The Media Seems Very Upset Over The Tone Of The 2nd Debate

By William Teach October 10, 2016 – 7:39 am

No, I did not watch the debate. I preferred to be abused by watching the Giants play Green Bay. From the clips I’ve seen of the debate and the transcripts, it seems Trump was on the attack, responding back the best way he knows how. And, quite frankly, in a manner the Republican base has asked the elected class to engage in for decades. Take the gloves off. Democrats will attack attack attack, and Republicans will whimper. The media enables this, as well as piling on Republicans. When you back an animal in a corner, it just may fight back

(Washington Post) The presidential campaign took a dark turn here Sunday night as Donald Trump leveled a stream of harsh charges at Hillary Clinton during their second debate, claiming she attacked women who accused her husband of sexual abuse and promising to send the former secretary of state to jail if he is president. (WT note: she did attack those women.)

Reeling from the release of a 2005 video showing him crudely bragging about using his fame to force himself on women, Trump sought to salvage his candidacy by going on the offensive against Clinton.

He repeatedly interrupted the Democratic nominee. He lashed out at her with a multitude of falsehoods (none of which are stated in the article) over her foreign and domestic policies as well as her judgment and character. He called her “a liar” and “the Devil.” And as Clinton answered voters’ questions in the town-hall-style debate, Trump lurked just an arm’s length behind her with a grimace on his face.

So many in the Leftist media are utterly shocked that Trump, the (so-called) Republican, would stop being politically nice and go for the throat. At one point during the debate, Trump complained that it was three-on-one, the two moderators and Hillary. Any Republican is going to face this. Politics is a dirty, nasty business. The Leftist media and their Democrats are going to work hard to hit any Republican with massive amounts of muddy feces: Republicans should attack back, and Trump did. Is it any wonder, after the media spends all its time going after Trump and going easy on Hillary that Trump would go on the attack and make it a barroom brawl?

The NY Times editorial board said that Mr. Trump Goes Low

When Mrs. Clinton called Mr. Trump out for his failure to apologize to the minorities, immigrants and women he’s offended, he responded by promising vengeance. Should he win, he said, he would unleash a special prosecutor to investigate her.

Sniffing and glowering, Mr. Trump prowled behind Mrs. Clinton as she presented herself again as the only adult on stage, the only one seeking to persuade the great majority of Americans that she shares their values and aspirations. Mr. Trump, by contrast, fell back on the tricks he has learned from his years in pro wrestling and reality television, making clear how deep his cynicism goes.

Obviously, they aren’t big fans. Yet, they utterly fail to hold Hillary accountable or even criticize her. And then seem upset that Trump would dare to attack back.

The videotape disclosed Friday provided gruesome evidence that the Republican standard-bearer has for years used his powerful status to prey on women. Other revelations followed, including that in 2005 he told Howard Stern on his radio show that, when he owned the Miss Universe pageant, he made a practice of “inspecting” naked contestants backstage. “You know, they’re standing there with no clothes. … And you see these incredible-looking women, and so, I sort of get away with things like that.”

Yet, when the media deigns to even mention Bill Clinton’s sexual assault accusations, ones which are credible, and Hillary’s role in the incidents, they defend the Clintons. As ugly as Trump’s comments might seem to people with delicate sensibilities, the same Leftists slamming Trump while excusing the Clintons help destroy any male accused of sexual assault on college campuses, even when all the facts say “nothing illegal happened.” They’ve generally been supportive of the college kangaroo courts.

The end question, though, is “will this make a difference?” Snap polls, some of which show Trump winning and others show Hillary winning, are great, but it’s how people feel a couple days later after they digested it all. But, quite frankly, Trump really should have been doing this months ago, when he wrapped up the nomination. It could be a case of too little too late.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach October 9, 2016 – 6:06 pm

Joerg Warda Pinup

Happy Sunday! It’s a gorgeous late afternoon in America, where I have power! Apparently, it came back on about 5-10 minutes after I took off for work, according to the flashing stove clock. This pinup is by Joerg Warda, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. No Tricks Zone covers the media fearmongering on weather
  2. Jo Nova covers the big bluff on the Paris climate accord
  3. Adrienne’s Corner explains what’s really obscene
  4. Chicks On the Right discusses the first questions for the debate
  5. Creeping Sharia covers Germany importing Muslim child marriage
  6. Datechguy’s Blog discusses how Trump should respond to the tape (he won’t, of course)
  7. Fire Andrea Mitchell notes more Trump tapes are coming
  8. Flopping Aces wonders why any young person would actually vote D
  9. Jihad Watch notes a UK university considering banning “God Save The Queen”
  10. Legal Insurrection has creepy clown irony
  11. Maggie’s Farm has more scary clowns
  12. Moonbattery notes Kaine’s anti-Christian views
  13. Powerline wonders why NFL rations are down
  14. White House Dossier says don’t forget about Michelle O’s narcissism
  15. And last, but not least, The First Street Journal discusses affirmative action backfire

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page. While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets” calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. (BTW, since someone asked, the reason I leave links for the previous week up (or you might see a *) is because they are place holders for later in the day or for next weeks. Easier than rewriting all the time. Also, the listing order has to do with how they are added over time, not how good a post is. I just copy and paste from the previous week, then edit. If you see one of the *’s, go ahead and check out the blog anyhow, see if there is an update. I cannot update with my Android during the day.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 9, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Daley Gator, with a post on diversity being the death of America.

The theme of the week is orange. At least I’m not missing this post today.

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No Pinup Today

By William Teach October 9, 2016 – 9:33 am

For the first time since, I believe, 2005, there will be no Pinup post. Power went out briefly around 7pm, came on, flickered constantly, snapped off briefly a few times, then guess it went out for good around 130am. Came back briefly around 6am, but, did not stay on.

While there’s not a lot of writing with the pinup posts, there’s a lot of cut and paste, going back and forth between pages. Takes at least an hour, and doing it on a phone? Nope. Regular posts? Ok. These? Forget about it.

If power comes back, I’ll drop one tonight. Might as well go in to work. If they have power.

Consider this an open thread.

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Politico Poll: Most Citizens Want Trump To Stay In

By William Teach October 9, 2016 – 8:27 am

In the wake of Trump’s terrible comments from 2005 when he was a Democrat…and, again, most men and women say the same or worse…Politico has an interesting poll

A wave of Republican officials abandoned Donald Trump on Saturday, but, at least for now, rank-and-file Republicans are standing by the party’s presidential candidate, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted immediately after audio was unearthed Friday that had the GOP nominee crudely bragging about groping women and trying to lure a married woman into an affair.

Overall, fewer than four-in-10 voters — 39 percent — think Trump should end his presidential campaign, while only slightly more voters, 45 percent, think he should not drop out.

But voters are largely viewing Trump’s comments through their own partisan lens: 70 percent of Democrats say Trump should end his campaign, but just 12 percent of Republicans — and 13 percent of female Republicans — agree.

The poll was based on hearing the Trump comments and then his subsequent apology. It creates an interesting dynamic, where the political class are abandoning Trump and calling for him to step aside, while the rank and file are not (really, he shouldn’t have been the nominee in the first place, but, that’s a different post).

And the poll goes on to note that voters may take it out on the elected Republicans who abandon Trump.

Let’s face it: we know Hillary and Bill, among other Democrats, have done and said far, far, far worse. And are give a pass by Democrats and their compliant media. Trump’s comments were despicable, but, then who among us is without sin and can throw the stone?

Of course, we arent running for President, and, shouldn’t we be better than the scum of the Democrats?

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The World Is Totally Committed To Net Zero Carbon Pollution, You Guys!

By William Teach October 8, 2016 – 2:30 pm

By law, I’m only allowed to use “or something” once a day, especially when it is the same news outlet and the same Climaidiot, John D. Sutter at CNN

The world is now committed to zero net climate pollution by 2100

Among the many (many, many, many) differences between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, one of the most consequential is this: Clinton says she would support the terms of the landmark UN Paris Agreement on climate change; Trump says he would “cancel” it.

That agreement, which this week was ratified by enough countries to become international law, calls for the world to become carbon neutral this century. Basically that means no fossil fuel pollution, or none we don’t figure out how to slurp out of the atmosphere. That’s a lofty and critical goal if we want cities like New York and New Orleans to survive the onslaught of rising seas, and if we want future generations to inherit a habitable planet.

What follows is a lot of bitching about Trump and saying that he couldn’t really pull the U.S. out of the Paris accord, which is a bunch of hogwash. We’ve been through this, but, essentially, since it is a) voluntary and b) not subject to force of U.S. law since it was designed to avoid Congressional approval, Trump could simply write a presidential directive saying “nope, we’re done.” We wouldn’t have to wait 3 years, and Sutter writes, or 4 years, as others write.

The true strength of the Paris Agreement, in my view, is that it sets a tangible goal for climate policy: Limit warming “well below” 2 degrees Celsius, which is measured as a temperature increase since the industrial revolution.

Actually, no. First, the world hasn’t warmed 2C since 1850. Less than half that. It was actually designed to limit the rise to 2C overall since 1850 by 2100, a number Warmists say is still too high. And most committed (meaning Barking Moonbat Unhinged) Warmists say the Paris accord will not achieve any goals.

And underlying that goal: Eliminate all net carbon pollution by 2100. (The legalese in the the text of the agreement says the goal is “to achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century.” But that essentially means zero net carbon emissions.)

OK. We can start by all Warmists giving up their own use of fossil fuels and making their lives carbon neutral.

The fact that the world agrees on that bold goal should be cause for celebration.

Most agreed on the Kyoto Protocol, and virtually every single one of them utterly failed to keep their pledges, and Kyoto was much stronger in terms of necessary ratifaction by countries.. Think they’ll keep their pledges with Paris, when is mostly voluntary?

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 8, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is the world becoming so hot from evil carbon pollution ice cream that it snows, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Lonely Conservative, with a post on hating to tell you she told you so.

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Good News: Silence Is Another Form Of Denial

By William Teach October 8, 2016 – 10:30 am

It’s always fun when the unhinged Cult of Climastrology members move the goal posts, in this case, the always wonky Amy Goodman at Common Dreams

Silence on Climate Change Is Another Form of Denial

(Lots of whining about Matthew, how the Paris climate accord will fail to keep the world below 2C, and so on)

Following the only U.S. vice-presidential debate on Tuesday, May Boeve, executive director of 350.org, said: “Yet again, tonight’s debate moderator dropped the ball on climate change. Silence is another form of denial, and the TV networks are doing the public a great disservice by ignoring the issue, especially when there are such clear differences between the candidates.”

Well, that’s a new one. If you don’t speak up in support of policies that will raise your cost of living and restrict your liberty, you must be a denier. Even if you are a card carrying member of the Cult.

So, I wonder, what does it say about people who talk the talk but refuse to walk the walk? Wouldn’t this make them the worst deniers of all?

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CNN: Matthew Looks Like The Future Of Climate Change Or Something

By William Teach October 8, 2016 – 7:37 am

Members of the Cult of Climastrology just can’t help themselves. Hurricanes have happened for a long, long time. We don’t even know how long, because records only go back so far. But, now, they are all linked to anthropogenic climate change, and Warmists are all going bat guano insane, most of whom aren’t even climatologists. Remember when Warmists said we should only listen to climastrologists, er, climatologists? Here was have CNN’s John. D. Sutter

Hurricane Matthew looks a lot like the future of climate change

As Hurricane Matthew continues to churn through the Atlantic, leaving more than 260 dead in the Caribbean and threatening the Florida coast, the focus must be on public safety.

People in the storm’s path must seek refuge, as Florida’s governor has implored. And those in the Caribbean likely will need assistance as they mourn their dead and clean up the wreckage.

But as the impact of the storm becomes clear, there’s an uncomfortable truth the rest of us should wrestle with: Hurricane Matthew looks a lot like future climate change. And if we want to stop storms like this from getting even more intense, we need to do everything we can to rid the economy of fossil fuels.

“We expect to see more high-intensity events, Category 4 and 5 events, that are around 13% of total hurricanes but do a disproportionate amount of damage,” Kerry Emanuel, a professor of atmospheric science at MIT,told The Guardian. “The theory is robust and there are hints that we are already beginning to see it in nature.”

Uh huh. How many CoC prognostications have failed to materialize? Gore’s doomsday clock failed. The Arctic is not ice free. We’ve had 25 years of failed tipping points. They’ve been pretty much wrong on everything. All these failures do not stop Warmists from making prognostications, or even from trotting out the same failed ones. Including on hurricanes. Even though they are wrong, and are only making a Wild Ass Guess. Heck, the IPCC, for all their insanity, guessing, and politicization, refuses to make the link

Current data sets indicate no significant observed trends in global tropical cyclone frequency over the past century and it remains uncertain whether any reported long-term increases in tropical cyclone frequency are robust, after accounting for past changes in observing capabilities. Regional trends in tropical cyclone frequency and the frequency of very intense tropical cyclones have been identified in the North Atlantic and these appear robust since the 1970s (very high confidence). However, argument reigns over the cause of the increase and on longer time scales the fidelity of these trends is debated with different methods for estimating undercounts in the earlier part of the record providing mixed conclusions. No robust trends in annual numbers of tropical storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes counts have been identified over the past 100 years in the North Atlantic basin.

Warmists have been holding their hysteria since 2012 and Superstorm Sandy (which wasn’t a hurricane at landfall, and was made really bad due to a non-tropical cold front). There’s been really nothing since then, so, it’s quite a bit of pent up apoplexy and doomsaying.

But, hey, if the future is only having to worry about a hurricane making landfall in the US (it still hasn’t) every 4-5 years, with very few tropical systems making landfall every 4-5 years, that would be a good thing.

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October Surprise: Democrat Donald Trump Caught On Tape Making Lewd Remarks

By William Teach October 8, 2016 – 7:19 am

When you think “October Surprise”, you probably thought it would be something related to Hillary. Perhaps her Wall Street speeches, which most Democrats seem to be blowing off, because party before country. Perhaps something from her emails. Something about Bill’s typical sexual assaults and disgusting comments about women. Nope

(Washington Post) Donald Trump bragged in vulgar terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women during a 2005 conversation caught on a hot microphone, saying that “when you’re a star, they let you do it,” according to a video obtained by The Washington Post.

The video captures Trump talking with Billy Bush, then of “Access Hollywood,” on a bus with the show’s name written across the side. They were arriving on the set of “Days of Our Lives” to tape a segment about Trump’s cameo on the soap opera.

Late Friday night, following sharp criticism by Republican leaders, Trump issued a short video statement saying, “I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.” But he also called the revelation “a distraction from the issues we are facing today.” He said that his “foolish” words are much different than the words and actions of Bill Clinton, whom he accused of abusing women, and Hillary Clinton, whom he accused of having “bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victims.”

“I’ve never said I’m a perfect person, nor pretended to be someone that I’m not. I’ve said and done things I regret, and the words released today on this more than a decade-old video are one of them. Anyone who knows me knows these words don’t reflect who I am,” Trump said.

The link has the transcript of the recording, which, for the most part is simply men talk, which can get pretty crude. I’m not going to defend Trump: that’s on him. What man out there can’t say they haven’t had conversations that are like this, or worse? Heck, have you ever heard women talk? My goodness, it can be disturbing what they say.

Let me point out a few things, though. All in all, Trump has never done anything as bad as the Clintons. He has never been continuously accused of sexual assault and rape over decades. He’s never essentially put Americans in harms way and left them to die. Sure, he hides his taxes. Hillary hides everything, including her emails and her speeches. Her scandals would be huge, if she had an R next to her name.

Oh, and then there’s this

https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/784575798007230464

That’s right. So, he was speaking Democrat at the time.

This all has implications for Trump. You know the media will beat the drum on a constant basis with this tape. Rep. Jason Chaffetz has withdrawn his endorsement. Rep Mike Coffman (R) says Trump should step aside, as does Rep. Barbara Comstock (R). Senator Kelly Ayotte calls the comments offensive and inappropriate.

This election should have been easy for Republicans. It should have been a cakewalk. The #NeverTrumpers and those of us who were very much against Trump but could still be woo’d warned about the danger of nominating Trump. The question now is “will this resonate with the voters?”

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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