranks Fear They Will Have To Move

By William Teach September 6, 2023 – 3:00 pm

This is what happens when all the various members of the climate cult, especially the media, politicians, and Elites, persistently beat the drum of doom

USA TODAY, Ipsos poll: 20% of Americans fear climate change could force them to move

An exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos poll finds a gaping American divide over climate change.

Polling data shows an almost an equal number of people believe two completely different things: About one-in-five people surveyed were so concerned they think global warming will make it more difficult to live in their area. About the same number said they either don’t know if climate change is happening or don’t believe in it at all.

The poll even found links between how Americans perceive the weather and their views on climate change, with people who don’t believe in climate change often less likely to report an uptick in extreme weather.

The polarized divide over climate change is well-documented, but the latest data sheds new light on Americans’ experiences with extreme weather, how experiencing extreme weather affects Americans’ view of climate change and the nation’s largely pessimistic predictions about the changing climate.

It basically shows that Democrats are brainwashed fools, happy to buy into whatever the grand high poobahs in the climate cult tell them, and willing to give up their money and freedom, all while watching the big wigs live their lives with huge carbon footprints.

A full 68% said extreme weather events will become more frequent in the near future. And 39% said climate change was negatively affecting their everyday life.

So, 39% are bat guano insane.

  • Only 28% of Republicans believe climate change is mostly caused by human activity.
  • For Democrats, that number is 82% and for Independents, it’s 56%.

And yet, very few of those Democrats and Independents will make changes in their own lives. Changing to an LED or CFL lightbulb doesn’t count.

  • Just 34% of people agreed or strongly agreed that progress to slow or reverse climate change was being made.
  • But more than 60% of those polled said while humans could slow or reverse things, their fellow Americans weren’t willing to change their behavior to accomplish it.

Funny, because, again, most of that 60% won’t change their own.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 6, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…are wonderful carbon sucking trees which will soon die because of too much carbon, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The O.K. Corral, with a post on Bubba Wallace being a special snowflake.

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Forced Masking Makes A Return, Biden Plays Mask Theater

By William Teach September 6, 2023 – 10:30 am

The population that is least likely to have issues from COVID is slowly being forced to mask up, which also causes a poor learning environment, as we witnessed over the past few years, and all the studies show

Maryland public elementary school reinstates COVID mask requirements, demands third-graders to wear N95 masks

An elementary school in a Washington D.C. suburb in Maryland is reinstating school masks for third-graders, after a handful of kids recently tested positive for COVID-19.

In a now-viral X post, OutKick founder Clay Travis posted a letter that was allegedly sent to all parents at Rosemary Hills Elementary School in Montgomery County, updating them on updated mask requirements for all students.

“A DC area elementary school — Montgomery County, Maryland — is reinstating a mask mandate — N95’s — for third-graders over a few kids testing positive for COVID,” Travis wrote on X. “Here’s the letter. They’re coming with masks for your kids again. Get ready. Read this insanity.”

It’s all very simple: if you catch it you stay home. Just like if you caught the flu, a cold, whatever. Why punish the kids who do not have it? You can bet the teachers are playing mask theater

(RochesterFirst) New York State is sending masks and COVID-19 rapid tests to school districts that request them for the start of the 2023-24 school year.

According to a release sent by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office Tuesday, the state will conduct an outreach survey this week to determine which districts and organizations need masks and test kits. The supplies will then be delivered to the districts for distribution.

Well, they won’t help in the areas where lots of illegals/migrants were sent, since so few have been vaccinated against most things.

And then there’s Biden

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