EPA Chief Can’t Answer Whether Climate Models Correct Or Not

By William Teach March 9, 2015 – 10:49 am

Poor Gina McCarthy, having her Constitution right to not be questioned over her religion violated

(Breitbart) At a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing, Senator Jeff Sessions grilled EPA chief Gina McCarthy and left her unable to justify her money grab, showing that she could not explain whether climate change models were correct or not.

McCARTHY: I am happy to submit the full breadth of science that we have behind climate; we’ve submitted it on many occasions, we’ll do it again.

SESSIONS: The full breadth of science? I’d just like some numbers. Would you acknowledge that over the last eighteen years, that the increase in temperature has been very little and that it is well below, as a matter of fact, ninety percent below most of the environmental models that showed how fast temperature would increase?

McCARTHY: No, I would not agree with that, sir. A one-degree temperature is significant. I don’t know what you’re looking at.

SESSIONS: No, no, no, no. I am asking you, is it below the models, or above the models?

McCARTHY: I do not know what the models actually are predicting that you’re referring to. There are many models.

SESSIONS: The head of the environmental—

McCARTHY: And sometimes it’s going faster, and sometimes slightly slower than the model predicts, but on the whole it makes no difference to the validity and the robustness of climate science that is telling us that we are facing an absolute challenge that we must address both environmentally, economically from a national security perspective, and for EPA, from a public health perspective.

SESSIONS: All right. Carbon pollution is CO2, and that’s really not a pollutant; that’s a plant food, and it doesn’t harm anybody except that it might include temperature increases. Let me ask you one more time: Are you asserting, just give me this answer; if you take the average of the models predicting how fast the temperature would increase, is the temperature in fact increasing less than that or more than that?

McCARTHY: I cannot answer that question specifically.

SESSIONS: Mr. Chairman, I would just say, this is a stunning development, that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, who should know more than anybody else in the world, who’s proposing hundreds of billions of dollars in costs to prevent this climate and temperature increases, doesn’t know whether their projections have been right or wrong.

In fact, the models have failed to the tune of 95%. And Sessions is exactly correct in that it is is stunning that Ms. McCarthy doesn’t have/know the answers to the questions as she is looking to spend lots and lots of taxpayer earned money. Because she was unable to answer many many questions, if you check the transcript. She was unable to competently discuss hurricane landfalls, atmospheric moisture, and drought conditions. But, she is rushing ahead to make sure that Everyone Else pays for her beliefs

(The Hill) Gina McCarthy is locked in a race against time to complete landmark climate change regulations before President Obama leaves office.

With just 22 months left in Obama’s presidency, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator and her team are burning the midnight oil to enshrine emissions regulations for power plants in federal law.

McCarthy says she’s “busier than [she’s] ever been” as the caretaker of what Obama hopes will be a legacy-defining achievement on climate change.

Obama and McCarthy will be gone and living the post-presidency high life while those in the middle and lower classes suffer the results.

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Nevada Looks To Pass “Pop Tart Gun” Bill

By William Teach March 9, 2015 – 8:03 am

This is an attempt to pass legislation that allows kids to be kids

(KOLO8) Members of the Assembly Committee on Education were treated to a snack at their afternoon hearing on AB 121: Pop-Tarts.

It was a reference to a case out of Maryland where a second-grader was suspended from school for chewing his Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun. This bill would help ensure something like that doesn’t happen here in Nevada.

AB 121 would prohibit schools from punishing students in grades K-8 for “simulating a firearm or dangerous weapon” or “wearing clothing or accessories that depict a firearm or dangerous weapon.”

“This bill is a common sense bill, it’s that simple,” Assemblyman Jim Wheeler said as he went through the proposed legislation. “It just returns common sense back to our school system.”

Sadly, there actually needs to be legislation that brings back common sense.

“This kind of reminds me of the debate the founding fathers had regarding the Bill of Rights,” Assemblyman Chris Edwards said. “Many of them thought they would never need a Bill of Rights because no government would ever violate things like freedom of speech. However, wisdom won out and they put in those precautions just to make sure those things wouldn’t happen to us. I think they were very wise to do so.”

Imagine what Government would do without the Constitution. They are already abusing it heavily. And one parent was Very Concerned

“If a child wears a t-shirt that says I support my right to keep and bear arms but it shows two stick figures and one is standing over the other with a gun, is that still okay? I think we’re opening ourselves up to a slippery slope.”

It’s not already a slippery slope to suspend young children for making a gun with their fingers and food? Florida and Texas have already passed similar legislation.

(RGJ) Such a restriction shouldn’t have to be spelled out for schools in state law, but it’s come to that, said Ron Dreher, lobbyist for the Washoe School Principals’ Association.

“We are living in a different world and, unfortunately, we have to codify it,” he said. “I guess we live in a ridiculous age.”

Yes. Yes we are.

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Islamist Cleric Brings The Sexism Against TV Host, Tells Her To Shut Up

By William Teach March 9, 2015 – 7:51 am

If you’re thinking “hey, is saying “shut up” to a woman really sexism? Or is it just rude?”, it gets much, much better. I had the same thought when I read the UK Telegraph headline on the home page (which was slightly different from in article headline) (video at link)

A female television presenter brought an interview with an extremist cleric to an abrupt end after he told her to “shut up” and said that he did not respect her.

Rima Karaki, an anchor on Lebanon’s Al-Jadeed TV, was interviewing the London-based Islamist Hani Al-Seba’i when the argument started.

The discussion was on the possibility of some Christians joining ISIS, and, much like Obama, Al-Seba’i want off on a tangent, talking about the history of Christianity in the Middle East. Karaki informed him time was limited, and they should focus on the discussion at hand, when

“Listen, don’t cut me off. I will answer as I please … what kind of behaviour is this?” Dr Al-Seba’i asked.

When Karaki reiterated the time constraints, Al-Seba’i lost his temper and told her to: “Shut up, so I can talk.”

Nothing unusual there, right?

“It’s beneath me to be interviewed by you, you are a woman who …” he continued, before his microphone was cut off.

To which she responded

“Either there is mutual respect, or the conversation is over,” Karaki said, as she terminated the interview.

Good for her! Of course, as one commenter at the Telegraph points out

“It’s beneath me to be interviewed by you, you are a woman who ..wears a scarf. You don’t respect yourself, why should I respect you ?”… Do you guys realise her scarfs litteraly means she is beneath him ?

Interesting point. It should also be noted that Al-Seba’i is an Egyptian who was give asylum in Britain, yet another extremist allowed to reside in the UK and practice his extremist view of Islam without consequence. One also has to wonder where the feminists are. They blew a gasket over a nerd, who landed a module on a comet, wearing a really ugly shirt, bringing him to tears and forcing an apology, that you know was not accepted.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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Afternoon Rush

By William Teach March 8, 2015 – 5:09 pm

Amusing story. See if you can figure it out.

I was at the Walgreen’s getting some batteries for my watches. The total for the purchase was $21.12. The cashier made a brief comment about that being an awesome number.

It took a moment for me to respond, even though I immediately understood her reference. When I did, she said she was wondering if I would get it, and I told her it was taking my brain a second because I was having PIN confusion.

She then proceeded to make a joke about Hemispheres working together. Took a second to get that one, walked back, gave her a thumbs up.

Anyone get the references, or am I just old rock?

If you guessed “Rush”, 

One of my favorite Rush songs. Especially live.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 8, 2015 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled airplane that should have been banned in the 1940’s, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Blazing Cat Fur, with a post on bus burnings being a French thing.

It’s 1940’s week! It’s amazing the difference you see when you search “sexy 1940’s” versus latter decades.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach March 8, 2015 – 10:27 am

Happy Sunday! Spring is almost here. If Mother Nature will cooperate. Not quite sure who did this pinup, but it seems like a much older one from before the 60’s.

Hey, did you set your clocks and watches forward?

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Gateway Pundit notes something interesting in Obama’s Selma speech
  2. The People’s Cube has the “unsociables”
  3. Wild Thing notes what Jeb Bush pushed in Iowa
  4. Yid With Lid notes what Iran’s foreign minister called for
  5. Zilla has a hammer and is not afraid to use it
  6. IMABlawg notes more wonkiness with “climate science”
  7. Ice Age now covers snow records broken in Europe
  8. Raised On Hoecakes discusses laws not being needed in Lake Worth, Florida per the city
  9. protein wisdom notes Obama silliness on guns and vegetables
  10. Powerline wonders if anyone ever fact checks Obama
  11. Patterico’s Pontifications notes that inclusiveness has fine print
  12. Pam Geller discusses an Iranian cleric vowing to raise the flag of Islam over the White House
  13. Moonbattery notes what the latest thing that is racist is
  14. Legal Insurrection names Obama’s greatest achievement
  15. And last, but not least, Fire Andrea Mitchell covers the “hand up, don’t shoot” lie

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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Ted Cruz Takes On Anti-Science Liberals Over “Climate Change”, GMO

By William Teach March 8, 2015 – 9:09 am

It’s nice to know that there is at least one Republican Senator willing to fight back

(Politico) Sen. Ted Cruz accused liberals of “anti-science zealotry” on global warming, genetically modified food labeling and biotechnology in Iowa on Saturday.

“The radical left loves attacking people as anti-science when anyone dares question their computer models on global warming,” Cruz told about a thousand activists during an agriculture summit on the state fairgrounds. “They scream, ‘you’re anti-science,’ when someone points out, for example, that in the last 17 years, satellite data shows there’s been no warming whatsoever.”

Progressives adhere to a totalitarian worldview, which precludes debate. When it comes to anthropogenic global warming/climate change/climate disruption/whatever they want to call it today, they are more akin to a doomsday cult.

One note for Senator Cruz: they aren’t “anti-science” on the subject: they are “un-science”, because they do not care about the science, they do not practice science on the subject, and the are all about the politics. And, if you disagree, they will come after you personally.

“The hard-core left loves ridiculing Christians who believe scripture that says God created the heaven and the earth,” Cruz went on. “They say that it’s anti-science to believe that an almighty God would do such a thing. But when it comes to biotech, suddenly these same voices become the most anti-science zealots we’ve ever seen.”

“We need to stand up to the hysteria,” Cruz said in discussing genetically modified foods. “For families, for parents, that don’t want to feed their kids GMOs, in the private marketplace, there has grown up an abundant market. You can go and purchase organic, if you want to pay more …We shouldn’t let anti-science zealotry shut down the ability to produce low-cost, quality food for billions across the globe.”

It is interesting how Liberals/Progressives, supposedly champions of the future, freak out about modern technology. Though, I will say that there does need to be some care in the use of GMO.

Ted Cruz also took on Renewable Fuel Standards at the Iowa Ag Summit

(Des Moines Register) Ted Cruz said Saturday in Des Moines that he backs production of biofuels like ethanol, but he declined to endorse the Renewable Fuels Standard, a federal program that requires transportation fuels to contain a minimum amount of renewable fuels.

“I support biofuels. I think they have a major role in the energy market. But I don’t think Washington should be picking winners and losers,” the Texas Republican said. “When it comes to energy, we should have an all of the above approach, but it should be driven by the market.”

That’s a tough stance to take in corn country, but, he’s right: there should be no mandatory use of biofuels, particularly those made from food.

Politico also has 10 takeaways from the Ag Summit.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 7, 2015 – 1:00 pm

…is a low carbon footprint way of life, which Everyone Should be forced to live, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Legal Insurrection, with a post on anti-Semitism at UCLA.

And, a double shot, as we close out 1960’s week, and another photo of horrible sea rise below the fold. Give it up for Shot In The Dark, with a post on “Dear Entire Gay Movement”

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UN Demands Global Taxes For Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach March 7, 2015 – 11:07 am

Um, surprise?

(Breitbart) The UN has never met a problem it couldn’t tackle without calling for a new tax. Over-dependence on fossil fuel? There’s a tax for that. Inequitable distribution of global wealth? There’s a tax for that. Climbing obesity rates due to our fondness for junk food? There’s tax for that, too.

Now the UN has decided such piecemeal slugs aren’t enough to underwrite its grand plans to save the world from itself. So hide your wallet. The UN wants all you’ve got and then some.

A new report released Wednesday proposes a sweeping new raft of international taxes that could net the UN and its mendicant agencies an estimated US$13 billion annually and enable it to do what it thinks it does best: telling the rest of us how to live our lives.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), which commissioned the study, says innovative revenue streams underline the call to seal an ambitious climate change deal in Paris later this year.

Funny how UN Warmists want to dramatically increase taxation while they themselves run around the world using vast amounts of fossil fuels, eh? It’s also interesting how the “solutions” dovetail nicely into far left solutions for everything else.

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ISIS Reveals That They Really Love Gardening

By William Teach March 7, 2015 – 7:56 am

They decided to take a brief break from their typical atrocities

Come for the jihad… stay for the gardening: ISIS reveals its latest recruitment tactic to tempt militants – a new garden centre to visit when they’re not murdering people

Islamic State have released their most boring and uninspiring propaganda photos on social media today, revealing gardening as one of the little known past time shared by their supporters.

The dull photos appear to be an attempt by the brutal extremist group to show an interest in the environment and other calmer activities.

The images were taken in the Iraqi province of Nineveh, home to some of the most fertile earth in the Middle East. (snip)

It appears that when they are not fighting the Kurds or dodging coalition airstrikes, residents in Islamic State enjoy pottering around their garden.

Make sure to check out all the cute photos, especially of the flowers and plants that would wilt in the Iraqi heat. But, of course, don’t look for any women

Whilst several middle aged men appear to tending to the plants, few customers are shown buying any of the plants in the nursery. As usual, not a single woman is shown in any of the photos.

I have to wonder if hardcore jihadis are afraid of women, like 4th graders at a school dance. But, hey, don’t worry, because ISIS released some other propaganda, as well

Eight dead bodies hang from a metal frame in the Iraq’s Kirkuk province in Islamic State’s latest public display of barbarity.

The gruesome images which emerged on social media show the men’s limp bodies suspended from their feet off a tall structure in the town of Hawija.

The notorious black flag used by Islamist groups like ISIS is displayed above them as horrified onlookers inspect the scene.

Speaking of that black flag, ISIS is also selling its own line of clothing for kids and babies, as well as for adults

From babywear to wedding rings, ISIS supporters have been showing off their appalling taste in fashion on social media.

Most ISIS merchandises appear to be cheaply made and poor quality, always adorned with the ISIS badge.

The uninspiring fashion pieces have been seen being worn by fighters, mothers and babies living in ISIS territory in Syria and Iraq.

Appalled yet?

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