…is a bad weather creating plastic bottle of water, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is The Lonely Conservative, with a post on delinquent student loans rising. Good thing the taxpayers aren’t on the hook for them, partly in thanks to Obamacare.
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It’s obviously climate change due to you driving a fossil fueled vehicle and using air conditioning
(WRAL) Sunshine, cooler temperatures and low humidity will dominate the forecast across central and eastern North Carolina throughout the holiday weekend, making outdoor plans possible from the beach to the mountains, WRAL meteorologist Mike Moss said.
In the Triangle, highs will barely climb into the low 70s Saturday after starting out in the low 40s.
“Get ready for some beautiful weather throughout the weekend,” Moss said. “We’ll warm nicely Saturday, but we actually set a record low of 41 degrees at Raleigh-Durham International Airport this morning. The previous record of 43 degrees was set in 1967.”
Some spots in rural areas dipped into the 30s early Saturday, 15 to 20 degrees colder than 24 hours ago.
Ah, 1967, when climate and other scientists, along with the media, were vastly concerned with the coming ice age as global temperatures dipped. Steven Goddard highlights lots more records set.
Do you know what this proves? Nothing. It’s just weather, which happens. Records will be set, highs and lows. The world is currently in a mostly natural warm period, but the weather will do whatever it wants. There will be these periods. What’s happening is not anthropogenic. If Warmists truly believed their own mule fritters they’d give up their own fossil fueled lifestyles. They won’t. Ergo, they know their talking points are bullshit, and only a means to push Progressive (fascistic) government policies.
BTW, Europe is still in the grip of winter, with snow falling. And there is a potential for snow in the US Northeast this weekend.
Warmists really can’t help themselves, blaming everything for “climate change” (and everything that happens on climate change). Here’s another wacko (via Climate Depot)
(Pakistan Today…or, is that, as (NMP) Obama says “Pock-eeeeeee-stan”?) Former Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) director general (DG) Qamaruz Zaman Chaudhry on Thursday said climate change was on the rise due to war on terror.
The former DG, who also holds the position of vice president of the World Metrological Organisation (WMO), said climate change was taking place after war on terror rapidly.
He said that due to excessive usage of heavy weapons in war on terror, the climate of South Asian region is changing notably.
Well, if he means the fact that the world hasn’t warmed in a statistical significant manner, well, yeah, OK, climate change. Of course, this really goes back to the last El Nino in 1997, with a marginal 0.14F increase in global temps, but, hey, Clinton did launch cruise strikes against Sudan and Afghanistan in 1998.
I do find it interesting that he blames, essentially, the United States for fighting back, but not the Islamic jihadis.
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Remind me, isn’t the Justice Department supposed to follow the Constitution and the Law? Apparently not when Eric Holder is in charge and they want to retaliate against a journalist
(The New Yorker) The Obama Administration fought to keep a search warrant for James Rosen’s private e-mail account secret, arguing to a federal judge that the government might need to monitor the account for a lengthy period of time.
The new details are revealed in a court filing detailing a back and forth between the Justice Department and the federal judges who oversaw the request to search a Gmail account belonging to Rosen, a reporter for Fox News. A 2009 article Rosen had written about North Korea sparked an investigation; Ronald C. Machen, Jr., the U.S. Attorney who is prosecuting Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, a former State Department adviser who allegedly leaked classified information to Rosen, insisted that the reporter should not be notified of the search and seizure of his e-mails, even after a lengthy delay. (snip)
He argued that disclosure of the search warrant would preclude the government from monitoring the account, should such a step become necessary in the investigation. Machen added that “some investigations are continued for many years because, while the evidence is not yet sufficient to bring charges, it is sufficient to have identified criminal subjects and/or criminal activity serious enough to justify continuation of the investigation.â€
This was a government sponsored fishing expedition which seemingly violated the 4th Amendment, where they just wanted to look and look and look in an open ended way without specificity nor informing the subject of the warrant for years
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
This was an overly broad warrant, and they did not want to notify Rosen. Other people, such as his parents, were caught up in this un-Constitutional scheme.
Many are calling for Eric Holder to go, even on the far left. Here’s Taylor Marsh
If ever someone deserved to be relieved of his job it is Mr. Holder.
I disagree with all these calls from people on the left and right that he should resign or be fired: he should be prosecuted. He most likely committed perjury to Congress with his testimony, and he authorized the breathtakingly Constitutional violating warrants. Ms. Marsh argues that there is only one thing left for Obama to do, which would be kicking Holder to the curb. Here’s Firedoglake
In any case, AG Holder has proved again that he can not be trusted to perform his duties.
I’ll make the prediction that Obama will not fire Holder nor ask for his resignation. When it comes down to it, Obama thinks he is the smartest POTUS ever, and can do no wrong, so if he cans Holder that means Obama made a mistake. Second, Obama is a master at turning negative issues into a wider partisan controversy, and will use it to attack Republicans. Just watch. Consider that Obama is asking Holder to investigate Holder in this matter.
Crossed at Right Wing News and Stop The ACLU.
Rest assured, California’s, that your government enforced carbon offsets can now be protected….by spending more money
The Climate Action Reserve, North America’s premier carbon offset registry, and Parhelion Underwriting Ltd., the leading innovator for carbon market insurance products, today announced a unique, strategic alliance to support the delivery of the first insurance product for compliance offset credits in California’s Cap-and-Trade Program. Under this alliance, Parhelion is offering insurance against invalidation for compliance offset credits that were transitioned from credits originally issued by the Reserve and the Climate Action Reserve will share its unrivalled experience and deep insight in to North American carbon offset projects, thereby, supporting the wider market development and helping its clients solve a critical risk issue.
The offsets program of California’s cap-and-trade market represents a key means for regulated companies to keep their costs of compliance manageable, which means extra costs are not passed on to consumers. It also provides a way to incentivize non-regulated industries to reduce their emissions. Parhelion’s offset credit insurance provides additional confidence for buyers and sellers to participate in this program.
What all this really means is protection from carbon offset plummeting into junk bond status, which they’ve done worldwide on a constant basis. Also, protection from fraud and abuse. I do love the part about the insurance also protecting citizens from not having to worry about all the costs of this ponzi scheme being passed on. Which it will, regardless.
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…is a flooded world competing with a drought world, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Raised On Hoecakes, with a post on IRS panic over FOIA requests.
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It’s no wonder she pled the 5th (via Gator Doug)
(National Review) A series of letters suggests that senior IRS official Lois Lerner was directly involved in the agency’s targeting of conservative groups as recently as April 2012, more than nine months after she first learned of the activity.
Lerner, the director of the IRS exempt organizations office in Washington, D.C., signed cover letters to 15 conservative organizations currently represented by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) between in March and April of 2012. The letters, such as this one sent to the Ohio Liberty Council on March 16, 2012, informed the groups applying for tax-exempt status that the IRS was “unable to make a final determination on your exempt status without additional information,†and included a list of detailed questions of the kind that a Treasury inspector general’s audit found to be inappropriate. Some of the groups to which Lerner sent letters are still awaiting approval.
Hmm, if this is true then she committed perjury when she gave her little “I did nothing wrong” statement to the House committee. She can join Eric Holder on the unemployment line, or possibly jail.
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Personally, I think Warmists should find out by giving up their own fossil fueled travel, since they hate fossil fuels so darned much, but they always have an excuse as to why they can’t do that, usually followed by some canned speech about how some Other Guy should have to be made to Do Something to stop Hotcoldwetdry (via Junk Science)
Bad Astronomer Phil Plait attacked the recent pro-carbon dioxide Wall Street Journal op-ed by Will Happer and Harrison Schmidt in a SETI Institute podcast (around 6:50 into the audio) stating:
Of all the bang-your-head-against-the-desk articles, that was the weirdest, the most egregiously wrong, that carbon dioxide is just plant food and if there’s more carbon dioxide we’ll get more plants.
Well, you know, this idea that carbon dioxide is not a poison, is just a natural product, has been going around in denier circles and it’s ridiculous.
If you don’t think that carbon dioxide is a poison, you know, tie a plastic bag over your head for an hour or two and let me know, because yes, in certain circumstances, it’s very dangerous.
As Steve Milloy points out, you won’t die from CO2, but from lack of oxygen (there isn’t time to die from carbon monoxide poisoning).
CO2 is primarily a natural gas (the seas put out 16 times what all of Mankind does) which is necessary for the lifecycle of the Earth. Plants, bushes, trees, and plankton need it to generate oxygen for animals, fish, and mankind to breathe. It also tends to lag behind temperature increases. It’s also a trace atmospheric gas, accounting for a tiny portion of all the gases, around .04%. Plants grow faster the higher the CO2 concentration. And, despite Warmist prognostication, global temperature increase is not following the predicted path, having statistically stalled since 1997.
However, is it any wonder a Warmist degenerates into murderous fantasies?
Read: Crazy Warmist: Put A Bag On Your Head And Find Out If CO2 Is A Poison »
Not that he really it calls it that. If you remember, his administration changed it to “overseas contingency” early on. And while the NY Times says that this “was the most important statement on counterterrorism policy since the 2001 attacks, a momentous turning point in post-9/11 America”, there are two issues, the first being that Obama has expanded the use of attacks on Jihadis across the Middle East and North Africa more than President Bush ever did, and seems to revel in his power (why else would he personally pick targets?). And then there’s this
(Daily Caller) On Thursday, President Barack Obama urged an end to the war against terrorism, which legally began once Congress reacted to the jihadi attack on the Twin Towers.
“Our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue†through the use of courts and police, he announced in a speech at the National Defense University.
“This war, like all wars, must end. That’s what history advises. That’s what our democracy demands,†he said.
Our democracy (yes, yes, I know, a Constitutional Republic) also demands not violating the Constitution, not targeting certain groups with the IRS, not targeting the Press, not leaving our people to die in Benghazi, and so many other notions. But, as far as fighting Islamists
But the president can’t end the war on terrorism by himself, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said. The war “is being waged against us†by jihadis, Bolton told Fox News after the speech. “Obama thinks of terrorism like a souped-up version of robbing a local Starbucks,†he said. Bolton argues that jihadis are motivated by a coherent, established idea of holy war for Islam, which urges near-perpetual war against non-Muslim governments.
It may only take two to tango, but it takes only one to start a fight. Obama can choose not to fight, but Islamists do not have to participate in his little scheme. Surely Israel would prefer not to be a participant in the Islamist schemes, but have no choice but to fight back. Either that or surrender. No, we do not want to continuously fight these violent nutjobs fighting in the name of their religion. What else can we do?
However, can there be an end? Because you cannot defeat the idea that the hardcore Islamists push, particularly since this idea isn’t just about violence, but about pushing Sharia law and the hardcore interpretation of the Koran through peaceful methods, as well.
Mostly, though, this was a “squirrel” speech, designed to deflect attention away from the scandals racking his administration. He wants Gitmo closed, and threw a bit of Bush Blame (surprise) and “I can’t do this without Congress” out, his normal Blamestorming and refusal to take responsibility himself along with an unwillingness to do the hard work himself.
Crossed at Right Wing News and Stop The ACLU.
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No, seriously. Apparently nutjob Warmists and envirowackos need mental health (via Climate Depot and Junk Science)
Eco-Psychiatry: Why We Need to Keep the Environment in Mind
If you’re thinking, “Aren’t I already dealing with a lot in my daily practice?†you are invited to spend the next few minutes listening to what Dr Steven Moffic has to say about how the environment may be affecting your patients and what impact ecologically-related syndromes might have on DSM-5.
You know about seasonal affective disorder (SAD), of course. But do you know about solastalgia? Nature deficiency disorder? Ecopsychotherapy?
Here—Dr Moffic briefly addresses these 4 issues. He also addressed eco-psychiatry along with a special surprise guest at the APA meeting as part of the Presidential Symposia on Envisioning a New Psychiatry: Radical Perspectives.
. What is eco-friendly psychiatry?
. Why is it unethical for psychiatrists to not be concerned with the ecology, such as climate change, noise, and toxins?
. Given the imminent launch of DSM-5, are there any ecologically-related syndromes that should be considered?
. How can psychiatrists practice in a manner that is respectful to the environment? (snip)Some new syndromes are emerging. One is Nature Deficit Disorder, with a book of the same name, where children who stay indoors to play on computers are more distractible and miss the calming effect of nature, let alone coming to love nature. People who live near trees and parks have lower levels of cortisol. Without that location, it is important to take daily breaks in nature. In Australia, solastalgia has been coined—a kind of grief for the changes in one’s home environment (in contrast to the nostalgia of leaving home). We know of climate refugees with PTSD. There is good research data to indicate that warming in already warm areas is associated with more violence. Poor areas are usually effected the most. Given that one of our ethical principles is to address community needs, this is one.
We should probably ask Dr. McCoy, too
Oh, BTW, it’s the middle of May, and some areas of Britain just saw several inches of snow.
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