“Two Reasons Why Hotcoldwetdry Is Not Like Other Environmental Problems”

By William Teach March 20, 2013 – 2:57 pm

I’d guess because it is primarily natural and that the climate has always changed, and it has been much warmer during several warm periods during the Holocene. Silly me. Here’s Commander William Riker* David Roberts at Grist

One reason for the widespread misunderstanding is that climate change has been culturally coded as an “environmental problem.” This has been, in all sorts of ways, a disaster. Lots of pundits, especially brain-dead “centrist” pundits, have simply transferred their framing and conception of environmental problems to climate. They approach it as just another air pollution problem.

Hey, maybe he’s finally coming around. One of the things that has bothered me for a long time about ‘Climate Change’, beyond using that highly political term instead of anthropogenic global warming, is that the Warmists have folded every and any environmental issue under the banner of AGW, distracting from the real issue and shifting the focus, making it difficult to solve. It’s one of the reasons I moved from being a Warmist to a climate realist.

The first difference is that carbon dioxide is not like other pollutants.

He’s not saying it isn’t a pollutant, just that it’s different. CO2 is not a pollutant. Period. It’s a trace gas necessary for life.

The second difference is that climate change is irreversible.

True, because the climate will always change. Of course, we know that’s not what David means. In essence, he and other climate astrologers are saying that it is too late, so people have to be forced by Government to change their lives in manners that Warmists have so far refused for themselves in order to limit future temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius.

*go to the Grist link and look at the caricature of Roberts to understand the joke.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 20, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is frozen precipitation that can only occur because Mankind made it hot, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day, on this much cooler than average on this first day of spring, is Jihad Watch, with a post on the Islamists in Syria.

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Legal Insurrection: Know What’s Missing From The GOP Report?

By William Teach March 20, 2013 – 10:56 am

William Jacobson notes something interesting

RNC Report — 100 pages and not a single word about bloggers

That’s right, nothing. The other day I noted, regarding the report, “seriously, how many bloggers, from big to small, were ever engaged by anyone in the GOP?”

For the RNC to produce a 100-page report and not have a single mention of the need to interact with and support the conservative blogosphere tells me that the RNC simply has rearranged the deck chairs on the HMS Consultant.

On the Left, the bloggers are routinely and constantly engaged. Though, it tends to be a way to spread the talking points and funnel money for those blogger’s support. But, surely the DNC and other high end Dem groups solicit ideas. From the GOP? Bupkiss. Nada.

The Other McCain on this story

The idea of “citizen-journalism” is quite nearly alien to the consultant class. The teamwork concept of voluntary collaboration mystifies people for whom politics is a paid gig. Take away their consulting fees, and these guys wouldn’t have anything to do with politics.

Now, we can’t say the GOP doesn’t try at all: I’ve been invited to numerous conference calls because of this little blog of mine (and because of posting at the much bigger Right Wing News), but they tend to be calls to share talking points, not engage and solicit. Look, it can be little things. One great thing Bush-Cheney 2004 did was offering web graphics with embed code. Copy and paste, no muss, no fuss. There were lots of other outreach programs, as well. For McCain and Romney that was nowhere to be found, though they did offer some basic graphics. Republicans at the national level need to reach out and engage Conservative bloggers. Doesn’t even have to involve money (though paying to put ads on our sites, just enough to cover costs, would be nice). Solicit ideas. Engage. Listen.

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Surprise: Aussie Carbon Tax Contributes To Business Insolvencies

By William Teach March 20, 2013 – 8:37 am

One would think that Australia’s politicians would have gotten the hint that their “carbon tax” and cap and trade programs are really, really, really unpopular after the Queensland elections in early 2012, where the Labor Party, the major force behind all the legislation, was reduced from the the leader party to not having enough seats in Parliament to be considered a recognized political party. Alas, no, they want to continue down this stupid “green” path, which is contributing to companies going under

(Daily Caller) As U.S. lawmakers debate imposing a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, evidence is emerging that Australia’s carbon tax has hit businesses hard.

News Limited Network reported the country’s carbon tax was contributing to a record number of firms facing insolvency. Data from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission showed that a record 10,632 businesses faced insolvency for the 12 months to December 31 2012 — up from 10,481 for 2011.

Australia’s largest manufacturing firms asked the central government to scrap the nation’s carbon tax as it disadvantages local companies that are attempting to compete on a global market.

Looks like the carbon tax will reduce CO2 output by helping companies go out of business, leaving manufacturing idle and Aussie’s sitting on the couch jobless and without the money to pay for electricity.

Origin Energy managing director Grant King said that the carbon tax as well as other green programs made up as much as 30 percent of small and medium sized businesses’ electric bills.

Warmists do not care, they are saving Gaia from a minor increase in global temperature, and rather than practicing what they preach, they force everyone else to suffer.

Australia’s tourism industry has also been impacted by carbon pricing. A study commissioned by Tourism Accommodation Australia says the carbon tax will add $115 million in costs to hotels and motels.

Those costs will go directly on the consumer. Well, in those cases where it’s allowed, since parts of the law make it illegal to pass on some costs to consumers. The companies have to eat the costs. All supposedly to stop the mostly natural cycle of being in a warm period.

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Obama Takes “Charm Offensive” To Israel

By William Teach March 20, 2013 – 8:12 am

The Neverending Campaign goes on the road, once again showing a POTUS who is bereft of leadership

(CBS NY) President Barack Obama left for the Middle East on Tuesday evening. He’s on a mission to charm the Israelis into making peace concessions and to find some way to peacefully stop Iran from building a bomb.

What he wants is Israel to give up land they won in wars, most launched against Israel by Arab nations. As for Iran, nothing has stopped them so far.

The president’s move came in a four-minute statement — with Persian subtitles — that attempted to go around President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and reach the Iranian people directly.

It’s the same strategy he wants to employ in Israel, an attempt to circumvent Netanyahu with a campaign-like speech to the Israeli people.

“This trip is a charm offensive to make Israelis like him,” said Jerusalem Post political correspondent Gil Hoffman.

Hoffman said Obama thinks he can win a Middle East peace settlement if Israelis pressure Netanyahu.

Obama confuses “people liking him” with leadership. He’s, for good or bad, the President of the USA, not a movie start, and as such this diminishes the office of the POTUS, consequently reducing the standing of the US. But that is immaterial to Obama, who prefers adulation over all else.

And, if Obama wants Israelis to like him, perhaps his administration shouldn’t erase parts of the nation from the map

(Washington Free Beacon)

The map of the Middle East displayed in an Obama administration video released days before President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel shows the Jewish state dispossessed of substantial parts of its current territory, including its capital.

The map of Israel, displayed repeatedly during the video, shows the Golan Heights, Jerusalem, northern Israel, and areas surrounding what is currently the West Bank as non-Israeli territory. The Golan Heights is shown as part of Syria; Jerusalem is shown as part of the West Bank; and northern Israel is shown as part of Lebanon.

Obama’s schedule simply shows him in “Jerusalem”, with not national name attacked, unlike with “Tel Aviv, Israel”. Remember, the Obama admin. has long been unwilling to name Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and has even called it “Al Quds”, the Palestinian name many times.

BTW, many Palestinians do not want him around, either, starting riots (surprise!) and burning pictures of Obama.

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Study: Katrina-like Hurricanes Every Two Years Way In The Future. Maybe. Possibly

By William Teach March 19, 2013 – 3:11 pm

More prognostication deep into the future by Warmists, with lots of hedge betting

(USA Today) Could the USA deal with a Hurricane Katrina every two years?

Such a scenario is possible by the end of the century due to climate change, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Funny how they can’t tell us what will happen now.

The frequency of extreme storm surges — the deadly and devastating walls of water that roar ashore during hurricanes — is projected to increase by as much as 10 times in coming decades because of warming temperatures, the study finds. Global warming has already doubled the chance of storms like Katrina, according to the study, which was led by climate scientist Aslak Grinsted of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

Except, the US has not been hit with a major hurricane (cat 3 and up) since Wilma in 2005. As of today, that is 2,703 days, which goes well beyond breaking the record for no Cat 3’s. Heck, there are barely any minor hurricane strikes. Since 2008 there has been one real hurricane. Irene was not a hurricane at landfall. Isaac was just barely a hurricane at landfall (and could be debated). Sandy was not a hurricane when she made landfall.

However, another expert finds fault with the study: “I find this paper to be very misleading,” says Georgia Tech climatologist Judith Curry, who says they used “a very incomplete data set:” It only considers tide gauge measurements at six locations (Atlantic City, Charleston S.C., Mayport, Fla.; Pensacola, Fla.; Key West, and Galveston, Texas.)

So, yet another dubious study designed to cause hysteria of something that may possibly kinda sorta happen in the future? Color me shocked.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 19, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…are wonderful environmentally friendly bikes, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Last Tradition, with a post on Rand Paul proposing a pathway to citizenship.

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Warmists Wonder If Hotcoldwetdry Causes Sinkholes

By William Teach March 19, 2013 – 11:46 am

I was wondering when some climate astrologer would go down this road after the sinkhole in Florida that swallowed that man (via Quark Soup)

(Discover) Increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to rainwater containing higher levels of carbon dioxide, otherwise known as acid rain. When carbon dioxide in water is given a carbonate ion, it prefers to make bicarbonate ions rather than staying happily in the water minding its own business. Any rock or shell made of carbonate then becomes more at risk of dissolution as the ocean and rainwater become more acidic, much like tooth enamel dissolves away when soaked in a glass of soda pop.

Once the bedrock starts to dissolve and erode away, the type of surface sediment makes the difference as to whether the sinkhole will be catastrophic or not.

Good grief.

Now, the Quark Soup link adds info from the USGS, which discusses land use which can cause sinkholes. AGW? Mule fritters!

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Hacker To Distribute Confidential Hillary Clinton Emails On Benghazi

By William Teach March 19, 2013 – 7:29 am

What’s in them? We don’t know yet. Will they be big? That remains to be seen, but why bother if they are tepid and meaningless?

(The Smoking Gun) Armed with confidential memos to Hillary Clinton that were stolen from the e-mail account of a former White House aide, a hacker has distributed some of the documents to a wide array of congressional aides, political figures, and journalists worldwide.

In a series of weekend e-mail blasts, the hacker known as “Guccifer” disseminated four recent memos to Clinton from Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime confidant of the former Secretary of State. (snip)

Most of the e-mail recipients were sent four separate memos that were e-mailed to Clinton by Blumenthal during the past five months. Each memo dealt with assorted developments in Libya, including the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi. One memo marked “Confidential” was sent to Clinton on September 12.

Now, according to this these are emails sent to Clinton, no mention of responses. And if they’re from the time period after the attack, what could they show? Perhaps the willingness to stonewall and obfuscate. Color me a bit skeptical. But, then, why bother if they are meaningless?

Of course, Liberals will say this is no big deal, because having our consulate attacked, burned, have Islamist flags raised above it, and 4 Americans killed, including our Ambassador, is much ado over nothing to them.

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Harry Reid Drops Scary Looking Gun Ban From Anti-Gun Legislation

By William Teach March 19, 2013 – 7:05 am

You could almost see this coming. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) is a fan of guns, and also knows that legislation like an assault weapons ban could seriously damage the Dems chances for the 2014 mid-terms for Senate races. And, really, how often did you hear him discuss the ban? Beuller?

(Politico) Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said on Monday that a controversial assault weapons ban will not be part of a Democratic gun bill that was expected to reach the Senate floor next month.

After a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday, a frustrated Feinstein said she learned that the bill she sponsored — which bans 157 different models of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines — wouldn’t be part of a Democratic gun bill to be offered on the Senate floor. Instead, it can be offered as an amendment. But its exclusion from the package makes what was already an uphill battle an almost certain defeat.

The ban is supported by more than a dozen Senate Democrats and the White House, as well as gun-control groups.

In fact, S.150 is supported by only 21 other Senate Democrats, none of them named Harry Reid, which is a pretty low number considering how quickly Democrats attempted to use the Sandy Hook tragedy to assault 2nd Amendment Rights. Reid also knows that the Some Scary Looking Guns bill will most likely not make it past a filibuster.

Aside from the ban, three other major pieces of gun legislation have been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee: a gun trafficking bill, a Democrats-only background checks measure and a proposal to increase school safety.

The gun trafficking bill should pass. The background check measure will most likely not be part of the bill brought to the floor, since it is will probably receive no support from Republicans, as it goes very, very far, particularly in retaining people’s information. And there’s a big danger in making the mental health information of citizens readily available to The Government.

Anyhow, we’ll see if DiFi brings her big and complicated scary guns legislation to the floor. It goes after not just the guns you expect, but bolt action and single shot rifles, competition rifles, and lots of shotguns.

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