Brandon’s Super Excited To Buy 600K EVs For Federal Workers!

By William Teach February 12, 2022 – 2:35 pm

This is totally to help out with ‘climate change’!

When will Biden be switching his big limo and SUV motorcade out for EVs?

(CNBC) The administration has previously proposed an EV incentive package that would allocate additional money for consumers who bought electric vehicles built by unionized workers. The administration has also committed to replace its federal fleet of 600,000 cars and trucks to electric power by 2035.

“This announcement demonstrates that clean energy investments deliver for America,” Elizabeth Gore, senior vice president of political affairs at the Environmental Defense Fund, said in a statement.

Where is the power coming from to charge them? Who’s paying for these vehicles that are way more expensive than the existing fleet? What happens to the vehicles that still work? Aren’t you glad your taxes will pay for this, despite never having had a legislative vote on it? Under what authority is this occuring? Meanwhile, your cost of living is skyrocketing, and Biden’s taking fossil fueled trips to Camp David to live it up.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 12, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is wonderful art, which can be used to highlight the dangers of the climate emergency without actually changing their own lives, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is American Power, with a post on the U.S. telling all citizens to leave Ukraine immediately. Then Joe heading out to Camp David for a nice, relaxing weekend.

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“Experts” Say Chance To End Freedom Truckers Peacefully Is “Slipping Away”

By William Teach February 12, 2022 – 10:30 am

Who, exactly, is going to bring violence?

Opportunity to end convoy protest peacefully is slipping away, experts say

As the protest against vaccine mandates heads into its third weekend in Ottawa and spreads to border towns, observers say the window for ending it peacefully is closing.

On Friday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a state of emergency as protest blockades continued to shut down parts of Ottawa’s downtown core and portions of Windsor’s Ambassador Bridge — a key cross-border supply route.

The move is largely administrative and gives Ford the power to bring in new orders to punish those who block and impede the movement of goods, people and services along critical infrastructure.

Jack Rozdilsky, an associate professor of disaster and emergency management at York University, said there are still ways to obtain a peaceful end to the crisis.

But “every day longer this goes on, it moves in a more dangerous direction where, essentially, it’ll reach the point where  the hand of authority is forced,” he said.

In other words, people who are protesting peacefully, as their Right per Canada’s Constitution, down in the Charter Of Rights And Freedoms. The experts are blaming the protesters if Government violence is used to end their peaceful protest. Hey, sorry about the honking, blocked streets, and bounce houses, you must be put down.

Trudeau also seems to be threatening them

(Breitbart) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Canadian trucker protesters, “you are breaking laws,” as the Freedom Convoy has created a blockade on the Ambassador Bridge, a key shipping route for U.S.-Canada trade.

Trudeau said the protesters are seeking to take the economy hostage. He made a distinction between the truckers and those who are fatigued with his onerous public health mandates, even though the protests started due to Trudeau’s mandates.

“I want to make something very clear,” Trudeau told reporters on Friday. “The illegal blockades seeking to take our neighborhoods and our economy hostage and the collective COVID fatigue we are facing are two very separate things.”

“If you joined the protests because you’re tired of COVID you now need to understand you are breaking laws. The consequences are becoming more and more severe,” he warned. “You don’t want to end up losing your license, end up with a criminal record which will impact your job, your livelihood, even your ability to travel internationally, including to the U.S.”

Punished for protesting? Do these Elites even read their Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

Same Politicians Who Held Us Under Lockdown For 2 Years, Now Trying To Blame Truckers For Messing With Citizens Lives

Like a scalded cat, former Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Gerald Michael Butts went running off to the bottom of the trash heap in a pathetic attempt to save his longtime protege, the worst prime minister in Canadian history, in a CNN interview.

“As the former Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Butts was praised as the architect behind the Liberal Party of Canada platform that led to their victory in October of 2015 and was one of the most senior staffers in the Office of the Prime Minister, along with Katie Telford.” (Wikipedia)

In hurling outrageous insults at Canadian Truckers and their supporters, Butts sounds exactly like his former boss: “It’s really important that we’re getting to a point in the pandemic where we’ll be able to open up again largely because Canadians have been doing their civic duty and not because of a lawless mob in in downtown Ottawa,” Butts said in a Wednesday CNN interview.

None of these same politicians really had a problem with the BLM protests in Canada, many of which turned violence (shocker), like in Montreal and Ottawa. But, going against the truckers is the same playbooks the Powers That Be used against those initially protesting COVID restrictions, calling non-violent protests “dangerous”.

You know how to end this? Remove the requirement that cross border truckers be vaccinated. If truckers want to take the chance in their own lives, let them.

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Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden’s Attempt To Force ‘Climate Change’ Into Rulemaking

By William Teach February 12, 2022 – 7:00 am

It’s a good thing Biden never really put his law degree to work, because, he sure loses a lot in court

US judge strikes down Biden climate damage cost estimate

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to put greater emphasis on potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for polluting industries.

U.S. District Judge James Cain of the Western District of Louisiana sided with Republican attorneys general from energy producing states who said the administration’s action to raise the cost estimate of carbon emissions threatened to drive up energy costs while decreasing state revenues from energy production.

The judge issued an injunction that bars the Biden administration from using the higher cost estimate, which puts a dollar value on damages caused by every additional ton of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere.

President Joe Biden on his first day in office restored the climate cost estimate to about $51 per ton of carbon dioxide emissions after the Trump administration had reduced the figure to about $7 or less per ton. Former President Donald Trump’s estimate included only damages felt in the U.S. versus the global damages captured in higher estimates that were previously used under the Obama administration.

The estimate would be used to shape future rules for oil and gas drilling, automobiles, and other industries. Using a higher cost estimate would help justify reductions in planet-warming emissions, by making the benefits more likely to outweigh the expenses of complying with new rules.

This is the idiotic “social cost of carbon” BS that Obama tried, and got shot down, and would mean much higher costs for energy, which would raise the cost of everything. Rich folks like Biden wouldn’t be impacted, but, the middle and lower classes would feel the pain.

Republican attorneys general led by Louisiana’s Jeff Landry said the Biden administration’s revival of the higher estimate was illegal and exceeded its authority by basing the figure on global considerations. The other states whose officials sued are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Well, it’s dead at the moment, let’s see if the Biden DOJ tries to fight back and win in a higher court. Because they really do not care about you people.

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LGB: Consumer Sentiment Falls To Lowest Level Since 2011

By William Teach February 12, 2022 – 6:45 am

Good thing Biden’s on vacation at Camp David yet again this weekend. Sure, sure, he can do pretty much everything there he can do at the White House, but, unlike previous presidents, Biden doesn’t seem to do a damned thing on the weekends, just sleep and get ice cream

US consumers are ‘in a deep funk’: What that means for the economy

As concerns around inflation soar, American consumers’ outlook on the trajectory of the U.S. economy has deteriorated, worrying some experts that negative attitudes could dampen expenditure and put a dent in economic growth.

The University of Michigan’s closely-watched consumer sentiment index fell to 61.7 in early February, hitting the lowest level since October 2011. January saw a reading of 67.2.

Recent declines in the measure have been driven by weakening personal financial prospects amid rising inflation, less confidence in the government’s economic policies, and the least favorable long-term economic outlook in a decade, the University of Michigan said in its latest report Friday.

The reading follows fresh CPI data out Thursday that showed U.S. inflation accelerated last month in the fastest rise since 1982, with prices across a wide range of goods and services soaring further amid lingering shortages and supply chain disruptions.

“Incredibly, the consumer is polling negatively on almost everything when it comes to the economy, and if their confidence doesn’t improve, the economy could be headed towards the cliff of recession,” FWDBONDS chief economist Christopher S. Rupkey said in a note. “We almost have to recheck our figures because the consumer is clearly in a deep funk and if they decide to call it quits then the economic growth we have seen is going to fade fast.”

Almost every single move the Brandon admin has made has hurt the economy and consumer confidence. Even his talking points hurt. Say what you will about Mr. Mean Tweets, Trump was focus on the economy and helping the middle and lower classes.

“The big drop in consumer sentiment through February is concerning,” Bill Adams, chief economist for Comerica Bank, said in a note, pointing out the indicator is down 26.6 points from its recovery-to-date high in April 2021 through the February preliminary release.

If we go by Democrat talking points, that would mean that the sentiment was high due to the work of the Trump admin, and then Brandon crashed it.

Morgan Stanley chief economist Seth Carpenter told Yahoo Finance Live that the data shows as long as job gains continue, consumer spending tends to hold up.

“Consumer sentiment numbers are a bit of a cautionary tale… but fundamentals still look pretty good,” said Carpenter.

And, hopefully this turns around, which would be in contradiction to Biden’s policies. Of course, the “new” jobs are mostly just replacing those lost during the Chinese coronavirus.

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Surprise: Democrats Getting Lots Of “Dark Money” To Push Their Climate Authoritarism

By William Teach February 11, 2022 – 4:03 pm

I’m utterly shocked at this revelation, considering how much and often Democrats rail against dark money. Whitehouse whines about it almost every day

Unsurprisingly, Sheldon, like so many, reaps the benefits from this dark money. You can see it at opensecrets.org.

Dark Money Link to Democrats’ Climate Probes

It was Democrats who nearly a decade ago first labeled the opaque funneling of millions of dollars into various political influence operations “dark money” and railed against the then-GOP-dominated practice.

Over the past two election cycles, however, Democrats have not only caught up but surpassed Republicans in channeling unlimited sums of special interest and billionaire spending through nonprofits that do not disclose their donors’ identities.

Liberal groups and political operatives allied with the Democratic Party have also grown more creative in the types of political influence operations the funds support. A little-noticed dark-money entity created at least three years ago to help Democrats in Congress work more effectively is now drawing scrutiny.

The piece then spends a lot of time on quite a few of these big dark money groups, leading to

Schiliro previously told the New York Times that the group has trained lawmakers and staff on how best to extract meaningful information from well-coached witnesses called to testify before Congress.

Schiliro and Barnett’s recent work with Democrats on Capitol Hill stirred Republican scrutiny in recent months after the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held an October hearing titled, “Fueling the Climate Crisis: Exposing Big Oil’s Disinformation Campaign to Prevent Climate Action.” After the hearing, the panel issued subpoenas to oil companies whose executives were called to testify. (snip)

After the October hearing, Rep. Ro Khanna, who chairs the environment subcommittee of the oversight panel, told reporters that he was working with former Waxman staffers with the goal of modeling the “Big Oil” hearings after those held into the tobacco companies in the 1990s on whether nicotine is addictive. Khanna told The Hill newspaper that he expected the investigation to continue for months, and boasted that the committee has enlisted the help of “a lot of people” involved in planning the Waxman hearings for advice.

Khanna’s comments and the dark-money role in funding Co-Equal formed the basis of a formal complaint to the House of Representatives’ Office of Congressional Ethics. Government Accountability and Oversight, a conservative government watchdog organization, in mid-January filed a complaint arguing that Co-Equal was providing privately financed or in-kind support for the House oversight panel in violation of House ethics rules.

“This development, which on its face is in violation of House rules (XXIV) and ethics requirements, represents the extension of a new but rapidly expanding practice of privately underwriting governmental staff, for ‘climate’ policy and even investigating private parties viewed as impeding advancement of the climate policy agenda,” the watchdog argued.

Surprise? Democrats have taken the whole dark money thing and kicked it up a few notches while attempting to shake down companies and push climate authoritarianism.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 11, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is an area turning to desert from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 90Ninety Miles From Tyranny, with a post on a post on a study which suggests COVID came from a lab.

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Biden DHS Fear Mongers About Trucker Convoy Disrupting The Super Bowl

By William Teach February 11, 2022 – 10:30 am

The hyper-leftist DHS apparently wants to freak people out and make the freedom truckers out to be Bad People. They’d probably be surprised how many regular citizens would support the truckers here in the U.S.

Officials warn a trucker convoy could target Super Bowl, but law enforcement says there is no ‘legitimacy’ to the threat as security measures are ramped up in LA

Federal officials warned that a trucker convoy protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates — inspired by the ongoing demonstrations in Canada — could target the Super Bowl this weekend, but law enforcement doesn’t see it as a major threat.

The Super Bowl, which takes place Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood in Los Angeles County, will feature the Los Angeles Rams against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The Department of Homeland Security distributed a notice to public safety officials and law enforcement agencies this week saying “the convoy could severely disrupt transportation, federal government, and law enforcement operations through gridlock and potential counterprotests,” Yahoo News first reported Wednesday.

DHS said it “has received reports of a convoy of truckers planning to potentially block roads in major metropolitan cities in the United States in protest of, among other things, vaccine mandates for truck drivers.”

But, there’s one little problem

But law enforcement in Los Angeles said it is not aware of any credible or direct threats related to the game.

The LA County Sheriff’s Department told Insider it is ramping up security for the Super Bowl, but as a standard practice and not in response to the DHS warning. A public information officer said on Wednesday there was no “legitimacy” to the trucker convoy threat.

He also said, because of the way the area surrounding the stadium will be blocked off, if a trucker convoy did arrive in the city, it would not be able to get near the stadium without a game pass.

So, no real threat to all the celebs and politicians showing up and not wearing their masks.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also said at a press conference Tuesday there was no indication of a “specific credible threat against the Super Bowl,” ABC News reported.

The DHS warning about the potential trucker convoy said that, as of Tuesday, it appeared to be “purely aspirational because the event is only being discussed online” but noted that “this could change quickly,” Yahoo reported. Insider’s Jake Epstein and Kieran Press-Reynolds reported Wednesday dozens of right-wing groups were using Telegram to discuss organizing trucker convoys in the US.

So, DHS was just spitballing. Because some truckers were spitballing on social media and Telegram. The far left DHS, Biden, and other Democrats certainly do not want any of those icky blue collar folks interfering with their big day.

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GM Stumps For Climate Crisis (scam) With Austin Powers Super Bowl Commercial

By William Teach February 11, 2022 – 8:13 am

This would be the auto manufacturer who ditched most sedan lines because they’re mostly selling pickup trucks and SUVs, right?

Mike Myers’ ‘Austin Powers’ Villains Sell Climate Fear and Electric Cars in GM Super Bowl Commercial

Actor and producer Mike Myers has brought back his Austin Powers villains to stump for climate change and electric cars in an ad for General Motors that is set to air during the Super Bowl this month.

The 60-second ad features Myers bringing his “Dr. Evil” character out of retirement to banter with No. 2 (Rob Lowe), Frau Farbissina (Mindy Sterling), and son Scott Evil (Seth Green).

The ad opens with Dr. Evil and crew taking over GM’s headquarters in Detroit as one more step in Evil’s plan to take over the world.

The henchmen, though, correct Dr. Evil’s assertion that he is the number one threat to the world and tell him climate change is worse. Climate change, Scott Evil says, is “arguably the No. 1 threat to the world now.”

It’s meant to pimp their electric vehicle lines. Which are so affordable! The Chevy Bolt, a tiny car, starts at $32495. The Bot EUV and Silverado EV are more. Affordable, right? The ones they are coming out with, like the Sierra Denali, the Hummer, the Lincoln, and more, are all aimed at the upper middle class. What do those in the regular middle and lower classes do, who cannot afford $600+ monthly payments, and can’t put a charging station at their apartment complex?

The Austin Powers-based commercial is joined by another car maker’s Super Bowl ad featuring Hollywood celebs peddling electric cars. In the second ad, BMW presents Arnold Schwarzenegger and Salma Hayek as retired Greek Gods pitching the company’s iX electric vehicle.

Elites pushing elite vehicles. Look, I’m in favor as they do not have the smog component that gas powered vehicles have. Remember how clean the air was during the spring of 2020, with so few vehicles driving around? But, they are neither practical nor affordable at this time.

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Let’s Go Brandon: 60% Cannot Name One Thing He’s Done That They Like

By William Teach February 11, 2022 – 8:01 am

I just woke up about 10 minutes ago, and I’m racking my brain, and I can’t think of anything, either. This piece and poll must make CNN very upset

A grim portrait of Biden’s unhappy America

Biden Brain SuckerPresident Joe Biden often says America’s best days are ahead. It just doesn’t feel that way right now.

A nation exhausted by a two-year pandemic, struggling against rising food and gas prices, driven to distraction by school closures and torn apart by a political schism that erupted into violence is far from at ease with itself.

The sense of turmoil was captured in a new CNN/SSRS poll released Thursday that showed waning faith in US elections and found that most of the nearly 60% of Americans who disapprove of how Biden is handling his presidency were unable to name one single thing they like that he has done. “He’s not Donald Trump. That’s pretty much it,” one despondent respondent said. Another answered: “I really like his new cat, Willow Biden.”

That’s why Biden was elected, he’s not Trump. Without the Chinese coronavirus raging, Trump probably would have won.

There has been some mystification in Washington as to why administration successes have not registered more. The unemployment rate is near 50-year lows following a bumper monthly jobs figure last week. America’s economy is recovering more quickly than many other developed nations’ after the pandemic. A huge vaccine rollout saved thousands of lives. A massive Covid-19 relief bill that passed early in Biden’s presidency made significant reductions in child poverty. And while an audacious multitrillion-dollar climate and social spending bill is stalled in the Senate, Biden did what all of his recent predecessors had failed to do — pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill.

We’re basically replacing the jobs killed by government closing businesses with the same jobs. Most developed nations are doing better that the U.S. The vaccine was thanks to Trump, with Biden saying it would not happen by November 2020. There was a big COVID bill during Trump’s presidency. Only 13 House Republicans voted for the infrastructure bill, which doesn’t actually deal with real infrastructure. You did have 20 Senators vote for it. Democrats refused to vote for infrastructure during the Trump years.

Just 41% of those asked approve of the way Biden is handling his job. His approval rating on the economy has dropped to 37% — down 8 points since early December alone. Only 45% approve of his handling of the pandemic he was elected to end. When those who disdain Biden’s overall performance were asked to name a single thing he’d done that they approved of, 56% had nothing positive to say. “I’m hard pressed to think of a single thing he has done that benefits the country,” wrote one respondent.

Just about anything he does creates misery and doesn’t help.

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