Tone Deaf: Teacher’s Mental Health Is Suffering During COVID

By William Teach January 4, 2021 – 3:08 pm

I’m just wondering who at USA Today thought this article was a good idea

During the pandemic, teachers’ mental health is suffering in ways they’ve never experienced

Carly Evans never missed her weekly appointment with her therapist. She called it her “maintenance” — it kept everything in her life running smoothly.

That changed in September, when Evans, a high school English and drama teacher and mother of three, found herself juggling an impossible burden: educating students in a pandemic while stewarding her own family through the crisis.

“I wish I could say, ‘I’m handling it so well and am on it everyday,’” she said. “I’m not.” (snip through all her life problems that are supposed to apply to all teachers, of course)

Since summer, experts have warned that the mental health of the nation’s teachers — a category dominated 3 to 1 by women — could suffer when school resumed. That prediction appears to be bearing out. Many say their psychological well-being is suffering in ways they’ve hardly ever experienced.

This keeps going on and on, a big woe is me for the teachers. And, sure, they’re suffering. But, they’re working. How many missed a paycheck, this year? Lots of mothers and fathers have been and still are having trouble juggling everything. Many parents cannot go back to work because so many government officials are keeping schools closed, and so many teachers and teacher’s unions want to keep it to remote learning only, so, someone has to be with the kids when they’re home all day. Not everyone can work remotely.

Yes, yes, most teachers are good people. I know a lot in my personal and business life. Seriously, the condemnation is more on USA Today for trotting out this piece about people who have never missed their government paycheck being Victims. Perhaps they should do it on all those who were out of work for months, who were only making a pittance of what they did, those still out of work, those who are in danger of being evicted or foreclosed, having their vehicles repossessed, and so forth.

“It’s like that trauma response where you cannot look forward. You just live day to day,” Herda said. “That’s the way I’m making it through.”

Welcome to our world, people who never missed a paycheck.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 4, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Flopping Aces, with a post on a new declaration for American citizens empowered by an old Constitution.

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St. Greta Is Not Telling Anyone What To Do Or Something

By William Teach January 4, 2021 – 10:30 am

How dare you question her on her telling politicians to pass all sorts of legislation!

Greta Thunberg at 18: I’m not telling anyone what to do

St. GretaEnvironmental  Climate crisis (scam) campaigner Greta Thunberg says she holds no grudges against people who fly or decide to have children.

In an interview to mark her 18th birthday, the Swedish activist said she had stopped buying new clothes as a way of cutting down on unnecessary consumption. But she offered a relaxed view when asked about celebrities who trumpet their environmental awareness yet contribute to carbon emissions by using passenger aircraft.

She did say, however, such figures could be accused of hypocrisy.

“I don’t care,” Ms Thunberg, who usually travels overseas by boat, told The Sunday Times magazine.

“I’m not telling anyone else what to do, but there is a risk when you are vocal about these things and don’t practise as you preach, then you will become criticised for that and what you are saying won’t be taken seriously.”

Well, yeah, you will be criticized. Because if you’re demanding that government pass all sorts of restrictions on Other People’s lives, freedom, liberty, and choice, along with jacking up their cost of living and taking their hard earned money, all while refusing to practice what you preach, that is a problem. The thing is, St. Greta has been Demanding that governments around the world pass all sorts of climate crisis scam legislation. That was the whole point of her “how dare you!” speech at the United Nations. She may not be telling individuals what to do, but, she’s telling governments. Which will impact individuals.

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Bummer: Michigan Winters Could Maybe Possibly Be Coming To An End

By William Teach January 4, 2021 – 9:04 am

Climate cultists love them some “end of winter!” prognostications, eh? Of course, when snow and winter weather keeps happening, and sometimes you get massive winter storms, they also blame that on you driving a fossil fueled vehicle to get a nice burger

Michigan winters, as generations have known them, may be coming to an end

Karl Schwartz wishes he was simply chasing glory on the snowmobile racing track. Instead, in recent years, he has been forced to chase increasingly elusive cold weather.

Schwartz, of Freeland, is president of the Midwest International Racing Association, a snowmobile racing circuit operating primarily in Michigan for more than 40 years. Their weekend races draw about 100 teams, hundreds of racers and crew members, and thousands more fans, usually as part of a local community’s winter festival.

But each year, as Michigan’s climate changes, it’s getting harder to do.

“We race on ice, not snow,” he said. “We don’t need snow — we need cold temperatures.”

The racers often compete on fairground horse tracks, flooded with hundreds of thousands of gallons of water to try to build a base of frozen ground that the racers’ machines will chew up over a weekend of competition. They need about two weeks of temperatures in the teens to create the proper conditions. With increasing frequency, that’s becoming near-impossible to find, Schwartz said.

First off, the climate changes, as it has done multiple times throughout the Holocene (not too mention the previous 4.5 billion years). The climate is not stable. There’s not reason to assign witchcraft, er, Other People’s carbon footprint, to causation. Of course, the ironic part here is that these folks are whining about anthropogenic climate change while driving lots and lots of fossil fueled vehicles to these race tracks to race….fossil fueled snowmobiles. With lots of people driving fossil fueled vehicles to the track to watch them race.

Michigan’s cold, snowy winters, and a way of life built around them, are being disrupted by climate change. And for winter festivals reliant on cold, snow and ice — and communities reliant on the economic boost at a slow time that those festivals bring — it’s causing some scrambling to adapt, and even to survive.

The Great Lakes region has seen a larger increase in annual average temperatures than the rest of the continental U.S. And “winters are getting warmer more quickly than the summers are,” said Richard Rood, a professor in climate and space sciences and engineering at the University of Michigan.

Have you ever noticed that everywhere seems to have a larger increase in annual average temperatures than the rest of nation/world?

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Dr. Fauci Floats Making COVID19 Vaccine Mandatory

By William Teach January 4, 2021 – 8:49 am

Personally, I think it is a really, really good idea to get the vaccine if you haven’t already had Wuhan Flu so do not have the antibodies. I’ll take it when I can get it. I plan to let pharmacies near me to put me on a waiting list when they have it, because, sometimes people do not show for their appointment, and, rather than waste the rest of the doses, you can get on. But, to think about making it mandatory? That’s the best way to make people resist

Fauci Floats Possibility That COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Mandatory For School And Travel

In an interview with Newsweek, Dr. Anthony Fauci floated the possibility that the coronavirus vaccine would be made mandatory for things like school and travel.

Dr. Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) explained that there could be a “possibility of introducing COVID-19 vaccine passports,” as well as making the vaccine mandatory at the local level, Newsweek reported.

When asked if there was the possibility that the vaccine could be mandatory for school Fauci explained, “That is possible but that’s something that’s mandated at the state level and city level. A citywide school system might require it in some cities but not other cities. And that’s what I mean by things not being done centrally but locally.”

When Fauci was asked of the possibility that the vaccine would be mandatory for travel he responded, “That is quite possible.”

However, Fauci does not think that the coronavirus vaccine will be made mandatory at the federal level. “We almost never mandate things federally [with regards to health],” he explained.

“I’m not sure it’s [the COVID-19 vaccine] going to be mandatory from a central government standpoint, like federal government mandates. But there are going to be individual institutions that I’m sure are going to mandate it.”

See, the problem here is that once a major player starts floating it, it starts happening. You start having companies require their employees to get it, you start having airlines require it to fly, you start having schools require it to attend in person, and so forth, at least when it is widely available. What happens when China Joe makes it mandatory for federal employees and those visiting federal properties? Which would, of course, mean that Los Federales would be shifting vaccine availability to federal workers.

People will resist, just like so many did with masks. Not that the masks really work, they mostly just make people feel better.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 3, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is a too bright day from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is No Tricks Zone, with a post on wildfires and ocean heat going down.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach January 3, 2021 – 9:06 am

Patriotic Pinup Peter Dribben

Happy Sunday! Another fantastic day in America. Some rain for the plants, we’re in a new decade (yes, technically 2021 starts the 3rd decade), and the Giants actually have a chance to win the NFC East with a 6-10 record. This pinup is by Peter Driben, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Legal Insurrection discusses 12 GOP Senators demanding electoral audit in disputed states
  2. Maggie’s Farm covers Queen Pelosi’s house being vandalized
  3. Moonbattery notes govt wasting money on a smart toilet
  4. neo-neocon highlights the “no evidence” of election fraud
  5. Powerline covers election challenges then and now
  6. The Gateway Pundit notes a bill in New York to detain “disease carriers”
  7. The Last Refuge highlights Portland mayor Ted Wheeler finally noticing the violence
  8. The Lid discusses thousands of sex offenders in California being eligible for early release
  9. The Other McCain shows the homicide increase in Democrat run Chicago
  10. Weasel Zippers notes a report of ballots being scanned 5 times in Fulton County
  11. Independent Sentinel explains how the certification will go down on the 6th
  12. Watts Up With That? covers good news being portrayed as disaster
  13. Not A Lot Of People Know That says to resist green tyranny in 2021
  14. Jo Nova wonders what the odds are that all dumps favored China Joe
  15. And last, but not least, Green Jihad highlights the problem with Tik Tok nurses

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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Los Angeles “Superspreader Task Force” Arrest Hundreds At New Year’s Parties

By William Teach January 3, 2021 – 7:46 am

U.S. citizens in Los Angeles County decided to express their Constitutional Right to freedom of association at what were called superspreader parties. I’ll say it was pretty dumb to go to parties, but, you know what? This is still supposed to be America, and the federal and California constitutions allow Freedom of association. It allows people to be stupid and reckless with their own lives. So, what happened?

Los Angeles Superspreader Task Force Detains at Least 900 at NYE Parties

The Los Angeles County Superspreader Task Force detained at least 900 people after shutting down five New Year’s Eve parties.

The task force also arrested or issued 90 citations and recovered at least six guns at the parties, three of them being in downtown Los Angeles, Malibu, and Pomona, KTTV reported.

The Malibu party was held at an upscale home after it had been promoted on Instagram.

The sheriff’s department showed up in the middle of the party, warning the crowd via loudspeaker, “This is the LA County Sheriff’s Department. This superspreader party is now over. Anybody who refuses to leave will be subject to arrest.”

Hundreds of people were ordered to leave immediately or face arrest or citation.

There were at least two arrests and two guns confiscated at the Malibu party.

Interestingly, there was no big mass arrest of those involved in protests.  Anyhow, yes, there is actually a “Superspreader Task Force.” A giant group of police officers tasked with busting citizens for daring to not follow the dictates of the governor and lower level officials, orders that are against the constitutions. Meanwhile

(WPSD) Between January and October, there was a 29% increase in homicides compared to the same timeframe in 2019, according to a November report from the National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice. As of December 27, some of America’s largest cities saw dramatic increases as well, including Chicago (55%), New York (41%) and Los Angeles (30%).

Huh

(LA Times) His death and three other fatal shootings in L.A. from Saturday into Sunday morning — of a 50-year-old homeless man, a 20-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman — pushed Los Angeles, in an already historic year, to a bloody benchmark not seen in a decade: 300 homicides.

Killings are up 25% over last year and shootings are up more than 32%, mirroring increases in violence that are driving concerns in big cities across the nation. Last week, a pregnant woman was gunned down. Children and elderly residents have been killed. Of all the year’s victims, nearly 20% have been homeless. Gangs are suspected in many cases. (snip)

Instead, passion is lacking in the official response, he said. The roughly $3-billion police budget was cut this year by $150 million in the wake of widespread protests against police brutality and misconduct, and Moore said he is scrambling to put more officers on the street — particularly in South L.A., where much of the recent violence has been — as he is slashing specialized units and reducing overtime by half.

Huh

(LA Times) Faced with a growing financial crisis, Los Angeles city budget analysts recommended Friday that the city begin preparing for the elimination of nearly 1,900 filled positions, including 951 officers at the Police Department.

But, they can detail officers to deal with idiots at parties. And, you know how bad crime is?

(ABC7) Los Angeles city park rangers say there’s been a dramatic increase in crime and they need to protect themselves and guests. The L.A. City Council is now considering a motion to arm them.

But, hey, yeah, let’s waste the time of hundreds of officers.

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Good News: House Will Exempt Hotcoldwetdry Funding From Budget Limits

By William Teach January 2, 2021 – 3:00 pm

We should all be demanding that any House member that approves of this along with voting for climate crisis (scam) measures should have to stop using fossil fuels (especially those funded by the taxpayers), turn the heat down to 60 in their offices, and not get meat in the House cafeteria, among others

House rules would exempt coronavirus, climate bills from budget limits

The new rules package for the 117th Congress unveiled by House Democrats on Friday would grant a sweeping new exemption from deficit controls for legislation related to the coronavirus pandemic or efforts to curb climate change.

The text of the resolution, which House leaders expect to take up Monday, would provide House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., broad authority to “adjust” cost estimates for certain bills so that their budgetary impacts don’t count as increasing deficits under House rules.

In practice, the new section means legislation that fits within the two broad new categories doesn’t need to comply with appropriations limits affecting discretionary programs, or pay-as-you-go rules for measures affecting tax revenues and “direct spending,” otherwise known as mandatory programs. (snip)

The new language stipulates that “measures to prevent, prepare for, or respond to economic, environmental, or public health consequences resulting from climate change” wouldn’t be considered deficit-spending that requires offsets.

The same language applies to measures intended to address the “COVID-19 pandemic.” That could include much of the initiatives contained in earlier House Democratic relief packages that ranged in size from $2.4 trillion to $3.4 trillion in increased deficits.

I think we can all get the COVID part, but, this gives the unhinged climate cultists a chance to just waste taxpayer money willy-nilly on the climate change scam. And they will. If the GOP holds the Senate, will they hold strong on not passing this doomsday cult insanity?

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 2, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is a bridge that is either awesome because it’s for trains or horrible because it allows fossil fueled cars, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Don Surber, with a post on a teacher’s union rep fighting to close schools while vacationing in the Caribbean.

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