Special Ringmaster Marilyn Mosby Totally Knows How To Reduce Baltimore’s Massive Murder Rate

By William Teach August 31, 2015 – 7:22 am

She does!

(Baltimore Sun) Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby on Sunday addressed the city’s historic spike in homicides in an interview on WBAL-TV.

In July, 45 people were killed — the highest number in modern history. The city is on pace for more than 300 killings this year.

Mosby said the key to driving down the murder rate is for prosecutors and police to re-establish trust with the community.

She noted her prosecutors have recently sent several killers behind bars for life, and are partnering with city police on a new “War Room” initiative — in which city and federal agencies work in close collaboration.

Oh, you thought she was actually going to go out to stop crime, instituting strong policing measures, perhaps reaching out to the community and telling them to stop being so criminal. Nope. Arresting them afterwards and sending them to jail has nothing to do with stopping the crimes in the first place.

Perhaps Mosby could have a talk with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake about rescinding her “giving space to those who wish to destroy” notion.

“This is the home of witness intimidation, where that ‘Stop Snitching’ mentality began,” Mosby said. “We have to build the trust of the community back up. … We’re absolutely on top of it.”

That mentality has nothing to do with the police and prosecutors: it has everything to do with the criminality of the citizens. This soft approach is not working, as witnessed during July. Perhaps there should be some concern that almost every single person murdered in Baltimore is Black, and the majority of the known killers are Black.

August hasn’t exactly been a good month either. And another person, Black, was murdered early Sunday. This is not the fault of the police and prosecutors, nor is community outreach going to stop anything.

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NY Post Recommends Senate “Go Nuclear” On Obama’s Iran Deal

By William Teach August 31, 2015 – 7:04 am

Why would the NY Post Editorial Board recommend this?

The obscene drive to avoid any Senate vote on the Iran deal

Whether to approve the disastrous nuclear deal with Iran is the most important question to face Congress in years — yet the president wants to stop the Senate from even debating it.

He’s pushing Democrats to use the filibuster rule to stop the question from making it to the Senate floor — and Minority Leader Harry Reid’s rallying the votes to do it.

Of course, President Obama never wanted Congress to have a say here. But Congress voted itself an oversight role anyway — by 98-1 in the Senate.

Now Reid’s rounding up Democrats to derail the process they helped set up to “ensure the American people — through their elected representatives — a voice on any deal with Iran.”

As noted in the editorial, solid majorities in the House and Senate, along with the American public, are against this deal. Poll after poll after poll show that the American people do not want it. Democrats are the majority who want the deal, which is bad for America, bad for Israel, bad for the Middle East, gives Iran protection and money, doesn’t stop their ballistic missile program, and only kicks Iran’s nuclear weapons aspirations down the road. Provided they do not cheat. They’ve already stated that they will cheat. Hence, Obama and Democrats do not want to be on record as voting for the deal. Obama does not want to have to veto any measure.

Nor do they want any visible debate on the Senate floor.

This is an obscenity. The Senate calls itself “the world’s greatest deliberative body.” And the Constitution requires Senate consent for the approval of treaties.

Obama’s already done an end-run around the treaty rules. Will Senate Democrats enable even worse — a total mockery of Congress’ role?

It’s time for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to go nuclear: To do just what Reid threatened when he ran the Senate, and change the rules for the filibuster.

Harry Reid invoked the nuclear option for most Obama nominees in 2013: McConnell can use it for this one case. Force Democrats to debate the Iran Deal, force them to vote, force Obama to veto it.

Of course, Leftist supports of Iran, er, Obama, will screech “what’s your better deal?” Which is really besides the point, meant to deflect attention from this terrible deal in the first place. If a deal is bad, you walk away. If it fails to achieve the initial goals in any manner (eliminating Iran’s nuclear weapons program, “anytime, anywhere” inspections, etc), you walk away. If a Republican had negotiated this deal, Democrats would be dead set against it, both because they would be against the Republican and because they would acknowledge that it is a historically bad deal.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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Failing To Act On Hotcoldwetdry Is A Complete Moral Failure Or Something

By William Teach August 30, 2015 – 4:45 pm

Let’s start off with noting that when people fail to live by the rules they want Everyone Else to live be, that’s a moral failure. An inexcusable one

Failing to act on climate change is an inexcusable moral failure

The responses of coal country business leaders and politicians to the Clean Power Plan recently announced by President Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency demonstrate that there are no limits to their willingness to pursue coal industry profits without regard for the harmful consequences of their decisions and actions.

The coal industry has a long history of such irresponsible behavior. That’s why West Virginia has biologically degraded streams from perpetual acid mine drainage, fish that can’t be eaten because of too much mercury in their flesh, unstable toxic sludge impoundments looming over communities, and ecologically vital headwater streams buried under massive piles of rubble. It’s also why coal miners experience agonizing deaths from black lung disease, coalfield residents suffer elevated risks of contracting numerous chronic or lethal diseases, and miners are stripped of their hard-won pensions and health benefits.

Now, see, those are actual real world issues. Those are reasons why I am against coal, and want to see it’s usage replaced. I’ve noted time and time again that the Cult of Climastrology hijacks these real world issues and puts them under the banner of ‘climate change’.

Yet in opposing the Clean Power Plan, these business leaders and politicians are rising to unprecedented levels of cynicism and recklessness. While they have long shown a willingness to turn regions of the world into virtual sacrifice zones, their new message is that they don’t mind doing the same thing to the entire planet. The coal industry is a primary contributor to the increase in greenhouse gases that is destabilizing our global climate and global ecosystems. We are already experiencing impacts from this destabilization, such as more violent and extreme storms, floods, wildfires and droughts. If we continue on our present course, the best evidence indicates that the impacts from climate change will shift from severe to catastrophic. So in opposing the Clean Power Plan, the message from these business leaders and politicians is that they don’t mind inflicting significant harm on every single person on the planet to protect industry profits. Not only that, but they don’t care if continuing to burn fossil fuels for energy degrades the planet for every human that will live on Earth in the future and places the very survival of future generations at risk.

See? There we go. Idiots. When will Jim Waggy at the Charleston Gazette-Mail give up his own big carbon footprint?

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 30, 2015 – 1:00 pm

…is a sea that will rise up hundreds of feet, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Gateway Pundit, with a post on an unhinged anti-American 9/11 class at UNC.

It’s lifeguard week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach August 30, 2015 – 9:15 am

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day here in America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, football is almost here! Not sure who did this pinup, which has a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Director Blue notes Obama’s Labor dept setting the stage to come after 401ks
  2. Fire Andrea Mitchell notes Sanders within striking distance of Hillary
  3. Bearing Arms covers more leftist gun grabbers
  4. Moonbattery covers Mexico warning Texas over illegals
  5. Pamela Geller notes ISIS executing more gay men (where’s the liberal outrage?)
  6. Powerline discusses #BlackLivesMatter at the state fair
  7. Protein Wisdom says it’s time to ban the Rainbow Flag
  8. The Daley Gator notes trouble in Jeb!land
  9. The Lonely Conservative notes the EPA refusing to comply with a judges order
  10. The Other McCain covers a story feminists will ignore
  11. Victory Girls Blog wonders about a President Clinton with no security clearance
  12. 1389 Blog notes Australian laws that don’t apply to Muslims
  13. A View From The Beach notes the loss of Wrangler Jane (Melody Patterson)
  14. Allen B. West covers some seriously demented Black radicals (be prepared to be disgusted if you click)
  15. And last, but not least, Blazing Cat Fur has a lifestyle tip

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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DNC Writes Slobbering Letter To Obama, Supporting His Iran Deal

By William Teach August 30, 2015 – 7:37 am

They had to write a letter of support because Debbie Wasserman-Schultz blocked a formal resolution

(Washington Post) Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz prevented consideration of a resolution at the party’s summer meeting here that praised President Obama and offered backing for the nuclear agreement with Iran, according to knowledgeable Democrats.

The resolution was drafted with the intention of putting the national committee on record in support of the agreement as Congress prepares to take up the issue when members return from their August recess.

As a fallback, James Zogby, the co-chair of the Resolutions Committee, led a move to prepare a letter of support for the president and the Iran agreement that eventually gained signatures from a sizable majority of the members of the national committee. Zogby said Saturday that, in the end, this produced a satisfactory outcome.

Blocking the resolution has made Democrats Very Mad at DWS, who did not say why she blocked it. There’s some thought that this was due to DWS representing a heavily Jewish district. Hey, maybe DWS did something smart, and realized that it is a Bad Idea for Dems to formally approve of the deal, which has almost no Republican support, and would leave Dems on the hook for the sure to follow bad outcomes.

Here’s the letter, via the Huffington Post, signed by over 160 Democratic delegates and members of the DNC

A Special Letter to the President from members of the Democratic National Committee.

We strongly support the courageous leadership you have demonstrated in choosing diplomacy and negotiations over conflict. We believe that the completion of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action negotiated between P5+1 (the Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany) and Iran to place strict limits on Iran’s nuclear program is an important victory for diplomacy. We recognize that there are some who in good faith have expressed reservations with elements of the JCPOA but we believe that you and key members of your Administration have effectively and respectfully responded to these concerns. We, therefore, join you in supporting the JCPOA as the best way forward to secure our nation, our allies, and world peace.

Signed

A Pack Of Naive Boobs

Now, this is where my interest was peaked, in that the letter notes that the deal “places strict limits on Iran’s nuclear program”. Limits. Not stops it. Not demolishes it. Not “removes all possibility that Iran will get nuclear weapons through its own programs”. Just “strict limits”. And it doesn’t even acknowledge that those strict limits will only last 8-10 years, with them going away in 15.

Nor does it acknowledge all the money Iran will gain to fund its weapons and terrorism programs. Nor all the loopholes. Nor that the “snap inspections” are anything but. That Iran is going to inspect its own military nuclear facility. That US inspectors may be blocked by Iran. That the deal will make the Middle East even more un-safe. That Iran will continue to build intercontinental ballistic missiles. And that Iran has already stated that it will ignore certain parts of the deal. That sanctions will never, ever snap-back in reality. And so many other issues.

Democrats will own this failure.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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Obama Expects US-ISRAEL Relations To Get Better Because Of Th3 Iran Deal

By William Teach August 29, 2015 – 4:38 pm

Well, on one hand, he’s right: if a Republican wins, they will toast the deal and make our relations better, which won’t be that hard after Obama has destroyed that relationship

(AP) President Barack Obama on Friday compared tensions between the U.S. and Israel over the Iranian nuclear deal to a family feud and said he expects quick improvements in ties between the longtime allies once the accord is implemented.

“Like all families, sometimes there are going to be disagreements,” Obama said in a webcast with Jewish Americans. “And sometimes people get angrier about disagreements in families than with folks that aren’t family.”

Yeah, it’s just like that. If one family member is making a deal with an outside party that wants to kill the other family member.

The president encouraged skeptics of the agreement to “overcome the emotions” that have infused the debate and evaluate the accord based on facts.

“I would suggest that in terms of the tone of this debate everybody keep in mind that we’re all pro-Israel,” he said. “We have to make sure that we don’t impugn people’s motives.”

This is the same guy who’s said it’s either this agreement or war, deeming those same skeptics warmongers. He’s claimed that those who are against this deal are making “common cause” with the Iranian regime. Pot. Kettle.

Oops, that pot kettle thing is probably raaaaacist.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 29, 2015 – 1:00 pm

…are evil meat based burgers, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Legal Insurrection, with a post On Carly! being excluded from the next GOP debate.

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Cult Of Climastrology Predicts 2015 To Be Hottest Year Ever!

By William Teach August 29, 2015 – 11:06 am

Yet, this still wouldn’t prove anthropogenic causation, just a Holocene warm period

Climate change: 2015 will be the hottest year on record ‘by a mile’, experts say

Climate scientists are predicting that 2015 will be the hottest year on record “by a mile”, with the increase in worldwide average temperatures dramatically undermining the idea that global warming has stopped – as some climate-change sceptics claim.

Even though there are still several months left in the year to gather temperature readings from around the world, climate researchers believe nothing short of a Krakatoa-sized volcanic eruption that cuts out sunlight for months on end can now stop last year’s record being beaten.

It is rare for climate experts to make such a bold prediction so soon in the year, but they believe that a surge in ocean temperatures in particular now makes it almost inevitable that 2015 will turn out to be the hottest year globally since instruments were first used to gather readings more than 130 years ago.

There’s nothing wrong with making predictions: many are predicting yet another brutal winter for the US, Europe, and the Northern Hemisphere. Of course, when those who control the actual data are making predictions, you know they are going to come true. And there’s a reason for that

The average temperature increase will be so much higher than the previous record, set in 2014, that it should melt away any remaining arguments about the so-called “pause” in global warming, which many climate sceptics have promoted as an argument against action on climate change.

They’ve trotted out over 70 excuses for the Pause, now they’ll try to “massage” the data to prove it isn’t happening. But, it still wouldn’t prove anthropogenic causation, unless you count falsifying data to be anthropogenic.

They expect it to be 0.1C above average, since they failed to get anyone to care when they were yammering about 0.01 and 0.02C increases. So, we already know the number that will be produced sometime in January. And expect lots of data to be released right before the Paris ‘climate change” meeting.

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FBI “A Team” Involved In Clinton Email Server Probe

By William Teach August 29, 2015 – 7:36 am

If Hillary Clinton was a lower level government employee, she would most likely already be under indictment. If she was running one of those evil Big Corporations, multiple federal agencies would have rushed in with warrants. But, it’s nice to see that the best are now being used

(Fox News) An FBI “A-team” is leading the “extremely serious” investigation into Hillary Clinton’s server and the focus includes a provision of the law pertaining to “gathering, transmitting or losing defense information,” an intelligence source told Fox News.

The section of the Espionage Act is known as 18 US Code 793.

A separate source, who also was not authorized to speak on the record, said the FBI will further determine whether Clinton should have known, based on the quality and detail of the material, that emails passing through her server contained classified information regardless of the markings. The campaign’s standard defense and that of Clinton is that she “never sent nor received any email that was marked classified” at the time.

It is not clear how the FBI team’s findings will impact the probe itself. But the details offer a window into what investigators are looking for — as the Clinton campaign itself downplays the controversy.

Ed Morrissey provides a pretty good explanation of how that section of the Espionage Act applies. It should be noted that Republicans drive out, or at least attempt to drive out, their own people who have been accused of breaking minor laws. Remember Larry Craig? His offense was a misdemeanor. Hillary has certainly been involved in Bad Behavior, if not illegal behavior.

Clinton told reporters Friday that she remains confident no violations were committed.

“I have said repeatedly that I did not send nor receive classified material and I’m very confident that when this entire process plays out that will be understood by everyone,” she said. “It will prove what I have been saying and it’s not possible for people to look back now some years in the past and draw different conclusions than the ones that were at work at the time. You can make different decisions because things have changed, circumstances have changed, but it doesn’t change the fact that I did not send or receive material marked classified.”

What, was she sending smoke signals? Faxes? Classified material was, in fact, found in her emails in her insecure emails, which flowed through her server. Furthermore, even emails that weren’t classified included information on the business of the State Department and United States government. How can we possibly trust someone who intentionally skirted, and most likely broke, the law and common sense regarding security? Companies and governments at all levels work hard to secure their systems, and spend gobs of money doing so. Yet, even they are not totally secure, hence all the hacking issues (see Ashley Madison, Target, IRS, etc). Here was Hillary, using a totally insecure server doing the business of government.

Heck, one would have thought she would want the business of the Clinton Foundation to be as secure as possible.

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