…is a horrible, evil, not good climate killing plastic water bottle, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Weasel Zippers, with a post on AOC saying the Dems must retake the senate in order to avoid bipartisanship.
Read: If All You See… »
It’s not Republican voters who will commit violence: if Biden wins, Trump voters will just shrug. If Trump wins, leftists will burn their own cities (makes total sense, right?) even worse than what they’ve been doing
Americans worried about Election Day violence and chaos are buying guns and toilet paper
Tabitha Converse is quietly preparing for Election Day and the weeks beyond by stocking her basement pantry with canned goods, toilet paper and other basic supplies. She even persuaded her husband to buy a hunting rifle, just in case.
Like millions of Americans, Converse, 43, fears the potential for violence that experts say may accompany this year’s presidential election. A mother of two who works as a dental hygienist, Converse is trying not to worry too much, but with a pandemic, civil rights protests and raging wildfires piled atop the election’s boiling-hot rhetoric, well, who knows what might happen?
Most experts predict scattered violence is the worst the United States could experience this Election Day, given isolated incidents that have already taken place this year. But across the country, Americans like Converse are stocking up and preparing to hunker down to ride out a possible wave of sustained election-relatedchaos. They are buying guns and ammunition in record numbers and getting ready to peel off political bumper stickers and yank out yard signs to make themselves less of a target in case the other guy wins. Some are fleeing for remote areas or custom-built bunkers.
I thought leftists were against individual gun ownership? Oh, right, right, that’s only for Other People, not themselves. As for bumper stickers, yeah, that’s Republicans not putting them on because Liberals are unhinged and intolerant.
“It just seemed, well, stupid isn’t the right word, but it doesn’t make sense to be that ill-prepared,” says Converse, a lifelong Republican who voted Democrat in the presidential race for the first time this year. “A civil war? That could last for years. We don’t have years’ worth of supplies and if it went on for years, well, you could always go out and shoot a deer.”
Right, right, a lifelong Republican who cares about implementing the leftist agenda. But, I don’t blame her for wanting a gun to protect herself from the rioting and violence from her Comrades.
On the other side, there’s fear that right-wing anti-government extremists responding to the largest civil rights movement in 50 years have now aligned themselves with Trump. After years of growing hate crimes and violence, experts said there is a concern that armed right-wing terrorists might take to the streets if there are delays in election results or an unfavorable outcome, such as Democrat Joe Biden taking the White House.
They might march, but, the only violence will be if Biden voters start it.
“The violence will occur either way,” says Gallaher. “If Biden wins, it will be an excuse to try to delegitimize the results and to go after perceived enemies on the left, and of course, that means labeling pretty much anyone that you disagree with Antifa. But I worry, too, if Trump wins, this will be a signal to these far-right groups that have supported him, extremist groups like the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, other groups like this, that they will see this is like open season to go after people that have been opponents of Trump. So even if he wins that, you know, I think the violence is going to happen. It’s going to be sort of opening the door.”
It’s great how they’re blowing off the actual, real violence and threats from Biden voters, eh? This whole article pretty much ignores what we saw on our TVs and social media.
“Hopefully, it will be limited and controlled, but it could, unfortunately, devolve into long term, widespread clashes, some even fear civil war,” he says.
Doubtful. At worst, it will be spread violence if these Biden voter nutters coming into non-Dem areas and trying to start something they can’t finish. They mostly stay in their own areas, though, because they know their cops are stopped from doing anything, and Dem govs mostly won’t call out the National Guard.
Read: Americans Are Worried About Leftist Election Violence, Buying Guns And TP »
Can't imagine wasting my dad's dying days hectoring him with "intense exchanges" about his political views. What a depressing video. https://t.co/nvLx4uHWzm
— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) October 26, 2020
Of course, this really more about her trying to Virtue Signal for likes. Still, disgraceful. These people are nuts.
Read: Democrats Are Insane »
Seriously, the only way an 8 year old acts like this and talks like this is if they have been brainwashed by adults. They should be running around, having fun, playing games, and enjoying life. What these adults do to kids now really is child abuse. And it’s shameful that adults use kids in this manner to perpetuate their climate cult. But, this kid does have an interesting question (provided it didn’t actually come from his parents)
The 8-year-old who fears adults can’t be trusted to fix the climate crisis
Noah is an 8-year-old in Flamborough, Ontario. He loves nature shows and his two cats, Shadow and Whispers (he probably meant to name the second cat “Whiskers,” according to his mom, but he mixes those words up sometimes). When he grows up, he wants to be a veterinarian or a nature photographer — something that puts him in touch with animals and the Earth.
Lately, according to his mom, Jodi Green, Noah has become preoccupied with the climate crisis. He learned about it last year in school during a Greta Thunberg-style rally where students came together to demand swifter action on the global climate emergency, she said.
Ever since, he’s been brimming with questions.
He sent one of those questions — a doozy — to me recently as part of my new series for CNN Opinion, called “Let’s talk about the climate apocalypse.” “I want to know what I can do to change the world and make it better for my own children one day,” wrote Noah, who later told me he wants to have two kids when he grows up. “I am looking for specific actions and steps that will help me take control of the situation and fight climate change. I do not think leaving it up to the adults is working out very well.”
Do they sound like questions from a child or from adults? What 8 year old is thinking about having 2 kids when he grows up? The big question is on what he can do. Does the article writer, John Sutter, have an answer?
Noah, I agree we adults of the world aren’t doing right by you or your future. I share your mother’s concerns about what the weight of the world that’s sitting on your shoulders could do to you. (“I worry about him and all kids,” Green told me recently by phone. “I worry about them getting depressed about [the climate crisis] and giving up on it — feeling hopeless.”) It’s not fair that climate change has become the burden of the young simply because your generation will live on this planet far longer than mine or your mom’s. There’s more we all can do.
Perhaps it’s not fair that his mother and teachers put this burden on him. Sutter advises Noah
That includes eating (or asking your parents to consider letting you eat) more plants and fewer animals. Cattle and lamb, in particular, have an outsize impact on greenhouse gas pollution. (There are plenty of beef alternatives, and eating chicken and pork has less climate impact than beef, by far). It means biking and walking more, driving less. It means limiting air travel, especially across oceans. It means educating yourself – Project Drawdown is a great resource — about the most effective solutions to the climate crisis, many of which involve governments and energy systems and infrastructure. When you’re old enough, it means voting, and making climate change one of your top priorities as you consider political candidates and parties.
So….a few token changes, then giving even more power to government. Huh.
My second piece of advice is to use your voice. You, along with millions of other young people all around the world, realize truths far too many adults shy away from: The planet is in major trouble; we’ve been messing it up for decades and decades; and the time for change is now.
Why is so much of the advice from higher level climate cult poo-bahs always about using your voice, rather than practicing what you preach? They want them to use their voice to get government to tax themselves along with taking away their liberty, freedom, and choice. Idiots. Here’s what you can do, Noah
Read: Climate Cult Trots Out Another Young Child, Who Has A Doozy Of A Question »
All these young, dumb, Progressive (nice Fascism) voters (who never really show up like expected) are super enthused to settle for Biden
Young and progressive voters aren’t just ‘settling for Biden’ anymore. They’re going all in.
At first glance, it looks like a typical Joe Biden campaign sign.
But written in lettering that mimics Biden’s actual campaign logo is a phrase that has become a movement: Settle for Biden.
The former vice president, who ran in the Democratic primary on a centrist platform, was not the first, or even second, choice for many young and progressive voters. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who garnered a large following after his 2016 presidential run, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren carried that mantle.
But after Warren and Sanders left the campaign in March, it became clear to 19-year-old Samuel Weinberg he needed to do something to drum up support for a candidate he wasn’t initially thrilled to back.
“We’re saying that you don’t have to be head over heels in love with a candidate in order to vote for them,†said Weinberg, the founder and executive director of the Settle for Biden organization. “You really just have to right now choose the better of the two options, and we think that Joe Biden is a very good option given the circumstances.â€
Weinberg was struck when he first heard a hint of that message from an unlikely source: Dr. Jill Biden.
In a message to skeptical primary voters in August 2019 in New Hampshire, the former second lady said “maybe you have to swallow a little bit†to vote for her husband, but he is the candidate who can be Trump. The comments resulted in some headlines stating Jill Biden was asking voters to “settle” for her husband.
See, these are supporters for another old guy, Bernie Sanders, and these youngsters are flirting with Modern Socialism, because young kids have to be rebellious and do what all the other kids are doing as taught by their teachers and an old dude who made lots of money from the system. Interestingly, the article fails to mention Comrade Bernie’s policies, or whether these kids are giving up their money and freedom to The Government, following Comrade Bernie’s plans
Over the past several months, young and progressive voters have used social media to campaign amid the coronavirus pandemic and convince skeptical voters to support Biden. And Settle for Biden has gone from just an organization to a movement for many members of those key voting blocs.
Well, mostly they all just wanted to shoot TikTok videos and get likes for them, rather than really caring. It’s easy to say you’re part of a movement, a lot more difficult to actually practice what the movement requires, the policies Comrade Bernie laid out.
But, hey, this is politics, sometimes you do have to settle. Young, mushy headed, “we’re totally counterculture” as they follow a long-term political insider will have to settle for Biden, who will only tax them some, instead of a lot, and will kill off business, raise their cost of living, kill off jobs, make Americans less safe, and not put America first for foreign policy. Good for them. They can have fun when the police are defunded
In the same manner, Independents, squishy Republicans, and even squishy Democrats should settle for Trump, who works to put more money in their pockets, puts America and Americans first, keeps taxes low, keeps the cost of energy low, and wants them to have as much freedom from Government as possible. Sure, you may not like him personally, but, then, it’s about what gets done. And Trump has done a heck of a lot of good Conservatively.
Read: Young Progressives Aren’t Just Settling For Biden, They’re Settling For Biden »
What else could the Vatican and Pope Francis be talking about? If you change governance, you’re getting rid of Democratically elected governments, and really implementing a Modern Socialist agenda, where you really do not have a choice of whom to vote for
Covid: a sustainable future is possible if governance changes
Pope Francis is certain of this and is repeating it to everyone: we will emerge either better or worse after the pandemic The global crisis requires that the parameters of human co-existence be rethought through the lens of solidarity. Based on this foundational idea, the “Covid-19: Building a Healthier Future” has been created in collaboration with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, to offer a vision that might lead to the beginning of a new fraternity after the pandemic
It’s a question of perspective. Quarantined by the coronavirus, the world quarantined having had to suspend the evolution of its activities, wanting to recover a sense of direction needs to be careful that it takes the right path. Above all, there is no room to commit past errors. First among these is that of thinking that health is a consequence of economic growth. “Growth is the wrong goal. What we need to aim for is human development – sustainable human developmentâ€, states Janet Ranganathan, Vice-President of Research, Data, and Innovation of World Resource Institute, one of the experts invited by Pope Francis as a member of the Vatican Covid-19 Commission. Ranganathan has an idea so that the poor will not be left pay the virus’s high costs: “One concrete first step would be for Pope Francis to convene a summit with other religious leaders and to form a virtuous Circle of Sustainability that keeps expanding until it envelopes the entire planetâ€.
So, the Vatican is going to give up its vast riches and all how it raises money?
If the international community were to take decisive action against the climate crisis, could it push the global economy toward growth?
R. – Growth is the wrong goal. What we need to aim for is human development – sustainable human development. That is what the UN SDGs call for. Too many governments have pursued economic growth, allowing it to become the “end†rather than the “means.†This has contributed to growing inequalities and degradation of the natural resource base that supports life on earth. Effective climate change action must be an integral part of efforts to rewire economies to deliver sustainable development. This requires a shift in focus to tackle the root causes of inequity and environmental degradation some of which I mentioned above – vested interests, overconsumption, lack of transparency and accountability, etc.
No growth, no earnings. Oh, right, all that money goes to Government. Funny how all the solutions go to big, controlling Government.
Read: Vatican: A Sustainable Future Is Possible If We Implement Modern Socialist Rule »
…are glaciers that will soon melt because Someone Else drove a fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is The People’s Cube, with a post on a condensed look at Joe Biden’s accomplishments.
It’s girls in nature week.
Read: If All You See… »
Happy Sunday! Another wonderful day in the always great nation of America. The rain is giving love to the plants, the owls are annoying the mockingbirds, and let’s not discuss that ending to last night’s baseball game, OK? This pinup is by Ren Wicks, with a wee bit of strategically placed help (uncensored here).
What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15
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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How many in 2016 checked the box for Trump/Pence, more as a vote against Hillary Clinton than for Trump? Things have changed
2016’s Reluctant Trumpers Are 2020’s Avid Trumpers
Four years ago, the media enjoyed covering the phenomenon of so-called Never Trumpers; Republicans who wouldn’t vote for Donald Trump.
There was speculation that these voters, many well connected to the Washington establishment, would put the icing on the electoral cake for Hillary Clinton. Of course, this notion proved fanciful. The Never Trumpers are back in 2020. They’re no greater in number, but the media has gobbled it up again.
I love all those conserving conservatism unhinged Never Trumpers who are intent on voting for Biden and far, far left Democrats. It’s not so much Biden I worry about, it’s losing the Senate and Biden getting the W. Sure, Biden would do bad things if the GOP still retained the Senate, like Obama did, especially with unhinged Modern Socialist Kamala as VP, and, I just don’t think he has the mental awareness and strength to fight off the super crazy of his political Party. With a Dem Senate, though, we get tons of the Crazy in legislation, a lot harder to get rid of. The Never Trumpers are pushing for this. They don’t even have the integrity to vote 3rd party
But there’s another group of Republicans: those who enthusiastically supported GOP candidates other than Donald Trump before he was nominated. They remained cautious about Trump even after the Republican National Convention. Ultimately, though, they pulled the lever for Trump over Hillary. Call them “Reluctant Trumpers.â€
They’re still around, too. But’s there’s a difference: they are now enthusiastic Trumpers. I know. I’m one of them. (snip)
When I met up with Joe this year, however, I was interested to find that, like me, he’s “all in†for Donald Trump. No longer reluctant in his support, Joe Schmuckler is suggestive of two things: the significant number of Republicans whose support for Trump has moved from tepid to enthusiastic and a growing wave of intensity in overall support for Trump.
“I missed it,†Schmuckler told me, referring to 2016. “It wasn’t until after he was president that I fully understood the power of Donald Trump’s message.†He could have said WE missed it.
Schmuckler is far from alone. His simple explanation – that watching Trump truly put America First convinced him that Trump was action more than talk – is something I’ve heard repeatedly from former Reluctant Trumpers.
Look, I did not trust Trump in 2016. The way he was running his campaign was strange, and many of the bloggers in the circle wondered if he was intentionally attempting to lose. So much of his past discussion on policy seemed to paint him as a NY Liberal. Border wall? Seemed patronizing. He’s still too slimy personally (he’s just overt about it, as most politicians are slimy), but, he get things done that Conservatives/Republicans should be happy about.
In those days, he was a moderate Republican. When 2016 rolled around, Trump was No. 17 of the 17 major Republican presidential candidates on Warren’s dance card. Not this year. “I’m 1,000% in support of Donald Trump,†Warren told me recently. “Even when I was running myself, I didn’t feel as strongly as I feel about this election.â€
Warren believes that Trump will be regarded as a great president, not merely a good one. He also sees Joe Biden’s aggressive move leftward as genuinely frightening. “I fear as I’ve rarely feared anything what a Biden win would do to America.â€
This is what I tell the “well, I could vote Trump, but, I don’t like him folks”: yeah, Trump is Trump, but, being bellicose and stuff is just who New Yorkers are, but, look at his actual record, then think about what Biden would bring. Hold your nose and vote AGAINST Biden, if it soothes your conscience.
For Goodman, Trump’s willingness to challenge China is a huge factor in his support for the president. “He’s the first president to really call China on the carpet,†said Goodman. Likewise on immigration. “We’re now having a real conversation about citizenship. Trump has highlighted the fact that we either have real borders or we don’t.â€
That’s just one reason. Biden would be a disaster for foreign policy. Alone, he could rejoin Paris Climate Agreement, reinstitute the Clean Power Plan, perhaps in a way that the courts do not stop, put back the massive Big Government Waters of the USA rule, restrict drilling and mining operations for oil and natural gas, start working with Iran again, and so much more. And that’s without a Dem Senate. It’s no wonder the media tried to keep this a campaign about personality rather than policy.
Read: The Original Reluctant Trump Voters Are Now Avid Supporters »
This is so 2020’s, but, then, Michele Weldon does sorta actually have a point
During Zoom calls, keep your pants on: It’s not prudishness, it’s white male privilege
No, it’s not prudishness, it’s proper decorum, proper propriety, proper business actions
There have been many moments in the last 18 years when I have said aloud, “Thank God Mom is not here for that.â€
My late mother, steeped in traditional Catholicism and modesty, leaned pretty far right in her values and had strong expressions on what she considered moral and absolute. Jeffrey Toobin and his Zoom incident would have made her implode, or close to it. (snip)
Vice reported this week that Toobin, a lawyer, New Yorker contributor and CNN analyst, was seen masturbating on a Zoom video chat between work colleagues. He has been suspended by the New Yorker. Much of the ongoing media reaction has centered on what Toobin called his “embarrassingly stupid mistake.†Some white male pundits dismiss the uproar as prudish, while others call for the end of his public career.
She is kinda right, because, consider all the white male pundits who were, in fact, dismissing Toobin having his wanker out and wanking it during a business call.
What is not mentioned often is the inherent white privilege and sexism embedded in the defense of his action. I find his public display of his privates not only improper, but immoral — and maybe illegal.
I hate to say it, but, if you ignore the Snowflakeishness, she does have a point, but, then, would a woman have done what Toobin did? It’s more like Liberal Privilege, because you know any Republican dumb enough to do what Toobin did would have been fired on the spot. But, Toobin is a Reliable Media Asset, so, just a suspension.
But then again, a man’s genitals are not deemed a threat but a woman’s breasts are.
A new mother was forbidden from breastfeeding her infant during a virtual stats class at Fresno City College recently. Her professor told her she could not turn off her video during the four-hour session and told the entire class the new mother wanted to do ‘inappropriate things during class.â€
And this is when we run off the rails. Had Toobin whipped it out in public he would have been arrested. Further, what’s the over/under that the professor was actually a Biden voter, considering how overwhelmingly liberal teachers are?
Yes, the New Yorker has suspended (but not fired) Toobin for the time being and CNN says he is taking “time off.†It is his American white privilege and his maleness that protects him from what in other countries has stiffer consequences.
According to News America, Haiti’s Consul to the Bahamas Karl-Henry Châtelier “was fired after a video allegedly of him masturbating surfaced on social media.â€
Liberal Media Privilege. Anyhow, read the rest
Read: Somehow, White Male Privilege Has Entered The Jeffrey Toobin Issue »
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