Facts be damned, Mother Earth must be saved!

We are engaged in an global struggle to save the earth, or destroy it, depending upon whom you believe.

The Climate Change true believers have viewed this conflict as an epic battle against polluters and greedy corporations in defense of Gaea, Mother Earth.  It has become a religion, and one must choose sides in order to be 'saved'.

Over the past several years it has been oh-so-fashionable to submit to the religion of Global Warming.  It has recently become trendy to smear those who express skepticism as 'deniers', an apparent effort to marginalize rather than respond to these critics.

Well, now Mother Earth has finally declared sides, and it is not good new for the environmentalists: 

Global Temperatures have not increased in 15 years:



Global Temps Soar.... or not.

(Daily Mail) — The supposed ‘consensus’ on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years.

The figures suggest that we could even be heading for a mini ice age to rival the 70-year temperature drop that saw frost fairs held on the Thames in the 17th Century.

Based on readings from more than 30,000 measuring stations, the data was issued last week without fanfare by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. It confirms that the rising trend in world temperatures ended in 1997.

This means that despite massive increases in CO2 in the atmosphere, global temperatures are not behaving as the AGW models predict.   End of discussion.  AGW is a fraud.

Even the enviro-whackos know this is end of the line:

‘We’re now well into the second decade of the (cooling),’ said Benny Peiser, director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. ‘If we don’t see convincing evidence of global warming by 2015, it will start to become clear whether the models are bunk. And, if they are, the implications for some scientists could be very serious.

It is time for this charade to end.  It is abundantly clear that there is no validity to this theory. Or as one of my more scientifically literate pals like to phrase it, 'there is no science behind that'.

Funny, though, the media seems to have been busy on the day that this study was released.  No US news services thought that this was worthy of notice.

I expect that this report will be ignored, and the next 'wierd' weather event will be touted as proof positive that AGW is real.

They will then follow these wild stories with demands that the 'deniers' repent and accept the one true god of Global warming.

This is only possible because 'global warming science' is not science at all. It is a religion masquerading as science.  The zealots who are pushing it are actually power hungry leftists posing as concerned environmentalists.  Green on the outside, Red on the inside. 

Facts be damned, Mother Earth must be saved!

When Headlines Lie

One of the ways in which the media displays its biases is in the headlines that they splash across the news.

Often you will find that the headline and the article don't seem to be related, or that the headline gives a very different impression of events than that which is related in the story.

Here is an example.  The headline is:
Cops: Man, 65, kills teen who knocks him off bicycle

This give the impression that some guy killed a teenage who knocked him off his bike, as if some random bump induced a fit of gun rage that left an innocent teen dead.

The actual facts are that three 15-16 year olds attempted to mug an elderly man, who drew his gun and shot two of them, killing one.

The assault victim was release by the police with no charges against him.  From this we can conclude that it was an act of self defense and that he possessed the firearm legally.  

49 states permit concealed carry of firearms

The reality here is that an attempt mugging was thwarted by a concealed carry firearm.  Or worse, for all we know the teens intended to beat or kill the old man.

The headline should have read: 
Man, 65, thwarts assault; kills teen in self-defense


The media go to great length to hide the facts or mislead you about what is actually happening in the world.  Don't believe everything you read.

Lies, Damned Lies, and the SOTU Address

President Obama really hit some new lows with his 2012 State of the Union Address.

Not only was it  the lowest rated of his presidency, down 12 percent from last year’s speech, but event the AP could not let slide some of the major lies uttered during his speech.  The 'fact check' article basically called him a liar.

Some of the statements are pure drivel.

Obama said "We know a good teacher can increase the lifetime income of a classroom by over $250,000".

What the heck does this mean?  Not much, if you break down the numbers.  Let's assume the class has 25 students and they work for 40 years. This means that they experience an extra $250 in annual income due to this supposed 'good teacher'.   How is it possible to calculate this or even notice it in peoples incomes? It is absurd to think that a study could track all the variables that affect lifetime incomes and pull out a correlation that is measured at .5 percent.  (That's one half of one percent)  Obama takes this very dubious number and then multiplies it over an entire lifetime to be able to present this idiotic factoid.

Obama said: "I believe as strongly as ever that we should take on illegal immigration.  That’s why my administration has put more boots on the border than ever before.  That’s why there are fewer illegal crossings than when I took office. "

The fact is that illegal border crossings are highly correlated to the health of the economy.  When there are lots of jobs here we get a lot of illegals looking to enter. When the economy is in the dumpster, we get fewer illegal crossings.  So what Obama is really saying is that he has damaged the economy so severely that even Mexicans don't want to move here anymore.

Obama said: "I will not go back to the days when health insurance companies had unchecked power to cancel your policy, deny your coverage, or charge women differently than men. "

This is truly an amazing statement in terms of pure ignorance and mendacity.  Insurance is subject to the terms of the contract you signed. The implication here is that insurance companies were somehow running amok, not living up to the terms of the contracts.   Then he lumps in the idea that women are charged differently than men as if the evil insurance companies are screwing women.  The fact is that women often get charged LOWER rates than men.   For identical life insurance policies, women pay 1/3 less than a man.  Is Obama really advocating that insurance companies raise rates on women?














Full text of the address is here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/01/24/remarks-president-state-union-address

Pipeline Pipe Dreams

President Obama has blocked the construction of Keystone XL, the pipeline that will carry Canadian crude oil to refiners in Texas and Oklahoma.  In doing so he claimed that the pipeline posed environmental risks that needed further review.

This is a lie.

The pipeline has been subjected to endless review and has been approved at every level of government.  The objections to building it are ridiculous and not connected to reality.

Remember when the Alaska pipeline was being planned?  The enviro-nuts claimed it would destroy the wilderness and devastate the caribou.  Well, caribou herds have increased since that time, and there is no apparent damage despite several spills from the pipeline.   The opponents of the pipeline were wrong. 

And not just slightly wrong.  Completely 180 degrees wrong.

The objections to Keystone make even less sense.  This pipeline will be buried underground, and it will be another one among thousands of existing pipelines.



The US is covered in pipelines that pose zero risk.  Keystone is safe and effective and Obama knows it.

Pipelines are much safer than the alternatives.  Trucking and shipping are more expensive and much more prone to spills and accidents.

This pipeline would bring with it thousands of jobs immediately, and millions of barrels of oil in the long term.  It would decrease our dependence on middle eastern oil, and bolster our economy through lower energy costs. 

This is obviously the right thing to do for America.

Naturally, Obama opposes it.

The rejection of the pipe proves that Obama does not value the things most Americans value.  He values the fight against mythical global warming and creating 'green jobs' more than he values reality and real jobs.  It is likely that the Canadians will now build a pipeline to the west coast, where they will place the oil in tankers bound for China through some of the most dangerous waters in the world.

Such a deal.  We get no oil, an increased dependence on the unstable Mideast, and a weakened economy, while the Chinese get cheap oil that will be transported in a riskier manner to be burned in dirtier plants.   Well played, Barack, well played.

This is another reason why Obama is truly the worst President in our history, and likely to be the among the last if things continue at the present rate.

Centrally Planned Failure

If nothing else, the story of the 20th century is the story of the failure of centralized planning.

Everywhere you look, centralized planning has failed.  Whether you call it Industrial Policy or a Five Year Plan the outcomes are clear.  The planners fail. 

The results of the best planned economy fall short of the results of a free-wheeling capitalist economy.

Don't believe that?  How about East Germany and West Germany.  North Korea and South Korea. Western Europe and the US.

And yet, the yen to centrally control economic activity remains strong.

The Obama administration is fully committed to central planning and crony capitalism.

We have seen the results so far with the Solyndra scandal.   $500 million in loans to a company that was already doomed to fail.   No private investor would touch it, and for good reason.  Solyndra's technology was obsolete. It had ZERO chance of survival.  And yet Obama pumped half a billion of taxpayer money into it.   Worse, they did it in a way that made the original investors get all their money back first.   No private loan has EVER been structured this way.  This is a blatant ripoff of the taxpayers, effectively channeling $50 million to Obama's cronies while pissing away the other $500 million.  At this moment the remaining employees at Solyndra are busy filling dumpsters with obsolete raw materials purchased before the company finally collapsed.

Solyndra employees throwing away useless inventory purchased with taxpayer funds

This is not an isolated scenario.  Almost all the loans handed out by Obama for green energy projects have gone bad, most of them before the ink was even dry on the loan.  Add to this the wasted resources on politically directed investment in other areas:

• GM is building 'green friendly' Volts as fast as they can to make Obama happy.  There is only one problem: the cars are not selling.  Sales are a small fraction of production, and recent recalls of every single Volt will not help sales.  In fact, the news today is that Chevy dealers are refusing to take the Volts that have been allotted to them. This bubble is bursting.

• Congress bans the incandescent light bulb in favor of CFL's.  But CFL's are expensive, poisonous, and not very effective.  And as so often happens when the politicians try to pick winners and losers, it looks like LED bulbs will eclipse CFL's in the market as a safer and cheaper alternative.   So not only does the government disrupt the marketplace, it fails to pick the real winner. 

• The government is subsidizing wind power, and wind farms are popping up all over the place.  The problem?  They don't work, they don't reduce oil or gas consumption, and they kill millions of birds. These ugly monuments to  centralized stupidity will dot the landscape for decades to come.

This is a direction that is truly a slippery slope to socialism and the death of American greatness.  We will not survive by abandoning the things that made us great and embracing the cause of others failure.

Obama shows no signs of remorse for having wasted billions.  In fact, he is doubling down:

The $25 million available today comes through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), and "will support at least $12.5 million in grant and approximately $48.5 million in guaranteed loan program level awards."

USDA touted this green energy funding as an example of Obama working to "reduce our dependence on foreign oil, combat global warming, and build stronger rural economy." Obama blocked American use of some foreign oil -- piped from Canada -- this week when his State Department recommended that the Keystone XL pipeline not receive a construction permit, pending further environmental impact studies.

If Obama gets re-elected, it will be the end of our experiment with economic liberty, and the final act of our collective suicide.

Newt the Policy Wonk

Policy Wonk-in-Chief

Newt Gingrich won in South Carolina, and has jumped to the top of the polls based on his attacks on the mainstream media and his fellow Republicans.

He might well be the Republican nominee if this trend continues.

And if he is the chosen as the nominee, we will certainly lose to Barack Obama.

Why?

Here is a short quote from his South Carolina victory speech:

"One of the key issues is the growing anti-religious bigotry of our elites, and if you go to newt.org, my campaign site there’s a 54-page paper there on the balance of power"

Really??  A 54- page paper?!?!  Golly, Newt!!

The vast majority of Americans don't even know basic civics facts like the name of their Congressmen.  Most Americans have never visited any political website, never mind studying the issues and poring through policy papers.  The sad fact is most people get their information from headlines, snippets, and sound bites.

Newt's big inspirational victory message is 'go read my policy paper'.

This is the message of a policy wonk, not a real leader.

Jefferson: "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance"
Roosevelt: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
Newt: "Download my 54-page policy paper!"


People would be more likely to go read it if he said 'I have a 54 word policy paper'.

Newt should have said:

One of the defining issues of this election is the growing anti-religious bigotry in this country.  We have the media and the judiciary relentlessly attacking religious freedom.   As an example, we have a judge in Texas threatening to throw people in jail if they pray, or even take a moment of silence during a graduation ceremony.  This has got to stop.  As your President, I will restore the balance of power that the Constitution intended, and protect your fundamental rights from over zealous judges.

This is the kind of 'get the government off my back' message that will appeal to Americans.

This streak of wonkish-ness will sink him in the general election.   You cannot communicate with the average voter through policy papers.

54-page policy papers are like a Star Trek costume.  You might have one, and it might appeal to a small group of nerds.  But no, you don't talk about them in public.

The Lesser of a bunch of Lessers...

The Republican Party is in the process of a self-destructive race to see who will be the Party's nominee for President in 2012.

It seems to me that the race it between a bunch of damaged goods candidates that are unlikely to win in the general election.  Let's look at the field:

Mitt Romney: Mitt has tracked at 25% support as others have risen and fallen.  He is telegenic, well spoken, appears to be presidential.  Sadly, he is not a philosophical Republican, nor is he very electable.  As I discussed in another post, he will be outed as a 'weird Mormon' who sacked companies and destroyed the 'little guy'.  And that criticism is coming from fellow republicans.  Most crucially, Romney will not repeal the biggest socialist program created by Obama, thereby dooming us to a future of socialism.

Newt Gingrich:  I wrote a letter to the editor in 1998 outing Newt as a communist and statist.  His recent pronouncements attacking Romney only confirm his ideology as socialist.  Echoing Obama's 'at a certain point you have made enough money' comments, Newt stated that Romney should have made less money if it allowed the companies he bought and sold to stay in business longer.  There is no room in the Republican party for people who attack capitalism and make populist pitches for 'little guy' votes.  Incredibly, Newt Gingrich is running to the LEFT of the moderate Romney.

Rick Perry:  Outwardly a good candidate with his steely good looks and his record as a military pilot and successful governor, Perry has been very disappointing since he has declared.  His debate performances killed his approval ratings, and now he is wading into the populist fever swamps by declaring Romney to be a 'vulture capitalist'.  His record has few problems, most notably his positions on treating illegal aliens as citizens.  His electability is hampered by the fact that he sounds a lot like George Bush, who managed to alienate just about everyone in the country by the time he left office. 

Jon Huntsman:  Huntsman is a Democrat.  Period. End of discussion.  He has a lot of nerve running for president as a Republican, especially now that he said that he hopes the Republicans become 'sane' again.  He is polling lower that Stephen Colbert, and Colbert is not even running.  When your biggest fan is Chris Matthews, it is time to throw in the towel.

Ron Paul:  Ron Paul is a Libertarian.  This makes him excellent on fiscal issues, good on most social issues, and a complete whack job on foreign policy.  His ideas are philosophically grounded, they are just not connected to reality.  The complete abandonment of our allies and our military obligations will come back to haunt us in very short order.  There are people in the world that want to kill us simply because we exist, and pretending otherwise is foolish. 

Rick Santorum:  Rick is the anti-Ron Paul.  Excellent on defense and foreign policy, he is a disaster socially and economically.  He is not a friend of liberty.  He is a catholic missionary, no different than the mullahs of Iran in his desires to use the power of government to enforce his view of religious morality.  He has been a consistent support of big government, and so we cannot expect him to govern any differently than Obama, except in the details.


I am not sure how the Republican party escapes the corner into which we have painted ourselves.  None of our candidates are very strong.  None of them possess a Reagan-like vision that they are clearly articulating, and none of them seems likely to be the next President.

The Virtue of Firing People

Mitt Romney is under fire for saying that he 'likes to fire people'.  In New Hampshire he was discussing health care and said the following:

The Democrats immediately jumped in to criticize him.

The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday pounced on Mitt Romney’s comment from the previous day about how he likes to “fire people,” saying it demonstrates the Republican candidate’s “insensitivity and callousness.”

“Is there anybody that likes firing people? Mitt Romney had the opportunity to be specific and talk about [how] he would let his insurance company go and switch insurance companies, but he didn’t,” Debbie Wasserman Schultz said on Fox News.

Wassermans accusations are complete and utter lies.  There is no truth to them whatsoever.  She realizes, however, that most people only read the headlines, and what will stick is the mantra that Romney likes to fire people.

This is instructive on several levels:

Context:  Republicans look stupid and mean when you quote them out of context.  Democrats, however, look mean and stupid when you quote them accurately.   Mitt did not say he likes 'firing people'.  He said "I like to be able to fire people that provide services to me" when companies are providing poor services.

Philosophy: Mitt's comments are 100% correct, and the ability to freely choose who you buy services from is the very foundation of capitalism.  To criticize him on this (as some other Republicans are doing) is to reveal yourself as an opponent of freedom and capitalism.   The ability to choose who provides you goods and services is the most fundamental freedom.   Mitt is saying he likes being a free man.  And he is being attacked for this.

Politics:  The Democrats play to win, and the ideas of truth, accuracy, and fairness are thrown over the side in the quest for re-election and power.  Republicans need to get serious, and understand the vicious and unprincipled nature of their opponents.  Democrats will do anything to win, and the Republicans need to understand that and act accordingly.

Dead Bear Cubs, Oh Noes!

The Global Warming scare mongers are at it again. 

They are using the spectre of cuddly polar bear cubs being devoured by cannibalistic adult male bears as a sign that Global Warming is upon us.

Aren't they the cutest!?!?!

The 'science' site Live Science (http://www.livescience.com/17500-global-warming-driving-polar-bears-cannibalism.html) recently asked the question

"Is Global Warming Driving Polar Bears to Cannibalism?"


Of course, the question begs the answer.  Of course it is, and how sad for the cuddly little polar cubs.


Well, maybe not.

The article starts out with the usual unsupported assertions and anecdotes:

A new article in the journal Arctic suggests that polar bear cannibalism — typically the predation of small bears or cubs by much larger adult males — is either much more commonplace than previously thought, or has lately become more common. In the paper, leading polar bear biologist Ian Stirling and nature photographer Jenny Ross detail three recent instances of the behavior among polar bears in Norway's Svalbard Archipelago, each of which was photographed from the decks of ecotourism and research boats anchored a few hundred yards away.

The evidence here is pretty slim: a few tourist boats took some pictures and this proves Global Warming.   By that standard topless women on spring break must also be caused by Global Warming. (Finally! A global warming theory I can get on board with!)

Serious science demands that there be more evidence than a few random pictures to draw a valid conclusion.  This fact is acknowledged in the article:

The scientists are asking: are polar bears more often resorting to cannibalism because of increased hunger and desperation, or are we simply more frequently observing a behavior that has always existed? They say it's an important question to answer, because it will reveal whether or not the Svalbard polar bear population has started to feel the heat from climate change.


In other words: is it simply random chance that we took a few pictures of dead polar bear cubs, or is it evidence of massive and deadly global warming.

Luckily for us, the article goes on to provide the answer to that very question.  After explaining that AGW leads to lack of food, and that lack of food leads to thinner bears, they note:

"However, the bears [in this study] were all in pretty good body condition. A fat bear wouldn't be very motivated to risk attacking another polar bear just for food. So, we should certainly be cautious in interpreting these observations and remain open to other explanations."

So there we have it.  Fat bears are eating baby bears and scaring the tourists.  But this has NOTHING to do with Global Warming.  These observations are anecdotal at best and they are the opposite of what theory says they should be.

Once again we see that AGW "science" is not science at all.  It is crude propaganda designed to tug on the hearts stings of gullible Americans.



This article should more properly be titled:

"Fat Polar Bears Eat Cubs and Make Tourists Cry"

Romney the Inevitable...defeat



Mitt the Unelectable

I used to think that Barack Obama would be the death of this country.  But now I know better.

Mitt Romney will be the death of us.

Let's start with some basics.

Barack Obama has been a (predictably) a disaster is every dimension that you can measure.  The economy is in shambles, health care has been nationalized, the auto industry is owned by the government and churning out cars that are not selling, tax payer loans are being made to bankrupt 'green' companies that immediately go belly up, there are protesters in the streets, countries around the world are falling under the influence of our enemies (Islamist fanatics and the Chinese), the list goes on and on.

I assumed that the cumulative weight of all this failure and misguided policy would be the ruin of this country.  But, as Adam Smith noted, there is a great deal of ruin in a country.

It will take Obama more than a single term to destroy us.  If he can be unseated, then we have a chance to reverse some of the damage.  If he gets a second term, we are finished. And since the United States is the last best chance for mankind, as we go, so goes the rest of the world.

This election is the most important election in our history.  Nothing less than the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

And it appears we are about to nominate the ONE CANDIDATE that cannot beat Obama.

There are several reasons why Mitt will not win:

• Mitt is not a conservative: his credentials are, at best, moderate.  Moderates do not win elections for Republicans.  The Republican base will not be energized, the message will be socialism lite, there will be no compelling difference between the candidates.  Low turnout and an apathetic base will sink Mitt.

• Mitt is a Mormon: Once Mitt is the Republican nominee the media will suddenly be very interested in the 'Mormon Cult'.  You will see lots of special interest stories about the magic underwear, the chauvinism, and other oddities.  This will all be done in a manner to seem innocuous, but it will persuade many voters that Mormons cannot be trusted with the highest office.

• Mitt invented Obamacare:  Obamacare is one of the least popular Obama programs, and it will provide a great deal of leverage for the Republicans to highlight the socialist policies of Obama.  Mitt is the ONLY candidate that cannot (and refuses to) denounce Obamacare.

• Mitt is a manager, not a leader:  Mitt is great consultant, a good corporate leader.  He is not Ronald Reagan.  He cannot formulate and communicate the 'shining city on a hill' message that Reagan used to transform the world.  His message is more "better accounting methods in every pot"

So it seems that we are at a crossroads in history, and we will be choosing a Mormon Micro Manager to lead the charge against Chicago Jesus.

Obama will win handily.

Tea Party and OWS

I am sure you have seen the media trying to make the Occupy protests seem just like the Tea Party protests. They keep pointing out the common ground, namely the anger over government bailouts and crony capitalism.

There is even a handy chart floating around showing the overlap between the movements. But this chart is missing some key information, namely, what other things each of the two groups are all about.

Here is an updated version!

Bring Out Your Dead!!!!

Monty Python and the Holy Grail contains the classic scene of the medieval village: mud, squalor, pestilence, disease, and the cart piled high with the bodies of plague victims being collected.

Bring out your dead!

The Occupy protesters seem to be well on their way to re-creating the dark ages in downtown Manhattan.

In Zuccotti Park there are hundreds of people living in primitive conditions.  No running water, no sanitation, no shelter, no heat.  The protesters are filthy, infested with lice and other diseases. In many ways, the living conditions here are worse than in the Third World.

It is no surprise then, that we are seeing a rise in serious disease and illness.  Occupy locations across the country have seen outbreaks of tuberculosis.  In New York they are calling the vile stew of bacterial and viral infections 'Zuccotti Lung'. 

(NBC NY) — With wintry weather poised to swoop into the cramped outdoor quarters of Occupy Wall Street protesters, it may not be long before more campers catch what’s being called “Zuccotti lung.”

That’s what demonstrators have dubbed the sickness that seems to be spreading among them at an unpleasantly high rate these days: “It’s a real thing,” Willie Carey, 28, told the New York Times.

With little sleep in cold conditions, cigarettes and drinks being passed from mouth to mouth, and few opportunities to wash hands, Zuccotti Park may now just be the best place to catch respiratory viruses, norovirus (also known as the winter vomiting virus) and tuberculosis, according to one doctor.

The damp clothing and cardboard signs wet with rain are also breeding grounds for mold. Some protesters are urinating in bottles and leaving food trash discarded throughout the campground, providing further opportunities for nastiness.

“Pretty much everything here is a good way to get sick,” Salvatore Cipolla, 23, from Long Island, told the Times. “It’ll definitely thin the herd.”

The Left is anti-civilization.  They oppose just about everything that allows humans to live and thrive in comfort and peace.  So when they create their own micro-society, they dispose of all the 'oppressive trappings' of Western Civilization.

As noted here earlier, they are quickly learning that the rules of civilization exist for a reason. These 'oppressive' rules allow us to live in comfort, freedom, and prosperity.

So while the Leftist wingnuts are busy hypocritically re-discovering Western civilization (denouncing the police and creating their own security force, calling for the end of property rights and scrambling to preserve their own cell phones and laptops, calling for the criminalization of banking and opening a deposit account at Wells Fargo...) they are also learning some hard lessons about sanitation and disease.  Lessons that the Romans understood well, and the people of London had to re-learn during the outbreaks of the plague 800 years ago.

It will be interesting to see what happens here.  Will 'Gaia' being about the end of this nonsense through the immutable laws of nature?  Or will the protesters cry uncle and crawl back in to the warm bosom of the modern civilization they so despise?

I fully expect to see the hypocrisy continue.  They will demand access to modern medicines provided by Abbott, Pfizer, and Baxter while holding signs denouncing corporations.  They will create such an unholy mess that city governments will finally be forced to close the encampments in the name of disease and pest control.

Which, come to think of it, is exactly what they should have done months ago.

That Didn't Take Long

A few days ago I pointed out that the OWS nincompoops were advocating the destruction of Western Civilization, all while re-creating the same rules and structures within their slovenly encampment.

It seems that they have come a long way in just a few days.

They have filed for a Trademark on the words Occupy Wall Street, and are planning to design, manufacture, and sell t-shirts and other branded merchandise. 

Brilliant!

Now we will be treated to the spectacle of a T-shirt that reads "Abolish Property Rights!  (c)OWS 2011, All Rights Reserved!

Panel says wild weather worsens, or not....

In an effort to spread fear and panic, the recent early snow storm on the east coast is being blamed on Global Warming....except the article itself plainly states that the "The snow-bearing Nor'easter cannot be blamed on climate change ".

Notice that the headline and the first paragraph -- global warming caused the early snow -- are NOT supported by the article that follows.  This is pure proaganda designed to suck in the gulible and propagate the myth of AGW.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Freakish weather disasters — from the sudden October snowstorm in the Northeast U.S. to the record floods in Thailand — are striking more often. And global warming is likely to spawn more similar weather extremes at a huge cost, says a draft summary of an international climate report obtained by The Associated Press.
.....
 The snow-bearing Nor'easter cannot be blamed on climate change and probably isn't the type of storm that will increase with global warming, four meteorologists and climate scientists said. They agree more study is needed.


Note that the article contradicts itself with a few paragraphs.  And, of course, the phrase "more study is needed" translates to 'give us more money'.

The next paragraph gives the game away:

This marks a change in climate science from focusing on subtle changes in daily average temperatures to concentrating on the harder-to-analyze freak events that grab headlines, cause economic damage and kill people.

They are admitting here that they are engaging is sensationalism.  "Harder-to-analyze" means 'unrelated to global warming, and "grab headlines" means 'allows us to sucker in the stupid and gulible with sensational headlines'.  So the 'science' phase of AGW is over, and the 'propaganda and panic mongering' phase begins.

But experts on extreme storms have focused more closely on the increasing numbers of super-heavy rainstorms, not snow, NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt said.

The opposite kind of disaster — the drought in Texas and the Southwest U.S. — is also the type of event scientists are saying will happen more often as the world warms, said Schmidt and Meehl, who reviewed part of the climate panel report. No studies have specifically tied global warming to the drought, but it is consistent with computer models that indicate current climate trends will worsen existing droughts, Meehl said.

See?  Global warming causes everything.  Rain and Not Rain!  It is magic!

And again we see blatant contradiction in the same paragraph.  Drought is caused by global warming, but "No studies have specifically tied global warming to the drought".  Which is it?  Droughts are caused by AGW or not??

In fact, the report says that "for some climate extremes in many regions, the main driver for future increases in losses will be socioeconomic in nature" rather than greenhouse gases.
...

The driver for increased losses will be 'socioeconomic'? Oh, I see.  In the future there will be more people and more stuff to be destroyed, so when a storm hits, the losses will be higher solely because of that, and not the much ballyhooed 'greenhouse effect.  In other words, AGW is hogwash, but everytime a storm hits the warmists will shout 'record losses!' and 'record deaths', conveniently forgetting to mention that more people live in the way of the storms.

The report does say scientists are "virtually certain" — 99 percent — that the world will have more extreme spells of heat and fewer of cold. Heat waves could peak as much as 5 degrees hotter by mid-century and even 9 degrees hotter by the end of the century.

Oh, really?  99 percent certain?  Then these fine folks will surely resign in disgrace when this does not happen, just like every other predicition they have made over the past 30 years?? Notice, by the way, that they have stopped making 20-30 year predictions of doom, since the keep on getting disproven every 20-30 years.  Now the planning horizon is 50-100 years.  This way they can all be safely dead before the enbarrassing facts become known.

But Masters said the basics of the report seem to be proven true by what's happening every day. "In the U.S., this has been the weirdest weather year we've had for my 30 years, hands down. Certainly this October snowstorm fits in with it."

There is zero evidence for this claim.  What is the definition of 'weirder weather'? Other than this unsupported assertion, are there any actual facts here??  And again, this claim that "this October snowstorm fits in with it" is FALSE, it having been clearly stated at the start of the whole article that "The snow-bearing Nor'easter cannot be blamed on climate change ".

It seems like we are flogging a dead unicorn here, but Global Warming is NOT REAL.  Get over it.






And global warming isn't the sole villain in future climate disasters, the climate report says. An even bigger problem will be the number of people — especially the poor — who live in harm's way.

Alchemy: the Power Behind OWS

The Occupy people have discovered a new source of power that will enable them to get back at the Right:

 Alchemy.

No, you didn't read that wrong.  Alchemy.


Tim Franzen is the spokesperson and leader of the Occupy Atlanta squatters.  This from http://www.punditpress.com/:

Tim Franzen, Occupy Atlanta

The reporter that tracked Franzen down asked him what some of his plans were for the movement. Franzen started off with a tirade against the Koch brothers. His anger has risen to the point where he has actually contracted people to 'get back' at the Koches:

"We've been having a team of alchemists and faith healers and doctors of physics working together to develop a mathematical formula to levitate the building," he stated.


Faith Healers?  Alchemists? Ummm, what is this, the 14th century?  And what the heck is a 'doctors of physics', anyway??

Once again we see that the people in this 'movement' are deranged.  Or deluded.  Or psychotic. 

Or some combination of the above.

They have a very tenuous grasp on the real world.  This is why they believe in all the 'love and Unicorns' ideas of the Left -- because they have trouble grasping reality.

Down with Property Rights!!! Hey, who stole my iPhone!?!?

As the OWS three ring circus rolls on, the irony machine is working full force.

From the trust fund baby melting down on camera about how bad things are for him, to the Nazi Party endorsing the deeply anti-Semitic views of the leftist protesters, the irony is incredible.

But today's news is rich.

Apparently, someone has been stealing from the OWS darlings, and they don't like it. 

It seems that thieves have been pinching iPhones, iPads, watches, and other assorted valuables.   This has caused much distress among the OWS squatters.

They have appealed to the police and the public to track down the theives that are taking their property.

And they are making this appeal while holding a sign that says "Abolish Private Property" or a similar 'redistribute the wealth' theme. 

So it seems that they are all about wealth redistribution in theory, but when it happens to them they quickly lose their revolutionary fervor.

OWS Signs I would like to see...

Here are a few signs that I would like to see at the Occupy protests.
                                                                                                                                                                          

We demand

sweeping, unspecified Change!

                                                                                                                                                                          

You will know that

Capitalism

Has

FAILED

When people start swimming from Miami to Cuba!

                                                                                                                                                                          

Screw you

Mr. CEO!

(Unless you are hiring…)

                                                                                                                                                                          


I feel like I owe a great

debt to society. 

And I’ll pay it off

with your money.

                                                                                                                                                                          

I racked up

$100k in loans

for my Art History Degree. 

I am a Victim

of my own stupidity

                                                                                                                                                                          

Make it so

Socialism Works

So I don’t have to

                                                                                                                                                                          

Corporations

Kill

Unicorns

                                                                                                                                                                          
 

I want a

PONY!!

                                                                                                                                                                          
 

Support the Campaign to

END Corporate GREED!

(All Major Credit Card

     Donations accepted)

                                                                                                                                                                          



Thinking about

Evil CORPORATIONS AND BIG PHARMA

Makes me want a

Xanax and a Latte

                                                                                                                                                                          

$100/hr

Minimum Wage!!!

(Heck, Why Stop at $7.25

when we are making

unrealistic demands???)

                                                                                                                                                                          

Make My Daddy

LOVE ME

Please….

                                                                                                                                                                          

Dear Santa,

Forgive all Debt!!

This is not about me… but, It is not my fault

I spent 7 years in college for no apparent reason~!!!

                                                                                                                                                                          



War is not

the Answer*

* Unless the question is “how do you stop Communists, Nazis, or Islamofacists from killing you”

                                                                                                                                                                          

Smoke

a ton of

Pot!

Then our demands
 will start making more sense!

                                                                                                                                                                          

Making this sign is the most

Work

 I have done in years!