Obligatory Zimmerman Found Not Guilty Post

By William Teach July 14, 2013 – 8:15 am

The NY Times story is good enough to provide many, many “Justice 4 Trayvon” photos, though they forgot to show the riots in Oakland

George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, igniting a national debate on racial profiling and civil rights, was found not guilty late Saturday night of second-degree murder. He was also acquitted of manslaughter, a lesser charge.

After three weeks of testimony, the six-woman jury rejected the prosecution’s contention that Mr. Zimmerman had deliberately pursued Mr. Martin because he assumed the hoodie-clad teenager was a criminal and instigated the fight that led to his death.

Anyone else get the feeling that NY Times writers Lizette Alvarez and Cara Buckley are really bummed out? The comments were degenerating into the typical filth, and lack of real facts, one would expect from Liberals, so they closed them. CNN points out that Zimmerman might be free but he’s a marked man. Which is weird, because I though liberals were the party of peace? Oh, right, that’s their claim, but they are the ones who are consistently throwing out death threats.

I’m not going to bother diving into the fever swamps and excerpting comments and commentary. Nothing I could pull would surprise anyone in the least, and I just do not have heart on a Sunday morning to do it. However, guess what’s up at the White House petition website already?

Civil Rights Prosecution of George Zimmerman by United States Department of Justice for death of Trayvon Martin

Petition Requesting Prosecution of George Zimmerman for depriving Trayvon Martin of his Constitutional Rights of Life and Liberty by the United States Department of Justice, Eric Holder, United States Attorney General in United States District Court as swiftly and expeditiously as is possible.

There’s only 499 signatures for it at the time I accessed the page. We’ll see what happens during the day. That said, I wouldn’t be surprised if the highly politicized Obama/Holder DOJ opens an investigation. Nor would I be surprised if the Martin family sue George Zimmerman, which is their right.

Crossed at Right Wing News and Stop The ACLU.

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NC Kids Don’t Have Clean Breathable Air Or Something

By William Teach July 13, 2013 – 3:10 pm

I’m betting you can guess why

Everyone knows the bad news about climate change, said former Virginia Congressman Tom Perriello. Costly weather disasters are increasing. Kids in North Carolina don’t have clean air to breathe.

But there is good news, too, Perriello told a group gathered to greet the “I Will Act On Climate” bus as it rolled through Greensboro.

Weather is not increasing, just the number of people and buildings in the way. As for not having clean air, these Warmists are bat shit insane chicken little’s.

BTW, take a look at the photos at the link: rather a small crowd for a liberal voting area, wouldn’t you say?

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 13, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is what might possibly an evil oil platform off in the distance, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Lonely Conservative, with a post on the mostly peaceful Texas abortion protesters

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Are Texas Abortion Supporters Monkeys?

By William Teach July 13, 2013 – 10:28 am

Cause they sure like playing with feces, urine, and other bodily fluids

(KETK) During these inspections, DPS officers have thus far discovered one jar suspected to contain urine, 18 jars suspected to contain feces, and three bottles suspected to contain paint. All of these items – as well as significant quantities of feminine hygiene products, glitter and confetti possessed by individuals – were required to be discarded; otherwise those individuals were denied entry into the gallery.

Abortionistas are whining about tampons being confiscated but not guns. Well, no one intended to use guns, but the tampons that were confiscated were used. Yes, that’s how sick and deranged these people are. Remember back to the 2004 GOP convention where liberal protesters smeared feces on themselves in the hope that cops wouldn’t touch them.

monkey

Of course the abortionista protesters are questioning the reports of what was confiscated, because of course liberals would never do something like throw blood, fake blood, bodily fluids, etc at people. We never saw anything like that with Occupy Wall Street or other leftist protests.

And let’s not forget that they are protesting what are mostly minor common sense solutions on abortion. There isn’t one tiny restriction that they will allow.

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Surprise! “Green” Companies Ripping Off Poor, Minority Customers

By William Teach July 13, 2013 – 7:46 am

Gee, who would have thought there could be malfeasance within the “green” economy? There are hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of dollars flowing around the world, much of it government related, with little oversight. The mafia sure seems to like the green economy. Companies take government money then run, often leaving behind environmental messes. Many companies are under investigation for inflating costs. The list of issues is too long to list. Then there’s this

(Daily Caller) Green power companies supplying energy to District of Columbia and Maryland residents are under scrutiny for allegedly luring customers with promises of cheaper monthly energy bills — then jacking up the prices.

Complaints against green energy companies delivering power to D.C. and Maryland residents are on the rise, The Washington Post reports.

The D.C. Office of the People’s Counsel has recorded 145 consumer complaints against seven green power providers this year. Approximately 75 percent of those complaints come from wards that are overwhelmingly minority and have high poverty rates. According to the OPC, many people filing complaints are senior citizens.

The largest number of complains revolve around companies promising that power bills will be cut in half, and by cut in half they mean increase upwards of 50%. The companies seem to target the poor, minorities, and senior citizens, and, fortunately, thanks to all the caterwauling about PEPCO the other year after the issues surrounding a few big storms knocking power out, its been easier for these alternative energy companies to promise the world and then not deliver. Allegedly.

Now, I suspect that Liberals will complain that this has occurred after deregulation, which allows for competition. Interestingly, it seems that the problems are from alternative energy companies.

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Weekly Address: Obama Really Wants Non-Americans To Have Jobs

By William Teach July 13, 2013 – 7:04 am

Of course, these current illegal aliens and potential immigrants (both temporary and permanent) should be careful, because Obama’s job’s policies for actual American citizens have been disasters

WEEKLY ADDRESS: Strengthening our Economy by Passing Bipartisan Immigration Reform

Hi, everybody. Two weeks ago, a large bipartisan majority of Senators voted to pass commonsense, comprehensive immigration reform – taking an important step towards fixing our broken immigration system once and for all.

100% of Democrats and only 14 Republicans is not a large bipartisan majority, but, then, we know Obama lives in a separate world from reality. He then goes on to yammer about how the bill was a compromise, no one got everything they wanted (which is why so many Democrats are complaining about the bill…oh, wait, they aren’t. The only complaints come about the border security provisions, which are, at best, really weak), and how our economy will be larger, when calculated in a vacuum. Well, that could happen if Obama resigned and someone who knew what they were doing assumed office.

Here in America, we’ve always been a nation of immigrants. That’s what’s kept our workforce dynamic, our businesses on the cutting edge, and our economy the strongest in the world. But under the current system, too many smart, hardworking immigrants are prevented from contributing to that success.

And under our current president, too many hardworking American citizens are prevented from contributing to that, well, in this economy, we can’t really call it a success, can we?

Immigration reform would make it easier for highly-skilled immigrants and those who study at our colleges and universities to start businesses and create jobs right here in America. Foreign companies would be more likely to invest here. The demand for goods and services would go up – creating more jobs for American workers. Every worker and business would be required to pay their fair share in taxes, reducing our deficit by nearly $850 billion over the next two decades. And since a large portion of those taxes go towards retirement programs that millions of Americans depend on, Social Security would actually get stronger over the long-term – adding two years to the life of the program’s trust fund.

If only it was easier for Americans to start businesses and create jobs, along with obtaining jobs, right here in America. But Obama/Democrat policies do everything they can to prevent that. Well, unless you want a low paying part time job, which seems to be the way the economy is headed. Why is Obama so gung ho to provide jobs for non-Americans, especially those who broke our immigration laws and either came illegally or blew off their visa requirements? Foreign companies will invest, regardless, but only based upon their ability to reap a profit. That’s hard in the Obamaeconomy, but has little to nothing to do with amnesty.

As far as Social Security, well, no one believes the amnestied illegals will be denied any benefits, meaning more people in the system who barely paid or paid nothing to the system reaping rewards.

This is coupled with a graphic released a few days ago that is absurd. It mentions that the labor force will decrease due to Baby Boomers retiring. Well, our labor force has shrunk due to the poor jobs market, with a historic number of people dropping out in despair. It assumes that wage increase for households will be $0 in 2033, but a couple hundred dollars by adding tens of millions of new workers, which is not the way it works. Of course, many of the things on the graphic could happen, once Obama is out of the way and the US has a competent President who understands the way business works.

But, still, why does an American President want jobs to go to illegals and non-citizens over Americans?

Crossed at Right Wing News and Stop The ACLU.

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NASA Brings The FailWhale To The Arctic

By William Teach July 12, 2013 – 2:53 pm

Only problem with NASA’s propaganda is that there is actually sea ice in the photo. And that the Arctic is doing quite well. Warmists said the Arctic would be ice free this year. Guess not. Glad NASA could attend the Politburo propaganda school, though, instead of doing all things space.

(I’ll update later with a good embed, can’t force Twitter out of mobile version to get proper code. Updated)

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 12, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is snow that is created by hot conditions, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Gay Patriot, with a post on the Obamacare implosion.

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Janet Napolitano Set To Resign Today?

By William Teach July 12, 2013 – 10:19 am

So says the LA Times

Janet Napolitano, the U.S. secretary of Homeland Security and former governor of Arizona, is being named as the next president of the University of California system, in an unusual choice that brings a national-level politician to a position usually held by an academic, the Times has learned. Her appointment also means the 10-campus system will be headed by a woman for the first time in its 145-year history.

I’m not going to get into the pros and cons of this. 1st, because this is California’s problem. 2nd, because I don’t care: Big Sis is the kind of person these young students vote for, now they can really live under her type of policies.

Reuters states (can’t embed tweet with Droid) that she will resign today. Can’t wait to see which ultra-extremist Obama will nominate to replace her. As DrewM notes, it won’t be anyone better. Any guesses?

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We’re Saved! CO2 Caused Climate Change Doesn’t Destroy Coffee

By William Teach July 12, 2013 – 8:06 am

How many stories over the past few years have hyperventilatingly (yes, I know, not a word) told us that coffee production was doooooomed due to “climate change”? Like this one from the hyper-partisan Huffington Post (via Tom Nelson)

The wild Arabica coffee plant, the parent of the bushes on coffee farms, could go extinct as soon as 2080, according to a study by researchers from the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens published in PLoS One on Wednesday.

To generate their predictions, the researchers used a computer to simulate the potential impact of climate change on the regions that are home to the wild coffee plant, in the mountains of East Africa. They found that by 2080, global warming was likely to reduce the number of “bioclimatically suitable localities” for wild coffee growth by between 65 and 100 percent. In other words, if their worst-case scenario comes true, there will be nowhere on earth for wild coffee to grow. In the long term, that spells almost certain extinction.

And it’s all your fault for refusing to buy a Chevy Volt, keeping your AC below 78, taking showers longer than 2 minutes, and using hair spray. Oh, look, computer models, which have worked oh so well in predicting this 15+ year pause, predicted drought where there is wet, told us kids wouldn’t know what snow looked like, and…well, did their computers actually predict anything correctly?

So, what’s the reality? Namely that there is so much coffee being produced that growers are considering growing less because the glut is reducing profits and they do not have the space to store it

(Bloomberg) Brazil is increasing competition among coffee sellers as farmers unload beans to clear storage space for the next harvest, judging that losses will be limited by translating dollar revenues into weaker reals. With global output exceeding demand for a fourth year, accelerating sales will drive prices down 11 percent to $1.08 a pound by Dec. 31, according to the median of 18 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

“The lower real will most certainly help exports, making Brazil a much more aggressive seller,” said Rasmus Wolthers, a trader at Wolthers & Associates, a brokerage in Santos, Brazil. “There’s a lot of coffee in Brazil, and there isn’t enough space to store it all, so producers will have to sell. I expect to see much more aggressive sales offers.”

Colombia, the second-biggest grower of arabica beans, increased exports by 32 percent in the first five months of the year after the peso weakened 7.1 percent against the dollar, according to the nation’s Federation of Coffee Growers. Sales from Peru, the third-largest producer in South America, fell 31 percent in the period as buyers turn to supplies from Brazil.

The glut has caused prices and the futures market for coffee to fall. But, you say, that’s just a few South American countries

Global coffee production, including robusta that accounts for 41 percent of supply, will exceed demand by 4.46 million bags in 2013-2014, from a 10 million-bag surplus a year earlier, according to the USDA. Inventories will reach a five-year high of 30.53 million bags, the USDA predicts.

Well, another Warmists meme bites the dust…not that they’ll ever admit they were wrong, they’ll simply ignore their previous prognostication and blame this on CO2 in another way.

BTW, Starbucks is mentioned in the story, noting that their costs have gone down and profits are up potentially 21%, partially due to the glut of coffee beans. Will they stop whining about “climate change”?

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