Climate Kooks Blame “Climate Change” For Coming Northeast Snowstorm

By William Teach February 8, 2013 – 9:34 am

You knew it was coming, you just didn’t know whom it would be. Many news outlets are using the term “extreme weather” as a way of pushing their unhinged cult beliefs rather than “global warming” or the more popular “climate change”, meant to denote that mankind’s release of greenhouse gases can cause hot, cold, wet, dry, snow, no snow, you name it, it causes it. They’ve also, if you remember, created a fantasy a few years ago that states that warmth from AGW is causing the atmosphere to hold more water which now means that instead of snow being a thing of the past we’ll now get giant snows.

Anthony Watts catches climate astrologers Brad Johnson and Bill McKibben subtly pushing the meme that it is abnormally warm ocean water that is fueling this snow storm. Alas, Anthony points out that the sea temperature anomoly graphic used by the Warmists is a representation of the Gulf Stream, which always looks like that, and “It’s also a model reanalysis of anomaly, not the actual sea surface temperatures.” When we look at the actual sea temps, things change quite a bit from what the Warmists were pushing.

Anyhow, I think I’ve found the first Climate Astrologer to actually blame “climate change”, Andrew Freedman at Climate Central, a website that is interested in, surprise!, one point of view on climate

Life-Threatening Blizzard Poised to Strike New England

A life-threatening and historic blizzard that could rank among the top 10 snowstorms on record in southern New England is poised to plaster the region this weekend with snow that will be measured in feet rather than inches. The storm could also cause major coastal flooding and produce hurricane-force wind gusts, forecasters said.

Freedman also attempts to use a graphic showing the sea temp anomaly, yet, again, it is a reconstruction which highlights the Gulf Stream, not the actual water temps. Facts be damned, their is a cult to push!

Heavy precipitation events in the Northeast, including both rain and snowstorms, have been increasing in the past few decades, in a trend that a new federal climate report links to manmade global climate change. As the world has warmed, more moisture has been added to the atmosphere, giving storms additional energy to work with, and making precipitation extremes more common in many places. The last major snowstorm to strike southern New England was the unusual Halloween snowstorm in 2011.

See, there you go: heavy snowstorms are because you, dear reader, refused to give up your fossil fueled vehicle and purchased a bicycle to go to work. As for “climate change”, there world wide temp has gone up a whopping .28F from 1990-2012. Scary stuff!!!!!!1!!!

Something to mull on for you climate astrologers

(NIU Today) Finally, I don’t like the moniker, “climate change.” It assumes our climate has been steady in the past. Utter nonsense. It’s always changing, it always has and it always will be.

Thanks to technology, we are recording history much better than we did just 30 years ago. Also, I am reminded that modern weather tracking technology has only been around for 50 years, not even close to enough time to truly figure out what is extreme and what isn’t in many cases.

Let’s stop blaming all really bad weather on man-made global warming. Instead, let’s prepare ourselves before the next drought, flood or tornado happens – because they will. We can always expect them to occur.

And while the averages do tell things about our climate, I’ve learned that in studying current and past weather, a lot of times, there’s just no such thing as normal.

But, if you Warmists are so concerned, you could give up your fossil fueled vehicles and make your lives carbon neutral. I triple dog dare you.

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Panetta Claims Obama Absent Night Of Benghazi Attacks

By William Teach February 8, 2013 – 9:04 am

Just to be clear, the absence is from Panetta’s point of view. Which was, you know, the POV of the Secretary of Defense

(Weekly Standard) Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified this morning on Capitol Hill that President Barack Obama was absent the night four Americans were murdered in Benghazi on September 11, 2012:

Panetta said, though he did meet with Obama at a 5 o’clock prescheduled gathering, the president left operational details, including knowledge of what resources were available to help the Americans under siege, “up to us.”

In fact, Panetta says that the night of 9/11, he did not communicate with a single person at the White House. The attack resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

Obama did not call or communicate in anyway with the defense secretary that night. There were no calls about what was going on in Benghazi. He never called to check-in.

Gee, one would think that the POTUS and the SecDef would actually communicate now and then regarding what measures could be taken to rescue Americans who were under assault from violent Islamists, alas, apparently not. Yet, Obama took time during the crisis to call Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu over a non-critical issue. Furthermore

And both Panetta and Dempsey admitted in today’s hearing that they were not in touch with Clinton at all the evening of 9/11. “[W]e never received a request for support from the State Department,” Dempsey said, explaining why the American military had not made any attempt to save the endangered Americans.

Panetta did what he could to try to shield Obama, but overall the transcript shows that Obama was absent regarding contact with the SecDef. And Panetta said the same thing while being questioned by Kelly Ayotte, as well. Panetta ordered the deployment of some forces to areas around the Mediterranean, but was never asked to use those forces. Because POTUS Obama was MIA while our citizens were being assaulted.

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Republicans Block Dem Call For Hotcoldwetdry Hearings

By William Teach February 7, 2013 – 2:53 pm

I actually think this was a bad move. I’ll get to why in a bit

(The Hill) House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans have rebuffed Democrats’ bid to require the high-profile panel to hold hearings on links between climate change, extreme weather and threats to coastal areas.

On Wednesday the Committee, along party lines, voted down Democratic amendments to its formal oversight plan for the 113th Congress.

Of course, Dems delved into Climate Astrology

One defeated amendment, from Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), would have required hearings on the role of climate change in drought, heat waves, wildfires, reduced crop yields and other effects.

Rush knocked GOP climate skeptics. “Hurricane Sandy wasn’t a hoax. The droughts and the fires experienced by those in the Western states, those weren’t hoaxes, those are realities. There was pain suffering and loss of property,” he said.

A second defeated amendment, by Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), called for hearings on climate-related coastal threats including sea-level rise, more frequent and intense storms, and ocean acidification.

Two points: first, holding hearing would have allowed the GOP to bring up scientist interested in science who would have blown the Warmist’s arguments away, and exposed the agenda of the Warmists as one of Progressivism, also known as “soft fascism”.

Second, Republicans could have used my favorite tactic, asking what all these Warmists are doing in their lives to stop globull warming, exposing elected Democrats and their “scientists” and shills as hypocrites.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 7, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonder planet healing bicycle that everyone else should be forced to ride, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Raised On Hoecakes, with a post an bat-guano insane Ron Paul.

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Woman Triple Dog Dares Boyfriend To Come Up With Creative Marriage Proposal

By William Teach February 7, 2013 – 10:49 am

Ladies, be careful what you wish for

(The Blaze) When 26-year-old Nir Shamir decided he wanted to propose to his girlfriend Sara Tushinski, he brainstormed how he might surprise her. You see, she recently hinted to him that if he had any surprises up his sleeve, she’d figure them out. Perceptive as she might be, Sara didn’t know what was heading her way.

With the help of some friends who work as security guards in the Jewish settlement of Oranit, Nir engineered an arrest, an interrogation and the accusation of a hit-and-run accident which would have freaked out even the most cool-headed partner.

And it did freak her out, tears were involved, however, she did say yes in the end. Plus, if you’re thinking what I’m thinking, we can expect Nir to pay for this again and again during what is hopefully a long and loving marriage.

Make sure to read the whole story to see just how intricate and involved the plan was, which required asking the Israeli Defense Ministry for permission.

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FRC Shooter Used Southern Poverty Law Center Website To Choose Targets

By William Teach February 7, 2013 – 8:05 am

Unsurprisingly most media outlets and lefty websites are ignoring this information

(Washington Examiner) The Family Research Council shooter, who pleaded guilty today to a terrorism charge, picked his target off a “hate map” on the website of the ultra-liberal Southern Poverty Law Center which is upset with the conservative group’s opposition to gay rights.

Floyd Lee Corkins II pleaded guilty to three charges including a charge of committing an act of terrorism related to the August 15, 2012 injuring of FRC’s guard. He told the FBI that he wanted to kill anti-gay targets and went to the law center’s website for ideas.

At a court hearing where his comments to the FBI were revealed, he said that he intended to “kill as many as possible and smear the Chick-Fil-A sandwiches in victims’ faces, and kill the guard.” The shooting occurred after an executive with Chick-Fil-A announced his support for traditional marriage, angering same-sex marriage proponents.

This brings up an interesting question: do we put a burden on the SPLC for the shooting? Whenever a supposed conservative is involved in some sort of violence (of course, we usually find out that the supposed conservative is actually on the political left) some group or person on the Left is mostly blamed.

On one hand, the SLPC did not put Corkins up to the actions, and Corkins is apparently bat-guano insane. On the other hand, the SPLC isn’t just opposing people and groups that have different viewpoints on issues: they are intentionally targeting those people and groups and labeling them as “hate groups”, demonizing them, giving crazy people like Corkins the go ahead to get violent. Yet, on the other hand, Corkins is the person responsible for his own action.

What do you think? Does the SLPC play a role in the shooting?

The Other McCain says the SLPC has blood on their hands. Nice Deb wonders if the SLPC should now be branded a hate group. The Lonely Conservative points out that these liberal criminals didn’t seem to want to follow gun laws.

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Surprise! Paper Of Record Not Particularly Concerned With Obama Drone Strike Policy

By William Teach February 7, 2013 – 7:17 am

If there’s one major media outlet those on the Left go to for news and opinion, it would be the NY Times. The same NY Times that excoriated Bush for, well, everything he did. In this case, we’re talking about going after Islamist terrorists. We all remember the hysteria regarding Abu Ghraid. The constant drumbeat about waterboarding. Playing scary music at Gitmo. You name the Bush policy, they attacked it. Yet, here we have Obama’s drone strike policy, and they’re not particularly concerned, and at best mildly chide Obama for not being more forthcoming

It actually takes the NY Times Editorial Board four paragraphs before they even mention Obama’s name, then in the 5th

For years, Mr. Obama has stretched executive power to claim that the 2001 Congressional authorization to use military force against Al Qaeda gives him the unilateral authority to order people, including American citizens, killed away from any battlefield without judicial oversight or public accountability. He took a step in the right direction on Wednesday when he directed the Justice Department to give Congressional committees its classified legal advice on targeting Americans.

Anyone else get the feeling that the EdBoard got a tingling up their legs over what Obama directed the DOJ to do?

Officials say they only target belligerents covered by the 2001 legislation, but the public has no way of knowing under what criteria these targets are chosen. Nor does it know, absent publicly stated rules, how the 2001 law would be interpreted by future presidents. The confirmation hearing provides an opportunity for Mr. Brennan to explain his view on whether there is any check on presidential decision-making, especially when American citizens are targeted, and whether targeted killings are creating more militants than they are eliminating.

Mild wrist slap. We all remember how the Left discussed BCTs, Bush Created Terrorists, claiming that because President Bush dared to fight back against the group that attack the United States and killed 3,000 people he was creating more terrorists. Interestingly, the Fish Wrap EdBoard wants to leave it up to Brennan, rather than asking Obama himself.

After that, the biggest thing the Times offers is what they think the rules should be. That’s it. Nothing else. No condemnation for the strikes which can specifically target Americans abroad who have joined a terrorist group.

The only other article featured on the opinion pages is by Juliet Lapidos which points out that if we look back at Obama’s own words we see that his policy is “detain? No. Kill? Yes.”

The Washington Post also goes squishy on Obama’s policy, when they would have assaulted Bush. LA Times? Nothing. And, really, most media outlets and quite a bit of the liberal interest groups, pundits, and bloggers tend to put the program on Brennan’s shoulders, without implicating Obama as The Boss, while the same people would have directly Blamed Bush for the actions of low level military member.

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Racially Exclusive Groups At Duke Complain About Racist Party

By William Teach February 6, 2013 – 2:55 pm

In all fairness they do have some grounds for complaint

(WRAL) An Asian student group at Duke University has filed a formal complaint with the school after a fraternity hosted a weekend party with a theme that some consider racist.

The party put on Friday by Kappa Sigma originally had an Asian theme, but it was changed to “international relations” after some students complained, according to Larry Moneta, vice president of Student Affairs.

However, pictures posted online show party-goers wearing Asian-style clothing, including a conical straw hat, and a party invite with the salutation, “Herro Nice Duke Peopre.”

Is that racist? More along the lines of bigotry and plain ass-hattery. Some people have less common sense than a dog, and I’m certainly not going to defend the actions of this Kappa Sigma chapter, which really should have known better. But, consider:

The Asian Student Association has the support of several other campus student groups, including the Black Student Alliance, the Center for Race Relations and the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

These are all campus groups that are based on “race” to the exclusion of others. Think about the response if someone started a WASP Alliance group: how would that play out?

Sigma Kappa gave a weasely apology, and there will be a demonstration today at 1pm by a group thatvis racially exclusive.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 6, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful planet healing bike that Everyone Should be forced to purchase by governmental decree, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Wake Up America, with a post on a court denying the NY Times request for gun owner information.

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10 Year Old Busted For Bringing Toy Gun To School

By William Teach February 6, 2013 – 11:01 am

He should obviously be branded a terrorist and have the rest of his life ruined

(Washington Examiner) A 10-year-old Alexandria boy was arrested after police said he brought a toy handgun to school on Tuesday, a day after he showed it to others on a school bus.

The boy, a fifth-grader at Douglas MacArthur Elementary School whose name is not being released, was charged as a juvenile with brandishing a weapon, police said.

He was also suspended from school, and Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Morton Sherman said further action is being considered, including expulsion.

On Monday, the boy showed the plastic gun to at least one other student during a bus ride home from the school. The 10-year-old did not point it at anyone or threaten to shoot it, but he neglected to mention that the weapon was fake, said Alexandria police spokeswoman Ashley Hildebrandt.

The toy resembled a semi-automatic handgun, said police spokesman Jody Donaldson. It was silver and had a black handle. It also had a orange tip that went into the barrel, showing that no ammunition was coming out of it.

It’s a toy, most likely designed to shoot tiny rubber pellets. I have one myself based on a Walther P99 (I also have the real thing). The kid is 10. Yeah, he should have really left it at home, much like most kids’ toys should be left at home, but, he’s 10. The school even went as far as to send a letter to all the parents to let them know, I guess, that a tiny terrorist with a fake plastic gun was apprehended.

These people need to get some common sense. Take the toy away, calmly explain to the child that he should leave toys at home, and move on.

In related news, a 7 year old was suspended from school for throwing an imaginary grenade in a game about saving the world.

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