Crazy Warmist Blames Lightning Strike On Globull Warming

By William Teach May 3, 2012 – 8:33 am

Because lightning never happened when CO2 was below 350ppm. Oh, and the Warmist in question isn’t just any crazy lady: she’s a former Harvard Business School professor (via Tom Nelson)

(HuffPo Crazy) Hell is not a place; it’s a time. It starts with the experience of irreversible loss and ends as you learn to live with loss. My hell time began on a summer night in 2009 while wrapping brownies at the kitchen table in our Maine farmhouse.

Then her home was hit by lightning. I can sympathize: mine was hit once, too, blew out my A/C unit and expensive HDTV. Anyhow, here we go

I am not a climate change scientist, but I have come to understand that I am a climate change victim. Our daughter took the lead investigating destructive lightning in Maine. She found that the NASA Goddard Institute estimates a 5-6% change in global lightning frequencies for every 1 degree Celsius global warming. The Earth has already warmed .8 degrees Celsius since 1802 and is expected to warm another 1.1-6.4 degrees by the end of the century. Maine’s temperatures rose 1.9 degrees Celsius in the last century and another 2.24 degree rise is projected by 2104. I learned from our insurance company that while the typical thunderstorm produces around 100 lightning strikes, there were 217 strikes around our house that night. I was shocked to discover that when it comes to increased lightning frequency and destructiveness, a NASA study concluded that eastern areas of North America like Maine are especially vulnerable. Scientists confirm a 10% increase in the incidence of extreme weather events in our region since 1949.

.8C, huh? Wow, that’s ……. well, miniscule, and still less than occurred during the multiple warm periods that occurred over the last 7,000 years. Remember when we were told that “weather is not climate”?

Was the lightning bolt in our kitchen caused by global warming? The facts are too compelling to ignore. It seems that global warming turned my family into refugees in our own lives, stripped of everything that once carried our memories and meaning. Since then I’ve learned some lessons that may help others reckon with the realities of climate change and the terrifying prospect that our future will be different from our past.

I don’t want to make light of her tragedy, yet, she herself decided to take a random act of nature and use it for political gain. And blaming CO2 for this random act of nature is about as stupid as it gets. I will give her points for installing solar panels and a windmill, but living in a big old house is bad for globull warming.

Oh, I almost forget: via Steven Goddard, here’s Maine’s massive warming trend (saved me from having to look it up myself)

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Liberals Target Fox’s Broadcast Licenses

By William Teach May 3, 2012 – 8:12 am

On one hand, liberals think burning the American flag and pooping on police cars is “free speech”. On the other, if someone broadcasts things they don’t like, shut them down. They’d make Hugo Chavez, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler very proud

(Guardian) A Washington-based ethics watchdog is calling on federal regulators to revoke News Corporation’s 27 Fox broadcast licences in the wake of the highly critical report on phone hacking from the UK parliament.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew) has written to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, calling on the regulator to pull the plug on Rupert Murdoch’s lucrative television licences on grounds of character.

The letter argues that the final report of the UK Commons culture, media and sport committee, which concluded that Murdoch was not fit to run a major international company, had implications for the US regulators that they had now to act upon.

As Newsbusters points out, CREW is yet another George Soros funded extreme left organization. And they aren’t just going after Fox News, their unhinged derangement looks to do away with all Fox’s broadcast licenses, so, no more Family Guy or The Simpsons. No more American Idol. Who’ll carry NFC football? And what of all the local TV stations affiliated with Fox Broadcasting? What would happen to them? That’s a lot of people out of work. But, the Left doesn’t care, because someone had the audacity to broadcast something other than liberal propaganda.

From CREW’s press release

Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski asking the FCC to revoke the 27 Fox broadcast licenses News Corp. holds in the United States. Under U.S. law, broadcast frequencies may be used only by people of good “character,” who will serve “the public interest,” and speak with “candor.”  Significant character deficiencies may warrant disqualification from holding a license.

CBS should have their license pulled for their fake Dan Rather report on George Bush. MSNBC should have their license pulled for putting Al Sharpton, a man who pushed a fake racism story and incited violence against Jews, on television. CNN should have their license pulled for failing to broadcast what was going on in Iraq under Saddam Hussein in order to keep their access. See how easy censorship is, Leftists?

Democrat Senators are complying, as several are asking the UK for evidence.

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Say, About All Those Death Threats Against Aussie Climate Scientists…

By William Teach May 2, 2012 – 6:58 pm

Yeah, not so much, via Australian Climate Madness through Anthony Watts

(The Australian) CLAIMS that some of Australia’s leading climate change scientists were subjected to death threats as part of a vicious and unrelenting email campaign have been debunked by the Privacy Commissioner.

Timothy Pilgrim was called in to adjudicate on a Freedom of Information application in relation to Fairfax and ABC reports last June alleging that Australian National University climate change researchers were facing the ongoing campaign and had been moved to “more secure buildings” following explicit threats.

In a six-page ruling made last week, Mr Pilgrim found that 10 of 11 documents, all emails, “do not contain threats to kill” and the other “could be regarded as intimidating and at its highest perhaps alluding to a threat”.

Both Watts and ACM highlight all the ‘breathless” reporting of the original story claiming the death threats. Think the reality will hit the BBC, Nature, ABC (Aussie version), and the Guardian, among others, with them publishing this info?

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Mostly Peaceful Occupiers Throw Bricks And Pipes From SF Rooftop

By William Teach May 2, 2012 – 1:46 pm

Funny how this seems to only be getting airplay in the San Fran area

Hundreds of protesters took over a vacant building on Turk Street owned by the Archdiocese of San Francisco on Tuesday. One climbed to the roof, threw a brick that struck a man with a video camera standing in the swarm of police and demonstrators below.

Police arrested Jesse Nesbitt, 34, of San Francisco on suspicion of felony aggravated assault after he ran out the back of the two-story building at 888 Turk St. But they didn’t find another man who hurled metal pipes into from an adjacent rooftop.

There’s already been $25,000 in damage to the church.

“We are not the 1 percent. I don’t get it,” said George Wesolek, spokesman for the archdiocese. “I think it’s an indication of how confused the Occupy movement has become in terms of its goals and its focus.”

They don’t care. And as long as the “99%” put up with these hooligans, this is what will happen. 24 Occutards were arrested at the church. There were 23 arrests in Oakland. Business owners in the “trashed Mission district” want answers. The Occupiers and left side apologists simply blame this on “anarchists”, but, who do they think is attracted to the Occupy movement?

Over at the Jawa Report, we find “Funny, I’ve been to several Tea Party protests but never felt the need to bring weapons, bombs, or bags of shit. Maybe it’s just me…”

Newsbusters highlights the number of MSM outlets not mentioning the Occupy links for the 5 Occupiers arrested by the FBI who wanted to blow up a bridge.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 2, 2012 – 1:00 pm

…is extreme weather caused by Someone Else driving to work, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jammie Wearing Fools.

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Globull Warming Policies Are Bad For Your Health

By William Teach May 2, 2012 – 11:22 am

The thing about globull warming policies is that they aren’t really designed to do anything other than redistribute money from the private sector to the public sector, as well as restricting freedom in the private sector. They won’t limit or reduce warming, as proponents say they will. Now, a new report highlights just how bad the policies are (via Junk Science)

(GWPF) Policies to reduce global warming may be doing more harm than good to public health in both developing and industrialised countries. This is the conclusion of a new report published today by the Global Warming Policy Foundation.

In his report, Dr Indur Goklany, a leading expert on human health and climate change, shows that

• Global warming does not currently rank among the top public health threats
• The contribution of much-publicized ‘Extreme Weather Events’ to global mortality is negligible and declining.
• Poverty is a much larger public health threat than global warming
• Present climate policies are already adding to death and disease
• Focused adaptation to climate change and/or economic development would provide greater health benefits at lower costs than climate mitigation policies.

The report warns that exaggerating the impact of global warming on human health seriously risks misdirecting the world’s priorities and resources in combating poverty and improving public health.

“Climate policies that hinder or slow down economic development or increase the price of energy and food threaten to augment poverty and, as a result, increase net death and disease,” Dr Goklany said.

The increase in biofuel production between 2004 and 2010, for example, is estimated to have increased the population in absolute poverty in the developing world by over 35 million, leading to about 200,000 additional deaths in 2010 alone.

You can read the whole report here.

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GOP Study Shows Companies Would Save Money By Dropping Health Care Offerings, Paying Fine

By William Teach May 2, 2012 – 8:53 am

Highlighting what we’ve known for quite some time

(Washington Times) Trying to build their case that President Obama’s health care law will destroy traditional employer-sponsored insurance, House Republicans released a study Tuesday showing that the largest companies could save billions by kicking workers off their current health plans and pushing them into government-subsidized exchanges.

In a dig at Mr. Obama, who promised that the law would allow people to keep their current coverage, the report found that companies could save $4,821 per worker if they chose to end coverage and instead pay a fine — leaving their employees with no recourse but to buy insurance on their own through the exchanges.

“It is clear to me that because of this law, Americans will not be able to keep the health care plan they have and like,” said Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. He charged that the Affordable Care Act will make insurance so expensive that employers won’t be able to afford to offer it anymore.

Obamacare provides multiple incentives for companies to drop their offerings and push their employees to the Exchanges. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature. Of course, Democrats say this is bunk

Josh Drobnyk, spokesman for Rep. Sander M. Levin, the ranking Democrat on the committee, said official government scorekeepers had studied the issue and found that relatively few employers are likely to drop their coverage over the next few years.

Mr. Drobnyk said companies offer insurance as a way of enticing the best workers, and said that won’t change.

“According to the logic of this so-called report, businesses could have ‘saved’ even more money if they dropped employee health coverage years ago, which is perfectly legal and carries no penalty,” he said.

He’s partially right, some companies do offer health insurance to entice workers. But, in this century, offering health insurance, along with vision and dental (dental used to be the really big deal, for those of us old enough to remember), is simply considered part of the wages. Most companies, at least those with 50 or more employees, offer insurance. At least to full time employees. And there’s the rub.

I’ve offered this explanation many times within the blogs I post at, in comments, and in Real Life. But, let’s consider again: you are the owner of a company with over 50 employees. You offer health insurance. You’re spending anywhere from $8k-$12k a year per employee (the average costs across the board). You move your plans to a health savings account, which immediately lowers costs to $6k-$8k a year. But, Obamacare limits contributions to HSA, setting a cap at $2,500. Obamacare causes many other problems with HSAs, too.

But, you’re a good boss, and want to provide health insurance to your employees. You believe in social justice, spreading the wealth, and the “general good.” And, you’re generous in offering health insurance to your part time employees, though they would pay about 3 times what a full timer would pay. Hence, none of them get insurance through the company. Hey, you offered!

But, there’s a little problem: if just one employee gets insurance through the Exchange, you will be responsible for paying the fine, probably $2,000, for every single employee. You’re already paying roughly $350,000 a year to provide health insurance, just part of doing business. But, you’re really not keen on taking the chance that you will have to give the Central Government another $100,000 a year. Spreading the wealth only goes so far. So, you’re options are to a) take your chances or b) drop your insurance, perhaps offering $2k a year extra in earnings or a subsidy so your employees can get insurance on the Exchange, and simply paying the fine.

Companies won’t take the chance. They’ll drop their insurance. Which is what Obamacare wants, that way more and more people will be forced into the government exchange.

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Bad News For Obama: He’s Up 47-43 Over Romney In North Carolina

By William Teach May 2, 2012 – 8:20 am

Someone recently asked me “why do you rarely post polls?” Well, there are a couple reasons. First, we are pretty far out from the general election. Second, most polls now tend to be national polls, and in the larger scheme, they are meaningless. Obama could beat Romney by 10 million votes, but if Romney wins all the 2004 Bush states he’ll be POTUS.

The important polls are the state polls, and PBO has spent quite a bit of time in potential battleground states giving campaign speeches disguised as official business. And North Carolina is one of those states Obama has focused on. Ed Morrissey covered the poor economy of North Carolina the other day, as well as the issues with the NC Democrat Party and with choosing Charlotte as their convention site. Now, WRAL/SurveyUSA provide a poll that is bad news for Obama, and the headline tells us that Obama Tops Romney In NC

In a head-to-head vote, however, the former Massachusetts governor comes up short against Obama.

SurveyUSA asked 1,636 registered voters in North Carolina who would get their vote for president if the election were held today, and Obama beat out Romney 47 to 43 percent, with 9 percent of voters still undecided. The margin of error in the poll is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.

“This is going to be a very tight race for the next six months,” said David McLennan, political science professor at William Peace University in Raleigh.

You might be wondering why this is bad news for Obama as the headline states: looking at the poll data (link within the excerpt), we learn that the Republican/Democrat/Independent breakdown is 32/45/20, so, in a poll which  heavily over-samples Democrats vs. Republicans by 13, Obama only leads by 4 points. That, my friends, is bad news for Obama. Romney hasn’t even really started campaigning in NC as of yet. Furthermore, there is a good chance that Pat McCrory (R) will win the Governor’s mansion this year. It’s rare that NC has a Republican governor.

Digging deeper into the poll, we see that women, who traditionally break Dem, are over-sampled by 6 points. Only 19% surveyed were over 65, and that group tends to vote heavily. We do have lots of time to go till November, and anything can happen: one candidate can utterly flame-out, as McCain did with his “suspending his campaign” stunt. Those of us can expect many, many disruptive visits from Obama over the next 6 months, as Team Obama can surely read the bad numbers in the poll.

There’s also a poll for Virginia, where Obama leads 51-43. Allahpundit provides the sampling (which removes the need for me to email PPP, as it is not readily provided), which breaks 39D/32R/29I. Again, over-sampling, this time Dems by 7. Which gives Obama a tiny edge, with a long way to go.

Crossed at Right Wing News and Stop The ACLU.

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Obama To Spike Osama Football Live From Afghanistan

By William Teach May 1, 2012 – 6:12 pm

Can you really blame him? He jas nothing else to run on. However, it’s a damned shame that he’s taken a great American accomplishment and turned it into a campaign slogan (via Hot Air)

(USA Today) President Obama made a surprise night visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, signing a new security agreement and preparing to deliver a nationally televised address on plans to withdraw from the war now in its second decade.

Obama is scheduled to speak at 7:30 p.m., Washington time.

In his speech, the president is expected to mention the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden, who planned the 9/11 terrorist attacks from a base in Afghanistan.

So, a primetime speech made at the equivalent of 4am Afghanistan time. Spiking the football. I’m waiting for liberals who who constantly complained about Bush bringing up his reaction to 9/11, taking action, etc (which Bush rarely did) to smack Obama down in 3….2…..2….

More: Phineas (here and here) compares Obama’s narcissism with other president’s generosity. The Lonely Conservative hopes Obama takes time during his spiking to thank those who actually performed the mission and did all the hard work leading up to it.

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White House To Roll Out 10 Year Climate (hoax) Study

By William Teach May 1, 2012 – 3:33 pm

Gotta love how the White House, which puts out enormous amounts of CO2 in ferrying the Obama’s around to campaign events, the golf course, taxpayer subsidized vacations, etc. says this

(UPI) A 10-year research plan outlined by the White House will focus on how human economic activity influences climate change, the administration said.

The White House said it formalized a 10-year strategic plan for the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The plan will focus on the relationship between human economic activity and global climate change.

“Human actions are altering the atmosphere, the land and our oceans, placing new pressures on the Earth’s ecosystems and threatening the health and economic welfare of our Nation and the world,” Tom Armstrong, executive director of the USGCRP, said in a statement.

The study was done by “100 Federal scientists”….think there were any who disagreed on the panel? Oh, and unshockingly, here are their 4 action items (from the link in the excerpt)

  1. Goal 1 – Advance Science
  2. Goal 2 – Inform Decisions
  3. Goal 3 – Conduct Sustained Assessments
  4. Goal 4 – Communicate and Educate

Notice that all of them require lots of taxpayer funding, and none recommend that Warmists take action within their own lives.

“High-quality and well-coordinated research is essential if we are to better understand and predict future changes, develop strategies to minimize our vulnerabilities, and adapt to changes that can’t be avoided,” said Armstrong.

So far, all their research and computer models have been failures. But, if only we could just throw more money at it. As Tom Nelson points out “If the science is so settled, why do we need another taxpayer-funded 10-year AGW study?” I’d also like to know why the public has to pay $35 in order to read the 72 page review that was already funded by the taxpayer.

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