….is evil leather which comes from cows which put out evil greenhouse gases and produce evil meat, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Outside The Beltway, with a post on a judge ruling Ted Cruz is a natural born citizen.
A friend of mine sent that photo, saying “ha! See if you can work this one in!” I can see 3 or 4 different elements, Ted, that could be used, but, let’s say we go with girls in leather week, shall we?
Read: If All You See… »
Happy Sunday! A great day in America. The sun is shining, the birds are signing, Trump is whining…OK, moving on. I’m not sure who did this pinup, which I added a bit to.
What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15
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.
Read: Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup »
Yet another company playing the “oh, look at us, we’re so progressive and aware”
(WRAL) Renowned acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil said Friday that it is canceling all of its shows in North Carolina because of the state’s new law setting discrimination policy.
“Cirque du Soleil strongly believes in diversity and equality for every individual and is opposed to discrimination in any form,” the troupe said in a statement, calling the North Carolina law “an important regression to ensuring human rights for all.”
It’s “regression” to restrict the gender confused from using whatever bathroom they want to? To keep fake men out of the bathrooms, locker rooms, and shower rooms of real women? This only applies on state, county, and local government property, mind you, and doesn’t apply to private property and federal government buildings. Nor are there any penalties embedded as part of HB2, because it is about stopping government from forcing people to comply, not about penalizing the gender confused.
“Cirque du Soleil believes in equality for all. It is a principle that guides us with both our employees and our customers. We behave as change agents to reach our ultimate goal of making a better world with our actions and our productions,” the troupe said. “We sincerely hope that the customers that have purchased tickets for our performances in North Carolina will understand our motivation and we look forward to performing in North Carolina when this issue is addressed.”
Se, I’m seeing a lot of equality and making the world a better place and diversity and equality. Like all the other big companies and organizations taking Brave Stances, Cirque has a wee bit of a problem
(Breitbart) The world-famous circus, however, has not canceled its upcoming performances in the United Arab Emirates of Dubai.
Indeed, Cirque du Solei has a planned production, Varekai, scheduled to run from September 16 to 24 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The United Arab Emirates of Dubai has outlawed same-sex marriage, sex or gender reassignment surgery, adoption by same-sex couples, openly gay and lesbian military service, with the aforementioned being punishable by death, fines, or imprisonment.
In fact, Cirque du Solei has performed for years in the anti-LBGT United Arab Emirates, including Michael Jackson: The Immortal Tour in 2014, Dralion in 2013, Alegria in 2009, and Quidam in 2006.
Will Cirque cancel these performances? How about those in Russia, not exactly a hotbed of support for LGBT. Will the media note that Cirque has these performances planned? And that they have had no problem with them in the past?
The NBA did not cancel their 2017 All Star game, but did say they were super concerned and disappointed. Yet, they have not forced all their stadiums to adopt official policies allowing the gender confused access to the bathrooms of their choice. Furthermore, they do business with Nike, which uses child labor and sweatshops to produce their merchandise, has serious pay practice issues, and produces merchandise in nations that have poor human rights issues, along with how LGBT are treated in those nations. Oh, and they haven’t pulled out of Houston, what with their TG bathroom law.
It’s great that these companies and city councils (such as LA, SF, and others) and entities want to take Brave Stances, because that’s all they are, mostly a way to make themselves look good while quietly being hypocrites. Of course, this can all backfire when many people decide they do not like the politics and refuse to patronize any of these businesses and cities.
Crossed at Right Wing News.
Read: Cirque Du Soleil Cancels Shows In North Carolina, But Not In LGBT Hating Dubai »
…is a world starving for water because Someone Else refuses to switch from fossil fueled vehicles to biking, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Raised On Hoecakes, with a post on whether you can outrun something special. And a big Happy Birthday on 5 years of blogging!
Read: If All You See… »
And just to prove Ted wrong, Warmists will call for him to be prosecuted under blasphemy laws
(CNBC) The government regulations put in place to combat the “pseudoscientific theory” of man-made climate change drive up the cost of living for everyday Americans, GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz told CNBC on Friday.
“If you look at the world of global warming, it has become, in effect, a religion rather than a science,” the Texas senator said in a “Squawk Box” interview.
Expressing skepticism about whether changes in climate threaten the planet, Cruz blasted what he suggested was the left’s one-size-fits-all approach: “Whether it gets hotter or it gets colder, whether it gets wetter or drier, the climate is always changing. And the solution is identical … [for] cooling and warming. It’s massive government control over the economy.” (snip)
“Climate change is the perfect pseudoscientific theory for a power-hungry politician because it can never be disproven,” he said.
This is what I’ve been saying for a long time: every solution is about increasing the size, scope, and power of government. These solutions will harm the middle and lower classes. And they have set it up so that no matter what happens, it can be blamed on Hotcoldwetdry.
Video is available below the fold, as I’m not sure if it autostarts or not
Read: Ted Cruz: ‘Climate Change” Has Become A Religion Rather Than A Science »
Bernie Sanders, like most Democrats, constantly calls for higher tax rates for Other People. For people “paying their fair share.” What about for himself?
Bernie Sanders paid $27,653 in federal income taxes in 2014, a federal tax rate of 13.5%, according to tax return https://t.co/1xVpuphLQY
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) April 16, 2016
U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who has made income inequality a top campaign theme, had taxable income of $205,271 in 2014, putting him almost in the top 5 percent of American earners, according to the release of Friday of his federal tax return.
That figure was still far below the millions earned by his main Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, in recent years.
Sanders and his wife, Jane, paid $27,653 in federal income taxes in 2014, an effective federal tax rate of 13.5 percent, on income of $205,271, which is their adjusted gross income before deductions. That figure is just below the $206,563 that Census data show as the lower limit for the top 5 percent of U.S. households in 2014.
It should be noted
Sanders pays the Mitt Romney effective federal tax rate. So much for paying your fair share of taxes. https://t.co/LrUeBq3StI
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) April 15, 2016
Actually, he paid less in taxes per rate than Mitt, who paid in the 14-15% rate, due to his huge charitable contributions and the way the tax system is set up. The question for Sanders is, why is he not paying his fair share when his income is certainly much higher than the average American? Why is he taking advantage of the loopholes in the tax system?
Interestingly, the returns do not show Sanders’ net worth. Also interesting is the tone the article takes in firing shots at Hillary over her ability to rake in the cash. Usually, articles take subtle, and not so subtle, shots at Republicans, not fellow Democrats. It’ll be interesting to see what Hillary’s effective tax rate is.
But, hey, Bernie, pay your fair share!
Read: Bernie Sanders, Who Is Thrilled By Higher Taxes, Pays Low Effective Tax Rate »
More evidence that Madame Secretary lied to the American public about what happened in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, and surely the Obama administration knew (via Twitchy)
Oh my God, can everyone please read this? More evidence @HillaryClinton lied about Benghazi. https://t.co/Kxqa0jIKKQ via @JudicialWatch
— Mary Kissel (@marykissel) April 14, 2016
From Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch announced today it has obtained new documents from the Department of State containing the telephone transcripts from the evening of September 11, 2012, in which then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton informs then-Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil that the deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi “had nothing to do with the film.â€Â The documents include previously unreleased telephone transcripts with world leaders about the Benghazi attack.
Clinton’s admission to Kandil was first produced to the Select Committee on Benghazi on October 13, 2015 and publicized on the day of Mrs. Clinton’s testimony, October 22, but court filings in Judicial Watch litigationshow that the record was only produced after two federal court judges ordered the State Department to produce more Benghazi-related records to Judicial Watch. Similarly, Judicial Watch litigation also forced the release of the September 11, 2012 email in which Secretary of State Hillary Clinton informed her daughter by email that the attack had been staged by an “Al Qaeda-like group,†rather than as the result of “inflammatory material posted on the Internet,†as Mrs. Clinton had claimed in her official public statement one hour earlier.
Don’t forget, this is the most transparent administration ever!
At 10:08 p.m. on September 11, Mrs. Clinton issued an official State Department press statement, approved by the White House, placing the blame for the attack on an Internet video:
Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind.
Yet the next day, in her 7:49 PM September 12 conversation with Kandil, Clinton said, “We know the attack in Libya had nothing to do with the film. It was a planned attack – not a protest.â€Â Kandil responded, “You’re not kidding. Based on the information we saw today we believe that group that claimed responsibility for this is affiliated with al-Qaeda.â€
This shows that Hillary, and certainly the Obama administration, willfully misled the citizens of the United States (misleading the world is inconsequential) over the events of 9/11/12. And we can certainly infer that this was for political purposes with an election coming up. And their obstruction in producing the documents, forcing Judical Watch to “play wack a mole”, further shows they know Hillary, and others, lied to the American People.
Crossed at Right Wing News.
Read: Transcript Shows Hillary Knew Benghazi Attack Had Nothing To Do With Video »
…is a wonderful carbon friendly bicycle, which Everyone Else should be forced to used for their daily commutes, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Protein Wisdom, with a post on having something to say.
Don’t forget, all these IAYS posts are open threads to discuss whatever you want.
Read: If All You See… »
An interesting piece from Heather Wilhelm at Real Clear Politics
Decades ago, when Americans imagined 2016, hopeful citizens visualized groovy innovations like widely available personal jetpacks, easily accessible moon bases, and “futuristic†fashion trends that looked suspiciously like neon 1980s clothing coated with Saran wrap. So far, 2016 has brought us none of these delightful novelties, but it has delivered a series of depressing public bathroom wars.
Three weeks ago, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a now-infamous “bathroom bill,†a law that, among other things, restricts access to public restrooms based on the sex that users were assigned at birth. The bill, which was cobbled together after 12 hours in an emergency session, came as a response to a Charlotte ordinance that declared gender identity, not biological sex, as the standard-bearer for proper bathroom entry. (big snip)
Interviewed last week by the Wall Street Journal, McCrory seemed baffled at the bathroom backlash. “Who would’ve thought?†he said. “I can’t believe we’re talking about this.†Indeed, in a world where ISIS is expanding into Europe, ghost ships full of corpses are washing onto Japanese shores from North Korea, Hillary Clinton is proposing a $1 trillion tax increase, and people are still paying good money to see Bruce Springsteen, it seems ludicrous to obsess about bathrooms.
It is ludicris. But, such are the priorities of Leftists, who think that passing laws forcing all business to comply with allowing fake women into the bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers of real women and girls by force of law.
So why can’t we just live and let live? Bathroom law opponents “are crusading against a tiny minority that poses no real threat,†Jillian T. Weiss, a transgender rights lawyer and activist, wrote in Wednesday’s USA Today. In a way, she’s correct: Demonizing transgender people is unfair in any light. But Weiss also misses the bigger picture behind the bathroom brouhaha. It’s not a fight against people. It’s a fight about reality, and whether the government can dictate a certain version of it. Ultimately, it’s a fight about freedom of thought.
Freedom of thought is a choice. And Leftists do not like that whatsoever. The only choice they approve of is aborting babies, and, even there, they are dead set against Wrongthink. We see this with ‘climate change’, we see it on college campuses, we see the rise of microaggressions and trigger warnings. Juveniles attending adult colleges have meltdowns over chalk writings. They say the feel “unsafe.” Even clapping can send them into safe rooms cuddling stuff toys and using coloring books. Their goal is to force societal change for nebulous rationales, without considering the consequences and certainly at the expense of the very people they proport to protect. Most probably have no idea what they’re fighting for, they are joining a cause for the sake of being part of a cause. And one thing they ultimately love is Force, particularly from Government.
Read: Why The Bathroom Wars Matter »
Marc Morano of Climate Depot has an exclusive interview with Bill Nye, who has signed on to participate in the American release of the movie Climate Hustle, which is interesting, considering the movie is anti-Warmist, and the deck is stacked against Nye. What’s his angle? Anyhow, during the interview, we get
Morano: “We interviewed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. RJK Jr., the environmentalists. He said climate ‘deniers’, his words, Energy CEO’s belong at the Hague with three square meals and a cot with all of the other war criminals. What is your thought on that and do you think some of the rhetoric on your side — as I am sure both sides — gets too carried away. What is your thought on jailing skeptics as war criminals?â€
Nye: “Well, we’ll see what happens. Was it appropriate to jail the guys from ENRON?â€
Morano: “Interesting.â€
Nye: “So, we will see what happens. Was it appropriate to jail people from the cigarette industry who insisted that this addictive product was not addictive and so on? And you think about in these cases — for me as a taxpayer and voter — the introduction of this extreme doubt about climate change is affecting my quality of life as a public citizen. So I can see where people are very concerned about this and are pursuing criminal investigations as well as engaging in discussion like this.â€
Morano also asked Nye about the “chilling effect†of threatening investigations and jail to scientists who dissent on man-made global warming claims. ‘
Nye responded: “That there is a chilling effect on scientists who are in extreme doubt about climate change — I think is good. The extreme doubt about climate change people – without going too far afield here – are leaving the world worse than they found it because they are keeping us from getting to work. They are holding us back.â€
There is a growing movement amongst members of the Cult of Climastrology to restrict the free speech of climate skeptics, much like there is a growing movement among the greater Progressive membership to do the same with all speech they disagree with. This applies to even criminalizing speech that the groups do not like. In this case, Warmists are trying to say it is the same as the tobacco industry. A big difference is that they didn’t want to jail tobacco users or restrict their ability to speak out in support of a position. Here, they are. How soon till we are treated to the whole microaggressions and triggering whinefest, as with other issues Progressives disapprove of?
Video of the interview is available at the link, along with highlighting other Warmists engaged in intimidation and belief in jailing skeptics. Do not forget that Bernie Sanders, a Democratic presidential contender, has as part of his official climate change stance the notion to “Bring climate deniers to justice.” Other elected Democrats, such as Sheldon Whitehouse, also advocate limiting free speech and even criminalizing “climate denial”.
Read: Bill Nye Joins In On Wanting Climate Skeptics Jailed »
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