Liberals Blow Gasket Over Missouri State Fair Clown With Obama Mask

By William Teach August 12, 2013 – 7:30 am

Liberals have absolutely no humor when it is one of them being made fun of

(Kansas City Star) The taxpayer-supported Missouri State Fair got a lot of negative publicity Sunday following a report of a shameful stunt that occurred Saturday night in Sedalia.

The story by an eyewitness, Perry Beam, is posted to Daily Kos and Show Me Progress.

Basically, a clown wearing a mask of President Barack Obama came out during the bull riding event at the fair. The crowd was asked if it wanted to see Obama “run down by a bull.” (UPDATE: 6:55 p.m.: Here are two short videos of part of the incident: “We’re going to smoke Obama, man,” says announcer.)

Egged on by the crowd and the announcer, “One of the clowns ran up and started bobbling the lips on the mask and the people went crazy. Finally, a bull came close enough to him that he had to move, so he jumped up and ran away to the delight of the onlookers hooting and hollering from the stands.”

Obviously this is a horrible show of respect for the President of the United States at a public event at the state fair— which got more than $400,000 from Missouri state taxpayers this year.

We didn’t show King George III much respect, either. Furthermore, I don’t remember liberals getting upset over people wearing George W. Bush masks, or when Game Of Thrones featured a GWB head. Bush mask good, Obama mask bad. Respect is earned. Considering Obama constantly denigrates people who do not believe as he does, he gets the respect he earned.

It’s also borderline illegal; the U.S. Secret Service takes threats against the president seriously. While the president himself was in no danger here, it’s the kind of stupid activity that could give nuts ideas about harming the president.

Good grief, a threat? Seriously? So, should these nuts have been investigated?

Or were they just expressing their 1st Amendment Rights?

All sorts of politicians, including Republicans, jumped on this, and stated how shameful it was. Remember how all those Democrat politicians denounced people wearing Bush mask, and even all the assassination chic against Bush? No? Hmph.

BTW, funny how liberals get very worked up over this, but not IRS targeting of Conservative groups, 4 dead Americans in Benghazi, the hundreds killed and injured by Fast and Furious guns, etc.

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Boston “GreenFest” Highlights Massive Snow Caused By Globull Warming

By William Teach August 12, 2013 – 6:47 am

Cult

(Charlestown Patch) Entering its sixth year, Boston GreenFest 2013 will entertain and educate with music from countries around the globe and a variety of exhibits on fashion, cars, robots, art, poetry, dance, tai chi and more.

Um, wait, cars? Aren’t they bad for Hotcoldwetdry?

The annual event, sponsored by the Foundation for a Green Future, is an opportunity for Charlestown residents to learn about ways to save money while doing more for their families, neighborhood and city

Anyone want to bet that these “ways” involve more government and taxation rather than changing personal behavior?

“Everyone hears about climate change, but no one wants to believe it,” said Dr. Karen Weber, executive director of the Foundation for a Green Future. “We felt it this winter when it snowed so much and we felt it [this summer] when it was hotter than it ever was in Boston. We see it when there are more tornados than ever—even in Massachusetts—and super storms like Sandy. Yet, once these things pass, we forget and go right back to doing what we always did, trying to tell ourselves that we don’t need to make any changes.”

But, then, we aren’t supposed to actually listen to Dr. Weber, since she is not a climate scientist, but, instead, holds a doctorate in Law, Policy and Society from Northeastern University.

We aren’t seeing more tornadoes than ever. In fact, this has been the slowest tornado season on record. No landfalling major hurricanes (cat 3 or higher) since October 24, 2004. Only 1 landfalling hurricane since 2008, and it could be argued that Isaac wasn’t a hurricane. So far, this season has been a dud. Yes, Boston is looking at about 2F higher than normal for the year, while around 70% of the lower 48 is below average. Heck, Raleigh is looking to have temps in the 70’s this week, with a projected high of 72 on Thursday. 8 of the next 10 are forecasted to be below, and in some cases well below average. Heck, we’re going to be cooler than Boston.

But, this snow thing, sheesh, these people are nuts.

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Skeptical Science Blames Population Reduction For Little Ice Age

By William Teach August 11, 2013 – 4:21 pm

Which they’re also saying didn’t really occur. The article starts out by mentioning several natural, saying they are “proposed” causes, such as decreased solar activity, volcanic activity, and a slow-down in the ocean conveyers, and then states that they were non-factors. So, it can only be caused by humans! (via Steven Goddard)

(Skeptical Science) The Black Death caused a decrease in the human populations of Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East during the 14th century and a consequent decline in agricultural activity.  A similar effect occurred in North America after European contact in the 16th century.  Ruddiman (2003) suggests reforestation took place as a result of this reduced human population and agricultural activity, allowing more carbon dioxide uptake from the atmosphere to the biosphere, thus having a cooling effect.  Ruddiman concluded as follows.

“If the 10-ppm CO2 decreases are caused by plague-induced reforestation events, they would cool northern hemisphere temperatures by ∼0.17°C, assuming a 2 × CO2 sensitivity of 2.5°C.”

Of course, we’ve seen the exact opposite effect in recent centuries, as the human population has continued to grow, increasing deforestation, and of course anthropogenic CO2 emissions through burning fossil fuels.  However, it’s difficult to classify increased human greenhouse gas emissions as a “recovery from the LIA.”

There’s a problem with this. A big problem. The spread of the Black Plague causing fleas living on rats and other animals was actually caused by cooler, wetter conditions. The conditions caused by the coming Little Ice Age, not by the warmer, drier atmosphere of the Global Climate Optimum. But the attempt here is to Blame it all on humans, and state that fewer humans is simply an awesome idea, along with, again, linking the LIA to Mankind, rather than natural forces.

To sum up, with the exception of the human population, the factors which contributed to the LIA cannot account for the global warming of the past 50-100 years.  Further, it is not physically accurate to claim that the planet is simply “recovering” from the LIA.  This argument is akin to saying that when you drop a ball off a cliff, it falls because it used to be higher.  There is a physical mechanism for these changes.  In the case of the ball, it falls because of the gravitational pull at the Earth’s surface.  In the case of the global temperature, it is warming from the increased greenhouse effect due to human activities.

Well, maybe then we should run an experiment where all the Believers in human caused climate change should kill themselves, with the Climate Realists as the control group, and we’ll see what happens. The article, which is entitled “What ended the Little Ice Age”, forgets to actually mention what ended the LIA, but we’re supposed to assume it was humans, even though the LIA ended in the mid-1800’s, not 50-100 years ago, which, interestingly, had a slight cooling period from the 40’s to late 1970’s, and has seen a statistically insignificant warming of just 0.14F since 1997.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 11, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…are evil CO2 infused beers that should be banned, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Other McCain, with a post on SlutWalk DC.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach August 11, 2013 – 9:29 am

Happy Sunday! Another great day to consider the once and future nation of the USA. This pinup is by Gil Elvgren with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. The Lonely Conservative covers Dingy Harry admitting Obamacare is a step towards single payer
  2. The Air Vent covers “weaponized “science””
  3. Jo Nova has a catalogue of green disasters across Europe
  4. Victory Girls wonders about dumb kids, smartphones, and automobile autocorrect
  5. Jihad Watch wants us to remember tha the real problem is Islamaphobia, not jihad acid attacks
  6. Golden Geese has a serious issue with Swedish fish
  7. Flopping Aces has more info on Lois Lerner
  8. Fire Andrea Mitchell highlights another member of the RoP
  9. Director Blue has 19 facts about illegals you won’t see in the MSM
  10. DaTechGuy wonders why Obama would talk about Benghazi or the IRS
  11. Cold Fury notes that Sarah Palin was right again
  12. Ace Of Spades has some interesting thoughts on death panels
  13. Bob Owens isn’t impressed by the latest change.org petition on Stand Your Ground
  14. Maggie’s Notebook notes that JPMorgan will making a killing off of amnesty
  15. And last, but not least, Public Secrets wants Donald Trump to shut up and go away

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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Man With Giant Carbon Footprint Sees Stopping Climate Change As Part Of His Legacy

By William Teach August 11, 2013 – 8:13 am

Let’s not forget, the man in question has a “carbon footprint” estimated at 41,000 metric tons, making him mostly to be the Man With Largest Carbon Footprint In The World. The average American’s footprint is a bit over 19 metric tons. Worldwide it is 2 tons. Heck, Obama is putting out way more than two tons just taking his 1%er vacation

(Washington Post) President Obama’s environmental policies are likely to play a prominent role in defining his second term, even as the budget, immigration and health care still dominate the current political debate.

When Gina McCarthy first met with Obama in the Oval Office on Jan. 10 to discuss the prospect of heading the Environmental Protection Agency, she recalled, “the first words out of his mouth was the need for EPA to focus on climate.”

“He sees this as a necessary part of his legacy,” she said in a recent interview.

First, “climate change” is not an environmental issue, it’s a political one. Second, 41,000 metric tons. Third, Obama’s legacy has already been written. Scandal after scandal after scandal. Running guns to Mexico, resulting in at least 200 deaths of Mexican citizens and 2 US federal border agents. Leaving 4 Americans to die in Benghazi. IRS targeting of Conservative groups. All followed by coverups. Expanding government spying on Americans domestically dramatically. And, really, they’ll probably say he presided over the worst economy since the start of the Great Depression. Under Carter, at least it was only during one term, and would best be described as “malaise”. Under Obama the term would be “despair”.

Cutting carbon emissions and preparing for the impacts of climate change are the biggest environmental policies the president is pursuing, but they are not the only ones. His deputies are laying the groundwork to manage public lands across broad regions, drawing on high-tech mapping to balance energy interests against conservation needs. They also are preparing to weigh in on a controversial mining proposal in Alaska.

In other words, they are supposedly going to go for “climate change” rules and regulations harder and with a serious far left edge, especially with Denis McDonough, who worked with the hyper-far left for Center For American Progress, as his chief of staff. They see this as a winning issue, all while Europe and other nations are moving away from these idiotic, economy killing policies.

Interestingly, there are things that make sense, like dealing with the nation’s power infrastructure, which is aging and inefficient. But, the minute it starts being put in context of “climate change” people will tune out. Team Obama also wants to slap solar panels up all over the deserts and public lands. What they want is everyone moving into cities, where existing ones become mega cities, and suburbs look more like NYC, in an attempt to get everyone in to one area, for multiple reasons, including reducing “carbon footprints”. This is part of Agenda 21 and the Obama admin plans. They call this “regionalism“.

Still, the center of the president’s climate plan lies with the EPA and its plan to finalize rules in the next two years to limit greenhouse-gas emissions from new and existing plants. In an interview, McCarthy said she and other administration officials still see coal plants as part of the nation’s energy mix “for the next 40 years” but said she was determined “to bend the curve on climate” by setting standards that will require utilities to build more efficient plants.

Unelected officials making law, which is constitutionally left in the hands of the Legislative Branch, because they feel this is the Right Thing To Do, regardless of how it will damage the economy and drive up the price of, well, everything. Obama has shown over his 4+ years that he has no clue as to How Economies Work, and these types of regulations would continue that trend.

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The Nation: Hey, You Know Global Warming Causes Cold, Too?

By William Teach August 10, 2013 – 5:24 pm

Yeah, had to start off with one. Here’s The Nation’s Madeline Ostrander

Frigid and Sweltering: The New Climate Normal

Climate change often seems more palpable (and gets more media coverage) at this time of year, after heat waves have hit parts of the country. But polls suggest many members of the public are confused about the connection between climate change and cold weather. As I noted in a post last week, belief in climate change drops among Americans during cold weather and dipped slightly after this past winter. Moreover, climate deniers and right-wing pundits tend to hype winter weather, as if climate models never anticipated another flake of snow.

But a new report produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, published on Tuesday in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, shows that both cold and hot weather in 2012 were heavily under the influence of climate change.

Obviously, what she means is that both hot and cold were caused by the greenhouse gases from human activity. We should probably expect even more of this bat guano insane, and completely un-scientific, talking point.

But even though the planet as a whole is getting warmer, the report makes it clear that there are new trends of weird and extreme weather in all seasons. For example, Hurricane Sandy sent record early-season snow to central Appalachia.

In Europe, “an exceptional cold spell” fell over several countries last year. Berlin’s cold snap was chillier than the typical Moscow winter, according to the World Meterological Organization. Norway set new record cold temperatures for February (about minus-four degrees Fahrenheit in Hammerfest, for instance).

See? It cause everything!!!!!! All because Someone Else drove a fossil fueled vehicle to work.

The tome-sized NOAA report is a reminder that the global climate is extremely complex, and climate trends can’t be easily simplified. But the planet is getting warmer, even while ski seasons in the western United States shorten and Europe gets more deep freezes.

Yes, this weather is crazy. And yes, it is our fault.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 10, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil Styrofoam cup which is not evil because it’s bad for the environment, but bad for climate change, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is American Clarion, with a post by Star Parker saying the Tea Party is on the right track regarding Obamacare.

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ObamaCare To Target Charitable Hospitals

By William Teach August 10, 2013 – 1:00 pm

We had to pass the bill in order to find out what was in it, and to give HHS a chance to pass 20,000 pages and counting of regulations

(Daily Caller) Charitable hospitals that treat uninsured Americans will be subjected to new levels of scrutiny of their nonprofit status and could face sizable new fines under Obamacare.

A new provision in Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code, which takes effect under Obamacare, sets new standards of review and installs new financial penalties for tax-exempt charitable hospitals, which devote a minimum amount of their expenses to treat uninsured poor people. Approximately 60 percent of American hospitals are currently nonprofit. (snip)

“It requires tax-exempt hospitals to do a community needs survey and file additional paperwork with the IRS every three years. This is to prove that the charitable hospital is still needed in their geographical area — ‘needed’ as defined by Obamacare and overseen by IRS bureaucrats,” said John Kartch, spokesman for Americans for Tax Reform.

“Failure to comply, or to prove this continuing need, could result in the loss of the hospital’s tax-exempt status. The hospital would then become a for-profit venture, paying income tax — hence the positive revenue score” for the federal government, Kartch said. “Obamacare advocates turned over every rock to find as much tax money as possible.”

Does anyone think that the Obamacare government won’t find a reason to make sure that the tax-free status goes away? Liberals hate charity, unless it comes from the government.

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Danish Paper Posits About A Possible Cooling Period

By William Teach August 10, 2013 – 9:03 am

As I’ve noted many times, I’ll believe it when it happens. No matter which way you look, cool, warm, stagnant, it is all guess-work at this time. But, looking towards the Sun for guidance is a lot more scientific than thinking Someone Else’s usage of fossil fuels will cause the planet to boil. This comes via the No Tricks Zone, which has always done a great job featuring, and translating, foreign papers

Another major European media outlet is asking: Where’s the global warming? (WT note-the post features a picture of the 2 page story from the August 7 edition of Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten ) (snip)

JP starts by reminding readers that it was just over 100 years ago that the world had clawed itself out of the little ice age, which extended from 1400 – 1900, a time when the Thames river often froze over. All paths in determining the cause of the little ice age all seem to converge to a single factor: solar activity.

Oh, come on, the Sun was only relevant to climate before the combustion engine. It couldn’t possibly be the major driver of climate now. That’s silly. It’s probably your use of hairspray and your ice-maker in the fridge.

Suddenly even the greenest of media outlets among us are contemplating what the consequences of a quiet sun may be. The JP then quotes Irish solar specialist Ian Elliott, who says these consequences could be dramatic:

It indicates that we may be on the path to a new little ice age. It seems likely we are on the path to a period with very low solar activity, which could mean that we may have some very cold winters.”

Let’s not forget that Europe, Russia, the Middle East, much of the Southern Hemisphere, have all had very cold winters 4 out of the last 5 years. Much of these same areas barely had a spring, and are suffering more spring like conditions during the summer months. On this side of the world, Alaska had cooled 2.4F over the past 10 years, but is having a warm summer. Yet, around 70% of the lower 48 are seeing cooler than average temperatures.

Here’s Danish astrophysicist Henrik Svensmark

Since the 1940s and up to 10 years ago we have had the highest solar activity in 1000 years. The last time we had solar activity that high was when we had the Medieval Warm Period from year 1000 to around 1300. … Historically there has been a close connection between solar activity and temperature for the last 1000 years. Therefore the sun’s activity will also have influence the coming many years. … The unusual thing right now is that sun’s activity is decreasing while there’s a great increase in atmospheric CO2. For that reason the question is how much the earth will cool in a time of decreasing solar activity. … The development is beautifully consistent with a cooling effect of the solar activity in the same period. This could mean that the temperature will not rise for the next 30 years or maybe begin to decrease.”

The paper also takes on the Warmists “heat is hiding in the deep oceans” meme/fantasy

How should ocean water under 700 meters be warmed up without a warming in the upper part? … In the period 1990-2000 you could see a rise in the ocean temperatures, which fit with the greenhouse effect. But it hasn’t been seen for the last 10 years. Temperatures don’t rise without the heat content in the sea increasing. Several thousand buoys put into the sea to measure temperature haven’t registered any rise in sea temperatures.”

Obviously, Warmists will attack the paper for daring to ask questions and provide information. Dissent is not allowed in Progressive World. One must toe the line. Of course, in Warmist World, practicing what one preaches is not necessary.

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