We’re Saved: Erie Youths Hold Climate Shoe Strike

By William Teach July 25, 2020 – 7:52 am

These would be shoes made with fossil fuels, shipped with fossil fueled vehicles, many coming from Vietnam and China

Erie group’s ‘shoe strike’ highlights climate change

The Inner-City Neighborhood Art House’s event drew attention to the global climate crisis without a public protest.

A display of shoes took the place of a march or protest on Friday, but the message of global climate change awareness was still made.

A youth group at the Inner-City Neighborhood Art House, 201 E. 10th St., put out about 100 pairs of donated shoes to draw attention to the global climate crisis. The shoe strike took the place of a public protest due to the threat of COVID-19.

“Because of COVID, we are not allowed to go out and march and walk,” said Sofia Masi, 13, co-organizer of the project and a member of the Art House’s climate change group. “So the shoe strike is a way of saying, ‘Climate is (still) an issue.’”

The protest is similar to national and international events occurring this weekend and is based on the Skolstrejk movement started in Sweden by youth activist Greta Thunberg.

Not allowed to march? Perhaps they missed all the other hardcore leftists marching and not catching flak for it. Anyhow, if they really care

Start taking away a large portion of their allowance/work earnings. Limit their freedom, where they can travel to, what they can buy. See if they really care then.

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GOP Introduces Resolution Banning Democratic Party Name Over Slavery

By William Teach July 25, 2020 – 7:11 am

This is exactly the kind of thing you get in the era of Donald Trump, where Republicans finally have the cajones to fight back against Democrats, instead of being meek and cowed. Of course, the Credentialed Media is barely covering this, unsurprisingly. I’m find a total of 5 articles. You have Salon, which is, of course, defending Democrats and smearing Republicans, The Blaze, The Hill, and WSET in Virginia, along with

GOP reps push resolution to ban Democratic Party over past slavery ties

A group of Republican House members, led by Rep. Louis Gohmert of Texas, introduced a resolution Thursday that would effectively ban the Democratic Party from the House or force a party name change over past slavery ties — a response to the recent efforts to remove tributes to past members of the Confederacy from the halls of Congress.

It specifically cites the Democratic Party platform’s support for slavery between 1840 and 1856, and other racist actions by party members through the early-to-mid 1900s, before calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to “remove any items that names, symbolizes or mentions any political organization or party that has ever held a public position that supported slavery or the Confederacy” from the House and its properties. The resolution also says such a party “shall either change its name or be barred from participation in the House of Representatives.”

Gohmert, in a statement accompanying the bill, told Democrats they should rebrand to “avoid triggering” anyone.

“As outlined in the resolution, a great portion of the history of the Democratic Party is filled with racism and hatred,” Gohmert said. “Since people are demanding we rid ourselves of the entities, symbols, and reminders of the repugnant aspects of our past, then the time has come for Democrats to acknowledge their party’s loathsome and bigoted past, and consider changing their party name to something that isn’t so blatantly and offensively tied to slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination, and the Ku Klux Klan.”

He added: “To avoid triggering innocent bystanders by the racist past of the Democratic Party, I would suggest they change their name. That is the standard to which they are holding everyone else, so the name change needs to occur.”

The resolution is available at the link, and shows lots and lots of the Democrats links to slavery, bigotry, segregation policies, and links to the KKK. And, heck, it doesn’t even include all their anti-Chinese stuff from their party platforms. It’s surprising that ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, the NY Times, Washington Post, and LA Times fail to have any articles about this, eh?

Because the resolution is privileged, it takes priority over other business on the House floor. And assuming it isn’t dispensed with via voice vote, lawmakers would likely be forced to go on the record on the resolution, even if that’s through a motion to table it or refer it to a committee.

You can bet the vote will not be covered by the media: don’t want people to know the racist history of the Democratic Party, nor that they switched from being hardcore segregationists and racists after the Civil Rights era to keeping blacks down in the inner cities, making them essentially wards of the state, keeping them uneducated and poor, inviting heavy violence, and pushing abortion heavily for blacks.

Republicans should make sure they continue pushing this through the election.

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Trump Admin To Implement Global Climate Standards For Aviation, Cultists Still Not Happy

By William Teach July 24, 2020 – 3:00 pm

The Trump admin should implement hardcore climate standards for anyone flying to a climate conference

US says it will adopt global climate standards for aviation — though environmental groups still not pleased

The Trump administration said Wednesday that it plans to adopt aircraft emissions standards modeled on international ones, a move it says will not further reduce climate-damaging emissions from planes.

Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said the change “strikes the right regulatory balance” and would ensure that U.S.-made airliners and large business jets meet the demands of the global market.

Environmental groups, which had threatened to sue EPA over delays in setting greenhouse gas limits for aviation, said the agency’s proposal does not go far enough.

The Center for Biological Diversity called it “toothless.” The rules “are too weak to address the severity of the climate crisis,” said Clare Lockwood, the group’s climate legal director.

Yet, these same groups won’t give up their own use of fossil fueled flying.

The new U.S. proposal is modeled on a change adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations agency, to limit climate-damaging carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Since airline makers globally are expected to follow the new international standards anyway, “the EPA is not projecting emission reductions associated with today’s proposed GHG regulations,” or greenhouse gas rules, the EPA description of the change notes.

You can never satisfy climate cultists, so, why bother?

The Obama administration concluded that aviation contributes to climate change, endangering public health. That set Wednesday’s proposed rule in motion. The EPA says U.S. aviation accounts for 3% of the country’s overall climate-changing emissions.

Oh, wait, so, if it was good enough for Obama, should be good enough for Warmists, right? Right?

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New Climate Cult Study Rules Out Less Severe Scenarios Or Something

By William Teach July 24, 2020 – 1:40 pm

Climate cultists must be upset that the media and most people are still ignoring the climate crisis (scam) during the Bat Soup Virus occurrence. Seriously, I’ve mentioned before that it has become rather difficult to find any articles of interest over the past months, so, scaremongering time! (note: this is from the Seattle Times, which reprinted the Washington Democratic Party Post article, but forgot the link to the study. I’ve added back)

Major new climate study rules out less severe global warming scenarios

The current pace of human-caused carbon emissions is increasingly likely to trigger irreversible damage to the planet, according to a comprehensive international study released Wednesday. Researchers studying one of the most important and vexing topics in climate science — how sensitive the Earth’s climate is to a doubling of the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — found that warming is extremely unlikely to be on the low end of estimates.

These scientists now say it is likely that if human activities — such as burning oil, gas and coal along with deforestation — push carbon dioxide to such levels, the Earth’s global average temperature will most likely increase between 4.1 to 8.1 degrees Fahrenheit (2.3 and 4.5 degrees Celsius). The previous and long-standing estimated range of climate sensitivity, as first laid out in a 1979 report, was 2.7 to 8.1 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 to 4.5 Celsius).

If the warming reaches the midpoint of this new range, it would be extremely damaging, said Kate Marvel, a physicist at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies and Columbia University, who called it the equivalent of a “five-alarm fire” for the planet.

If ifs and buts were candies and nuts we’d all have a wonderful Christmas.

The new range is narrower than previous studies, but shows at least a 95% chance that a doubling of carbon dioxide, which the world is on course to reach within the next five decades or so, would result in warming greater than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) relative to preindustrial temperatures. That is the threshold beyond which scientists say the Earth will suffer dangerous effects — disruptive sea level rise, intolerable heat waves and other extreme weather and permanent damage to ecosystems.

So, that is the less severe scenario, which is a 95% chance if perhaps maybe CO2 hits 800ppm in 50 years or so? Gotta wonder, what happens if CO2 does and we don’t get 3.6F, essentially a 2.1F increase in 50 years (or so! Gotta be scientific and precise, you know!) after seeing just 1.5F since 1850.

Staying below that is still possible. If steep emissions cuts are made in the near-term, a doubling of carbon dioxide levels could be avoided. But if a doubling does occur, there would be a 6 to 18 percent chance of exceeding the upper bound defined by the study of 8.1 Fahrenheit (4.5 Celsius).

Yeah, you know the rest of this long, long climate cult sermon is just scaremongering. When will the Washington Post and Seattle Times give up their own use of fossil fuels? How about the rest of Warmists? And, no, I will never give up on that talking point, not till Warmists practice what they preach.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 24, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Raised On Hoecakes, with a post on fabricating evidence against the folks who held off a mob with firearms.

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Surprise: Blocked Firearms Applications Skyrocket

By William Teach July 24, 2020 – 10:30 am

This is supposed to mean something Bad about firearms applications

Blocked gun sales skyrocket amid coronavirus pandemic

Internal FBI data reveal a jarring new stat: The number of people trying to buy guns who can’t legally own them has skyrocketed. That came as part of a surge in gun purchases in the first three months of 2020, compared to the same time period in 2019. And the change has raised concerns about gun safety.

In March 2019, the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) ran background checks on 823,273 attempted gun buys (the system immediately greenlights the vast majority of transactions). This past March, however, NICS processed more than 1.4 million background checks––a massive spike. The most dramatic shift, though, might be in how many people the system blocked from buying guns.

In March 2019 and February 2020, the NICS system blocked about 9,500 and 9,700, respectively. But in March 2020, it blocked more than double that amount: a whopping 23,692 gun sales.

Sounds like the system was working in that people who weren’t legally allowed to purchase were mostly denied.

“This FBI data confirms our fear that America’s background check system is completely overwhelmed, which means that more guns are slipping through the cracks and being sold to prohibited purchasers,” John Feinblatt, the president of Everytown, said in a statement. “Mitch McConnell can stop this by taking action to close the Charleston loophole, but he’s too scared of the gun lobby’s waning political power to do anything, even as gun violence rises in the midst of a pandemic.”

See, the system was blocking most of them (some did slip through due to the 3 day rule, where the results had to be returned in 3 days or the application was approved) as designed, but, of course the gun grabbers see this as a reason to implement more ways to restrict more citizens.

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If You Believe In Climate Crisis (scam) You Have To Vote For Joe Biden Or Something

By William Teach July 24, 2020 – 7:17 am

Better yet, practice what you preach and and give up your own use of fossil fuels, etc and so on. This opinion piece is by Warmist Tom Steyer, who flamed out during the Democratic primary while running mostly on ‘climate change’, along with his climate cultist buddy Jay Inslee. Democrat voters didn’t really care that much. Oh, and Steyer made his money off of fossil fuels

Anyone Who Cares About the Climate Must Vote for Joe Biden | Opinion

We’ve heard it a million times: This is the most important election of our lifetimes. A global pandemic, burning planet, ongoing plague of systemic racism, a sitting president who is incapable and unwilling to lead on these issues. We are in crisis. Yet over time, the climate crisis poses the greatest threat to our country and our world.

In recent weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to talk extensively and openly with Joe Biden about climate policy, environmental justice, clean energy jobs and the need for global American leadership. He is committed to acting with the urgency this moment demands, as well as listening to and learning from local leaders and affected families across the country, especially communities of color, who bear the brunt of our climate crisis. His “Build Back Better” plan demonstrates his commitment to working with frontline communities to create an inclusive and sustainable green economy.

But any economic justification for sticking with a fossil fuel–based economy is crumbling. Since the pandemic, nearly half of Wells Fargo’s bad loans have come from oil and gas. An economy powered by oil, gas and fossil fuels is no longer sustainable in any sense of the word, and Joe knows this. His climate plan is a jobs plan. His vision for our country’s economic future isn’t based on archaic, corrupt powers, but rather on what’s best for all Americans.

Joe gets it. The former vice president understands that unchecked bad actors have intentionally and continuously poisoned the air and water across this nation—especially in lower-income communities and communities of color. Joe sees environmental justice as personal because it is. What is more personal than the air your children breathe and the asthma they get because of the neighborhood you can afford to live in? What is more personal than the water you drink that has been tainted by corporate polluters? These problems are real and demand a response from a leader who cares about people.

If they’re so important, why do Warmists do so little in their own lives? Why do people like Joe and Tom have massive carbon footprints, well beyond what the average American has? Why do they make zero attempt to modify their own lives?

This election will transform the trajectory of our nation and our planet. The next president will lead our response to the pandemic, the economy and the climate crisis. There is a massive gulf between the two candidates for president. And no question about who is better equipped to lead us out of the desert. That is why I am doing everything possible to elect Joe Biden and why I’m asking you to do the exact same thing.

There are times when I actually want to see this stuff enacted, which will result in all those voters going “hey, wait a minute, I didn’t think I was voting for all those bad things. You know, the higher taxes, higher energy costs, skyrocketing cost of living, loss of jobs, unreliable energy, too expensive and restrictive to travel, economy in the toilet, freedom, liberty, and choice taken away. I thought those things would only apply to Other People, not me! They lied to me.”

If you want all those things, vote Joe. Before you do, ask yourselves why the grand high poobahs of the Cult of Climastrology never match their actions with their rhetoric.

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Portland Rioters Worry Message On BLM Might Be Lost In Translation

By William Teach July 24, 2020 – 6:54 am

What, exactly, is the message when mostly white Leftists are involved with vandalism, graffiti, property damage, assault, and arson, among others? What does it have to do with black lives matter?Just because they have signs (saying f*ck the police) doesn’t mean they really care, seems more about violence for the sake of violence

Portland protesters worry violence is taking away from Black Lives Matter message

Federal law enforcement agents clashed repeatedly with protesters early Friday morning, pushing through the streets to disperse crowds approaching the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse in a running battle of tear gas, fireworks and pepper spray, the surreal atmosphere exacerbated by multiple people playing the “Imperial Death March” from “Star Wars” on portable speakers.

Two months after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked nationwide protests against racial injustice and a week after President Donald Trump sent federal officers toPortland to confront activists, another night of chaos unfolded in this largely liberal, mostly white city where residents have continuously taken to the streets to demand substantive police reform.

It’s cute how USA Today positions the deployment of federal law enforcement, right? Of course, the article itself in that link notes this was due to threats and actual attacks against federal property. Anyhow, the feds didn’t come out Friday till the rioters started attacking the gates and throwing things, including flammables, over the fence. And I wonder if USA Today missed this

“There’s not a lot of things people like us can do. We can vote, but does that really make a difference when the system is so stacked against us?” said Fae Preston, 21, a protester who described herself as a minimum-wage worker. “Government’s purpose is to serve the people. This is showing they are not serving us.”

So government is supposed to allow rioters to destroy federal property and attack federal employees?

For more than an hour on Thursday evening, activist Edreece Phillips, 48, a Black hip-hop artist who’s been protesting for weeks, had been keeping protesters and sightseers off the fence enclosing the federal courthouse. He said he’d talked to federal officials earlier in the day and said they’d agreed that if protesters stayed back, agents would stay inside the courthouse.

“They don’t come out unless we try to get in,” Phillips said. “All that stuff people are doing is making it so that Black voices are being heard less and less and less.”

Well, they attacked, feds came out. And they attacked a black man trying to stop them (looks different than Phillips, whose picture is in the article.)

“A lot of the people who are doing it are not Black. They throw shit and start shit and run away and yell ‘Black Lives Matter,’ and then go home and take off their clothes. But I can’t take off my black,” Phillips said. “And the more damage they do to this building— well, everyone thinks it’s people of color doing all this and it’s not. “

I know that the majority is caused by white Democrats in a city like Portland, but, yes, most people will see all the violence being done in the name of BLM and tune the whole thing out. Anyhow, that’s pretty much all there is regarding the headline.

But, remember, it was the BLM folks yelling “no justice no peace” without really setting the terms of what justice is beyond some nebulous talking points, so, BLM is seeing the results in Democratic Party run cities where hardcore white leftists (and some blacks and Latinos) run wild.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 23, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…are wonderful carbon sucking trees, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Never Yet Melted, with a post on the post-liberal West.

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Bummer: BLM Vandalizes Oakland Mayor’s House

By William Teach July 23, 2020 – 10:43 am

It’s a real shame when your Comrades decide to target you, eh?

Black Lives Matter protesters vandalize Oakland mayor’s home; she accuses them of terrorism

The Democratic mayor of Oakland, California, accused vandals who left Black Lives Matter messages spray painted at her home of trying to “terrorize” her and her family.

The incident occurred in the early morning on Tuesday outside Mayor Libby Schaaf’s house.

Witnesses say that 30 to 40 protesters dressed in black fired off projectiles and firecrackers during the vandalism. They spray-painted messages on the mayor’s stone wall, sidewalk and garage, including “Defund OPD,” “homes 4 all,” and “blood on your hands.”

A spokesperson for Schaaf released a statement condemning the vandalism.

“This attack designed to intimidate the Mayor and strike fear into her family, will not stop her from advocating for the policies she believes are in the best long-term interests of her beloved hometown,” said Justin Berton.

“Like all Oaklanders, she supports passionate protest but does not support tactics meant to harm and terrorize others,” the statement concluded.

See, Schaaf was good with all the protests and criminal behavior beforehand: now they are terrorism. At least as she’s involved. If they stay away from her home she’ll be fine with it. She’s also suddenly not good with further cuts to the police, and you can bet her home is going to get protection now.

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