Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach May 31, 2020 – 9:19 am

Happy Sunday. No matter what’s going on, it’s still a great day in America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and there’s a little lizard hanging out on the deck, been there since Saturday evening. Doesn’t run away. This pinup is by Jessica Doughtery, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Powerline notes that, via court records, most arrested in Minneapolis were from in-state
  2. The Federalist says that blaming white supremacists for the rioting is a bunch of mule fritters
  3. Outside The Beltway discusses what if Minneapolis was happening elsewhere, how would the media cover it
  4. Pacific Pundit notes Joe Biden’s staff paying the bail for looters and rioters
  5. Raised On Hoecakes features a lady celebrating being Bat Soup virus in style
  6. The Feral Irishman has some liberal logic on face masks and rioting
  7. The Last Refuge notes AG Barr identifying Antifa as organizing violence
  8. The Lid has plenty of proof of voter fraud
  9. Virtual Mirage discusses looting for fun and profit
  10. Weasel Zippers covers the space rocket launch Saturday
  11. Independent Sentinel offers proof that murder charges might not stick in George Floyd case
  12. Adrienne’s Corner says it never really was about George Floyd
  13. America’s Watchtower covers SCOTUS ruling in favor of church restrictions during coronavirus
  14. Barking Moonbat EWS notes Trump dumping WHO
  15. And last, but not least, Blazing Cat Fur notes an Antifa terrorist arrested for trying to set 4 NYPD officers on fire

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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Protests Rage: “Fayetteville Street Is Destroyed”

By William Teach May 31, 2020 – 7:55 am

This means that lockdown is over, right? I failed to hear any in the media decrying the failure to social distance at the protests, like they did with ReOpen ones (for clarity, Fayetteville Street is downtown Raleigh, separate from Fayetteville, NC)

‘Fayetteville Street is just destroyed:’ Looters set fires, break windows and steal from stores in Raleigh

Protests, fires and outrage over the death of George Floyd have broken out in more than a dozen cities across the country, with some protesters smashing windows, setting cars ablaze and clashing with police officers.

Tonight, protesters in Fayetteville and Raleigh have grown unsettled–and, in some cases, violent. A historic building was set on fire and vandalized, police cars are being smashed, flags have been burned and protesters have thrown bottles and other items at officers. By the end of the evening, it was unclear if the looters and people causing property damage were part of the original protests at all.

Protests began peacefully on Saturday afternoon, with protests scheduled in cities across North Carolina. Durham, Raleigh and Fayetteville had marches with hundreds of protesters chanting, “No justice, no peace.”

Over 1,000 protesters marched in downtown Raleigh.

I had the intention of going down to the Raleigh one after work to see what was going on, yet, tear gas was already being used because some were throwing stuff at the police. I actually watched this occur on TV, and the brave throwers would throw something then run away.

But, you know, if you’re yelling “no justice no peace” without setting the terms of what justice is, then people are going to take the “no peace” part literally. And there were more than plenty of white leftists involved, and I saw the TV pan past at least one Antifa spray painted logo in Raleigh. Some said the Proud Boys were around early, around 4pm, in Raleigh. Watching the video live, it wasn’t them looting and throwing things and destroying things and lighting things on fire

Several fires started in downtown Raleigh between Fayetteville Street and Moore Square last night, where crowds gathered and riding around on the top of cars.

“Almost every window down Fayetteville Street is broken,” said WRAL reporter Keely Arthur. Looting has begun in downtown Raleigh, as looters have broken windows in multiple businesses and set a fire in the CVS on Hargett Street and Fayetteville Street.

Looters broke into Cross Creek Mall in Fayetteville and appear to be going in and out of the JC Penney. Police arrived on the scene last night.

The Market House, where many protesters in Fayetteville gathered today, was set on fire and windows were smashed. Protesters added more fuel to the fire and threw wood pallets to encourage a larger fire in the Market House

In fairness to Durham, NC, there’s no reports of the things that occurred in Raleigh and Fayetteville. Right now in Fayetteville around 40K are without power, and they have no idea why.

4:30 a.m.: Police confirmed several businesses in Emporium Plaza were damaged during last night’s protests: AT&T, Raleigh Tobacco and Dr. Stylez. There’s a cash register on the ground and broken glass outside the buildings. There is also vandalism at the Gamestop on Capital Boulevard.

If you look at the map, that center is miles from downtown, so, someone took advantage.

3:00 a.m.: Fayetteville Police said things are beginning to quiet down, but they are blocking all roads around the hot zone. An officer said two Walmart stores and a Dick’s Sporting Goods are all ‘destroyed,’ among others.

Will those stores rebuild, or move on?

12:05 a.m.: An employee from Dollar General in downtown Raleigh spoke on camera saying she is concerned the damage, looting and fire will impact her job. As many local businesses were already struggling due to COVID-19, the destruction creates concern of more job loss during a time of economic hardship for many families.

Fayetteville St is destroyed. Not one business downtown is untouched. At a minimum, businesses had graffiti and/or broken windows. And there was damage on other streets in downtown.

https://twitter.com/GeraldJBlessed/status/1266902458909044736

Not white supremacists or such, eh? Also in fairness, the live video I saw last night had whites and Hispanics doing the bad things.

https://twitter.com/olivialannom/status/1266939446747947009

Because Conservative protests rarely become violent. The only times they do it is because groups like Antifa show up. And the Raleigh PD saw what was happening at other George Floyd protests around the country. The reopennc ones weren’t taking over the streets, weren’t yelling fuck the cops, weren’t spray painting buildings, weren’t throwing things.

Elsewhere

EXTREME GRAPHIC
DALLAS ’PROTESTERS’ BEAT MAN TO NEAR-DEATH

RIOTERS SLASH POLICE OFFICER’S NECK IN JACKSONVILLE

TEAR GAS, PEPPERS SPRAY, RUBBER BULLETS FIRED AT WHITE HOUSE PROTESTERS

NYPD CARS ABLAZE

NASHVILLE CITY HALL DESTROYED

WGN TV TRUCK DESTROYED WITH ‘SHOVELS, BATS, PIPES, BRICKS’ AS CHICAGO COPS STAND DOWN

 

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Having Solved All Their Problems, NYC Bans Use Of Certain Words To Describe Illegal Aliens

By William Teach May 30, 2020 – 3:51 pm

Apparently, NYC has stopped all crime and the effects of Coronavirus (being pretty much ground zero in the U.S.)

NYC Bans The Terms ‘Illegal Immigrant’ And ‘Alien,’ Will Now Refer To Illegal Immigrants As ‘Noncitizens’

New York City reportedly outlawed the use of the terms “alien” and “illegal immigrant” in official government documents Thursday and will now refer to illegal immigrants as “noncitizens.”

New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said the term “alien” was “dehumanizing,” and said New York will become the first city to bar the language in government documents.

“These words are outdated and loaded words used to dehumanize the people they describe. It’s time to retire them,” Council Member Francisco Moya, the resolution’s sponsor said, according to an NBC affiliate in New York. “Words matter. The language we choose to use has power and consequences.”

The report also stated that the new resolution will make it a crime to threaten “someone for their use of another language or their limited English proficiency, and [to threaten] to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ) on a person based on a discriminatory motive.”

The words illegal and alien are used in the federal code to describe people who are unlawfully present in the United States. But, SJW Open Borders Advocates gotta SJW Open Borders Advocate.

Trump should announce that ICE will not operate in NYC, so any illegal alien is safe there. Let’s see how much the city enjoys a massive stream of illegals.

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If All You See…

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

…is horrible off-season heat snow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post on police investigating a 7 year old’s toy gun.

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Gutsy Kids Call Our Florida’s Government Or Something

By William Teach May 30, 2020 – 10:30 am

I especially enjoy how the oldster writing this spent a lifetime of fossil fueled travel but now wants to restrict Other People

These gutsy kids called out Florida officials on climate change | Column

My name is Dick Jacobs. I’m 89 years old, mostly a retired business attorney. For the past four years I’ve been in the fight of my life battling stage IV melanoma cancer. But as tough as that fight is, there’s another life or death battle – one that is a far tougher, and more important than my bout with cancer – that’s inspired me to action.

It all started after more than four decades of venture travel, trekking over the seven continents and writing Wonderlust, which chronicled my treks and the lessons I learned about caring for our Earth, the only home we have. I became convinced that I had to devote myself to helping our Earth with its growing cancer.

Thus, I became involved with eight gutsy kids and their suit against Florida, its governor and its key officials. The kids’ lawsuit isn’t about money. Their lawsuit is about protecting the kids’ constitutional, and fundamental rights, sourced in ancient laws over 1,500 years old, to a stable climate, which is essential to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness.

There is no constitutional right to a specific climate, to a so-called stable climate, which Mankind has never had.

These young people—and young people across the globe—know that their future depends on the actions we take right now. They understand there is a short window to avoid the worst impacts of climate change by transitioning to clean energy solutions. They know Florida needs a plan to end the fossil fuel energy system the state has perpetuated.

These kids are role models for us all…..

…I’ve heard comments shaming their parents for using their kids as pawns, putting them up to the litigation. Nothing could be further from the truth. As we met with the kids, it became clear that the kids were genuinely worried about the impacts of climate change on their future and they weren’t being pushed into this by parents. An amazingly sharp group, the youngest was Levi, then 8 years old. Levi’s been on 60 Minutes. Delaney Reynolds, now a University of Miami student, has been a speaker on climate issues before the United Nations. Luxha Aliheligi Phillips, an articulate 14 year old when I met her, is now a climate refugee, having left Miami. She is not alone. And it’s predicted that 2.5 million more people will be leaving Miami in the not too distant future because of global warming and rising seas.

An 8 year old isn’t going to understand any of this. They’ve been indoctrinated.

The kids deserve our support. Won’t you stand with them before it’s too late?

Stand with them to do what, exactly? Let government tax me more, take more of my hard-earned money? Let them take away my freedom, liberty, and choice? Restrict how I live my life? Increase my cost of energy and cost of living? No thanks!

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Bummer: Markets Not Paying Attention To Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach May 30, 2020 – 7:32 am

Perhaps because ‘climate change’ is fake, and in the wake of a real issue, the Coronavirus, the market will focus on real stuff

Markets not paying attention to climate crisis, IMF says

Equity markets have generally ignored the increasing number of natural disasters over the past 50 years and tougher rules are needed to make investors aware of the dangers posed by the climate crisis, the International Monetary Fund has said.

Companies should be forced to disclose their exposure to climate risk because a voluntary approach does not go far enough, the IMF said in a chapter from its latest global financial stability report (GFSR).

The Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures, an initiative led by Mark Carney, the former Bank of England governor, outlines how companies should calculate and disclose their exposure to climate risk to investors.

In other words, companies and markets mostly aren’t interested in joining the Cult of Climastrology nor even wasting time on this stuff.

The IMF, however, said in a GFSR published on Friday that climate risk should ultimately be made part of international reporting standards.

“An increasing number of firms have begun to voluntarily disclose climate change risk information, in line with the recommendations set out by the taskforce on climate-related financial disclosures” it said.

“However, going further by developing global mandatory disclosures on material climate change risks would be an important step to sustain financial stability. In the short term, mandatory climate change risk disclosure could be based on globally agreed principles. In the longer term, climate change risk disclosure standards could be incorporated into financial statements compliant with international financial reporting standards.”

So, some companies have complied, but now the Cult wants even more. Go figure.

“While projections of climatic variables and their economic impact are subject to a high degree of uncertainty, aggregate equity valuations as of 2019 do not appear to reflect the predicted changes in physical risk under various climate change scenarios”, the IMF said. “This suggests that equity investors may not be paying sufficient attention to climate change risks.”

Weather has always happened, and always will. But it is now caused by witchcraft, you know.

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Riots Spread Across The Country

By William Teach May 30, 2020 – 7:14 am

Apparently, the murder, yes, murder, of George Floyd requires people do damage and destroy property, as well as steal and loot. Whenever I hear something about justice for George I wonder if he’d approve of this being done in his name. Also, let’s be clear, there are plenty of white and other non-black SJWs involved

Minnesota requests more help as riots continue there — and across US

The state of Minnesota is requesting 1,000 additional National Guard soldiers as rioting broke out once again Friday night following the death of George Floyd earlier in the week.

Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota National Guard Adjutant Gen. Jon Jensen announced the request at a news conference early Saturday, FOX 9 of Minneapolis reported.

Guard personnel already deployed in addition to state and local police just haven’t been able to control the violence and unrest that the Minneapolis-St. Paul area has seen in recent days, Walz said.

“This is the largest civilian deployment in Minnesota history that we have out there today and quite candidly right now, we do not have the numbers,” Walz said. “We cannot arrest people when we are trying to hold ground because of the sheer size, the dynamics and the wanton violence.”

The police and National Guard pretty much disappeared Friday night, surrendering the 3rd Precinct and the surrounding area in the wake of violence.

Floyd’s death Monday – for which four Minneapolis police officers were fired Tuesday and one of them, Derek Gauvin, was arrested and charged with third-degree murder Friday – has sparked protests and rioting across the U.S., from New York City and Washington, D.C., to Chicago; Columbus, Ohio, Louisville, Ky., and Dallas, to San Jose, Calif.; Los Angeles and Portland, Ore.

That’s right, there was rioting in Floyd’s name across the country. They went after CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta for some reason, and yelled nasty things to the Atlanta police, which is interesting, since the APD is roughly 58% black. They went after the White House, which also had nothing to do with the death of Floyd. There were issues in Charlotte, NC. A police station was damaged, stores looted, and a Charlotte city council person (Braxton Winston) was arrested. Breitbart has a long, long list of tweets with video on all the riots. Can’t even call them protests anymore.

There’s a protest scheduled at 6pm in Raleigh downtown. We’ll see what happens, whether it stays peaceful, or becomes, as the media likes to call it, mostly peaceful. There are no Target’s or Walmarts or even supermarkets in the close area.

The main officer, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with 3rd Degree Murder. Many want him charged with 1st Degree. If that happened, he’d get off, because there is no evidence for premeditated murder. Remember how officers in Baltimore were over-charged and got off? This is not a TV show or movie where prosecutors charge a suspect with a much higher crime than they committed to get them to plea bargain down to what they really did. Because defense lawyers would just fight it in court. Now, if you charge a suspect with what they actually did, they might plea bargain down.

BTW, why aren’t the media complaining about the failure to wear face masks and the poor social distancing?

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Hawaiian Shirts Are A Symbol Of The Alt-Right Or Something

By William Teach May 29, 2020 – 4:20 pm

Deep investigative journalism, folks

How Hawaiian Shirts Became a Symbol for the Alt-Right

Fresh off of claims that Fred Perry and the OK hand gesture are now totems of the alt-right movement, another seemingly pure and good thing is in danger of being ruined: the Hawaiian shirt.

For certain parts of the alt-right, the appeal of the Hawaiian shirt does not stem from a love of floral prints or Don Ho records. Instead, aloha patterns are a signal that they are ready for a second Civil War, which fringe voices like Alex Jones swear is happening soon. Unsurprisingly, this affinity for colorful palm leaves and breathable fabric is a shibboleth amongst Very Online sects of the alt-right, stemming from a cult  ‘80s movie, spoonerisms and a cache of sad men who don’t have friends in real life.

In 1984, Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo was inflicted upon movie goers across the country. Although the movie was a critical and commercial flop, it has gained a second life as a meme on account of the movie being beyond awful and “Boogaloo” being a funny word; It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia had a 2016 episode called Chardee MacDennis 2: Electric Boogaloo, which is a direct reference to Breakin’ 2. Author Reece Jones broke down how the shirt became a symbol on Twitter:

In turn, users on alt-right, pro-gun message boards on Reddit, 4chan and 8chan labeled the upcoming Civil War as “Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo,” which was then shortened to “the Boogaloo,” which then evolved into “the big Luau” (and “the big igloo”). As such, aloha shirts have made appearances at recent protests around the country. When paired with combat gear, guns and racism, the Hawaiian shirt is apparently symbol that the wearer is prepared to go to war against America.

We recommend proudly wearing your favorite Tommy Bahama or Reyn Spooner number with literally anything else to reclaim the shirt’s original intention: spreading good vibes.

Well, I’m totally convinced. How about you?

The article is based on a crazy, long post at bellingcat, because reasons.

Interestingly, for all the complaints about the alt-right, they aren’t the ones who are rioting and burning and looting. But, yes, some have some seriously wacked beliefs.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 29, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is an area flooded and dried out from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Legal Insurrection, with a post on fact checks on fact checks.

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Hotcold Take: ‘Climate Change’ Is Making Forests Younger And Smaller

By William Teach May 29, 2020 – 10:30 am

Oh, wait, I’m sorry, the climate crisis is doing this

Climate crisis making world’s forests shorter and younger, study finds

Climate breakdown and the mass felling of trees has made the world’s forests significantly shorter and younger overall, an analysis shows.

The trend is expected to continue, scientists say, with worrying consequences for the ability of forests to store carbon and mitigate the climate emergency and for the endangered wildlife that depends on rich, ancient forests.

The analysis of more than 150 previous studies found the death rate of trees has increased, doubling in North America and significantly increasing in the Amazon, for example. The impact of forest destruction had cut the area of old growth forest by a third since 1900, the researchers said.

But rising temperatures caused by global heating also cuts growth and increases tree deaths by limiting photosynthesis and causing stress. Furthermore, high temperatures, drought, high storm winds and pests and disease affect older trees more and are all on the rise.

Because if there’s one thing trees hate it’s carbon dioxide and warmth.

Anyhow, it’s cute that they came up with this not by studying the actual trees and forests, but, by looking at other studies.

“They have been getting smaller and younger over the last century, primarily because of the effects of human land use change, and disturbances like wildfires and insect outbreaks and droughts. These are things that are increasing in frequency and severity.”

Wait, wait, that doesn’t actually sound like anthropogenic climate change from carbon pollution, does it?

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