Gaetz Files Motion To Boot McCarthy From Speakership

By William Teach October 3, 2023 – 7:00 am

I’m not sure this is really worth the time, because there are more than enough squishy Republicans, the get-along-go-along crowd, to keep him in the position. McCarthy is symptomatic of Republican leadership this century: promise a lot, deliver little, play ball with Democrats

Matt Gaetz introduces motion to vacate against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has followed through on his renewed threat to introduce a motion to vacate against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Gaetz, a frequent McCarthy critic, introduced the motion Monday evening on the House floor.

“Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2A1 of Rule 9, I rise to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of House,” Gaetz said. “Declaring the office Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant. Resolved that the office of Speaker of the House Representatives is hereby declared to be vacant.”

Gaetz’s move will force the House to take a vote on whether to keep McCarthy as speaker within two legislative days.

There are a number of members undecided on how they would vote on such a measure, but it’s likely McCarthy will need at least some Democrat votes to keep his job. Democrats could be in a position to try and extract concessions from McCarthy for their votes.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., told Fox News following Gaetz’s move that he believes a motion to vacate at this time is “a bad idea.” Additionally, Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., told Fox he was undecided.

Perhaps if McCarthy was listening and doing what he’s supposed to do, not playing with Democrats. Holding spending down, going after Biden (if Trump had done a 32nd of what Biden had done Dems would have impeached him 3 or 4 times by now), holding the DOJ and FBI accountable, knocking down the insane ‘climate change’ stuff, working to stop illegal immigration, etc.

What will be interesting is

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NPR Plans To Spend A Week On Global Boiling Solutions

By William Teach October 2, 2023 – 3:00 pm

They’re going full cult, full activist

Climate solutions are necessary. So we’re dedicating a week to highlight them

Climate change is here. And this week, NPR is doing something new. We’re dedicating an entire week to focus on the search for climate solutions, with stories across our network.

Why we’re focusing on climate solutions

We’ve just emerged from a brutal summer. Heat waves across the U.S. and the world. Fires across Canada. In Maui, the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in a century. Hurricanes. Melting polar ice. Ocean heat waves killing coral. When I talk with people about climate change, I often hear hopelessness. Like we’ve already lost. People just throw up their hands. What do you say to that?

I’ve done it so many times I’m not even going to show how stupid it is to link all that to human-induced global warming

I’m Julia Simon, NPR’s climate solutions reporter. I know that things are bad right now. But what if we reframe the conversation? With climate change, it’s not like this is a meteor hurtling toward Earth and there’s nothing we can do about it.

You aren’t a reporter. You’re a cult activist.

Humans are driving global warming. And that means we humans can find solutions to change our trajectory. We already have many solutions.

Now is not the time to back away from the challenge. Robert Bullard, professor of urban planning and environmental policy at Texas Southern University, equates this moment to when the U.S. faced past injustices, like slavery.

“I push back against any individuals or organizations that will say, ‘Well, we can’t do anything about this challenge.’ We can do something about it. But it would mean that we have to make up our minds that this is a challenge that we must address on a societal basis and on a global basis,” he says. “We should not and cannot accept climate change as the norm.”

In other words, force from government to make you change your behavior. No, no, don’t call them Fascists. The screed doesn’t really touch on actual solutions, except minor things like forcing you to eat less meat and going after companies…which would skyrocket costs.

And we have to remember that some individuals and companies are more responsible for climate change than others. So how do we hold them accountable? This summer in Montana, 16 young plaintiffs won a climate lawsuit arguing against the state’s development of fossil fuels. Last month, California filed suit against several of the world’s biggest oil companies. These cases could have major implications across the United States. Accountability can be a climate solution too.

Wait till they realize that if those suits succeed, the cost of living will skyrocket.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 2, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is a rising sea eroding the cliffs, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post on contamination of the mRNA vaccines.

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Democrats, Squishy Republicans Still Trying To Make Aid For Ukraine Happen

By William Teach October 2, 2023 – 10:30 am

Why are they so intent on giving our money to a war that is going nowhere, that means little to US national security, and will see the US receive nothing in return?

Ukraine aid backers still see path for new aid

The stopgap spending bill that will be sent to President Joe Biden’s desk doesn’t contain new money for Ukraine or even transfer authority for aid. Yet backers of Kyiv’s defense against Moscow say it may come soon.

Some backers of Ukraine believe a bill allowing at least that transfer authority — which unlocks other buckets of U.S. cash for the war against Russia — could pass Congress as soon as [this] week, according to two people with knowledge of conversations between the House and Senate.

The lack of transfer authority is a glaring omission from the spending bill abruptly passed by the House earlier Saturday. Speaker Kevin McCarthy was open to putting it in the House’s bill, according to three people familiar with the negotiations, but negotiators were unable to finalize language to put into the legislation before it passed the lower chamber.

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), a co-chair of the House’s Ukraine caucus, said she was “very uncomfortable” voting for a bill that didn’t contain Ukraine aid. (She ultimately backed the bill.)

She’s uncomfortable voting for a bill that funds the American people? I’m sure quite a few felt that way.

(Reuters) U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday pressed congressional Republicans to back a bill to provide more aid to Ukraine, saying he was “sick and tired” of the political brinkmanship that nearly led to a government shutdown. (snip)

Biden said Republicans had pledged to provide that aid through a separate vote.

“We cannot under any circumstances allow America’s support for Ukraine to be interrupted. I fully expect the speaker to keep his commitment to secure the passage and support needed to help Ukraine as they defend themselves against aggression and brutality,” he told reporters at the White House.

We fully expected a bill about inflation reduction to be about inflation reduction, not ‘climate change’ and non-related garbage. Expect Biden to yammer about funding Ukraine, rather than on the problems facing America, for at least the rest of the week.

‘We can’t do it alone’: Ukrainians react to lack of additional funding in US spending bill

The United States may have avoided a government shutdown on Saturday – but the lack of additional funding for Ukraine in the spending bill has left some residents in the war-torn nation nervous. (snip)

“These are internal American games. And Ukraine is a hostage to this discussion – this internal war,” Ukrainian serviceman Volodymyr Kostiak told CNN on Sunday, a national holiday marking Defenders Day to honor the country’s veterans and war dead.

“America’s strategic interests are so big that Ukraine is part of them,” he added. “And I think that the internal political struggle cannot affect the assistance to Ukraine that much. There will be some errors, but they will be insignificant.”

Why are you not on the front lines fighting? The photo at the article has him standing around far from the battlefield, looking all clean and pressed. All the photos of different people show them looking al nice and well fed, just wanting lots of sweet, sweet American cash.

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Cult: 59% Of French Youts Would Be OK With Restricting People To 4 Flights A Lifetime

By William Teach October 2, 2023 – 7:15 am

Too bad the survey didn’t ask how many flights each respondent had taken during their lives

Shocking number of Europeans say you should only be able to fly 4 times in your life due to climate change

A new poll shows that a shocking number of French citizens support banning people from flying more than four times in their lives due to climate change.

A poll from research firm Consumer Science and Analytics Institute (CSA) found that 41% of citizens would support such a limit. That number rose to 59% support among 18-24-year-olds. The suggested limit, proposed by engineer Jean-Marc Jancovici, would apply to air travel for business and pleasure.

The poll surveyed 1,010 French residents over the age of 18. It found that support for air travel restrictions was far higher among younger age groups. While a majority opposed the four-flight lifetime maximum, 64% of the respondents said they would be willing to limit their air travel in the near or medium term to combat climate change.

Climate activists across the globe have pushed for wide-ranging restrictions aimed at reducing carbon emissions, from limiting car travel to banning plastic straws.

Yet, the same climate activists are constantly taking long fossil fueled flights. Like

She’s a bigshot youth for the UN climate cult, and takes lots of fossil fueled flights, like flying to NYC, then a trip to Boston. And there are plenty of those. It’s a cult. France should pass a law restricting those who are 18-24 right now, see the freakout.

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Sanctuary City Today: NY Gov Has Had Enough, Chicago Has Housing Issues

By William Teach October 2, 2023 – 7:00 am

It was just a couple years ago that Hochul was super excited about illegal aliens

And now?

Gov. Hochul says border ‘is too open’ and demands ‘limit’ on crossings as NY struggles with migrant crisis

The migrant crisis in New York is so bad that even Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is ramping up her attacks on US border policies, demanding “a limit on who can come across’’ and more agents to nab illegals.

Hochul targeted Congress in comments Sunday but still risked the wrath of the Biden administration as it grapples with the crisis wreaking mayhem in the Big Apple and across the country.

“It is too open right now,’’ Hochul flatly told CBS’s “Face the Nation’’ of the country’s southern border with Mexico — where a record-setting 260,000-plus migrants crossed over just last month.

It’s too open now that Sanctuary State New York is being over-run with illegals/migrants, especially in Democratic Party run cities.

Chicago grapples with housing crisis as record number of migrants arrive in the city

A record number of 36 buses, filled with asylum seekers, has arrived in Chicago since Saturday, with more than 15,000 new arrivals in the past year.

City leaders say the number one priority is getting migrants out of police stations where they’re sleeping.

Right now, the largest housing effort is a $29 million plan to establish tent base camps ahead of the winter. Governor JB Pritzker, however, says he has concerns that unused buildings aren’t being utilized first.

“With a lack of existing buildings, to put people in, i know the city has looked at this as one of its options, but I don’t think this is the only option,” Pritzker said.

Existing buildings, eh? Now they know what it’s like in border cities.

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PRC Excited To Keep Low Income Folks From Owning Cars

By William Teach October 1, 2023 – 4:14 pm

Most of the time climate cult articles mention how ‘climate change’ affects minorities, usually meaning blacks, more than anyone else. Funny how that’s not mentioned in this piece

California Will Pay People To Not Own A Car

Everyone lately has been talking about California’s ban on internal combustion engines for cars, the notorious EV mandate. While it’s shocking to hear about that and the many other states following suit, hardly anyone is talking about another shocking development in the Golden State’s war against emissions. As The Washington Post recently reported, officials in California will start paying citizens to not own a car since the belief is this will eliminate pollution.

Under a bill which passed earlier in the month, low-income residents who don’t own a car will receive $1,000 as a refundable tax credit. To qualify, a single tax filer has to earn $40,000 or less. Joint filers can make up to $60,000.

Surely the California legislature thinks this will be a boon for public transportation in the state. The reality is ever since the population explosion in California, buses, trains, etc. have struggled to keep up. You can blame it on whatever set of factors you’d like, but paying people to not own a car won’t fix this.

No, it won’t fix anything, but, it is interesting how the People’s Republik Of California wants to keep those lower income folks from having the same mobility and benefits of the rich folks, eh? I wonder if they realize that a tax credit doesn’t necessarily equate to actual money?

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 1, 2023 – 12:59 pm

…are pine trees being killed by beetles due to ‘climate change’, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The RedSquirrel Report (new on the feedreader), with a post on the song “Biden: I Am Ironman.”

It’s ladies in nature week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach October 1, 2023 – 10:15 am

Happy Sunday! Another fine day in the Once And Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the squirrels are barking, and you can now put up your Halloween decorations. This pinup is by Lorenzo Sperlonga, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Not A Lot Of People Know That covers an insurance company refusing to insure EVs over repair costs
  2. American Greatness notes a moonbat telling girls to shower with curtains when trans are around
  3. Blazing Cat Fur highlights how many San Francisco restaurants have been vandalized
  4. Chicks On The Right covers Dove using a race hoaxer and fatty to be a spokesperson
  5. Common Cents Blog is excited that the courts held up states banning trans child mutilation bans
  6. Da Techguy’s Blog discusses Kennedy running as an Independent
  7. Geller Report covers Princeton teaching sons to be drag queens
  8. IOTW Report highlights Arizona’s top Dems leaving when Biden visited
  9. Legal Insurrection wonders if Jamaal Bowman will get the J6 treatment
  10. Moonbattery notes that Washington state is a great place for sex offenders
  11. Outside The Beltway wonders about filling Feinstein’s seat
  12. Powerline discusses Trump the authoritarian
  13. The Daley Gator covers the Left loving to loathe the USA
  14. The First Street Journal has a WWIII watch with the British considering sending “advisors” to Ukraine
  15. And last, but, not least, The Gateway Pundit shows Biden having a hissy fit over people refusing to take the new Wuhan Flu vaccine

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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Squishy Republicans Give In, Pass Short Term Funding Bill

By William Teach October 1, 2023 – 7:00 am

Democrats mostly got everything they wanted, except for Ukraine funding. Which lots of squishy Republicans also wanted

Threat of government shutdown ends as Congress passes a temporary funding plan and sends it to Biden

The threat of a federal government shutdown ended late Saturday, hours before a midnight deadline, as Congress approved a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open and sent the measure to President Joe Biden to sign.

The rushed package drops aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP lawmakers, but increases federal disaster assistance by $16 billion, meeting Biden’s full request. The bill funds government until Nov. 17.

Republicans: elect us and we’ll roll back insane spending, cut out the crazy stuff. Also Republicans: we don’t want Democrats and the Credentialed media to talk bad about us.

“We’re going to do our job,” McCarthy, R-Calif., said before the House vote. “We’re going to be adults in the room. And we’re going to keep government open.” (snip)

The package funds government at current 2023 levels until mid-November, setting up another potential crisis if they fail to more fully fund government by then. The package was approved by the House 335-91, with most Republicans and almost all Democrats supporting. Senate passage came by an 88-9 vote.

Basically, they gave in and are spending way too much, doing exactly what their constituents did not want them to do

But the loss of Ukraine aid was devastating for lawmakers of both parties vowing to support President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his recent Washington visit. The Senate bill included $6 billion for Ukraine, and both chambers came to a standstill Saturday as lawmakers assessed their options.

“The American people deserve better,” said House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, warning in a lengthy floor speech that “extreme” Republicans were risking a shutdown.

That’s a strange place to put that second paragraph. Does Jeffries mean Americans deserve to be spending oodles of money on Ukraine? Cocaine Mitch McConnell was upset, too, and wants more funding for Ukraine, despite opposition from the American people. Even a CNN poll has 55% saying no more funding.

Anyhow, the Senate passed it, and now it goes to Let’s Go Brandon. Will he sign it with no Ukraine funding?

Oh, and then there’s this guy, who tried to stop House business

It was Jamaal. He tried to make an excuse, but, it’s a misdemeanor in the city of DC, with a large fine and/or up to 6 months in jail. Also, didn’t people get long prison sentences for interfering with House business for J6? The police are investigating, and the GOP has articles to boot him from the House.

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