Chicago Mayor Blames “Gun Violence” On States With Fewer Restrictions

By William Teach July 27, 2020 – 10:30 am

There’s no such thing as gun violence. Guns are inanimate objects which require a human to discharge them. Funny that this seems to happen primarily in areas run by Democrats

Chicago Mayor Blames Other States With ‘No Gun Control’ for City’s Increasing Violence

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has blamed her city’s worsening gun violence crisis on neighboring states with less regulation on guns, calling on President Donald Trump for support through firearms legislation and community investment—not the deployment of federal forces.

In an interview with CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning, Lightfoot called the president’s offer to “solve” Chicago’s soaring murder rate by sending in 50,000 to 75,000 federal personnel to the city “classic Trump hyperbole.” She argued the issue lies with an influx of firearms from outside of Illinois, where she said 60 percent of the city’s guns originate.

“We are being inundated with guns from states that have virtually no gun control, no background checks, no ban on assault weapons,” Lightfoot said.

“That is hurting cities like Chicago,” she added. “That is the thing that if the president wanted to help and the other things I identified in my letter he could do today, tomorrow but he is not really interested in helping in that way.”

Um, every state has background checks. They’re required federally. Perhaps Lightfoot could tell us which states, specifically, that she’s talking about. Obviously, the non-journalists at CNN failed to ask her that basic question, a “prove it” question. I wouldn’t be surprised if she was correct, though, however, most of those guns are not ones purchased legally, but stolen.

With Chicago on track to have its deadliest year in two decades, the United States’ third-largest city has made headlines for rampant shootings that have already killed more than 400 people. Trump’s response has been to institute a “surge” of federal law enforcement officers from Department of Justice agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Marshals Service, as well as forces from the Department of Homeland Security.

One has to wonder: why aren’t the criminals in Chicago following all the super-restrictive gun laws of the city of Chicago and State of Illinois? The only ones who seem to be following the law are the normal non-criminal folks, who are left unarmed against the violence in Chicago.

Of course, the vast majority of the “gun violence” is in black neighborhoods, and the majority shot, and the majority killed, are blacks, and even a black Democratic mayor doesn’t really seem to care, but, that’s par for the course with Democrats.

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Surprise: Biden Will Have To Admit There Will Be “Trade Offs” To Reach Net Zero

By William Teach July 27, 2020 – 8:20 am

Trade offs, eh? Who woulda thunk it?

Climate expert suggests Biden will have to ‘admit there will be tradeoffs’ to reach zero carbon goal

Climate activists and scientists have generally received former Vice President Joe Biden’s plan to eliminate U.S. carbon emissions by 2035 warmly, but there will likely be some backlash ahead, especially regarding a potential reliance on wind and solar alternatives, The Guardian reports.

David Keith, a climate and energy expert at Harvard University who co-authored research in 2018 that found America’s transition to solar and particularly wind would require up to 20 times more land area than previously thought, said windmills certainly shouldn’t be abandoned moving forward, but suggested they could be limited. “You should tilt the energy system toward low land footprints, which means focusing on solar, nuclear, and carbon capture and storage, with wind at the margins,” he told The Guardian.

Yeah, but most climate cultists won’t accept nuclear power. They’re dead set against it.

Keith added that if the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee defeats President Trump, the incoming Biden administration will need to “admit there will be tradeoffs for a shared national goal” and that “there will be local decisions people don’t like” en route to an emission-free future.

Whatever could those decisions be? One phrase left out of what Keith said in the Guardian article is “states’ rights”. So, an overbearing, dominant centralized authoritarian government.

But while there are concerns about the effect renewable energy systems can have on land and biodiversity, Melissa Lott, a senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, said the side effects of renewables are unequivocally worth getting to zero carbon. Read more at The Guardian.

Over to the Guardian

But protests have also started to flare around some clean energy projects, such as a Virginia community opposed to a huge solar farm 60 miles south of Washington DC, or demonstrations in the Hawaiian island of Oahu over new wind turbines that led to more than 100 arrests late last year.

“It’s not fair that AES [the company behind the wind project] can just build these monsters in our backyards, rake in all the money from them and leave us to live with the eyesore and all the side-effects,” said Kryssa Stevenson, one of the Oahu protesters, in December.

See, these projects are popular in theory, and popular as long as they are Someone Else’s problem. As soon as they start going up in people’s areas they’re like “whoa, not here.” NIMBY. Like how Ted Kennedy and John Kerry were dead set against the Cape Wind project.

Ultimately, however, the impacts of a surge in renewable energy construction may have to be weighed against an alternative where emissions are not cut and the US is roiled by unbearable heatwaves, failed crops and increasingly powerful storms.

“It’s important that the Biden plan is technology neutral, so communities can pick their path to zero emissions,” said Melissa Lott, senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. “A portion of the country will oppose this but that’s the case for anything that is built. On balance, are these impacts better than a carbon-intensive grid that will cut thousands of lives short? The answer is an unequivocal yes.

In other words, Los Federales will force communities to do this, regardless. And regardless of whether the power supply will be affordable and reliable. If these climate cultists were smart they’d push for nuclear. But, they won’t.

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Downtown Portland Businesses Seeing Business Collapse Due To “Protests”

By William Teach July 27, 2020 – 8:01 am

I hope the Portland businesses don’t think that this is going to end anytime soon, because the mostly white non-peaceable protesters aren’t going away. It’s a real shame, but, you can bet these store owners in this mostly hard left city vote for far left Democrats and had supported the “protesters”

Downtown Portland businesses, derailed by pandemic, say protests present a new challenge

Adam Milne, the owner of Old Town Pizza & Brewing, realized he had to shut down his flagship Portland taproom on July 9 after the business closed out the day with just $18.75 in sales.

As he walked through downtown and saw the boarded-up storefronts and empty streets that day, it was hard for Milne to envision customers returning to his restaurant anytime soon. He knew he couldn’t keep bleeding money by keeping the taproom open.

“I think all restaurants are really hurting and struggling, but I’m not sure if the city and state officials realize that to be a restaurant and to be in downtown Portland right now is a double blow,” Milne said. “Not only are we suffering from the pandemic, but we have an area of the state that everyone is avoiding eating and drinking.”

But downtown Portland business owners say they are facing unique challenges as they try to recover from the economic devastation brought on by the pandemic. Many point to the raucous protests downtown and the controversial federal response, which have put the city atop national headlines.

While most of downtown is tranquil, and nearly all confrontations between protestors and police take place late at night, the nightly protests have given Portland a reputation for upheaval that businesses say is keeping shoppers away.

Office buildings remain empty because of the pandemic and tourists have yet to return, taking away a large customer base for many downtown businesses. More tents have appeared along the sidewalks near downtown as the city has limited cleanups of homeless camps due to the pandemic.

Even before the federal law enforcement folks streamed into Portland to protect the federal Justice Center and federal employees from the attacks by the far left “protesters”, the violence was there. The property destruction.

They hit Starbucks again Sunday night. Think the “protesters” care? All the BLM folks, Antifa, anarchists, the Black Bloc, “Moms”, and all the other Progressive (nice Fascism) groups? No. Sacrifices must be made, including among fellow travelers.

Those factors have limited foot traffic in downtown. TriMet says trips downtown are down more than 75% this summer compared to last year. Parking meter transactions are down a similar amount, and traffic into downtown across the Morrison Bridge has fallen 43% compared to last year, according to the Portland Bureau of Transportation.

The decline in hotel occupancy in the central city is the worst in the state, down 73% compared to last year, according to data provided by Travel Portland.

Remember, this didn’t start over the last month when federal police deployed

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on the night of May 30 to protest police brutality and systemic racism in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. Floyd’s death has ignited a national reckoning, and protesters have returned to downtown Portland every night since that first night in May.

But the night of upheaval ended with break-ins and looting in downtown. Murfitt watched on his live security footage feed as looters trashed his store and police officers failed to intervene. He said officers later came to take his statement and collect security footage, but haven’t been in touch since.

Revolutions need sacrifices, and these people are the sacrifices.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 26, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful solar light, and Everyone Else should be made to use them, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is MOTUS AD, with a post on Ann Arbor’s cancel culture.

It’s tight dresses week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach July 26, 2020 – 9:22 am

Edward Runci Patriotic Pinup

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and baseball is back. Just hand the trophy to the Dodgers, save yourself some time. This pinup is by Edward Runci, with a wee bit of help.

What’s happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Watts Up WIth That? discusses St. Greta picking a side
  2. Adrienne’s Corner considers a world without police
  3. American Greatness covers the Democrats cargo cult
  4. Blazing Cat Fur notes no charges for guy who drove truck through Tulsa “protest”
  5. Bustednuckles has proof that the mask mandates are politically motivated
  6. Chicks On The Right covers Melania Trump delivering lunches to police officers
  7. Cold Fury discusses classical music’s cancel culture moment
  8. Datechguy’s Blog notes the 1st Amendment before and after Roberts
  9. Diogenes’ Middle Finger covers hucksters of the Lincoln Project
  10. Dissecting Leftism discusses why COVID19 sometimes strikes young people
  11. Geller Report News covers an all black armed group managing to shoot a member (and calls police)
  12. hogewash notes an unwise escalation by Portland “protesters”
  13. IOTW Report features an SUV going after a Defend The Police protest
  14. Jihad Watch reports on how many non-Muslim girls have potentially been raped by Muslim grooming gangs
  15. And last, but not least, Legal Insurrection covers the Seattle PD now saying they cannot protect property

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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Portland NAACP Head: Say, I Thought The Portland Protests Were About Black Lives Matter? No?

By William Teach July 26, 2020 – 7:41 am

Someone should tell E.D. Mondainé that that ship sailed weeks ago, and not just in Portland. The violence has been, and still is, all over. Here’s a smattering of last night, the in-story subheads

  • Portland, Ore.: Courthouse fence breached
  • Seattle: Explosive blows hole in precinct wall (and that’s the point where police declared a riot. Didn’t seem to care when the non-peaceable nuts were trashing the streets and businesses)
  • Austin, Texas: Fatal shooting (Austin may be in Texas, but, very much a Dem run city)
  • Aurora, Colo.: Vehicle drives through crowd; courthouse fire
  • Oakland, Calif.: Courthouse fire
  • Omaha: ‘Potential of getting violent’ prompts arrests
  • Los Angeles: Damage to courthouse, City Hall clash

And

From the link

Early in his activism, Malcolm X was asked by a young white woman what she could do to help the cause of civil rights. He famously replied, “Nothing.” Years later, he regretted dismissing her so abruptly, because he came to believe there was much she could do to advance the cause of justice for black people in the United States. But I am quite certain that striking yoga poses nude on the streets of Portland, Ore., was not on his list of actionable items.

Images of “Naked Athena,” as the protester has been labeled, have gone viral, her unclothed confrontation with police earning her accolades as a brave ally of the cause. But I see something else: a beneficiary of white privilege dancing vainly on a stage that was originally created to raise up the voices of my oppressed brothers and sisters. In this, she is not alone. As the demonstrations continue every night in Portland, many people with their own agendas are co-opting, and distracting attention from, what should be our central concern: the Black Lives Matter movement. (snip)

Unfortunately, “spectacle” is now the best way to describe Portland’s protests. Vandalizing government buildings and hurling projectiles at law enforcement draw attention — but how do these actions stop police from killing black people? What are antifa and other leftist agitators achieving for the cause of black equality? The “Wall of Moms,” while perhaps well-intentioned, ends up redirecting attention away from the urgent issue of murdered black bodies. This might ease the consciences of white, affluent women who have previously been silent in the face of black oppression, but it’s fair to ask: Are they really furthering the cause of justice, or is this another example of white co-optation?

Mondaine’ is correct in all but one thing: don’t call it white co-optation, call it Leftist co-optation. Or white Leftist co-optation. Because it’s certainly not white Republicans involved with this. Most of us were interested in some sort of police reform. We’ve had a problem with the police using surplus military gear for quite some time. But, all this that’s been going on is straight up Modern Socialist stuff. We can debate about the Black Lives Matter movement, at least at the leadership level, being purely Marxist, but, there are lots of blacks who aren’t, they just want reform.

I’ve argued this with black people I know for almost 2 months at this point: how does the violence, property destruction, graffiti, assault, arson, etc, help? How about when the protests start yammering about LGBTQ and the gender confused? And the climate change scam? And adding in all sorts of the same old hardcored Democrat policy wants? At a minimum, regular citizens tune out. Many turn against the “protesters.” And the notion of black lives mattering has been discarded by the Leftists. Of course, when you see black kids being handed “f*ck the cops” and other nasty messages by their black parents, that doesn’t help, either.

And, as you’d expect, Mondaine’ has to add some Trump Derangement Syndrome, which distracts from his actual op-ed message

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Study Shows Roman Warm Period Was 3.6F Hotter Than Today

By William Teach July 25, 2020 – 3:00 pm

Damned Romans conquering the world in fossil fueled chariots, crossing seas in fossil fueled longboats

Roman Warm Period was 2°C warmer than today, new study shows

The Mediterranean Sea was 3.6°F (2°C) hotter during the Roman Empire than other average temperatures at the time, a new study claims.

The Empire coincided with a 500-year period, from AD 1 to AD 500, that was the warmest period of the last 2,000 years in the almost completely land-locked sea.

The climate later progressed towards colder and arid conditions that coincided with the historical fall of the Empire, scientists claim.

Spanish and Italian researchers recorded ratios of magnesium to calcite taken from skeletonized amoebas in marine sediments, an indicator of sea water temperatures, in the Sicily Channel.

The study offers ‘critical information’ to identify past interactions between climate changes and evolution of human societies and ‘their adaptive strategies’.

It meets requests from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to assess the impact of historically warmer conditions between 2.7°F and 3.6°F (1.5°C to 2°C).

However, the historical warming of the Med during the Roman Empire is linked to intense solar activity, which contrasts with the modern threat of greenhouse gases.

The RWP was a time of great progress for humans, not just Romans. Many other populations took great leaps, and tended to have major issues when the climate flipped to cooling.

For the first time, we can state the Roman period was the warmest period of time of the last 2,000 years, and these conditions lasted for 500 years,’ said Professor Isabel Cacho at the Department of Earth and Ocean Dynamics, University of Barcelona.

Of course, climate cultists will say that this time is different, just as you’d expect a cultist to say. And we can fix it all with a tax. And taking away the freedom, liberty, and choice of Other People.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 25, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…are shades needed to keep the heat out from climate change, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Weasel Zippers, with a post on the Portland cult singing “hands up, don’t shoot me”

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Ivanka Visits National Park, Unhinged Lefties Go Unhinged

By William Teach July 25, 2020 – 10:30 am

Then again, is there anything that doesn’t cause them to get unhinged? Well, rioting, arson, assault, vandalism, and property destruction against certain federal employees is OK, but, visiting a national park? People are ticked!

Ivanka Trump Visits National Park In The Middle Of Pandemic, And People Are Ticked

Twitter users are annoyed over Ivanka Trump’s visit to a national park amid the coronavirus pandemic for what appeared to be a photo opportunity.

Critics tore into President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser after she tweeted photographs on Thursday of herself celebrating the passage of The Great American Outdoors Act at the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

Trump hailed the widely welcomed bipartisan legislation, which her father has said he will sign, to address maintenance backlogs in national parks and secure funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, with this post:

But, see, unhinged leftards cannot even celebrate visiting a national park nor Trump signing the bipartisan legislation without going bat guano insane

But her detractors questioned she was there in the first place.

They also accused the White House of “greenwashing,” given its decidedly anti-environmental agenda and previous attempts to gut the Land and Water Conservation Fund of its funding almost altogether.

Some even put their own spin on what the pandemic ― that has now killed more than 140,000 people in the United States — had really made them value.

“The pandemic has made us value, now more than ever, decency, integrity, honesty…all the things you aren’t capable of,” said one Twitter user, referencing the Trump administration’s disastrous handling of the public health crisis.

There are a lot more tweets at the story with them losing their shit. Because that’s what people do these days.

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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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