Global Warming
Primer: Second Edition
The National
Center for Policy
Analysis rereleased its global warming primer with updated graphs and
information. The publication presents a factual analysis of the state of the
climate, the threats posed by global warming, and the implications and results
of the possible responses to warming. Presented in a graphical format, the
primer is useful for readers from middle school through adulthood who want to
understand what scientists and economists know about the earth's climate and
what changes might mean. Divided into three sections, using peer reviewed data,
the global warming primer first examines simple facts about the earth's climate
and what the temperature evidence shows; second, it explores various threats
posed by global warming, from increased hurricanes to polar bear loss and
everything in between; third, it presents various estimates of the costs of
preventing warming and its potential harms. "Today's global warming
policies have no connection to climatological reality," says NCPA Senior
Fellow H. Sterling Burnett, who compiled the facts and graphs presented in the
primer. "Excuse the expression, but most opinions about global warming are
nothing more than hot air. What this debate needs is fresh air, and the second
edition of the NCPA Global Warming Primer provides it." (They are charging
$10 for it, but do very good work and are an organization worth supporting.
~Bob.)
Romantic Germany
risks economic decline as green dream spoils. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Excerpt: The full implications of this may become clear over
the next decade, just as Germany’s
ageing crisis hits with maximum force and its engineers retire; and just as
German voters discover - what they suspect already - that it costs real money
to hold a half-baked euro together. The likelihood is that Germany will
start to lose its economic halo soon, “de-rated” like others before it.
A 300-year history of
banking and the rise of current [checking] accounts. By Rosie Murray-West
Excerpt: Banking has come a long way since the current
accounts we have today began their evolution in Amsterdam in the early 16th Century.
The most and least
lucrative college majors
Excerpt: Erin Ford graduated from the University of Texas
two years ago with a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering. Recruiters
came to campus to woo her. She got a paid summer internship, which turned into
a full-time job after she graduated. Now, at age 24, she makes $110,000 a year
How Women, Hispanics,
and Blue Collar Workers Defended Gun Rights in Colorado. By Matt Vespa
Excerpt: In Dave Weigel’s September 11 post on Slate, the spokeswoman for the
recall, Jennifer Kerns, provided the information and showed that even Democrats
love their guns. Granted, gun rights supporters have known this for quite some
time. The only people who don’t get seem to get it are urban-based liberal
elites.
New poll finds
Americans actually prefer libertarianism, smaller government. By Katie LaPotin
Excerpt: Even younger voters said that they prefer a smaller
government with fewer services but lower taxes. Half of all young voters between
the ages of 18-24 favor a smaller government with fewer services but lower
taxes; the number rises to 64 percent among those aged 25 to 32.
EPA to De Facto Ban
All Construction of New Coal Power Plants. By Katie Pavlich
Excerpt: According to the Wall Street Journal, the Environmental Protection Agency
will propose new rules next week banning the construction of new coal power
plants in the United States that do not meet expensive new and ridiculous
efficiency standards. The new standards will force power plants underground,
literally.
Student at Elite Vermont
College Destroys 9/11
Memorial. By Christine Rousselle
Excerpt: Middlebury, the fourth-ranked liberal arts college in the
country, has displayed the 9/11: Never Forget Project on its campus for
nearly a decade, as a joint project between the College Republicans and College
Democrats. The event is decidedly non-political. This year, five
people, including oneMiddlebury student, took it into their own hands to
uproot the memorial, claiming that the area it was placed on was an Abenaki
burial ground.
A Million Muslims and
Two Million Bikers. By Doug Mainwaring
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/09/a_million_muslims_and_two_million_bikers.html#!#ixzz2eiAkjqxN
Excerpt: Just a stone's throw from the Million Muslim Rally
Against Fear, Christian
counter-protesters stood by, respectfully holding their banners and flags and
speaking with any passerby who cared to stop and talk. Stationed between the
two groups were U.S. Park Police who perhaps outnumbered both the Muslim
ralliers and the Christian
counter-protesters. A lone media helicopter circled overhead, no doubt getting
disappointing footage of a very small rally and absolutely no violence or
strife from counter groups
Wind Farms Are
Killing Off Bald Eagles.
Excerpt: Green energy, a racket
used by liberals to launder public funds for redistribution to campaign
donors, to impoverish us,
and to erode our liberty, is killing off bald eagles, the symbol of the once great nation
that is being fundamentally transformed out of existence: 'Wind energy
facilities have killed at least 67 golden and bald eagles in the last five
years, but the figure could be much higher, according to a new scientific study
by government biologists.'
Obama Expands the War
on Coal to Gas-Burning Power Plants.http://moonbattery.com/?p=36418
Excerpt: With only three years left to fundamentally
transform America
into a second-rate country, Obama is going straight for the jugular: our energy
supply. In addition to throwing the war on coal into overdrive by effectively banning the construction of new
coal-fired power plants, he is going after gas: 'This month, the Environmental Protection
Agency will propose standards that will establish stricter pollution limits for
gas-fired power plants than coal-fired power plants, according to individuals
who were briefed on the matter but asked not to be identified because the rule
was not public yet.' (Grind the poor with high energy costs. ~Bob)
Sources: US weapons stolen in Libya raids, fueling Special Forces
pull-ou. By Adam Housley
Excerpt: Highly sensitive U.S.
military equipment stored in Libya
was stolen over the summer by groups likely aligned and working with terrorist
organizations, State Department sources told Fox News -- in raids that
contributed to the decision to pull Special Forces personnel from the
country.
British shocked at NHS hospital death rates — among the world’s worst and (gasp) far inferior to U.S. hospitals
British shocked at NHS hospital death rates — among the world’s worst and (gasp) far inferior to U.S. hospitals
Excerpt: Patients in NHS hospitals have death rates 45
percent higher than patients in U.S.
hospitals (we were the best-performing by this measure out of the seven nations
compared). Patients in NHS hospitals are also five times more likely to die
from pneumonia than American hospital patients.
Excerpt: … our best fighting
generals have been sacked, on one pretense or another, since the start of combat
operations in the Af-Pak theater. … we have active hostiles serving openly in our Armed Forces. … we
have a national security state that spies on us, reads our emails, taps our
telephone calls, invades our computers, and data-mines our activities for
“suspicious” behavior, in the name of “protecting” us. … we no longer have a
functioning Fourth Amendment.
Excerpt: As lawmakers sent out their traditional 9/11
statements to mark the 12th year since the attacks on New
York and Washington, some Republicans also somberly — and
with frustration — remembered the attack on the Benghazi consulate a year ago.
(Stonewalled on 9/11. It’s what they do. Look where it has gotten US. –Barb)
Billions to Spend: How a $5.7 billion program to rebuild L.A. community colleges
went astray.
Excerpt: The trustees rely largely on
contractors, college employees and unions to fund their election campaigns. Many
political donors received contracts in the construction program. The searchable
database shows the sources of political money and which donors have contracts. (Oh,
look at this. All about my alma mater of eight terms Los Angeles City
College et al. I could have told them all about this and more. They were
throwing up one huge building after the next. The teachers didn't have any
chalk. You couldn't hear yourself think, never mind speak, in our Spanish 3
class because of the bulldozers. Our lovely, decent Professor Jose Morin
shouted out to us, "I can't ask them to stop! They could
sue!" Kate.)
One of the Biggest
Muslim Orgs in North America Recommends
Fighting Crime by Chopping Off Hands. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: What could it hurt? We keep being told that Sharia Law is
so great. Why not give it a whirl followed by a prolonged scream and lots of bleeding?
'Many Afghan
civilians' killed in attack targeting US Consulate
Excerpt: Many civilians were killed when Taliban insurgents
launched a major attack on a U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan
early Friday, the American envoy to the country said. (I’m old enough to
remember when BO said Afghanistan
was a war of necessity, not of choice—a war we must win. Good times. ~Bob.)
‘Fell into My
Arms.’ A police report contradicts Cory Booker on key, dramatic
details. By Eliana Johnson
Excerpt: It wasn’t the bare outlines of Booker’s account of
the shooting’s aftermath that piqued my curiosity — that Booker was nearby when
it happened and helped on the scene — but the cinematic details. Booker has
told several audiences that Miller fell into his arms after being shot and bled
to death as they waited for an ambulance to arrive on the scene. (How long
before they play the race card on journalists questioning Booker’s veracity?
~Bob)
VA’s reputation for
health care takes a thrashing
Excerpt: The Department of Veterans
Affairs’s reputation for providing good health care can’t stand many more
thrashings like the one it took at a congressional hearing this week. (The
Madison, WI VA has been terrific since UW Hospital moved my lung transplant
efforts to them. My only grip about the VA is their “My Health Vet” website,
which like all government websites is needlessly complex and user hostile. ~Bob.
I agree, have had nothing but good experiences with the NJ VA. I can get an
appt. almost as quickly with them as with my family Dr. The web site is
impossible, how does someone with serious PTSD deal with it? I have no idea.
SF, --Larry)
Somali crisis:
Amnesty criticises evictions in Mogadishu
Excerpt: Amnesty International has denounced the forcible
eviction of tens of thousands of homeless people from makeshift camps in the
Somali capital, Mogadishu.
The human rights group says the process has led to "large-scale human
rights abuses" including the killing of two people during protests.
Two roadside bombs
outside mosque kill 30 in Baquba: Iraqi police
Excerpt: Two roadside bombs exploded outside a mosque in the
Iraqi city of Baquba
killing 30 people, as Sunni Muslim worshippers were leaving following Friday
prayers, police said.
Quote
Greece is
collapsing, the Iranians (Persians) are getting aggressive, and Rome is in disarray.
Welcome back to 430 B.C. -- John Cleese
The Grand Myth of Live-and-Let-Live Liberalism By Jonah Goldberg
Excerpt: As a conservative resident of Washington, D.C.,
where registered Republicans are outnumbered by about 9 to 1 and where truly
conservative Republicans are outnumbered on a scale comparable to the
predicament faced by Frodo and Sam when they sneaked into orc-infested Mordor,
I find such statements hilarious. There is a notion out there that being
“socially liberal” means you're a libertarian at heart, a live-and-let-live
sort of person who says “whatever floats your boat” a lot.
Pakistan,
India spar in Kashmir in worst border violence in years
Excerpt: After a decade of relative quiet, Indian and
Pakistani troops are shelling each other with vigor again along their disputed
border, raising tension between the nuclear-armed nations and forcing hundreds
of villagers to flee. Many fear there is worse to come. As the American
military withdraws from Afghanistan,
some Pakistan-based militants who had been fighting there have pledged to turn
their attention to the Kashmir border region — and their old foe, India.
An Israeli Strike on Iran Just Got More Likely. By Ben Birnbaum
Excerpt: John Kerry’s accidental diplomacy may have saved
President Obama in Washington, but here in Israel, the
White House’s indecisiveness of the last few weeks will cast a long shadow.
Israel has kept a low profile in the Syrian civil war, launching anonymous
strikes periodically to prevent the transfer of weapons to Hezbollah, but
otherwise keeping mum—and with good reason.
Syria
Good
Column: Syria - Just Another Obama Phony
Scandal. By Andy Weddington
Excerpt:
The President will bring audience after audience to climax. He'll
label Syria a
"phony scandal" - humbly citing his superior intellect and
skillful gamesmanship outwitting even the clever Russians. Only he capable
of understanding what he was doing.
Obama and Putin Match. Cartoon
'Peace' Plan That Is
Impossible to Implement Hits First Obstacles. By Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt
Excerpt: Is there a point where the Geneva talks becomes too much of a farce to
continue? Thursday afternoon on CNN, Fareed Zakaria was ooh-ing and
ahh-ing about the important, historic achievement of persuading the Syrians to
sign the international Chemical Weapons Convention. Just how reliable is the
signature of a dictator who used those chemical weapons against his own people,
and who's still denying the attack? We're supposed to believe that a guy who's
okay with gassing kids would neverlie? Because early indications are that the
Syrians aren't behaving like they intend to turn over all their stockpiles…So
how does Obama want to resolve this? I figured the new aim was to get the
public to forget that the "red line" statement ever happened, that he
ever wanted to fight a war over Syria's chemical weapons, that his best efforts
to persuade Congress and the public fell flat, that he ever got himself
entangled into this mess, and that the country of Syria exists.
Must Read: Putin Makes Obama Pay a High Price for Syria
Escape
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/12/putin-makes-obama-pay-high-price-for-syria-escape
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/12/putin-makes-obama-pay-high-price-for-syria-escape
Excerpt: Kerry rose to power because of his leading role in
the American antiwar movement of the 1970s. His testimony accusing, sometimes
wrongly, American soldiers of atrocities in Vietnam launched a political career
that took him to the Senate, the Democratic nomination for the presidency and,
now, to the top post in President Obama’s cabinet. Vladimir Putin rose to power
because of his service in the KGB, which in the 1970s was trying to exploit and
manipulate the American antiwar movement. We know that while Kerry and others
on the left were comparing American troops to Genghis Kahn and throwing their
medals away, the KGB was working overtime to infiltrate antiwar groups and
overtly propagandizing with the same messages embraced by American liberals.
Pivot! Obama pedals away from Syrian debacle. By Neil
Munro
Excerpt: President Barack Obama is pedaling away from his
self-imposed Syrian debacle, telling reporters on Thursday that he’s
leaving the issue to Secretary of State John Kerry, and is shifting his focus
to domestic issues.
After seeing Iraq up close, top U.S.
general wary Syria.
Excerpt: Dempsey acknowledged in 2011, the year he was
appointed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that U.S. political and military leaders -
including himself - had failed to fully grasp the strength of sectarian hatreds
in Iraq. "I
didn't understand the dynamic inside that country, particularly with regard to
the various sects of Islam that fundamentally, on occasion, compete with each
other for dominance," he told a hearing in the U.S. Congress.
Witness to a Syrian
Execution: “I Saw a Scene of Utter Cruelty”
http://lightbox.time.com/2013/09/12/witness-to-a-syrian-execution-i-saw-a-scene-of-utter-cruelty/#1
http://lightbox.time.com/2013/09/12/witness-to-a-syrian-execution-i-saw-a-scene-of-utter-cruelty/#1
Excerpt: What follows is a harrowing series of photographs
of Islamic militants publicly executing, by decapitation, a young Syrian in the
town of Keferghan, near Aleppo, on August 31, 2013. (Our moderate
allies. ~Bob.)
What Vladimir Putin
didn't tell the American people about Syria. By Anna Neistat
Excerpt: It's not what Vladimir Putin's New York Times op-ed says that's so
worrisome; it's what it doesn't say. As a Russian and as someone who has been
to Syria multiple times since the
beginning of the conflict to investigate war crimes and other
violations, I would like to mention a few things Putin overlooked
Obama Does The
Impossible, Makes Congress More Popular: Gallop Poll Finds 5-Point Approval
Rating Jump For Congress After Opposing His Attack On Syria.
Excerpt: Via The Hill: Congress’s approval rating rose to the
highest level in nearly a year as lawmakers resisted President Obama’s call for
military action against Syria. A new Gallup
poll released Thursday found a 5-percentage-point increase in
Congress’s popularity to 19 percent.
Kerry and McCain's
Syrian Rebel Expert Fired For Faking Her Academic Credentials. By Daniel
Greenfield
Excerpt: I’m sure all the Christians
murdered by her Jihadist friends share her pain. Elizabeth O’Bagy has been
getting a lot of attention for her Wall Street Journal op-ed which falsely
claimed that most of the Syrian rebels were moderates. McCain and Kerry both
cited her work.
Hostage to Foreign
Extremists: Frightened Syrian minorities speak of brutal
atrocities committed by rebel jihadists. By Andrew Doran
Excerpt: The Syrians, whose names are withheld for their
safety, fear reprisal. The Syria
they describe is a more complex place than that seen on the news by Americans. Prior
to the outbreak of civil war in Syria,
the Sunni majority, Alawi, Shia, Druze, Kurds, and Christians
lived in peace.
Fast & Furious:
Libyan Edition (Should say “Syrian Edition”)
Excerpt: If you were a big fan of Operation
Fast & Furious, that stroke of genius masterminded by the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives which sought to ensnare Mexican drug
lords in a violation of the law (think about that for a second) by letting them
buy weapons in selected states in the American Southwest and use them to kill
their opponents, innocent bystanders, and the occasional U.S. Border Patrol
agent, you are going to love what the Obama administration has come
up with in Syria.
Residents of Ma'loula
Write A Letter To The USA
Congress: "What Will Happen When The USA
Bombs Syria?"
Excerpt: "First, let us tell you what has happened
today in Ma'loula and then explain what Ma'loula is like,” the letter said. “At
4.00 AM (Damascus time), gangs of the ‘Free Syrian army’, terrorists and
killers... attacked the town, violating the security of houses, monasteries and
churches, desecrating icons, and demanding that people renounce their faith and
accept Islam.”
Syria Massacre? Nusra Front Fighters Reportedly
Kill Women, Children, Elderly Men In Alawite
Village
Excerpt: The death toll from an alleged massacre in an
Alawite village in central Syria
has risen to 22, including women, children and elderly men, a rights monitoring
group said on Thursday.
These Two Men
Allegedly Overheard Incredibly Explosive Skype Conversation While Being Held
Hostage In Syria
Excerpt: Two Europeans who were allegedly abducted and held
hostage for several months in Syria
claim they overheard a conversation between their captors suggesting the Syrian
rebels were behind the deadly chemical attack in Damascus. The men were released on Sunday. (I
don’t necessarily believe this, but certainly both sides are capable of the
worst atrocities. ~Bob.)
Congress Must
Recapture Its Lost War Powers. By Patrick J. Buchanan
Excerpt: "It was a damn near-run thing," said the
Duke of Wellington. The Iron Duke was speaking of Waterloo. And for the United States, it was a damn near-run thing that
we are not now in a major war -- with an enraged Arab and Muslim world viewing
sickening videos of dead and dying Syrian women and children from U.S. missile
strikes.
Obama Makes Case for
War, Then Diplomacy, Then War. By Ben Shapiro
Excerpt: On Tuesday night, President Obama delivered a
hastily-cobbled-together speech, first making the aggressive case for action
against Syria
based on Bashar Assad’s use of chemical weapons, then careening to the
case against action in favor of more diplomacy, before concluding
with the warning that war was still on the table. (And then the usual
pivot to domestic issues. ~Bob.)
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