Grating Expression

Here’s another one which blows the cuff off my arm:

During a town hall on the Fox News Channel on Tuesday, U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) argued that “we don’t want to do fracking on federal lands.”

In the first place, I’m guessing that by “we” he means “we asshole Democrats who are in thrall to the Greens”.  But that’s not what gets me going, because one expects that kind of bullshit from a candidate, especially one of the DemSocs.

Am I the only one who thinks that the only lands that belong in federal hands are military bases, fedgov offices and national parks?  Or is the Gummint the landowner in only those circumstances today?  (I know what the Constitution provides, but have they overstepped this one, as they have so many others?  The map seems to support the latter supposition.)

If I’m wrong about this, then feel free to let me know in Comments, with supporting arguments.

Now It’s A Good Thing?

Seems as though pretty much every dark cloud has a silver lining:

Europe is in the throes of a late-autumn heat wave, easing pressure on gas stocks as the bloc braces for its first winter without Russian fossil fuels.

Though Europe has seen milder-than-average temperatures for much of October, the late-autumn heat wave peaked this weekend, bringing temperatures as high as 35 degrees above normal to parts of the continent.

In many parts of Europe, highs climbed this weekend into the 70s and 80s, more like summer than the end of October.

In France, Saturday was the hottest day ever measured after Oct. 20, French meteorologist Etienne Kapikian noted on Twitter, with temperatures reaching 87 degrees Fahrenheit in the country’s southwest.

I guess that “global warming” thing isn’t all bad, now?  Or should we just call it “Euro-Warming“?

…all that said, though, I do get stirrings of a Schadenböner  at the prospect of the Euros having to shiver through the consequences of their own Green insanity.