NY Times: ‘Climate Change” Could Cause Contagious Cancer

By William Teach February 22, 2016 – 3:51 pm

Today’s scaremonger, via the Paper Of Record (via Climate Depot and Junk Science)

Scientists Ponder the Prospect of Contagious Cancer

Imagine if instead, cancer cells had the ability to press on to another body. A cancer like that would have the power to metastasize not just from organ to organ, but from person to person, evolving deadly new skills along the way.

While there is no sign of an imminent threat, several recent papers suggest that the eventual emergence of a contagious human cancer is in the realm of medical possibility. This would not be a disease, like cervical cancer, that is set off by the spread of viruses, but rather one in which cancer cells actually travel from one person to another and thrive in their new location.

No sign of imminent threat, except our old pal Hotcoldwetdry, at least as it applies to just one animal, the Tasmanian Devil, which is apparently passing on cancer as they attempt to rip each other’s faces off

One theory is that the animals are unusually vulnerable. Driven so close to extinction — by climate change, perhaps, or human predators — the species is lacking in genetic diversity.

Of course, it can only be anthropogenic climate change, rather than what has been going on for billions of years. Why? Because shut up, that’s why. Why are you such a science hater?

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 22, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is wonderful wonder trees that should be replaced with wind turbines via a federal grant to a Democratic company, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Fire Andrea Mitchell, with a post on Megyn Kelly whining.

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Special Snowflakes Complain Their Activism Is Causing Them Emotional Problems At School

By William Teach February 22, 2016 – 10:00 am

Self-inflicted gun shot wounds

‘Sissyfication of Millennials’: Ivy League Students Complain of Mental Stress and Failing Grades Due to Their Campus Diversity Activism

Social justice activists at Brown University have complained their activism is taking an emotional toll on them and that their extracurricular activities have at times caused them to fail classes. Perhaps unsurprisingly, their claims won them some derision on social media.

This “mental, emotional and physical stress” was featured in an article Thursday in the Providence, Rhode Island campus newspaper, the Brown Daily Herald which reported:

“There are people breaking down, dropping out of classes and failing classes because of the activism work they are taking on,” David, an undergraduate whose name has been changed to preserve anonymity, said. Throughout the year, he has worked to confront issues of racism and diversity on campus.

His role as a student activist has taken a toll on his mental, physical and emotional health. “My grades dropped dramatically. My health completely changed. I lost weight. I’m on antidepressants and anti-anxiety pills right now. (Counseling and Psychological Services) counselors called me. I had deans calling me to make sure I was okay,” he said. […]

Justice Gaines ’16, who uses the [gender neutral] pronouns xe, xem and xyr, said student activism efforts on campus are necessary. “I don’t feel okay with seeing students go through hardships without helping and organizing to make things better.”

These special snowflakes are having panic attacks which cause them to miss class, and they actually tell their teachers these are the reasons, and the teachers give them a pass.

A student activist for Latino issues told the paper, “Homework was the least of my worries.”

The headline for the originating article is “Schoolwork, advocacy place strain on student activists”, and this is my favorite comment

It’s increasingly difficult to create effective satire, because reality is clearly more absurd than any fiction imaginable.

These Special Snowflakes have already created a situation whereby employers will be/are highly skeptical about hiring them. This just adds to the tendency of employers to send out the “Thank you for your application. We have decided to go in a different direction” email, which will certainly not end with “please apply again at a later time”, because companies want nothing to do with whiny people who whine, who will blow off work for their activism, not too mention being too emotionally drained or something to do their jobs correctly. Oh, and then there’s that little thing about these Special Snowflakes being a constant threat for a lawsuit.

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The Reality Of The “150,000 Penguins Killed By Climate Change” Story

By William Teach February 22, 2016 – 7:19 am

You may have recently read the breathless headlines regarding 150,000 penguins dying in Antarctica. What’s the reality?

(Daily Beast) Major news outlets ran with a widely mischaracterized study from Australian and New Zealand researchers in Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica, saying enough penguins to fill three Yankee Stadiums had been trapped by an iceberg and, unable to fend for themselves, died.

The Guardian issued a death notice, saying “150,000 Penguins Die After Giant Iceberg Renders Colony Landlocked.” Other news sources issuing death certificates included theDaily Mail, The Telegraph, and CNN.

Bit of a problem: The research paper doesn’t—and never did—say that. Some penguins may have died, because penguins aren’t immortal. Others probably just moved.

“Maybe these birds moved. Maybe they died. There’s multiple scenarios that could’ve happened here,” Dr. Michelle LaRue, a research ecologist at the University of Minnesota, told The Daily Beast. “But nowhere in the paper said there was death and destruction.”

LaRue would know. She did the initial census on the Adelie penguins two years prior to the study done by University of New South Wales researchers that came out early this month.

So, all the media hyperventilation was based on them failing to read the paper properly.

Grist.org, for example, wrote, “150,000 Penguins Have Disappeared in Antarctica. Thanks, Climate Change!”

“They likely have nothing to do with each other,” said LaRue. “This is an iceberg. It’s the thing I find commonly, doing work in the Antarctic. Certain outlets will make links when there aren’t any. It’s ridiculous.”

In other words, these things have happened before, and will happen again. Perhaps all the media outlets should have asked the people involved with the study. Na, that would have forced them to be honest in their thinly veiled opinion pieces which support Other People being forced to do something by government to stop ‘climate change’.

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Hillary: “Yeah, I Know There’s Voter Concern That I’m In It For Myself”

By William Teach February 22, 2016 – 7:01 am

This is surely the focus grouped message Hillary and her team came up with after the voting loss in New Hampshire and the very close vote in Nevada

(Washington Post) Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton acknowledged in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that she needs to prove she is driven not by selfish ambition but by a desire to improve voters’ lives.

“I understand that voters have questions,” the former secretary of state said in an interview that was taped late Saturday, after her victory in the Nevada caucuses. “I’m going to do my very best to answer those questions. I think there’s an underlying question that maybe is really in the back of people’s minds, and that is, you know, is she in it for us or is she in it for herself? I think that’s a question that people are trying to sort through, and I’m going to demonstrate that I’ve always been the same person fighting for the same values, fighting to make a real difference in people’s lives — long before I was ever in elected office, even before my husband was in the presidency. I know that I have to make my case.”

I have to wonder, what has she really done in her time in politics and before to show she’s fighting to make a difference in other people’s lives? Was it when she destroyed an underage rape victim? When she left our people to die in Benghazi? When she used an insecure home-brew server that exposed national security material to America’s enemies and put those programs and real people in danger? Used her position as Secretary of State to enrich herself, her family, and her foundation? What, exactly, has she done to make people’s lives better?

Really, if she hasn’t demonstrated that she’s not in it for herself at this point, how is it possible to convince people otherwise? Her 2008 run sure made it seem as if she was entitled to the position, and that hasn’t changed now.

Hillary’s comment was in response to a reader’s question read by Jake Tapper about her “trust” issues, because her being trustworthy polls poorly. She did little to address that question with her answer. She’s definitely in it for herself. Most who run for president surely have a big, big ego. Hillary’s problem is that she’s untrustworthy, has demonstrated this time and time again, and has little to show over her decades in the public eye as trying to help other people.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 21, 2016 – 1:47 pm

…are streetlights that should be only powered by solar panels, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Gateway Pundit, with a post noting that that the Kalamazoo shooter self-identifies as a Progressive.

It’s Canadian hotties week!

PS: apparently the update to the post noting that the Gateway Pundit story was wrong and was pulled never saved.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach February 21, 2016 – 9:54 am

Happy Sunday! Another great day in the awesome nation of America. Sun is shining, birds are singing, I got a new fish tank. I think this pinup is by Al Buell, not quite sure, but, added a bit, as usual.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. DaTechGuy has a big, big post up about Twitter suspending Robert Stacy McCain
  2. The Other McCain says there was no reason given as to why Twitter suspended his Twitter account
  3. The People’s Cube has 4 reasons why Cruz is an enemy of the state
  4. Vlad Tepes covers a man arrested for wearing a pig hat in The Netherlands.
  5. Weasel Zippers covers an interesting judge who Obama blocked
  6. The Last Tradition discusses Hillary’s Achilles heal
  7. The Gateway Pundit has a flashback showing why Jeb Bush is now out
  8. The Daley Gator discusses why Progressives are now pushing segregation
  9. Raised On Hoecakes features Hillary lying for 13 straight minutes
  10. Political Clown Parade covers our rocket scientist in chief
  11. Pamela Geller has video of a Muslim explaining how women must dress
  12. Moonbattery covers Trump and gun rights
  13. Legal Insurrection discusses Twitter banning Conservatives
  14. Flopping Aces wonders if Americans have finally come to their senses
  15. And last, but not least, Fausta’s Blog covers another entitled feminist moonbat

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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NY Daily News Laments Trump’s SC Win, Calls Him “Bloodthirsty”, Voters “Piggish”

By William Teach February 21, 2016 – 8:34 am

There are lots and lots of interesting articles regarding what happened in South Carolina, and Nevada, Saturday. We learned that Jeb! Bush has “suspended” his campaign. Hillary just barely beat out Sanders. And, that the NY Daily News is unhinged

That’s the headline graphic from the front page of the fishwrap. The headline within the article is a bit different

Donald Trump wins South Carolina Republican presidential primary

But, the story itself is a masterful piece of disgusting invective (bold mine)

The piggish voters of South Carolina gobbled up the slop that Donald Trump served up Saturday — handing the bloodthirsty billionaire his second straight Republican presidential primary win.

Trump’s victory in the Palmetto State follows the orange-hued mogul’s first-place finish in New Hampshire and capped a dizzying stretch in which he called rivals liars, tangled with Pope Francis, and retold a discredited story about a U.S. general shooting Muslims with bullets dipped in pigs’ blood.

Just another typical week in the life of the candidate who can drop one outrageous bombshell after another and not lose a drop of momentum.

“There’s nothing easy about running for president, I can tell you. It’s tough, it’s mean, it’s nasty, it’s vicious … it’s beautiful,” Trump said in his victory speech.

And, Trump supporters are fanatics for daring to chant “USA USA”

Some chanted “USA! USA!” The fanatics snacked on cheese and crudité, and sipped beers from plastic cups.

Sipping beer from a plastic cup? Love of the USA? How gauche!

Nihad Awad, the Council on American-Islamic Relations national executive director, said Saturday in a statement that Trump’s “inflammatory rhetoric has crossed the line from spreading hatred to inciting violence.”

But the hate-filled campaign speeches only endeared Trump to South Carolina voters.

Cruz, who topped Trump in the Iowa caucuses, said that his was “the only campaign that has beaten and can beat Donald Trump.”

Yeah, wouldn’t want to incite violence against people who are violent themselves and have no problem in blowing up women and children.

How dare those piggish South Carolina voters give Trump a win!

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 20, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is a world turning to desert from Other People’s carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Lonely Conservative, with a post wondering if Bernie Sanders is a Democratic Socialist or a hardcore Marxist.

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Surprise: UN Links Hotcoldwetdry To Ebola And Zika

By William Teach February 20, 2016 – 10:55 am

Warmists linked Ebola to ‘climate change’ when the latest outbreak occurred. Because Ebola obviously only happens because someone drives a fossil fueled vehicle. And, with the rise of Zika, Warmists linked it in the same manner. Now comes the United Nations

(The Hill) The United Nations is urging action on climate change as a way to prevent the spread of diseases like Ebola and the Zika virus.

In a speech this week, the executive director of the UN’s Environment Programme (UNEP) said officials should take a more aggressive stance toward climate change, highlighting studies that show nearly a quarter of premature deaths around the world can be attributed to environmental problems.

“The spread of Zika, just as with Ebola, has sent a strong signal to the international community that there is a need for increased attention to the linkages between environment and health,” UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said on Thursday.

What this does is diminish the threat of diseases, putting them under the banner of the More Important Issue to them, ‘climate change.’ Instead of making the diseases the primary issue, they’re secondary to Hotcoldwetdry. Yes, diseases can spread more in certain ways due to a warmer climate. That doesn’t prove anthropogenic causation, or the need for draconian controls on our lives, nor massive taxation increasing our cost of living. Don’t forget, the Black Plague and the 75 million deaths happened during a cooling period.

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