Excitable AOC Decries Biden Border Decision

By William Teach October 7, 2023 – 6:45 am

Will she be traveling down to the border to fake-cry in expensive clothing for the photo-op? Does she not realize that Biden’s announcement is a scam, since the up to 20 mile long wall will not be permanent, but, a temporary one? That it is expected to be done in 2025? Meaning that this is all a scam which will never occur, it’s just posturing for the 2024 election?

Ocasio-Cortez on border wall announcement: President must ‘take responsibility,’ ‘reverse course’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) released a statement Thursday condemning the Biden administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws, which will allow border wall construction to commence in Texas.

“The Biden administration was not required to expand construction of the border wall — and they certainly were not required to waive several environmental laws to expedite the building,” the congresswoman said in her statement. “The President needs to take responsibility for this decision and reverse the course.”

The waived environmental laws will expedite the construction of barriers in Starr County, Texas, which is a highly trafficked entry point along the southern U.S. border, the Department of Homeland Security noted. The Associated Press reported that roughly 245,000 migrants have illegally crossed the border there this fiscal year. (snip)

“A wall does nothing to deter people who are fleeing poverty and violence from coming to the United States,” Ocasio-Cortez said in her statement. “Walls only serve to push migrants into more remote areas, increasing their chances of death. It is a cruel policy.”

I wonder how many illegals, mostly young men, are in her neighborhoods in SCNY and D.C.? I wonder if she realizes her own buildings have walls and security to keep the riff-raff out? That Biden is building a wall around his beach house? Oh, and that Biden is also showboating by resuming deportation flights for illegals from Venezuela?

If fences do not work, then why did she not complain about all the fences that went up around the Capitol Building and the other Congressional buildings?

Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis should send a few busloads to AOC’s neighborhoods in SCNY and D.C., see how she likes it.

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Climate Cult Youts Taking Their Cultish Beliefs To Court Even More

By William Teach October 6, 2023 – 3:38 pm

What they’re not doing is giving up their own use of fossil fuels, meat, huge amounts of electricity through streaming, fast fashion, etc

Young Climate Activists Say ‘We’ll See You in Court’

It doesn’t get more David versus Goliath than the latest case to be heard before the Grand Chamber at the European Court of Human Rights. Six youngsters from Portugal, represented by a small crowdfunded legal team, charged 32 countries and their 86-strong team of lawyers with climate crimes last week. It’s part of a wave of judicial mobilization seeking to ensure climate agreements aren’t just words on paper.

The claimants, aged between 11 and 24, accuse the nations – including all 27 European Union member states, along with the UK, Norway, Turkey, Switzerland and Russia — of failing to do enough to combat the climate crisis, and thus threatening their right to live a safe, happy and healthy life. Specifically, they argue that extreme heat and wildfire risks force them to stay inside, make sleep and exercise difficult and trigger mental distress.

A ruling from the courts is expected in the first half of 2024. And the decision isn’t just symbolic: The judges may resolve on a legally binding order for the accused countries to act faster on climate change.

Indeed, the Portuguese youth case is just one of three climate-related lawsuits that the ECHR has heard this year amid a rise in such litigation around the world. It’s a trend I’m cheering on in the hope that a few key cases could help advance action and accountability on slashing carbon emissions.

Sovereign nations are typically in the firing line: Outside of the US, 70% of climate-related cases are against governments. But strategic cases — those filed with the aim of influencing the broader debate — are increasingly being brought against the private sector, too. Even as we wait for definitive verdicts, the attention they’re attracting and the precedents they could set have the potential to influence corporate behavior and governance in a big way.

I wonder if the youts realize that if the win these suits, which are backed by and essentially created by cult groups using the kiddies as human shields, they will be forced to practice what they preach? All that fossil fueled travel to go take selfies and TikToks goes mostly away? That their cost of living skyrockets? That their travel will be limited by government and they’ll pay a whole lot more in taxes? The little morons were brainwashed by adults into working to take away their own freedom, money, and life choices.

I just wonder if Lara Williams at Bloomberg (it’s a reprint at the Washington Post), who’s cheering this cult lawfare on, realizes that it will f*ck with her life, and employment. If Bloomberg is forced to comply they’ll have no need for so many activists reporters on staff. They won’t be able to afford them.

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If All You See…

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

…are mountains losing their glaciers because Other People drive fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is American Greatness, with a post on Josh Hawley introducing legislation allowing border states to deport illegals.

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Surprise: Uber-Gun Restrictive California Seeing More Violent Gun Crimes

By William Teach October 6, 2023 – 10:29 am

If you make it harder for the law abiding to get guns to protect themselves, then it will be the criminals with the guns. Further, when the government is soft on crime, criminals will be happy campers

A troubling trend in California: More violent crimes are being committed with guns even as restrictions tighten

Though overall crime in California is down from historic peaks, data from the state Department of Justice’s Criminal Justice Statistics Center suggest violent crime has been on the rise since 2014.

And experts are now noting another troubling trend: the increased use of firearms in homicides and aggravated assaults.

A spate of mass shootings, including killings this year at a dance hall in Monterey Park, a mushroom farm in Half Moon Bay and a Trabuco Canyon bar, highlight the problem.

“It is particularly in the last few years that we have seen an increase in violent crime involving firearms,” said Magnus Lofstrom, policy director of criminal justice and a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California.

In 2020, homicides using firearms increased by 40.6% and assaults with firearms went up by 29% from the previous year, according to a Times analysis of Department of Justice data.

They restrict legal citizens, they go soft on criminals, they demonize, handcuff and defund the police, and import lots of people from the 3rd World who have no problem getting violent. And, let’s be honest, a goodly chunk of the gun crime is being committed by one group of people who are being protected at all costs, especially post BLM, who are more than willing to get violent and use firearms at the drop of a hat. FBI statistics do not lie.

Criminals do not care about your laws, California.

Lofstrom did not speculate as to why guns were used more often, though the increase in crime overall during the pandemic has been widely reported.

What also happened during that time, and also created a wave of retail crime?

“California has the strongest gun safety laws in the nation and has been a trailblazer for gun safety reform for the past 30 years,” according to the Giffords Law Center, an an anti-gun-violence organization.

Which only affects the law abiding.

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Climate Pope Worries Earth “Nearing Breaking Point” Or Something

By William Teach October 6, 2023 – 7:15 am

Does Pope Francis realize he’s not supposed to put any God before God, nor worship craven idols or bow down to them. He spends way, way too much time yammering about the climate crisis scam and not enough on all things Bible. For the Christian religion haters (who also hate Judaism, but, won’t say nary a bad word about Islam) they love this

Climate change: Pope Francis warns world ‘may be nearing breaking point’

Pope Francis has warned the world is “collapsing” due to climate change and may be “nearing breaking point”.

The pope criticised global decision-making bodies for being ineffective, as well as calling out climate deniers.

His strongly-worded intervention has been published in a major new update to his landmark 2015 paper on the environment..

He described some damage from climate change as “already irreversible”.

The Pope criticised those who “deny, conceal, gloss over or relativise the issue”, saying that it was no longer possible to deny the human origins of climate change.

Pope Francis has made climate change a key pillar of his papacy. His 2015 encyclical, the highest level teaching document a pope can issue, signalled a shift for the Catholic Church.

But, things like abortion are mostly ignored. He instructs priests to never deny absolution, including to those who are not penitent. He has turned confession into a charade. Basically ignoring church doctrine. Ignoring the Bible. He’s more involved with the climate cult that Jesus

Since then, the pope has made repeated calls for politicians to take concrete action to tackle climate change.

He also took aim at “irresponsible lifestyles”, particularly in the Western world.

He said that emissions per person in the US were about two times greater than those living in China, and about seven times greater than those in the poorest countries.

Same guy takes lots of fossil fueled travel. Also, doesn’t the Bible say something about “Thou shall not steal”? Which is what he’s advocating that government does, taking money from citizens to deal with the scam.

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CNN Notices That Democrat Immigration Policies Are Causing Democrats To Change Their Immigration Stance

By William Teach October 6, 2023 – 7:00 am

Why? Because Democrats are suddenly having to deal with the fallout of their own policies, like

New York City Moves to Suspend Right-to-Shelter Mandate

Mayor Eric Adams is seeking to suspend New York City’s long-standing obligation to provide shelter to anyone who asks for it, as officials struggle to find housing for thousands of migrants arriving from the southern border.

On Tuesday night, Adams asked a judge to allow the city to put aside its legal obligation to provide shelter to single adults, arguing in court that the city should be able to temporarily lift the mandate during an emergency.

“With more than 122,700 asylum seekers having come through our intake system since the spring of 2022, and projected costs of over $12 billion for three years, it is abundantly clear that the status quo cannot continue,” Adams said in a statement.

Funny how that happens, eh? Unsurprisingly, the NY Times, which published the above piece, did not take Adams to task and there are no outraged opinion pieces or editorials

The arrival of migrants in big cities is forcing Democrats to change their immigration politics

President Joe Biden says he’s been forced to violate a campaign promise by adding some new construction to Donald Trump’s border wall.

Big city Democratic mayors are angrily demanding more engagement from the Democratic president to help deal with a wave of migrants seeking asylum. One of them – New York Mayor Eric Adams – is in Latin America this week.

Immigration reality is scrambling the normal immigration rhetoric in uncomfortable ways for Democrats, who generally want to appear welcoming but appear to be taking a harder line along with their new positions.

Shocked face! They even include how Brandon said that border walls do not work, but, the money was appropriated. Like Biden has not diverted funds for many other things. Anyhow, what has changed?

At the border, a fresh tide of migrants has overwhelmed authorities this fall. The images include waves of people crossing illegally. Stowaways on the roofs of trains temporarily closed the international railway bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, last month.

In northern blue states, governors and mayors are getting louder and more urgent in their calls for the White House to do more to stem the tide of migrants coming into the US and being sent north.

Yeah, they now have to deal with all the illegals they said they supported thanks to Greg Abbott, Ron DeSantis, and a few others, including some Democrat mayors. And polling is turning against them, they’re spending oodles of money, and the Democrat voters in Democrat cities who supported being illegal alien sanctuaries are now screaming that they don’t like this.

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Climate Cult is Very Upset That Uber-Rich Aren’t Using Their Money For Climate Cult Priorities

By William Teach October 5, 2023 – 3:00 pm

It’s a very weird thing how so many people (cultists) get so upset that some people (the Rich) aren’t using the money they earned (The Rich) the way they should be per the cult. It’s not their (the cultists) money. They didn’t earn it. Why should they have any say it the matter? And somehow there is actually an article about this

The ultra-rich are not just the worst polluters–their donations to climate action are also another way of hoarding money and gaming the system

Everyone should know that we’re heading to a climate disaster that can best be modified by immediate actions addressing the causes. But it doesn’t appear that the excessively rich are feeling the heat and stepping up to the plate. Their philanthropic foundations announce commitments to fight climate change but in reality, they are building up endowments to save for the future.

Over $200 billion are sitting in donor-advised funds and over $1.3 trillion in private foundation endowments. Charitable giving to fight climate change, estimated by the ClimateWorks Foundation at $7.5 billion last year, is only 0.5% of the money sitting in private foundations and donor-advised funds–and amounts to about 0.04% of the assets of the ultra-rich.

It is estimated that it could take $3 to 10 trillion (twelve zeroes) per year to avoid climate disaster. Even if they wanted to fix the climate problem, it would require extraordinary collective action for philanthropists to pony up enough money to fix the climate problem. Only governments (funded by taxes on these very ultra-wealthy donors) can effectively do that. In short, the philanthropic investments now being made are necessary but insufficient.

We need to hold the ultra-rich responsible for the role their investments play in worsening the climate crisis, call out their insincere philanthropic efforts aimed at “addressing” climate change, and hold them accountable for paying their fair share of taxes to provide funding for clean energy.

Why? Why is it always someone Else who has to pay? Imagine a world where every Warmist, or even just the full on cultists, gave up their own use of fossil fuels. No more fossil fueled cars, trucks, or planes. If they gave up meat, only bought second hand clothes, stopped streaming so much, and moved into a tiny home, for starters. If CO2 is actually the control knob (it’s not) per their talking points, just that reduction of carbon pollution would solve the climate crisis. Why is it they cannot make more than token changes in their lives? Why can’t they all give a bunch of their money? I’m not defending The Rich, a goodly chunk are selfish scumbags who certainly could do more with their money, but, I wouldn’t be in favor of forcing them or shaming them.

Extreme inequality and wealth concentration undermine humanity’s ability to stop climate breakdown. The richest of the rich play the largest role in driving and accelerating the climate crisis with out-of-control carbon footprints due to extravagant lifestyles, excessive wealth-hoarding, corporate greed, and investments in polluting industries. Poor and middle-class communities who share the least responsibility for the problem will bear the brunt of climate change and suffer the most as shifting weather patterns, destructive storms, floods, wildfires, and heat waves wreak havoc across the globe, with the potential to displace 216 million people from their homes (and countries) by 2050.

Why does this look less like a science and more like politics? Typical Progressive (nice Fascism) take from the rich and give to the poor government who spread some to the poor for votes.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 5, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible heatsnow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Bunkerville, with a post on Fox News losing their minds on Rep Tim Burchett.

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Poll: Americans Getting Fed Up With Giving Arms To Ukraine

By William Teach October 5, 2023 – 10:30 am

This goes with the numerous polls that show Americans are getting tired of giving Ukraine money. But, Biden needs his grift to keep going, so, he’s going to give a “major speech”

(NBC News) President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would deliver a “major” speech about funding for Ukraine and “why it’s critically important for the United States and our allies that we keep our commitment.”

So, he’ll give a major speech about some other country with little implications for the US, but, not about Americans suffering under Bidenflation? He’s also apparently figured out a different way to divert taxpayer funds to Ukraine

Why is he so intent on spending taxpayer funds on Ukraine? Anyhow

US public support declines for arming Ukraine -Reuters/Ipsos

Support is falling among Americans of both major political parties for supplying Ukraine with weapons, a warning sign for Kyiv, which relies heavily on U.S. arms to fight against a Russian invasion, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The two-day poll, which closed on Wednesday, showed only 41% of respondents agreed with a statement that Washington “should provide weapons to Ukraine,” compared to 35% who disagreed and the rest unsure. (snip)

Some 52% of Democrats backed arming Ukraine in the most recent poll, down from 61% in May. Among Republicans, support for sending weapons to Kyiv fell to 35% from 39% in May.

Some 34% of Democrats in the poll agreed with a statement that Ukraine’s problems “are none of our business and we should not interfere,” compared to 56% of Republicans.

Of course, the pro-forever war crowd thinks better messaging would help

“The declining support is having a negative effect on congressional support, and eventually, prospects for additional aid packages,” said Elizabeth Hoffman, director of congressional and government affairs at the Center for Strategic & International Studies.

She said better messaging would help, including making it clear to Americans that much of the money allocated for Ukraine stays in the United States, including in jobs at U.S. weapons producers. Biden said on Wednesday he would make a major speech soon on why it is necessary to continue helping Ukraine.

I would hope the declining support from Americans would have a negative effect on congressional support, but, the Elected Class often doesn’t listen. As for jobs, please, stop that. They’d have jobs anyhow. And, consider that the UN had a report claiming the war in Ukraine would last another 6-7 years. Are we going to keep dumping taxpayer money and arms into the grinder?

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Londoners Take And Damage Hundreds Of Climate Spy Cameras

By William Teach October 5, 2023 – 7:15 am

The last big poll of Londoners had 84% of them being concerned about ‘climate change’, and at least half were super excited to take action. I doubt they were talking of this type of action in 2022

800 Climate Spy Cameras Damaged or Stolen as London Revolts Against Green Agenda

London’s Metropolitan Police has revealed that nearly 800 spy cameras installed to enforce far-left Mayor Sadiq Khan’s green agenda car tax have been stolen or destroyed since May.

In August, Mayor Khan expanded the Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) — a system of fines and levies originally intended to reduce traffic and pollution in Central London — to the entire greater area of the British capital, thereby taxing thousands of workers driving anywhere in the city, including in suburban and semi-rural areas between £12.50 to £27.50 if their vehicle does not meet the local Labour Party government’s climate standards.

The widely unpopular move has been met with widespread acts of civil disobedience, with individuals and groups such as the “Blade Runners” targeting the licence plate reading surveillance cameras that were installed across the city to enforce the green taxes.

According to figures released by the Met Police, there have been reports of 200 of the spy cameras stolen and another 595 being damaged between April 1st and the end of September. The police force said that an operation was launched in May to investigate ULEZ-related crimes, to which the Met said they are dedicating “considerable resources”.

“Where there are possible lines of enquiry, local investigators will follow up using a range of investigative approaches including CCTV trawls, witness searches and an assessment of forensic opportunities,” the capital’s police force said in a statement.

Goodness, that takes cops away from investigating people praying, saying Mean things, and protesting government.

Anyhow, it’s not that surprising that Londoners are taking issue with climate scam initiatives, not when climate nuts like Extinction Rebellion keep holding unhinged demonstrations and blocking the streets and trains, along with gluing themselves to stuff and damaging art.

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