Seattle Proclaims It’s Time For The IdiotZone To Go

By William Teach June 23, 2020 – 10:30 am

And residents are wondering why it took so long

Residents near Seattle’s CHOP ask what took city so long to move to break up protest

Residents who live near Seattle’s “police-free” zone called CHOP –­ “Capitol Hill Organized Protest” – expressed relief after Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Monday that city officials are working to end the protest, following two shootings over the weekend, one of them deadly.

But despite the mayor’s decision to act, some residents who live by the area were critical of the city’s leadership for taking so long to act.

“It was doomed to happen from Day One,” Matthew Ploszaj, who lives in the vicinity, told KOMO News. “No one wanted to say it, but I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner. It should have ended when the Car Tender got broken and the mob went down and broke his fence. It did not have to come to this.”

Durkan said the violence was distracting from changes sought by thousands of peaceful protesters opposing racial inequity and police brutality. She said at a news conference that the city is working with the community to bring CHOP to an end and that police soon would move back into a precinct building in the area they had largely abandoned.

The mayor did not give an immediate timeline for clearing out the occupation but said “additional steps” would be examined if people don’t leave voluntarily. With scores of people camping in a park in the protest zone, Durkan said peaceful demonstrations could continue, but nighttime disorder had to stop.

Distracting? The hell you say! But, one has to wonder how long it will take if they are “working with the community” rather than simply kicking them out. Why negotiate and play nice? They should have been stopped in the first place. These idiots gave up a police station, then the nutters were walking around with rifles.

Here’s a question for derelict Seattle government: who pays for the cleanup? Residents and business owners will be coming back to graffiti and property damage. How many residences and businesses have been ransacked and/or damaged? People’s property stolen? Every single person in that zone needs to be searched on the way out to see if they have property that is not theirs. Asking business owners and people who live in the area to simply file an insurance claim would be absurd and unfair.

You can bet there will be lots of photos of destruction and looting and property damage once these folks finally get out. How much will have disappeared from the police station that the Seattle PD abandoned like they were under assault in a 3rd world shithole? How much damage to government buildings, which the taxpayers will have to pay for?

There should be no negotiations. Send in the National Guard to surround the area. Start bringing the people out and arrest those who have violated the law. Ones who have guns with no permits, those who have stolen and destroyed. You know that won’t happen, though, unless there is a really big incident. It will probably take a month or more to wind this thing down.

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Bummer: Planting New Forests Is Bad For ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach June 23, 2020 – 8:21 am

Now, this is an interesting take from the Cult of Climastrology

Climate change: Planting new forests ‘can do more harm than good’

Rather than benefiting the environment, large-scale tree planting may do the opposite, two new studies have found.

One paper says that financial incentives to plant trees can backfire and reduce biodiversity with little impact on carbon emissions.

A separate project found that the amount of carbon that new forests can absorb may be overestimated.

The key message from both papers is that planting trees is not a simple climate solution.

Over the past few years, the idea of planting trees as a low cost, high impact solution to climate change has really taken hold.

Previous studies have indicated that trees have enormous potential to soak up and store carbon, and many countries have established tree planting campaigns as a key element of their plans to tackle climate change.

Now, you can read the explanations later in the article, which seem to be more about money and politics than actual effectiveness, but, you know why we are seeing these kinds of “nevermind the trees” things after decades of being told to plant trees, after all this time of carbon offsets being based on planting trees?

In the US, even President Donald Trump has rowed in behind the Trillion Trees Campaign.

Ever since Trump announced his support during the World Economic Forum and the 2020 SOTU Warmists have been having fits about this. CNN’s John Sutter went full on Barking Moonbat. Warmists are now saying that planting trees is just a minor thing

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has summed this up diplomatically.

“Planting trees is good, of course, but it’s nowhere near enough of what needs to be done, and it cannot replace real mitigation or rewilding nature,” she said during the World Economic Forum, the meeting where Trump announced he would join the trees initiative.

If a President Hillary (shudder) announced this, Warmists would be ecstatic. But, because it was Trump, they are now against it. It’s a lunatic, doomsday political cult, nothing more.

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Most Americans Against Defunding, Abolishing Police

By William Teach June 23, 2020 – 8:05 am

Even a goodly chunk of Democrats are against this idiocy, which is perhaps why you aren’t hearing as many calls from Democrats as of late, except for the moonbats. It is a small poll, but, you can surely get a good sense of the nation from it

Poll: Overwhelming Majority of Americans Oppose ‘Abolishing’ the Police

A majority of Americans oppose defunding the police, and an even greater majority oppose “abolishing” the police, a recently released YouGov poll revealed.

The survey, taken June 14-16 among 1,500 U.S. adults (1,160 of whom are registered voters), found that the majority of Americans disagree with the “defund the police” movement popularized by the Black Lives Matter movement.

The majority, 53 percent, indicated that they oppose defunding police, while 24 percent said they support the proposal. What is more, nearly three-quarters of Americans, 73 percent, said they oppose “abolishing” the police altogether, with just 11 percent supporting the call. Even a majority of Democrats oppose abolishing the police, with 63 percent opposing and 19 percent favoring. Sixty-nine percent of independents oppose abolishing the police, and 90 percent of Republicans fall say the same

Those two questions are asked exactly like that, so, perhaps some of the folks are thinking defund means to simply reduce, which is not what the hardcore nutters who vote Democrat want. 44% of Democrats do factor defunding, while just 17% of Independents are on board. 50% of Independents are against, while 32% are unsure.

When it comes to abolishing, 63% D, 69% Independent, and 90% R are against. 19% D are for, so, we know that 19% are just beyond insane at this time.

Also, 63% think corporate responses regarding BLM are just pandering. As for BLM, just 48% find it positive. 30% say negative and 20% neutral.

But, all lives matter gets 53% positive, 23% negative, 20% neutral. So, it polls better than BLM. Oh, well.

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There’s A Worrisome Link Between Deforestation (Climate Change) And Viruses Or Something

By William Teach June 22, 2020 – 5:19 pm

You know I’m not a big fan of deforestation and clear cutting. But, of course, the Cult of Climastrology is trying to link it to viruses, because Wuhan Virus Bat Soup Virus is flowing around

‘Like Poking a Beehive’: The Worrisome Link Between Deforestation And Disease

In 2013, an 18-month old boy got sick after playing near a hollow tree in his backyard, in a remote West African village. He developed a fever and started vomiting. His stool turned black. Two days later, he died.

Two years and more than 11,000 deaths later, the World Health Organization put out a report saying the Ebola outbreak that likely emanated from that hollow tree may have been caused in part by deforestation, led by “foreign mining and timber operations.”

The tree the boy played near was infested with fruit bats — bats that may have been pushed into the boy’s village because upwards of 80 percent of their natural habitat had been destroyed.

Except, Ebola has been around a lot longer than those trees have been cut down. Notice the use of the words “likely” and “may”. In other words, they do not have proof, they’re just brainstorming and fearmongering.

Scientists have long warned that the reshaping of Earth’s landscapes will have broad ramifications for the climate and biodiversity. A growing body of evidence shows that forest loss and fragmentation can also increase the risk of animal-borne infectious disease, similar to the type that’s currently upending the world.

Health experts say that the novel coronavirus, which has killed nearly half a million people worldwide, originated in an animal. Likely, a bat. And while it’s too soon to know whether deforestation or land-use change played any role in its path to becoming a global pandemic, there are concerns that the economic ruin it’s leaving behind could help set the stage for future pandemics.

Most likely, it originated in a “research” facility in Wuhan province, not from eating a bat (or Pangolin). The area has long been deforested, so, it’s not like they just clear cut it and things got bad. But, hey, the cult always has to link things. Skipping to the end of a long screed

But she (Amy Vittor, an assistant professor at the University of Florida’s Emerging Pathogens Institute) says action is needed because the warming climate and land-use changes are not slowing down. Every time humans alter the landscape, Vittor says, it’s kind of like poking a beehive.

“If we continue to poke the beehive in nature, we will continue to see these kinds of events occur.”

What Ms. Vittor is describing is not anthropogenic climate change from greenhouse gases, but, localized climatic changes caused by land use.

Also, consider that there has been a big uptick in the use of wood for heating and cooking due to the forced use of solar and wind, which are not reliable.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 22, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is an ocean that will soon rise dozens of feet, you might just be a Warmist

IAYS

The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post wondering how much the protest have fed a 2nd wave with social distancing being ignored.

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Fortnite Removes Police Cars From Game

By William Teach June 22, 2020 – 10:30 am

The crazy continues

Fortnite has quietly removed police cars

Last week, Fortnite fans noticed police cars could no longer be found on the game’s map.

The change, reported on at the time by Kotaku, appeared to have been made at the same time as Fortnite’s new season.

Fans on reddit noticed police cars dotted around the Battle Royale map were now civilian vehicles. Police cars in the game’s Creative Mode were gone. Junk Rifts, an item which could spawn a police car, now spawned regular cars instead.

At the time, Epic Games declined to comment on their apparent removal.

Now, however, a development source has confirmed to Wall St Journal that the change was a deliberate response in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, and the subsequent widespread global demonstrations against police brutality.

You can’t even drive cars in Fortnite. Apparently, just seeing a cop car will trigger the Offended.

Here’s a recommendation: when the employees of Fortnite call the police, they don’t come. Send a social worker. Seriously, because a small few police are bad, we have to punish all the police?

Seriously, while the violence in Fortnite may be “cartoonish”, players are killing each other left and right. And they’re worried about cop cars.

Also

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French Climate Cultists Recommend Making “Ecocide” A Crime

By William Teach June 22, 2020 – 7:03 am

These Warmists should be careful with this type of recommendation, because they might get it, and be hit with the criminal penalties themselves

French Climate Council Urges Referendum On Making ‘Ecocide’ A Crime

A citizens’ council set up by President Emmanuel Macron to explore measures for cutting carbon emissions urged the French leader on Sunday to hold a referendum on making the destruction of nature a crime.

The “ecocide” proposal topped dozens of ideas presented by the 150 randomly picked members of the Citizen’s Convention on Climate, along with inscribing the fight against global warming in the French Constitution.

The move was a rejection of Macron’s suggestion last week that a referendum could be held on the individual measures, which range from improving home insulation to cutting maximum highway speeds to 110 km/h from 130 km/h (80 mph to 70 mph). (snip)

Macron formed the council in response to demands for greater “direct democracy” in the wave of the “yellow vest” anti-government protests that rocked the country in 2018 and 2019.

The unexpectedly fierce rebellion was sparked by a planned fuel tax hike aimed at funding the climate-change fight, which critics said unfairly targeted people who have no choice but to rely on their cars.

The council was tasked with finding ways to reduce France’s carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030, compared with the levels of 1990 “in a spirit of social justice.”

Hey, I think they should institute this. France can serve as the experimental group, and let’s see just how pissed off people will get when they are arrested for daring to drive a fossil fueled vehicle, using wood for heating, eating meat on the wrong day, taking a shower that lasts more than 2 minutes, and eating ice cream. Then we can watch even more protests and riots in France.

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Cancel Culture: Spartans, Yale, And Teddy Roosevelt

By William Teach June 22, 2020 – 6:51 am

It just doesn’t stop. They won’t stop. Even if their own stuff gets whacked, they won’t stop

Seriously, the folks at 4Chan who came up with the joke on the OK sign have performed one of the best, if not the best ever, bit of trolling in the history of the Internet

(Yahoo Sports) San Jose State said Thursday that it would be ending its official use of the “Spartan Up” hand gesture because of the way the “OK” hand gesture has been adopted by white supremacists.

The gesture, created in 1990 by the school’s former band director, encourages SJSU fans to create a Spartan head with their hand by forming “a helmet with your thumb and index finger. Curl remaining three fingers over the top of the helmet, mimicking a feathered plume.”

“We all agree that the gesture has become part of the fabric and footprint of our university, however when the gesture is used improperly, it can be offensive to some members of our university family,” SJSU athletic director Marie Tuite said in a statement. “When our ‘Spartan Up’ hand gesture was misinterpreted as an ‘okay’ sign and not the proper gesture, the improper sign created a division in our campus community. It was timely and appropriate to make the decision to no longer use the hand gesture associated with Spartan Up.’”

OK, so, what happens when students still do it? Will they be punished? And then sue the school for violation of their federal and state free speech right? How about alumni? Whatcha gonna do?

Teddy Roosevelt Statue to be Removed from Museum of Natural History

Cancel Culture AlligatorNew York City’s American Museum of Natural History announced Sunday that it will remove a statue of former president Theodore Roosevelt from outside its entrance.

The bronze statue, which has stood outside of the museum entrance since 1940, depicts Roosevelt riding horseback accompanied by a Native American and an African American male. According to the announcement, the move stems from nationwide attacks on confederate statues and protests over the death of George Floyd.

“Over the last few weeks, our museum community has been profoundly moved by the ever-widening movement for racial justice that has emerged after the killing of George Floyd,” the museum’s president, Ellen V. Futter, told the New York Times. “We have watched as the attention of the world and the country has increasingly turned to statues as powerful and hurtful symbols of systemic racism.”

“Simply put,” Futter added, “the time has come to move it.”

Gotta wonder how many other things are Wrongthink in the museum. It’s a museum of history, they apparently can’t deal with history. Say, let’s go check the Metropolitan Museum of Art, bet there’s something we can cancel.

#CancelYale trending on Twitter nationwide

Yale University has come under fire Saturday through tweets pointing out the university was named after Elihu Yale, a slave trader.

The hashtag “#CancelYale” started trending nationwide on Twitter.

In one tweet, from Jesse Kelly, around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, he said he called on Yale to “change its name immediately and strip the name of Yale from every building, piece of paper, and merchandise. Otherwise, they hate Black people. #CancelYale”

The university has previously been brought in the spotlight in August 2016 for a push to rename the Ivy League campus, starting at the top with Elihu Yale, “slave trader extraordinaire,” as he was described in a story then by the Wall Street Journal.

In today’s #CancelCulture Yale would need to be ended, not have their name changed. Jesse Kelly also noted that the founder of Georgetown University, John Carroll, owned 100 slaves, and should be Canceled. And that everyone with a degree from Yale and Georgetown should give up their degrees. Obviously, Jesse was trolling, and pointing out the hypocrisy of the SJWs. But, like I tell people when they says “what about X?”, don’t give them ideas, because they are in a cancelling mood.

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NPR Seems Upset About “Protesters” Getting Run Over

By William Teach June 21, 2020 – 5:08 pm

See, this is all your fault

Vehicle Attacks Rise As Extremists Target Protesters

Right-wing extremists are turning cars into weapons, with reports of 50 vehicle-ramming incidents since protests against police violence erupted nationwide in late May.

At least 18 are categorized as deliberate attacks; another two dozen are unclear as to motivation or are still under investigation, according to a count released Friday by Ari Weil, a terrorism researcher at the University of Chicago’s Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Weil has tracked vehicle ramming attacks, or VRAs, since protests began.

The 20 people facing prosecution in the rammings include a state leader of the Virginia Ku Klux Klan, as well as a California man who was charged with attempted murder after antagonizing protesters and then driving into them, striking a teenage girl. Video footage of some attacks shows drivers yelling at or threatening Black Lives Matter protesters before hitting the gas.

Yes, some are intentionally doing this, putting themselves in situations where this is self defense. But, aren’t the roads open to all? Perhaps Democrats and NPR should be taking the Democrats to task for inventing the KKK, and, weird, isn’t California a Progressive Utopia?

From May 27 to June 17, Weil recorded at least 50 vehicle ramming attacks nationwide. Of those, five were by law enforcement and 45 by civilians. At least 18 of the civilian incidents involved malice and another 23 remain unclear as to motive, according to Weil’s analysis of police and court records, as well as news reports. The bulk of the attacks occurred in the first 14 days of protests.

So, cops trying to escape from unhinged, violent mobs hating on police. The 23 “unclear”? Check the photo at NPR

https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1274713491153326081

Now watch the video

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 21, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is a world killing dog causing the seas to rise, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Earl Of Taint, with a post on a new badge for the Boy Scouts.

It’s animals week!

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