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Op-ed:
The Hidden Truths Behind Australia's Bushfires
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

The pictures are heartbreaking and the death toll is staggering with over a billion animal lives having already been lost as a country...as a continent...burns with what seems like fires straight from the bowels of hell. Sadly, these fires will continue to burn for many months to come as the toll in animal and human lives lost increases. And yet it's hard to believe that the hand of man might very possibly have started or at least helped to fuel this latest round of what's being referred to as apocalyptic type fires.

And no, I'm not talking “climate change” for Australia is no stranger to fires at this time of year, as the country “down under” has a long documented history of fires going back centuries. Bushfires they're called...bushfires which officially started being recorded back in 1851, well before the “climate change” mantra became the liberals and globalists scare tactic phrase of the day. And from 1851 to date, bushfires have seen over 800 people dying in said fires along with billions of animal lives lost. And this devastation does not include the actual destruction of property, the loss of animal habitats, or the erosion and corresponding mudslides that would naturally occur until there's a significant regrowth of plant life and grasses.

So while these fires race through dried out woodlands, grasslands, brush and at times heavily forested areas, bushfires...which can and at times do happen year round...mostly are worrisome during times of naturally occurring cycles of drought and heat...translation: the spring and summer months. And yet for all the destruction they cause bushfires do play an important role in regards to Australia's ecosystem, in fact, in controlled situations...with controlled being the operative word...bushfires actually benefit said ecosystem. How so...very briefly...bushfires help to clear grasslands for hunting and agricultural plantings in addition to helping clear areas of overly dense vegetation and other naturally occurring debris laying on the forest floor. Bushfires also help by renewing animal habitats and by aiding certain native plants and trees with reproduction...as in those species which have evolved over time to a point where they actually rely on bushfires for the spreading of their seeds.

And while bushfires are usually ignited by natural causes like lightning strikes, sadly, in today's modern world bushfires tend to be ignited via “arcing” (sparks) from overhead power lines, accidental ignition in the course of agricultural clearing, outdoor machine grinding and welding activities, campfires not being completely snuffed out, carelessly dropped cigarettes and matches, and from what's called controlled “burn escapes.” * And while bushfires spread based upon the type and quantity of fuel available, it's the wind itself that supplies said fires with additional oxygen...oxygen which in turn helps in spreading the fires across land along with wind-borne embers embedded within them.



But while all the above mentioned causes are truly accidental and unintended, it's the direct hand of man that has turned what are naturally occurring yearly fires into a deadly hellfire inferno. In fact, since November 2019, New South Wales police have questioned more than 180 individuals for fire-related offenses, including the most unspeakable action of actually starting some of the fires. Included in that number are 40 juveniles along with 24 individuals now having been charged with intentionally setting fires...a charge that can bring up to 21 years in prison. And with 27 innocent people and untold countless animals lives now lost can rightful murder charges be far behind for some. More on these numbers in a bit.

Arson has always been a serious problem in Australia especially, during the summer months. In fact, arson has been both partially and directly linked to some of the very worst of Australia’s bushfires including, in part, to the February “2009 Black Saturday Bushfires.” These fires, in Victoria state, resulted from a combination of lightening strikes, downed power lines and arson, and saw roughly 47 major bushfires killing more than one million wild and domestic animals as well as 173 people while injuring over 500 others. Also, 450,000 “hectares” ** were burned with 3,500 buildings, including more than 2000 private homes, being destroyed. And while recovery from the February 2009 fires...fires not contained until March 14th...included both an overhaul of Victoria's emergency warning system as well as its building codes...said recovery cost more than one billion dollars thereby making the “2009 Black Saturday Bushfires” the worst natural disaster in Australia’s modern history... until now that is.

And as I write this, to date, an estimated 5.9 million plus "hectares" (roughly 15+ million acres with some now upping that figure to 19.9 million acres) have burnt, with the estimated cost of recovery currently standing at two billion dollars and counting...that's in addition to the now upward of a billion plus animal lives lost, many species of which might now be facing possible extinction, and that includes koalas, possums, kangaroos and wallabies, as well as possibly changing Australia's ecosystem forever.

And while the “climate change” folks still continue to butt heads with those trying to dispel their myth, the fact is that the weather does indeed have something to do with the bushfires but said doing is not anything new, for it's naturally occurring weather cycles...“climate drivers” the Aussies call them...repeating themselves at the same time each year...repeating themselves as they always have and always will. Translation: these fires would be happening no matter the circumstances, arson of course not withstanding, for Australia has always been a continent riddled by major heat waves, including what some are now calling “unseasonably high temperatures” coupled with both short and long term droughts, both of which sees the expected drying out of vegetation adding fuel, if you will, to the fires.

In fact, Queensland's rural Fire Service Assistant Commissioner Tony Johnson recently stated that “the conditions sparking recent bushfires isn't unprecedented but has attracted more political and media attention than previously,” to which I add probably due to the record number of animal deaths and the heartbreaking photos and videos of animals being burned alive.

But also to be considered is the act of arson itself for the current fires would not have been so all-consuming if not for the fact that, as previously stated, arson has been proven to be a factor in some of the fires. In fact, again as previously stated, a number of individuals are now in custody and facing charges related to these still ongoing fires. And while those who commit arson do so for varied reason, the Aussie arsonists are a special kind of evil for even after the first horrific animal photos were made public said individuals continued to play with matches so to speak, thus leaving the New South Wales Police Department (NSWPD) to appeal to the greater community to “provide footage and/or images from phones, dashcams or other devices, that show any of the fires in their infancy, even if only from a distance."

And as I write this, the NSWPD have questioned and/or charged an additional 159 people including 53 people who failed to comply with the previously issued total fire ban, 47 people who so carelessly discarded lit cigarettes or matches onto the parched drought stricken land, as well as three disgusting individuals caught looting in bushfire affected areas. And to make matters worse, NSW Rural Fire Service Inspector Ben Shepherd told 'The Australian,' one of the country's leading newspapers, that most of the fires had indeed been lit and the flames exacerbated “by people disregarding the total fire bans.”

A special kind of stupid I'd say along with those who now define arson as “climate change.”

So who politically is shouldering the blame for the fires; where does Australia go from here; can anything be done to quell the spread of the fires; and what will the ultimate impact on Australia's wildlife be what with now over a billion mammals, birds and reptiles having perished?

To answer those questions it first must be understood that the worst of the bushfire crisis is yet to come since history has shown that many of Australia's worst bushfires occurred in the month of February. With that said, public discontent is growing over not only the cause of the fires but also, whether it be right or wrong, the seemingly inadequate official response from Australia's government officials especially in regards to power outages; food, fuel and water shortages; as well as media stories of local residents bringing water to families trapped in cars as they try to escape the flames...as they try to seek refuge on Australia's beaches.

And while just last week the authorities urged a quarter of a million people to evacuate their Victoria state homes ahead of a predicted renewed heatwave that had already caused two major fires to merge into what's known as a “megablaze,” *** politics as usual found a way to make it into the public discourse, and in this case maybe rightfully so. Australians of all political leanings have claimed that both Labor and Liberal-National governments have left fire services seriously under-resourced, under-staffed, and ignored the warnings about escalating fire dangers given by scientists, fire experts, and former firefighting chiefs.

In fact, last April and again in May, former Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner Greg Mullins wrote to Prime Minister Scott Morrison requesting an urgent meeting to discuss additional funding for firefighting and actions he felt were needed to address what many believed to be “climate change” along with a predicted upcoming dangerous fire season.

And while I'm not familiar with Australian politics per say nor with its business as usual political skullduggery, I do know that laying blame on the weather solves nothing and in fact helps no one for it's here and now tangibles that matter most. And to that affect Prime Minister Scott Morrison was at least man enough to admit in a recent interview that there were "things I could have handled on the ground much better." Also, rightfully acknowledging the tremendous pressure fire fighters and fire services were facing, Morrison went on to state that he would seek a royal commission review, which is a type of public inquiry, into the country's response to the current bushfire crisis but did so while defending his government's response to said fires, which he said took into account the supposed effect “climate change” has had on the bushfires.

As far as the actual logistics concerning the fires especially in regards to the people's call to reduce carbon emissions, the prime minister stated that his government was on track to "meet and beat" its designated targets...targets where under the 'Paris Climate Accord,' Australia had pledged to cut carbon emissions by 26% to 28% by 2030 compared to its 2005 levels. And while I personally believe that carbon emissions have more to do with pollution than it does with the weather, and while many in Australia are pressing the issue of doing away with fossil fuels almost in its entirety, at least Prime Minister Morrison knows that truly is not the answer nor is it feasible let alone wise.



So while Australia's understaffed and under equipped firefighters continue fighting fires that show no real sign of abating anytime soon, hundreds of U.S. firefighters are currently deployed or tasked to deploy to assist their Australian counterparts in battling the still raging bushfires. After all, the Australian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council sent 139 firefighters to help with past wildfires in California so it's only right that we help them in return. And other countries are sending firefighting help as well including Canada, New Zealand, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. And Israel has sent direct aid in helping with the multitude of injured animals.

As for the animal population and Australia's ecosystem itself only time will tell how much or if any of it will recover in total let alone in part. And even before the start of the current round of fires Australia's indigenous animal population and its unique ecosystem were already threatened by invasive species, habitat destruction, and some say “climate change,” but never to the degree of seeing so much land being burnt at once along with the staggering animal death toll and ecosystem destruction. But with fire being a natural part of Australia's landscape, “Mother Nature” herself as she has in the past tends to heal all...in time that is...just as she tends to set right man's wrongs. And maybe that alone will be Australia's eventual saving grace if only the wackos and the politicians let her do the job she was destined to do.
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* A burn escape is a fire lit to clear an area of vegetation in the face of an approaching bushfire so that when the primary fire reaches the point where the “burn escape” fire started the primary fire cannot continue, as there is nothing there to burn.

** A hectare is a metric unit of square measure, equal to 100 acres (2.471 acres or 10,000 square meters).
*** A megablaze is a very large wildfire that typically covers more than 100,000 acres. 

Copyright @ 2020 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved. 

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RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS...LIVE!

Tomorrow, Friday, January 17th, from 7 to 9pm EST on American Political Radio, RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discuss 'The Hidden Truths Behind Australia's Bushfires'; 'Impeachment: Pelosi's Kobayashi Maru'; and important news of the day.

Hope you can tune in at: http://listen.samcloud.com/w/73891/American-Political-Radio#history...or on Tune-In at: https://tunein.com/radio/American-Political-Radio-s273246/

Op-ed:
A Blueprint For Stupidity Exposed
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

“Today I think is a really big day for our economy, the labor movement, the social-justice movement, indigenous peoples and people all over the United States of America, because today is the day that we truly embark on a comprehensive agenda of economic, social and racial justice.”  
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on last Thursday's unveiling of her “Green New Deal”

You know the old saying that he or she is “as dumb as a box of rocks”...well...the new saying making the political go-rounds is that he or she is “as dumb as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.” And that folks is pretty damn dumb, but it is also a blessing at the same time for this woman's mouth is not only splitting her own party in two but actually helps to assure President Trump's reelection in 2020.

And while the list of her past verbal, in print, and televised faux-pas are endless...starting with her looking forward to her “inauguration;” with her tweeting that the three branches of government are the “Presidency, the House, and the Senate;” and that in a '60 Minutes' interview she stated for all the world to hear that “facts don't matter if you're morally right”...Ms. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become the poster child for why liberalism and progressivism should have best been left back in the '60's and '70's when at least then the stupidity and cluelessness of young Democrats could be blamed on Timothy Leary and his magic mushrooms.

And with said Timothy Leary in mind...for this could only come from someone smoking or popping something... here is the latest nonsense from Ms. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Working in cahoots with a fellow Democrat loon, as in Sen. Ed Markey from Massachusetts, I present to you...drum roll please...their Green New Deal...a true “watershed moment” these two miscreants call it...a deal that would “remake the entire U.S. economy”...or so they say...while at the same time eliminating all U.S. carbon emissions.

And if you buy into that faux bravado then pigs do fly and unicorns are indeed real.

Oh and might I add, there is no price tag given or even eluded to as to how much it would cost to implement this nonsense, which means there’s no data given or even available so as to access how many new taxes would have the be levied to pay for this abomination. Afraid to release the numbers most likely...afraid that even their own party would gasp.

Submitting the “framework” for her “Green New Deal” as a non-binding resolution...what Ms. Ocasio-Cortez calls a “10-year mobilization” on everything ranging from energy to nationwide infrastructure to racism...simply means that even if this nonsense somehow was passed that no new programs would be created, but would, in our favorite socialist's own words, “affirm the sense” that these things should be done within the a fore mentioned 10-year time frame. Translation: if Democrats have their way we will see more, much more, government interference and intrusion into our private lives at, of course, our own taxpayer expense courtesy of the very woman who believes that the “solemn duty of the Federal Government is to create a Green New Deal.”

I thought the only true “solemn duty” of the federal government was America's protection and defense...at least that's what the Constitution says it is. But now I guess we need even more federal regulations to not only protect us from “the weather” but to defend us against “the weather” as well. I'm pre-Common Core so I didn't know that...sarcastically said.

But the question is what exactly do 'We the People' have to look forward to from this ever so self-absorbed “climate change” diva and her what amounts to being a massive government takeover coupled with their micromanaging of every minute aspect of our lives? The answer to that is that besides this "deals" terribly misguided measures to cut carbon emissions across the collective board...as in from electricity generation to transportation and even to agriculture...returning us to hunters and gatherers I guess...Ms. Ocasio-Cortez insists we pay “special attention” to the poor, the disabled, and minority communities...illegals anyone...that might be “disproportionately affected” by massive economic transitions like those her “Green New Deal” calls for. Translation: cater to the minority by stealing from the rich, while leaving the middle class majority to basically fend for themselves.

And this comes directly from the very same woman who also demands economic security for those “unwilling to work”...not “unable” to work but “unwilling” to work...as in the dregs, sponges, and gimmee-gimmee sorts who already are raping our welfare and health care systems dry.

It seems Ms.Ocasio...oh what the hell...I'll call her “Ms. Kotex” like I do on the radio. “Kotex” as in she strives to “soak up” every "bloody dime" of our hard-earned taxpayer dollars with the goal of funneling those dollars to those“unwilling to work,” thus being assured of their votes come her next reelection bid. Again, as always, it's all about about votes...enough votes to allow Ms. Kotex to hold onto her Congressional seat, but to also garner more support and encouragement as she works her way up the rungs of the new Democrat/Socialist party ladder.

But the bottom line is simply this, Ms. Kotex and crew want to replace our booming free-market based capitalistic economy with a socialist one, and the “New Green Deal” is laying the ground floor for just that.

How so...simply by even allowing the Democrats to present such an overt expansion of government via the sheer ludicrousness of what's in this “Green New Deal.” By their hopefully, in the near future, being able to allocate billions if not trillions of dollars to both impossible and improbable projects and tasks, Democrats know well that our hard-earned taxpayer dollars will be sucked down the proverbial money pit drain and thus collapse our economy from within. And its this economic collapse, courtesy of Democrats running out of our money, that has led Republicans to call Ms. Kotex's plan a “Trojan horse for Socialism,” which most assuredly it is. And remember, not only would it cost at least $2 trillion to implement, as some leading economists guess, but it would at the same time eliminate one million jobs already in existence...most especially coal mining, oil rigging, and gas-station attending jobs.

Eliminating jobs creates even more dependents on the government teat than there already are...socialism 101 come to life...just what the Democrats ordered.

"Even the solutions that we have considered big and bold are nowhere near the scale of the actual problem that climate change presents to us." - Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez last Thursday on NPR's 'Morning Edition'
 

Fact: the “New Green Deal” is but a continuation and perpetration of the “climate change” hoax what with its 10-year goal of “net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions” instead of “zero emissions.” And to that affect, Ms. Kotex stated in a recent NPR interview that, “we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast.” Never thought I'd hear “farting cows” and “airplanes” being compared to each other let alone to what is simply "the weather”...never mind the fact that any noxious gasses that emanate from either cows (as in methane) or airplanes pales in comparison to the noxious fumes emanating from the mouths of most Democrats these days.

And “net-zero” means that in the near future if we want to go to Europe or the Far East we will have to travel on the trans-Atlantic or trans-Pacific railroads. Oh wait...lucky us as those trains will have to miraculously glide upon water not unlike Jesus did two plus centuries ago...as there's no way possible to lay tracks on water. But I guess when you're a liberal anything is possible while delusions of Democrat grandeur dance...or should I say swim...in one's head.

The Concord is sadly long gone, the rest of America's air transport system will be next as jets run on the dreaded fossil fuels, while they also make sure that hamburgers become a thing of the past...that is unless someone can genetically engineer a cow that does not to fart or even burp for that matter. And also going bye-bye will be our nuclear power plants...a truly clean source of energy that leaves no carbon footprint at all, yet a source of energy that scares the living daylights out of anyone with a 'D' next to their name.

Fact: and with the “ultimate goal” of the “New Green Deal” being to entirely stop Americans from using any and all fossil fuels...as in oil, coal, and maybe even natural gas...means that according to Ms. Kotex we, again in 10-year time frame, must meet "100 percent of the power demand in the United States through clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources." 

I'm sorry to tell Ms. Kotex...no...actually I relish in telling her...that wind, solar, and water energy sources...the other “zero energy” sources she is referring to...are but adjunct energy sources to electricity generating fossil fuels...sources that have proven not to be totally reliable nor sustainable on their own. And why...what if the sun doesn't shine, what if the wind doesn't blow, and what if the water levels get too low to flow (as is common when it doesn't rain enough over a given period of time), then electricity must be turned back on thus negating what these nothing but adjunct sources were supposed to accomplish.

But if fossil fuel sources of electricity are no more I guess on the days the sun doesn't shine, the wind doesn't blow, and it doesn't rain but a few drops will see us living in the dark, with no food to cook, and toilets barely flushing. Welcome everyone to Ms. Kotex's Venezuelan-style American utopia.

And even with all I've already mentioned, know the “Green New Deal” now goes from just being all-out bad to total unabashed stupidity, lacking in both common sense and sanity in the process.

First there's the part about "upgrading all existing buildings" to make them more “energy efficient”...with “all” being the operative word (as in millions if not billions of buildings and homes)...something that truly is undeniably cost prohibited. And where are we all going to live while our homes are being retrofitted or torn down...a little detail that never entered Ms. Kotex's minuscule mind. 
 
Then there's the part about the government working with America's farmers "to eliminate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions...as much as is technologically feasible"...like a stroke of a pen and a new law will ever eliminate either man-made or naturally occurring cow fart pollution. And while the “Green New Deal” claims to support both family farms and the promoting of "universal access to healthy food"...one is left wondering just who will be the judge as to what's healthy or not...do the words “the feds” pop into your mind as it does mine...just saying.

And dare we forget the part about "overhauling our transportation systems" to reduce emissions while at the same time expanding electric car manufacturing, building "charging stations everywhere," and expanding high-speed rail to "a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary"...like that will ever happen.

And lastly there's these two goodies...truly laughable and yet ever so dangerous in their implications.

Let's start with the “Green New Deal” guaranteeing every American not just a job but a job with a "family-sustaining wage, adequate family and medical leave, paid vacations and retirement security." Translation: in-your-face, die-hard socialism that will bleed America dry. And last but not least, the “Green New Deal” demands "high-quality health care"...as in a single-payer system for each and every Americans...something we can surely do without, after all we already had a great health care system before Obama got his grubby little hands on it and allowed illegals to move to the head of the health care line.

So now that I've laid out at least some of the absolute unabashed stupidity that is the “Green New Deal,” know that several of the key Democrat 2020 hopefuls have actually endorsed Ms. Kotex's plan. And this includes Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Kamala D. Harris of California, and Elizabeth 'Pocahontas' Warren of Massachusetts, while others like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are saying little to nothing about it, and maybe it's because even the 'Botox Queen' knows what a joke this “deal” is and doesn't want to give ammunition to Trump.

But then again when you have someone like loud mouth, Obama wanna-be Cory Booker outwardly defending his support of this blueprint for stupidity by comparing this what would be a government-led overhaul of our nation’s economy and energy sector to landing on the moon and defeating the Nazis in World War II, you just know that in the days and weeks to come the Republicans will have much to laugh and tweet about as the Democrats might have just assured President Trump his second term in office.

“America will never be a socialist nation” President Trump said during last week's State of the Union Address, and with moronic ideas like Ms. Kotex's “Green New Deal,” her call for socialism might hopefully have just blown-up in her face.

Copyright @ 2019 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved. 

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For more political commentary please visit my RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS partner Craig Andresen's blog The National Patriot to read his latest article A Very Bad Week For Liberals.

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