…is an evil big meal which makes people fat (but don’t body shame!!!!!) which is bad for climate change, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Busted Knuckles, with a post wondering what your favorite dipping sauce is.
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Are you enjoying your Modern Socialism test drive, people?
Port Deposit business owner facing charges for Sunday crowds
Maryland State Police from the North East barrack have sent information to the Cecil County State’s Attorney’s Office for possible prosecution of Lee’s Landing Dock Bar for alleged violation of the Maryland COVID-19 regulations.
However the owner of the business, Dave Carey, said he was following Gov. Larry Hogan’s regulations for social distancing and crowd size “to the letter of the law†and is troubled that 15 uniformed officers from 4 different law enforcement agencies responded to Lee’s Landing Sunday.
Greg Shipley, spokesman for MSP, said police were at Lee’s Landing at Rowland Drive in Port Deposit Sunday around 2:30.
“Responding troopers estimated the crowd upon their arrival to be about 70 people who were on the ‘boardwalk’ portion of the business. Individuals were seen eating and drinking,†Shipley said via email.
Troopers said they were at the Port Deposit restaurant a week ago responding to reports of large numbers of patrons. Sgt. S. Spayd said Sunday that the law enforcement agency had to return this Sunday and found more than 70 motorcycles in the parking lot.
If people were following social distancing rules, what’s the problem? Carey said there were more like 10 motorcycles in the parking lot.
“The investigation indicated the restaurant was selling ‘to go’ food and drink orders, but some of that food and drink was being consumed on the premises,†Shipley said. “The crowd dispersed and those who remained were determined to be waiting for carryout orders.â€
If they were staying 6 feet apart, what’s the problem? Oh, right, Fascists want to Fascist. Just a little taste of power.
Carey said Maryland State Police were joined by Cecil County Sheriff’s Deputies, Maryland Transportation Authority and Perryville police. According to Carey when police arrived they found his staff taking orders and handing those orders — in plastic bags that were tied shut –over to customers. Customers were in measured lines with proper spacing and staff wore masks and other protective gear.
It really takes four law enforcement divisions for this? And then they wonder why there are protests?
According to Spayd, customers were allegedly lingering in the parking lot and around the establishment.
“We were at Lee’s Landing a week ago and we gave them a warning,†the sergeant said. With the second offense the owner faces a year in jail and $5,000 in fines if convicted.
So, if people were hanging in the parking lot, how is this the fault of the restaurant owner? A year in jail? They should claim they are illegal aliens, and they won’t be bothered.
Meanwhile
Experts say tattling has benefits, but also warn it can adversely affect minority communities. https://t.co/wGa7yQxxso @MaryseZeidler
— CBC News (@CBCNews) April 26, 2020
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There have been plenty of “dress rehearsal” type ‘climate change’ screeds over the past few months, some saying this is what the world will look like with the climate crisis, others saying with all the climate policies in place. The latter aren’t exactly selling their solutions when people aren’t working, people are stuck at home, they can’t travel to visit friends and family, and the government fines them for walking the dog
Maine Voices: COVID serves as dress rehearsal for dealing with climate crisis
We human beings have known about climate change since the late 1980s, and we have known about the damage it is causing for years. 2019, with its wildfires, storms, melting sea ice, floods in Miami and elsewhere and famines, has provided a dramatic manifestation of what we expect in the future. Scientists are telling us that all of these weather events will increase in intensity.
None of those things happened before CO2 went above 350ppm….oh, wait, the good Rev. Richard Killmer is using the “since 1980’s” timeline…did they?
In Canada, there is a belief that government should have the right to make decisions in times of need. Governments are trusted to make decisions based on their understanding of the common good. Because that is true, all of the provincial governments, no matter what their party, agree with the federal government’s strategies on COVID.
The good Warmist Rev sure seems to be calling for authoritarian government.
What about the question we started with? Has COVID been a successful dress rehearsal for mitigating the climate crisis? The United States is in process of being the only country in the world that is leaving the Paris agreement, which it is scheduled to do Nov. 4, one day after the U.S. election.
The Canadian government is committed to the Paris agreement’s goal of getting to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. That means that they have agreed to reach 30 percent of the 2005 levels of greenhouse-gas emissions by 2030. A terrific goal. There are people in Canada who believe that they need to do much more. Some have stated that they should cut 60 percent of the greenhouse-gas emissions produced in 2005 by 2030.
It seems to me that Canada has had a successful dress rehearsal and should do well at reaching its climate change goals. Its commitment is admirable.
Seriously, is this really a good argument by climate cultists like the good Rev? Are you enjoying your test drive of Modern Socialism, America? How about y’all up in Canada? Is this the way you want things to go? Choose wisely.
Read: Bat Soup Virus Serves As A Dress Rehearsal For Dealing With Hotcoldwetdry Or Something »
Bloomberg News, though, doesn’t see the problem, and actually lauds this move
https://twitter.com/bopinion/status/1254431277710823425
From the link
My son Nick lives in New Zealand, which has done a remarkable job fighting the coronavirus. As of Friday, the nation of 4.8 million people had 1,456 confirmed cases and only 17 deaths. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government is now talking about not just containing the virus but eliminating it.
It helps that New Zealand is an island nation that can seal itself off from the rest of the world. It also helps that it has a centralized national health system. But as Nick explained to me the other day, Ardern has also imposed a lockdown unlike anything in the U.S.
New Zealanders are only allowed to drive locally and for essential activities. They are encouraged to restrict outdoor exercise to an hour a day. At the pharmacy, only one customer is allowed in at a time, and clerks retrieve the goods from the shelf and put it in a bag, so customers never touch anything until they return home. The wait to get in the grocery store is usually around an hour where Nick lives, and workers must wear masks and gloves.
Here’s what truly caught my attention. When I asked Nick how often he ordered take-out food, he said never. Every restaurant is closed. So is every shop aside from grocery stores, drugstores and some urgent services. There are few deliveries. E-commerce has largely been halted except for essentials. Food-processing companies still operate, but virtually every other form of blue-collar work is shut down. (Citizens are surviving financially with emergency funds from the government.)
Isn’t interesting that Democrats are always enthralled by authoritarian government? The government also disarmed most people by executive order (though, you only have about 25% having turned in their weapons.) Now they are dictating your life. They also restricted the heck out of international flights, which is a lot easier to do in the tiny nation, and doesn’t take in many refugees.
Compare that with the U.S. At a Smithfield pork plant in South Dakota, more than 700 workers have been infected. Dozens of other U.S. meat-packing plants also have high rates of infection, according to an investigation by USA Today. The Boeing Co., which shut down for a month, is calling back 27,000 workers to its Puget Sound facility in Washington — even though the state’s stay-at-home order will remain in place for at least two more weeks. As of early April, 135 Boeing workers had tested positive for the virus.
One has to wonder where the food in New Zealand is coming from. But, the above continues on and on, because Bloomberg wants authoritarianism. Let’s start with shutting down newspapers. They aren’t essential. If they can sit home and gather the news, OK. But, not actual papers can be delivered, especially since it would take print to make them in the first place.
Thousands of other workers are putting themselves on the line for no good reason other than their bosses are demanding it. Following New Zealand’s lead would mean white-collar types would have to make some small sacrifices. But if we return to what essential truly means, we may also save lives.
And when this is over, what kind of economy will New Zealand have? How many businesses will just be gone, with owners out of business and workers with nowhere to work?
Of course, if you read the replies, you’ll find things like this
No, only some ecommerce has been halted. Where do you get your partisan instructions to deceive from?
— Tom Butlin (@tombutlin) April 26, 2020
Yeah, there’s some interesting spin going on.
Read: New Zealand Decides To Go Full Totalitarian, Only Allows People Outside Their Homes 1 Hour A Day »
And this is not a good thing, you guys. The latest in Warmist prognosticating propaganda
Hurricanes Could Be Slowing Down Due to Rising CO2 Levels, And That’s Not a Good Thing
Scientists are warning that an increase in global warming could significantly slow down hurricanes, potentially leading to more destruction.
While slowing down might sound like a good thing, the researchers are talking about the speed hurricanes progress, not wind speed. So this slow down means more time to carve out a trail of destruction with both wind and rain when they hit land.
The stark warning is based on meteorological data collected since 1950, as well as readings taken on more recent storms from the last few years, and forward projections created by computer modelling.
Yup, our friend modelling
“Our simulations suggest that future anthropogenic warming could lead to a significant slowing of hurricane motion, particularly in some populated mid-latitude regions,” says climatologist Gan Zhang, from Princeton University.
“This is the first study we are aware of that combines physical interpretation and robust modeling evidence to show that future anthropogenic warming could lead to a significant slowing of hurricane motion.”
Using detailed climate models, Zhang and his colleagues ran six distinct patterns, based on 15 separate sets of initial conditions, which gave them a total of 90 different possible future scenarios.
In all of those 90 scenarios, the model was told to expect an increase in CO2 levels and subsequent global warming of 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century.
Of course, this all predicts doom. But, we can fix with a tax and taking away your freedom and choice. Imagine 2020 being a test drive for what this will look like.
Read: Hurricanes Could Maybe Possibly Slowing Down Because You Ate A Burger »
…is a wonderful hybrid that is still sorta evil because it uses fossil fuels, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is The First Street Journal, with a post on losing the consent of the governed.
It’s cleaning out the folder week.
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Happy Sunday! Still better to be in America than anywhere else. We’ll get through this. Sports will be back. Business will be back. And the 8 bunnies munching on the grass and a neighbors flowers are enjoying. This pinup is by Tatiana Doronina (in the style of Gil Elvgren), with a wee bit of help
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?
Read: Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup »
I mentioned the protesting issues in Encinitas the other day, where the citizens protested over the closing of beaches and hiking trails, where they were told they were “prohibited from “swimming, surfing, paddleboarding, boating for recreational purposes and all other water recreational activities†at beaches.” Seriously, if you are doing any of these things within the parameters of social distancing, what’s the problem? Oh, right, power mad little dictator wannabees (who’ve forgotten there are these things called “electionsâ€). And then they were threatened with legal action by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office for protesting, and threatened with fines and arrest. And then
At least three people were arrested on Saturday during a protest at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. They were cited for violating the stay-at-home order and congregating on a closed beach pic.twitter.com/p8s6Ou0sdV
— CBS 8 San Diego (@CBS8) April 25, 2020
Here’s the story, which also has more video
Chanting “This is our right†and “Open our beach,†protesters clashed with San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies at Moonlight beach.
Alexis Hordowich says her husband was one of the three men arrested Saturday.
“I’m mad because it’s not fair for anybody to go through that, like this is his daughter, she is going to grow up in a horrible world if we don’t stand up for our rights,†Hordowich said in tears. (snip)
Law enforcement surrounded the rally using patrol cars, motorcycles, and a helicopter. Lifeguards got in the water on jet skis to make sure no one was in the ocean.
Over the intercom, deputies announced: “You are gathering in violation of the public health order,†to which the protesters shouted obscenities.
And the Sheriff’s office not only cited multiple people, but actually too them to jail to book them. The State of California stay at home order allows for exercise as long as people are taking proper precautions.
One has to wonder where the ACLU is, and, more specifically, the ACLU of Southern California. If you visit their webpage, they are concerned with illegal aliens, criminals in jail, and dunking on ICE. On Twitter? Same concerns.
There’s apparently also an ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties. Encinitas is San Diego County. Their Twitter tagline is “SDACLU is a 501c4 org that defends and preserves the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution and US laws.” Going back a week, nothing from them on protests, police and city over-reach, just criminals in jails, illegal aliens, and ICE. There were happy with a protest at a detention center.
Meanwhile, Moonbattery covers a Canadian man getting an $880 fine for walking his dog. Alone. On his own property.
Read: Police Arrest Multiple People For Being At Beach In Encinitas, California »
So, all who live in the Los Angeles area should give up their modern lives
To the editor: I am a high school junior in Los Angeles. Every school I have attended since kindergarten has celebrated Earth Day. My generation has grown up with a constant awareness of the imminent threat of climate change. We’re used to asking for straws and paying for grocery bags. We’ve missed school on Fridays to protest at City Hall. (“Happy 50th birthday, Earth Day,†editorial, April 22)
Right now, at a time when we cannot protest or bring our metal straws to brunch, we’ve seen the most dramatic change in our environment. We’re all stuck in our homes, unable to spend our weekends crawling to the beach on the 405 Freeway, polluting the air on the way to polluting the ocean. Instead we entertain ourselves with neighborhood walks and by engaging with nature.
This Earth Day, with the planet’s human inhabitants living in frustration and uncertainty, for once the Earth itself was at peace.
COVID-19 will not last forever, but we must ensure our planet will. Always remember the clear skies over Los Angeles in April 2020 and let it guide how we act when we start returning to normal. Remember the walks we took when there was nothing else to do. Remember the government’s ability to spend on a large scale and hold lawmakers accountable the next time we ask for action on climate change.
We must never forget the disaster that COVID-19 has caused, but we must always remember how beautiful the sky looked and how clean the air was to breathe. We must remind our lawmakers of nature’s unceasing role in our lives, with or without the threat of a pandemic.
First, the smog of the urban areas is not ‘climate change’. It is an environmental issue, while ‘climate change’ is a political issue. Second, these climate cultists are just taking advantage of people suffering.
Third
Practice what you preach, Alexandra Cohen and the rest of the young Warmists
Read: Young Climate Cultist Wants You To Remember LA’s Clean Air »
…is horrible heat snow because Other People keep their AC below 80, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Victory Girls Blog, with a post on AOC and a generation of lotus eaters.
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