If we have any real climate issue, it’s the political climate - Climate Change Dispatch

Los Angeles is burning and the East Coast and Midwest have been walloped by cold and snow. - I & I Editorial Board 

Naturally, the global warming alarmists screech and honk about human reliance on fossil fuels.
It is a gross and irresponsible assumption...

• Overshadowed by the tragic Los Angeles fires is the Arctic blast that dropped temperatures and snow in much of the country. This too, is man’s fault. But then when it doesn’t snow, well, man is to blame for that, as well.

As we have been doing regarding global warming for about three decades, allow us to offer some facts that don’t scream as loudly but are facts nonetheless:

• ...climate researcher Anthony Watts, “a closer look at history, meteorology, and land management reveals that these claims are often oversimplified by low-information journalists, and fail to address more immediate, actionable causes.”..
• Tony Heller helpfully points out that “Pacific Palisades was largely destroyed by fires in 1938 and 1961.” Yet we’re supposed to believe that our oil and gas needs set California on fire this time...
• Claims that wildfires have increased are false...
• In California, wildfires have fallen sharply since the late 1980s, from nearly 14,000 a year to about 7,000...
• The real reasons for California’s devastating fires aren’t “weather whiplash” or any other new theory. It’s human error, repeated mistakes made by California’s clueless progressive political class.

If we have any real climate issue, it’s the political climate...

Scamming the taxpayers with "overtime"!

Gavin Newsom calls for investigation into who was responsible for low water at fire hydrants during wildfire crisis | Blaze Media

Gavin Newsom calls for investigation into who was responsible for low water at fire hydrants during wildfire crisis | Blaze Media: 

"I have directed state water and firefighting officials to prepare an independent after-incident report examining the causes of lost water supply and water pressure in municipal water systems during the fire events, and to identify measures that local governments can implement to provide adequate water supply for emergency response during future catastrophic events," wrote Newsom. As of Friday, officials said more than 10 people had died from the fires, at least 180,000 were forced to evacuate, and approximately 10,000 homes and businesses had been destroyed. The Palisades fire, the largest of the wildfires, was only 8% contained. Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was excoriated for going on a trip to Ghana just as the fires kicked off despite having warned residents about the potentially life-threatening natural disaster. Another Democrat, Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state, was lambasted for trying to blame corporations for the wildfires because of global warming.

The Next Time Someone Says You Voted For A “34-Time Convicted Felon” Send them this.

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Why the Deep State Can't Allow Government Shutdowns

The Lights Are on ... But Nobody’s Home - Erik Carlson 

Imagine for a moment, you are an undersized—even for your age—freshman in high school. It’s your first day at school, you are lost, intimidated, and maybe even a little scared. Eventually, you find your locker and start working on the lock. Across the way, a senior is scanning the hall for incoming freshman to bully, to extort.
As the bully looks over the sea of students, he eventually locks eyes with you. The look on his face says that he has found a victim to prey on, or maybe one of many. The bully works his way over to you and doesn’t waste any time; he tells you that you will give him your lunch money every day for protection, and he will be at your locker every morning to collect it. He tells you that you don’t want to find out what would happen to you if you missed even one payment. He says that high school can be a dangerous place without protection.
From day one, this is the high school experience that you know. Every morning, your mother puts your lunch money on the kitchen counter, and every morning you hand it over to the bully. After months of this routine, you forget your lunch money at home and come to school with nothing to give your bully.
The bully asks for the money, you say you forgot it at home. The bully knows he can’t allow a precedent to be set. He shoves you up against the lockers with all his might. As you hit the lockers, you realize the shove feels like it came from your eight-year-old sister.
As you quickly recover from the push, the bully can see a smirk in the corner of your mouth. There is a sparkle in your eye. The bully’s shoulders begin to hunch, and his face and eyes show defeat. He knows from this day forward, he will never be able to extort another dollar from you. His only hope now is that you won’t tell others that there is no need to fear him. He’s all bark and no bite.

This is the American Government in a nutshell.
The American Government extorts Americans through fear and intimidation...

History for January 12

History for January 12 - On-This-Day.com 

Rush Limbaugh 1951

• 1904 - Henry Ford set a new land speed record when he reached 91.37 miles per hour.
• 1908 - A wireless message was sent long-distance for the first time from the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
• 1943 - The Office of Price Administration announced that standard frankfurters/hot dogs/wieners would be replaced by 'Victory Sausages.'
• 1949 - "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", the Chicago-based children’s show, made its national debut on NBC-TV.
• 1966 - U.S. President Johnson said in his State of the Union address that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended.
• 1971 - "All In the Family" debuted on CBS-TV.
• 1998 - Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

Michigan Republicans vow to investigate Whitmer admin using panel's subpoena power * WorldNetDaily * by George Caldwell, The Daily Signal

Michigan Republicans vow to investigate Whitmer admin using panel's subpoena power * WorldNetDaily * by George Caldwell, The Daily Signal: 

Michigan Republicans are seeking accountability for what they consider gross mismanagement and corruption under Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration, taking advantage of their new majority in the state House of Representatives. On Wednesday, Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall gave the Republican-controlled oversight committee broad subpoena power to investigate alleged corruption and incompetence in a state that until recently was ruled by a Democratic trifecta of Whitmer and her state legislative majority. Republicans contend that the subpoena power will bring a new level of transparency in the only state where the governor is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.

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Another Welsh choirboy: the tragedy in Woolwich

EVERY LIE About Jan. 6 Revealed - Glenn Beck

Over the past 4 years, government leaders and the Legacy Media told us that the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot was the end of “Democracy”, incited by Donald Trump, and the darkest day in American history. 

This narrative sent many Americans to prison, including many nonviolent attendees. 

• But now, we know much more about the truth. 
• Glenn goes down the long list of Jan 6 LIES that are quickly unraveling: 

“It looks like this was all crafted NOT to protect “Democracy”, but to bolster an agenda.” 

But there is still plenty that needs to be revealed under Donald Trump...

Transcript

GLENN: So here we are, four years -- four years ago was the events of January 6th, 2021. The darkest day in all of the republic. Well, what we thought was true is quickly unraveling now...

Early education may not bring better achievement, study says

‘No discernible long-term effects,’ says researcher - Jamie A. Hope 

Injecting more money into taxpayer-funded early education centers doesn’t necessarily bring better results, according to a recent study from the University of Virginia.

• Over the past 10 years, numerous public school districts in Michigan have asked taxpayers to permission to borrow money for new preschool centers.
• School leaders and taxpayers alike may be disappointed with how things turn out, however. “Preschool programs have long been hailed as effective interventions, yet our study reveals a more nuanced reality,”...
• “While many presume their positive impact, rigorous evaluations show a mix of outcomes, including both successes and setbacks and, in some cases, no discernible long-term effects...

Los Angeles officials KNEW they were unprepared to defend city from wildfires * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

Los Angeles officials KNEW they were unprepared to defend city from wildfires * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh: 

The letter warned the budget cuts on the fire department, imposed by the city during a time period when it was fulling embracing spending plans for "diversity" and the like, have "severely limited the department's capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies including wildfires."

Small City Could Be Bankrupted by $22M Judgment

What we know so far with the Los Angeles wildfires

State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded 

• A large reservoir in Pacific Palisades that is part of the Los Angeles water supply system was out of use when a ferocious wildfire destroyed thousands of homes and other structures nearby, The Times found.
• Officials said that the Santa Ynez Reservoir had been closed for repairs to its cover, leaving a 117 million gallon water storage complex empty in the heart of the Palisades...

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LA wildfires point to a long list of failures by California authorities | Blaze Media

LA wildfires point to a long list of failures by California authorities | Blaze Media: 

Los Angeles continues to be engulfed in flames as a number of wildfires raze various parts of the city. As the destruction escalates, more and more information is surfacing about a number of failures on the part of California authorities.

Where democrats rule.

 

The extent of the fires in LA were totally preventable, even considering the Santa Anna winds and the lack of removing tinder for the sake of the environment. - William Steiner

And it has nothing to do with climate change. - Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming

It was the politically correct and incompetent leadership of CA from Gov. Newsom, the mayor of LA, and the fire chief to be the cause.

• Newsom:

1. Removed four dams that were there to provide reserves for the fire issues facing southern CA from the yearly Santa Anna winds for the sake of creating an environment for an obscure fish, which did exist elsewhere. No danger of extinction.
2. CA had funds allocated to replace those dams at other locations 10 years ago and they have NOT been built.
3. Newsom would not allow for the clearing of dead brush buildup, creating a lot of tinder for fire.

• The mayor:

1. She decreased the fire budget by 17 million dollars, severely limiting its ability to maintain personnel and machine.
2. She took 14 million of that an used it to create "green docks in the harbor."
3. She took some of that money to also create DEI training.

• Fire chief:

1. She fired male fireman who refused the covid vacs.
2. She replaced them with less qualified personnel based on race/gender.
3. She used a lot of money for DEI training.

Wanting to only have age-appropriate books in schools libraries is not banning books.

 

The true narrative is quite simple: “Progressive government” has failed comprehensively in CA, which has been on a spiral into incoherence and incompetence since Gov. Pete Wilson left office at the end of 1998.

They won’t know the story but will be looking for a narrative that somehow excuses the Governor, the Mayor and countless agencies. - Clarice Feldman 

• When east coast media elites opine on what is happened out here, ask them if they are familiar w/ either@shellenberger. Or me? (Hugh Hewett @hughhewitt) 
• He’s a lefty journalist from San Francisco and I am a conservative journalist and law professor who has lived (and worked as a land use lawyer) in Orange County from 1989 to 2016 and still winter here to teach Con Law.

Ask them is they know what the Coastal Commission is or does, or the CDF&G, the USFWS, Region 9 of US EPA, Cal EPA, CARB, AQMD or the Regional Water Control Board. 

They won’t. 

They won’t know the story but will be looking for a narrative that somehow excuses the Governor, the Mayor and countless agencies...
What has former and future President Trump been taking about for a decade when he’s lectured CA on water and fire? 

• The idiocy of the self-inflicted harm of CA’s powerful people. 

Trump was right. 

Quote - Michael Shellenberger@shellenberger
Some reporters and scientists are blaming climate change for the lack of rain in LA. It's ridiculous. There's no trend in annual rainfall from 1877 to 2024. We have wet years and dry years.

#1 This day 1951-----Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz (Original Classic with Lyrics)

The Climate Agenda’s March Through the Institutions: Can It Be Stopped?

A spate of stories in the media recently provides a remarkable illustration of how the globalist policy agenda of the climate industrial complex has captured key international institutions and perverted their original organizational aims. -  Tilak K. Doshi 

From initially serving broad, laudable objectives for the welfare of their constituents, these institutions have been subverted over the years to serve the insistent pseudoscientific claims of climate alarmists...

• The World Bank - ...nearly 40% of all climate funds disbursed by the Bank over the past seven years— is “unaccounted for... In other words, no one knows how the money was used...
• The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - The UN IPCC issued a news release...the IPCC claimed that human combustion of fossil fuels “has resulted in more frequent and more intense extreme weather events that have caused increasingly dangerous impacts on nature and people in every region of the world.” This is contrary to the IPCC’s position hitherto, which is that almost all types of extreme weather events cannot be attributed with confidence to human activity...