If All You See…

By William Teach March 27, 2015 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful field that would be perfect for a giant solar farm, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Raised On Hoecakes, with a post on the death of free speech, decency, and common sense.

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“Climate Change” Is Totally Immoral, Says Head Of US Episcopal Church

By William Teach March 27, 2015 – 10:16 am

Here we go again (via Twitchy)

Lying to people about “climate change” is against the 10 Commandments: “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour”. This goes to Proverbs 6:16-19

There are six things that the LORD strongly dislikes, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

The Bible says quite a bit more about lying.

(UK Guardian The highest ranking woman in the Anglican communion has said climate denial is a “blind” and immoral position which rejects God’s gift of knowledge.

Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal church and one of the most powerful women in Christianity, said that climate change was a moral imperative akin to that of the civil rights movement. She said it was already a threat to the livelihoods and survival of people in the developing world.

“It is in that sense much like the civil rights movement in this country where we are attending to the rights of all people and the rights of the earth to continue to be a flourishing place,” Bishop Jefferts Schori said in an interview with the Guardian. “It is certainly a moral issue in terms of the impacts on the poorest and most vulnerable around the world already.”

In the same context, Jefferts Schori attached moral implications to climate denial, suggesting those who reject the underlying science of climate change were turning their backs on God’s gift of knowledge.)

Perhaps she should spend more time teaching the Bible, rather than politics. And, you know I despise religion getting suckered in to the “climate change” movement, forgoing their actual religion for the Cult of Climastrology. There are actually several posts that I’ve never gotten around to posting in the hopper.

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U.S. Caves To Iran On Nuclear Demands

By William Teach March 27, 2015 – 7:16 am

Surprise?

(Washington Free Beacon) The Obama administration is giving in to Iranian demands about the scope of its nuclear program as negotiators work to finalize a framework agreement in the coming days, according to sources familiar with the administration’s position in the negotiations.

U.S. negotiators are said to have given up ground on demands that Iran be forced to disclose the full range of its nuclear activities at the outset of a nuclear deal, a concession experts say would gut the verification the Obama administration has vowed would stand as the crux of a deal with Iran.

Until recently, the Obama administration had maintained that it would guarantee oversight on Tehran’s program well into the future, and that it would take the necessary steps to ensure that oversight would be effective. The issue has now emerged as a key sticking point in the talks.

Concern from sources familiar with U.S. concessions in the talks comes amid reports that Iran could be permitted to continue running nuclear centrifuges at an underground site once suspected of housing illicit activities.

This is what we end up with (though the AP would later scrub the nuclear part)

(AP) The United States is considering letting Tehran run hundreds of centrifuges at a once-secret, fortified underground bunker in exchange for limits on centrifuge work and research and development at other sites, officials have told The Associated Press.

The trade-off would allow Iran to run several hundred of the devices at its Fordo facility, although the Iranians would not be allowed to do work that could lead to an atomic bomb and the site would be subject to international inspections, according to Western officials familiar with details of negotiations now underway. In return, Iran would be required to scale back the number of centrifuges it runs at its Natanz facility and accept other restrictions on nuclear-related work.

And we all know that Iran has been oh so trustworthy, and we can trust them to stick to the terms of the agreement, right? Here’s where this horror show of terrible foreign policy, designed to say “we got a deal!!!!!” no matter what it is, takes a strange turn

(Reuters) In a rare direct exchange between Paris and Tehran, French President Francois Hollande said Iran had a right to civilian nuclear power but insisted on a “lasting, robust and verifiable Iranian nuclear program that guarantees Iran will not get an atomic weapon”, a statement from the French presidency said.

Last week officials close to the negotiations said France was demanding more stringent conditions than its Western allies for any future agreement.

It’s rather sad that France seems to recognize the threat, and is demanding tougher terms, than the U.S., eh?

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Does Scott Walker Support A Pathway To Citizenship?

By William Teach March 27, 2015 – 6:59 am

Scott Walker, like most politicians (and, really, most people), has his good points and bad points vis a vis political beliefs. As Allahpundit notes, he’s pretty much always been an amnesty shill, so it would be rather difficult for him to “shift his stance”, at least his true one, as the Wall Street Journal writes, as Walker goes down the road of Establishment Republican amnesty belief

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told a private dinner of New Hampshire Republicans this month that he backed the idea of allowing undocumented immigrants to stay in the country and to eventually become eligible for citizenship, a position at odds with his previous public statements on the matter…

But during the March 13 New Hampshire dinner, organized by New Hampshire Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Horn at the Copper Door Restaurant in Bedford, Mr. Walker said undocumented immigrants shouldn’t be deported, and he mocked 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s suggestion that they would “self-deport,” according to people who were there…

“He said no to citizenship now, but later they could get it,” said Bill Greiner, an owner of the Copper Door restaurant. Ken Merrifield, mayor of Franklin, N.H., who also attended, said Mr. Walker proposed that illegal immigrants should “get to the back of the line for citizenship” but not be deported.

Dan Riehl notes

Given the history here, it may now be impossible to know precisely where Walker stands, with supporters left to assume the worst — that he’s just another open borders Republican — becoming the default across the conservative grassroots whose support he needs to win.

Team Walker put out a statement, though

“We strongly dispute this account. Governor Walker has been very clear that he does not support amnesty and believes that border security must be established and the rule of law must be followed. His position has not changed, he does not support citizenship for illegal immigrants, and this story line is false,” she announced in an email to journalists Thursday afternoon.

Team Walker might want to consider sending that email to leading Conservative bloggers and news outlets, the people who can make or break Walker during the primaries.

The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, a big Establishment Republican herself, continues on

There are three aspects to this flap. First, Walker would do well to spell out what he is for, not simply what he is against. He said that this president’s conduct changed his mind on the issue. How it changed and what he now believes are topics he should address forthrightly. Second, he should be wary of chasing voters drawn to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) who inveigh against immigration and toss around economically suspect claims. Walker remains a figure who can unify the party and appeal to non-Republicans in a general election. There is no need to marginalize himself as Mitt Romney did went he introduced “self-deportation” to the 2012 presidential race. Third, for all the huffing and puffing about Bush, immigration reform critics ignore the similarities among the views of Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), former Texas governor Rick Perry and others who emphasize border security first. None of them favor “open borders” or “amnesty.” Rubio, for example, favors border security and measures to counter visa overstay and then an arduous road to citizenship for those here illegally (with fines, payment of back taxes, etc.) and repair of our legal immigration system. It’s not going to please the talk radio show anti-immigration crowd, but let’s remember that they are not representative of the GOP electorate as a whole. Whatever route Walker chooses, he should be clear and unapologetic.

Very much the Establishment POV, though Walker would do well to spell out his actual policy prescriptions. As for the other points, those have been discussed to death, but let’s note that the Establishment immigration plan tends to be smoke and mirrors, allowing legalization without really securing the border, nor making the illegals go down any “arduous road”. The Difference between Democrats and Establishment Republicans is simply in talking points, not end results.

Let me just note once again: deporting the tens of millions of illegals is not impossible, but extremely difficult. And there may just be some who actually want to be part of the American dream. Secure the border, and institute significant civil and criminal penalties on those who hire illegals without doing their due diligence. Make those who provide jobs for visa holders, as well as colleges that accept foreigners, in charge of keeping track of immigration status. Those who want to stay should show they can speak English and have value to America. No social safety net programs for any of them. Period. Let them wait in line like all those who’ve done it the right way. Create conditions where illegals will no longer jump the border nor overstay their visas.

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Ted Cruz Must Read Pirate’s Cove On “Climate Change”

By William Teach March 26, 2015 – 4:11 pm

No, really. Or, perhaps on Twitter. Because, really, almost no blogging Skeptics that I’ve seen bring up the line at the end

(Washington Post)  In an interview with The Texas Tribune, Cruz talked about climate change. Specifically, he said this, as transcribed by the Huffington Post’s Kate Sheppard:

On the global warming alarmists, anyone who actually points to the evidence that disproves their apocalyptical claims, they don’t engage in reasoned debate. What do they do? They scream, ‘You’re a denier.’ They brand you a heretic. Today, the global warming alarmists are the equivalent of the flat-Earthers. It used to be [that] it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier.

That line about “flat-Earthers” has sent Warmists into apoplexy, apparent at the Washington Post, the Huffington Post linke, Joe Romm’s George Soros funded Climate Progress, MSNBC, and so many more.

If you look at global warming alarmists, they don’t like to look at the actual facts and the data. The satellite data demonstrate that there has been no significant warming whatsoever for 17 years. Now that’s a real problem for the global warming alarmists. Because all those computer models on which this whole issue is based predicted significant warming, and yet the satellite data show it ain’t happening.

I read this morning a Newsweek article from the 1970s talking about global cooling. And it said the science is clear, it is overwhelming, we are in a major cooling period, and it’s going to cause enormous problems worldwide. … Now, the data proved to be not backing up that theory. So then all the advocates of global cooling suddenly shifted to global warming, and they advocated it’s warming, and the solution interestingly enough was the exact same solution — government control of the energy sector and every aspect of our lives.

Now, how many times have you seen me write something similar, usually along the lines of “Warmists want the Central government to have control over our lives, our private entities, and the economy”? Thanks for reading PC, Ted. A shout out would be nice. 

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 26, 2015 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful bike which Everyone Else should be forced to use rather than carbon pollution vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Israel Matzav, with a post on Obama’s revenge against Israel continuing.

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Hillary Supporters Give Marching Orders To Media On What Language Is “Sexist”

By William Teach March 26, 2015 – 10:57 am

You can bet the majority of the media will listen

(Daily Caller)  Do you work in the media and have the gall to think that the entire Webster’s dictionary is at your disposal? Think again, you sexist.

When it comes to reporting on Hillary Clinton, George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” have turned into “Twelve Words You Can Never Say About a Powerful Politician.”

“We will be watching, reading, listening and protesting coded sexism,” the pro-Hillary group HRC Super Volunteers warned The New York Times’ Amy Chozick Wednesday.

The words/phrase are:

https://twitter.com/amychozick/status/580822978331561985

https://twitter.com/amychozick/status/580823323677978624

Secretive is cute, considering her email scandal.

Her next tweet is

https://twitter.com/amychozick/status/580823990090014720

The liberal left, Progressives, who Jonah Goldberg referred to as “nice fascists”, have two main weapons in their arsenal: fear and shame. They start with shame, and they make sure that shame is public. And the shaming will continue to escalate. They balance this with risk/reward. The risk is that they will continue to come after you, will attempt to destroy your personal and work life, which creates fear. The reward is that you might get a pat on the head for staying with Approved Progressive Doctrine, but the fear is always hiding around the corner. Because it doesn’t matter if your were right: there are no apologies in Liberal World, and you are always on notice. Shame is a powerful motivator, especially when backed by Fear.

In this case, they are attempting to shame Ms. Chozick, who they know will share the information (and I’d bet quite a few other reporters and media outlets received the same email), into compliance, using fear as their backstop. There’s a saying that “he who controls the language controls the debate”. There’s another that goes “he who controls the language controls the masses.” That’s Saul Alinsky. Language is controlled to elicit shame and fear, whether it be racism, Islamophia, you name it. In this case, dog whistle language for “sexism.” Because Hillary Must Not Be Questioned.

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Pirate’s Cove Makes Newsmax Top 50 Blogs

By William Teach March 26, 2015 – 8:17 am

Along with some good blog friends, thanks to Theodore Kettle

Newsmax’s Top 50 Conservative Blogs of 2015

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Conservative blogs have electrified our 223-year old First Amendment like nothing the Founding Fathers could ever have foreseen. Here are the top 50 conservative blogs:

27. Pirate’s Cove – Blogmeister “William Teach” uses pinup photos to lure readers in, and there’s no shortage of amusement here, like his long “Things I do not understand” list, beginning with “Women” and “Putting a turn signal on after using the brakes.” But it’s mostly daily doses of concerned commentary about government mischief, especially on global warming. Teach recently made fun of Al Roker telling Larry King, “You can’t point to any one event” after blaming “climate change” for Boston’s recent mega-blizzard. Warmists use every occasion to say “Mankind is mostly/solely responsible for the changes, all while refusing to give up their big ‘carbon footprints,’” Teach complains.

Also include are Sister Toldjah, Fausta’s Blog, House of Eratosthenes, Protein Wisdom, Maggie’s Farm, Jihad Watch, Legal Insurrection, The Other McCain, The Jawa Report, sites I frequently link to, along with many others. Unsurprisingly, Instapundit is #1.

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Cult Of Climastrology: Climate Change Causing Fewer, But Bigger, Tornado Outbreaks

By William Teach March 26, 2015 – 7:22 am

It’s always something with these folks. Much like with hurricanes, they told us that Hotcoldwetdry would create more tornado outbreaks. When that did not come to fruition, they decided to change the dynamic, proclaiming that there would be fewer tornadoes, but that they’d be stronger. Now they’ve changed the dynamic again, and it’s all your fault for refusing to give up your fossil fueled modern lifestyle. I bet you drove a vehicle to work and engaged in consumerism, possibly even using a hair dryer to day, didn’t you, you Gaia killing Evil Person!

Tornadoes are clustering in the US, and climate change may be to blame

If you’ve been keeping track of the news about tornado outbreaks in the US over the past few decades, you may have noticed a trend – fewer outbreaks, but at the same time each one appears to be worse than the last. According to a new report, it’s probably not your imagination. In fact, it could be due to climate change.

But, of course! Could this be possible? Well, sure. But, does it mean that it has to be anthropogenic causation? Not in the least. But, that’s is 100% what they mean. In fact, there have only been two years since 1950 with no tornadoes between March 1 to the 16th: 1969 and 2015. If you’ll remember, 1969 was in the depth of a slight cooling “pause” during the Modern Warm Period. In fact, the past three years have seen very low numbers of tornadoes. So, that would make the warming, whether it be natural, anthropogenic, or a mix, a good thing, right? Much like with the lower count of landfalling hurricanes.

One of the basic predictions coming out of climate science for years now is that we will be seeing an overall increase in the number of extreme weather events. This is not to say that the overall number of weather events is going to increase, just that the percentage of extreme weather events, compared to more ‘normal’ weather events, is going to get higher.

In other words, they’ve created a non-falsifiable argument in order to blame every weather event on “climate change”. So, I should blame climate change for the t-storm that rolled through Raleigh at 5am this morning, which woke me up, then made me think that I may have left my sunroof on tilt, causing me to get up, put on shoes and a raincoat, and go outside. Because I did. And, since I couldn’t get back to sleep, but rolled for a bit, I now have a crick in my neck. I blame Barack Obama’s prolific use of fossil fuels.

Now, a study by scientists from NOAA – the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – is showing evidence of this trend.

“When people ask, ‘Are we getting more tornadoes, are we getting fewer tornadoes, are they later, are they earlier?’ – the answer to everything is yes,” said Harold Brooks, the lead study author from NOAA’s Severe Storms Laboratory, according to Ecowatch.com.

Looking back at US weather records from 1964 to 2013, they found that while the average number of tornadoes per year reported across the country (excluding the weakest ones) wasn’t changing by much, the number of days that these tornadoes occurred on did change. It dropped, from 187 tornado days in 1970 to just 110 tornado days in 2011. This means that the tornadoes are being concentrated in fewer days, clustering together. According to the records, nine of those days in 2011 saw 30 tornadoes spawn each. Apparently, that’s the same number of 30+ tornado days that occurred in the 20 years between 1961-1981.

The study itself is somewhat circumspect about blaming “climate change”. Let’s switch to the Weather Channel

Now, the toughest question: Is climate change playing a role in the increasing variability of the nation’s tornadoes?

The short answer is, possibly.

The challenge in answering this question is linking short-fuse events like tornadoes and tornado outbreaks to long-term changes in atmospheric parameters generally conducive for severe thunderstorms, such as instability and wind shear.

Studies by Dr. Jeff Trapp and Dr. Noah Diffenbaugh, among others, suggest atmospheric instability, driven by increased moisture, is expected to be greater in a warming climate. However, wind shear, crucial for the formation of supercells which can produce the strongest tornadoes, may diminish overall, but may feature more days with higher wind shear.

The Cult Of Climastrology is desperate to continue validating their cultish beliefs, as well as keeping the money train going, all of which requires a constant change in talking points to match current weather conditions. And keeping the fear-mongering at the forefront. In the CoC’s world, this can only happen because of Mankind, and they want to force you to change your behavior, while they continue on with their own big carbon footprints without change.

Now we just await Warmists blaming yesterday’s tornadoes on “climate change”. Oh, wait

https://twitter.com/FrogElixir/status/581030493254082560

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Team Obama Totally Geared Up For Massive PR Campaign Regarding Deal With Iran

By William Teach March 26, 2015 – 6:49 am

Provided it, you know, actually happens. As there is a wide difference in what each side wants.

‘Distrust and Verify’: How Obama will sell an Iran deal to America, Congress and the world

The White House is gearing up to unleash an unprecedented campaign to sell a nuclear deal with Iran, should President Obama secure it, in a bid to win over divided Americans, skeptical lawmakers and wary Middle Eastern allies.

The blueprint for defending the legacy-defining agreement was described to Yahoo News by current and former officials from the administration and Congress.

Obama and his top national security and foreign policy aides will defend the deal forcefully to the public and in private talks with wavering senators and representatives. They will emphasize the deal’s intrusive monitoring and verification of Iranian nuclear facilities, an approach national security adviser Susan Rice recently summarized in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as “distrust and verify.” They will defend the easing of crippling economic sanctions in return for steps Iran is taking to assure the world that its nuclear program is entirely peaceful.

Lawmakers will get “as many classified briefings as it takes” from the administration on the more complex aspects of an agreement. Senior diplomats will fan out in an effort to reassure close allies like Saudi Arabia, Iran’s main rival for regional influence, and Israel, even though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen as an implacable foe of any agreement.

One has to wonder, if the deal is so good, what need is there for a massive PR campaign?

Obama’s approach will, at times, feel more like a sledgehammer than a scalpel — as demonstrated last Wednesday when the National Security Council forwarded the cartoon above to reporters who cover the White House. The drawing landed in reporters’ inboxes under the heading “Select Iran Coverage”; the special clips packages started landing in early March to promote media coverage and expert commentaries that advance the administration’s goals.

Cartoon, huh?

Nothing like insulting those you want to convince, eh?

Already the campaign is revving up. White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough delivered some of these arguments this week in a speech to J Street, a left-of-center group that supports the talks. The organization’s ideological rival, the AIPAC, opposes the negotiations.

If a deal is done, McDonough said, “Everyone from the president on down will aggressively seek congressional and public support for any deal.”

Of course, hardcore liberals will approve of the deal no matter what, so this is preaching to the snake handling disciples already. If this was looking to be a great deal, there would be no need for any PR blitz.  That there are already plans for one, including getting the other member nations involved….Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia…to win over “skeptics”, should tell you that this deal might have a few good points, but there are lots of bad points, much like with the way Democrats blitzed on Obamacare.

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