Warmists Wonder What Happens If We Don’t Re-open The Economy After Bat Soup Virus

By William Teach June 17, 2020 – 8:08 am

Well, economies around the world are starting to re-open at differing paces, so, it would be tough to stop this, but climate crisis (scam) cultists would like to put the kibosh on further economic activity

COVID-19 Broke the Economy. What If We Don’t Fix It?

At the end of March, Donald Trump tweeted, in all capital letters, “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF.”

He was referring to the economic ramifications of shutting down the country in order to protect the public from the novel coronavirus, which has now killed over 100,000 Americans.

The economy is in trouble. In the first quarter of the year, gross domestic product, or GDP, contracted 5 percent, the “largest quarterly rate of decline since last recession,” reported the Wall Street Journal. One week in May, over 2.1 million unemployment claims were filed, bringing the total to over 40 million—or about one of every four workers in the United States.

Proposed recovery and stimulus packages aim to get the economy and employment back to where they were before the pandemic. But with everything closed or ramped down, what if instead of putting it all back, we kept certain industries closed? What if, instead of going back to work full-time, we decided to work less, buy less, make less, and not fight to raise GDP at any cost?

What if money to pay for food, clothing, utilities, housing, etc, just grows on trees? What if we shut down Vice to help save the Earth from getting a fever? I’m sure Shayla Love, who wrote this screed, would be good with that, right? Or at least going pure part time.

Certain researchers have argued that our hyperfocus on economic growth was problematic long before we knew the words SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19. The “degrowth” movement has advocated for reducing production of goods, working hours, and, inevitably, GDP—all with the end goal of reducing carbon emissions. With the economy at a standstill, we’re being challenged by some experts to envision a different kind of economy—one that could help solve the climate crisis, rather than make it worse.

Let’s put each of them on part time, see how they like it.

The reduction of consumption, emissions, and lowering of GDP that is happening now is a side effect of the pandemic, not a sustainable or desirable way to slash carbon output because of the loss of human life, strict lockdowns, and shuttering of schools and small businesses we value.

But in Future Earth, Maurie Cohen, a professor of sustainability studies at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, wrote that the pandemic, from a sustainability standpoint, offers a rare window of opportunity both for quality of life and the habitability of the planet. Rather than aiming to have the economy—and emissions—jump back up after the pandemic is over, it could be a moment to think about how to keep emissions down as we reopen and rebuild. That might involve leaving growth behind.

You know, it’s funny that Warmists always tell us that instituting ‘climate change’ polices will lead to lots of growth and money, but then they tell us that we need to seriously reduce growth in order to save the planet from a slight fever.

This is a long, long, long article, let’s skip to the end

“Suddenly this virus comes along and it’s clear there is an emergency brake and it can be pulled relatively easily,” Hickel said. “The government can, in fact, slow down parts of the economy for the sake of protecting public health and human wellbeing. In a way, the curtain has been pulled back and the Wizard of Oz exposed. We can imagine ways of pulling it that are ecologically meaningful and socially safe. Cognitive seals have really been broken.”

Did you enjoy your 3+ month test drive of a climate change policy world?

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Everything’s Stupid: Cereal Is Now Raaaaacist

By William Teach June 17, 2020 – 7:49 am

This is one of the points where a serious conversation on a serious issue which most everyone agrees on and wants to see reform jumps the shark and people start tuning out and little gets done (via Twitchy)

I don’t need to post photos for you to know what the boxes look like, do I?

(UK Daily Mail) Coco Pops has been a much-loved breakfast staple for decades with one of the most recognisable mascots in TV advertising.

But Coco the Monkey has come under suspicion from disgraced former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya, who has written to Kellogg’s asking why they chose that animal to represent the chocolate-flavoured cereal when Rice Krispies uses ‘three white boys’.

Ms Onasanya, who was jailed for three months in January 2019 after she was convicted of lying to police about a speeding ticket, says that there is little difference between Coco Pops and sister brand Rice Krispies beyond their colour and flavour.

Of course, they aren’t 3 white boys, but three elves. And Coco Pops uses a monkey because it is for kids, and monkeys amuse kids, especially with a big wide smile. Seriously, when I see a monkey I think “monkey”, I don’t think “oh, black people.” But, race baiters like Fiona only see things in terms of race, because they’re nuts and have nothing better to do.

Other nutters demanding that the police be defunded, who riot, pillage, loot, commit arson and assault, who block fire trucks, who take over sections of a city, tearing down statues (but not those of Robert “KKK” Byrd), they aren’t helping at all, and cause many to tune out to the discussion. Idiots like Fiona cause people to say we no longer need a conversation, because this is all stupid.

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UN Warmist Says Bat Soup Is A “Fire Drill” For Climate Crisis (scam)

By William Teach June 16, 2020 – 3:02 pm

One has to wonder why all these Cult of Climastrology members who attend all the United Nations ‘climate change’ conferences refuse to give up their own use of fossil fuels and work to make their own lives carbon neutral

Covid-19 pandemic is ‘fire drill’ for effects of climate crisis, says UN official

The coronavirus pandemic is “just a fire drill” for what is likely to follow from the climate crisis, and the protests over racial injustice around the world show the need to tie together social equality, environmental sustainability and health, the UN’s sustainable business chief has said.

“The overall problem is that we are not sustainable in the ways we are living and producing on the planet today,” said Lise Kingo, the executive director of the UN Global Compact, under which businesses sign up to principles of environmental protection and social justice. “The only way forward is to create a world that leaves no one behind.”

She said there were “very, very clear connections” between the Covid-19 and climate crises, and the Black Lives Matter protests around the world, which she said had helped to reveal deep-seated inequalities and “endemic and structural racism”.

“We have seen illustrated to everyone that social inequality issues are part of the sustainable development agenda,” Kingo said

Lise really took a step further, linking the climate scam, Coronavirus, BLM, and income inequality together, didn’t she? Would it surprise you to learn that she drastically increased he net worth from somewhere between $100000-$1 million in 2018 to somewhere between $1 million to $5 million in 2019 while working for the United Nations doing climate scam stuff?

She called on business leaders to take heed. “We want all chief executives to become social activists – to understand social equality,” she said. Not only was this the right thing to do, but “it creates stable markets for companies around the world” and reflects the desires of young people.

“Young people are so engaged, so dedicated to this agenda, they don’t want to work for companies that do not have a solid responsibility strategy,” she said.

The point of a company is to make money (apparently, the same for working for the UN): if these young people are dedicated to this agenda, let them start their own companies, see how long they stay in business.

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, said building a fairer society would be essential to the world’s health, as well as to saving the planet from climate breakdown and ecological destruction.

“Today, the fabric of society and the wellbeing of people hinge on our ability to build a fair globalisation,” he told the two-day UN Global Compact virtual conference of business leaders, which started on Monday.

Modern Socialism for all, except for the Elites like Antonio. You get bread and gruel, they get caviar and lobster.

Anyhow, yeah, coronavirus is a drill, showing us how bad things will be, at a minimum, with Cult of Climastrology polices in action.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 16, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible concrete which creates lots of carbon emissions, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is A View From The Beach, with a post on WuFlu killing off Maryland’s foam ban.

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People Don’t Understand How A 7 Year Old At A Violent “Protest” Can Be Maced

By William Teach June 16, 2020 – 10:30 am

I wondering how this happened, as well

‘I just don’t understand how any of them can sleep’: Parents of seven-year-old allegedly maced at Seattle protest speak out against police

The parents of a seven-year-old child who was allegedly sprayed with mace by police at a peaceful protest in Seattle have spoken out about the traumatising incident.

Footage of the protest that showed the boy screaming in pain while protesters attempt to help by using a milk-like substance to wash the child’s eyes went viral online at the beginning of June.

The video also shows protesters confronting the officers allegedly involved in spraying the child and asking for their badge numbers. One officer allegedly refused to give the protesters his badge number.

Mando Avery, the father of the seven-year-old, told The Guardian that he and his son had just finished praying with members of their church as part of a peaceful anti-racism protest when a police officer fired mace at the group which hit his son in the face. (snip)

Shenelle Williams, the boy’s mother, told the newspaper that hearing her son’s scream was the “most gut-wrenching feeling”.

“I kind of feel like a failure as well,” she said, “because I feel like I couldn’t protect him, but there was nothing that we could do at that time to prevent it.”

But, hey, they felt like it would be totally safe!

The family have received some criticism online about bringing their young child to the protests, but said that when they arrived they had seen other families and young children, saying that it had initially felt “completely safe”.

See, you’re bringing your young child to a protest that you know will, at a minimum, get out of hand. There was a history of things happening that caused police to deploy chemical irritants. A history of “protesters” getting violent. Which is really weird considering this is a city completely run by Democrats. They, as parents, put their child in harm’s way.

And not to get all conspiracy theory-y, but you really have to wonder if the child was exposed intentionally in order to create the Narrative. Never put something like that out of the way, because Democrat activists love them some human shields.

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Bummer: Bat Soup Virus Is Very Inconvenient To Passing Climate Crisis (scam) Legislation

By William Teach June 16, 2020 – 7:10 am

All these people getting sick from Coronavirus, all the people dying, all the people who were scared and unsure, they were all just very inconvenient for the Cult of Climastrology

Pandemic clouds progress on climate change legislation

Before Covid-19 hit, 2020 was shaping up to be a momentous year for climate change policy in Vermont.

After a series of publicized protests and Statehouse interruptions, lawmakers were poised this year to move ahead on a bill that would require the state to meet strict greenhouse gas reduction targets.

In addition, the state was considering joining a regional pact to reduce car and truck pollution.

But then the pandemic came.

Now, with state officials and lawmakers still sorting out Covid relief and huge budget shortfalls, the path for moving ahead on climate action is unclear.

Just so darned inconvenient. You sick and dying people shouldn’t have gotten sick and died. The rest of you shouldn’t have been so darned concerned with Bat Soup Virus, shouldn’t have quarantined yourselves and forced government to institute all sorts of restrictions, including forcing businesses to close, hence losing all that tax money. It was all very selfish, thinking only of yourselves and family members when we have a scam to solve!

But he’s not sure that getting out both complex bills in short order will be possible, and his committee will prioritize Act 250 reform.

“It’s talking about laying out a plan for the next 30 years, right,” he said of the Global Warming Solutions Act. “We’re not going to do long term planning based on very limited testimony. We need to make sure it’s a good long term plan that will achieve what we’re hoping for.”

And it comes with a nearly $1 million dollar price tag for the Agency of Natural Resources to hire staff needed for technical components of the planning. That cost could be a challenge for lawmakers who are contending with massive revenue losses from the pandemic’s economic strain. The agency has raised concerns about hiring and training employees right now with budget constraints, said Bray.

See? Y’all should have just kept working, virus be damned.

Gov. Phil Scott has said he won’t sign on to TCI until he sees the final agreement between the states, which was supposed to come out this spring. But the pandemic has pushed that release date back to the fall. Walke, who has been Vermont’s lead on TCI negotiations, said the states didn’t feel they could have the “robust policy discussions” during the pandemic.

This fall the governor will be evaluating TCI against the backdrop of a changed economic landscape. Advocacy groups point out that because gasoline prices are low now could be a good time to move ahead with an agreement that would nominally increase gas prices, said Walke.

But, with tens of thousands of people unemployed, “now is a challenging moment to do anything that would increase the cost of basic goods,” he said.

Wait, wait, wait, what was that part about increasing the cost of basic goods? Don’t Warmists usually tell us that all these climate cult measures will not cost us anything? Anyhow, even with everyone back to work, wouldn’t it be a bad thing to raise their cost of living?

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Trump To Sign Executive Order On Police Reform

By William Teach June 16, 2020 – 6:57 am

Unsurprisingly, the Leftist media is finding fault

Trump’s answer to nationwide protests: Police-friendly reforms

President Donald Trump hopes to acknowledge a nationwide uproar over police brutality while preventing rifts with police and other law enforcement groups integral to his political future.

With an executive order set to be unveiled at a White House event on Tuesday, the president is expected to lay out the case for the creation of a national database of police misconduct, so officers with a history of overly aggressive behavior cannot simply move to another department or state to escape scrutiny, according to a senior administration official. The order will also urge social workers and mental health professionals to work more closely alongside frontline officers. Finally, it will offer guidelines for new training and credentialing for police officers on de-escalating tense situations, and the best times to use force, according to the senior administration official, who said the goal of the order was not to demonize police officers.

The White House’s latest move, following weeks of protests in communities across the nation, has been crafted in close consultation with police officers, mayors, conservative African Americans, faith-based leaders and the families of victims, according to people familiar with the planning. Maintaining the political support of police — and appearing like a law-and-order president — has been a leading imperative for Trump’s top aides and political advisers as some liberal activists push to defund police departments and divert money to community programs.

And then there’s the Washington Post

Power Up: Trump’s ‘thread the needle’ policing executive order unlikely to satisfy protesters

It’s Tuesday. And five centuries, I mean years, since Trump launched his 2016 presidential bid

That was the subhead. No political bias at the WP, eh?

‘THREAD THE NEEDLE’: President Trump plans to take executive action today to address a national clamor for massive changes to police departments after George Floyd’s death. But the new measures are likely to fall well short of calls by Black Lives Matter protesters around the country, many of whom want to “defund the police” to radically overhaul how law enforcement works and prevent more police killings of black people.

Well, yeah, nothing will satisfy the “protesters” who are throwing rocks and bottles at police. Who try to set them on fire. Who shoot at them and attack them. Except defunding the police. Which they should be allowed to do in their leftist cities. And we should have a national database of those who vote for this, so when they attempt to escape from the 3rd world shithole they’ve created they cannot call the police for help in their new city.

This is a start. There are certainly more things we can do regarding police reform, however, most of that realistically needs to come from the states and cities. Why? Because that’s what the Constitution says. This is not a power designated to the federal government, hence, 10th Amendment. Of course, Los Federales are providing vast amounts of federal money to states and cities for police support. Which means the feds are taking too much money from citizens, as the money should have gone directly to state government. That’s a different story.

We all know, though, that the activists and looters, along with the elected Democrat and news media comrades, will be roasting the plan when Trump signs it late this morning. But, they aren’t actually offering their own plans, other than either defunding the police or replacing lots of officers with community organizers and social workers.

At the end of the day, most Americans do support what the “protesters” and BLM folks are pushing. They might not always like the police, but, they support them. Which plays right into Trump’s hands.

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New Creepy Crawly Named After St. Greta

By William Teach June 15, 2020 – 4:42 pm

Sadly, it wasn’t named Climatus Delusionus

New hunstman spider species named after climate campaigner Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg can add to her list of personal accolades, including TIME magazine’s Person of the Year, a group of spiders named after her. Thunberga gen. nov. is a new genus of huntsman spiders from Madagascar, described by German arachnologist Peter Jager, and named after the wunderkind in honour of her commitment to tackling climate change.

“The rising temperatures affect all areas of nature — including the endemic diversity and spider fauna of Madagascar,” said Jager, who has participated in several protests inspired by Thunberg’s School Strike for Climate.

In a study printed in the scientific journal Zootaxa, Jager explained that the new genus differed from other huntsmans in their eye arrangement and unique dotted patterns on their backs.

Kinda like St. Greta differs from other climate cultists in that…well, not much.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 15, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…are horrible fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Raised On Hoecakes, with a post on solutions mean actions.

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Oscars Will Now Require “Diversity”

By William Teach June 15, 2020 – 10:30 am

Why yes, the ubur-white elitists in Hollywood think that minorities, especially blacks, cannot succeed without their helpful hand

Want an Oscar? Better be inclusive. Academy to make diversity requirements part of awards eligibility.

On the heels of a historic election that saw a record number of women and people of color — including Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay — elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences board of governors, the organization behind the Oscars has announced new representation and inclusion initiatives for 2020 and beyond. The most striking and potentially most controversial: to be eligible for a future Oscar, contenders would have to meet some as-yet unspecified diversity requirement.

“While the Academy has made strides, we know there is much more work to be done in order to ensure equitable opportunities across the board,” Academy CEO Dawn Hudson said in a statement. “The need to address this issue is urgent. To that end, we will amend — and continue to examine — our rules and procedures to ensure that all voices are heard and celebrated.” (snip)

For the Oscars, the Academy will create a new task force — whose membership will include current Governor-at-Large DeVon Franklin — that will implement new representation and inclusion standards for Oscar eligibility. They are tasked with coming up with rules that will go into effect beginning with films released in 2021. Meanwhile, the number of Best Picture nominees will officially be set at 10, allowing for a greater range of titles to be in contention for the top prize. (The Academy made the move back to 10 nominees in 2009, but allowed the number to fluctuate in recent years.)

At the end of the day, it will become less about the quality of the movie and more about things other than the quality of the movie. Movies will have to give blacks and other “minorities” roles not because they are great actors and fit the role, but because they need to check off the Diversity Box. Tokenism. Being given a role, a position in the filming team, simply because of the color of their skin.

Might as well just give everyone a trophy for making a movie. What is funny is that this uber-leftist organization needs to set rules because they aren’t inclusive. What they’re going to do is end up ruining even more films. Seriously, everyone can tell when there is a token person in a film or TV show. I have zero problem with some of these mostly black movies and TV shows. Go for it. People want to watch what they identify with.

How is it an Oscar if it is based not on quality and content but on skin color? John Nolte notes

The Woke Taliban have been chipping away at artistic freedom for three decades, and now the actual death of artistic freedom will be enshrined by the Motion Picture Academy’s new “diversity requirements.”

Over the past three decades, the fascism of political correctness has only grown more oppressive and suffocating, but now, with the left-wing moral panic sparked by the tragic death of George Floyd while in police custody, the left is emboldened; and when the left is emboldened, cities burn, statues topple, careers and people are disappeared, good men are murdered, civil liberties are trampled, and the dual horrors of blacklisting and censorship reign supreme.

The left’s blacklisting rampage is already in full force, and only getting started. Classic movies and television shows that are not disappearing entirely are either under direct threat or face the desecration of a Big Brother Corporation instructing us on how to think and feel about art.

In a sane world, the one guardian against this vandalism and terror would be the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the keepers of the flame of artistic freedom. But the left are no longer sane and rather than rage against the Woke Taliban destroying and suffocating art and artists, the AMPAS has not only remained silent, it has joined the mob…

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