Friday, August 23, 2019
ANALYSIS: TRUE. The Real Reason Elites Behave Hypocritically On Climate Change Is Because They Want to …
Instapundit Blog Archive ANALYSIS: TRUE.
"ANALYSIS: TRUE.
The Real Reason Elites Behave Hypocritically On Climate Change Is Because They Want To.
"ANALYSIS: TRUE.
The Real Reason Elites Behave Hypocritically On Climate Change Is Because They Want To.
This also dovetails with James Delingpole’s “Drawbridge Effect:” “You’ve made your money. Now the very last thing you want is for all those trashy middle class people below you to have a fair shot at getting as rich as you are. That’s why you want to make energy more expensive by opposing Keystone XL...--Posted bySome people chalk up such hypocrisy to ignorance. “They turn up with unnecessary entourages in helicopters or fast cars and then preach about saving the world,” complained an insider. “They just don’t seem to be aware that they’re the ones burning huge amounts of fossil fuels.”
But it’s inconceivable that the celebrities don’t know they are behaving hypocritically. It’s common knowledge that flying by jet results in significant carbon emissions.
...A simpler explanation for the hypocrisy of celebrities who moralize about climate change is that it is a way of flaunting their special status.
Hypocrisy is the ultimate power move. It is a way of demonstrating that one plays by a different set of rules from the ones adhered to by common people. Hypocrisy demonstrates how unaccountable one is to conventional morality.
...And it is a mistake to imagine that human behavior is mostly conscious. Much of human behavior is unconscious and driven by an innate urge for power, of which status is one (highly-social) form.
LA's Rules About Where Homeless People Are Allowed To Sit And Sleep Could Get Even More Complicated: LAist
LA's Rules About Where Homeless People Are Allowed To Sit And Sleep Could Get Even More Complicated: LAist
"The Los Angeles City Council's homelessness and poverty committee on Wednesday recommended repealing a controversial ordinance prohibiting homeless people from sitting or sleeping on sidewalks.
The committee wants city council to replace the law with one that is more narrowly tailored, and compliant with a recent federal court decision.
...The proposed replacement law lays out a lengthy list of circumstances and conditions under which occupying a sidewalk would be banned.
These include within 500 feet of parks and schools and within 10 feet of a driveway or building entrance..."
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"The Los Angeles City Council's homelessness and poverty committee on Wednesday recommended repealing a controversial ordinance prohibiting homeless people from sitting or sleeping on sidewalks. The committee wants city council to replace the law with one that is more narrowly tailored, and compliant with a recent federal court decision.
...The proposed replacement law lays out a lengthy list of circumstances and conditions under which occupying a sidewalk would be banned.
These include within 500 feet of parks and schools and within 10 feet of a driveway or building entrance..."
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Tucker Tackles Biden’s ‘Embellished’ Biography: ‘He Was A Coal Miner’ | The Daily Caller
Tucker Carlson kicked off his Tuesday night show on Fox News with a look at the details former Vice President Joe Biden has “embellished” into his personal history.
Carlson and his guest, the Washington Examiner’s Alana Goodman, noted several of Biden’s autobiographical claims over the years that just don’t appear to add up.
The Morning Briefing: Spicey's Dancing With the Stars on Liberal Feelings | PJ Media
The Morning Briefing: Spicey's Dancing With the Stars on Liberal Feelings | PJ Media
"Misery Loves Democrats
"Misery Loves Democrats
In case you missed it: former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is going to be on the next season of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," which can be a good or a bad thing, depending on how seriously one takes goofy network television fare.
Democrats all across the land are having yet another foot-stomping, snot-bubbling, toddler-esque meltdown, this time because a Republican guy they don't like is going to be on a television show they've never watched.
Predictably, there was the oh-so-stern threat of a boycott, this one from an Obama flack:
You will face a boycott. A big one. Of the show and of your entire network.
And it will be well deserved.Folks will contact every advertiser you have and demand they stop running ads.So, good luck with all of that. The only smart move here is to replace him immediately.
Because ridiculous is what The New York Times does, its television critic decided to devote a thousand or so words to lobby for the American public to make Spicer face ongoing punishment for having the audacity to work for a president not approved by the MSM..."
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Muskegon college fitness center logs $2M in losses - and counting - mlive.com
Muskegon college fitness center logs $2M in losses - and counting - mlive.com:
MUSKEGON, MI – Changes could be coming to Muskegon Community College’s Lakeshore Fitness Center after operating losses of about $2 million over four years.
In 2018-19 alone, the fitness center accrued more than half a million dollars in financial losses that weren’t in the budget, according to college officials.
In total, it cost the college $783,000 - some losses were planned.
The college purchased the former YMCA building for $1.17 million in 2015.
Since then, it has lost money in operations annually and has cost the college in repairs to the 40-year-old facility..."
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MUSKEGON, MI – Changes could be coming to Muskegon Community College’s Lakeshore Fitness Center after operating losses of about $2 million over four years.In 2018-19 alone, the fitness center accrued more than half a million dollars in financial losses that weren’t in the budget, according to college officials.
In total, it cost the college $783,000 - some losses were planned.
The college purchased the former YMCA building for $1.17 million in 2015.
Since then, it has lost money in operations annually and has cost the college in repairs to the 40-year-old facility..."
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DHS Using Loophole Around Flores To Address Immigration Crisis | The Daily Caller
DHS Using Loophole Around Flores To Address Immigration Crisis | The Daily Caller:
The Trump administration is rolling out its own licensing standards for family residential centers, a move that will work around the Flores settlement and mitigate the illegal immigration crisis.
The Department of Homeland Security introduced a new policy Wednesday regarding family residential centers (FRCs) that house immigrant family units. The rule change, the administration argues, will allow DHS to keep families together during their detention while also stemming the flow of illegal immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Trump administration is rolling out its own licensing standards for family residential centers, a move that will work around the Flores settlement and mitigate the illegal immigration crisis.
The Department of Homeland Security introduced a new policy Wednesday regarding family residential centers (FRCs) that house immigrant family units. The rule change, the administration argues, will allow DHS to keep families together during their detention while also stemming the flow of illegal immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border.
And they assure us it's gonna get hotter!-----Sultan Knish: Environmentalists Killed More Europeans Than Islamic Terrorists Did
Sultan Knish: Environmentalists Killed More Europeans Than Islamic Terrorists Did"Do Americans Need Air-Conditioning?" a New York Times piece asked in July.
Air conditioning, it argued, is bad for the environment and makes us less human.
It ran quotes suggesting that, "first world discomfort is a learned behavior", and urging "a certain degree of self-imposed suffering".
If environmentalists ruled the world, air conditioning wouldn’t exist..."
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Child abuse!-----The Disturbing, Exploiting Trend of Down Syndrome Drag Is Coming to the US ⋆ Activist Mommy
The Disturbing, Exploiting Trend of Down Syndrome Drag Is Coming to the US ⋆ Activist Mommy"We have previously reported on a group of drag queens and kings with Down syndrome from the UK, and how disturbing and confusing it is that the left embraces those with Down syndrome when they are decked out in drag despite pushing for babies with Down syndrome to be aborted in the womb.
Now it would appear this trend is coming to America.
LifeSite News reports:
Read all!A public art event in Grand Rapids, Michigan next month will feature men and women with Down syndrome performing as “drag queens” and “drag kings.”A drag group known as “Drag Syndrome” is comprised of performers with Down syndrome, and is an LGBT activist’s attempt to promote so-called “inclusion.” Their performances feature song and dance by men wearing women’s dresses, garish makeup, wigs, and in some cases fake breasts. Women sport beards and men’s clothing.A local TV channel, Wood TV, reports that “some people may be concerned because people with Down syndrome have limited mental capacity that they might not have the ability to decide to take part or understand what they are taking part in.” ...
Justice: 64% of federal arrests are noncitizens, with a 200% increase
Justice: 64% of federal arrests are noncitizens, with a 200% increase"Federal arrests of noncitizens have jumped over 200% in the last 20 years and now account for 64% of those arrested, according to the Justice Department.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics said that federal arrests of non-Americans rose 234% from 1998-2018.
For U.S. citizens, the percentage rose just 10% over those 20 years..."
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Whittney Williams Was An Illegal Immigrant — Now She’s A Trump Supporter Trying To Unseat A Democrat In Michigan | The Daily Caller
Whittney Williams Was An Illegal Immigrant — Now She’s A Trump Supporter Trying To Unseat A Democrat In Michigan | The Daily Caller:
Whittney Williams at age 10 entered the U.S. illegally from Taiwan, but now she’s running for Congress in Michigan with high hopes for a border wall and zero tolerance for socialism.
Williams – Director of Diversity for the 11th Congressional District Republican Committee – announced her aspirations to unseat Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens Monday. Stevens, who voted yes on a $15 federal minimum wage and co-sponsored a bill condemning president Trump’s “racist rhetoric,” may eventually have an unorthodox contender.
Whittney Williams at age 10 entered the U.S. illegally from Taiwan, but now she’s running for Congress in Michigan with high hopes for a border wall and zero tolerance for socialism.
Williams – Director of Diversity for the 11th Congressional District Republican Committee – announced her aspirations to unseat Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens Monday. Stevens, who voted yes on a $15 federal minimum wage and co-sponsored a bill condemning president Trump’s “racist rhetoric,” may eventually have an unorthodox contender.
Geologic Forces Melted Icelandic Glacier, Not Climate Change | Climate Dispatch
Geologic Forces Melted Icelandic Glacier, Not Climate Change | Climate Dispatch
"In an astonishing turn of events, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) just cosponsored a“climate change funeral” for an Icelandic glacier positioned atop a volcano that is part of and fueled by one of the most volcanically active faults on our planet, the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Rift System(Figure 1).
"In an astonishing turn of events, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) just cosponsored a“climate change funeral” for an Icelandic glacier positioned atop a volcano that is part of and fueled by one of the most volcanically active faults on our planet, the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Rift System(Figure 1).
Here we show how geologically induced heat from the underlying Okjokull Volcano (Figure 1) acted to melt the overlying Okjokull ‘funeral’ glacier, which had little to do with climate change.
...A more plausible explanation is that the Okjokull Volcano has recently become much hotter/increased its bedrock geothermal heat flow in recent years.
This heat flow increase has acted to rapidly melt the Okjokull Glacier..."
Much proof provided.
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This heat flow increase has acted to rapidly melt the Okjokull Glacier..."
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History for August 23
History for August 23 - On-This-Day.com
Oliver Hazard Perry 1785, Gene Kelly 1912, Mark Russell 1932 - Comedian
Barbara Eden 1934 - Actress ("I Dream of Jeannie"), Richard Sanders 1940 - Actor ("WKRP in Cincinnati"), Keith Moon 1947 - Musician (The Who)
1962 - The first live TV program was relayed between the U.S. and Europe through the U.S. Telstar satellite.
1998 - Protestors in Sudan carried a sign that bore the resemblance of Monica Lewinsky and the words "No War for Monika." The anti-U.S. demonstration was in Khartoum, Sudan.
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Mueller accused of lying about 'Russian agent' - WND
The mysterious professor at the center of the origin of the Trump-Russia collusion investigation, Josef Mifsud, was not a Russian agent as claimed in the Mueller Report, contends Mifsud’s attorneys.
Significantly, Mifsud worked for Western intelligence, said The Hill investigative reporter John Solomon after interviewing the Maltese-born professor’s attorneys.
Tesla is getting sued by Walmart who wants them to remove 240 solar systems after fires - Electrek
Tesla is getting sued by Walmart who wants them to remove 240 solar systems after fires - Electrek"Tesla’s relationship with Walmart took a turn, as the latter is suing the former because they want Tesla to remove solar systems installed at 240 stores following several of them catching on fire.
...More specifically, Walmart says that Tesla’s solar systems caused several fires at its stores.
They list seven instances of fires, which they believe originated from the solar panel systems..."
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BUT THE TECHNOCRATS PRAISED THE “ONE CHILD” POLICY AS A BRILLIANT SOLUTION TO THE “POPULATION BOMB:”…
"Bride prices in China have shot up, bending the country’s society out of shape.
Related:
The marriage marketplace connection to China’s ghost cities.
“There is a strong speculative component to the phenomenon, as the apartments in the empty buildings are being purchased for astronomical prices by highly leveraged chinese citizens, especially chinese men who are looking to signal their suitability to marry by owning ‘property’.”---Posted by
The marriage marketplace connection to China’s ghost cities.
“There is a strong speculative component to the phenomenon, as the apartments in the empty buildings are being purchased for astronomical prices by highly leveraged chinese citizens, especially chinese men who are looking to signal their suitability to marry by owning ‘property’.”---Posted by
Barack Obama Barred A Member Of The Israeli Knesset From Visiting US In 2012 | The Daily Caller
Barack Obama Barred A Member Of The Israeli Knesset From Visiting US In 2012 | The Daily Caller:
Critics called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to bar two freshman Democratic congresswomen from entering Israel “unprecedented” — but just seven years ago, former President Barack Obama barred a member of the Israeli Knesset from entering the U.S.
When news broke that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not allow freshman Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, pundits and political figures alike were quick to voice their criticisms.
Critics called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to bar two freshman Democratic congresswomen from entering Israel “unprecedented” — but just seven years ago, former President Barack Obama barred a member of the Israeli Knesset from entering the U.S.
When news broke that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not allow freshman Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, pundits and political figures alike were quick to voice their criticisms.
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