If All You See…

By William Teach October 19, 2015 – 1:00 pm

…a sea rising up and meeting mountains, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Flopping Aces, with a post wondering if Hillary’s Tea Party connection will come back to haunt her.

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Crazy Salon Writer Who Wanted Gun Owners Shot Wrote That He Possessed Guns

By William Teach October 19, 2015 – 8:05 am

A few days ago, unhinged Leftist gun control advocate D. Watkins published, at the always unhinged Salon, an article with this headline and subhead

Want a gun? Take a bullet: Take this, gutless NRA cowards — you can have a gun, once you understand the pain of being shot
Gun control doesn’t go far enough. If you want license to carry a weapon, you should know the pain of getting hit

Via Bob Owens, we get this article from David Cole at Black Man With A Gun

Lesson learned: Never underestimate the hypocrisy of an anti-gun rights bigot.

Literally minutes after I finished writing my previous post, I decided to read up a little more on Mr. D. Watkins. Sorting through his previous writings at Salon.com, I came upon a wonderful essay from last July entitled, “Gunplay Is All I Know.” (Though in the photo, it appears he knows little of gun safety.)

I encourage you to read the article in full, so that you can get a true appreciation for the supernova of hypocrisy that is D. Watkins. I’ll just give you a couple of bullet points…er, highlights.

First of all, if Watkins’ tale is to believed, he is a criminal. In the article, he admits to owning two firearms, despite stating that he lives in Baltimore, Maryland, under some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation:

“I’m not a gangster and could not care less about weapon shows or trips to a shooting range, but I have two guns.”

Nowhere in the article does he mention obtaining the state-mandated permit to purchase his handguns. That’s a crime. He also does not mention registering the guns with the state…that’s another crime. I saw nothing about his obtaining a license to own a handgun, as Maryland requires. Crime. And he also doesn’t mention getting a permit to carry, although to be fair, he does not specifically say that he carries his guns outside his home. But it is apparent that Watkins’ gun ownership is illegal and he knows it, as the article’s subtitle reads, “I’d rather be caught with a gun than without one.”

There’s more to it, make sure to hit the link for the rest.

As Bob Owens notes, Watkins deserves to shoot himself twice for those guns, per his own article. Further, he should be in jail, per the law. One Mr. Cole notes “As it turns out, he understands very well why an individual citizen might want to exercise the right to keep and bear arms, and does so himself (albeit illegally).” In essense, to protect oneself from violent criminals. Democrats are all for gun control, but said gun control would only effect law abiding citizens, rather than the criminals.

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Surprise: Cybersecurity Deteriorated Under Hillary Clinton

By William Teach October 19, 2015 – 7:44 am

In an Associated Press exclusive, Ken Dilanian notes just how bad cybersecurity was during Hillary’s tenure as Secretary of State. The article is primarily published in local news sites, though the NY TImes does have it as a web only piece, not in their published paper. Other national news outlets, such as ABC, NBC, CBS, Washington Post, MSNBC, for instance? Not at this time

(AP) The State Department was among the worst agencies in the federal government at protecting its computer networks while Hillary Clinton was secretary from 2009 to 2013, a situation that continued to deteriorate as John Kerry took office and Russian hackers breached the department’s email system, according to independent audits and interviews.

The State Department’s compliance with federal cybersecurity standards was below average when Clinton took over but grew worse in each year of her tenure, according to an annual report card compiled by the White House based on audits by agency watchdogs. Network security continued to slip after Kerry replaced Clinton in February 2013, and remains substandard, according to the State Department inspector general.

In each year from 2011 to 2014, the State Department’s poor cybersecurity was identified by the inspector general as a “significant deficiency” that put the department’s information at risk. The latest assessment is due to be published in a few weeks.

The State Dept is unhappy with the assessment, and yammers on about being almost 100% secure, so, a bit of CYA, rather than putting the effort in to actually resolving the issues. They had been warned numerous times by Inspector Generals of the deficiencies of the system.

Clinton approved significant increases in the State Department’ information technology budgets while she was secretary, but senior State Department officials say she did not spend much time on the department’s cyber vulnerabilities. Her emails show she was aware of State’s technological shortcomings, but was focused more on diplomacy.

She failed at the diplomacy part, too. But, hey, perhaps this is the reason she put together a homebrew server in violation of State Department and federal government regulations

Emails released by the State Department from her private server show Clinton and her top aides viewed the department’s information technology systems as substandard and worked to avoid them.

“State’s technology is so antiquated that NO ONE uses a State-issued laptop and even high officials routinely end up using their home email accounts to be able to get their work done quickly and effectively,” top Clinton aide Ann-Marie Slaughter wrote in an email to Clinton on June 3, 2011.

You can almost understand why Hillary did what she did. Of course, it’s a big jump from using typical private email systems, such as Yahoo or Google, or government email, which are both rather insecure and vulnerable (and many keep all your information), to running a homebrew server that had virtually no security, and was much, much worse than private and government programs.

Supposedly, State’s system used for disseminating classified/sensitive information was very good. Yet, Hillary still chose to use her terrible homebrew server. Using your own server, interestingly, is a recommendation from many cybersecurity experts for secure email, but, that’s for you an me, who won’t be targeted by hackers from intelligence agencies around the world, and would have actual security measures implemented. Hillary could have used multiple email systems, such as ProtonMail or others. Even Yahoo would have been more secure.

Rather than work to fix the problems, Hillary abdicated her role and used an even worse system. This is who Democrats want for president.

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Pope Francis Is Totally Like Will And Grace When It Comes To Climate Change Or Something

By William Teach October 18, 2015 – 5:09 pm

I wish I could say this came from a satire site, like The Onion. Alas, no, though, really, most Cult Of Climastrology websites seem to be satire, since they seem to be so over the top bat guano insane. Like Joe Romm’s George Soros funded Climate Progress

Why Pope Francis Is The ‘Will And Grace’ Of Climate Change

In recent weeks, a number of writers have lamented Pope Francis’ failure to transform public opinion on climate change. Did the pope’s encyclical on the environment alter the views of American Catholics? Not really. Did his address to Congress sway Republican politicians? No. But that’s okay.

We may come to see Pope Francis as the Will & Grace of climate change. That is not to say that he is Will, a compulsive neat freak with perfect hair, or Grace, Will’s self-absorbed counterpart, or even Jack, their persistently flamboyant friend. Rather, the pope is Will & Grace, the show — all of it. He is at once trendy and tendentious, and when he’s not making us laugh and smile, Il Papa is challenging Americans to think hard about the defining issue of our time.

If the pontiff’s message on climate change feels inconsequential now, it’s not a flash in the pan. Pope Francis has made the care for our common home a central part of the church’s mission, offering a new avenue for faith leaders to drive home the moral argument for climate action. In other words, he is making it normal to care about climate change. And while there isn’t a good yardstick yet for measuring the Francis effect, we may look back in ten or 15 years’ time and see the pope’s “coming out” as a turning point.

Since Warmists are so enthused by Pope Francis on Hotcoldwetdry, will they follow his lead on abortion and gay marriage?

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 18, 2015 – 1:00 pm

…is coffee that will be wiped out by too much carbon pollution, you might just be  a Warmist

The blog of the day is Da Tech Guy, who scored an interview with Ted Cruz.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach October 18, 2015 – 9:22 am

Patriotic Pinup Ren Wicks

Happy Sunday! A gorgeous day in America. The Sun is shining, birds are singing…hey, the Mockingbirds are doing a car alarm! Cool. This pinup is by Ren Wicks, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. neo-neocon discusses Bush Derangement Syndrome (yes, it still exists)
  2. The Last Refuge wonders why Hillary was transferring secret historical docs to her server
  3. Noisy Room notes that Obama’s plans a takedown of another ally
  4. Independent Sentinel covers the Obama admin giving the OK for Iranian missiles
  5. Weasel Zippers notes how many kids dined at school after Michelle Obama’s lunch program was scrapped
  6. Vox Popoli covers how SJWs define “good community”
  7. This ain’t Helll… discusses a special snowflake gun owner
  8. Theodore’s World notes Obama giving money to a Jew hating group
  9. The People’s Cube covers the difference between climate and weather
  10. The Other McCain notes that it’s not illegal to be crazy in California
  11. The Lonely Conservative features crazy DWS being crazy
  12. The Daley Gator notes what happens when there’s a work requirement for food stamps
  13. Scared Monkeys covers Clock Boy visiting a war criminal
  14. Public Secrets has a shocking study on CO2 improving tree growth
  15. And last, but not least, Powerline hands out the Perpetual Greenie Award

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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Americans Much More Concerned About Gun Control Than Mass Shootings

By William Teach October 18, 2015 – 7:48 am

As usual, leftist gun grabbers are running the rhetorical gamut from pushing “common sense gun control” (heavy restrictions on legal ownership of firearms) to wanting to require anyone who wants to buy a gun to have to suffer being shot themselves (I wonder if this applies to Hillary Clinton’s security detail?) to pushing for the same measures implemented by nations such as Australia and the U.K. Meaning, confiscation of guns, almost no ownership allowed. Reality tends to smack the gun grabbers in the face when citizens are asked certain pointed questions, though

(Breitbart) On October 13, Chapman University released its Survey of American Fears and revealed that more than twice as many Americans fear gun control than fear “mass shootings.”

While those on the left may scratch their heads to wonder how this could be, the facts are that gun control leads to gun-free zones, which, in turn, appear to be very popular with mass shooters.

According to Chapman University, 16.4 percent of Americans hold “mass shootings” as one of their greatest fears, while more than twice that many Americans, 36.5 percent, are “afraid” or “very afraid” of  gun control.

Read that again: twice as many are more afraid of gun control than mass shootings. Michael Bloomberg’s gun grabby Everytown reports that there have been 150 school shootings in the U.S. since 2013 (many of said “shootings” were gun discharges with no one injured or killed). What kind of zones are schools?

In fact, the poll shows that Americans fear many issues tied to government overreach far more than they fear mass shootings. For example, whereas 16.4 percent of Americans fear mass shootings, 58 percent fear government corruption, and 35.7 percent fear Obamacare. Moreover, 29.7 percent of Americans fear illegal immigration more than they fear mass shootings.

According to the study, more people are worried about volcanoes, robots, and artificial intelligence than mass shootings. On the bright side, their concern over mass shootings is double that of people worried about zombies and ghosts. So, they can hang their hats on that.

“You won’t get gun control by disarming law-abiding citizens. There’s only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up and if you don’t actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time…
It’s a nasty truth, but those who seek to inflict harm are not fazed by gun controllers. I happen to know this from personal experience.” – Ronald Reagan

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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Could Paris Climate Meeting Be The Only Thing That Can Stop Extinction?

By William Teach October 17, 2015 – 5:35 pm

As Marc Morano notes, this is an actual headline

Is Paris treaty all that stands between us and mass extinction?

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We are now rushing headlong into a sixth mass extinction, but this time the culprit is man, Elizabeth Kolbert writes in her best-selling book, The Sixth Extinction; An Unnatural History, which won a Pulitzer Prize last April.

Kolbert travelled the world, from the Americas to the Great Barrier Reef to Europe, to document vanishing frogs, bats, rhinoceroses, coral.

Wait, she took lots of fossil fueled travel? For shame!

“So far,” Kolbert said, “there is not a clearly documented case of a species driven to extinction by climate change.” But global warming is pushing temperatures to extremes not seen for hundreds of millions of years. Life forms may not be able to adapt. “All the scientific literature predicts that climate change will become a major driver of extinction over this century.”

So, all this hysteria is about future doom, a 6th mass extinction, with absolutely zero proof? Awesome.

Anyhow, the rest of the article is about the vast need for more Government and more taxation and more redistribution. Silly me to think this is all politics and not science.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 17, 2015 – 1:00 pm

….is evil ice cream made from evil greenhouse gas emitting cows, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Diogenes’ Middle Finger, with a post wondering if Obama is trying to subvert justice.

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Bummer: “Knowledge regarding climate change in Pakistan appalling”

By William Teach October 17, 2015 – 11:49 am

Taking 1st World Problems and exporting them to 3rd world sh*tholes developing countries. This is from the Express Tribune, a part of the International NY Times

LAHORE: Experts, academics, government officials and civil society activists discussed Pakistan’s vulnerability to climate change on the second day of Pakistan sey Paris. The two major areas of concern discussed were the impact of climate change on the agriculture sector and water scarcity.

“Earlier, the optimal season for growing wheat used to be October. Now it has crossed mid-November,” University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) Vice Chancellor Iqrar Ahmed Khan observed while discussing the impact of changing weather patterns. Khan said two major changes had impacted crops’ growth cycle.  He said these were a rise in temperature and the erratic behaviour of precipitation.

Obviously, before Mankind started using fossil fuels and air conditioning, the climate was completely and utterly stable. Here’s the money quote

“The level of existing knowledge about climate change in Pakistan is appalling,” United Nations Development Programme Country Director Marc-Andre Franche said. Franche said while the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in the Northern Areas was a great initiative, it would also increase truck movement that would lead to environmental degradation. He stressed the need to maintain a balance between development and the environment saying, “When it comes to developmental choices, Pakistan is still making choices of the ’50s and ’60s while the world happens to be in 2015,” Franche said.

Climate change is one of the last things Pakistan needs to be worrying about, what with all the issues such as the 26th highest infant mortality rate, high infant underweight rate, high poverty rate, high infectious disease rate, low education rate, high use of drugs, having drugs being trafficked through the country, low education rate for girls, treating women like chattel, human trafficking, and many others. Plus that whole Islamic terrorism thing.

He stressed the need to promote climate literacy saying it was not restricted to having more experts on the issue but also about enlightening government officials across the board. He said it was important to have officials who could think green when making decisions irrespective of their area of expertise.

Right. That’s what Pakistani governmental officials really need to worry about.

 

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