Scientists Predict 2023 To Be Warmest EVEH! As Year Ends

By William Teach November 8, 2023 – 3:02 pm

Funny how they never want to predict anything before a year starts

This year ‘virtually certain’ to be warmest in 125,000 years, EU scientists say

This year is “virtually certain” to be the warmest in 125,000 years, European Union scientists said on Wednesday, after data showed last month was the world’s hottest October in that period.

Last month smashed through the previous October temperature record, from 2019, by a massive margin, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said.

“The record was broken by 0.4 degrees Celsius, which is a huge margin,” said C3S Deputy Director Samantha Burgess, who described the October temperature anomaly as “very extreme”.

The heat is a result of continued greenhouse gas emissions from human activity, combined with the emergence this year of the El Nino weather pattern, which warms the surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Globally, the average surface air temperature in October was 1.7 degrees Celsius warmer than the same month in 1850-1900, which Copernicus defines as the pre-industrial period.

The record-breaking October means 2023 is now “virtually certain” to be the warmest year recorded, C3S said in a statement. The previous record was 2016 – another El Nino year.

So, pretty much natural variability during a Holocene warm period combined with a short term El Nino, but, it’s still all your fault.

This post-prediction is being repeated across the Credentialed Media, with many pushing for more government control of your life, obviously.

But none are asking the scientists to actually show hard measurements over the last 125K years, nor are any of the 15 or so articles I perused mentioning that most of that time period the Earth was in a glacial period, so, yeah, we would be warmer than that. Funny how inconvenient facts are avoided in favor of scaremongering.

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If All You See…

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

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

The blog of the day is Diogenes’ Middle Finger, with a post on King Charles trying to ban cigarettes for anyone born after 2009.

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Weird: Very Few Issues With Showing ID In Tuesday’s North Carolina Elections

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

It’s strange, because I’ve been reliably told that every black person in North Carolina would be unable to vote, because, according to Democrats, black people do not have ID, which is totally not racist because Democrats have said it

Few problems reported as 2023 elections offer first test of new voter ID rules in North Carolina

surprise surprise surpriseAs voters head to the polls Tuesday to vote for mayors and town council members in dozens of cities all across North Carolina, many will be faced with an unfamiliar new requirement: Voter ID.

The requirement for voters to show photo identification comes after a decade of political and legal battles between supporters, who say it’s needed to stop possible fraud, and opponents, who say it will prevent legitimate voters from casting a ballot.

So far in the ongoing 2023 municipal elections, public records from the state show the new rules haven’t been too cumbersome on voters: Out of more than 150,000 ballots cast during early voting, only 64 were flagged for the voter lacking ID.

Those 64 voters were still allowed to cast ballots. Under the current version of the voter ID laws, people who lack ID can use what’s known as a provisional ballot. To have that ballot be counted, they’ll have to either show back up to their local county elections board office with a valid ID, or fill out a form explaining why they don’t have identification. There are around a dozen acceptable reasons for lacking an ID, ranging from not having transportation to religious objections to photography.

It’s rather hard to believe that people do not have some sort of identification these days. It’s what, .0005% of the voters who did not have ID?

  • North Carolina driver’s license
  • State ID from the NCDMV (also called “non-operator ID”)
  • Driver’s license or non-driver ID from another state, District of Columbia, or U.S. territory (only if voter registered in North Carolina within 90 days of the election)
  • U.S. Passport or U.S. Passport card
  • North Carolina voter photo ID card issued by a county board of elections (These are available for free in advance. You can’t get one on election day.)
  • College or university student ID approved by the State Board of Elections (The state has a long list of acceptable student IDs)
  • State or local government or charter school employee ID approved by the State Board of Elections (The state has a long list of acceptable government and employee IDs)

Democrats think minorities, especially Blacks, have trouble getting one of those. Back to original link

While the number of voters who came to the polls without ID was low, there’s also no way of knowing how many didn’t try voting at all because they knew they didn’t have an acceptable ID — and mistakenly thought they wouldn’t be able to vote.

Elections officials tried to get the word out, but they had little to no money to spend on an ad campaign, mailers or other such educational efforts. The new state budget does have some money for voter ID in it, but the legislature was months late in passing the budget, which only became law last month.

Well, of course WRAL goes this way, because, like any good Democrat orgnaization, they do not think minorities, especially blacks, are capable of getting proper ID. They also do not like that people have to prove who they are and that they are eligible to vote.

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Your Fault: Climate Doom Is Sexist

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

You just need to mind your p’s and q’s, mister!

Six ways climate change is sexist (and what you can do to fight it)

When climate-fueled hurricanes hit coastlines, when unseasonable droughts kill crops, and when hundred-year floods surge through river valleys, it all makes the existing inequalities between men and women, boys and girls, that much worse.

In other words, climate change is sexist.

Over the next three weeks, leaders from around the world will be gathering in the United Arab Emirates in the lead-up to the COP28 climate conference, where they plan to “provide a comprehensive assessment of progress since adopting the Paris Agreement.”

While the laws are pretty good in the UAE for women, especially compared to other Muslim nations, in practice there is a lot of work to be done. Also, that their economy is primarily dependent on fossil fuels.

So, what are the 6?

  1. Gender-Based Violence and Climate Change (violence against women didn’t start till the use of fossil fuels)
  2. Climate change has a gendered impact on livelihoods (women never had issues with work before the Industrial Revolution)
  3. Climate-Induced Displacement (the weather never caused people to move before 1850)
  4. Unequal Representation in Climate Negotiations (wait, does this mean the climate cult is sexist?)
  5. Gender-Blind Climate Finance (isn’t it rather sexist to think that women can only survive with the helpful hand of government?)
  6. Lack of Gender-Responsive Climate Solutions (same as #5)

It’s crazy.

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CBS Poll Shows People Think Trump Is Much Better For Personal Finances Than Biden

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

The big question here is “will people vote for their best interests and go with Trump, even though he is a blowhard and antagonistic (to be mild), or go against their best interest again and vote Biden (who’s also a scumbag, feebleminded, and shady AF)?”

If Trump wins, more voters foresee better finances, staying out of war — CBS News poll

With views of things in America continuing to be bad and now hitting their most negative marks of the year, one might expect an incumbent president to trail in a pre-election poll — as Joe Biden does in this one. But that’s only half the story. The other half is that Donald Trump holds distinct advantages in his own right when voters look forward: More voters think they’d be better off financially if Trump wins in 2024, and more voters think it’s Trump who can keep the U.S. out of a war, if he wins.

Americans have long described financial setbacks because of inflation and interest rates. Those who feel they’re worse off financially are backing Trump. And this isn’t just punitive toward Mr. Biden — those voters overwhelmingly think they will be financially better off if Trump wins.

That is very ugly for Biden. Will voters vote in their best interest financially in the states Trump needs to win? How about perhaps in some like NY, which got close to electing a republican governor? Maine? Colorado? Oregon and Portland with all their issues? Obviously, many states like California will elect Biden, even as they move from California because Democrat policies are crushing their pocketbooks.

The poll also shows that voters think Biden’s polices, and, to an extension, Democrat policies, favor the rich in the same way as if Trump and Republicans were in charge.

It also goes overseas, where Americans think Trump would be much better at supporting Israel. 47% think Trump would be better at international peace, while only 31% think Biden’s better. 43% say Biden would decrease stability. Of course, when it comes to Ukraine, Biden wins in a landslide. And

So way more think Biden will get the US into a war. But, will this make a difference in November 2024? Will it drive votes?

How about that 73% are saying that things are not going well in America right now? The number was 65% in January. 33% say the economy is fairly bad, and another 33% say it is very bad. 28% say they expect the economy to be slowing, but not in recession next year, with another 31% say in recession. Will this make a difference? If Trump is smart he will be less bombastic and focus on the economy. That’s it. He won’t, so, there’s just no telling.

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Scientists Suggest Bad Weather Causing Animals To Displaced Or Something

By William Teach November 7, 2023 – 3:00 pm

This is all your fault

Extreme Weather May Be Displacing Animals, Too, a New Study Suggests

A new analysis published this week suggests that extreme weather linked to climate change might be much harder on native species than on nonnative ones.

“Suggests.” Totally scientific. Is it or is not happening from Bad Weather?

As the planet warms, extreme weather events — heat waves, cold snaps, droughts and floods — are becoming more common and destructive. The new paper, published on Monday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution by a team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, suggests that these sudden, violent changes in conditions could be helping to fundamentally reshape ecosystems.

Got that? Cold weather is also your fault for driving a fossil fueled vehicle releasing heat trapping gases.

In a statement, the team said that research on the impacts of extreme weather on ecosystems, while still in its early stages, was “critically important” to our ability to understand the effects of global warming on biodiversity.

On average, nonnative species tended to show more positive responses to extreme weather, or, at least, less negative ones. Where nonnative land species might take a hit in population numbers from a disaster, for example, the effects on native land species could sometimes be more far-reaching, with native populations also losing geographic distribution and struggling to recover.

All right, enough snark. These people are cultish idiots. Non-native species have always moved around, even to other continents. Sometimes by nature, sometimes because they were released (such as dingos in Australia). This is what happens on Earth. Life is not stagnant. Extreme weather has always happened and will always happen. CO2 is not the control knob, and a slight increase in global temperatures since 1850 is not Doom.

Meanwhile

Global Giving to Stop Climate Change Cools Even as Planet Faces Hottest-Ever Conditions

Philanthropic giving to address climate change was unchanged last year compared to 2021 at roughly US$7.8 billion to US$12.8 billion, a disappointing development in the face of rapidly intensifying climate impacts around the globe.

The figures, which represent less than 2% of all global giving by individuals and foundations, were released last week from the fourth annual funding trends analysis from the San Francisco-based ClimateWorks Foundation..

“A major acceleration of efforts is required to address climate change,” the report said. “Philanthropy has a significant role to play in driving that acceleration and supporting the implementation of recent commitments.”

I’m guessing the rich folks are getting tired of playing to the cult scammers (just like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are moving to Miami, which I’m told will be under water soon from ‘climate change’), and, if a place like ClimateWorks is so concerned they can dump their own money into Doing Something, rather than demand that Other People do so. Seriously, why do they think they can tell people what to do with their money?

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 7, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…are train tracks for a wonderful low carbon train, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Cold Fury, with a post on a dangerous manifesto on the loose.

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Sanctuary City Denver Spending Millions To Send Illegals Somewhere Else

By William Teach November 7, 2023 – 10:30 am

This is so weird. You’d think SCD would go all out to take care of the illegals

Denver spends millions of dollars on plane, bus and train tickets for migrants to other cities

As thousands of migrants pour into Denver, CBS News Colorado has learned the city is buying bus, train and even plane tickets to send many of them somewhere else.

Over the last year, Denver has spent nearly $4.5 million transporting more than 12,000 migrants out-of-state.

“We say, ‘where do you want to go?’ and then we buy them a ticket, usually by bus, and get them on their way,” says Jon Ewing, a spokesperson for Denver Human Services.

He provided a spreadsheet showing the city has transported migrants to virtually every major city in the country over the last year. It’s not only sent them to big cities but smaller ones like Wilson, North Carolina. Most of them have gone to Chicago, New York and Salt Lake City. It’s also sent several hundred migrants to Texas, which has bused 6,600 migrants to Colorado since May according to Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

“We feel that it’s the right thing to do to get them to where they actually want to be,” says Ewing. “If you looked at it in crude financial terms, meaning, if they stayed here for a few weeks and didn’t even want to be here, then we’d be paying to support and shelter them here and they didn’t even want to be here.”

Apparently the SCD doesn’t want them to be in Denver, either.

He says Denver sending migrants to other cities is entirely different than Texas sending them here: “The difference is we’re actually asking them where they want to go.”

But he admits they also don’t give other cities a heads up: “There’s just no way for us to coordinate on that scale. It’s just unfeasible. And it’s only for one or two tickets, often, per day.”

So, they just show up? Hasn’t Abbott been slammed for doing that? Oh, but it’s different if a Democrat does it.

He says the city has spent more than $31 million on migrants overall since last December and transportation represents about 14% of the total.

He says the city has spent just over $12 million on personnel, $7.5 million on shelter and $4.8 million on food: “We need support here. Denver cannot do this alone.”

Isn’t that what a sanctuary city wants? Isn’t that what people who believe in unfettered illegal immigration want? Or just want for Other Places?

And in Sanctuary City Chicago

On the eve of a major meeting in Brighton Park, and just hours until migrant families are set to move into a shelter in West Town, a group of Englewood residents is calling on the city to turn migrant buses around.

Held at the Center of Englewood, a group of residents attended what was dubbed a ‘Stop the Buses’ rally.

Hosted by the Black American Voters Project and NumbersUSA, panelists shared how they feel immigration negatively impacts Black Americans.

Bummer.

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World Faith Leaders Decide They Would Like To Be Part Of A Cult

By William Teach November 7, 2023 – 7:15 am

Perhaps these “faith leaders” should read their holy books for lessons on what their faith means

Global faith leaders call for urgent action on climate change

Professor Mohamed Al-Duweini, the representative of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar; and Cardinal Pietro Parolin, representing Pope Francis, headed a delegation of almost thirty faith leaders who signed an appeal to COP28 delegates to take decisive action to combat climate change.

Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh, and Hindu leaders, along with representatives of other major religious traditions, joined in the appeal, which included calls for the acceleration of energy transitions, protection of the Earth, the transition to circular models of living in harmony with nature, and the rapid adoption of clean energy.

The appeal also included a commitment to supporting the first-of-its-kind ‘Faith Pavilion’ at COP28 and convening at future COP Conventions.

The signing ceremony took place in Abu Dhabi at the conclusion of the first day of the Global Faith Leaders Summit on Climate Change. Each of the leaders walked a path representing the equator and participated in the planting of a ghaf tree – the national tree of the UAE – before signing the document.

Hmm, so, they took long fossil fueled trips to complain about climate doom? Huh.

They emphasized that all religious traditions recognize the relationship between divinity and creation. Common themes emerged, including the moral duty of stewardship, or caring for God’s creation; the need to work together to combat climate change; and the recognition of the urgency of the climate change crisis and the need to take decisive action to meet climate goals.

Being good stewards of the planet makes sense. Joining a cult to get their followers to be a part of that cult and give their lives over to government does not. Matthew 22:21.

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Unsurprising: Jew Working For UK Guardian Feels Unsafe

By William Teach November 7, 2023 – 7:00 am

This isn’t the stupid Millennial/GenZ type, but, real danger. But, first this from an Islamic extremist who works at the UK Guardian

Pro-Palestine rallies aren’t ‘hate marches’ – they’re an expression of solidarity, helplessness and frustration

As the streets fill with ever-increasing numbers of pro-Palestine supporters – and with a large protest planned in central London next weekend – British politicians and commentators are coming up with new ways of describing what is happening: from “hate marches”, in the words of home secretary Suella Braverman, to empty displays of “virtue signalling”. The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has already called next weekend’s march, which coincides with Armistice Day, “provocative and disrespectful”. But each attempt to cast this movement as menacing is really a refusal to try to understand what is going on. The truth is that a large number of people in Britain can feel strongly about the situation in Gaza while not being “obsessed” with Palestine or motivated by terrorist sympathies.

You can read the rest, but, the very fact is, when the protesters are explicitly calling to kill Jews and destroy Israel, it’s not peaceful. What are they frustrated with, that it’s taking so long to kill Jews and erase Israel?

I’m a Jew at ‘The Guardian.’ I Don’t Feel Safe at Work.

I wake up on October 7 to a text from my brother-in-law: “Thoughts are with your family in Israel. I hope everyone is safe.”

I check the news. Hamas has entered southern Israel. They’re in a kibbutz. My partner’s family is in that kibbutz. His cousin is nine months pregnant. He’s in contact with them; they’re in the safe room. Terrorists are outside.

I check social media. Reports of hostages, maybe three. I check again; perhaps ten.

There is a long bit about how concerned he/she is, and how helpless over all these people he/she knows.

I look at the papers the next day. The newspaper I work for has a tank on the front page: ‘Hundreds die and hostages held as Hamas assault shocks Israel’—victorious terrorists hold a Palestinian flag. The subheading reads ‘Netanyahu declares war as 150 Israelis die. 230 Palestinians killed in air strikes.’

I don’t understand. I know people, Israelis, who were murdered. They did not “die,” as if in some kind of accident. I saw footage of terrorism. It was not an “assault.” (snip)

On Monday I go to work. How are your family, a colleague asks. When I answer, she squirms. Can’t they just leave, my colleague says. No, they can’t actually.

I look at the morning newsletter for the newspaper I work for. It breaks down the number of dead Palestinian children. It does not mention dead Israeli children. (snip)

I see a colleague who had posted about “decolonization” all over social media over the weekend. They’re laughing with the rest of their team. They’re having a great day. I used to love their podcast, full of hot takes and celeb gossip. Now they’ve evolved into an expert on the Middle East. It doesn’t look like their family is in the middle of it, though.

It’s a rather long piece, worth the read, and the gist is that the UK Guardian and so many of the leftists (and the paper has never been scared to show that they are leftists) do hate Israel and Jews. It’s a big problem for the Socialists/Marxists/Progressives/whatever you want to call them.

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