Friday, January 17, 2025
WSJ Slams California's Climate Change Scapegoating, Identifies Real Culprits - Climate Change Dispatch
Attempts to pin the catastrophic California wildfires on the bogeyman of “climate change” are a deflection from the real culprits, the Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote Monday. - Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.
The climate left is desperately trying to “change the subject from the failure of the state and local government to contain the fires that often accompany Santa Ana winds,” the WSJ editors note.
The climate left is desperately trying to “change the subject from the failure of the state and local government to contain the fires that often accompany Santa Ana winds,” the WSJ editors note.
- The op-ed first dismantles the ridiculous claim that climate change somehow caused the conflagration and then shows how state and local governments, and Gov. Gavin Newsom in particular, have abdicated their important role of protecting California residents from wildfire...
- The editors proceed to reproduce a chart from the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment that shows precipitation in the state going back 130 or so years. The chart does not show a trend but rather recurring wet and dry spells, with the latter being especially prevalent in the 1910s and 1920s “when carbon emissions were far less than they are today,” the editors explain...
- “Despite their fervent belief that climate change will have catastrophic consequences, Democrats in California perennially underinvest in water storage and land management,” they argue.
- Then when fires, water shortages, or floods inevitably happen, “Democrats blame climate change as if there is nothing they could do about any of it,” they write, concluding that what the state really needs is “political climate change.”
Gaza hostage, ceasefire deal on brink of finalization * WorldNetDaily * by David Brummer
Gaza hostage, ceasefire deal on brink of finalization * WorldNetDaily * by David Brummer:
Talks for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange deal between Israel and Hamas continued in earnest with officials from both sides and from mediating countries estimating that a landmark agreement to end the 15-month war was near-finalized, with multiple outlets reporting details of its content.
Michael Smith - I need to remind people in California and other...
...and other deep blue areas not to be surprised when your elected officials fail you - mostly because you elect social "activists" and these activists are intellectually predisposed to oppose things that work because they aren't "equitable" or "inclusive". - Michael Smith
- Things (and people) that work (succeed) tend to be based on their merit, and don't rise or fall based on skin color, identity, or "personal truth".
- They work because they deliver the best result given the input applied.
Results for an activist is to be seen as "doing something' as opposed to actually resolving something.
They are more interested in being seen doing a job than actually doing that job.
That is the difference in Gavin Newsom in California and Ron DeSantis in Florida.
That is the difference in Gavin Newsom in California and Ron DeSantis in Florida.
- One preens while the other gets stuff done...
Lunch video-----Collapse Of The Antarctic Sea Ice Scam
"Academics and the press have been attempting to profit from a completely fictional story about Antarctica, which has collapsed.
A major legal victory over woke investment | Blaze Media
A major legal victory over woke investment | Blaze Media:
Afederal judge in Texas granted a victory Friday to American Airlines pilots suing the company for sacrificing the profitability of their 401(k) fund to pursue liberal causes.
It’s a potentially major blow in a long battle against political investing, called ESG (or environmental, social, and governance). And it paves the way for battles against BlackRock and other globe-dominating businesses that funnel trillions of Americans’ retirement and investment dollars toward left-wing causes. More, it demonstrates how the political catastrophe that has befallen corporate governance these past five years can be undone — by the same tool with which it was made.
Physical fitness requirements for male cops and female cops in Michigan
Physical fitness requirements for male cops and female cops in Michigan DEI is affirmative action. : - James David Dickson - @downi75 
- Which is illegal in Michigan.
- And yet here we are, acting like you’d be just as well-served by a woman cop. H/t @Theplebofplebs
Post-Trump Recession Odds Plunge - by Peter St Onge
Left-wing media is doing everything they can to talk Americans into a recession. - Peter St Onge 
With Donald Trump set to return to the White House in less than a week, legacy media is falling over itself to predict economic disaster.
- US News asks "Will Trump's Policies Spark a Recession."
- Newsweek asks "Will there be a recession?"
- The Boston Globe answers: "Trump's plans promise another Great Recession."...
Just 4 days after the November election the Associated Press ran an article called "Frustrated Americans await the economic changes they voted for with Trump."
- What makes the whole exercise hilarious is that actual recession odds immediately plunged as soon as Trump won...
Read all!-----Best farewell speech in my life - Don Surber
3 more days, folks. Just 3 more days 
The old president gave one of his finest speeches days before handing over the reins to a new president. The incumbent began:
Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of office as, in traditional and solemn ceremony, the authority of the Presidency is vested in my successor.The president obviously was not FJB but a far greater man—Eisenhower.
This evening I come to you with a message of leave-taking and farewell, and to share a few final thoughts with you, my countrymen.
Like every other citizen, I wish the new President, and all who will labor with him, Godspeed. I pray that the coming years will be blessed with peace and prosperity for all.
When he said he served the nation for 50 years, he really did as he served in both world wars...
Pete Hegseth defends himself from Senate Dems during explosive confirmation hearing | Blaze Media
Pete Hegseth defends himself from Senate Dems during explosive confirmation hearing | Blaze Media:
Senate Democrats repeatedly berated Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head the Department of Defense, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Despite being repeatedly badgered by critical Democrats, Hegseth has stood firm.
Hegseth is the first of Trump's nominees to go through his confirmation hearing. Although Hegseth has drawn a fair amount of media attention leading up to Tuesday, Senate Democrats hammered the nominee's personal challenges and past "mistakes."
Fighting back!-----Penn accused of ‘racist double standards’ in professor’s lawsuit
Amy Wax was suspended after saying ‘family breakdown,’ ‘educational underachievement’ hold black Americans back more than racism - Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor 
University of Pennsylvania Professor Amy Wax just filed a lawsuit against the Ivy League institution, alleging double standards in its protections of free speech after an unresolved, years-long dispute about her comments on race, IQ, and immigration...
- “White speakers are far more likely to be disciplined for ‘harmful’ speech while minority speakers are rarely, if ever, subject to disciplinary procedures for the same,” the lawsuit alleges. “The University’s Speech Policy thus discriminates on the basis of race and other protected grounds—both in terms of the identity of speakers and the subject of speech.”
History for January 17
History for January 17 - On-This-Day.com 
Benjamin Franklin 1706
- 1913 - All partner interests in 36 Golden Rule Stores were consolidated and incorporated in Utah into one company. The new corporation was the J.C. Penney Company.
- 1934 - Ferdinand Porsche submitted a design for a people's car, a "Volkswagen," to the new German Reich government.
- 1961 - In his farewell address, U.S. President Eisenhower warned against the rise of "the military-industrial complex."
- 1994 - The Northridge earthquake rocked Los Angeles, CA, registering a 6.7 on the Richter Scale. At least 61 people were killed and about $20 billion in damage was caused.
- 1998 - U.S. President Clinton gave his deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit against him. He was the first U.S. President to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil lawsuit.
- 2002 - It was announced that Microsoft had signed a joint venture agreement to produce software with two partners in China. The two partners were Beijin Centergate Technologies (Holding) Co. and the Stone Group.
Thursday, January 16, 2025
State speaker bans Trump-supporting senator, has him arrested * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
State speaker bans Trump-supporting senator, has him arrested * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh:
Political differences, once again, have descended to physical blows as an "anti-Trump" Georgia House speaker banned a Trump-supporting senator from the House floor during a state of the state event, and he tried to enter anyway.
He was slammed to the floor by police and arrested.
He warned them in 2018!-----Trump was Right About “Raking” Finnish Forests
Even Finnish president Sauli Niinistö did not understand that the practice really involves “raking” with heavy machinery that removes extensive amounts of combustible material.
- President Donald Trump was recently ridiculed for telling California Governor Jerry Brown that the Golden State should do as my country does.
Trump critics laughed at what some called his “bizarre” claim that foresters in Finland “rake” areas that have been thinned or clear-cut, to remove leaves and other debris that could otherwise start conflagrations like the recent tragic fires in California...
Ironically, all this happened at just about the time that Finland’s own forest specialists declared that Mr. Trump was correct about what he told Governor Brown...
Ironically, all this happened at just about the time that Finland’s own forest specialists declared that Mr. Trump was correct about what he told Governor Brown...
The “confusion” over what President Trump said unfortunately came initially from the Finnish side, as even our media thought “raking” meant only light removal of leaves, pine cones and other debris from forest floors...
Yes, she's a goof. But still, a terribly sad story.-----French woman duped by AI Brad Pitt faces mockery online
AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830,000 
A French woman who was conned out of €830,000 (£700,000; $850,000) by scammers posing as actor Brad Pitt has faced a huge wave of mockery, leading French broadcaster TF1 to withdraw a programme about her...
Somebody purporting to be Pitt got in touch the next day, which set off alarm bells for Anne.
"Like a fool, I paid... Every time I doubted him, he managed to dissipate my doubts," she said...
Anne's daughter, now 22, told TF1 she tried to "get her mother to see reason" for over a year but that her mother was too excited. "It hurt to see how naive she was being," she said...
The TF1 programme said the events left Anne broke, and that she has tried to end her life three times.
"Why was I chosen to be hurt this way?," a tearful Anne said. "These people deserve hell. We need to find those scammers, I beg you - please help me find them."
But in the YouTube interview on Tuesday Anne hit back at TF1, saying it had left out details on her repeated doubts over whether she was talking to the real Brad Pitt, and added that anyone could've fallen for the scam if they were told "words that you never heard from your own husband."
Anne said she was now living with a friend: "My whole life is a small room with some boxes. That's all I have left."..
Somebody purporting to be Pitt got in touch the next day, which set off alarm bells for Anne.
- "But as someone who isn't very used to social media, I didn't really know what was happening to me," she said.
"Like a fool, I paid... Every time I doubted him, he managed to dissipate my doubts," she said...
- Meanwhile, Anne and her husband divorced, and she was awarded €775,000 - all of which went to the scammers.
Anne's daughter, now 22, told TF1 she tried to "get her mother to see reason" for over a year but that her mother was too excited. "It hurt to see how naive she was being," she said...
The TF1 programme said the events left Anne broke, and that she has tried to end her life three times.
"Why was I chosen to be hurt this way?," a tearful Anne said. "These people deserve hell. We need to find those scammers, I beg you - please help me find them."
But in the YouTube interview on Tuesday Anne hit back at TF1, saying it had left out details on her repeated doubts over whether she was talking to the real Brad Pitt, and added that anyone could've fallen for the scam if they were told "words that you never heard from your own husband."
Anne said she was now living with a friend: "My whole life is a small room with some boxes. That's all I have left."..
The INFURIATING reason why fire hydrants ran dry in Los Angeles | Blaze Media
The INFURIATING reason why fire hydrants ran dry in Los Angeles | Blaze Media:
“CA, and especially LA, is controlled by Democrats. THEY are responsible. No more passing the buck. Our Mayor, who was in Ghana as fires exploded in our city, cut the fire budget by $17 million. Endless amounts of money funneled to bullshit scammer homeless nonprofits. We’re the highest taxed yet we have encampments and squalor everywhere,” Kasparian wrote in a post on X.
“Even worse, we don’t have enough firefighters to respond to the absolute disaster we’re experiencing right now. Rather than conserve the record rain we got last year, we just drained it into the ocean. We are a failing city run by a sick excuse for local government. You want to radicalize people against the modern Democratic Party? Send them to LA,” she concluded.
MoveOn.org loons gone CRAZY!-----Tell Trump and Republicans: Stop attacking disaster relief! | MoveOn
Tell Trump and Republicans: Stop attacking disaster relief! | MoveOn
Right now, the tragic wildfires raging across Southern California have already killed dozens of people and displaced tens of thousands from their homes.
- To: Donald Trump, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republicans in Congress
- Tell Republicans: Stop attacking disaster relief!
Right now, the tragic wildfires raging across Southern California have already killed dozens of people and displaced tens of thousands from their homes.
But instead of working to support those trying to survive and rebuild, Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are exploiting this climate disaster to spread disinformation and sow chaos for political points.
And this isn't the first time. Right-wing disinformation and attacks against disaster workers prevented people from getting the urgent help they needed in the wake of devastating natural disasters like Hurricanes Helene and Milton...
And this isn't the first time. Right-wing disinformation and attacks against disaster workers prevented people from getting the urgent help they needed in the wake of devastating natural disasters like Hurricanes Helene and Milton...
Debunking fact-checking Gavin Newscum with ACTUAL receipts | Blaze Media
Debunking fact-checking Gavin Newscum with ACTUAL receipts | Blaze Media:
The blame falls heavily on California authorities, including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who slashed the city’s fire department funding, and Gov. Gavin Newsom, who refused to sign a water bill that would have dramatically increased the city’s water supply.
But it seems humility is not in either one of their wheelhouses.
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