If All You See…

By William Teach September 8, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil CO2 infused beer, which also puts out lots of CO2 when being made, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Flopping Aces, with a post on Obama’s Syrian distraction.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach September 8, 2013 – 9:51 am

Happy Sunday! Another fantastic day here in the once and future nation of America. This pinup is by Edward D’Ancona with a wee bit of help, and has the perfect message for President McBombypants.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. iOwnTheWorld covers Bloomberg calling Bill de Blasio’s campaign “racist”
  2. Watts Up With That? has the quote of the day from Down Under
  3. The New Nostradamus of The North is happy about Tony Abbott’s win in Australia
  4. Wake Up America has tweet to impeach
  5. This ain’t Hell… notes that Code Pink is getting a bit whiny
  6. Wild Thing notes that the military is revolting against any Syrian action
  7. The Strata-Sphere is shocked that ABC would release strike plans
  8. The People’s Cube notes that teachers are bummed about wearing bras and panties
  9. The Other McCain has Alyssa Milano’s educational sex tape
  10. The Lonely Conservative notes that IBM is dumping their retirees into the Obamacare exchange
  11. The Jawa Report has a short guide to Syria and the Middle East
  12. The Gateway Pundit covers the liberal Hate towards Dana Perino
  13. The Daley Gator notes that Obama’s DOE (meaning taxpayers) will lose tens of millions over a “green” car company
  14. Alberta Ardvark covers the bat guano crazy Pres of Liberal Party in Alberta
  15. And last, but not least, Scared Monkeys notes the “supposed” hate crime in NYC

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 outwhat I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts

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.

The posts do take a long time, so, if you want to send me your links for Rule 5 babeage or links, use ye olde email in the header bar (remove the NOSPAM part). Preferably, create the html link so I can copy and paste how you want it to read.

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Will Obama Discuss All The Islamic Extremist Groups Operating In Syria When He Goes On TV?

By William Teach September 8, 2013 – 8:02 am

Ahead of his supposed Big Speech on Tuesday night, President Nobel Peace Prize Who’s Making A Case For Going All Bomby will go on six programs

(Politico) Obama will tape interviews Monday afternoon with anchors from ABC, CBS and NBC, as well as with PBS, CNN and Fox News, the White House said.

The interviews will be conducted by ABC’s Diane Sawyer, CBS’s Scott Pelley, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Fox’s Chris Wallace, NBC’s Brian Williams and PBS’s Gwen Ifill.

Sawyer and Ifill will probably ask him how the new puppy is taking to life in the White House, Blitzer and Pelley will probably ask why Republicans are so racist that they won’t give Obama the power to bomb away, Williams is a wild card, but Wallace will surely ask the hard questions which cause Obama to “ah, um, and er” beyond normal, questions about things like this

(Fox News) Syrian activists say rebels including al-Qaida-linked fighters have gained control of the Christian village of Maaloula northeast of the capital Damascus.

The rebel advance into the area this week was reportedly spearheaded by the Jabhat al-Nusra, or Nusra Front, exacerbating fears among Syrians and religious minorities in particular about the role played by Islamic extremists within the rebel ranks.

Rami Abdurrahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the Nusra Front backed by another group, the Qalamon Liberation Front, moved into the village after heavy clashes with the army late Saturday.

Perhaps Obama can also explain why kids were possibly killed in a “Nato led”, meaning U.S., airstrike in Afghanistan. And just how Obama will protect civilians when the Assad government has had plenty of time to embed their forces and military assets into civilian areas. Especially since there are conflicting reports as to the evidence which says that Assad forces used chemical weapons.

BTW, not all liberals seem to be super enthused about getting bomby on Syria. Crazy Alan Grayson is not convinced as to the evidence. Democrats in Congress are very much no sure thing to vote for intervention. And…

The president hasn’t won over liberal activist groups, either. The Associated Press reported late Saturday that MoveOn.org has spent “in the mid-five figures” to air a TV commercial urging Congress to oppose airstrikes against Syria. The 30-second ad, titled “Not Again,” says the U.S. didn’t set out to spend eight years at war in Iraq and a decade in Afghanistan and predicts the same thing will happen if Congress approves Obama’s desired military action in Syria.

Well, if MoveOn is opposing action, perhaps airstrikes are actually the right thing to do. Oh, and

On Friday, French President Francois Hollande qualified his country’s support, saying the country would wait for the U.N. report before deciding to intervene militarily.

So, it looks like France is backing away at this point. But, like many countries

The official also said the list of countries that signed the EU agreement shows broad international support for the U.S. even if the countries don’t participate operationally and that the statement includes everything the White House wanted.

So, all those countries are willing to be cheerleaders for President McBombypants, but won’t lift a finger to help. Perhaps they also see that the civil war in Syria has become Assad versus Islamic extremists, groups linked to the same one which perpetrated 9/11 and other atrocities and hold the same extremist values.

Crossed at Right Wing News and Stop The ACLU.

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Karma

By William Teach September 7, 2013 – 7:14 pm

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Majuro Declaration Calls For Everyone To Stop Breathing

By William Teach September 7, 2013 – 3:40 pm

Cause, it’s for the kids or something

(Guardian) Australia, New Zealand and the heads of state of 13 other Pacific states this week called for the phase-out of greenhouse gas pollution and acknowledged current efforts to tackle climate change are insufficient.

The Majuro declaration for Climate Leadership is surprisingly strong considering these types of documents are usually intent on satisfying the least ambitious parties – Australia and New Zealand, in this case. But the text, adopted at the 44th Pacific Island Forum, appeals for urgent action, commits all signatories to be “climate leaders” and calls for an energy revolution.

I wouldn’t count on Australia being involved, since the Labor Party just lost power.

For me, two things stand out in particular.

First, the declaration explicitly recognises the need for a complete “phase down” of greenhouse gas emissions. Not “x% emissions by date y” – the sort of language that is important from a scientific perspective but has little meaning for the general public. The idea of a phase down makes clear that in the long run we need to eliminate greenhouse gas pollution altogether.

Which means we have to immediately abandon all uses of fossil fuels…say, how will the people get home from the conference, held in the Marshall Islands? Anyhow, the author, Kelly Riggs, says we have to do away with all fossil fuels use and investment to stop evil greenhouse gas pollution

I’ve been in Majuro throughout the forum proceedings, and have explored the streets, spoken to residents and walked the eroding beaches myself. It was a powerful experience to see what it means to live on the front lines of climate change.

She goes on to note how an island could be disappearing into the sea, which apparently never happened, and I blame her for it, unless she swam there. But, unfortunately for her talking points, sea rise in the Marshall Islands is barely existent.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 7, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is the heat that is hiding in the deep ocean, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Political Realities, with a post on yet another Liberal blaming Bush for Obama’s Syria dithering.

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Super Smart Team O Thought Iran Would Abandon Syria

By William Teach September 7, 2013 – 12:02 pm

Anyone get the feeling that The Smartest Administration Evah!!!! is simply winging it based on college bull sessions?

(Washington Examiner) Iran is enduring economic sanctions designed to slow the country’s nuclear weapons program, but President Obama’s team thought the regime might abandon dictator Bashar Assad over his use of chemical weapons in Syria’s civil war. (Snip)

“We worked with the UN to create a group of inspectors and then worked for more than six months to get them access to the country on the logic that perhaps the presence of an investigative team in the country might deter future attacks,” Power said at the Center for American Progress as she made the case for intervening in Syria.

“Or, if not, at a minimum, we thought perhaps a shared evidentiary base could convince Russia or Iran — itself a victim of Saddam Hussein’s monstrous chemical weapons attacks in 1987-1988 — to cast loose a regime that was gassing it’s people,” she said.

Shockingly, Iran denied Obama/Power Smart Power and said “piss off”. I know I shouldn’t be surprised at the sheer buffoonery and cluelessness of Obama and the people he hires, but this one is dumber than expected.

Furthermore, note where Power said this. She’s given up on the United Nations already (after missing many sessions because she was on holiday), but is happy to reach out to the ultra far left Center For Amerikan Progress.

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Warmists Blame Syrian Conflict On “Climate Change”

By William Teach September 7, 2013 – 8:06 am

It’s not the first time recent conflicts are being blamed on “climate change”, ie, because you, dear reader, drove a fossil fueled vehicle and probably have an ice maker in your fridge. Nor will it be the last. But Warmists see an opening to push their cult like dogma when it comes to Syria

(Motherboard) Most Americans’ understanding of the root of the Syrian conflict boils down to something like this: Bashar al-Assad is a sociopathic maniac who’d rather mow down his own people than relinquish dictatorship. While that’s undoubtedly part of the equation, there’s obviously a lot more at play than that. And some of the blame, scholars argue, can be traced all the way to climate change.

As was the case with many of the nations touched by the Arab Spring, a large swath of Syria’s citizenry wasn’t just poor, oppressed, and disenfranchised by an authoritarian regime—they were starving, too. And they were starving because Syria had been stricken by a five year drought believed to be exacerbated by climate change. There was eventually too little rain to even grow crops or to feed livestock.

William Polk, an ex-US State Department advisor, has written a meticulously detailed account of the genesis of the conflict over at The Atlantic. As Digby writes at Alternet, “It is the most cogent recitation and analysis of the Syrian crisis that I’ve seen.”

It is also an exceptionally detailed case study of how, exactly, climate change can directly influence—even precipitate—a violent conflict. Considering Syria’s path to war, step-by-step, provides a powerful breakdown of what might continue to happen in the future, so as long as the globe continues to warm, the food system continues to be in thrall to commodity traders and market swings, and vast swaths of the global population remain impoverished.

See? It’s so simple. Colleges refuse to divest from evil fossil fuels, and the next thing you know Assad (or someone) is using chemical weapons. You refuse to purchase a Chevy Volt and keep your AC at 80 degrees, and I saw you eating that cheeseburger and CO2 infused soft drink, so we can further Blame you.

The article comes via Climate Depot, which notes that the drought of the 1933 was blamed on the yo-yo, ending with Syria banning it.

BTW, who would possibly have thought that somewhere in the middle east would experience drought?

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Conscience Of The World Kerry Forgets To Mention What Syria Has To Do With US National Security

By William Teach September 7, 2013 – 7:21 am

Secretary Of State John “Waffles” Kerry offers up an opinion piece at the far left Huffington Post which attempts to make the case to the far left that going all bomby on Syria is the Right Thing To Do, which starts off with a headline taking Obama’s line about it being the world setting the red line

A Yes Vote of Conscience for the World’s Red Line

I’m sometimes asked how, as someone who testified 42 years ago against the Vietnam War in which I had fought, I could testify in favor of action to hold the Assad regime accountable today.

The answer is, I spoke my conscience in 1971 and I’m speaking my conscience now in 2013.

Secretary Hagel and I support limited military action against Syrian regime targets not because we’ve forgotten the lessons and horrors of war — but because we remember them.

Make no mistake: If another Vietnam or another Iraq were on the table in the Situation Room, I wouldn’t be sitting at the witness table before Congress advocating for action.

Right. He’d be for the action before he was against it (for partisan political reasons). Funny how he remembers the horrors of war after 1,400 people were killed, but not another 100K plus.

I spent two years of my life working to stop the war in Vietnam, and made enemies and lost friends because of my decision to speak my mind.

Yes, you spent two years denigrating and slurring your fellow Americans who were serving/served in Vietnam, most of whom were drafted. You complained about Nixon “lying” in 1968, even though he was not yet in office, and even seemed to be blaming him for the 16,000 US deaths that year. You were not a good person, and deserved all the scorn and loss of friends that accompanied your horrible testimony.

As part of that effort, this weekend I will meet with European Foreign Ministers in Vilnius, Lithuania, where I will continue to lay out the evidence we have collected and seek to broaden support for a limited military response to deter the Assad regime from launching another chemical weapons attack.

Whew! If Lithuania joins up, that’s huge!

So what’s at stake here that caused the President to come to the Congress and ask Congress to authorize action?

Those of us who believe in the international order and believe in efforts to ensure that certain international norms against chemical weapons are respected — we have much at stake in this debate.

One would think some sort of rationale would be laid out which would provide reasons beyond the moral, alas, no, other than maybe, possibly, chemical weapons would be used against some other country like “Israel, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq”. Fortunately, Kerry, doesn’t appear to have a problem with bombs and bullets.

And I have no doubt that for anyone who wants to see a diplomatic solution to two of the world’s most pressing proliferation challenges — Iran and North Korea — ask yourselves: Are these two countries more or less likely to plunge ahead with proliferation and provocation if they see Assad’s actions go unanswered? I would argue that we all know the answer to this question: They are more likely to do so.

They are more likely to be emboldened by the waffling, vacillation, and incompetence of Team Obama, along with the notion that they’ll be informed of exactly where, what, and how the US would strike. Also, that Team Obama is unable to build a coalition beyond (maybe) France, and is now down to attempting to get Lithuania to help out.

This is a vote of conscience. And I know that the same reasons that compelled me to join the United States Navy and serve, and the same reasons that compelled me to speak out against the war in which I’d fought, tell me now that the cause of conscience and conviction is the cause for action in Syria.

What of all those Coptic Christians being slaughtered in Egypt? Or those Christians being slaughter in Darfur? Do the people being killed by guns and bombs in Syria count for naught? If this was such an easy decision, more nations would be joining, Team Obama would take it to the United Nations, and Americans would be behind an military action. They all obviously aren’t. This has little to nothing to do with American security or interests.

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Weaker Than Expected Jobs Report Partly Due To Adult Film Layoffs

By William Teach September 6, 2013 – 2:26 pm

I was really, really, really hoping this would be part of the White House’s Blamestorming as to yet another “eh” and “blah” jobs report. Alas, no

(Telegraph) The US porn industry is latest reason being given for the worse-than-expected non-farm payroll. The Washington Post’s Wonkblog reports :

The adult film industry appears to have made a disappointing August jobs report look even worse. The report shows carnage in the movie business. It lost 22,000 jobs on the month, or nearly 6 percent of its total jobs.

Of course, that was expected to be temporary, due to a temporary shutdown because of an HIV scare, as one actress apparently tested HIV positive.

As the Administration stresses every month, the monthly employment and unemployment figures can be volatile, and payroll employment estimates can be subject to substantial revision. Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report and it is informative to consider each report in the context of other data that are becoming available.  Nevertheless, incoming economic data broadly suggest that the recovery continues to make progress. It is therefore essential that policymakers avoid “self-inflicted wounds” that could derail the recovery and stay focused on policies that will help sustain and boost the pace of job creation.

Ed Morrissey breaks down all the numbers (except the porn part), and notes a jump of 516,000 who disappeared from the workforce in despair. I’m sure they’re thrilled that the Admin sees progress in the recovery. Which has been going on for over 4 years now.

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