“Rape By Fraud”? NJ Politician Looks To Criminalize It

By William Teach November 24, 2014 – 9:39 am

I usually leave these loony tunes type stories to The Other McCain, but this one caught my eye

(NJ.com) Imagine this: A man woos a woman to bed with tales of his riches, fast cars and a vacation home in Monaco. But he actually lives in his mother’s basement.

Or this: A seemingly wealthy widow convinces a younger man to sleep with her on the notion that they may marry and he’ll inherit her money. In reality, she’s broke.

In both cases, someone lied about his or her status in order to have sex with someone else.

Under a bill recently proposed by a south Jersey lawmaker, such actions would not only be considered dishonest. They could prompt charges of rape.

Earlier this month, Assemblyman Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) introduced the bill (A3908), which would create the crime of “sexual assault by fraud,” which it defines as “an act of sexual penetration to which a person has given consent because the actor has misrepresented the purpose of the act or has represented he is someone he is not.”

That’s right, if you misrepresent yourself at a bar and get a bit of nooky you could be charged with felony rape. Remember when liberals said they wanted government out of the bedroom?

“I truly believe that we have to look at the issue of rape as more than sexual contact without consent,” Singleton said. “Fraud invalidates any semblance of consent just as forcible sexual contact does.

This could lead to a 20-30 year prison sentence. Way too much to excerpt, you need to read the whole article.

I wonder when we are going to criminalize fraud from politicians?

Here’s another interesting and somewhat related article

(CNN) The University of Virginia is suspending all fraternities and associated parties until January 9 following a Rolling Stone magazine article that described a student’s account of being gang raped and her frustration at trying to bring her alleged attackers to accountability.

They know exactly which fraternity house this occurred in, but, they are going to punish without due process all fraternities. Sororities and all Greek system activities are likewise suspended. Without due process. Despite there being no criminal complaint. Nor evidence.

She didn’t want to go to law enforcement but told the school’s Sexual Misconduct Board what happened, Rolling Stone reported.

Let me get this straight: she says she was raped, but failed to go to the actual authorities? Her frustration lies with her, then. This is one of the big problems, in that schools have no business taking the place of the legal system. However, they are convenient places to complain when there might be no criminal activity. I wonder if we will later find out that the story is manufactured?

I see Noah Rothman is also discussing the NJ.com article, as well as others.

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Good News: Obama’s Green Loans Were Unprofitable, And That’s The Way They Should Be

By William Teach November 24, 2014 – 7:23 am

And by “unprofitable”, The Week writer Ryan Cooper means to government, because the loans sure seemed profitable to the recipients of the loans, 80% of whom were Democrat donors

Yes, the Obama administration’s green loans are unprofitable. They should be.

Last week, we were treated to another instance of completely confused debate over a government financing program, this time the Department of Energy’s green loans initiative. The department released a financial report on the program, which has been quite successful. A report at BusinessWeek claimed the program was on track to make a $5 billion profit.

The problem is that the $5 billion figure doesn’t take into account the costs of financing or the rate of default. Correcting for that, the program is narrowly unprofitable. Thus, the bean counters over at the Tax Policy Center attacked, wagging their fingers at reporters for not reading the report closely, and accusing the Department of Energy of selling its program in a misleading way.

The report itself has an interesting graphic

That equates to $535,714 per job created. Anyhow

But this whole discussion is beside the point. As with the TARP bailout — when the government invested tens of millions of dollars in big banks — discussions of “profitability” are completely pointless. The federal government has the world’s reserve currency and the legal ability to make arbitrary quantities of dollars. Profitability is an important question for businesses, and state governments to a lesser extent, because they don’t have the dollar creation machine. But for the feds, it’s simply not an important benchmark. The question is whether the policy is good or not.

The problem is that so many of the loans were made for political payback, and many were not paid back. Many were made despite the DOE knowing that the loans were bad risks (Solyndra, anyone?) This is just another talking point to make it seem like government pissing away taxpayer money on “climate change” is a good thing.

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What’s The Cost Of Illegal Alien “Amnesty”?

By William Teach November 24, 2014 – 6:59 am

How about $40 billion a year?

(Daily Caller) President Barack Obama’s amnesty for four million illegal immigrants will cost Americans about $2 trillion, or roughly $40 billion a year for the next five decades.

The cost of Obama’s generosity is equivalent to 30 cents extra for every gallon of gas bought by Americans.

Or a $10 monthly fee added to every cellphone.

Or a $22,000 tax on every American graduate’s four-year college degree.

The $2 trillion cost is driven by the federal government’s support for all poor people, says Robert Rector, a budget analyst at the Heritage Foundation. Rector explained that, on average, the illegal immigrants benefiting from the amnesty have a 10th grade education.

That low education ensures they can’t earn enough money, or pay enough taxes, to pay for the many benefits they’ll get if they progress from temporary residents to legal residents and then to citizens, Rector said.

No matter what Obama says, illegals who are part of Obama’s non-amnesty amnesty will end up with all sorts of government benefits. Democrats and the deferred action recipients will push and agitate for more services provided at government expense (followed by a push for the right to vote).

Rector draws his estimate from a May 2013 analysis he completed for Heritage, which predicted a $6.3 trillion, 50-year cost if all 12 million illegals in the country were granted amnesty.

Don’t think Obama won’t push for some sort of amnesty, er, deferred action, for the rest of the illegals.

And while liberals are pushing this

“A deferred action program that allows undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for at least five years to apply for a temporary work permit would increase payroll tax revenues by $6.08 billion in the first year alone and increase revenues by $44.96 billion over five years,” said a September report by the Center for American Progress.

in reality we get this

However, in a public 2013 conversation with fellow economists, the head of Obama’s CEA admitted that the flood of new workers actually helps hold down Americans’ wages.

And we can expect more and more illegals to flood the borders for their shot at gaining “deferred action”, all while our wages stagnate more, our classrooms are burdened with kids who barely speak English, and the tax money of legal citizens goes to support illegals.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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It’s That Time Of The Year Again: Warmists Linking Thanksgiving And “Climate Change”

By William Teach November 23, 2014 – 4:03 pm

Whenever any type of big holiday comes up, you can always find some Warmist writing something nutty. I bet you thought the pinup featuring a plane in the earlier Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup post was random, right? You might have been wondering why it wasn’t a Thanksgiving one. Here we go

Federal action needed to tame airline’s high-flying climate pollution

Some 24 million Americans will cram into airplanes for Thanksgiving travel this year. They’ll face flight delays, bag fees and hassles with reclining seats. And most will fly home in inefficient planes that spew far too much climate-damaging carbon pollution.

Greenhouse emissions from aviation are rising rapidly, even as scientists explain that we’re running out of time to avoid disastrous global warming effects, from dangerous temperature increases to food-supply disruptions.

You might be asking yourself if writer Vera Pardee has given up her own fossil fueled travel. She doesn’t say. Nor at the HuffPo article. Make sure to ask her at the story. Like most Warmists, she wants all sorts of restrictions and stuff on Other People. I’d say she probably hasn’t

We must push the EPA to propose meaningful emission reductions that allow us to fly with cleaner consciences and cleaner air. If we want to preserve a livable climate, we can’t tolerate further delay.

Humph.

It’s Time To Rethink Your Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner

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Skipping the meat this holiday season can also have a great positive impact on the environment. In the United States, animal agriculture has surpassed both the transportation industry and the electricity industry in emission of harmful greenhouse gasses, making the meat production the country’s leading cause of climate change. 35,000 miles of American rivers are polluted with animal waste and, outside of the U.S., two acres of rainforest are destroyed every minute to grow animal feed. By keeping meat off your table over the holidays, you’ll be doing your part to reduce your family’s carbon footprint and show your thankfulness to Mother Earth.

Notice how they are essentially demanding that you rethink that Thanksgiving dinner. They’re demanding that you go vegan.

A Vegan Gives Ten Reasons to Skip the Turkey This Thanksgiving

7. Skipping meat is good for the planet.
In the words of Moby: “Animal agriculture is responsible for producing more climate change gases than every car, boat, bus, truck, motorcycle and airplane on the planet. Combined.” Yes, really.

There are plenty more nutty articles where these came from. We also have

And here are some topics to create fights at the table on Thanksgiving, including Hotcoldwetdry.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 23, 2014 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil fossil fueled stove, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post showing that Australians mostly don’t believe in AGW.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach November 23, 2014 – 8:36 am

patriotic pinup Romain Hugualt

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in America. The birds are singing, there’s a nip of winter in the air. This pinup is by Romain Hugualt, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. A View From the Beach notes that Obama is bring back the swinging 60’s
  2. All American Blogger points out something Obama did while declaring amnesty
  3. Cool! Doug Ross made the White House enemies list
  4. Fire Andrea Mitchell wants you to guess what Obama did while in Vegas
  5. Lady Liberty 1885 wants you to see what standards look like for a 2nd grader
  6. Legal Insurrection is playing “what if a Republican said this?”
  7. Protein Wisdom points out what feminism looks like
  8. Raised On Hoecakes catches some serious media bias
  9. The Daley Gator notes that there are only “peaceful” protesters in Ferguson
  10. The Last Tradition has another great moment in Free Speech
  11. The Lonely Conservative points to when Hillary was against imperial presidents
  12. The Other McCain wonders if Salon thinks Paul Ryan is a time traveler.
  13. This ain’t Hell… takes us on a musical journey.
  14. Israel Matzav notes the West easing demands on Iran
  15. And last, but not least, The First Street Journal has lies, damned lies, and statistics

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

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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Obama Weekly Address: “Not How Our Democracy Works”

By William Teach November 23, 2014 – 8:18 am

Obama’s weekly address Saturday was, unsurprisingly, all about his executive amnesty. He made some of his standard points, then went down an interesting road. Video here, if you can stomach it. Transcript here (via Breitbart)

Hi everybody. Today, I’m at Del Sol High School, in Las Vegas, to talk with students and families about immigration.

We are a nation of immigrants. It has always given America a big advantage over other nations. It keeps our country young, dynamic, and entrepreneurial. But today, our immigration system is broken, and everybody knows it.

Same old same old. Interestingly, most of those immigrants were legal ones, and were happy to be a part of America. They weren’t slipping across the borders or over-staying their visas.

Then we get his typical whining about Congress, primarily Republicans, refusing to pass a comprehensive bill…which, of course, means legislation that Obama approves of, and would be diametrically opposed to Republican/Conservative policies…which led to Obama taking this anti-Constitutional action. He didn’t bother reaching out to Republicans, he didn’t wait till the 2015 session started to see what they would do, he didn’t do what most Presidents do, having meetings, discussing options, using charm. But, hey, he really, really wants to work with Republicans!

As you might have heard, there are Members of Congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better. Well, I have one answer for that: Pass a bill. The day I sign it into law, the actions I’ve taken to help solve this problem will no longer be necessary.

In the meantime, we can’t allow a disagreement over a single issue to be a dealbreaker on every issue. That’s not how our democracy works. This debate deserves more than politics as usual. It’s important for our future. It’s about who we are, and the future we want to build. (emphasis added)

Interesting. He blows off “how democracy works” in favor of his kingly prerogative, spits in the eye of Republicans and, according to polls, over half the country, and then says the above. He’s done a great job in poisoning the well over the past 6 years, and this is the final nail in the coffin of his trustworthyness.

Not to get too caught up in his use of “democracy”, it should be noted that we are a “representative republic”, whereby people are elected to represent a certain point of view. That view is anti-amnesty. But, the king has determined that it is his way or the highway. He misses the point that he doesn’t get to chose the views that our elected officials in the law making branch hold.

I like what commenter at Breitbart Jubal Early had to say

I guess this moron just realized that this was probably the last thing he will accomplish as President. After January 1st, he will not get one more appointee through, will not sign one more lefty bill, if a Supreme Court Justice dies – you can forget an up vote on any of his choices. He will be inundated with an avalanche of Republican bills and the next two years he will earn the labels “President of No” and “Veto Emperor.”

I guess he was expecting lots of praise from the American people and lots of screaming and shouting from the Republicans. After a collective yawn and head shake of derision by just about everyone, he now wants to avoid the consequences of his petulance.

Will Republicans hold tough? Time will tell. Because Obama loves strife and conflict. Working together is antipodal in his world. He will attempt to pick fights for the next two years.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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Yet Another Hysterical Article Blaming Cold And Snowy Winters On AGW

By William Teach November 22, 2014 – 4:23 pm

Climanitwits, and one of the best amongst the major media is Chris Mooney

(Washington Post) It may be the timeliest — and most troubling — idea in climate science.

Back in 2012, two researchers with a particular interest in the Arctic, Rutgers’ Jennifer Francis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Stephen Vavrus, published a paper called “Evidence linking Arctic amplification to extreme weather in mid-latitudes.” In it, they suggested that the fact that the Arctic is warming so rapidly is leading to an unexpected but profound effect on the weather where the vast majority of us live — a change that, if their theory is correct, may have something to do with the extreme winter weather the U.S. has seen lately. (snip)

According to Francis, the extreme U.S. winter of last year and now, the extremes at the beginning of this season, fit her theory. “This winter looks a whole lot like last winter, it’s a very amplified jet stream pattern,” she says. “We know that when we get these patterns, it tends to be very persistent. And it is definitely the type of pattern that we expect to see more often as the Artic continues to warm so fast.”

So,  let’s see,  be Warmist Theory,  the last glacial period must have been super duper hot.

These wankers have created a tautology where by nothing can ever disprove their beliefs. Yes,  what they are positing is poppycock, a big stinky load of mule fritters,  but Warmists are too fanatical to understand nor ever give up. They are as far removed from science as those practicing witchcraft.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 22, 2014 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil refrigerator which causes more and less hurricanes, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 90Ninety Miles From Tyranny, with a post on asking what you will be doing during the riots.

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Surprise: Only 5% Think Climate Change Is Most Important Issue

By William Teach November 22, 2014 – 11:03 am

I actually read a similar article yesterday at the Washington Post on the study, but that one was all about making religious people feel stupid about believing in Biblical scripture regarding the apocalypse. Anyhow, Climate Change Dispatch finds a separate article, with more interesting details

Even though President Obama considers climate change a top priority for his administration, a recent survey conducted between Sept. 18 and Oct. 8 shows it is barely a blip on most American’s list of concerns.

The survey, based on over 3,000 interviews with American adults conducted in English and Spanish, reveals that only 5 percent thought global warming was the most worrisome issue facing the country. The survey was done by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) to see if religion played a factor in their beliefs, or none at all.

It also showed that over 50 percent of respondents either thought the planet was heating up due to natural causes or uncertain of why global warming was happening (25 percent), or that there was no solid evidence that Earth was heating up in recent decades (26 percent).

Forty-six percent said global warming was a fact and blamed it on human activity.

Interestingly, the WP article from Cathy Lynn Grossman swipes my word

Just 5 percent of Americans thought climate change was the most important issue in the U.S. today. And religion was a major dividing point on how much — or how little — they think it’s a matter of concern, according to a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute.

The largest group, dubbed the “Believers” (46 percent overall), said global warming is a fact and they lay the blame on human activity. They were most likely (74 percent) to be very or somewhat concerned about climate change.

Hey, now, I often refer to Warmists as “Believers”. Always capitalized. Also climahysterics, climahypocrits, Alarmists, climatists, and climanitwits. OK, I actually haven’t used that last one, but it fits.

This goes hand in hand with all the pushing for religion to push climate change. Heck, some churches are being told they won’t be charged a rain tax in Maryland if they preach “climate change”.

The big takeaway, though, is that “climate change” is once again at the bottom of what Americans care about. From the study

Americans rank climate change last on a list of important issues. Only five percent of Americans say climate change is the most important issue facing the U.S. today. The issue of climate change ranks behind the lack of jobs (22%), the increasing gap between rich and poor (18%), health care (17%), the budget deficit (13%), immigration reform (10%), and the rising cost of education (9%).

Bummer.

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