It comes as a welcome relief to Americans that we're no longer the only nation blowing through unfathomable amounts of money to learn, once and for all, just how deep FAFO goes.
Oh, Fauci and company had us in the top spot for quite awhile, investing our tax dollars to create new ways to kill millions of human beings then doubling down by giving mRNA poisoning to Covid survivors. It is truly a situation in which "Oops, sorry" just seems an insufficient degree of penance.
But today is a new day...and soon to be a dimmer day. Because researchers in the UK have just committed to spending $66 million in hopes of fighting climate change by dimming the sun. Because there's certainly nothing that could go wrong with that plan, right?
Happily, the sun itself is in no danger as all the dimming will be taking place right here in the Earth's atmosphere, which will be made "more reflective" to bounce sunlight back into space. This process will require scientists to flood the atmosphere with chemicals which will almost certainly be 100% safe for us to breathe. Seriously, how much damage can a lungful of tiny shiny shards do?
The benefits of dimness (which is a book title waiting to happen) will be profound. For one thing, it will stop climate change in its tracks, assuming that researchers' wild guesses and spurious studies are right about what causes climate change. Which, to date, they haven't been.
Still, there will be effects we can confidently predict. Reducing the amount of solar energy entering our atmosphere will effectively put every plant that uses photosynthesis on a crash diet. So there will be less food grown, less carbon dioxide uptake, and less oxygen production. Solar panels will produce less electricity. Weather patterns will be affected, as well as our planet's myriad (and delicately balanced) ecosystems,
Sufficient dimness will additionally impact animal behavior, including human animals who tend to develop depression when deprived of enough light.
Or when contemplating more a**holes in lab coats performing potentially catastrophic experiments.
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Another day, another chapter in the left's book of lunacy! GREAT to see another blog entry from you Stilt. We. Need. You.
Glad that you couldn't remain silent in the face of madness, Stilt.
I too am glad to see (read) that you're still observing and remarking on the stupidity of people, @Stilt. I guess some things are just too stupid to let pass without a response.
What gives these British fools the idea that they can unilaterally take this action to dim the sun? Do they think they're gods who can do whatever they want without it negatively affecting other people? Are they just trying to do what Klaus Schwab and Bill Gates and George Soros want and to hell with all the people who have to die to meet their population goals? Is it just a case of "Who is John Galt?"
And they’ll blame rising food prices resulting from diminished crops on Trump.
I miss you every day, Mr. Stilton.
On the other hand, consider how much money we will save on sunscreen.
Even Al Gore said Pollution is not the solution to controlling global warming. Greenhouse gases from coal fired plants will cool the planet if smoke stacks were higher to get it into the upper atmosphere.
And this comes from the country and culture that gave us our language, gave the world Shakespeare, Orwell. Huxley, Adam Smith, and Winston Churchill. The sun, in all its brightness has definitely set on the British Empire and its global relevancy.
Use Willy Ley's ashes?
https://people.com/ashes-of-space-prophet-willy-ley-found-nyc-apartment-building-basement-11722336
😈😈😈😈😈
After putting solar panels everywhere?
The windmill and solar panel powered AI Wakanda is so bright, I have to wear shades.
First, the idiots starting burying trees to fight warming. I mean, you can't make this stuff up! One might have figured that this was the nadir of stupidity. The Brits replied, "Hold our (warm) beer!"
Great seeing you back, Stilt!
FAFO indeed. The sad part is that they will FA, the rest of us are stuck with FO.
I must point out the obvious. If the sun is so important in influencing our climate (DUH) why is it not considered in any of their deeply flawed "models"?
I have repeatedly asked, and received no answers, "when will sane citizens finally quit being willful guinea pigs for the experiments of the mental defectives infesting "science" and begin to eliminate those idiots with extreme prejudice for our own safety and well-being?"
Even a moderately intelligent person should be able to see the domino effect of eliminating the amount of sunlight the earth receives. The agenda is destruction of man.
I have missed seeing your name pop up in my email. I understand your feelings about the world gone mad and about missing your wife, but I hope you don't stop posting messages to us. It's very encouraging to read your messages and the posts from your other subscribers.
continued . . . I would really miss you. Even though I've never met you in person, heard your voice, or even seen a picture of you, I really feel like I know you, and would love to meet your feisty subscribers. I'd hoped that someday you would invite us all to Texas for a party at a local saloon. I guess that will never happen, but it feels good to just know you people are out there, having an impact wherever you reside.
As I understand it the "pollution" that will dim the sun is sulfur dioxide. Yes the stuff that turns into sulfuric acid after a while. So, its back to acid rain days. Fear not World. The pollution has been engineered by a Chinese lab to stay perfectly over the UK.
I also understand that the UK government has been reading about King Cnut's attempt to stop the sea and have concluded that he didn't spend enough money on the attempt.
Rest assured Kier "Cnut" Starmer will prevail.
Thanks for the insightful comments Herr Jarlsberg.
The optimist in me presumes that the scientists spouting this malarkey are a modern manifestation of the con men who embarrassed an emperor back in the day. They'll burn through their millions to no effect - God willing.
They should consult Monty Burns. He shut the sun out over Springfield. D'oh!
It's a well known fact the sun won't rise unless they put a bucket over King Charles' head. My solution is to cut some holes in the bucket, only let the sun partially rise, and everything will be okay.
Hard to believe that only a century ago, the British used to rule most of the civilized world. Today, they're scared of negotiating their own trade deals and the weather. This is what a century of socialism does to a society.
"Reducing the amount of solar energy entering our atmosphere will effectively put every plant that uses photosynthesis on a crash diet. So there will be less food grown, less carbon dioxide uptake, and less oxygen production."
For years, it's been argued that the real carbon that the globalist elite wish to eliminate is you. This is certainly might be one way to accomplish that.
But remember when the global economy effectively shut down for 6 months and the "official" atmospheric CO2 reading at Mauna Loa continued to increase instead of decreasing? A few years later, a volcano in the South Pacific blows up and it actually affected the climate. Fortunately, just as it's hubris to assume that human activity is solely responsible for the world's climate, I have every expectation that a mere $66 million wasted on this nonsense won't accomplish much more beyond further trashing the British economy even more in the wake of their green agenda debacle.
The problem is, they haven't figured out a way to tax volcanoes...yet.
So the plan now is to cut back on CO2, the stuff that plants need to grow, and now the sunlight that plants need to grow has to be blocked. They've already tried to maximize runoff and wastage of rainwater, that plants need to grow, and next they'll be screaming we shouldn't eat meat because there aren't enough plants to feed the livestock and we can't eat plants because they're dying off due to not enough rain, sun and CO2, so you have ti eat bugs...nevermind that the bugs eat plants, that's not to be mentioned...and ignore the man behind the curtain.
Today, Canada 'votes' to see if we continue to exist as a country or become a de facto province of china...or at least we get to make marks on a piece of paper that will be tabulated with the rest of the pieces of paper and the results held on servers that are safely located in 'other countries' as per liebral directives...once again proving that if voting made any sort of difference we wouldn't be allowed to do it. Watch for a never before seen level of 'spoiled ballots'...for the usual reasons...'x too small', 'x too big', 'x not legible', and the overwhelming one...'x in wrong box'.
Willy Ley died on the day I turned 16. I had nothing to do with his death!
I'm sure the proper Canadian authorities will see to it that the correct candidate wins this "election". They have had enough time to learn how, haven't they?
Curious as to what reaction (if any) there has been in what was once "Great " Britain over the withering ridicule this proposal has garnered abroad.
It's so good to hear your humorous words of wisdom again. I hope you are doing well.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I have relished your column for years, and it saddens me to see it wither. I fully understand your reasoning. I do hope you continue to publish this blog - especially to comment on dumb Amazon products inter alia. Please take this a full encouragement to press on, even without the political comment - though we needed and agree with that. I too am depressed by the current bickering and outright lying. I am old, so it won't matter to me so much, but I dispair of what my grandchildren and their progeny will inherit, if there is anything left.
Please please continue.
I reckon they'll now need copious amounts of research monies in order to identify the means to increase the sensitivity and effciency of their precious solar panels.
Good to read your cogent opinions again
Being as the bureaucrats at Elections Canada have already ruled that they don't have to follow the Elections Act, as well as ignoring blatant liebral violations many times, they don't have to learn, they're just doing what they were appointed to do...appointed directly with no oversight by a liebral PM, of course.
The dumbassery per square inch exhibited by humanity ceases to amaze me.
(Yes, I know it's "never ceases..." but a guy I knew in the Army had dropped the "never" and after hearing him use it that way a number of times I realized it actually fit many situations.)
Yeah, nowadays the dumbassery is to be expected, isn't it?
The liebrals apparently learned well from your 2020 'election', vote counting is now 'paused' while they find enough to overturn sufficent ridings for a majority liebral gov't. A never before seen 25% of the eligible voters cast 'advance' ballots that haven't been counted yet and with dozens of seats having less than 100 votes between the liebral and consertvative candidates, there could be a sudden massive swing..bad enough they had to stoop to stealing the pencils from the polling booths, over 1000 in Poilievre's riding alone, but there was an unheard of shortage of ballots there too...not to mention the addition of 80+ 'independent' candidates to the point that the ballot in his riding was over 3 feet long !! and Elections Canada overseers are appointed directly by the PM...
Ah, well, it's a moot point anyway once the law forbidding free speech is reintorduced in Parliament and posts like this become illegal, punishable by a $70,000 fine and a prison term for speaking ill of the gov't....welcome to North Korea North.
@Readers- So many kind remarks here! I am, indeed, still alive and still hoping to increase the regularity of posting. As I've mentioned (no doubt too many times) I just don't have the emotional reserves to deal with the vicious acrimony of the news. BUT...if I see a dopey story about a plan to "Dim Sun" and I immediately think of a visual Dim Sum gag, I'm running with it!
As expected, nothing could corral thy wicked wit.
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, @Stilt!
Speaking of dim, did ya'll catch what went down in Spain the other day? Barely hours after proclaiming their success in becoming Europe's first "100% renewable grid", the lights went out all across the Iberian peninsula and into France.
Thus making quite real the joke we've been telling for years: What did Progressives use before candles? Electricity!
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
How in the HELL did the liberal gods decide that the UK, (a place where the EXISTENCE of the Sun is theoretical, (I've been there 15 times)), is the right place to cause the Sun to shine LESS? I was in Scotland years ago when there was an UN-HEARD of three weeks of cloudless days, and I saw a plethora of carrot-topped ladies in bikinis with not a freckle amongst them! Dim the Sun, my furry caboose, my daughter lived in the Lake District of England for many years, and one summer she told me it DIDN'T rain TWO DAYS! What a steaming pile of bovine scat!
JtE, Proving once again, we can NEVER bypass one of your posts and not be less informed in the process, ("...before candles?..." Just GENIUS!)
I think those wily Limeys want everybody's weather to be as miserable as theirs.
@Bruce Bleu, you flatter me, but I really can't take credit for that. But it is literally true.
And I'm replying today largely only to make the bold type go away.
Meanwhile, with the I word being bandied about again (parody, I hope): https://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/mcdonalds-announces-impeachment-meal-deal-t24383.html
"©* 1917 – 2022 The People's Cube, Politburo and Central Committee of the Socialist Shadow Party, Ministry of Truth, Comrades of Armed Organs, Young Pioneer Organizations, Komsomol, Society for Sport and Technology, Society for Advancement of Secondary Sexual Characteristics, and other groups and collectives of our great Socialist American Motherland.
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* People’s Property notification (known as copyright in the degraded non-socialist economic region of dying capitalism)"
So, yeah, parody. :D
@George- kind of you to say so!
@Elbarto- In this case, it was the low hanging fruit of an easy punchline!
@JustaJeepGuy- I'm particularly bugged by the unilateral aspect of "dimming the sun." Shouldn't everyone get a say in that? Like, oh, people who've seen enough disaster movies to know what's coming?
@Anonymous- Whatever happens, good or bad, in any aspect of life, they're going to blame Trump somehow.
@Ralph- Thank you. I frequently miss me, too.
@Bobo the Hobo- I like your glass half full attitude!
@Anonymous- Those smokestacks would probably look awesome. Let's do it!
@Fish Out of Water- I used to wish I could visit the UK someday, but waited too long. I can see all the mosques I want right here in Texas.
@M. Mitchell Marmel- If they launch Willy's cremains, will that make him an ash-tronaut?
@Honk Honk- Wind and solar are lovely, unworkable dreams in any meaningful sense. As vocal adherents of "science," the Left sure needs to learn a lot about physics.
@Phil- I think the Brits just want the rest of the world to look as gloomy as England does.
@jed- Apparently not (cool movie, no pun intended)
@TrickyRicky- It endlessly annoys me that the climate alarmists tend to ignore the sun and its cycles as a significant influence compared to, oh, using plastic straws and trying to de-fart cows.
@American Cowboy- I don't know that destruction of mankind is their specific agenda, but the results will be the same. Morons.
@Anonymous- Thank you for the kind words. It's my intention to keep on keeping on in this space. Likely sporadically, but assuming I don't get hit by a truck if I ever decide to pull the plug here I'll let everyone know it. This community is important to me. Group hug!
@Brie Camembert- It's been so long since I've heard about acid rain that I feel a touch of nostalgia.
@Igor the Obscure- I'm hoping that the scientists will just fail spectacularly without busting our ecosystems or, more likely, poisoning hordes of people.
@Anonymous- Insert evil laugh here.
@Jess- Now THAT'S the kind of rigorous scientific thinking I like to hear!
@John the Econ- Don't remind the Brit scientists of the cooling efficacy of volcanoes or they'll try to trigger more of them! And seriously, I have yet to hear about any climate models that strike me as even barely credible. We lack the technical ability to measure the entire Earth's temperature at any given time. Models based on that flawed data are moot.
@Oldarmourer- Would a volcano tax be charged to everyone, or just to the evil billionaires who own personal volcanoes?
@JustaJeepGuy- Must have been one helluva party...
@Fish Out of Water- I'm pretty sure the Brits are good at ignoring withering ridicule. It's practically their national pastime.
@Shelly- And good hearing from you again, too!
@Anonymous- You're welcome, you're welcome, you're welcome!
@Anonymous- It's my intention to continue, even if it's uphill going much of the time. Sharing humor is my favorite way of connecting with others. I, too, worry about what will become of our younger generations in the future. But I'm neither seer nor prophet so I'm hoping things will turn out better than we expect.
@Anonymous- For another $66 million, I'll show them how to supercharge their solar panels by using Really Big Magnifying Glasses.
@Dan- I like your version better!
@Oldarmourer- The situation in the Great White North is indeed ridiculous and annoying. Beaver pelts, maple syrup, and Socialism do not a society make.
@Lee The Voice- The funny has got to come out from time to time.
@JustaJeepGuy- Ah, doo-doo wisdom!
@John the Econ- "Renewable" in this case seems to mean "needing replacement regularly."
@Dan- And let's not forget that it's "i" before "e" except after "c!"
@Bruce Bleu- I like watching shows from the BBC on the telly, but I'm always amused by how often their outdoor shots are in rain or fog. I guess they can't wait for good weather and stick to a production schedule.
@M. Mitchell Marmel- Maybe this is a good time for us to invest in umbrellas and Mackintoshes.
@John the Econ- Bless you for turning off the bold type. Based on where it started, I must have left the back door open!
@Fish Out of Water- The Left has bastardized "impeachment" so much that I don't think it has much power anymore.
@M. Mitchell Marmel- And good parody at that!
Wait! Wait! Am I too late to get a reply? Just want to remind us all if you need more Stilt there's still Johnny Optimism, going strong. Loved the forecast about nice clear sunny weather the rest of your life; BUT... It's a keeper. Best to you Stilt.
Dan, his first name wasn't "Pride", it was "Johann Wolfgang von...".
From this job posting, the democratic party's DEI march of folly continues despite the thumping at the polls.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is the official national Democratic campaign committee charged with electing Democrats to the U. S. House of Representatives. The DCCC recruits Democratic candidates and supports Democratic campaigns – both challengers and Democratic incumbent Members – with a variety of services including field operations, fundraising support, communications assistance, digital strategy, research support and management consulting. The DCCC is supported by the contributions of individuals and organizations, along with Democratic Members, from throughout the country. We look for talented and hard-working professionals who are committed to electing Democrats and winning the House majority.
Position Summary:
The Director of Diversity & Inclusion is a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and serves as the primary liaison for the DCCC on all matters related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring they remain at the forefront of our culture and decision making as part of our commitment to equal employment opportunity. The Director of Diversity & Inclusion must be able to manage political relationships, be highly organized, detail-oriented, highly motivated, and have a proven track record of multi-tasking with ease.
Responsibilities Include:
Lead integration of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging values into DCCC strategies and work, including internal work plans and workplace culture, and external facing projects as necessary;
Work closely with the Executive Director and COO to build a programming budget for DEI-related staff trainings, events, and our affinity-based employee resource groups;
Develop a DEI training program that accounts for the DCCC’s cyclical nature, recognizing the challengers of onboarding and offboarding a large staff on short timeframes;
Work closely with the Operations team with regard to the Committee’s talent recruitment, hiring process and candidate pool in addition to drafting/implementing hiring strategies to attract employees from diverse backgrounds;
Engage with key stakeholders on issues relating to the Committee’s commitment to providing equal opportunity for vendors in the RFP process;
Work with the Political team to ensure political recruitment efforts accurately reflect the diversity of our caucus and country;
Prepare and present reports, tracking data and providing analysis to the Chair, and Executive Director;
Demonstrate empathy and concern while ensuring DEI initiatives are driven across the Committee;
Serve as a culture leader and steward across the Committee;
Develop and foster relationships with DEI leadership in the Democratic ecosystem to ensure the DCCC is utilizing best practices;
Effectively act in real time to meet real world crises and political challenges that may affect the DCCC workforce, engaging with SLT and DCCC staff to foster workplace wellness;
Cultivate a sense of organizational responsibility for DEI, such that staff recognize it as a key component of their work and the DCCC’s mission.
Requirements
Experience exercising discretion and managing sensitive information;
At least 2 election cycles or 4 years of experience leading workplace DEI initiatives required;
Relevant DEI certification(s) strongly preferred but not required;
Budget management experience required;
Strong writing and communications skills are required;
Candidates must be able to demonstrate creative thinking, sound judgment, a strong work ethic and a competitive spirit;
Ability to demonstrate multicultural competence - the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to work with others who are culturally different from self in meaningful, relevant, and productive ways;
Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
Excellent organizational, management, and interpersonal skills;
A positive, team-oriented attitude.
Well, I guess ya gotta give the Demo-Rats credit for their stick-to-it-iveness.
As the infomercials go, 'But wait! There's more!' https://san.com/cc/ny-lawmakers-propose-ending-jet-fuel-subsidies-for-air-carriers-helping-ice/
That was brilliant!
Jeffersonian
Are there ANY sane lawmakers in New York?
'creative thinking' = ability to lie without hesitation
'competitive spirit' = fuck everybody else in any way possible to get ahead
'strongly preferred' = claim them in first line or resume gets tossed without reading
'budget management experience' = no fraud felonies...yet
'multicultural competence' = kissing islamic asses without getting knees dirty
'team oriented' = doing what you're told when you're told, ignoring legality or morality
'managing sensitive material' = no leaking unless it's on Republicans
'building programming budget' = find new ways to reroute taxmoney to party
NY is where sanity goes to die.
@Fish Out of Water, fine with me. We need to be out of the subsidy business. (Although I'm not clear on what subsidies they are actually receiving)
I'm surprised those NY lawmakers haven't offered subsidies to NOT help ICE.
Hi. Just wondering if you are doing okay. You must have decided to go off Facebook? It's The Mave. Margot.
And yet another sign of how desperate, yet still hubris-filled the democrats have become. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJIy9Bmx2CH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
So happy you've written another episode....
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