Ignoring History, Means Choosing Windmills Over Whales

  American Thinker  "While the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano, which erupted on January 15, may be causing a spike in temperatures, there’s nothing historic about what’s happening. The Earth has been this hot before…and hotter—and it wasn’t that long ago either.

"Before getting to historic hot spells, it’s worth noting that the volcano may not actually cause a big rise in global temperature over the long run. It’s true that the volcano’s eruption spewed a lot of water vapor into the atmosphere.

"However, recent eruptions have also demonstrated volcanoes’ planet-cooling powers. In 1991, when Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines blew its top, aerosols spewed by this mighty volcanic blast lowered global temperatures by about 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.6 degrees Celsius) for at least one year. Tonga expelled approximately 441,000 tons (400,000 metric tons) of sulfur dioxide, about 2 percent of the amount spewed by Mount Pinatubo during the 1991 eruption."

"Headlines from the 1930s bespeak incredible temperature spikes. Here are just some examples:

• 1933: West Australian Heat Wave - "Severest In History"
• 1933: Heat Waves, Floods, Droughts, Famines Plague China
• 1933: Spain's Heat Wave: 130 Degrees In Shade
• 1933: Heat Wave Causes New Jersey Road To "Explode"
• 1933: Hottest June In U.S. History - Heat Wave & Drought
• 1934: "Heat Wave In China Kills One In Every Thousand"
• 1934: Antarctic Has Incredible Heat Wave – 25 Degrees Over Zero
• 1934: World Wide Drought & Heat Causes Vast Majority of Alps' Glaciers To Melt
• 1934: Iowa Heat Wave In May - Pushes Temps Over 110 Degrees
• 1934: All 48 U.S. States Over 100 Degrees During June
• 1934: 14 Days of Above 100°F Temps Kill Over 600 Americans

"So, it’s always and often been hot. And sometimes it’s cold, which is also deadly. Even the leftist Lancet has admitted that “Cold caused 17 times more deaths than heat in the 13 countries studied.” . . .

What’s really important isn’t that the Earth has extremes of hot and cold. What’s important is that fossil fuel has enabled people to avoid the worst consequences of those extremes:

'Taint Institute for Suspect Science': - Iterations of Man Show Signs of Human Devolution

  EARL OF TAINT   We’re Pretty Much Devolving Now, Right? –

"I see signs. Maybe it’s just me."

Every president has observed 9/11 at one of the terror targets or the White House. So why the hell will Biden insultingly be in Alaska...

 ... en route from Vietnam? No wonder, rages MAUREEN CALLAHAN, Americans don't think he gives a damn | Daily Mail Online

His pit stop at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson military base comes after a one-day trip to Vietnam on September 10 to discuss, among other topics, climate change.

"Joe Biden is about to hit an all-time low: For no good or explained reason, he has decided to skip Monday's 9/11 ceremonies.

"Yes, our self-styled Empathizer-in-Chief, who revels in ruminating on his personal tragedies constantly, has decided to sit this one out.

"After a summer spent dozing on the beach, grudgingly rousting himself from a Lake Tahoe vacation to finally view the devastation in Maui (before comparing that horror to a small kitchen fire in his Delaware mansion), then wandering out of a Medal of Honor ceremony Tuesday and leaving an 81-year-old Vietnam vet alone — a vet he awarded while maskless despite Jill Biden's COVID diagnosis — the president will be in Alaska when the first bell rings at 8:46 am eastern time, marking the moment that first plane struck the North Tower.

"Given that it'll be 4:46 am in Anchorage – it's fair to ask if Biden will even be awake.

"The president is not always present at one of the three memorial sites in New York, Pennsylvania, or Virginia. G.W. Bush and Barack Obama have observed the day from the White House, but never has the president been so far out of touch – clear across the county.

"It's beyond disgraceful. It's a dereliction of duty and a heartless affront to the nearly 3,000 American civilians who died that day, the heroes who ran up the stairs in the World Trade Center to their certain deaths, the passengers who stormed the cockpit on United Flight 93, the surviving family members and friends, and those who still suffer and die from the effects of that day.

"September 11, 2001 is still very much with us." . . .

Distant voices, still lives, 09:38-10:00 | September 11 2001 | The Guardian

'We had human remains all over us': Former NYPD officers talk about what they heard and saw 20 years [ago]

What an unprecedented Biden ad blitz says about his reelection fight

 Biden super PAC ad campaign begins in swing states - POLITICO

A super PAC affiliate is spending $13 million far ahead of the normal advertising timeline.

"The cavalry is arriving extraordinarily early for President Joe Biden.

"With poll after brutal poll showing the president in danger of losing a likely rematch with former President Donald Trump, his campaign is getting an unusual boost from a super PAC spending millions of dollars to resuscitate public opinion of him in major battlegrounds.  

"The ads are striking for both their timing and their content. 

"The election is still 423 days away, and Biden and an affiliate of his chief super PAC are already running TV ads in nearly every major battleground state — far earlier than normal for a presidential election. And instead of going on the attack, as super PACs usually do, the ads are trying to boost Biden’s image." . .  .

. . ."Here are five things to know about the early Biden ad blitz:. . ."

Biden admin axes Trump-era oil drilling leases in Alaska wildlife refuge -

 

Conservative Review  "The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it plans to cancel the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

"The 430,000-acre, 10-year drilling leases were awarded to a state agency, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, by the Trump administration.

The Biden administration put the leases on hold in January 2021 by issuing an executive order. Later that year, the administration announced that it would be reviewing the leases “[i]n light of the alleged legal deficiencies underlying the program.”

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland stated on Wednesday, “On day one of this administration, President Biden directed us to look at the oil and gas leases sold in the refuge by the previous administration.”

Here’s How to Tell if a Democrat is Actually a Communist

 

Here's How to Tell if a Democrat is Actually a Communist - The Political Insider   "It is a real possibility that we could at some point in the very near future be bordering on a communist nation if the liberals and Democrats have their way. In this case you have to look no further than the 10 planks of Communism so eloquently explained by the man many leftists hold so dear – Karl Marx.

"Rather than cut to the chase and delve right in to the meat and potatoes of communism and how we are headed down the path to a communist dictatorship, I feel it is imperative to understand just how we got here…

The birth of the socialist movement. . .

Progressivism as a whole is the idea that government should control industry, manage labor unions, oversee farming, etc. According to the progressives of the time, government should control business and dictate to the citizenry how they are supposed to live – which is exactly how the Democrats and most liberals feel today.

Not a Time for Moral Vacuity

. . .CNN and MSNBC would have featured the events in prime time.  Al Sharpton would have been in Knoxville in a heartbeat, leading public protests and sounding off for the media.  Hillary Clinton would have made her views known, and Obama would have campaigned in the shadow of the crimes.  Jeffrey Folks

 Not a Time for Moral Vacuity - American Thinker   "The number of murders in America has risen to "unprecedented numbers" under Biden's watch, and the Biden administration has no answer to the problem.  Even CNN and the New York Times have published the numbers, though refusing to admit that blacks and illegal aliens are a big part of the problem.  The liberal media prefer to look the other way and blame the problem on COVID or racial inequity.

"The problem is not with COVID or inequity: it is with people who kill and who appear to enjoy killing.  Just this week, a young college student attending Texas Christian University was gunned down execution-style by a felon of mixed race who claimed he would have killed bystanders as well had he not run out of bullets.  It's an everyday story, but it doesn't make the national news.

"On January 6, 2007, Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom, two white youths barely out of their teens, were kidnapped from their apartment in Knoxville, Tennessee; driven to a rental house not far away; and repeatedly raped, sodomized, and tortured, and finally killed by a group of four black men and one black woman.

"Following her rape and torture, which included having her mouth and vagina washed out with Lysol while still alive, Channon Christian was left to suffocate slowly, her body wrapped in black plastic bags and stuffed in a garbage bin.  At trial, it was reported that Channon had not merely been raped, but raped "with an object"; severely beaten; tortured for hours, hemorrhaging at the head and groin; and, according to the medical examiner, suffering "extreme" sexual assault." . . .

California Assembly Passes Controversial Bill Granting Judges Authority to Remove Child Custody from Parents for Refusing to “Affirm” Their Kid’s Gender Identity. . .

 Newsom to Make Final Decision (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

But this is not the most sinister part of the bill, though. Conservative activist Greg Price noted that parents could be charged with child abuse, a criminal penalty, if they so much as object to their child’s preferred pronouns.

"California Assembly passed AB 957, a controversial bill that will grant judges the authority to remove child custody from parents who refused to affirm their kids’ gender identity.

"Ashley Zavala, California Capitol Correspondent, broke the news, highlighting the rift between the Republicans and Democrats over the bill’s stipulations.

“ 'California lawmakers send Gov. Gavin Newsom a proposed law that would require judges to consider a parents affirmation of their child’s identity in custody cases,” she wrote.

"Republicans argued that judges already possess the discretionary power to consider all aspects of a child’s well-being, including gender identity, when ruling on custody cases. The Democrats, on the other hand, argued that a parent’s affirmation of a child’s gender identity is crucial for the child’s mental and emotional health." . . .

A California bill AB957 was just amended to add "a parent's affirmation of the child's gender identity" as part of the "health, safety, and welfare of the child" in the state's Family Code. If parents disapprove of their child's gender transition, and say a teacher or lgbt activist reports them, a court would now have broad authority to take him or her away from them. They can also be charged with child abuse if they don't agree to call their son a daughter.

UK Telegraph reports: Tucker Carlson seems to think Obama is a gay crack addict. It’s a new low for conservatism

 Tucker Carlson seems to think Obama is a gay crack addict. It’s a new low for conservatism (msn.com)   

Here’s how Tucker described his star witness in a separate interview dated August 30: “Larry Sinclair has been in and out of prison... He’s got a criminal record... He’s poor, he’s got a disordered life... I think he has a record of deception, obviously he does.” But, for all that, “this story... is clearly true.” 

"The last refuge of a scoundrel is no longer patriotism, it’s the Tucker Carlson show. Larry Sinclair appeared on it this week to repeat his claims that he did crack cocaine and had sex with Barack Obama in 1999. The salacious details were lapped up by Tucker with his trademark wide-eyed credulity (“So what you’re saying is, Mr Hitler, that Poland started the war? Wow! Why does nobody report this?!”) 

"Mainstream media has largely ignored the interview, which will fuel the idea that they elevate liberals and silence conservatives – it’s the “lying” that really gets to me, says Tucker. But the simple reason why Sinclair has never been given serious hearing is that his claims are baseless and tasteless. Never mind that we are meant to believe that a very good looking Illinois state representative risked his career and marriage to fool around with a 5’7” stranger who, today at least, is prominently missing teeth – or that he enjoyed it so much, he came back for seconds. The bigger problem is the reliability of Mr Sinclair, a man with a rap sheet so long that Dickens could string a novel out of it." . . .

If the Right believes in anything, surely it is cultural excellence. If that makes us snobs, so be it. The hierarchy of taste and morality is at the heart of philosophy. How sad that when conservatives such as Carlson have the chance to build an alternative media space, they create a mirror image of the impoverished liberal culture they so dislike.

Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy slams Tucker Carlson's interview with fraudster Larry Sinclair and says his tale of sex with Barack Obama 'has 0.0% chance of being true' - Sound Health and Lasting Wealth 

Sinclair’s history of sworn statements is also dubious. In 2004, he signed an affidavit claiming to be ‘terminally ill’ as he sought to have a warrant dismissed, although nearly two decades later he appears to still be alive.

“Tell me what role you played. How many of you have organized to stop what they’re doing to us?"

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries’ NYC migrant silence is deadly (msn.com)

For Democrats like Eric Adams, the chickens come home to roost - Monica Showalter  . . ."Adams could solve this problem in one day if he were serious about New York City not being "destroyed" by too many migrants.

"One, get rid of the city's sanctuary city policies and start cooperating with federal law enforcement to remove people who have no right to be here.

"Two, light a fire under New York's city council which voted in the insane "right to shelter" law, which forces the city to pick up the tab for any incoming foreigner from some other country.

"End free food, free health care, and free school for illegal migrants. Bill them for those costs as well as their jail stays and collect on those bills. Challenge any judge in court who attempts to stop such a shutoff." . . .

Parody: Eric Adams Calls Texas To Ask If They Have Any More Of Those Cowboy Guys With The Whips | Babylon Bee 

. . ."New York City has quickly descended into a state of emergency after failing to adequately meet the needs of thousands of migrants entering the city. "We can't give help to all these people," said New York Police Commissioner Edward Caban. "I don't know where anyone got the idea that New York, a sanctuary city, would be a city where this many people could find sanctuary.' " . .  .

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Gripes About Mass Influx of Illegal Aliens; Says They ‘Will Destroy’ the City › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)

   . . .“We had a $12 billion deficit that we’re going to have to cut. Every service in this city is going to be impacted. All of us,” Adams added.

“It’s going to come to your neighborhoods. All of us are going to be impacted by this. I said it last year when we had 15,000. I’m telling you now with 110,000. The city we knew we’re about to lose. And we’re all in this together.”

To those criticizing his response to the crisis, he said:  “Tell me what role you played. How many of you have organized to stop what they’re doing to us?

The Democrat party, not Biden, is the problem in America. Who DOES rule America?

 The Democrat party, not Biden, is the problem in America - American Thinker

"Do you really think getting rid of Biden will solve or change anything? Do you really think it will warrant a victory lap? Or do you think we’ll then simply have to up our game, like there is no tomorrow if we fail to?"   James Mullin

"I would warn and encourage AT readers to take no joy in the upcoming, preordained derailment of Joe Biden’s presidential reelection aspirations. Biden is a semi-senile, corruption-pock-marked albatross around the neck of a party that doesn’t deal kindly with liabilities. Like water flowing downhill in a sewer line, the disintegration of a potential Biden second term is a certain conclusion. In fact, the 2024 Democrat messaging will very likely be, “See, we’ve cleaned up our mess, and we are ready to boldly move on for America.” Conservatives need (for once) to be there ahead of this propaganda fest and, in the minds of American voters, sow abundantly the counter idea that nothing has changed in the least—that the penchant for corruption, ineptitude, and larcenous treason remains the same.

"So, ask friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers (that’s right—take that risk) the following questions, emphasizing whether they apply merely to Biden, or is something much broader and deeper afoot here.

1. Which is the party that kneecapped US domestic energy production, causing fuel prices to skyrocket and kickstarting (and still fomenting) rampant US inflation, so evident at any supermarket?

Keep reading on down to #14...

Is America Under the Thumb of a Shadow President? – RedState  . . .His doctor has proclaimed him healthy and capable of doing the job, but for those who do believe Biden has cognitive difficulties and that someone is behind him calling the shots, the list of “suspects” is short: former President Barack Obama, who famously sneered, “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f— things up,” Biden’s former chief of staff, Ron Klain, or his the former head of domestic policy, Susan Rice. Both Klain and Rice have extensive experience working in government and in the White House.

"My RedState colleague Sister Toldjah recently presented a couple of additional suspects.

Such was the case on Wednesday, when during the now-infamous clip of Biden losing it with Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy, a handler stepped in moments after Doocy began asking the Devon Archer speakerphone question — and proceeded to promptly take control of the situation… and Joe Biden.  . . .

Vice chair of Minnesota Democrat Party who advocated for dismantling police gets violently beaten and carjacked

 The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

In June of 2020, Sathanandan wrote in a post on Facebook: "We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department. Say it with me. DISMANTLE The Minneapolis Police Department."

"A far-left Minneapolis activist was the victim of a brutal armed car-jacking that occurred in the driveway of her home on Tuesday evening.

"Shivanthi Sathanandan, a radical leftist and second vice chairwoman of the Democratic Farmer Labor party in Minneapolis, who was left bruised and bloodied during the incident, is calling for "accountability" despite her past history of being a notable "defund the police" agitator.

"Sathanandan said in a Facebook post that she suffered a broken leg, deep lacerations to her head, and cuts and bruises all over her body when four armed juveniles allegedly beat her to the ground in front of her children and then stole her vehicle in broad daylight, according to KSTP.

"Look at my face. REMEMBER ME when you are thinking about supporting letting juveniles and young people out of custody to roam our streets instead of HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. You could have been reading the obituary for me and my children today," Sathanandan wrote.

‘The Squad’ Introduces Bill To Defund Police And Provide Reparations | News | BET 

. . .Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) are the two main sponsors of the BREATHE Act, which they announced during a Zoom call. The bill has not yet been officially introduced.

“ 'We can start to envision through this bill a new version for public safety — a new vision for public safety, one that protects and affirms Black lives,” Tlaib said on the call. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) are also members of The Squad, however they weren’t announced as backers of the bill.

"It will be tough for the BREATHE Act to even pass the Democratic-held House as many leaders on the left do not support defunding police. A recently passed police reform bill from June came under fire from House Republicans for not curbing the power of police unions that shield officers from being fired." . . .