California Dreamin' Comes East

NY State Democrats approve the most virtue-signalling green program yet:

New York to Approve One of the World’s Most Ambitious Climate Plans

The state would pledge to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with all its electricity coming from carbon-free sources.

New York lawmakers have agreed to pass a sweeping climate plan that calls for the state to all but eliminate its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, envisioning an era when gas-guzzling cars, oil-burning heaters and furnaces would be phased out, and all of the state’s electricity would come from carbon-free sources.

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If the state manages to hit those targets, it would effectively create a so-called net-zero economy, the ultimate goal of environmentalists and others seeking to slow the pace of global warming.

Let me emphasize the magical thinking hidden in "a net-zero-economy, the ultimate goal...". This bill, if achieved, will make NY State a net-zero region. There are no border tariffs for carbon intensive products produced elsewhere. 

Can New Yorkers still eat beef? Those cows have to fart somewhere. Can the state import steel for infrastructure and buildings? Who (if anyone) offsets the carbon emissions associated with mining and processing that steel in New Yorkers do not?

And while on the topic of burden-shifting, absent huge breakthroughs in energy storage (possible!), NY State will have a major baseload power production problem. Their intended solution seems to be to free-ride off their neighbors on the regional grid, which may raise eyebrows in other states. You can ride but you can't hide from those angry ducks!

Comments

[MissMarple2]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-21/soybeans-could-be-next-market-to-surge-as-u-s-showers-drag-on?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic

I could have predicted this a month ago. I guess Bloomberg has to pay fancy experts for the information.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-21/toys-r-us-back-from-the-dead-will-open-u-s-stores-in-2019

[Another Bob]

I used to wear pink dress shirts. (Back in the day when I had to dress for work.)

[Extraneus]

So anyway, all this gender and queer stuff is really about sexual proclivities: men wishing they were women having sex with other men, for example. Vaguely celebrating gender "fluidity" is just a euphemism for the actual desires we should actually be celebrating.

[Extraneus]

I still have a pink dress shirt, Bob, but as I'm retired now I haven't worn it in over 6 months. I think I'll throw it out. :-)

[Another Bob]

For some reason, I pulled chicks with that pink shirt. Pained me to dispose of it.

;)

[henry]

Pink shirt? Magic in DC in the 80s. ;)

[Narciso79]

Ah spanberger the ex?? Company operative (shades of rory stewart) who was an English teacher at the jihad academy in virginia.

[Extraneus]

Trump Responds To Rape Accuser: ‘People Should Pay Dearly For Such False Accusations’

“Regarding the ‘story’ by E. Jean Carroll, claiming she once encountered me at Bergdorf Goodman 23 years ago. I’ve never met this person in my life. She is trying to sell a new book — that should indicate her motivation. It should be sold in the fiction section,” the president wrote.

...

“Shame on those who make up false stories of assault to try to get publicity for themselves, or sell a book, or carry out a political agenda—like Julie Swetnick who falsely accused Justice Brett Kavanaugh,” Trump asserted. “It’s just as bad for people to believe it, particularly when there is zero evidence. Worse still for a dying publication to try to prop itself up by peddling fake news—it’s an epidemic.”

The president’s statement continued:

“Ms. Carroll & New York Magazine: No pictures? No surveillance? No video? No reports? No sales attendants around?? I would like to thank Bergdorf Goodman for confirming they have no video footage of any such incident, because it never happened.

False accusations diminish the severity of real assault. All should condemn false accusations and any actual assault in the strongest possible terms.

If anyone has information that the Democratic Party is working with Ms. Carroll or New York Magazine, please notify us as soon as possible. The world should know what’s really going on. It is a disgrace and people should pay dearly for such false accusations.”

(Click to open.)

[Narciso79]

Of course the fusion rizzotto crew are spinning this:

https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/21/paul-manafort-texts-sean-hannity-mueller/

[henry]

Funny thing, i once stopped by my brother’s place in Baltimore on a run between my Philly condo and my DC apartment. My then 6 month old niece puked on my shoulder (I had the pink shirt on, grey three piece suit). A quick wash, dry and hand ironing later I was ready to go. After cleanup, put the suit jacket on and went to a meeting at Interior in DC. 80s were a crazy time. That niece is getting married in September.

[Narciso79]

I thought she had mixed things up with America psychos Patrick Bateman and back dated a decade.

[Buckeye]

Henry, you might not want to dance with the bride:)

[Pinandpuller]

Theme for an Imaginary Ledge

When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around

https://youtu.be/AXYW7kZP6jc

[MissMarple2]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pg-e-us-settlement-idUSKCN1TM2BF?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5d0d68ace84fc20001cf2ff6&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

(Reuters) - Power producer PG&E Corp will propose a $31 billion bankruptcy restructuring plan that will include two funds worth a total of $34 billion to cover past and future wildfire claims, Bloomberg reported here on Friday.

[henry]

Buckeye, good call. ;)

[MissMarple2]

Pres Trump briefed today on new hurricane season by @NOAA and @fema. Was told hurricane activity expected to be "active in the Pacific and average in the Atlantic." WH says @POTUS expressed special concern about locations still recovering from previous hurricanes. (WH Photo) pic.twitter.com/B3MtEe9vSu

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 21, 2019

Photo at link.

[Narciso79]

Yes its special period electric boogaloo;

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/cuba-ration-lines-grow-tense-as-economy-flails-11561109406?fbclid=IwAR3Xx99HsxYY-sMiviR9zLR3907ZC4f15g5OV9QtYWTWqCndX4Kz5tv7xx0

[MissMarple2]

Speaking of electric boogaloo:

https://www.wishtv.com/sports/colts-owner-irsay-buys-rock-guitar-for-nearly-4-million/2091705211

[Narciso79]

Why the Greenwald story exploded last eeek:

https://babalublog.com/2019/06/21/brazils-bolsonaro-investigating-questionable-loans-given-to-cuba-and-venezuela-by-national-bank/

[MissMarple2]

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/06/21/and-the-democratic-swiping-has-begun-n2548591

And the dem debates begin next week. HA!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Two excellent posts on climate science by Judith Curry;

Climate scientists’ motivated reasoning.

Climate science’s ‘masking bias’ problem

[MissMarple2]

David Horowitz
‏ @horowitz39
5h5 hours ago

Thank you Joe Biden for triggering the Democratic racists, led by the hair-brained Cory Booker, so that we can watch the witch-hunters do their stuff with their own, instead of Trump.

[Jane]

I’m very pro gay, but very against pushing it. It’s not an easy life and the assholes, of which there are many, who try to push it on their kids, should be shot.

[D]

Henry:
Wonderful news about the Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision.
Politics in your state are fascinating.
Never a dull moment.
Congrats to clarice’s Grand-daughter on her team’s wonderful achievement in volleyball!
Way to go girls!
I bet it is a joy to have your grand-daughter visiting.
OL:
Hope the wedding plans are proceeding nicely.
With your new trim look , you will look great in your tuxedo.
The next challenge is walking your little girl down the aisle.
Please update us if you can with more details.
I am so happy for you and your family.
Well wrt the political scene,
OL, JIB, Henry, Jimmyk and Thomas Collins and of course Clarice have been right on the mark in assessing the overall progress on holding people accountable for their wrongdoing.
Another Friday and still no one charged or indicted.

[Pinandpuller]

The fruit salad acronyms have nothing in common except a Capital D for DEVIANCY.

[Buckeye]

Tucker is going of the rails already.

[Narciso79]

Didnt he succeed, you can never please him,

[MissMarple2]

https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/farmers-turn-to-crop-insurance-amid-rain-flooding/2091476323

This has video showing you how sparse the planted crops are.

[henry]

Miss M, at least they got planted. Around here I see last falls wheat, and mud. Plus we get rain every night. My field did not get planted wheat last fall — too wet. Now corn? No field around here will be dry by the fourth, let alone knee high. Too late for corn. Too late for beans. Too wet to put a tractor on. I assume I get the normal lease payment under crop insurance, but the farmer takes one in the shorts.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

And an interesting story in of all places slate;
We Tried to Publish a Replication of a Science Paper in Science. The Journal Refused.
Our research suggests that the theory that conservatives and liberals respond differently to threats isn’t actually true.
I wonder if the Slate denizens might make the connection to climate and environmental science.
OK, no I don't.

[clarice]

so Jean said she invited DJT into the dressing room so they could try on lacy lingerie together and she was astonished when he misunderstood --B.S. squared.

[MissMarple2]

https://torreygazette.com/blog/2019/6/21/precarious-love-the-costs-of-agency-in-regency-literature

Discussions of the power plays in "Pride and Prejudice" and "Jane Eyre."

[MissMarple2]

clarice,

Agree.

[Narciso79]

It's rather striking how 11 years they couldn't find any connection to eastland or helms, but they must run up the stationery bills in wasilla.

[Jane]

Food prices will be very high this fall.

[MissMarple2]

Jane,

Yes they will. Corn oil, corn flour is i everything from pancake mix to cereals. Corn and soy beans are needed for feeding beef, pork, and chicken, so meat will be higher, too.

[MissMarple2]

A Thomas Wictor thread on Iran and Trump:

https://social.quodverum.com/@ThomasWic/102311276817678343

[MissMarple2]

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1142167393696768000.html

a drawandstrike thread (where I got the Wictor link) about what he thinks is going on in the Middle East. Pretty good, if you ask me.

[Narciso79]

I knew about the incident in Syria, but not so much the cross border one from iran.

[Narciso79]

Isikoff I guess:

https://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-secretly-struck-back-against-iranian-cyber-spies-targeting-us-ships-234520824.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw

[Pinandpuller]

This looks like a good night to pick up some chain bar oil.

[clarice]

https://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-secretly-struck-back-against-iranian-cyber-spies-targeting-us-ships-234520824.html

[Narciso79]

Its seaN Naylor a reasonably solid fellow.

[henry]

Pin, bar chain oil? Yes. And E10 gas before it’s all E15 that eats your saw.

[Pinandpuller]

I’m going to dip my chainsaw in the Man With No Nane’s Lago Ochre and rename it Poulan Rouge in honor of Sarah H Sanders.

[Pinandpuller]

What’s it going to do to the old paradigm if grass fed and corn fed beef are comparable?

[Pinandpuller]

My chainsaw is French so it doesn’t have a preference where I place the adjectives.

[MissMarple2]

Despite what the media portrays, this is what @realDonaldTrump supporters look like: diverse in color, diverse in age, and yes, women support him too! #KAG #Trump2020 #LeadRight @GOP pic.twitter.com/wn5KEKJYNw

— Kamilah Prince (@KamilahPrince) June 21, 2019

Photo at the link.

[Pinandpuller]

I was just kidding around but now I have to go home because my wife tells me a 60’ pecan tree got uprooted so you know it’s bad. Missed the well house which is good. May have missed a camper I would love to collect a check on.

[Narciso79]

Was it a tornado that did it?

[MissMarple2]

Bedtime,

I am sure stuff will happen after I go to bed!

Nytol!

[Davod]

"Its seaN Naylor a reasonably solid fellow."Posted by: Narciso79 | June 21, 2019 at 09:12 PM

Mind you. The Pentagon spokesman said they don't normally talk about cyber and intelligence operations.

[Narciso79]

When this fellow talks I listen:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Doranimated

[Narciso79]

Wow tucker sent full bill Maher, I hoof theres a salve for that,

[henry]

Pin, that’s a lot of firewood. My first saw was a poulan. My saw that run today are Stihls. (Stijl was my main reference customer in the 80s). Saw, trimmer, pole saw, etc. the Poulan gets its cuts too. Maintenance is your friend.

[jimmyk]

Corn oil, corn flour is i everything from pancake mix to cereals.

Won't all the people going keto tank corn prices?

[Rocco]

It's not pink, it's salmon!

[jimmyk]

Why the Greenwald story exploded

narc, my impression is that Greenwald is trying to resuscitate Lula by going after Bolsonaro's justice minister, is that right? Greenwald doesn't seem like a guy who would protect the swamp, but is that what your babalu link is suggesting? Or that he's duped? Or maybe that maybe both sides are corrupt (no big surprise there), though Bolsonaro himself doesn't seem to be implicated.

[Narciso79]

Well hes a leftist after all, maybe in the dos passos vein before 1936, his significant other is in the Brazilian Congress, he hates Israel with a passion, he certainly had no qualms about what was done to heshmat.

[Narciso79]

Now what was interesting was that bolsanaro partisan figured out how this info was exfiltrated

[henry]

Jimmyk, re keto and corn shortage. Most meat is corn / soy fed. That is true of beer, pork, chicken. So unless you have farmyard chicken (ie Not grain fed), or grass pasture beef, unless you have guns & ammo, not meat for you. Similar issues with wild caught (radioactive pacific salmon) vs farmed (no omega 3) fish. Keto May depend on corn and soy to a degree that is not good:

[henry]

And a musical interlude

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TOSZwEwl_1Q

[jimmyk]

yes, henry, though the true believers want grass-fed beef. And I have no idea how much corn goes into corn syrup, corn oil, etc. that is anathema to keto/paleo enthusiasts. I won't even get into ethanol.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--That is true of beer, pork, chicken.--

Hey, you told me beer was made out of barley.

[henry]

Oh, beer is safe. Everything else is risky.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Ah, jeez, a sixty foot pecan tree and nothing but a Poo-lan to cut it with?
Hope your ax is sharp.

[Narciso79]

That does seem kind of week, oh George Conway is in full singed fur pose, meaning just an8rher day ending In y.

[henry]

Yep. Hey a Stihl for that job. Plus background tunes

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=32ynHIiYuKQ

[Rocco]

I always thought John Barleycorn would be a great name for a beer, and I'm sure there are a few out there. It just seems so appropriate. The name refers to a god not a person. A god representing a field of barleycorn, to be harvested, from which beer is brewed.

Good nite all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsIdhSzyx8M

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I set my personal record in the chainsaw throw with a recalcitrant Poo-lan.

[henry]

Rocco, Barleycorns was a fine bar in Bryan Mawr in the 80s. Live music, occasional live comedy, and fine talent. Plus I could walk home. :)

[henry]

Just a tune to see if narciso is awake:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=54ItEmCnP80

[Narciso79]

Hiyoo, our high school tried to get them to play for a school dance, it was way out of our price range.

[henry]

Narciso, I bet. They were top notch talent .

[henry]

Another for you:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ARqAf1U68oo

Great performance.

[henry]

And more tunes, until someone wakes up.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dqo2DxUBb-o

[Rocco]

JiB, I gotta get out more often!

Gloria reminded me of Vicky Sue and the only disco song I ever liked. And now I'm really going to bed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRSzZsQV5fc

[henry]

Yeah, disco is cool. And Gloria is from me for the Blues. But I like this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F_QDS2629j8

[Melinda]

Cold Duck Time by Eddie Harris, but performed live, by Poncho Sanchez

https://youtu.be/rpQCZK3PhIY

This is Eddie Harris and Les McCann intro’ing it, live in Montreaux:

https://youtu.be/y8YOLY4Tats

[Narciso79]

Yes gloria did a cover for the soundtrack of the generally awful soecialist film, which was supposed to be a Stallone vehicle but James woods largely stole the show.

[henry]

OK, narciso , one more leap:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a--3I1LvtdU

[Captain Hate]

Here you go, Rocco

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/266/20500/

I've already written and deleted multiple sentences of what I think of Les McCann and Eddie Harris. Not positive.

[Narciso79]

Specialist, with the worst accent of my people until probably Michael nader as demonstrates by rod steiger,

[henry]

Yeah, my current status in music:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CGZXxxlm8xo

[henry]

My mindset in high school:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bs4y5si8DGs

[henry]

We liked this one too:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HR8CnXn8LY0

[Narciso79]

I admit I wasnt familiar with that one, i really didn't get into reo till the early 80s, tuned fron Chicago I remembered even though I sidnt associate it with the bamd.

[henry]

Lol narciso, from St Louis they were sorta local.

But we had these guys too:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zrbNeOEG0GY

I swear I dated this gal in high school. Yeah she ignored me something fierce at the time. ;)

[henry]

We listened to these guys quit a bit tii:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dlc6xCPx60U

[Pinandpuller]

You ever handle a froe Mr Iggy? I didn’t go home because the power was out anyway. I need to go to Northern Tiools for one of those generator control boxes you hook to your main breaker panel. And a 220 adapter specific to my generator. And a feeler gauge to see how close that tree came to taking off my truck’s bumper.

[henry]

Pin, damn! That is a close call!

[Pinandpuller]

No tornado mr narciso. However, my little sedan got hit by wind sheer right after Old Hickory Blvd and I nearly changed lanes. Lots of trees down around Nashville. I saw one car surrounded on three sides by half a tree but no damage unless the side mirror took a hit.

[Narciso79]

That's still pretty serious, though.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--You ever handle a froe Mr Iggy?--

Tried conk a couple of times but it stayed kinky.

Oh wait, you mean one of them shingle axes. My pop had one but I never used it, though the native sugar pines make superb shingles.
I've used an adze, a peavey and a McCloud, but my favorite is a draw knife. Very satisfying peeling nice shavings off with a sharp one.

[Narciso79]

Thanks that you're safe though, and really you should get a larger saw.

[JimNorCal]

Songs for narciso?
Do you follow Catalan at all ...
https://youtu.be/AWdeeE3LJUk

[Pinandpuller]

Is an adze what that railsplitter Lincoln used? I do have some draw knives. Time for some mortise and tenon practice.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

An adze is usually used for shaping wood. Used on log homes and dugout canoes a lot.
Generally wedges and hammers are used for making rails.
Or slaves.

[Narciso79]

I can wing it, it was a sound track for an Alain delon film?