NPR Seems Pretty Upset That Most Republicans Prioritize The Economy Of The Climate Crisis (scam)

By William Teach August 4, 2023 – 7:00 am

How dare these Republicans care more about the economy!!!!!

Three-quarters of Republicans prioritize the economy over climate change

It’s hot. And some apparently don’t mind it that way.

The latest heat wave is fueled by human-caused climate change from burning fossil fuels, but despite the settled science, the overwhelming evidence and the billions of dollars in increases for disaster preparation and recovery that climate change is costing the country, Republicans have grown more skeptical of the need to prioritize fixing it, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

The wide-ranging survey of 1,285 adults also found some of the most critical institutions in the country being held in low regard and that President Biden has some glaring vulnerabilities, especially when it comes to the economy, heading into the 2024 presidential election.

Overall, a majority of respondents – 53% – said addressing climate change should be given priority even at the risk of slowing the economy. That included 80% of Democrats and 54% of independents.

But almost three-quarters of Republicans (72%) said the economy should be given priority, even at the risk of ignoring climate change. That is up 13 points since 2018 – despite the increases in climate-change-related weather disasters.

All this tells me is that 80% of Democrats and 54% of Independents, and 28% of Republicans, are idiots, and should have their own economic activity curtailed. Because it’s easy to say you favor Doing Something over the economy in theory, but, once it starts impacting your own life things change quickly. Once they’re money is being sapped away, cannot afford to travel, energy, food, stream all their shows, watch all those TikTok vids, etc, well, reality will smack them in the face. Kinda like how Squad member Pramila Jayapal is totally against border wall, but, needs that wall at her house. Like how so many French citizens were great with Doing Something, and then learned that something was higher food costs and no longer allowed to take short haul flights (though the Elites are allowed on private jets).

Really, the Progressives see only 18% want to prioritize economic growth. How would that work out in practice?

And yet despite all the evidence, Trump has lied and called climate change a “hoax” and implied that it would only “may affect us in 300 years” and only see a sea level rise of 1/8 inch.

So, essentially, NPR is showing their stripes as a hardcore partisan outlet. Not that we didn’t know that.

Anyhow, the poll forgot to ask relevant questions like “how much are you willing to pay to deal with ‘climate change’?” and “what are you doing in your own life?”

The poll itself is here, since PBS didn’t bother linking it. I guess they didn’t want to show certain data, like that it was a D/R/I breakdown of 35/29/34, meaning Ds and Is were oversampled.

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Uber-Socialist Cori Bush Pushing Insane “Unhoused” Bill

By William Teach August 4, 2023 – 6:45 am

On the bright side, even the Democrats aren’t insane enough to vote for this bill, right? There’s zero chance it even gets a vote on the House floor. It does let us know what the hardcore Democrats really want

This bill is so crazy I have to wonder if it was written by the crazy homeless in San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland. Starting on page 9 of the bill (which is linked in the Libertarian Mama tweet)

  • (1) the right to decent, affordable, and acces10 sible housing, livable wages, and universal health
    care; (so, free healthcare)
  • (3) the rights, privileges, or access of an individual to public services, parks, sidewalks, transportation, buildings, or facilities without discrimination on the basis of their housing status; (so, they can simply go into any private building whenever the hell they want)
  • (4) the right to uninhibited access to public parks, transportation, facilities, sidewalks, buildings, and restrooms without discrimination on the basis of their housing status; (so, putting up tents anywhere, using any bathroom anytime)
  • (7) the right not to be subject to penalties for standing, walking, resting, or sleeping in a public place or vehicle in a non-obstructive manner, including relying on tents, sleeping bags, additional clothing, or other supplies intended to make sleep comfortable and possible; (this would negate all state and local ordinances on no tents on sidewalks, no loitering, etc. This is a 10th Amendment violation)
  • (8) the right to pray, meditate, or practice religion in public spaces without being subject to criminal or civil sanctions, harassment, or arrest; (this could backfire as the abortion supporters try to stop anti-abortion forces outside abortion clinics)
  • (9) the right to solicit donations in public spaces without being subject to criminal or civil sanctions, harassment, or arrest in a manner that violates the right to free speech; (negating all panhandling and other laws, will die in court)

That’s just some of it. Moving on to things on page 12 (below the fold)

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Everybody Panic: Hotcoldwetdry Is Making Waves Bigger In The People’s Republik of California

By William Teach August 3, 2023 – 3:00 pm

This is horrible!

Climate Change Is Making Waves Bigger in California

The weather is warming, ice caps are melting, and we’re all basically screwed.

That’s the basic, highly unscientific premise of climate change and global warming, right? Unless we can reverse a century and change worth of fossil fuel damage to the ozone, or find a way to move to Mars, humanity will die a slow, very hot death.

But perhaps there’s another side effect of climate change, as suggested by a new study.

Per NPR:

“The study, published Tuesday in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, looked at nearly a century’s worth of data, and found that the average height of winter waves have grown by about a foot since 1969. The number of storm events that produced waves greater than 13 feet in height has also increased, the study found.”

Um, this piece is in Surfer magazine, so, you’d think they’d be thrilled by this news. Of course, bigger waves do not generally mean better waves. A couple of the best surfing days I’ve ever had were on ones with a 2-4 foot faces, and were coming in perfectly, allowing for all sorts of tricks, including 360s and aerials (I almost blew out someone’s back, they were hiding behind the wave, I was getting off, spun back into a hanging aerial.) I’ve also had a blast on 10+ foot faces.

But, it’s always something with climate cult members, always finding the worst in every bit of news. It’s a shame that so many of these surfing magazines and organizations went cultist, rather than being concerned with the real issue of ocean pollution

“By the turn of this century, federal estimates warn nearly three-quarters of California’s picturesque beaches may be completely eroded by rising seas. A report by California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office found that between $8 and $10 billion worth of existing property is likely to be underwater within the next few decades, with an additional $6 to $10 billion worth of property at risk during high tides.”

So, the waves might get bigger as we delve deeper into climate change, but the beaches might not be there to surf…or at least, they’ll be in different places, like inland.

New surf spot in the 909?

Sigh. There’s always erosion. Hence why beachside towns like Malibu are littered with boulders at the sea’s edge. And then other places build up. Geology changes.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 3, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…are mountains with missing glaciers due to ‘climate change’, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Don Surber, with a post on Biden indicting Trump for a speech on the national mall.

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Bud Light Boycott Sees AB Stock Drop 10% In Second Quarter

By William Teach August 3, 2023 – 10:30 am

This should be a lesson: don’t play stupid games when your base consists of right leaning folks. Will AB learn? Will other companies learn?

Bud Light sales plunge following boycott over campaign with transgender influencer

Anheuser-Busch Inbev reported a drop in U.S. revenue in the second quarter as Bud Light sales plunged amid a conservative backlash over a campaign with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

The world’s largest brewer said Thursday that revenue in the United States declined by 10.5% in the April-to-June period from a year earlier, “primarily due to the volume decline of Bud Light.”

It has lost its place as America’s best-selling beer after more than two decades, slipping into second place in June behind Mexican lager Modelo Especial, which is also owned by the Belgium-based ABInBev.

Again, it’s not just about the gender confused nutjob who’s denigrating real women with his act, their marketing director insulted the base by calling them fratty, and Bud Light decided to trot out annoying commercials and people like their president continued to yap, making it worse.

On the flip side

The beer giant said overall revenue rose 7.2% in the second quarter, to $15.1 billion, from the same period a year ago as global brands such as Stella Artois and Corona made up for the loss in Bud Light sales.

It said normalized earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization rose 5%, to $4.9 billion.

Of course, most things rose heavily as gross earnings, thanks to Bidenflation.

Coors Light, Miller Lite combined sales now ‘50% bigger than Bud Light’: Molson Coors CEO

Molson Coors beers like Coors Light and Miller Lite are devouring Bud Light’s market share amid ongoing fallout from the Dylan Mulvaney marketing campaign.

On Tuesday, Molson Coors reported an 11.8% surge in net sales over the second quarter and a 5% jump in financial volumes, with U.S. increases reflecting a shift in consumer purchasing behavior.

“We are seeing share and market improvement everywhere, and more consumers are reaching for our beers than our competitors’ beers,” Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley said in an earnings call Tuesday.

Well, much like Bud Light, it’s still crappy beer, but, people will often buy it for events. You don’t want to be drinking good beer when fishing, sitting at the beach, or other events where it’s hot or the beer can get ruined quickly, right?

Bud Light Sales Still Declining Even As National TV Ads Triple In Summer – Report

The company behind Bud Light is not holding back in its efforts to dig out of the hole it created by angering customers of its brand.

The Wall Street Journal reports that ads for Bud Light have appeared about 3,400 times on national television from June 1 through July 30. The statistics were according to iSpot.tv, an ad-measurement company that tracks TV and streaming-video advertising.

During the same perid last year, Bud Light ads ran just 32 times on national TV, according to iSpot.

The danger for the entire company is that the Bud Light boycott starts bleeding heavily into the other AB brands.

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Surprise: Mostly Peaceful Climate Cult Groups Being Bankrolled By Rich Liberal Elites

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

Don’t these same peasant climate cultists despise the rich?

American Liberal Elites Bankroll Org That’s Supporting A Global Network Of Law-Breaking Climate Activists

Dozens of wealthy American liberals fund a nonprofit organization that is a major backer of green activist groups using radical and often law-breaking tactics to draw attention to what they see as a “climate emergency.”

Founded in 2019 by Aileen Getty and Rory Kennedy, sister of Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) aims to “support disruptive climate activism, because [it believes] it is the fastest way to create transformative change,” according to CEF’s website and its 2022 annual report. Its donors are a “who’s who” of wealthy liberal elites, including Hollywood writer Adam McKay, former Harvey Weinstein lawyer Lisa Bloom, “Succession” star Jeremy Strong and Hillary Clinton’s Onward Together foundation, according to CEF’s 2022 annual report.

Since its establishment, CEF has bankrolled at least 106 different activism groups, training over 30,000 activists and mobilizing an additional 1 million protesters, according to its website. CEF’s 2022 annual report states that the organization dished out over $5 million in grants to 44 grantees across 34 countries, mobilizing about 45,000 activists.

Many of these groups, including Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion, engage in “direct action” protests where activists block highways, shut down airports, throw soup on priceless displays and engage in other headline-grabbing acts in order to push society towards rapidly ditching fossil fuels.

So, basically rich elites ginning up strife by using peasant climate cultists to push their agenda, which the peasants in the climate movement do not seem to understand will result in them losing their freedom. Bunch of dupes and Useful Idiots.

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Illegal Immigration Today: NYC Considers Using Parks, Iowa To Send National Guard To Border

By William Teach August 3, 2023 – 6:45 am

Democratic Party voters in the Sanctuary City Of New York should have no problem with jamming up their parks with illegals, right?

Adams weighs plan to set up migrant tents in Central Park, other major green spaces

Mayor Eric Adams is considering a plan to shelter migrants inside tents in Central Park and other major public green spaces — a move that would place the city’s ongoing migrant crisis front and center in the eyes of New Yorkers as well as state and federal officials, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.

Reports of the plan to shelter migrants in parks come as city officials say they’ve run out of room in homeless shelters and emergency housing. Since the weekend, scores of mostly male migrants have been camped out and sleeping on the sidewalk outside of the Roosevelt Hotel, an intake center in Midtown. (snip)

One person who was briefed on the plan but not authorized to speak on the matter publicly told Gothamist that the city is also looking at erecting tents in Prospect Park in Brooklyn and Randalls Island, where officials briefly opened a tent facility on a parking lot last fall. On Tuesday, the Daily News reported that the administration is currently eyeing putting the tents on several soccer fields. That plan has sparked backlash from recreational users.

Backlash? Why? Aren’t they welcoming of illegals, especially the mostly young male ones who seem to be the ones primarily streaming across the border? They should be so proud of themselves for being welcoming instead of being hateful. Oh, hey, what happened the the SCNY plan to put the illegals up in private residences? Did no one make the offer?

Gov. Kim Reynolds deploys Iowa National Guard to border, will use ARP money to pay for it

Gov. Kim Reynolds deployed more than 100 Iowa National Guard soldiers to Texas on Wednesday to assist at the U.S.-Mexico border for the next month.

And she says she’ll use the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 relief funds to pay for it.

The 109 soldiers are tasked with “deterring illegal border crossings and preventing the trafficking of illegal substances by cartels through Texas,” Reynolds announced in a news release Wednesday afternoon. They will remain in Texas until Sept. 1.

And Brandon cannot do a damned thing about the money, because states had flexibility on how they were going to spend the money from the partisan American Rescue Act. The COVID money was basically a slush fund.

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Global Boiling Made July Hotter For Four Out Of Five People Or Something

By William Teach August 2, 2023 – 2:55 pm

It’s doom, doom I tell you. But, see if you can figure out what’s missing from this hyper-cultis Seth Borenstein Associated Press screed that’s being published all over the Credentialed Media

Climate change made July hotter for 4 of 5 humans on Earth, scientists find

Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than 2 billion people feeling climate change-boosted warmth daily, according to a flash study.

More than 6.5 billion people, or 81% of the world’s population, sweated through at least one day where climate change had a significant effect on the average daily temperature, according to a new report issued Wednesday by Climate Central, a science nonprofit that has figured a way to calculate how much climate change has affected daily weather.

“We really are experiencing climate change just about everywhere,” said Climate Central Vice President for Science Andrew Pershing.

Researchers looked at 4,711 cities and found climate change fingerprints in 4,019 of them for July, which other scientists said is the hottest month on record. The new study calculated that the burning of coal, oil and natural gas had made it three times more likely to be hotter on at least one day in those cities. In the U.S., where the climate effect was largest in Florida, more than 244 million people felt greater heat due to climate change during July.

Remember, said data is only going back through the satellite era, starting in 1979.

The study is not peer-reviewed, the gold standard for science, because the month just ended. It is based on peer-reviewed climate fingerprinting methods that are used by other groups and are considered technically valid by the National Academy of Sciences. Two outside climate scientists told The Associated Press that they found the study to be credible.

Even if it was peer-reviewed, it’s still cult-based group-think.

The day with the most widespread climate-change effect was July 10, when 3.5 billion people experienced extreme heat that had global warming’s fingerprints, according to the report. That’s different than the hottest day globally, which was July 7, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer.

What’s missing in the AP article, and any similar ones, is any data. None of them are giving how much warmer it is supposed to be. If you look in the above link, which only, surprise, goes back to 1979, and claims, based on that limited data, that the worse was .98C above their baseline, said baseline was 1979 through 2000, of which a chunk of that time was in warming pause. How does this compare to the very warm 1930’s? What do the climate cultists expect during a) a Holocene warming period, b) an El Nino year, and c) more and more infrastructure that creates an urban heat island effect and warming land use effect?

But, this is not about science, it’s a cult, and they think the best way to implement their Authoritarian government is through scare tactics.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 2, 2023 – 2:10 pm

…is a rising sea encroaching on the land, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Dissecting Leftism, with a post on Fauci being caught in his biggest lie yet.

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LAX Bans Single Use Plastic Water Bottles

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

It’s for your own good, you know

LAX banned a common travel item that’s forbidden in only one other major airport: ‘The right thing to do’

If your airport routine features grabbing a bottle of water after passing through the TSA checkpoint, you may have to think again. Los Angeles International Airport has banned the sale of single-use plastic bottles in its facility, per a Facebook post.

The ban has followed a 2021 plan to gradually phase out the sale of water bottles in LAX and the Van Nuys Airport. It’s part of a larger, zero-waste initiative under Los Angeles World Airports’ Sustainability Action Plan.

The LAWA Board of Commissioners plans to make its airports entirely zero-waste by 2045. Besides banning plastic bottles, LAWA also intends to have net-zero emissions from its operations, develop a fully renewable electric profile, and minimize gray water.

“Eliminating single-use plastic water bottles is the right thing to do for our airports, our communities, and our environment,” said Justin Erbacci, CEO of LAWA, per television station KTLA.

The ban makes LAX the second airport to ban single-use plastic water bottles. In 2019, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) banned single-use plastic water bottles and included other types of beverages as of 2021.

How much revenue will be lost from all the shops at LAX? What will they sell instead? Not many drink manufacturers produce water in glass bottles. What problems are created by trying to go through customs with a reusable bottle? The thing is, they’re only banning water. Not soda and sugary drinks. Even Vox was not impressed when San Fran banned single use water bottles.

Further, where will LAX get all that electricity from? How does one of the major airports in the world, with 32 million flying through a year, have “zero emissions”? Maybe they should just shut down, what with all those Evil fossil fuels used.

Just to be clear, there is quite a bit of plastic waste. How many plastic bottles actually get recycled. This ban, is really more a feel good “we’re Doing Something” action, since all those other drink bottles are not banned.

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