NY Times, State Department Provide Serious Hot Takes On Cuban Protests

By William Teach July 12, 2021 – 7:28 am

The Cuban people have taken to the streets, and we get

Liberals in America have the Freedom to hate on the U.S. Flag, the symbol of freedom the world over. So

Perhaps it’s just a poor choice of words to write “”Freedom” and other anti-government slogans” in that manner, especially when we are talking about a Communist dictatorship. But, this is the NY Times, so, it’s just horrible. They could have written “shouting freedom and other pro-liberty slogans.” None of which the Times bothers to mention. Especially when

Within hours of the extraordinary events, the president broke into national television programming to urge government supporters to hit the streets and confront the protesters. He blamed the United States for restricting exports, access to funds and travel to Cuba, which led to widespread shortages.

“We call all revolutionaries to hit the streets to defend the revolution everywhere,” the president said. He added that people loyal to the revolution were willing to give their lives to defend the government. “Over our dead bodies,” he said. “We are prepared to do anything.”

Well, not the dead bodies of President Miguel Díaz-Canel nor other big shot government members. Then there’s the U.S. State Dept

(Fox News) The U.S. State Department was criticized Sunday over a tweet that tied the historic protests that broke out in Cuba to COVID-19 concerns in the country where people have been living under communism for decades.

Julie Chung, the acting assistant secretary for the department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, posted, “Peaceful protests are growing in Cuba as the Cuban people exercise their right to peaceful assembly to express concern about rising COVID case/deaths & medicine shortage. We commend the numerous efforts of the Cuban people mobilizing donations to help neighbors.”

Reports out of the country said protesters chanted “Freedom,” “Enough,” and “We Want Liberty.” Critics say the COVID-19 crisis seems to be on the periphery of the country’s discontent.

So glad out State Dept is there to spin it in a way to help out the communist government. But, then

Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, took to Twitter to say the “U.S. supports freedom of expression and assembly across Cuba, and would strongly condemn any violence or targeting of peaceful protesters who are exercising their universal rights.”

Well, that’s interesting, since the Biden admin is arresting people who protested on January 6th, and simply walked around the Congressional Building, taking selfies, even staying within the roped lines. And then locked Washington down, keeping Citizens away from the capital.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 11, 2021 – 7:09 pm

…is coffee which will soon be grown in the Arctic, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Never Yet Melted, with a post on a 700 year old manuscript by Dante Alighieri.

It’s coffee week. A bit late, went to get a new TV today, spaced out.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach July 11, 2021 – 9:49 am

Patriotic Pinup Arthur Sarnoff

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in the Once and Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the bunnies are hopping (everywhere), and Government is dropping most COVID restrictions. This pinup is by Arthur Sarnoff, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Climate Change Dispatch discusses the danger of Biden’s green power plan
  2. No Tricks Zone highlights a study showing no notable changes on cyclone energy
  3. 357 Magnum covers the notion that being drunk can be hazardous to your health
  4. Blazing Cat Fur notes churches being burned with government approval
  5. Busted Knuckles discusses creepy HHS head Becerra
  6. Cold Fury has a tale of two elites
  7. Common Cents Blog features Tucker discussing why so many think 2020 was stolen
  8. Datechguy’s Blog highlights Toyota going woke
  9. Gen Z Conservative says it’s time to Cancel California
  10. hogewash features the awesomeness of space with Barnard 68, a dark absorption nebula
  11. IOTW Report states why cameras in classrooms is a good thing
  12. Irons In the Fire covers why professional journalists are not to be trusted
  13. Legal Insurrection discusses the left’s reimagined policing programs
  14. Moonbattery discusses Buffalo’s crazy Leftist incoming mayor’s agenda.
  15. And last, but not least, MOTUS A.D. highlights avoiding the plague

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.

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?

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Kamala Harris Slammed For Essentially Calling Rural People Tech Illiterate Hicks On Voting ID

By William Teach July 11, 2021 – 8:36 am

It seems like a small thing. Kamala thought she was making a good point, especially when almost no rural whites would be tuning in to BET to see the interview. But, deep down, it shows the contempt Democrats have for rural folks

Harris slammed for saying voter-ID laws wouldn’t work for rural voters

spite houseVice President Kamala Harris was criticized Saturday for suggesting that rural Americans wouldn’t be able to comply with new voter-ID laws because they lack photocopying equipment.

Harris was asked on BET-TV about whether she believes there is room for compromise with Republicans on measures requiring voters to include a copy of identification with their ballots.

“I don’t think that we should underestimate what that could mean, because, in some people’s mind, that means, well, you’re going to have to Xerox or photocopy your ID to send it in to prove that you are who you are,” the Democrat told host Soledad O’Brien in an interview aired Friday night.

“There are a whole lot of people, especially people who live in rural communities, who don’t — there’s no Kinko’s, there’s no Office Max near them,” Harris continued.

Rural people aren’t dumb. Sure, there are some who are, just like in the Democrats big cities. But, a lot of them have college degrees in things like agriculture, which all city dwelling Democrats to actually eat. They know you don’t need a Kinkos (Someone let Kamala know that they have pretty much changed their name to Kinkos/Fedex), and usually no one says the Kinkos part anymore): they can take a photo of their ID, send it to their email, and print it. And, really, most of those folks are patriotic and will drive an hour to vote, knowing that the voting precinct is run by Republicans so it will not be a clusterf**k like Democrat run ones.

Critics blasted Harris on social media over the comments.

“Kamala and her party think rural communities don’t have cars, or shopping, or retail, or internet, or phones, or computers or mailboxes,” conservative commentator Steven L Miller posted on Twitter.

“This reminds me that they made Kamala Harris who has only ever lived in cities an envoy to rural Americans,” freelance journalist Zaid Jilani wrote.

And more

  • ‘I live on top of a mountain on the WV/VA border and I can photocopy my ID. I mean I do it while moonshining White Lightning while dueling banjos play in the background but I can still do it,’ one person tweeted.
  • ‘I grew up in a rural community without an OfficeMax or a Kinkos and I managed to successfully make photocopies of things on many occasions,’ another wrote.
  • Another critic called the claim ‘insulting and untrue’ and added, ‘Bottom line: Kamala, you need to start forgetting all about 2024 before the Democrats do it for you.’

Really, this goes back to Democrats referring to those areas as Flyover country, Jesusland, and Fuckistan. There’s a contempt for rural folks from Democrats, and then they wonder why they don’t vote Democrat.

Harris’ remarks come as Congress fiercely debates a proposal to pass a sweeping Democratic bill on elections, which would create universal mail-in voting and same-day registration in every state, among many other changes.

For their part, Republicans show no sign of willingness to engage with Democrats on the issue.

‘The states created the federal government, and it´s not up to Chuck or Nancy or anyone else in Washington, D.C., to tell Arizona or anyone else how they should conduct an election,’ Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, who was a party in the case, said on Fox News.

Democrats may be “supporting” voter ID now, but, when they’ll spike it when they actually try and pass the bill.

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Your Fault: 8 Billion Could Maybe Possibly Be At Risk From Malaria And Dengue

By William Teach July 10, 2021 – 3:00 pm

Gee, if only enviro-weenies hadn’t banned the use of DDT. And you hadn’t taken that fossil fueled trip to the beach

Climate crisis ‘may put 8bn at risk of malaria and dengue’

More than 8 billion people could be at risk of malaria and dengue fever by 2080 if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise unabated, a new study says.

Malaria and dengue fever will spread to reach billions of people, according to new projections.

Researchers predict that up to 4.7 billion more people could be threatened by the world’s two most prominent mosquito-borne diseases, compared with 1970-99 figures.

The figures are based on projections of a population growth of about 4.5 billion over the same period, and a temperature rise of about 3.7C by 2100.

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Malaria kills more than 400,000 people every year, mostly children, according to the World Health Organization. In 2019, more than 90% of an estimated 230m cases occurred in Africa. Currently, artemisinin-based combination therapy is the best available treatment for the most dangerous form of malaria, P falciparum, which accounts for 90% of cases.

Dengue has no specific treatment. The disease is under-reported, with almost half the world’s population at risk. Dengue is estimated to infect 100 million to 400 million people every year, killing 20,000.

And this is going to jump to 8 billion? “If” temps jump 6.66F by 2100. Despite it being just 1.5F since 1850.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 10, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil carbon pollution infused beer, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jihad Watch, with a post on a Canadian government rep handing out a map which erases Israel.

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Follow The Science: California To Continue Requiring Masks For Schoolkids

By William Teach July 10, 2021 – 10:30 am

These would be the masks that Fauci said pretty much didn’t work, right?

California to require masks at schools, though CDC says they’re not needed if vaccinated

California will continue to require masks in school settings, state health officials announced Friday, even though federal health authorities released new guidelines saying vaccinated students and teachers no longer need to wear masks inside campus buildings.

“Masking is a simple and effective intervention that does not interfere with offering full in-person instruction,” said California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Mark Ghaly. “At the outset of the new year, students should be able to walk into school without worrying about whether they will feel different or singled out for being vaccinated or unvaccinated — treating all kids the same will support a calm and supportive school environment.”

The recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which also said schools should try and keep desks three feet apart, are not a mandate. The CDC guidance said prevention strategies, including indoor masking, should be utilized when it’s not possible to maintain a distance of at least three feet in the classroom.

Ghaly said that not all school facilities in the state can accommodate physical distancing and “we will align with the CDC by implementing multiple layers of mitigation strategies, including continued masking and robust testing capacity.” The state’s directive would also “ensure that all kids are treated the same,” the California Department of Public Health said.

So, even for kids who have been vaccinated, they have to wear masks? Despite CDC guidance? Despite masks not working? Sounds more like ignore the science and follow the politics of Listen To Government. Gotta start that early with kids, right? I wonder if this will backfire, with the kids rebelling against Democratic Party non-science authoritarianism.

Meanwhile

What do you think? I know a lot are against this, I kinda like it. Need something between red and orange, like, I’m good with talking, but, don’t touch me and keep your distance.

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Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy Looking For Ways To Change Infrastructure Bill, Skyrocket Your Energy Bills

By William Teach July 10, 2021 – 8:25 am

And if you skyrocket your energy bills, you skyrocket your cost of living for food, housing, everything

Biden climate advisor pushes clean energy standard for Democrats’ priority bill

Gina McCarthy, a top advisor to President Biden on domestic climate policy, said administration officials and Democrats in Congress are still discussing how to include a clean-energy standard for utilities in broad infrastructure legislation this year.

“We continue to float ideas, and we’re sure we’re going to land in the best place,” she said in an interview with The Times on Friday.

Most of Biden’s initiatives to address climate change won’t make the cut in bipartisan infrastructure legislation being negotiated with a group of Republicans, a package focused on roads, bridges, water projects and broadband access. Administration officials want to include the clean energy standard in a second measure, one that’s more focused on programs for families and workers, that Democrats want to move as a so-called reconciliation bill, which under Senate rules would be protected from a Republican filibuster.

The clean-energy proposal is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the generation of electricity. Biden wants to ultimately produce all of the country’s electricity from carbon-free sources by 2035.

Here’s an idea: try and pass this on its own, a freestanding bill, rather than jamming it into the infrastructure bill. Let the House and Senate debate this on its own merits, rather than having a convoluted discussion on this and a whole lot of things in the infrastructure bill. Let’s hear the pros and cons, like, oh, hey, rolling brownouts and blackouts like in California. How the cost of energy in California is much higher than the other continental states, and much less reliable. How it’s really not the Constitutional duty of the federal government to institute a national standard, nor is it a job as laid out in the Constitution.

McCarthy described the clean energy standard as “an important anchor” for the administration’s climate goals.

“It will provide certainty about telling the utilities what the future needs to look like so they can continue to make their money and move forward and have a healthy system in place,” she said.

That would be up to the States. If California wants to crater their energy sector, let them. This is not an assigned power for Los Federales, it would be an un-Constitutional power grab, and all the GOP run states would immediately sue, just like with Obama’s Clean Power Plan.

The GOP should introduce a bill that restricts Biden, Harris, Kerry, and McCarthy, among others, from taking fossil fueled travel.

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Good News: Jan 6th Investigations Will Resurrect Democracy!

By William Teach July 10, 2021 – 8:08 am

My goodness, these people just don’t give up, eh? They’re utterly fine with BLM/Antifa firebombing buildings, including federal justice centers, assaulting people, including federal employees and law enforcement, looting, property destruction, creating their own little “autonomous zones”, and so forth. But, a few people became a bit crazy and mostly wandered around the Capital Building (owned by the People of the U.S.) and took selfies after someone opened the door, then left. Which caused Democrats to build all sorts of walls (walls work?) and pour tons of National Guard units (which Dems treated like crap) into D.C. like a third world hell hole. But

Investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection will resurrect democracy

On July 4, we celebrated the dawn of American democracy. This past Tuesday, July 6, marked the half-year anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, which many mourned as the democracy’s sunset.

Would this be the same Independence Day that so many Democrats offered lots of hate for? Hate for the nation, hate for the Flag?

It was democracy itself, not simply the Capitol, that was under siege. People who faithfully remember Independence Day should never forget the day that our Capitol — the people’s House — was taken over by an angry mob.

People who remember Independence Day remember what the people of that time did to break away from England. The mob actions taken. Taking up arms and fighting for Freedom.

If it had been solely up to Republicans, we likely would have already forgotten the onslaught against the democratic process or dismissed it as the behavior of unruly tourists. But Democrats and democracy prevailed.

These are the same people who equate what happened with 9/11, when the only person killed, Ashli Babbitt, was shot by a police officer, and Democrats will not allow anyone to know the details. It will be interesting to see how Democrats try and block that information during the nutbag hearings?

The House committee should get clear answers to the complicated questions that surround the assault. Inquiring minds want to know what led to the insurrection and, more importantly, prevent anything like it from happening in the future.

Prevent? The Founders were all for insurrection for when the Government became tyranical and stopped listening to the Citizens. We are not here for Government. It’s the reverse.

As pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, McCarthy called the president, who, according to one account, said, “I guess those people are more upset about the election than you are.”

Well, yes. All these months later there are still tons of things that do not make sense.

The democratic experiment that started on July 4, 1776, is still a work in progress after 245 years. Americans have reformed the system over that time to make the political process truly democratic and inclusive, but we still have a long way to go.

Hopefully, the House inquiry and public reaction against the insurrection will stimulate a resurrection of American democracy.

What process is this supposed to fix? Blowing past the stupid “democracy” thing, no need for that discussion yet again, is it that Democrats want to restrict free speech? How about protesting? Petitioning for redress of grievance?

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Toyota Wimps Out, Will No Longer Donate To Certain GOP Officials

By William Teach July 9, 2021 – 6:00 pm

Toyota was put in a lose-lose situation

Toyota changes stand, halts donations to election objectors

Toyota has reversed itself and now says its political action committee will no longer contribute to the Republican legislators who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory.

The move by the Japanese automaker comes after a social media backlash over the contributions, including threats to stop buying the company’s vehicles.

“We understand that the PAC decision to support select members of Congress who contested the results troubled some stakeholders,” Toyota said in a statement Thursday. “We are actively listening to our stakeholders, and at this time, have decided to stop contributing to those members of Congress who contested the certification of certain states in the 2020 election.”

Last week the website Axios reported that Toyota led companies in donations to the 147 members of Congress who voted in January against certifying election results on the false grounds that the election was stolen from then-President Donald Trump. (snip)

The company took input from employees and government officials, Vazin said. But the most important factor was customer feedback, he said. “That really drives our decision making,” he said.

Well, Republicans purchase quite a few vehicles from Toyota, too, so, now they will be facing lost sales from those consumers going elsewhere. Now that Toyota has given in to the Online Outrage Mobs, they will be susceptible to more blackmail from the unhinged online.

Oh, hey, just wondering if Toyota will donate to the Democrats who spread the Russia Russia Russia hoax for four years?

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