Good News: Iran Threatens To Close Mediterranean Sea

By William Teach December 24, 2023 – 7:00 am

Say what you want about Trump, there were not a constant litany of international threats and issues

Iran threatens to close Mediterranean Sea citing US ‘crimes’ in Gaza

Iran threatened Saturday that the Mediterranean Sea could be “closed” if the U.S. and Israel continued “crimes” in Gaza, state media reported, according to Reuters.

The Iranian government has showed support for militant group Hamas in its war against Israel, while the U.S. has strongly backed Israel — despite growing criticism of the Israeli military’s war effort.

“They shall soon await the closure of the Mediterranean Sea, (the Strait of) Gibraltar and other waterways,” state media Tasnim quoted Iranian Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi as saying.

Iran has accused the Israeli military, and the U.S. as its close ally, of committing war crimes in Gaza. Over 20,000 Palestinians have died in the conflict since early October, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

It is unclear how Iran would follow through on such a threat, as the country has no direct access to the Mediterranean Sea and no major naval presence outside the Persian Gulf.

Naqdi referenced attacks on Gibraltar would be an escalation of Red Sea attacks on shipping from Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Iran-backed rebel group launched attacks on cargo ships and U.S. warships near the Horn of Africa last week, stepping up operations in the years-long Yemeni Civil War.

Who’s up for the time of Mean Tweets? And this is the same country Biden wants to negotiate with over their nuclear program, even knowing they will cheat, just like they did when Obama initiated the Iran deal.

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You’ll Totally Love EVs If You Just Rewire Your Brain

By William Teach December 23, 2023 – 3:37 pm

See, the problem with EVs is not the EVs but your stupid brain

A possible solution to a common problem with EVs: Just rewire your brain

electric vehicleAaron Schlechter loves driving his electric pickup past the lines of cars and SUVs waiting to fuel up at Costco.

With a range of about 300 miles, his Ford F-150 Lightning recharges overnight or at his office during the day. Unless he’s making a long drive with his family, he never needs to fill up.

“What I tell people is that it takes a little a bit of a shift,” he said of driving a fully electric vehicle. “And the greatest thing is that you basically never have to charge when you’re out ? your gas station is essentially at your house.”

An EV fan since he got a Tesla in 2016, Schlechter is among the most experienced chargers of electric vehicles nationally. He enjoys the freedom of waking up to a fully charged vehicle at his home every day, one with the range to take him almost anywhere he needs to go.

You just need to get beyond the whole “most people can’t charge it at home, because they live in an apartment or have no garage”. Train your brain, people

But as a growing number of Americans are driving all-electric vehicles, some drivers’ brains think differently about how they fill up: They’re accustomed to the gas car experience of always being close to a pump that can fill their tank.

That means two things are happening simultaneously in America: Some new EV drivers who can charge at home are rewiring their brains, changing their expectations of their vehicle as Schlechter has done. And authorities are racing to make such a shift less necessary, building up an extensive network of chargers across the nation that also serve people who can’t charge at home.

That will totally overcome issues like poor range, slow charging when traveling, much higher insurance rates, much higher costs, getting less for the same money as a fossil fueled/hybrid vehicle, and more.

Schlechter, who owns an electrical contracting company, said even a short period of driving an EV teaches people to adapt. He said EV critics talk more about range anxiety than he and his friends in Denver’s Tesla club ever do. Critics also cite how cold weather can sap an EV’s batteries, reducing its range.

He said drivers of gas-powered cars are quick to complain about how EVs work because they don’t grasp the reality of how most people drive, which is short trips with plenty of time to recharge at home.

“The hypocrisy, the ignorance, is just amazing,” Schlechter said. “I’ve been driving all-EV for more than seven years. I have a lot of miles and a lot of experience. And I’ve never once gotten stranded.”

Well, you do you, and stop trying to force your beliefs on other people. Mind your own f’ing business.

It’s a very long USA Today piece, saying that you are the problem.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 23, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible heatsnow caused by carbon pollution bad weather, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on Jews embracing self defense.

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Biden Regime Looked To Hide Spy Balloon From Citizens

By William Teach December 23, 2023 – 10:30 am

Apparently, you peasants just don’t need to know what your political masters are doing

The secret U.S. effort to track, hide and surveil the Chinese spy balloon

On a Friday evening last January, Gen. Glen VanHerck, the Air Force commander in charge of defending American airspace from intrusion, called President Joe Biden’s top military adviser, Gen. Mark Milley.

U.S. intelligence officials had just notified the general that for roughly 10 days they had been tracking a mysterious — and enormous — object flying over the Asia-Pacific, VanHerck told Milley. The object had crossed into U.S. airspace over Alaska and VanHerck said he planned to dispatch military jets to fly alongside it and attempt to assess what it was.

The previously unreported Jan. 27 phone call between Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and VanHerck, the head of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, set off an eight-day scramble inside the Biden administration to respond to a Chinese spy balloon the size of three school buses floating over the U.S.

The spy balloon exposed an increasingly brazen China’s competitive advances miles above the Earth and brought the most critical relationship in the world to one of its lowest points in recent history.

Here’s where it gets really fun

Administration officials at first hoped to conceal the balloon’s existence from the public, and from Congress, according to multiple former and current administration and congressional officials.

“Before it was spotted publicly, there was the intention to study it and let it pass over and not ever tell anyone about it,” said a former senior U.S. official briefed on the balloon incident.

Heck of a Friday before Christmas news dump, NBC News. Now, just imagine how this story would go if it had been the Trump admin attempting to conceal it from Congress and the citizens?

Biden first learned of the balloon on Jan. 31, three days after VanHerck’s phone call to Milley. Top aides told him it appeared headed for the continental U.S., and Biden asked for options from the military for how to deal with it.

Yeah, why should the POTUS know ASAP about a Chinese spy balloon heading towards the US?

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Bummer: Court Kills Off Oregon Climate Scam Program

By William Teach December 23, 2023 – 7:15 am

Let’s not forget that the Oregon court is primarily made up of Democrats

Oregon court strikes down state climate program, rules in favor of utilities, industry

An Oregon court on Wednesday delivered a blow to Oregon’s signature Climate Protection Program, invalidating it over the state’s failure to follow rule-making requirements.

The program mandates ever-increasing cuts in emissions from the state’s natural gas utilities, suppliers of gasoline, diesel, kerosene and propane and large industrial plants.

Oregon’s three gas utilities, an oil-industry group and a dozen other local trade organizations had challenged the program’s rules last year, aiming to block them.

The Oregon Court of Appeals found that the Environmental Quality Commission, the policy and rule-making board for the state’s Department of Environmental Quality, did not meet heightened disclosure requirements.

You mean they shortcut everything in their attempt to force the citizens of Oregon to comply?

In court, lawyers for the utilities and trade group had argued that the state cannot regulate their emissions and that the Climate Protection Program would reduce the amount of available fuel in the state. They also challenged the state’s compliance with the disclosure requirements.

They argued that the notice of proposed rulemaking in the secretary of state’s bulletin omitted any statement regarding whether the rules exceed federal requirements on Title V plants, any description of the alternatives considered and any explanation why those alternatives were rejected. They also said other forms of notice failed to include the information about alternatives and why they were not pursued. (snip)

The state acknowledged that the notice it submitted did not include an explicit statement about additional federal requirements. The state said it “substantially complied” with state rules by posting the notice of proposed rulemaking on its website, sending it to over 20,000 recipients and conducting 18 months of public outreach. (snip)

But the court ruled that is not enough.

“Substantial compliance … is not sufficient. The statute requires actual compliance,” the court wrote.

An amazing ruling. The government office figured they could just do whatever they wanted.

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Republicans In 3 States Look To Remove Biden From Ballot

By William Teach December 23, 2023 – 7:00 am

It is completely a stunt, but, that’s what you have to do in politics at times. Like I’ve said, the GOP should offer legislation requiring those who protect the White House to only carry firearms that hold less than 11 bullets and no “assault rifles”. Just standard hunting rifles with fixed clips. And that Joe can only travel by train and EV

Exclusive: Republicans Drafting Bills to Remove Joe Biden from Ballots in Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania

Biden Brain SuckerThree Republican state lawmakers are drafting legislation to remove President Joe Biden from ballots in Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania, Breitbart News exclusively learned Friday.

If Biden is removed from the ballots, the president will have difficulty winning the Democrat primary and presidential election. Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania are vital swing states.

The three state representatives who are drafting the three bills are:

  • Pennsylvania Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R)
  • Georgia Rep. Charlice Byrd (R)
  • Arizona Rep. Cory Mcgarr (R)

The state representatives’ aim is to fight back against the Democrats’ so-called “lawfare” used to attack former President Donald Trump. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a 4-3 opinion that the United States Constitution’s “Insurrection Clause” blocks Trump from appearing on the state’s presidential ballot.

“We are joining forces to introduce legislation to REMOVE Joe Biden from the ballot in Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania,” the lawmakers told Breitbart News. “The absurdity of radical Democrat judges removing Donald Trump from the ballot in Colorado will be a stain on the American political system for decades. By their very own interpretation of the law, Joe Biden is 100% not eligible to run for political office.”

“Democrats’ insane justification to remove Trump can just as easily be applied to Joe Biden for his ‘insurrection’ at the southern border and his alleged corrupt family business dealings with China,” they continued.

None of them expect this to go anywhere, it’s simply out there for discussion and to show the insanity. Is it really insurrection at the border? Well, in the same way, actually worse than what Trump did, because Biden is essentially inviting an invasion. What should really be done is that a whole bunch of Republican groups should file suits in battleground states to have Biden removed from the general election ballot. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Though, I reckon that the Supreme Court will nullify the Colorado ruling.

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Excitable Justin Trudeau Worried A Trump Win Will Scuttle Climate Crisis (scam) Agenda

By William Teach December 22, 2023 – 3:00 pm

Perhaps if Justin really cared he wouldn’t have lots and lots of people fly into Canada for a ‘climate change’ summit. What he’s really concerned with is that Trump could put the kibosh on so many Biden authoritarian initiates

Trump win in 2024 could harm fight against climate change -Canada PM

If Republican frontrunner Donald Trump wins the 2024 U.S. election it could harm the global effort to fight climate change, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an interview aired on Friday.

Trump, who denies the science of climate change, said last week that if elected he would renege on a $3 billion U.S. pledge to a global fund meant to help developing countries cut emissions. Trump has made attacking the Biden administration’s investments in renewable energy a core part of his campaign message.

“Yes, there’s a concern particularly around the environment at a time where it’s so important to move forward on protecting and building an economy of the future,” Trudeau told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

“A Trump presidency that goes back on the fight against climate change would slow down the world’s progress in ways that are concerning to me,” he said, describing Trump’s approach to the climate during his presidency as “a menace not just to Canada but to the world”.

I’m sure lots of authoritarian politicians around the world feel the same way. All of them are happy to tell the peasants what to do and force them by government decree, but, rarely make any changes in their own lives. Do you see them driving EVs? Ending their use of fossil fueled private jets?

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which outlined massive investments to accelerate the green transition, prompted Canada to spend billions to attract major automakers seeking sites to manufacture electric vehicles and battery components.

Well, we see how well things are going with EVs. Barely any rollout of charging stations, and dealers are bowing out of selling them. Sales are low. Regardless, I actually do not have high confidence that Trump will reverse Biden’s course: it took him almost his whole presidency to take the US out of the Paris agreement. If he wins he’ll probably spend most of his time on his revenge tour, which, while fun to watch, will ignore getting the things done that need to be done. Will ignore reversing the Stateism as pushed by the Biden regime.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 22, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is a limited amount of snow due to global boiling, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post on the bats trying to normalize BDSM.

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Good News: Illegals At Border Simply Being Released Due To Overcrowded Facilities

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

Yes, this is an invasion, but, it seems that roughly half the government wants this to happen

Migrants are being released on U.S. streets at the border as shelters see record numbers

U.S. border facilities have a record number of migrants in custody as border agents try to release migrants as fast as possible to avoid overcrowding and local nonprofit groups scramble to keep up with the need, according to three Department of Homeland Security officials.

Many migrants in Arizona’s Tucson sector, one of the busiest, are being released directly onto the streets, according to two DHS officials.

The officials said the migrants are dropped off in coordination with the city officials and local nonprofits who help them get transportation to their final destinations.

On Wednesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered more than 12,000 undocumented migrants crossing the border for the third straight day, a new record. And approximately 27,000 migrants were in CBP custody as of Wednesday night, another record, with more arriving and more being released into the United States by the hour.

In the region surrounding Tucson, CBP processing centers are often at double their capacity. The two Homeland Security officials told NBC News that Border Patrol agents are dropping off busloads of migrants every half-hour in downtown Nogales, Arizona, to alleviate crowding in processing centers.

I wonder if the Democratic Party governor of Arizona will soon start busing them to other Dem areas? How do the Arizona cities and the state protect and defend the actual citizens? How many Democrat voters will realize that this is their fault?

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Gore Effect: Maine Forced To Postpone Vote On Forced EVs Due To Power Outage

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

How will all those EVs work when the power goes out due to storms? Where’s the power going to come from for all those EVs? There can only be so many dams (and don’t forget that the eco-loons want to get rid of dams)

Maine forced to delay vote on EV mandate amid widespread power outages

A top Maine state environmental agency delayed a highly-anticipated vote to approve a sweeping electric vehicle (EV) mandate amid a storm that caused widespread power outages.

The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) announced that it had indefinitely postponed the meeting, which was slated for Thursday afternoon, until further notice following the storm. Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who has pursued an aggressive green energy agenda, declared a state of emergency this week, an action that closed state government offices. (snip)

BEP, which is required to prevent, abate and control pollution in the state, voted in late October to approve the Advanced Clear Car Program, which would mimic regulations in California mandating that more than 40% of new car purchases in the state be electric by 2027 and 82% be electric by 2032. The agency was expected to finalize that mandate during the meeting on Thursday.

The state proposal, though, has faced considerable bipartisan opposition from state lawmakers led by Republicans, but also from Rep. Jared Golden, a House Democrat. Golden noted this week that a strong storm would render electric vehicles useless, given their need for reliable electricity generation and supplies.

Surprisingly, it gets pretty cold and snowy in Maine. There are lots of areas where homes and cabins are off the grid. How does an EV get there? Also, no one is asking the most important question: are the voting members of BEP owners of EVs themselves? How about Janet Mills?

Meanwhile

GM buys out nearly half of its Buick dealers across the country, who opt to not sell EVs

General Motors said nearly half its Buick dealers took buyouts this year rather than invest in selling and servicing electric vehicles as the automaker’s brands transition to all electric by 2030.

That means GM will end 2023 with about 1,000 Buick stores nationwide, down 47% from where it started the year.

Late last year, Buick said it would be asking dealers to commit a minimum investment of $300,000 to $400,000 to prepare their stores to sell and service EVs.

“Buick is transforming, launching the best vehicles the brand has ever had and is the fastest growing mainstream brand in 2023,” said GM spokesman Sean Poppitt in an email this week to the Detroit Free Press. “This all needs to be supported by the best customer experience in the transition to EVs. As stated before, this year we’ve given dealers who are not aligned with Buick’s future to exit voluntarily in a respectful and structured way; with the full support of our National Dealer Council.”

Are Buick customers clamoring for EVs?

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