Oregon Sheriff’s Politely Decline Governor’s Call To Secure Riotous Portland

By William Teach September 1, 2020 – 7:47 am

In real speak, the sheriff’s were saying “you broke it, you fix. You allowed it for months, you hate cops. Deploy some social workers”

Oregon sheriffs reject Gov. Kate Brown’s request to staff Portland protests

The sheriffs of Clackamas and Washington County in Oregon said they won’t send staff to help with the nightly unrest in Portland after Gov. Kate Brown unveiled a plan to bring an end to violence in the city.

Brown had asked the sheriffs and the Gresham Police Department to support the Portland Police Bureau with personnel and resources “to keep the peace and protect free speech.”

Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts on Monday said the governor never approached him before unveiling her plan to mobilize local law enforcement agencies in the Portland protests, and that he has no plans to send his staff to nightly demonstrations.

“Had Governor Brown discussed her plan with my office, I would have told her it’s about changing policy, not adding resources,” he said, according to a statement released by Kellee Azar, a reporter with Portland’s KATU. “Increasing law enforcement resources in Portland will not solve the nightly violence and now, murder.”

He said that Portland’s newly elected district attorney had dismissed charges against hundreds of protesters arrested for non-violent, low-level crimes.

“The same offenders are arrested night after night, only to be released by the court and not charged with a crime by the DA’s Office. The next night they are back at it, endangering the lives of law enforcement and the community all over again,” Roberts continued. “The criminal justice system will need do its part and hold offenders accountable.”

Sheriff Roberts is 100% correct: why bother trying to keep the peace when those who are causing problems, many, many of them from out of town and even the state, are just being released night after night. Also, why bother helping when “protesters” are allowed to attack police with impunity, and then see the mayor of Portland attack the police?

Sheriff Pat Garrett (yes, that’s his name, and how cool is that?) said in a statement

“I do not plan to send deputies to work directly in Portland,” Garrett said, according to the station. “The lack of political support for public safety, the uncertain legal landscape, the current volatility combined with intense scrutiny on use of force presents an unacceptable risk if deputies were deployed directly.”

Why help those who hate you? Meanwhile, the same Progressive (nice Fascit) groups Portland mayor Ted Wheeler has allowed to run wild for 100 days are calling for him to resign, and

(Fox News) Portland Police declared a riot on Monday after roughly hundreds of protesters marched on Mayor Ted Wheeler’s residence at a condominium tower to demand his resignation, according to reports.

The crowd of about 200 were there to mockingly celebrate the mayor’s birthday before the demonstration quickly turned destructive and an “arson fire” was reported, police said.

Protesters lit a fire in the street, as some danced to the “Macarena,” according to Allison Mechanic, a reporter for KATU News who posted the video on Twitter. Others placed a picnic table from a nearby business above the fire to feed the blaze.

Demonstrators shattered windows and broke into a dental office, taking items — including a chair – to add to the fire, the Oregonian reported. A bundle of newspapers was also set ablaze and thrown into a storefront, located on the ground floor of the residential building around 11 p.m. – leading police to declare the gathering a riot.

I’m not finding any information that it was Ted’s apartment building, but, regardless, this is what he has allowed to continue. It’s what Gov Kate Brown should have sent in the National Guard on months ago. Is it any wonder Sheriff’s declined to participate?

I’m guessing that they don’t think social workers can negotiate the situation, eh?

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New Zealand’s “Green Government” Has Failed To Deal With….Wait, Milk?

By William Teach August 31, 2020 – 3:00 pm

New Zealand climate cultists should push hard on this, see if it helps

This ‘green’ government has utterly failed to rein in our biggest climate polluter

It’s hard to ignore the effects of the climate crisis: from the haze that covered New Zealand during Australia’s bushfire crisis to last autumn’s droughts and water shortages. But it seems it’s easy for some politicians to ignore New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter.

Three years ago voters ushered in a prime minister who had called climate change her generation’s “nuclear free” moment. Then for the first time in history, a Green Party MP – James Shaw – became the minister for climate change. (snip)

After three years in power, Jacinda Ardern and James Shaw have both failed to bring in a single regulation to tackle the monstrous amount of climate pollution from industrial dairying. Despite all that climate rhetoric from this government, they have been scarcely different to previous governments when it comes to dealing with the giant cow in the room.

Good luck in this endevour. I’m thinking people wouldn’t be real happy with their cost of milk and all the products made with it skyrocketing.

Alongside the synthetic fertiliser phase-out, our next government must back New Zealand’s farmers to make the shift away from industrial livestock farming and into more plant-based regenerative farming. Not by continuing to give the industry a free pass to pollute, but by making the targeted and tangible investments needed to help regenerative organic farming thrive.

And going after farming in general. Good luck! It is interesting that they are admitting that agriculture is one of the major causes of global man caused global warming, as I’ve noted for well over a decade, because Warmists used to note this before becoming a cult. Yet, even with that, mankind’s influence is well, well, well below that of nature.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 31, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon sailboat in a carbon pollution flooded world, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Sonoran Conservative, with a post on Biden finally chiming in on the riots.

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Cancel Culture Comes For Duke University’s Greek Organizations

By William Teach August 31, 2020 – 10:30 am

But, only some of them

Petition aims to abolish 24 Greek organizations on Duke’s campus

Cancel Culture AlligatorA group of Duke University students have called for the removal of 24 Greek letter organizations from campus.

They argued the fraternities and sororities perpetuate systemic racism.

More than 2,000 students currently participate in Duke’s Greek community. But there’s a growing debate about whether more than half of the Greek organizations should exist on campus.

“I think that IFC [Interfraternity Council] fraternities, and the presence of them, as well as Panhellenic sororities have effectively created de facto segregation on Duke’s campus, and they’ve done that for years,” said Shreyas Gupta, with Abolish Duke IFC.

A little over 400 have signed the petition

Greek life is a fundamentally broken system, made for white people and designed to propagate white Supremacy. While reforms have been enacted to improve inclusivity and tolerance, Greek life was never meant to be equitable for all groups. Whiteness, cisgenderism, heteropatriarchy, and classism are at the system’s very core. Today, this has created a de-facto segregation in Duke social life and culture. Interfraternity Council fraternities and Panhellenic sororities must be abolished.

To be sure, our goal is not to abolish historically Black National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) nor multicultural fraternities and sororities at Duke. We recognize these groups were founded to create a space for BIPOC when they were barred from joining white Greek organizations, and today they are a source of pride and empowerment for many individuals with marginalized identities.

See? Only certain Greek orgs. Even though the black ones are for ….. blacks. Which is fine. Freedom of association. But, see, this is mob rule, where your interests can be cancelled because some people have a stick up their you know what. And are utterly intolerant.

And, no, it’s not worth knocking down the idiocy of their unhinged argument: they wouldn’t listen, and there’s little point in arguing with idiots. It drags you down to their level and they beat you with experience.

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Bummer: RNC Forgot To Mention A Play To Solve ‘Climate Change’ (scam)

By William Teach August 31, 2020 – 7:06 am

And Republicans forgot to even mention the climate crisis (scam)! How rude!

Republicans at the Convention Did Not Lay Out a Plan for Climate Change—Much Less Acknowledge It

The Republican National Convention, dominated by veneration of Donald Trump and bleak warnings of the dangers of socialism, has completely ignored the climate crisis, an omission that has disturbed some conservatives who warn the party risks being left behind by voters.

Convention speeches have included Eric Trump praising the beauty of the Grand Canyon, a region his father’s administration has proposed opening to mining for uranium, while several speakers have attacked Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, as a threat to oil and gas worker jobs.

But Trump’s renomination event has not laid out any plan for the climate crisis, nor even any acknowledgment of it. “It is disappointing,” said Danielle Butcher, chief operating officer of the American Conservation Coalition, an organization of young conservatives. “To see no mention of climate change at the RNC, no update in the official platform? It feels unrepresentative of science [and] of the progress we have made as a party.”

Butcher said the Republican party’s base has shifted to become more concerned by the climate crisis, with young conservatives placing particular importance upon the issue. “Trump may not be on board yet, but there is movement, and we’d love for him to join us,” she said.

In reality, it barely got mentioned at the DNC. Mostly it was just mentioned in passing as a buzz phrase, not laying out a long platform of Things To Do, at least during the speeches. Anyhow, why would Republicans mention what is a scam, one that people care about in theory, but not in practice? They talked about actual important things, things that are real. So a few young Republicans care along with a few older ones (who see power in passing some legislation)? Let them practice it in their own lives.

Trump should mention it: he should mention how much it will cost Americans, how much their taxes will go up, how much freedom and choice they will lose. He should lay out a plan for more natural gas and nuclear energy, as well as money for research and development for wind and solar to make them way more efficient. And that if Warmists want more, they should make changes in their own lives, rather than forcing their beliefs on Other People.

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NBC News: Looting Proves Black America Deserves Reparations Or Something

By William Teach August 31, 2020 – 6:49 am

NBC News is a pretty big operation, wouldn’t you say? So, they can totally come up with some cash, right?

Chicago looting proves Black America deserves reparations — here’s why

The summer of 2020 has been a summer defined by agitation. What started in Minnesota following the police killing of George Floyd spread quickly across the nation. This past week, Kenosha, Wisconsin, became the latest flashpoint, as protesters clashed with police and armed vigilantes over the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake. One of those vigilantes has been charged with killing two protesters and injuring another.

But another Midwestern city — my city — was the center of attention three weeks ago.

In the early hours of Aug. 10, caravans from across the city ransacked high-end stores in and around downtown after rumors circulated on social media that Chicago police had shot and killed a 15-year-old Black boy on the South Side. Police did shoot 20-year-old Latrell Allen, who is Black, the day before. Police allege Allen fired gunshots at them, but officers were not equipped with body-worn cameras, and no other footage of the incident has been made available. Allen is expected to recover.

Interesting. NBC opinion writer Carlos Bellesteros only seems to care about these killings, not the, say, the 55 shot and 10 killed this weekend in Chicago. Anyhow

Images of people walking in and out of department stores with their hands full of products transfixed a confused nation. Mayor Lori Lightfoot called the looting “an assault” on Chicago, while the Rev. Jesse Jackson said it was “humiliating” and “morally wrong.”

But young Black activists pushed back. “When protesters attack high-end retail stores that are owned by the wealthy and service the wealthy, that is not ‘our’ city and has never been meant for us,” Black Lives Matter Chicago said in a statement after the looting. “These protests can only end when the safety and wellbeing of our communities is finally prioritized.”

An excuse for theft.

Prioritizing Black communities has always been a problem for Chicago. Since arriving en masse during the Great Migration more than a century ago, Black Chicagoans have been violently relegated to the margins, exploited at every turn and expected to do more with less. Racism in Chicago even shocked Martin Luther King Jr., who said he had “never seen — even in Mississippi and Alabama — mobs as hostile and as hate-filled” as the ones he saw here.

So, the Democrats who run Chicago treated blacks badly and still do? Huh. Carlos says that the housing business in Democratic Party run Chicago is racist, from housing values to loans to how much banks put into black neighborhoods. And white businesses are worth more than black ones. And whites make more (well, yeah, since the white Dems keep blacks down in the projects). So

All of this amounts to a historic pattern of perpetual, systematic looting of Chicago’s Black community. As of Aug. 13, at least 42 people had been charged with felonies in the alleged looting three weeks ago. How many bankers have been charged for stealing from Black families?

Only loaning 12 cents in black neighborhoods for every $1 in white neighborhoods isn’t “stealing”: it wasn’t their money to start with. Not much of an argument, right?

Activists say money for those initiatives should come from police coffers. In 2020, the operating budget for the Chicago Police Department hit $1.65 billion, the largest police budget in the city’s history. Most of that money is earmarked for salaries and overtime pay for the 13,000 or so sworn Chicago police officers, giving the city more cops per capita than New York or L.A.

And you know what happens? Those police officers will have their patrols prioritized so that they are spending way less time in those lower income neighborhoods. Response time to emergency calls will take longer, and ambulances will not come if they do not think the area is safe.

But the looting shows Chicago’s legacy of plundering Black wealth will not fade away on its own. Reparations of all kinds must be made to Black Chicago.

OK: when do white Democrats pony up? They run the town, right?

BTW, no one tell Democrats pushing for reparations that this kind of money, given because it is “owed”, would mean blacks would be less beholden to the Democrats.

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We Can Save The Tradition Of Road Trips By Forcing People To Buy Electric Vehicles Or Something

By William Teach August 30, 2020 – 5:51 pm

I mean, hey, we can all afford $30,000 for an electric car, right? With a range of 110 miles per charge (in perfect conditions), right? And that’s the least expensive. A Mini Cooper SE. BTW, where’s the power coming from to charge it?

A way to maintain the tradition of an American road-trip while not contributing to climate change

Visiting Colorado’s public lands is a transformative experience for so many Americans. I have fond memories of piling in our family van in Houston, TX and driving through the night to hit Gunnison State Park by morning. Family and group trips to our state have inspired generations of environmentalists, outdoor adventurers and conservation advocates, me being one of them. But these great benefits have come at a high cost, as the very act of visiting our state and national parks contributes to their main existential threat — climate change.

When we drive a traditional car or a diesel-powered camper van into a national park, our vehicle emits harmful greenhouse gases that cause global warming. Climate change is contributing to intense wildfires, widespread beetle kills, and loss of snowpack across Colorado. Localized pollution coming directly out of the tailpipe also leads to diminished air quality within our parks, decreasing our public lands’ ability to provide a suitable natural environment for both its human visitors and animal residents.

There is a simple solution to all this, that allows us to maintain our traditions of the iconic American road-trip while not contributing to the effects of climate change.

Electric vehicles (EVs) are the answer.

For some, electric vehicles may seem like a far-fetched, expensive, impractical and almost futuristic dream. That may even be the case for those who are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint. It’s also probably also true for outdoor recreationists who want to be able to travel far distances, on less-traveled roads, and want a vehicle that can handle any sort of adventure the driver has in mind.

But the dream is already becoming a reality. Thanks to state policies, like Colorado’s EV Plan for 2020, that provide incentives and direct funding, and Xcel’s vision to get 1.5 million EVs on road by 2030, EVs are getting boosts in infrastructure and incentives, which means more charging stations and more cost-competitive and widely available EV options.

The author, Hannah Collazo, is the state director of Environment Colorado and Environment Colorado and Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center. Will she tell acknowledge that most people cannot afford a straight EV? Most can’t and/or do not want to. You can get a Civic Sport for $22,000, and, sure, it doesn’t get quite the MPG as that Mini, but, it has a lot more room, it is a hell of a lot less to maintain, and you can drive for 4-5 hours, at least, before needing to stop and refuel. Which costs you about 10 minutes, tops, right? It also holds its value. EVs and even regular hybrids have horrendous residual values.

When does the state force residents to only buy these? Without massive subisidies and tax breaks people aren’t that interested.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 30, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon sailboat needed when the oceans rise hundreds of feet, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Weasel Zippers, with a post on Oakland BLM protesters chanting death to America.

It’s sailing week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach August 30, 2020 – 9:16 am

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in America. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and we are getting through Bat Soup Virus. This pinup is by Vaughan Bass, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Green Jihad covers rage mobs
  2. Jo Nova discusses how much Australians pay in hidden climate bills yearly
  3. No Tricks Zone covers young people threatening to spread COVID19 if something isn’t done about ‘climate change’
  4. Watts Up With That? notes the racism of climate change alarmists
  5. 357 Magnum notes a story that will stay local (and has)
  6. Adrienne’s Corner takes a look at Biden’s America
  7. Blazing Cat Fur notes Chelsea Clinton talking about white privilege
  8. Chicks On The Right covers BLM going after Vernon Jones
  9. Creeping Sharia notes some Islamic jihad hiding during an NYC BLM protest
  10. DaTechGuy’s Blog notes 49 black lives that didn’t matter to NBA players
  11. Diogenes’ Middle Finger wonders if the BLM/Antifa nutters care if they’re hurting Biden
  12. Dissecting Leftism discusses how Trump has changed the GOP
  13. GeeeZ…. explains exactly how politicians work (it involves monkeys and bananas)
  14. IOTW Report notes 6 Democrat Minnesota mayors endorsing Trump
  15. And last, but not least, Jihad Watch notes a CBC Muslim diversity ad model being arrested for attempting to join ISIS

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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Democrat Congressman Suddenly Upset After San Jose Mayor’s House Was Vandalized

By William Teach August 30, 2020 – 7:50 am

We’ve seen this again and again: the violence from the BLM/Antifa mob is pretty much OK as long as they don’t cause problems at the homes of the Democrat political masters

Dem. congressman condemns ‘vigilante justice’ as protesters vandalize San Jose mayor’s home

Protesters vandalized the home of San Jose’s mayor Friday in a demonstration against the Wisconsin police shooting of Jacob Blake.

They marched to the mayor’s home, then ran off after spraypainting the house. Mayor Sam Liccardo and a number of neighbors scrubbed the graffiti off later Friday.

Around 150 protesters marched near San Jose City Hall in a Black Lives Matter demonstration earlier in the day, calling to defund the San Jose Police, according to the San Jose Spotlight. By nightfall, a smaller group of 30 or 40 protesters had veered off to march toward Liccardo’s home. (snip)

“I’m tremendously heartened by the response of dozens of my neighbors who dropped everything late last night to spend a couple of hours scrubbing graffiti from Jessica’s and my home,” he said. “Many of these same neighbors’ homes bear “Black Lives Matter” signs, and they represent the true spirit of the movement, and of our San Jose community. They contrast sharply with the roughly hundred so-called ‘protesters’ who stood by silently — or even cheered — as a flag was burned and while ‘f*ck you’ and other messages were scrawled on our home.”

Man, if only there was some sort of group which could stop this kind of criminal activity. Interestingly, Liccardo can barely find it in himself to publically slam the B/A folks for this. But…

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, who represents the San Jose area, condemned vandalism of the mayor’s house as “morally outrageous” in an interview with Fox News.

He called on every elected official to speak out against violence, destruction and looting, which he said undermines the police reform cause.

“There is absolutely no justification for the vandalism that took place at the mayor’s personal residence. This is not the first instance.  His house, his property has been targeted in the past. ” Khanna said.

“We resolve issues of dispute through political means, through elections, through dialogue, through peaceful protest. We do not resort to violence and that applies equally to vigilantes. We’re not a nation that tolerates vigilante justice,” the congressman continued.

He’s not wrong. I’ve been saying the same thing since the violence continued after the first few days in Minneapolis then spread around the country in Democratic Party run cities: the violence does undermine even discussing police reform. Is there any being done? All we usually hear is about defunding the police. Who does that help? The structural issues that can lead to bad behavior is still there.

But, notice that Ro only seems to care when it was the mayor’s house that was vandalized. Not when the B/A mob was causing problems for store owners and regular old citizens. I do wonder if he is now on the hit-list for the B/A mob?

Anyway, Liccardo is wrong: the vandalism does 100% represent the BLM movement, as backed by the Antifa nutters and all sorts of young, white college kids playing at being revolutionaries: violence and threats to attempt to get what they want, which is mostly free money and Marxism.

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