Surprise: Warmists Want Global Authority To Fight Climate Crisis (scam) By Taking Your Money

By William Teach December 9, 2023 – 3:00 pm

Remember, this is all about science, not government controlling people’s lives and taking their money

Cop28: how to fight climate change when we don’t even have a commander?

Whether we care about the battle against climate change, we are all going to have to help pay for it – either directly through higher taxes or indirectly through having part of our savings and investment diverted to the fight.

As things are, we pay taxes and then assume we’ve done our bit in battling global warming but much of the money we invest (or which is invested on our behalf) in stock markets will also need to be diverted to the fight.

At least Warmist Anthony Rowley admits it’s about taking your money

How can a universal challenge such as global warming possibly be met by anything other than a coordinated global response? The logical answer is that it can’t, but logic stands little chance against politics and nationalism.

Unfortunately, such critical factors were largely ignored or obscured in the torrent of words and reports flowing from the Cop28 United Nations climate change meeting in Dubai, which has had more of a commercial than conference-like atmosphere.

It would be comical, were it not potentially tragic, that we are entering an existential battle – that’s not too strong a term – against climate change with no clear idea of how much it’s going to cost, who’s going to pay and who’s in charge.

Let them pay for it themselves if they believe so much

ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) investing and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals will not cut it, nor will the hollow promise of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) to put up big money. We are talking multitrillion, not multibillion, sums.

Such sums can only come from our savings, which are entrusted to pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds and the like, and invested in stock markets. But that will require new listed investment vehicles dedicated to financing the climate change fight.

Either that or having multilateral development banks, such as the World Bank and regional development banks, issue securities into which savings can be directed. Whichever way, the world needs to get real and serious about the climate issue.

Surprise? Remember this from 2019

Another emerging theme from the survey is that people do not want to spend their own money to combat climate change. Thirty-seven percent do not want to pay any additional taxes, and only 14 percent are willing to pay even $1 more a month.

And this

For example, while nearly half of adults say they would be willing to pay a $2 monthly tax on their electricity bills to help combat climate change, just over a quarter say they are willing to pay $10 extra each month. And while two-thirds support stricter fuel-efficiency standards for the nation’s cars and trucks, increases in the gas tax remain deeply unpopular.

They should do more polls today, see if Warmists are willing to pony up their own money.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 9, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is a road meant for Evil fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Legal Insurrection, with a post on a boy winning a female Irish dancing competition.

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Mayor Of Sanctuary City Chicago Files Suits Against Bus Companies

By William Teach December 9, 2023 – 10:30 am

It’s just so strange that a self-described sanctuary city is rebelling against all those illegal aliens being shipped to the city

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration begins filing lawsuits against operators of ‘rogue buses’ of migrants

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has quietly begun filing lawsuits over what it has described as “rogue buses” transporting migrants, an escalation the mayor has coupled with an attempt to further crack down on the transportation companies.

The stepped-up enforcement is the Johnson administration’s latest effort to address the influx of new arrivals, which has become one of the mayor’s most vexing challenges. The care of more than 24,400 migrants who have arrived in Chicago since August 2022 has taken on heightened urgency as winter sets in, and tested the limits of how welcoming the city can be.

The city has filed 55 lawsuits since it implemented new rules about when and where buses can arrive in mid-November, the Law Department said. The lawsuits address 77 total buses accused of violating the rules, and public records show at least some cases are seeking fines against the bus companies.

Mayor’s office spokesman Cassio Mendoza in a statement characterized “rogue, uncoordinated” buses as endangering the lives of newly arriving migrants, and said bus companies should be held accountable.

Obviously, the idea here is to scare bus companies into refusing all charters of illegals from areas, mostly Texas, which are shipping the illegals to Chicago. Instead of being warm and welcoming to illegals, Chicago is denying their basic human rights (to use leftist language)

Chicago “continues to welcome asylum-seekers but the city cannot safely and efficiently shelter migrants when bus companies, contracted by the State of Texas, flagrantly violate all safety measures that the city has put in place,” he said.

They literally put the rules in place as illegals were being shipped. Like, Friday, with the final rules still waiting to be passed in full by the city council. So, exactly how do you sue over rules not even passed?

The city announced it would crack down on buses in mid-November, laying out rules for when and where buses could drop off migrants. Buses were capped at two per hour, and limited to drop-offs between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The rules also require intercity buses to apply for approval from the city to drop off passengers. The Chicago Department of Transportation said it has not received any applications.

Under these recently passed “rules” buses can be impounded and owners fined $3,000, for which the SCC will dispatch the police to intercept them. Because there’s no raging crime in Chicago and the police have nothing better to do. What the city wants to do is force buses to drop the illegals off in certain spots, away from the middle and upper class folks, when they can’t stop the buses overall.

This means that any bus crossing from a different city in Illinois into SCC for, say, a Bears, Blackhawks, or Cubs game would need to apply to the city for permission. The rules also violate interstate commerce. The state could possibly pass a law, but, the city has not constitutional authority. Seriously, it’s all fun and games being a sanctuary city in theory, but much different and a lot more expensive when it becomes the reality.

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Climate Cult Fascists Demands End To Natural Gas

By William Teach December 9, 2023 – 7:00 am

After taking long fossil fueled trips to Dubai, the little dictators have demands

Green groups at COP28 demand U.S. halt support for LNG

More than 250 environmental and community groups on Thursday called on the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to halt its support for liquefied natural gas (LNG) due to the super-cooled fuel’s contribution to climate change.

The groups, led by Friends of the Earth, released a letter to Biden at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where dozens of nations are pushing for a global agreement to phase out use of CO2-emitting fossil fuels like LNG.

LNG is natural gas used for heating and electricity that has been cooled to a liquid state for shipping and storage. Climate activists advocate for phasing out fossil fuels like LNG and replacing them with renewable sources like wind and solar.

The letter demands that the administration stop permitting new LNG facilities and cease financial and diplomatic support for the industry.

I suspect most of them do not live in cold areas that get lots of snow, and do not take well to solar and wind, or remote areas where they can’t run long electric lines. Or areas where it is cloudy a lot. These wackos are always demanding that Everyone comply with their cult beliefs. It’s not like “About 60% of U.S. homes use natural gas for space and water heating, cooking, and drying clothes.”

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US Vetoes UN Resolution Demanding Cease Fire

By William Teach December 9, 2023 – 6:45 am

Well, this is sure to infuriated Biden’s Hamas loving and Jew hating base

US vetoes Security Council resolution for humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

The United States on Friday used its veto power in the United Nations Security Council to block the passage of a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire that would require Israel to halt its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The U.S. opposed the draft resolution because the text was “divorced from reality,” said Robert Wood, Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs, in remarks to the Security Council.

“We still cannot comprehend why the resolution’s authors declined to include language condemning Hamas’ horrific terrorist attack on Israel on October 7,” Wood said, explaining that other recommended provisions raised by the U.S. were ignored.

Thirteen members of the Security Council voted in favor of the resolution, which was put forward by the United Arab Emirates, which holds the presidency of the council for December.

The United Kingdom abstained. The U.S., as one of five permanent members, holds veto power.

The UN has always been full of Israel and Jew haters, and it is very sad to see the UK abstaining, and, apparently, France and Canada voting for the resolution, despite it being almost one side against Israel.

But Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, accused the council of holding double standards against Israel for failing to invoking Article 99 for other global crises, including Russia’s war in Ukraine, Syrian President Bashar Assad’s use of chemical weapons in Syria and Yemen’s civil war.

“Despite the immense global impact of other conflicts and far more pressing threats to international peace and security, Israel’s defensive war against Hamas, a designated terrorist organization, was the catalyst for activating Article 99,” Erdan said.

Domestically, this has led to the Hamas supporting/Jew hating Democratic Party based to go full apoplexy, pledging they will not vote for Biden in 2024.

Elsewhere

(Jerusalem Post) Families of Israelis being held hostage by Hamas were reprimanded by representatives of the Red Cross in a meeting earlier this week, with the Red Cross telling one family they need to “think about the Palestinian side,” KAN reported on Thursday night.

Roni and Simona, the parents of Doron Steinbrecher who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from Kfar Azza on October 7, were invited to a meeting with the Red Cross earlier this week.

Doron needs a medication she takes daily and her parents thought that the Red Cross was finally willing to transfer the medication to her, but instead they were sat down and reprimanded by representatives of the Red Cross.

“Think about the Palestinian side,” the representatives of the Red Cross told Simona, according to KAN. “It’s hard for the Palestinians, they’re being bombed.”

The Red Cross has long been an organization that has protected groups like Hamas, so, this is not surprising.

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All Sorts Of Elected Officials Take Long Fossil Fueled Trips To Dubai

By William Teach December 8, 2023 – 4:20 pm

Are there any who sailed over?

U.S. mayors and governors are in Dubai to discuss climate change

NPR’s Michel Martin talks to Barbara Buffaloe, mayor of Columbia, Mo., who’s part of the U.S. Conference of Mayors delegation at the summit, to talk about her city’s effort to tackle climate change. (and at no point did Michel ask why Barbara took that fossil fueled trip)

Leaders from around the world are gathered in Dubai for COP 28, the U.N.’s annual summit on climate action. They’re trying to hammer out a plan for how to transition the world away from fossil fuels. But the tough work of actually implementing that plan, if one emerges, won’t be done in most places by prime ministers and presidents. It will fall to leaders who are closer to the ground, like mayors. More than 250 governors and mayors are at COP 28 now. Six are from the U.S., and one of them is Barbara Buffaloe, who is the mayor of Columbia, Mo., and Mayor Buffaloe is with us now from Dubai. Mayor, hello. Thank you so much for joining us.

MARTIN: People are always mad when mayors travel. They’re, you know, and, I mean, somebody’s always mad.

BUFFALOE: Yeah.

MARTIN: They’re like, why aren’t you here to do this thing – this one thing.

BUFFALOE: Yes.

MARTIN: But one of the reasons that people do travel is so that they can get ideas and inspiration from their colleagues around the country or around the world who are dealing with similar things.

BUFFALOE: Exactly.

Yeah, they can hold Zoom calls for that. No need to blow out of your city, unless you’re looking for a nice taxpayer funded working vacation.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 8, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is orange juice from oranges that will soon grow in Siberia, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post on illegals leaving a national monument covered in feces.

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SCNY Mayor Adams Says SCNYers Mad About All The Illegals In SCNY

By William Teach December 8, 2023 – 10:30 am

It’s a real shame when people are forced to practice their beliefs, eh?

NYC Mayor Adams says New Yorkers ‘angry’ over migrant crisis as he heads to DC

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says that New Yorkers “need help” with the sanctuary city’s migrant crisis and are “angry” at the federal government as he traveled to Washington D.C. to meet with congressional leaders and appeal for more federal aid.

“We need help,” Adams said on the plane to D.C., adding that “New Yorkers are angry.”

“The asylum seeker crisis is a national problem and it needs a national solution,” he said.

Why would they be angry? They proclaimed their love for illegals by voting Democrat and making NYC a sanctuary city. Shouldn’t they be dancing in the streets and celebrating? I’m sure this national solution to the national problem includes shutting the borders as much as possible, deporting all those who are here who do not qualify for asylum, ending the asylum system, and ending the practice of bringing in large groups of refugees from countries that hate America and refuse to assimilate, right?

Adams has claimed it is a problem that the federal government should be dealing with. On Thursday, outside of Capitol Hill, Adams said that the city needs “a real decompression strategy” involving more migrants being given the right to work. He also said that he and other mayors who have called for more aid from the federal government are expanding their coalition.

Sounds like SCNY needs a whole lot more illegals shipped in. Meanwhile

(The Hill) An overwhelming majority of New York City voters are concerned about accommodating migrants, according to a new poll.

The latest Quinnipiac University poll found that 85 percent of New York City voters are either very concerned or somewhat concerned that the city will not be able to accommodate the surge in migrants who have sought sanctuary in the city. City officials have been sounding the alarm on the migrant crisis for months, warning that they do not have the resources to meet the demand.

In addition, 62 percent of voters said they agreed with New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s statement from September, where he said that an influx of migrants will “destroy” the city. Another 33 percent said they disagreed.

Bummer. Perhaps they should have thought about the consequences beforehand?

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Bummer: Only Half Of Youts Can Pick The RightThink Definition Of ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach December 8, 2023 – 7:15 am

What is climate? It’s the long term averages of the weather. Those change over time. Sometimes it is a cooling period, sometimes a warming period. The debate is on causation. In Climate Cult world, though

Only half of young people have clear idea of climate change: poll

While most children and young people have heard of climate change, only half of them understand what it is, a new poll shows.

On average, 85 percent of young people aged 15-24 surveyed in 55 countries said they have heard of climate change, yet only 50 percent chose the correct definition, according to a poll by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Gallup, whose results were released on Thursday.

The young people were asked to select between “seasonal changes in weather that occur every year” and “more extreme weather events and a rise in average world temperatures resulting from human activity” to gauge their knowledge of climate change.

The “more extreme changes” response was the correct answer as defined in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The poll was released as world leaders are gathering in Dubai for this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP28).

Man, it’s a real shame when the indoctrination can only hit 50% on what is a non-scientific definition meant to scare people.

“Young people have been some of the biggest heroes in driving action to address the impact of climate change,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell in a press release. “They have been calling for climate action on the streets or in meeting rooms, and we need to do even more to ensure that all children and young people understand the crisis that hangs over their future.”

No, some have been calling for changes (and then take long fossil fueled trips to climate conferences while wearing tons of fast fashion). The rest seem to only pay lip-service as they’re too busy doing challenges and dances on TikTok and taking fossil fueled trips to take selfies.

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IDF Forces A Whole Bunch Of Hamas Members To Surrender

By William Teach December 8, 2023 – 7:00 am

At least 150 of them felt pretty good when they were attacking civilians, but, when it’s an actual fighting force?

Footage shows numerous Gaza terror suspects who apparently surrendered to IDF troops

Several clips and photos circulating on social media Thursday showed dozens of Palestinians rounded up by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza after apparently surrendering to troops, as the military pressed its campaign in the territory.

The men, suspected of involvement with Hamas and other terror groups, were seen stripped down to their underwear, blindfolded, and with their hands tied behind their backs, being held by Israeli troops in Palestine Square in Gaza City, in Jabaliya, and in other areas in the northern Strip.

In one clip, a group was seen being transported in the back of Israeli military vehicles.

IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari appeared to confirm in his evening briefing that the men had surrendered to the army, in response to a question on the matter.

Raping, torturing, and killing unarmed women and babies is easy, makes them feel tough. Then they face armed soldiers

Of course, all the Hamas supporters and Jew haters are claiming these men are actually civilians, some dragged out of schools (you know, the schools hiding Hamas weapons and control centers). If they’d all surrender and release the hostages unharmed this could all end.

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