Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach November 6, 2022 – 9:02 am

Peter Driben Patriotic Pinup

Happy Sunday! Another fine day in the Once and Future Nation of America. The Sun is shining, birds are singing, and the NJ Devils are kicking ass, something our fans have been waiting for for a long time. This pinup is by Peter Driven, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Datechguy’s Blog notes the Navy choosing death over life
  2. Gates Of Vienna covers how our military crumbles
  3. Geller Report discusses conspiracy theory or conspiracy fact
  4. IOTW Report shows Dems dropping millions into what should be a safe seat
  5. Legal Insurrection highlights the Biden admin admitting there’s still a baby formula shortage
  6. Moonbattery notes Obama bringing the cringe
  7. Pacific Pundit covers Biden throwing a hissy fit over protesters
  8. Powerline discusses NBC deep sixing a Paul Pelosi story
  9. The American Conservative says no to amnesty for pandemic tyranny
  10. The First Street Journal discusses the plague of public sector unions
  11. The Last Refuge notes the Southeast starting to run out of diesel
  12. The OK Corral has a feel good story
  13. Climate Etc covers the climate crisis not being what it used to be
  14. Jo Nova discusses a new scary climate omen
  15. And last, but, not least, Real Climate Science notes the UN giving Kilimanjaro a 30 year reprieve

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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Here Come The Elites Private Jets To COP27

By William Teach November 6, 2022 – 7:00 am

But, see, they’re Saving The World

COP27: Thousands of global diplomats to descend upon ritzy resort town in Egypt to solve global warming

st greta carThe United Nations’ latest annual climate change conference, COP27, is set to kick off Monday at the luxurious resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, where thousands of leaders will engage in wide-ranging policy discussions.

The conference comes one year after COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, where leaders from around the world, including nations with the highest emissions, signed a non-binding climate agreement resembling previous pacts. Shortly following the agreement, though, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres downplayed the agreement and paved the way for COP27.

“It’s an important step, but it’s not enough,” he said at the time. “It’s time to go into emergency mode.”

Ahead of this year’s summit, which is scheduled to begin Monday and conclude on Nov. 18, high-ranking officials in the U.S. and other Western nations have reiterated the importance of solving global warming, which they characterized as the biggest threat facing humanity.

“Among all of the centrifugal forces of these last 20 years, all vying to pull the world apart in many ways, the climate crisis still looms largest as the issue that will change life unalterably. Now, that may sound grandiose, but it is no exaggeration,” Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, who will lead the American delegation at the event, said in October.

Yet, very few Warmists actually practice what they preach. There will be 10,000+ who take fossil fueled trips to Egypt. There will be at least a hundred private jets with world leaders, celebs, and global rich, and the complaint media will do all they can to not show this climahypocricy.

Climate activists block private jets at Amsterdam airport

Hundreds of climate protesters blocked private jets from leaving Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Saturday in a demonstration on the eve of the COP27 U.N. climate meeting in Egypt.

Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion protesters sat around private jets to prevent them leaving and others rode bicycles around the planes.

Dewi Zloch of Greenpeace Netherlands said the activists want “fewer flights, more trains and a ban on unnecessary short-haul flights and private jets.”

Good on them. Did they take fossil fueled vehicles to the protest? Perhaps they should take a train to Egypt and protest the private jets coming in.

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Hotcoldwetdry Take: U.S. To Make China Pay On ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach November 5, 2022 – 3:11 pm

Perhaps we should make China pay for releasing the Wuhan Flu, but, that won’t happen. Neither will this

New U.S. message on climate change: Make China pay

The U.S. is suddenly open to making rich nations pay reparations to countries suffering the ravages of climate change — but only if China ponies up, too.

The about-face comes after years of Washington serving as the bulwark of wealthy countries’ resistance to making such payments, and would set up China as the new climate bogeyman. It would also challenge Beijing’s assertion that China should still be seen as a developing nation.

Paying developing nations that suffer from climate-driven disasters and rising temperatures is one of the most contentious issues in global climate negotiations, which resume this weekend at a major conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

China should contribute its own funds to the cause, U.S. Special Envoy John Kerry told reporters late last month, “especially if they think they’re going to continue to go on to the next 30 years with increasing their emissions.”

The issue, referred to as “loss and damage” in the parlance of the global talks, calls for the U.S. and Europe’s industrialized nations to send funding to less-developed countries that have suffered from floods, heatwaves, droughts, rising seas and other disasters worsened by the changing climate. Those nations have contributed little to the crisis — in contrast to the United States, which during the past two centuries has pumped more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than any other country.

The U.S. is now the world’s second-largest current climate polluter. China ranks as No. 1, with carbon emissions more than double those of the U.S.

Like this will actually happen? Like China won’t demand a lot of concessions from the U.S. and the E.U? But, see, there’s one rather big problem if China does agree

China may not be principally opposed to sending money to climate vulnerable nations. But it would be on China’s terms, meaning it would be conducted under the rubric of “South-South” cooperation. That would avoid Beijing having to blur the line between developed and developing countries that it uses to differentiate its responsibilities from those of the U.S. and Europe.

“The South-South cooperation from China is enormous,” said Kaveh Guilanpour, vice president for international strategies with the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, who has advised U.K. and EU climate negotiators and held a role on the U.N. Secretary-General’s climate team.

See, most of the climate cash to “developing nations” is meant to be strings-free, because 1st world nations “owe” them. Does anyone think that China wouldn’t put strings on the money, attempting to bring those countries into China’s arms?

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 5, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…are palm trees that will Soon! grow in the Arctic, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Chicks On The Right, with a post on MSNBC firing an employee who went too far.

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Brandon Hits The Campaign Trail On Jobs, Mostly Forgets Economic Issues

By William Teach November 5, 2022 – 10:30 am

Well, hey, what else is he going to talk about?

Biden stumps on job growth, as voters dread inflation

President Joe Biden has notched an envious record on jobs, with 10.3 million gained during his tenure. But voters in Tuesday’s midterm elections are far more focused on inflation hovering near 40-year highs.

That’s left the president trying to convince the public that the job gains mean better days are ahead, even as fears of a recession build.

Presidents have long trusted that voters would reward them for strong economic growth, but inflation has thrown a monkey wrench into the already difficult probability of Democrats’ retaining control of the House and Senate.

Economic anxieties have compounded as the Federal Reserve has repeatedly hiked its benchmark interest rates to lower inflation and possibly raise unemployment. Mortgage costs have shot upwards, while the S&P 500 stock index has dropped more than 20% so far this year as the world braces for a possible downturn.

Biden is asking voters to look beyond the current financial pain, saying that what matters are the job gains that he believes his policies are fostering. The government reported Friday that employers added 261,000 jobs in October as the unemployment rate bumped up to 3.7%.

What few stories mention is that most of the jobs gains are simply a rebound from the 25 million lost during the Chinese coronavirus, a goodly chunk lost because Democrats shut things down, closing businesses, picking winners and losers, deeming some non-essential, locking people down. I can say, my industry has not recovered. Employment is down by about 30-40%. There’s no point in having that many in sales. I won’t blame Joe for it, though.

“If you have a job, it’s small comfort to know that the job market is strong if at the same time you feel like every paycheck is worth less and less anyway,” said pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson. “Inflation is such political poison because voters are reminded every day whenever they spend money that it is a problem we are experiencing.”

Few in the national media are asking Joe, his people, and Democrats running for an elected position what Democrats have done and what they will do to ease inflation, food costs, clothes costs, and so forth.

Pizza for Thanksgiving? It might be a dinner option due to inflation

The higher cost of living right now is making many Americans question whether they’ll be able to afford the traditional Thanksgiving dinner this year.

The demographic that is feeling the most financially pinched, according to a new survey, is Gen Z — “who are opting for meals of soup, salad and pizza” this year, as an “Outnumbered” panel noted on Thursday.

One in five Americans doubt that they’ll have enough money to cover the costs of the usual Thanksgiving meal this year, according to the study by Personal Capital.

The survey found that young people with limited incomes may be celebrating a “friendsgiving” this Thanksgiving — featuring pizza, not turkey, as a top choice.

Butter is up 37%. The average cost of turkey is up from $1.19 a pound to $1.99. Travel costs are way up. Eggs are way up. And, no, you cannot blame this all on Biden: there are other factors in play to go with Biden and the Democrats ignoring the economy.

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Dementia Joe: U.S. To Be Making Only EVs in 3035

By William Teach November 5, 2022 – 7:15 am

It would simply be a slip of the tongue and no big deal if it wasn’t a constant with this guy. People do it all the time. My favorite was when Bush 43 boo-boo’d

During his presidency, George W. Bush and Queen Elizabeth also experienced some entertaining public exchanges. In May 2007, the queen appeared alongside Bush as he delivered a public speech during her visit to the White House.

Bush mentioned some of the queen’s earlier visits saying, “You helped our nation celebrate its bicentennial in seventeen-sev… in 1976.” After his mistake, he looked to the queen to see her reaction. She looked back at him with “the look that only a mother could give a child,” Bush joked to the live audience (via YouTube).

Bush made gaffes all the time. However, Biden looks just sad, lost, and not all there when he constantly does it

Joe Biden Boasts Only All-Electric Cars Will Be Manufactured in America by ‘3035’

President Joe Biden mistakenly boasted on Friday that American auto companies would be ready to make all of their vehicles electric by the year “3035.”

The president spoke about auto companies during a speech in San Diego about subsidizing American semiconductor chip manufacturing.

During his speech, Biden recalled a meeting he had at the White House with American auto company CEOs, including General Motors CEO Mary Barra, whom he has met several times since taking office.

He mistakenly stumbled over the name, sounding as though he said “Amy Barrett” before correcting himself and saying “Chairman Barra.”

The president recalled that Barra called him up after the meeting and told him that General Motors would go “all-electric.”

He said that Barra “called me up and said they’re going to go all-electric by 3035. Every other company signed up to do the same thing.”

Biden was trying to refer to the pledge by General Motors to go all-electric by the year 2035, but was off by 1,000 years.

And, yet, Biden is still traveling around in a big fossil fueled limo. Go figure.

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“Moderate” Democrats Realizing That The Message Has Been Pretty Bad

By William Teach November 5, 2022 – 7:00 am

What’s the difference between the hardcore Leftist Democrats and the moderates? At the end of the day, most of the moderates are voting on lots of the far left legislation, and talking it up in their campaigns

Democrats aim to hold the line against heavy U.S. midterm election losses

If Abigail Spanberger, a moderate congresswoman from a liberal-leaning Virginia district outside Washington loses her re-election bid on Tuesday, it could be the harbinger of a midterm bloodbath for the Democratic Party.

That was why Spanberger was at a winery this week imploring volunteers to hit the phones. Her once-comfortable lead had shrunk to nothing.

“We have a toss-up race,” she said. “There is work to be done.”

A winery, eh? Nothing like hobnobbing with the rich rather than talking to the peons.

The grim outlook has some Democrats second-guessing their party’s midterm messaging, which has emphasized the threat Republicans pose to abortion rights and democracy in a year when voters have said they are most concerned about the economy and violent crime.

Polls continue to show voters frustrated over high consumer prices and blaming the party in power from President Joe Biden on down. A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Oct. 31-Nov. 1 showed 69% of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track, compared with just 18% who said it was headed in the right direction.

Those are “America in the height of Wuhan Flu” wrong track numbers

At campaign events, Spanberger details a laundry list of legislative victories under Biden: massive infrastructure and climate bills, and measures to lower prescription drug costs and boost domestic semiconductor production.

A former CIA officer, Spanberger has criticized her party’s progressive wing and has attempted to appeal to independent voters. She was first elected as part of a Democratic wave in 2018 when Donald Trump was president.

“I have a voting record, a proud record of accomplishment,” Spanberger told the crowd at the winery on Wednesday.

But Rodell Mollineau, a Democratic consultant and former Senate leadership aide, said it is difficult for voters irate about energy and food prices to view those actions as making a difference in their day-to-day lives.

“People don’t want to hear about their accomplishments,” Mollineau said. “They’re not feeling them.”

No, the average voter really doesn’t care. They don’t see all that stuff as super awesome (the semiconductor was bipartisan, and forces in government and out are trying to stop mining) when all their costs of living are rising rising rising. Here’s Gov Scott Walker

Not surprisingly, the media seems just as out of touch as most liberal candidates. Case-in-point: Chuck Todd of NBC News was interviewing New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, my former colleague, the other day and this was their exchange:

Mr. Todd: “Why are you supporting an election denialist? And do you think the inflation issue is enough to sort of rationalize support for somebody who thinks school buses of voters are going to show up in New Hampshire?”

Mr. Sununu: “Yeah, let me tell you, you’re in a bubble, man. I love you, Chuck, but you are in a bubble if you think anybody’s talking about what happened in 2020, or talking about Mar-a-Lago and all that. I know the press loves to talk about it. People are talking about what is happening in their pocketbooks every single day when they have to buy groceries or fill up gas or right now.”

Mr. Sununu nailed it. They are living in a bubble.

They really do not get it.

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Bummer: A GOP Wave Will Mess With Brandon’s Climate (scam) Agenda

By William Teach November 4, 2022 – 3:00 pm

Is this the agenda where Biden took a long fossil fueled flight (with backup jumbo jet and fighter jet protection) to Albuquerque, then a big fossil fueled convoy to his official speech (designed to reduce his cost for what is a campaign trip), then a fossil fueled convoy to his DNC speech, then back to the plane? Then on to San Diego, repeating all the use of fossil fuels? Then to Chicago today? While trying to force you to reduce your use of fossil fuels?

What’s at stake for Biden’s climate agenda in the midterms

If Republicans take control of the House, Senate, or both in the midterms, they have every incentive to turn the rollout of Democrats’ singular achievements into a political disaster. At stake is $370 billion in incentives for electric vehicles, electric appliances, clean energy, and pollution reduction, passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act this summer on a party-line vote.

Elections have consequences. So we’ve been told

Republicans can’t scrap any part of the law as long as President Joe Biden remains in office; any attempt would face a presidential veto, even if it managed to pass the Senate filibuster threshold. What Republicans can do is gum up the works of the bill’s massive climate programs. In the majority, they would have additional powers to call in agency officials for hearings and issue subpoenas — all tools that could be used to disrupt the implementation of both the IRA and the bipartisan infrastructure law passed a year ago.

Never ignore the power of the Republican beltway folks to get squishy and do nothing.

Some of this should sound familiar. Twelve years ago, Republicans swept the House in the midterms and applied the same strategy to the stimulus law meant to help recovery from the late-2000s Great Recession. The most memorable strategy was the GOP’s attack over Solyndra, a company that went bankrupt two years after the Department of Energy provided it $535 million in loan guarantees.

Strategy? This is real. It happened. And it left a huge environmental mess.

But climate spending makes up the majority of the law and will be under scrutiny as well.

So, the Inflation Reduction Act isn’t about inflation reduction?

The organization was even more frank about its priorities at a conference with industry leaders in Minneapolis in September. A recording from the event (first reported by the New York Times) revealed the group’s plans to work with House Republicans to ramp up oversight.

The recording, also reviewed by Vox, shows AGA’s top lobbyist Allison Cunningham warning about the impact of the law’s $2.8 billion environmental justice block grants to community-based nonprofits focused on cutting environmental pollution. “We’re concerned that this can be used or applied to support gas ban efforts at community levels,” said Cunningham. “And again, there’s a lot of different opportunities for community groups or other kinds of groups who haven’t been as skilled as long to be eligible for grants, maybe not proper training.” Another area Cunningham warns about is funding that “includes language on reducing indoor toxins and indoor air pollution.”

This suggests that some of the programs Republicans plan to target will be the law’s funding helping communities, particularly low-income ones, cut their pollution. These kinds of programs pose a threat to gas utilities because those utilities make their profits from putting more pipes in the ground to connect gas to new buildings. Any effort to stop that growth of a captive gas customer base undermines the companies’ future.

All the IRA does is increase the cost of energy for the poor, making them even more energy deficient, making them more vulnerable to being dependent on government

Another tactic the GOP is considering, according to the Washington Post, is using the debt limit and government shutdown to make cuts to clean energy and climate spending. While agencies are funded through mid-December, Republicans could seek budget cuts in the future that slow down work even further.

Yeah, but, the GOP usually caves. And, weirdly, few are investing in any of this stuff unless government is giving them big handouts.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 4, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is a field that would be great for solar panels, you might be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on a good guy with a gun stopping a brutal attack.

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Brandon Says “We’re Going To Free Iran”

By William Teach November 4, 2022 – 10:30 am

What does this actually mean in terms of policy? And, will Biden’s people walk this back by the time this post gets published at 1030am?

Biden vows to ‘free Iran’ in West Coast campaign speech

Biden Brain SlugU.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed to “free” Iran, and said that demonstrators working against the country’s government would soon succeed in freeing themselves.

“Don’t worry, we’re gonna free Iran. They’re gonna free themselves pretty soon,” Biden said during a wide-ranging campaign speech in California, as dozens of demonstrators gathered outside holding banners supporting Iranian protesters.

Biden did not expand on his remarks or specify what additional actions he would take during the remarks at MiraCosta College near San Diego.

The White House’s National Security Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Seven weeks of demonstrations in Iran were ignited by the death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of Iran’s morality police.

The NSC was probably rather shocked when they saw the statement, and hung their heads trying to figure out how to weasel their way out of this.

What the short piece didn’t mention is why people are protesting Brandon

(AP) Biden made the comments as supporters in the crowd held up cellphones displaying the message “FREE IRAN.”

The Biden administration has faced growing criticism from Iranian American activists who are calling on the White House to abandon its efforts to resurrect the Iran nuclear deal because of the protests.

Any sort of deal would give Iran lots and lots of money and freedom, just like the previous one, since it isn’t Iran trying to get the deal in place, it’s Biden. Give the Biden admin some props, though, as they are trying to get Iran removed from the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women. Why they’re on it in the first place is a travesty, but, entirely business as usual for the United Nations.

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