Americans Haven’t Forgotten About ‘Climate Change’ During Bat Soup Virus

By William Teach May 19, 2020 – 1:00 pm

Do you believe that the climate has changed, that it has gotten warmer since 1850? I do. Because there have been multiple warm and cool periods during the Holocene alone. The debate is on causation, not warming. But, hey, good news, people polled haven’t forgotten about ‘climate change’

Americans See Climate as a Concern, Even Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Americans’ positions on climate change have remained largely unshaken by the coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis, according to a new national survey that showed acceptance of the reality of global warming at record highs in some categories.

In the report, Climate Change in the American Mind, written by researchers at Yale University and George Mason University and scheduled to be made public on Tuesday, 73 percent of those polled said that climate change was happening, which matches the highest level of acceptance previously measured by the survey, from 2019.

The percentage of people who are “extremely” or “very” certain that it is happening has risen to a record high, 54 percent. And 62 percent accepted the established scientific view that global warming is mostly caused by human activity, a level also tied with the figure for 2019.

That seems like good news, right? Of course, the question from the survey in section 2 “Global warming beliefs”, is simply “do you think global warming is happening?” I would answer yes, because it doesn’t differentiate between anthropogenic and natural, or some combination of the two.

The new survey also found that two out of three Americans said global warming was either extremely, very or somewhat important to them personally, and more than four in 10 said they would be personally harmed by the effects of a warming planet. Nearly half said global warming would affect people in their community, and a majority said they were at least moderately interested in news stories about climate issues, including actions by government.

You know what is missing from the study? A question on how much of their own money they would be willing to spend/give up to solve their beliefs. Also, how much of their own freedom, liberty, and choice they would give up.

We also learn from the survey (chapter 5)

More than six in ten Americans (64%) say they “rarely” or “never” discuss global warming with family and friends. Fewer than four in ten (36%) say they discuss global warming “occasionally” or “often,” but that reflects a 10 percentage-point increase over the past five years (since our March 2015 survey)

Two in three Americans (66%) say the issue of global warming is either “extremely” (13%), “very” (24%), or “somewhat” (29%) important to them personally.

So, people are very engaged, think it is important, they just don’t bother talking about it. Must be super important, eh? People care in theory. Most people do not care in practice. Seriously, this super important poll only used 1,029 adults.

And, the NY Times article can’t help itself in Trump bashing and such and linking Bat Soup in

Dr. Maibach agreed. The loss of 90,000 American lives, he said, “has been a very powerful and bitter lesson in the need to listen to experts.”

The experts said that 2.2 million would die. Other nations had the same kind of predictions. Certainly, many measures have helped reduce that number, but, experts were making all sorts of dire predictions, just like with ‘climate change’. What prognostications from climate cultists have actually come true?

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If ALl You See…

By William Teach May 19, 2020 – 1:00 pm

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

The blog of the day is The Daley Gator, with a post on the number one thing to remember about the Russia hoax.

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Cult Of Climastrology Claims There Is A Detectable Trend In Stronger Hurricanes Or Something

By William Teach May 19, 2020 – 8:46 am

This is your fault for taking a fossil fueled trip to the beach or lake and eating a burger while there, you know

The strongest, most dangerous hurricanes are now far more likely because of climate change, study shows

A new study provides observational evidence that the odds of major hurricanes around the world — Category 3, 4 and 5 storms — are increasing because of human-caused global warming. The implications of this finding, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, are far-reaching for coastal residents, insurers and policymakers, as the most intense hurricanes cause the most damage.

The study, by a group of researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, builds on previous research that found a trend, though not a statistically robust one, toward stronger tropical cyclones. (snip)

Importantly, the observed, statistically significant trends match projections seen in computer model simulations of a warming world.

Wait, are they saying that the trend is for bigger hurricanes, or that the odds of one happening are greater? There’s a big difference between saying there’s a better chance of it happening and it actually happening. Especially since most years since 2006 have been lacking in major (cat 3,4,5) hurricanes, especially landfalling ones, not too mention a lack in category 1 and 2 hurricanes.

“We’ve just increased our confidence of our understanding of the link between hurricane intensity and climate change,” said James Kossin, the lead author of the new study and a researcher with NOAA and the University of Wisconsin. “We have high confidence that there is a human fingerprint on these changes.”

Of course they do. What about all the storms that came before CO2 broke 350ppm, which Warmists consider “safe”? The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900? The Bangladesh cyclone on 1582, which killed around 200k?

The study finds a global increase of about 8 percent per decade of the likelihood that a given tropical cyclone will become a Category 3 or greater storm.

The big question during the past two decades of hurricane research has been whether there is already a detectable trend toward stronger storms, or whether this will emerge in the future, said Suzana Camargo, a climate scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

The new study answers that question by showing there is already a significant detectable trend, she said in an interview. Camargo was not associated with the new research.

Really? Or is it just the data they are looking at?

The study grapples with inconsistent data collection methods by creating a 39-year data set (1979 to 2017) of satellite-based storm intensity estimates for tropical cyclones around the world. The researchers then examined their more homogenous record for any clear trends. The work builds upon an earlier study, done by this same group in 2013, that used a 28-year period of data and found an upward trend but fell short of statistical significance.

So, let’s see: they looked at a limited data set, which doesn’t include all that happened during the non-satellite era, especially since a warming trend started around 1978-1979, while there was a massive cooling trend from the late 1940’s to about 1978. A period with many big hurricanes, such as Camille. Then they did “estimates”. It’s a study guaranteed to produce the result they wanted.

Of course, this “study” is being pimped all over the Credentialed Media, like the NY Times. It is now Holy Writ for the CoC, and you know what it means? Basically, that major hurricane activity will drop off again, just like it did when the Cult proclaimed the big season of 2005 the “new normal”.

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Judge Rules Against Tyrannical Oregon Governor On Church Closings

By William Teach May 19, 2020 – 8:27 am

Oregon Kate Brown has been on a tyrannical tear, much like other Democratic Party governors who started out doing the right thing in the face of fear and uncertainty before delving into ruling with an iron fist and ignoring both the federal and state constitutions. And she is not happy about losing in court

That article has already changed, because the state supreme court has jumped in to put a hold on the order, because Il Duce Brown is a dictator

Oregon Supreme Court puts hold on Baker County judge’s ruling declaring governor’s coronavirus orders ‘null and void’

In a late Monday ruling, the Oregon Supreme Court stepped in to put a hold on a dramatic decision by an eastern Oregon judge that declared not only Gov. Kate Brown’s restrictions on church gatherings “null and void” but all her “Stay Home Save Lives’’ coronavirus emergency orders.

State Supreme Court Presiding Justice Thomas A. Balmer in a three-paragraph ruling issued at 7:45 pm. granted the state’s emergency motion after reviewing briefs from both sides.

The hold will remain in effect until the high court considers the state’s full petition to dismiss the Baker County Circuit judge’s preliminary injunction.

All parties must file responses by Friday, and he has not given any time for a ruling. I’m guessing a petition may be made for an emergency ruling to a federal court

Earlier Monday, Baker County Circuit Judge Matthew B. Shirtcliff ruled that the governor’s executive orders in response to the global pandemic exceeded a 28-day limit adopted by state lawmakers and were no longer valid in response to a suit filed by 10 churches against the governor.

The governor’s office appealed to the Oregon Supreme Court to keep her emergency orders in effect, arguing that Shirtcliff overstepped his authority and his legal reasoning was flawed.

That ruling

Shirtcliff granted a preliminary injunction to the churches, finding they had shown “irreparable harm” from the deprivation of the right to freely exercise their religions.

“The governor’s orders are not required for public safety when plaintiffs can continue to utilize social distancing and safety protocols at larger gatherings involving spiritual worship,” he ruled.

He added: “Plaintiffs have shown that they will be harmed by deprivation of the constitutional right to freely exercise their religion. Other plaintiffs have also shown great economic harm to their businesses and their ability to seek livelihood.”

The Oregon Constitution notes in Article 1: Section 2. Freedom of worship. All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences. That’s rather clear, is it not. There’s no real escape clause for taking away people’s Rights. Here’s where Oregon citizens should be rather worried

The trial court exceeded its discretion and committed “fundamental legal error,” because the argument that the governor lacks authority to address the coronavirus emergency “lacks merit,” Solicitor General Benjamin Gutman wrote. He noted that the state constitution grants the governor “all the police power vested in the state.”

Any time limits to the provisions for public health emergencies in state law “supplement rather than supplant” the governor’s unlimited powers under her declaration of a state of emergency, he wrote. He further argued that the public interest overwhelmingly weighs against disturbing the governor’s executive orders.

Maybe she missed Article 1 Section 1. Natural rights inherent in people. We declare that all men, when they form a social compact are equal in right: that all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness; and they have at all times a right to alter, reform, or abolish the government in such manner as they may think proper. An emergency doesn’t give her dictator-like powers. Expect a lot of churches in the more suburban and rural areas to start meeting, because those are the areas that are more freedom loving, not sheeple, and vote Republican in the state.

In North Carolina the Democrat governor took his loss with good grace and just essentially said “OK, you win, now, please, just be careful. Wear masks, wash your hands, clean up the church often and social distance, OK?” Kate Brown got her taste of power, and cares little for Rights.

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HotColdTake: “People Of Color” Experience ‘Climate Change’ Grief More Deeply

By William Teach May 18, 2020 – 3:42 pm

This is an interesting take, since the vast majority of the Cult of Climastrology membership is very, very white, and really just goes to show that this has little to do with science and everything to do with politics

People of Colour Experience Climate Grief More Deeply Than White People

When the wildfires hit Australia last year, Bee Cruse was horrified at the sight of the red sky, the black ash falling like snow, and the smoke choking the whole East Coast.

The fires were a direct reminder of the British genocide against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people like her, and the tearing of them from country and their traditional ways of land management.

In an article for Vox, Cruse, a Wiradjuri, Gomeroi, and Monaroo-Yuin storyteller, told me, “We see and feel the spirit of our animals and our land; they are our ancestor spirits. We don’t own country, country owns us; we come from her to protect her. When country hurts, we hurt. When our animals, our spirit cousins, cry, we cry.”

What Cruse was describing was climate grief, a psychological phenomenon that affects Black and Indigenous peoples, and other people of colour, in uniquely devastating ways.

Seriously, that stuff happened hundreds of years ago, but, of course, the Cult has to link it.

Just as we are seeing with theCOVID-19 outbreak, environmental racism forces people of colour, especially Black and Indigenous peoples, to bear the brunt of global disaster. We are not only disproportionately affected by the climate crisis—breathing in more pollution, living in communities with higher temperatures, suffering from more medical conditions, experiencing more natural disasters, and being displaced at much higher rates—but we carry the pain of the climate crisis deep inside us.

The interesting part here is that most of this stuff happens in areas controlled by Modern Socialists.

Anyone can experience climate grief, regardless of their identity. But for us, our grief—and our anger—is rooted in centuries of painful history, and the current ecological violence hurled at our communities.

This isn’t about climate change, is it.

“People of colour know…society is going to make sure we’re impacted first, and impacted the hardest,” Dent said.

So, wait, Modern Socialists are going to make sure “people of color” are impacted first? Huh. Really, though, look at any photo of a climate change march, and see just how few people of color are in attendance. Because most do not care. This is a 1st World middle class and rich white person thing.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 18, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible hay meant to feed horrible moo cows, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Sonoran Conservative, with a post on AOC potentially owing some back taxes from a business venture.

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NY Man Arrested In Hawaii For Ignoring Lockdown

By William Teach May 18, 2020 – 10:30 am

At first blush, you might think “this is outrageous! Arrested for going outside! Where’s the ACLU?” But, read and consider

New York City man arrested in Hawaii after posting photos on Instagram

Hawaii officials arrested a man from New York on Friday for violating the state’s 14-day quarantine rule for tourists. Tarique Peters, 23, of the Bronx posted photos on Instagram showing him outside his hotel room after he arrived in O’ahu on Monday, according to a news release from the office of Hawaii’s governor.

According to the news release Peters allegedly left his hotel room the same day he arrived “and traveled many places using public transportation.”

“Authorities became aware of his social media posts from citizens who saw posts of him — on the beach with a surfboard, sunbathing, and walking around Waikiki at night,” reads the release. “This morning agents were able to confirm with hotel personnel that had seen Peters leave his room and the premises on numerous occasions this week.”

He was arrested and booked on Friday, and his bail has been set at $4,000.

$4000 bail? While uber-Progressive Hawaii hasn’t gone to the $0 bail system like others, such as California, they have been releasing prisoners. That said, is this outrageous, or was violating the 14 day quarantine rule a terrible thing to do? Cities and states were attempting to keep people from bringing more COVID-19 into their areas and spreading it, which is understandable, right? Especially in light of

Many studies show that Bat Soup Virus spread primarily from NYC (can you imagine had Trump tried to lock down NYC early on, allowing no travel from the area?). And

Hawaii now requires tourists to list their contact and lodging information, and sign an agreement for 14 days of self-quarantine. “By signing the legal document, they acknowledge they understand violating the order is a criminal offense and they are subject to a $5,000 fine and/or a year imprisonment,” according to the state’s department of transportation.

That was the term for entering Hawaii. Is this legal? Is it Constitutional, both federal and State? Good questions. But, if you are traveling from a hotbed of Coronavirus, perhaps you should consider your impact during what is a global pandemic. We aren’t talking about going out and about in your local area: we’re talking about traveling to another state and failing to follow any social distancing and other ideas, which I agree with. I do not wear a mask or gloves, but, I work to keep separate from others (and get really mad when people get too close to me. I’ve yelled at people while walking on the greenway). He knew the rules.

Also, this is a good reason to not post your photos immediately. Especially when criminals may be watching and realize you are not at home.

Anyhow, what are your thoughts?

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‘Climate Change’ (scam) Is Lowering Cancer Survival Rates Or Something

By William Teach May 18, 2020 – 8:12 am

Is there anything that the Warmists won’t say ‘climate change’ is making worse? Is there anything that the Cult of Climastrology won’t link to their doomsday cult?

Climate change is fueling extreme weather that lowers cancer survival rate and threatens prevention

Climate change is hindering progress on cancer prevention and increasing people’s exposure to deadly carcinogens, according to a new report from scientists at the American Cancer Society and Harvard University.

Hotter temperatures worldwide have fueled more frequent weather disasters like hurricanes and wildfires that release vast amounts of carcinogens into communities and delay access to cancer treatment.

“The prospects for further progress in cancer prevention and control in this century are bright but face an easily overlooked threat from climate change,” scientists wrote in a new report in the journal CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

For instance, when Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, it caused catastrophic flooding that inundated chemical plants and oil refineries and released deadly carcinogens into neighborhoods in Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city.

See, hurricanes never happened prior to the combustion engine. Wildfires, by the way, are not weather disasters. What we have learned is most are set, intentionally or unintentionally, by humans. Nor have either hurricanes and wildfires increased from a tiny 1.5F increase in the global temperature since 1850, much of which is from land use and the Urban Heat Island effect.

Extreme weather disasters also lower cancer survival rates. One study shows that cancer patients were 19% more likely to die when hurricane declarations were made during their therapy because of treatment interruptions compared with patients who had regular access to care.

Yes, that’s understandable. However, hurricanes do not happen that often, and are not due to a slight temperature increase because you, my friend, ate a burger then took a fossil fueled trip.

Climate-change mitigation efforts in general can benefit cancer prevention by lowering harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists urged interventions like increased use of renewable energy, sustainable manufacturing and reduced intake of red and processed meat.

None of those will stop hurricanes, tropical systems, and idiots starting fires. But, acolytes of the Cult of Climastrology always have to keep the doom going. And, you know what? Without the trappings of a modern society brought by fossil fuels and inexpensive electricity most people would die of cancer like they used to before the Modern Warm Period.

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Interesting: Democrats Are Suddenly For “Walls” And Against Election Monitoring

By William Teach May 18, 2020 – 7:57 am

The Bat Soup Virus pandemic has exposed Democrats in various ways. It’s shown that a goodly chunk of them are truly Authoritarians at heart. We’ve seen small bits of this pre-pandemic, and bigly in practice during. We’ve seen them want to blow off the Constitution in practice. And, apparently, they actually like walls, at least when they apply to U.S. citizens

Michigan Protester: Democrats Now Believe ‘Walls Do Work’ with Quarantine Orders

Michigan protester Rob Cortis told Breitbart News that Democrats now believe walls work because of the quarantines they’ve imposed.

Cortis and his “Trump Unity Bridge” float were in Grand Haven, Michigan, on Saturday to protest the closure of a huge parking lot at Gand Haven State Park, shuttered due to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s shutdown orders.

“Nancy Pelosi, [Chuck] Schumer, even Joe Biden and [Barack] Obama. They all finally agree with President Trump that walls do work because they’re endorsing the quarantine around all the people, building a wall around them and saying, ‘If we build a wall around you with quarantine, you’ll be safe,’” Cortis told Breitbart News.

“And if you’re safe, we’ll slowly let you out properly. We’ll put some rules and guidelines together, just like President Trump said,” he said.

“They all agree with President Trump!” he declared.

It is a good point, is it not? The hardest lockdowns were mostly in states and cities run by Democrats. Those were the areas we were seeing the police sent after people outside, even when those people were social distancing and/or doing things allowed. Heck, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is threatening to sic the NYPD on people partying outside NYC bars. In Miami the other day a woman was arrested for sitting on the beach with a “We Are Free” sign. It took 3 police vehicles and 3 foot officers to drag this woman involved in her 1st Amendment right to protest away.

Freed by Court Ruling, Republicans Step Up Effort to Patrol Voting
Officials seek to recruit 50,000 poll watchers and spend millions to fight voter fraud. Democrats say the real goal is to stop them from voting.

Almost no reason to get beyond the headline and subhead, eh?

Six months before a presidential election in which turnout could matter more than persuasion, the Republican Party, the Trump campaign and conservative activists are mounting an aggressive national effort to shape who gets to vote in November — and whose ballots are counted.

Its premise is that a Republican victory in November is imperiled by widespread voter fraud, a baseless charge embraced by President Trump, but repeatedly debunked by research. Democrats and voting rights advocates say the driving factor is politics, not fraud — especially since Mr. Trump’s narrow win in 2016 underscored the potentially crucial value of depressing turnout by Democrats, particularly minorities.

Would you believe this piece is in the U.S. section, not the opinion section?

The Republican program, which has gained steam in recent weeks, envisions recruiting up to 50,000 volunteers in 15 key states to monitor polling places and challenge ballots and voters deemed suspicious. That is part of a $20 million plan that also allots millions to challenge lawsuits by Democrats and voting-rights advocates seeking to loosen state restrictions on balloting. The party and its allies also intend to use advertising, the internet and President Trump’s command of the airwaves to cast Democrats as agents of election theft.

Remember when Democrats were screeching about Bush stealing the election in 2000 and 2004? And how so many wanted the United Nations to monitor the elections in 2004 and 2008 and 2012 and 2016? But, are now against poll monitoring? How about that?

Oh, look, more

https://twitter.com/MrJones_tm/status/1262366878451851264

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Companies With Combined Assets Of $11.5 Trillion Want Congress To Spend Your Money On ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach May 17, 2020 – 6:00 pm

Yes, yes, they spend some of their own money, but, not all that much. Why not? If they really care, they should put their money where their mouths are

Microsoft, Visa and others worth combined $11.5 trillion want Congress to include climate in COVID-19 recovery plan

Chief executives and other representatives from more than 330 businesses, including Capital One, General Mills, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Visa, and more are calling on bipartisan federal lawmakers to build back a better economy from COVID-19 by infusing resilient climate solutions.

The businesses, in lobbying Congress Wednesday through an effort they call LEAD on Climate 2020, represent combined annual revenues of more than $1 trillion and a shared market valuation of nearly $11.5 trillion. They employee more than 3 million people. The group, supported by sustainable investing advocates Ceres, claims they are the largest ever to advance a call to action from the business community to Congress on climate change.

The businesses behind the pledge want Congress to work toward putting Americans into clean-energy jobs, as well as foster an accelerated transition to a net-zero emissions economy by 2050 or sooner and provide more investment in sustainable infrastructure. The business leaders also urge Congress to consider a goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 and setting a carbon price. Setting a market-based carbon price remains a policy sticking point in a divided quest for a solution to man-made accelerating climate change, although has been increasingly, if slowly, adopted.

Let them do it themselves. Why do Warmists always want Other People to bear the burden of their Beliefs? If they really thought this was a good idea they’d be investing heavily with their own revenues…..oh, hey, they wouldn’t have any ulterior motives in getting some of that sweet, sweet tax money, right?

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