If All You See…

By William Teach April 28, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil bottle of hair spray, evil iPhone, and lots of plugs drawing vampire power, you might just be a Climate Astrologer

The blog of the day is Junk Science, with a post on “more than 100% of the warming”

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach April 28, 2013 – 9:32 am

Happy Sunday! It’s another gorgeous day, albeit cool, in America, and a time to reflect on the once and future nation. This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help.

What’s happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. The Gateway Pundit discusses Tamerlin discussing jihad with his mom
  2. NoFrakkingConsensus discusses how climate scientists think
  3. The Blogmocracy wonders just how the Boston bombers became radicalized
  4. Bob Owens talks about rape at UConn because of a logo
  5. Cold Fury: what is Executive Order 13603?
  6. Director Blue has some hard monetary figures for Marco “Amnesty” Rubio
  7. Flopping Aces says it’s unfair to blame Obama for Boston…..
  8. Gay Patriot discusses filtered history vis a vis George Bush
  9. Joshuapundit has more from the peaceful “pro-Palestinian activists”
  10. Legal Insurrection highlights more anti-Semitism from academics
  11. Moonbattery finds another great way our tax dollars are wasted
  12. Patterico discusses manipulated GDP numbers
  13. Pundit Press has questions on an all day breakfast menu from McDonald’s
  14. Raised on Hoecakes brings the latest insanity from Brokeifornia, regarding illegals and juries
  15. And last, but not least, Rhymes With Right wonders when the Pledge of Allegiance becomes too much

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

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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Gang Of 8 Bill Could See 33 Million Immigrants In 10 Years

By William Teach April 28, 2013 – 7:50 am

Fantastic. In a time when American citizens are struggling for jobs, and good paying jobs, let’s bring in a ton of immigrants, particularly illegals and their families

(Daily Caller) The pending Senate immigration bill would bring a minimum of 33 million people into the country during its first decade of operation, according to an analysis by NumbersUSA, a group that wants to slow the current immigration rate.

By 2024, the inflow would include an estimated 9.2 million illegal immigrants, plus 2.5 million illegals who arrived as children — dubbed ‘Dreamers’ — plus roughly 3.4 million company-sponsored employees with university degrees, said the unreleased analysis.

The majority of the inflow, or roughly 17 million people, would consist of family members of illegals, recent immigrants and of company-sponsored workers, according to the NumbersUSA analysis provided to The Daily Caller.

There you go: it’s not just the “amnesty” offered to people who broke our laws by either coming across the border illegally or overstaying their VISAs, but their families who still live outside the United States. A good chunk who will almost immediately end up on the government dole.

What we’re hearing now is what we heard back in the 198o’s before the amnesty was granted. It’s “the right thing to do.” “It’s a right.” “People who oppose a pathway to citizenship are heartless and big meanies.” “We have to bring illegals out of the shadows.” Strangely, the proponents of amnesty never seem to mention the rule of law, nor what all these low skilled workers can do to the jobs market. We do hear about how we need to make sure this doesn’t have to happen again, but then these same people immediately work to gut the legal protections against more illegal aliens.

And we can surely expect that the border will never be secured in the first place, nor will proper protections be put in place for those who are here on visas, either for work or to visit, if the Gang of 8 bill passes. Once again legislation fails to put in one of the best methods, namely making the penalties, both civil and criminal, on those who knowingly hire illegals so tough that no would hire them, which would significantly reduce the inflow.

NumbersUSA calls their estimate “conservative”, with the possibility of growing up to 40 million, based on future legislation and regulation, as well as how governmental agencies deal with the Gang Of 8 legislation.

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We’re Saved! Super Awesome Breakthrough In Nuclear Power Will Reduce Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach April 27, 2013 – 4:05 pm

With this, we can do away with all fossil fuels, and that evil Keystone XL. Of course, Warmists tend to hate nuclear, too, because mumble garrble

One giant leap for mankind: £13bn Iter project makes breakthrough in the quest for nuclear fusion, a solution to climate change and an age of clean, cheap energy

It may be the most ambitious scientific venture ever: a global collaboration to create an unlimited supply of clean, cheap energy. And this week it took a crucial step forward. Steve Connor reports

Whew! Sounds awesome, doesn’t it? And all for a bit over $20 billion US! And a solution to climate change! I mean, really, this is mega huge!

An idyllic hilltop setting in the Cadarache forest of Provence in the south of France has become the site of an ambitious attempt to harness the nuclear power of the sun and stars.

It is the place where 34 nations representing more than half the world’s population have joined forces in the biggest scientific collaboration on the planet – only the International Space Station is bigger.

Hooray….um, hooray?

(Breitbart) The “breakthrough” is that they got final approval for pouring the reinforced concrete blanket. After thousands of words extolling the benefits of nuclear fusion, and relating the long history of the Iter project, we’re finally given a timeline that doesn’t even mention the year 2013 at all. The last significant event on the timeline was 2005, when the Iter site was chosen; the next notable event will come in either 2021 or 2022, when the first infusion of ionized gas is scheduled. Electricity will not be produced until sometime in the 2030s, and power from the plant won’t be commercially available until sometime in the 2050s.

Via Ace, who rewrites the headline: “$20 Billion Multi-Government Project Begins Pouring Some Concrete After 10 Years of Planning”.

Oh, and let’s not forget that, despite some attempt to do “green” things with concrete, it is one of the worst “carbon” offenders, supposedly putting out 5% of all CO2 emissions.

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If All You See…

By William Teach April 27, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil bottle of pop infused with CO2 and a mean fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Public Secrets, with a post on surprise and shock.

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Bill Maher: “Country Is Becoming A Police State”

By William Teach April 27, 2013 – 11:39 am

Maher is typically a nasty, nasty, person. A serial misogynist (particularly to Conservative women). A typical unhinged liberal/progressive. Yet, even he seems to get that the government is out of control

(The Blaze) Bill Maher on Friday decried the massive show of force seen on Boston-area streets during last week’s manhunt for the remaining marathon bombing suspect, declaring that the U.S. is turning into a “police state.”

Speaking on his HBO show “Real Time,” Maher flashed images of police officers riding down the street in assault vehicles during the search.

“This country is becoming a police state and it is very troubling to me,” Maher said, later adding, “The British police don’t even carry guns, let alone have tanks.”

Well, gee, Bill, this is rather what your side of the political aisle is pushing for, sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally. What do you think the end result of progressiveism is, Bill? Fascism.

I do disagree with Bill on reading the bomber his Miranda warning. I know people have been talking about this “public safety exemption.” I’m having a tough time finding that in the Constitution/Bill of Rights.

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Scientific American Compares CO2 At 400ppm To September 11th

By William Teach April 27, 2013 – 9:26 am

Why yes, yes these people are bat guano insane and, since they are pretty much bereft of science, they have to trot out all sorts of scary fables (via Tom Nelson)

As CO2 Concentrations Near Ominous Benchmark, Daily Updates Begin

Scientist Ralph Keeling wants this generation to remember when atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide reached 400 parts per million, because of humans

Meanwhile, this is the second coldest start to spring since 1900. The Antarctic ice extent is one of the largest ever (in recorded history, mind you). Global sea rise is predicted to be well below average by 2100. Europe is seeing a temperature plunge. And global temps have flatlined despite rising CO2 levels.

Most people can mark their time on Earth by significant world events: the landing of a man on the moon, say; the dismantling of the Berlin Wall; or, more negatively, the 9/11 attacks.

Another significant event is impending. Scientist Ralph Keeling wants this generation to remember when atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide reached 400 parts per million, because of humans.

“I hope that many people out there in the decades to come will say, ‘Gosh, I will remember when it crossed 400,'” he said.

And there you go: CO2 crossing to 400ppm is to be remember the same as September 11. These people do not deserve a facepalm GIf. Nor a cute graphic with clowns. A cartoon with Al Gore jumping a shark. No, these people need to be put into mental homes, or, at best, ridiculed or run out of town on a rail while their ideas are thrown in the trash and their hard-drives introduced to powerful magnets. Yet, this is the kind of thinking we get from Warmists, who probably fully agreed with the insanity, because most of them are bat guano insane, as well.

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12 Programs From Obama’s Sequestration Congress Refuses To Fix

By William Teach April 27, 2013 – 9:08 am

Democrats are already running around stating that Democrats, mostly (NMP) Obama, have lost on sequestration. Therefore, they’re going to have to come up with more scary stories in order to continue spending willy nilly on pretty much everything at the federal level, which is a great way to continue increases the tangle of tentacles into citizen’s lives and their reliance on Government

(Think Progress)…Unfortunately, though, Congress has shown no willingness to provide similar relief for the families that are being hammered by sequestration in other ways. Here are 12 programs that have experienced devastating cuts because Congress insists on cutting spending when it doesn’t need to — and that have been ignored by the same lawmakers who leaped to action as soon as their trips home were going to take a little longer: (note: head over to TP to see the numbers for costs of these programs)

  • Long-term unemployment (perhaps if we had a president and Democrat led senate that was interested in real world legislation that would help to get people working again, there would be no need)
  • Head Start (a 5% reduction. One would think they could learn to do more with less. Oh, sorry, government)
  • Cancer treatment (go talk to Obama, this is his idea and his implementation)
  • Health research (we’re all going to die or something)
  • Low-income housing (I can see how TP would be upset, since these are Dem voters reliant on Government)
  • Student aid (perhaps kids should get jobs to pay for their education instead of having the government pay for it…sorry, forgot this is the terrible Obama economy)
  • Meals On Wheels (so far this is only a threat, it has not occurred)
  • Disaster relief (FEMA could lose $1 billion out of over $14 billion in yearly funding, which is often wasted and used for really every big weather event to show how great government is, rather than allowing insurance to deal with it)
  • Heating assistance (well, if Obama wasn’t making energy so expensive, wouldn’t be a problems)
  • Workplace safety (Dems are very upset that federal inspectors from OSHA won’t be bugging businesses as much)
  • Obamacare (bummer!!!!!!!!)
  • Child care (why are my tax dollars paying for someone else’s kids?)

Let’s consider: a great many of these programs should be paid for by the states. There’s no reason for the federal government to be paying for them. A lot of these reductions could be paid for by cutting waste, of which the federal government is extremely proliferate at performing. The entire thing, except Obamacare, could be paid for by cutting Obamacare. Perhaps we shouldn’t be sending hundreds of millions to Syria and Egypt. Obama could cut out all his taxpayer funded vacations and quick trips across the country for campaign events when he can’t run again. We could stop spending money on illegal aliens. Turtle tunnels. Stop overpaying government employees and providing outrageous pensions. How about not giving $1 billion in tax credits for energy efficient homes to people who do not own a home? Maybe cut “programs to promote video games, chocolate, and to revamp a scuba-diver’s web site.” Or the “$30 million to help Pakistani Mango farmers.” “$10 million for Pakistani Sesame Street.” That kind of list goes on and on and on.

But Obama wanted implementation of Sequestration to intentionally be as painful as possible for the American people. It’s who he is. It’s what he does.  And it was all his idea.

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Are You Ready To Pay A Flu Vaccine Tax?

By William Teach April 26, 2013 – 4:20 pm

Yes, and it’s “bipartisan” (via The Lonely Conservative)

(The Weekly Standard) Congress is preparing to take action on a bipartisan proposal to raise taxes on flu vaccines. This is not a tax on the wealthy, but rather on a broad swath of Americans, or at least those who choose to be immunized against the flu.

In February, identical bills were introduced in the House and Senate to add seasonal flu vaccines to the IRS code as taxable. The legislation would exact a 75¢ per dose tax on any “vaccine against seasonal influenza.” Given that the Centers for Disease Control projects that 135 million doses of flu vaccine will be used this year, the government’s take on flu vaccines alone is over $100,000,000 per year.

Along with taxes on other vaccines, this tax would fund the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.  The fund is a “no-fault alternative to the traditional tort system for resolving vaccine injury claims that provides compensation to people found to be injured by certain vaccines.”  However, the fund is by no means in the same kind of trouble that other government “trust funds” are.

The Senate has reached an agreement on the legislation, and looks like there will be votes shortly. Here’s a chance for Obama to keep his promise on not raising taxes on Americans making less than $200k a year.

Of course, liberals will say “hey, it’s only 75 cents”. Add this to the tons of other “it’s just…” taxes and cost of living increases. Oh, and

As is the case with all government “trust funds,” there is no cash set aside to pay out claims. According to the November 2012 report on the vaccine trust, the $3.5 billion balance is invested in “US Treasury Securities.” In other words, financing a portion of the $16.5 trillion national debt.

Just another way to nickle and dime the citizens to pay for the prolificant spending of the US government.

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Sierra Club Comes Out In Favor Of Amnesty For “Environmental Reasons”

By William Teach April 26, 2013 – 1:26 pm

It’s funny how so many “climate change” believers tend to espouse the same political views as hard core leftists, isn’t it?

(Grist) It was notable when Bill McKibben of 350.org and Philip Radford of Greenpeace recently came out in support of immigration-reform legislation.

But it’s really notable that the Sierra Club has now joined them. Over the past decade and a half, the club has had vicious leadership battles over immigration and population. But now the board of directors, which is elected by the group’s 1.4 million members, is unanimously agreed.

Why? Here’s their official position

Currently at least 11 million people live in the U.S. in the shadows of our society. Many of them work in jobs that expose them to dangerous conditions, chemicals and pesticides, and many more of them live in areas with disproportionate levels of toxic air, water, and soil pollution. To protect clean air and water and prevent the disruption of our climate, we must ensure that those who are most disenfranchised and most threatened by pollution within our borders have the voice to fight polluters and advocate for climate solutions without fear.

Which is weird, because so many environmental groups have failed to fight for environmental conditions in low income areas. But, anyway, apparently we need to provide a “pathway to voting Democrat citizenship” to stop hotcoldwetdry.

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