The Marcott “Abrupt Warming” Meme Dying A Slow Death

By William Teach April 2, 2013 – 8:01 am

Will The AP, NY Times, and others (The Global Warming Policy Foundation has an interesting list with quotes) who published the findings of the Marcott paper retract their stories and publish updates, since the “science” of the Marcott paper are entirely in question? Here’s Bjørn Lomborg

3 weeks ago, a paper in Science showed the last 11,000 years of temperature. The claim, that went around the world was one of “an abrupt warming in the last 100 years”, as the New York Times put it.

Today, the researchers admit this claim was wrong. The last hundred years is not only below the resolution of the reconstruction, but also not representative:

“the 20th century portion of our paleotemperature stack is not statistically robust, cannot be considered representative of global temperature changes, and therefore is not the basis of any of our conclusions.”

If you don’t want to believe, Lomborg, how about the NY Times’ resident Warmist, Andrew Revkin? That quote comes from Revkin’s NY Times article. What we were told was that the warming over the last 100 years was the biggest and most abrupt during the last 11,000 years. Now, after all the media pushed that meme, one of the authors, Jeremy Shakun, has told us “well, not so much.”

That’s UN IPCC lead author Richard Tol.

Roger Pielke, Jr, says the paper comes close to gross scientific misconduct, and Anthony Watts wonders when it will be retracted. And, per Pielke, Jr, here’s what happens when you removed the portion that is “not statistically robust”

To wrap up, let’s be clear: most Climate Realists are not arguing that there has been no warming (and I’ll argue with any who say there hasn’t been any): we’re arguing causation. We’re saying it is mostly or solely natural. Just like it has always been. Warmists claim it is mostly or solely anthropogenic. Why? Their main reason seems to boil down to “because we say so”.

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USA Today: Two School Tragedies 23 Years Apart Is A “Familiar Pattern”

By William Teach April 2, 2013 – 7:14 am

If by a “tragically familiar pattern“, as their headline reads, they mean “Democrats attempting to take away Constitutional rights and punish the innocent for the crimes of the guilty”, well, yes. In 1989 a deranged gunman shot up a school (from outside) in Stockton, California with a “military-style rifle” (nice to know that the writer received the White House’s talking points about that)

The stunning attack 24 years ago, which left five elementary school children dead and 29 others wounded, was the nation’s “Sandy Hook” before last December’s massacre in Newtown, Conn. Almost a quarter of a century later, the nation’s contentious fault lines over gun rights and the debate over how to curb senseless mass killings remain similar.

Except for the fatal scale of the Connecticut shooting (20 children and six educators were killed Dec. 14), the assault at Cleveland Elementary School here featured near-identical and tragic themes: young victims, a troubled gunman and a military-style rifle. Then, Patrick Purdy, a deranged 24-year-old drifter, turned a schoolyard packed with children — many of them sons and daughters of southeast Asian immigrants — into a killing field. He later fatally shot himself.

Like Newtown, the Stockton shooting helped prompt a heated national debate about gun control, culminating in a landmark, 10-year federal ban on assault weapons, which expired in 2004. A shock to the national psyche, the schoolyard shootings and the testimony of Stockton officials, including then-Mayor Barbara Fass, first served as an emotional springboard to broad gun-control legislation in California before Congress approved its assault weapon ban in 1994.

So, how do we curb senseless mass killings? According to Democrats, we do this by punishing law abiding citizens by passing laws that restrict their 2nd Amendment rights.

“For all those who say we shouldn’t and can’t ban assault weapons: How can they say that?” Vice President Biden said in late March, urging Congress to reconsider including the assault weapons ban.

It’s actually pretty easy, Joe. The vast majority of us are not criminals and won’t use the scary looking guns, or any others, to commit crimes. What you are saying is that you want to punish us, the innocent, because a few people are deranged and/or criminals. Why not go after them?

The other side of the debate is represented by an unlikely foe: Rob Young, a 30-year-old police officer, who still bears the physical scars of a day he “will never forget.”

“There isn’t a gun law in place that would have stopped what happened to me,” Young said. “I have never blamed the gun. It wasn’t the fault of the AK-47. If Patrick Purdy didn’t have a gun and still wanted to do something, he would have found another way to do it.”

Young was shot in Stockton on that day 24 years ago, and he seems to understand something that Democrats (and the USA Today, which has delved into advocacy rather than news) don’t: you blame the criminal, not the object. But, Democrats couldn’t care less, they want to do away with private gun ownership, and, much like Obamacare is a step towards single payer, this gun control is a step towards a total ban. Except for criminals, who’ll get and use guns regardless.

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Could A Newer Lawsuit Sink Obamacare?

By William Teach April 1, 2013 – 2:59 pm

The longer this turd of a government program sticks around the hard it will be to dismantle it, and it would require a GOP congress and president to repeal it. The soonest would be 2017

(Washington Times) “Obamacare” looks increasingly inevitable, but one lawsuit making its way through the court system could pull the plug on the sweeping federal health care law.

A challenge filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation contends that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional because the bill originated in the Senate, not the House. Under the Origination Clause of the Constitution, all bills raising revenue must begin in the House.

The Supreme Court upheld most provisions of the act in June, but Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. took pains in the majority opinion to define Obamacare as a federal tax, not a mandate. That was when the Sacramento, Calif.-based foundation’s attorneys had their “aha” moment.

“The court there quite explicitly says, ‘This is not a law passed under the Commerce Clause; this is just a tax,’” foundation attorney Timothy Sandefur said at a Cato Institute forum on legal challenges to the health care act. “Well, then the Origination Clause ought to apply. The courts should not be out there carving in new exceptions to the Origination Clause.”

The government argues that it originated with HR 3590, as in originating in the House, but, that was a shell bill, and had nothing to do with raising revenue, ie, taxes.

The suit is currently working its way through the courts. The next big chance won’t be till people are nailed by the Mandate. Unfortunately, citizens and groups can’t sue the government for the bald faced lies they told while passing the piece of crap.

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If All You See…

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

…is snow due to too much heat from the fossil fueled car, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Da Tech Guy’s Blog, with a post on Mark Kelly thinking we’re stupid.

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Surprise: Warmists Find Another Reason To Not Walk The Talk

By William Teach April 1, 2013 – 11:06 am

Oh, and that capitalism needs to be done away with and replace with Marxism

Local schmocal: Why small-scale solutions won’t save the world

I have a confession: I’m a cynic when it comes to living small. I like to garden and ride bikes; I buy local whenever I can. But I don’t think my personal lifestyle choices are going to save the world — and neither will yours.

I’m not alone. Just ask Greg Sharzer, a frustrated Marxist activist with a Ph.D. in Political Science from York University who also enjoys cycling and Fair Trade coffee. Sharzer’s book No Local: Why Small-Scale Alternatives Won’t Change the World is a bucket of ice water on fresh-faced progressive localism, and an affront to the concept of micro solutions altogether. Localism is a survival strategy, Sharzer writes, not a movement, and not a solution. (big snip)

Sharzer relies on Marxist class analysis to make his arguments that localism fails to bring about systemic change. I will spare you the Marxism (you’re welcome!) but not the class war. He basically argues that if localists “understood” capitalism (scare quotes necessary), they’d be in the streets with torches and pitchforks, not out scavenging used veggie oil to power their Jettas. He is lobbying for us to think and act collectively, globally, instead of just focusing on ourselves.

So, a 2 for 1 bonus: Warmists shouldn’t really bother making changes in their own lives (like any do other than token changes in the first place) and the need to do away with capitalism and replace it with Marxism (actually, what they are attempting to do is replace it with Progressivism, ie, nice fascism. Marxism is not that far off).

I should note that the Grist writer, Susie Cagle, does end the piece by recommending that people engage in these micro-solutions. Alas, they won’t. And that, as someone in the comments points out, if Sharzer isn’t giving his book away, he’s not really a Marxist. He’s not: it’s $19.95.

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Warmist Suggests Hotcoldwetdry Will Cause More Tsunamis

By William Teach April 1, 2013 – 7:50 am

While Warmists call people who do not believe in “climate change” (a wholly unscientific term) anti-science, this is what Warmists call “science”

(Don’t be fooled by the spring snows, they are further proof of global warming)

Unsurprisingly, David Robert Grimes takes the Warmist line that massive cold and snow is caused by heat, because it surely couldn’t be caused by cold (sic). According to their meth addled hypothesis, the last glacial period was caused by it getting really hot.

While it may seem paradoxical that Arctic warming can freeze us so much, it is exactly what climate scientists have long predicted. And it will get worse.

Actually, none of them predicted this. This is Warmists trying to manufacture a way to keep pushing their cult (while refusing to practice what they preach). And, it doesn’t seem paradoxical: it just seems stupid and drug addled.

…ancient ice cores yield a record of temperature and atmosphere over hundreds of millennia, and shows our current rate of warming is hundreds of times beyond anything that has gone before, coinciding with the dawn of industrialisation.

Except for all those pauses in warming that have occurred since this warm period started. You have roughly 3 big warm trends (1850-1900, 1920-1947, 1978-1997) since 1850, with pauses and, in the case of the late 40’s-late 70’s, a dip. Anyway, here’s the fun part

..Two years on, it bears repeating that the Fukushima accident of 2011 has killed nobody and likely never will. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, by contrast, killed more than 18,000. If nothing substantial is done, such disasters will increase in both frequency and intensity

And there you go, this Climate Astrologer is actually pushing that the 2004 tsunami was caused by “climate change”. Sadly, most warmists are probably thinking “yes, it was”. And you call climate realists “anti-science”? You Warmists would probably burn Galileo at the stake.

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Is “Universal Background Checks” Legislation Dying Out?

By William Teach April 1, 2013 – 7:01 am

One of the things about this debate about “universal background checks” is that no one within the elected “representative” community is saying that this is about handguns: it seems to be aimed at all gun purchases and transfers. And, to be honest, I personally have no problem with a quick background check on all gun purchases. Why are handguns different from a rifle that could fire accurately up to several hundred yards away? Anyhow, what Senators, mostly Democrats, are pushing may be dying out

(Washington Times) Senators from both parties signaled Sunday that universal background checks could be the next gun measure to get shoved toward the legislative scrap heap or significantly watered down.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, whose bill to expand background checks to cover virtually all gun transactions, including private sales, has cleared the Judiciary Committee, said he is nevertheless hunting for a compromise on the issue.

If he’s hunting for a compromise it means his legislation is too extreme. Wasn’t this legislation supposed to be the easy one? Simply expand background checks to all guns. What is ChuckE putting in his bill that could make it so difficult?

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said that out of about 80,000 people who failed background checks last year, just 66 were prosecuted.

“Why in the world would you expand that system if you’re not enforcing the law that exists today to include private transfers?” Mr. Graham said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “So I think that legislation is going nowhere. But I would like to have a robust debate about improving the system to make sure that people who are mentally ill do not get a gun to begin with. And there’s a lot we could do in a bipartisan fashion.”

Wait, the government is not following the law yet is complaining about bad people getting guns? Raise your hands if you’re surprised by governmental incompetence.

Lawmakers are looking for a way to extend checks to almost all transactions without creating a record-keeping system that gun rights supporters fear could turn into a gun registry.

Well, what of the way records are kept for handguns? There has been no muss or fuss about that system. Why not expand it? Certainly because Democrats (and some Republicans) want a massive data base on Americans with guns. They aren’t concerned with all the issues involved with targeting people with mental health issues, violating their privacy, stigmatizing them, and denying them their Constitutional Right to own a gun while also violating their 4th and 5th Amendment rights.

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Watcha Reading?

By William Teach March 31, 2013 – 4:44 pm

Finished The Greatest Domestic Threat, was actually a damned good book, but the ending left you hanging just a tiny bit.

Made it most of the way through Zombie Bay (Death On The Beach), but just couldn’t finish it. Truly bogged down and became boring.

Also gave How To Save The World: An Alien Comedy a try. Kinda interesting, but couldn’t hold my attention too long. Nor could The Rebellion for Democracy, which forgot to include detail, things just skipped like you’re supposed to know what is going on.

Getting into The Last Roman (The Praetorian Series: Book I). So far, damned good!

BTW, someone emailed and wrote that my book reviews suck. Well, this post isn’t about reviewing books. It’s simply about what I’m reading and asking what you, dear reader, are reading yourself. What interests you. If I run across a spectacular book, I might drop a bit of a review. Otherwise, nope.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 31, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is a forest dying and a river drying up because Someone Else drove a fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Atlas Shrugs, with a post on #MyJihad and an Easter day attack.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach March 31, 2013 – 10:44 am

Happy Easter Sunday! A time to remember what the this specific day means, and to remember in general the once and future nation of America. This pinup is by Art Frahm, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Weasel Zippers points out that the Easter Bunny has beaten the rap
  2. The Victory Girls have an Easter pinup!
  3. This ain’t Hell… has your Easter feel good story
  4. At The Powers That Be, guest poster Joyanna Adams wonders what happened with Superstorm Sandy relief
  5. The People’s Cube has clean green muscle power
  6. The Lonely Conservative says Dems understand their policies suck
  7. The Jawa Report has many Easter Bible quotes
  8. The Astute Blogger finds an interesting use for the new gay marriage symbol
  9. Theodore’s World has Liz Cheney
  10. Sister Toldjah has the story of Jeremy’s Egg
  11. Scared Monkey’s covers the freest states in the Union
  12. At Right Wing News, we learn that Chicago Dems have solved all their gun problems, so……
  13. Pundit and Pundette has lots about Easter
  14. Public Secrets covers just how well high speed rail is doing in Brokeifornia
  15. And last, but not least, Primordial Slack tells us about a new Commandment

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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