Trudeau Declares National Emergency, Overriding Civil Rights Because People Are Expressing Their Civil Rights

By William Teach February 15, 2022 – 10:30 am

This is pretty damned wild. You have people engaged in their civil right of peaceable protest, as allowed by their Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but, since they are protesting against government, Fuhrer Trudeau doesn’t like that

Trudeau declares national emergency over Canadian trucker protests, allowing government to override civil rights

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a national emergency over ongoing trucker protests, allowing the nation’s government to temporarily override civil rights.

“The scope of these measures will be time-limited, geographically targeted, as well as reasonable and proportionate to the threats they are meant to address,” Trudeau said at a press conference on Monday.

The far-reaching Emergencies Act gives the Canadian government the ability to prohibit public assembly, restrict travel, and force businesses — such as towing companies — to act, with compensation.

Trudeau said Canada’s 1998 Emergencies Act will be used to “strengthen and support law enforcement agencies at all levels across the country.”

You good with this, Canada? Could it be your Rights suspended next? What do you call it when the government takes away rights because people are using those rights?

But, see, those protests were asking for more government (and other stuff), they weren’t against government tyranny.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association wrote

The federal government has not met the threshold necessary to invoke the Emergencies Act. This law creates a high and clear standard for good reason: the Act allows government to bypass ordinary democratic processes. This standard has not been met. 1/3

The Emergencies Act can only be invoked when a situation “seriously threatens the ability of the Government of Canada to preserve the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of Canada” & when the situation “cannot be effectively dealt with under any other law of Canada.”

Governments regularly deal with difficult situations, and do so using powers granted to them by democratically elected representatives. Emergency legislation should not be normalized. It threatens our democracy and our civil liberties.

Might this create more protest?

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Your Fault: SW Drought Worst In 1,200 Years (or something)

By William Teach February 15, 2022 – 7:15 am

We can fix this with a tax and forcing all of you to take out 10 year loans for an EV, you know

Western drought fueled by climate change is the worst in 1,200 years, scientists say

The megadrought gripping the American West has generated the driest two decades in the region in at least 1,200 years, and human-caused climate change has fueled the problem, scientists said on Monday.

In their research, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, scientists analyzed droughts in southwestern North America dating back to the year 800 and found that conditions during this century are more severe than the megadrought in the late 1500s.

Researchers also warned that the conditions will likely continue through 2022 and persist for years. A megadrought is defined as a prolonged and severe drought spanning two decades or longer, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Interesting. They have direct measurements to compare from 1,200 years ago, right? Can you also guess what was happening 1,200 years ago? That would be the Medieval Warm Period. What caused that, and why can’t nature by mostly responsible now? Regardless, the Talking Points Memo to Blame Mankind went out

As of the time of writing, there are 7 pages at Google News for this, all pimping the same thing

While researchers said the U.S. West would be in drought regardless of climate change, they calculated that 42% of its severity can be attributed to higher temperatures due to human-related causes, citing greenhouse gas emissions trapping heat in the atmosphere.

OK, so, just 42%. Everyone who believes in anthropogenic climate change should give up their modern lifestyles to stop it.

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Will Important People Finally Be Prosecuted For Russia Hoax?

By William Teach February 15, 2022 – 7:00 am

I won’t hold my breath, but, you never know

Durham probe has ‘accelerated,’ with more people ‘cooperating,’ coming before grand jury

Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation has “accelerated,” and more people are “cooperating” and coming before the federal grand jury than has previously been reported, a source familiar with the probe told Fox News.

The source told Fox News Monday that Durham has run his investigation “very professionally,” and, unlike Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, his activities, and witness information and cooperation status are rarely, if ever, leaked.

“Durham does this right and keeps it a secret,” the source said, adding that there has been “much more activity” in Durham’s investigation “than has been visible to the public.”

The closest look Durham has given with regard to grand jury witnesses came in a federal court filing last month, outlining materials that had been provided by the special counsel’s office to defense attorneys for former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann.

Sussmann has been charged making a false statement to a federal agent. Sussmann has pleaded not guilty.

There are lots and lots of names mentioned in the article, kinda guessing as to whom the Durham documents are referencing. Will any of them be prosecuted, even if it’s just for lying to the government agents? January 6th protesters have been prosecuted for less. These are people who were trying to use the power of government to destroy a duly elected president. Who made stuff up, who attempted to plant false information. Who kept this whole Russia got Trump elected and he’s a Russian asset BS going. Too bad the liars in the media can’t be prosecuted.

Could we even see Hillary prosecuted? She was the head of the snake. There’s no way she didn’t know about a lot of this stuff.

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Without Smart Charging For EVs The Power Grid Will Collapse

By William Teach February 14, 2022 – 3:00 pm

Here’s the thing: it may seem like I’m against EVs, but, actually no. I’ve never been a fan of the pollutants, which doesn’t include CO2, from the use of fossil fuels. Remember how clean the air was during lockdown in 2020? It was wonderful. No smell of exhaust. No smog. But, the problem here, besides EVs being unaffordable to the middle and working classes, is that the power grid can’t handle them

Smart charging may be key to saving power grid in world of EVs

As electric vehicle (EV) sales rise, the big question for power grid operators, charging companies and governments is how to run tens of millions of vehicles without crashing local networks or spending billions on grid upgrades.

The answer: smart charging.

Simply put, smart charging software allows EV owners to plug in during expensive peak hours, without the vehicle drawing power until cheap off-peak hours. This eases strain on the electric grid, makes better use of renewable energy and saves drivers money.

Without it, millions of EV owners plugging in after work – auditing firm EY estimates Europe will have 65 million EVs by 2030 and 130 million by 2035 – could overload local grids, causing blackouts.

“The shift to electric will be nigh on impossible without smart charging,” Chris Pateman-Jones, CEO of British EV charger company Connected Kerb, told Reuters while demonstrating a pilot project on public chargers in Hackney, a London borough.

Well, good thing the Powers That Be want to force everyone into an EV, right? While getting rid of coal and natural gas, and being dead set against nuclear. This should end well.

BTW, here’s something that isn’t being discussed: what about the gas tax? There’s a lot of money coming into the local, state, and federal coffers to pay for all types of road services, right? That dries up with EVs. So, time to implement another tax, which would blow the whole “it’s cheaper to charge and EV than fill a gas vehicle” argument away. They’ll either have to do a road miles tax or raise property taxes. Maybe registration fees? Or purchase fees? Or all of the above?

Joe helping out his upper middle class and rich donors, because this sure doesn’t help the middle and working classes. BTW, when’s Joe going to trade in the limo for an EV?

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 14, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible 1%er pool sucking up vital resources, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Green Jihad, with a post on politicians panicked over Freedom Truckers.

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Brandon Not A Fan Of Lifting Masking Rules

By William Teach February 14, 2022 – 10:30 am

This is the same guy who’s been caught not wearing a mask inside, who sometimes wears one sometimes doesn’t outside, doesn’t castigate Jen Psaki or others who are speaking inside while not wearing a mask in contradiction to his executive order

Biden acknowledges frustration with Covid rules, but says lifting mask mandates is ‘premature.’

President Biden responded to American frustration with pandemic restrictions, saying that it was still too soon to lift indoor mask mandates, while suggesting that other restrictions may soon be able to end.

In the roughly 22-minute interview, some of which was previewed before Sunday, Mr. Biden said that decisions by some state governors last week to begin lifting indoor mask mandates were “probably premature,” but acknowledged that it was a “tough call.”

Most mandates will not expire immediately, though some, like Nevada’s, did. New York’s requirement that businesses ask customers for proof of vaccination or require mask wearing expired on Thursday.

A CBS poll taken last week found that a majority of Americans still support mask mandates, including in schools, but that many are exhausted and frustrated by the pandemic. Public health experts agree that mask requirements in schools should not last forever, but some experts say that lifting school mask mandates too early could jeopardize the progress made over the last few weeks as cases declined.

Is anyone in the news asking a rather relevant question, namely, if masks work so well, why was there this huge spike of Delta, and one of Omicron? They’re saying that masks are ending the Omicron, but, Omicron still happened despite masks.

Lester Holt, who hosted the NBC interview with Mr. Biden, said that many of the people in the audience of this year’s Super Bowl would not be wearing masks, in violation of local law in Inglewood, Calif.

“I love how people talk about personal freedom,” Mr. Biden said in response. “If your exercising personal freedom puts someone else in jeopardy, their health in jeopardy. I don’t consider that being very dealing with freedom.”

Said interview was inside, and, while Holt and Brandon were nicely distanced, neither is wearing a mask. But, Brandon wants you to wear a mask inside. And, no, he doesn’t like people having personal freedom.

There are lots and lots of photos and video of celebs and politicians not wearing masks, which is fine for them, because they aren’t school kids who have to wear them all day in LA public schools, right?

While there’s no school or city wide mask mandate in his city, there is one for being in government buildings.

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Your Fault: Winter Storms Caused By Heat Trapping Gases (part lots)

By William Teach February 14, 2022 – 7:00 am

The climate cult just won’t give up

How extreme winter storms are connected to climate change and hurting businesses

The second powerful winter storm of 2022 hit a large swath of the country in early February. It dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of New York and New England, brought a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow to our region, and frigid conditions all the way to Texas.

The storm impacted all kinds of businesses, like ProSource of Akron, Ohio, which sells wholesale flooring.

“The largest thing for us was our deliveries. People just don’t run a lot of semi-trucks when it’s storming like that,” said store manager John Reinart.

Business at ProSource slowed way down. Deliveries got pushed into the next week, few customers visited the showroom, and employees couldn’t get to work one morning. “This has been crazy,” Reinart said. “I’m turning 30 in April, and I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.”

You wouldn’t be surprised that this comes from government funded NPR, would you?

Several cities in the Northeastern US have seen record-setting snow in recent years.

It might seem contradictory to think that “global warming” will create historic snowfalls. But not to Jessica Spaccio, a climatologist with the Northeast Regional Climate Center,  managed by NOAA.

“We’re seeing not just even warming. What we’re seeing [is] more extreme events and changes and variability in our weather,” she said.

Does this mean there was no snow during the Little Ice Age? That the last glacial age was super warm? Anyhow, the piece continues to attempt to Justify the cult beliefs that cold and heavy snow is caused by carbon pollution.

Michigan ski resort chiefs call for climate action, reduce own emissions

Leaders at two up north ski resorts recently called for faster climate action – even federal carbon taxes – to stave off the effects of the escalating climate crisis on Michigan’s signature four seasons.

Chief executives at both Crystal Mountain and Boyne Mountain resorts in northern Lower Michigan said sustainability efforts at the all-seasons resorts may help offset their operational carbon footprints, but argued bigger, systems-wide actions are needed to prevent an irreparable intensification of the effects of climate change – effects that will impact not just resort operations, but everyone on the planet.

They could start by giving up the use of fossil fuels to heat, run, and maintain the resorts, and tell all skiers they are not allowed to arrive in fossil fueled vehicles. Let’s see how that goes.

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New Zealand, Australia Have Their Own Anti-Mandate Protests

By William Teach February 14, 2022 – 6:45 am

Australia has seen protests before, but, they were quickly squashed by over-zealous, violent policing. Looks like the Freedom Truckers movement is spreading. People are no longer cowed by government

New Zealand plays Barry Manilow to repel parliament protesters

Authorities in New Zealand have been playing Barry Manilow’s greatest hits in an attempt to dislodge protesters camped outside the parliament building.

Songs by the US singer are being played on a 15-minute loop, along with the Spanish dance tune, Macarena.

The demonstrators, who are angry at Covid-19 vaccine mandates, responded by playing songs such as Twisted Sister’s We’re Not Gonna Take It.

The protests began on Tuesday when a convoy of vehicles drove to parliament.

Inspired by large rallies against vaccine mandates in Canada, hundreds of protesters arrived in the capital, Wellington, to rally against Covid restrictions.

They adopted the name “Convoy for Freedom” and blocked streets in the city.

The Powers That Be do not like the servants daring to protest against government authority, hence, they’re trying to force them out. And, have arrested many for peaceably protesting.

Tactics used by the authorities to try and get rid of the protesters involved turning on the water sprinklers on the lawn where they were camped on Friday.

But protesters retaliated by digging trenches and building makeshift drainpipes to re-route the water, the Associated Press news agency reports.

New Zealanders might have been beaten down during the pandemic, because they rather had no choice. Many are no longer willing to take it.

Australian police urge protesters to leave capital

Australian police have given thousands of protesters until the end of Sunday to leave occupied areas of the country’s capital, as days-long rallies continue against COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Several thousand protesters remained in place at Canberra’s major showgrounds, while fewer than 100 demonstrators were gathered near the federal parliament building, an Australian Capital Territory (ACT) police spokesperson told Reuters.

No protesters in Canberra had been arrested so far on Sunday after three were detained on Saturday.

“They must be out by today,” the police spokesperson said, declining to say what action authorities would take if protesters refused to comply with demands to leave.

So far, they aren’t leaving. How dare the peasants refuse to Comply with their masters!

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 13, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible heat snow from carbon fueled bad weather, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The First Street Journal, with a post on neo-cons beating the drum for war.

It’s tight dresses week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach February 13, 2022 – 10:09 am

Patriotic Pinup Elvgren

Happy Sunday! It’s another great day in the Once And Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and it should be an epic Super Bowl. This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Blazing Cat Fur covers what the people of Ontario are saying about the Freedom Truckers protest
  2. Chicks On The Right discusses the radical Woke US military not standing a chance
  3. Da Techguy’s Blog has 5 things that show people they’re the baddies for going against the Freedom Truckers
  4. Flag And Cross highlights the insanity of Biden’s DOE nuclear department
  5. Geller Report shows the Freedom Convoy going global
  6. Gen Z Conservative discusses the HUNTER Act
  7. IOTW Report wonders why WOKEism is so attractive to people
  8. Legal Insurrection highlights what the media did to exalt USA’s first black Skeleton competitor
  9. Moonbattery covers the Left hating on Asians
  10. neo-neocon shows the kids being mask free in Las Vegas
  11. Outside The Beltway discusses who decides the misinformation
  12. Pacific Pundit notes a CNN contributor telling people to slash tires of truckers
  13. Raised On Hoecakes covers a mayor saying ice fishing leads to prostitution
  14. White House Dossier notes Jill Biden helping to mess up the Afghanistan withdrawl
  15. And last, but, not least, The Feral Irishman covers the mayor of Boston’s crazy answers

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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