Sunday, January 31, 2010
UN climate panel shamed by bogus rainforest claim
"The source for its claim was a report from WWF, an environmental pressure group, which was authored by two green activists. They had based their “research” on a study published in Nature, the science journal, which did not assess rainfall but in fact looked at the impact on the forest of human activity such as logging and burning. This weekend WWF said it was launching an internal inquiry into the study. "
The whole global warming scam is coming undone.
Climate change study was ‘misused’
"Robert Muir-Wood, head of research at Risk Management Solutions, a US-based consultancy, said the Stern report misquoted his work to suggest a firm link between global warming and the frequency and severity of disasters such as floods and hurricanes."
Ministers slammed for speaking at meeting with Muslim who justified killing British troops
"Two Cabinet Ministers are facing questions over their judgment after appearing at the same event as a Muslim activist who once suggested that the killing of British troops in Iraq was justified.
Azad Ali spoke at yesterday’s Progressive London conference, which was also attended by Equalities Minister Harriet Harman and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband."
This is one of the reasons terrorism flourishes in Britain.
Climate chief was told of false glacier claims before Copenhagen
"The chairman of the leading climate change watchdog was informed that claims about melting Himalayan glaciers were false before the Copenhagen summit, The Times has learnt.
Rajendra Pachauri was told that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment that the glaciers would disappear by 2035 was wrong, but he waited two months to correct it. He failed to act despite learning that the claim had been refuted by several leading glaciologists. "
As in all such scandals, follow the money.
UN climate change panel based claims on student dissertation and magazine article
"However, it can be revealed that one of the sources quoted was a feature article published in a popular magazine for climbers which was based on anecdotal evidence from mountaineers about the changes they were witnessing on the mountainsides around them."
Let's not forget the IPCC also excluded other scientific information that refuted global warming.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Washington Post Issues correction to Okeefe story.
No bugging or wiretapping.
So much for those layers of factcheckers, eh?
"Earlier versions of this story incorrectly reported that James O'Keefe faced charges in an alleged plot to bug the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu. The charges were related to an alleged plot to tamper with a phone system. The headline incorrectly referred to a plot to bug the phone and a caption incorrectly referred to an alleged wiretap scheme. The story also incorrectly reported that Landrieu had proposed a replacement for William Flanagan. Landrieu had proposed a replacement for the U.S. attorney, but Flanagan did not hold the post at that time. "
So much for those layers of factcheckers, eh?
Pub chain to use 'much larger' wine glasses, flowers and complimentary toiletries to entice women over 35 to its bars
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Amplification of global warming by carbon-cycle feedback significantly less than thought, study suggests
"ScienceDaily (Jan. 28, 2010) — A new estimate of the feedback between temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration has been derived from a comprehensive comparison of temperature and CO2 records spanning the past millennium.
The result, which is based on more than 200,000 individual comparisons, implies that the amplification of current global warming by carbon-cycle feedback will be significantly less than recent work has suggested."
US to close Guantanamo within three years
"EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The US will close the Guantanamo prison for terrorism suspects "within Barack Obama's term" of office, after missing last week the self-imposed deadline of one year, an American official told a Brussels audience, praising the support shown by European governments who took in about a dozen inmates. [...]
Mr Fried refused to speculate on a new deadline, but said he was confident the closure could be finalised "during Mr Obama's first term." The US president's mandate ends in January 2013."
Chinese-led group formally signs Iraq oil deal
Silly you, thinking the Iraq war was a US/UK oil grab. Tsk, tsk.
I look forward to the left's condemnation of China for their part in the war so they could grab Iraq's oil. Oh, wait, China was against the war.
I look forward to the left's condemnation of China for their part in the war so they could grab Iraq's oil. Oh, wait, China was against the war.
Terror suspects linked to Christmas day bomber
What was that Obama said about a lone terrorist?
"Malaysia announced on Wednesday it had arrested 10 people for "acts of terrorism" and said they were members of an international terror outfit tracked down in cooperation with foreign intelligence groups."
"Malaysia announced on Wednesday it had arrested 10 people for "acts of terrorism" and said they were members of an international terror outfit tracked down in cooperation with foreign intelligence groups."
FROM JUSTICE ALITO, a “you lie” moment? “POLITICO’s Kasie Hunt, who’s in the House chamber, reports…
"In the history of the State of the Union has any President ever called out the Supreme Court by name, and egged on the Congress to jeer a Supreme Court decision, while the Justices were seated politely before him surrounded by hundreds [of] Congressmen? To call upon the Congress to countermand (somehow) by statute a constitutional decision, indeed a decision applying the First Amendment? What can this possibly accomplish besides alienating Justice Kennedy who wrote the opinion being attacked. Contrary to what we heard during the last administration, the Court may certainly be the object of presidential criticism without posing any threat to its independence. But this was a truly shocking lack of decorum and disrespect towards the Supreme Court for which an apology is in order. A new tone indeed."
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Signs of waste? $1 million used to tout stimulus funds at work in Ohio - CNN.com
"Cleveland, Ohio (CNN) -- A state senator from Ohio says his state is spending $1 million on road signs to advertise the use of stimulus money for road projects. In other words, the state is using your money to tell you it's spending your money."
BBC blames fall in support for global warming on "right wing newspapers"
"Part of the answer lies with the media - particularly right-wing newspapers - which have been fuelling cynicism over government "green" taxes for some time. "
There is fundamental uncertainty in climate change, science tsar says
So, the science isn't settled then.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
UN global warming claims melt faster than Himalayan glaciers
"Prof. Murari Lal told the Daily Mail that the alarming, but unsubstantiated, claim, got included for political purposes: “We thought that if we can highlight it, it will impact policy-makers and politicians and encourage them to take some concrete action,” he told the British paper."
The 30th anniversary of Newsnight
"But the programme today has a drawback for political junkies and that is its general view of the world. If you took all the trendy liberalism that makes up the BBC and bubbled it over the Bunsen burner until you were left with the purest residue, the irreducible core of metropolitan Left-wingery — well, that’s Newsnight.
It regards Right-wing politicians as some alien species, necessary (just) to the political process but viewed with either curiosity or contempt, depending on their demeanour. I’m sure this is not deliberate, that people aren’t consciously trying to present politics from a Left-wing standpoint.It happens because that’s the programme’s mindset. "
CNN Poll: For First Time, More Say Dem Control Is Bad For Country
Lot's of buyers remorse out there.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Climategate – Banks And Investors Pull Out Of Carbon Trading
When the money leaves the game is truly up.
Hopefully, this will be the end to the global warming myth and Al Gore.
Hopefully, this will be the end to the global warming myth and Al Gore.
NASA and Nicholas Stern start to purge their websites
We'll see a lot more of this. Get your screen grabs while you can!
The IPCC scandal: the African data was sexed up, too
The warmests are starting to purge their websites as well. Get some screen grabs while you can!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
UN wrongly linked global warming to natural disasters
"THE United Nations climate science panel faces new controversy for wrongly linking global warming to an increase in the number and severity of natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods.
It based the claims on an unpublished report that had not been subjected to routine scientific scrutiny — and ignored warnings from scientific advisers that the evidence supporting the link too weak. The report's own authors later withdrew the claim because they felt the evidence was not strong enough. "
Ellie Light now on Wikipedia
But Wiki threatening to delete it. Go post some links to keep it going.
Glacier scientists says he knew data had not been verified
"The scientist behind the bogus claim in a Nobel Prize-winning UN report that Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2035 last night admitted it was included purely to put political pressure on world leaders.
Dr Murari Lal also said he was well aware the statement, in the 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), did not rest on peer-reviewed scientific research."
Ellie Light: Obama Astroturfer?
Writes in dozens of papers and blogs across the country. Will MSM track her down? Probably not.
US Marines end role in Iraq; Biden in Baghdad
"RAMADI, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. Marine Corps wrapped nearly seven years in Iraq on Saturday, handing over duties to the Army and signaling the beginning of an accelerated withdrawal of American troops as the U.S. turns its focus away from the waning Iraqi war to a growing one in Afghanistan."
Can we say we've won now?
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Melting Himalayan glaciers: no peaceful end to the scandal - Telegraph
Has the Nobel Prize become a curse?
Barack Obama to hold 50 Guantánamo detainees without trial - Telegraph
Where's the "Obama is Hitler" crowd? Come on you cowards!! You guys went nuts on Bush for this. Where are you now?
The left are showing their true colours now. Their cries for justice were just a cover to attack Bush. They really don't give a damn about Gitmo. Cowards.
The left are showing their true colours now. Their cries for justice were just a cover to attack Bush. They really don't give a damn about Gitmo. Cowards.
Raise drink prices and defy ‘immoral’ supermarkets, Tory strategist demands - Times Online
Raising taxes on booze is just that, raising taxes. This idea that it will save Britain is a red herring. The police already thave the powers to stop anti social behavior.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Himalaya Glacier Claim an Error, Says U.N.'s IPCC - TIME
Even Time is forced to report on the scandal.
The Left’s Palinization of the Brown family
I said the left would go after his family. The left have no shame. Pure Saul Alinsky.
ABC Reports Obama is 'Unaware of Tea Parties' | NewsBusters.org
"Maybe he just doesn't know that there are people who disagree with his massive tax and spend agenda. That would explain a lot."
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Racist truck codes
"Mr. Olbermann proposed Mr. Brown's win was part of racist backlash against the black President Obama on his Tuesday evening program. Gamely, Mr. Fineman offered some supporting evidence.
"In some places, there are codes, there are images," he told Mr. Olbermann. "You know, there are pickup trucks, you could say there was a racial aspect to it one way or another."
Mr. Brown's truck has particularly bothered Democrats, ranging from Mr. Brown's opponent, Attorney General Martha Coakley, to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry to Mr. Obama. "
These people are insane.
Republicans to Hit Obama Terror Policy in Hearings on Domestic Attacks
"The Christmas Day airline bombing suspect should have been questioned by special interrogators instead of federal law enforcement investigators before his case entered the criminal justice system, the nation's top intelligence official testified before Congress today.
Dennis Blair, the Director of National Intelligence, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that he was not asked whether the suspect should have been treated as a high-value terror suspect upon landing in Detroit and handled first by the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, (HIG) which the Obama administration created last year.
"That unit was created exactly for this purpose, to make a decision on whether...a certain person who's detained should be treated as...a case for federal prosecution." Blair said. "
That's because the Democrats are not serious about terrorism and treat it just like any other crime.
Robert Reich: The Voters Are Firing Obama Because He's Flopped On The Economy
Boy, the left really are turning on Obama.
U.S. counterterror agency lacks "Google-like" search
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior counterterrorism official said on Wednesday his agency lacks "Google-like" search capability that could have identified the suspect in the attempted Christmas Day airline bombing.
The National Counterterrorism Center, the agency charged with reviewing disparate data to protect against attacks, does not have a computer search engine that could have checked for various spellings of the alleged bomber's name and his birthplace in Nigeria, the center's chief told a Senate hearing on security reform."
Intel Chief Admits Dropping Ball on Christmas Plot, 'New Mistake' Inevitable
"Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, in a candid assessment of what went wrong before and after the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight, said he had wrongly caved to external "pressure" to trim the no-fly list and even admitted the intelligence community would probably drop the ball in the future. "
The country is in the best of hands. Sigh.
Muslim police say Islam not to blame for terror attacks
"The National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP) claimed that ministers were wrong to blame Islam for being the “driver” behind recent terrorist attacks.
Far-Right extremists were a more dangerous threat to national security, it said. "
Really? And just how many of these terror attacks have come from "far-right extremists"?
"The officers told MPs that Muslims were being “stigmatised” by the Government’s attempts to tackle terrorism, which was adding to “hatred” against entire communities. "
The "hatred" is coming from Muslim communities!
"The Muslim officers believe the Government is wrong to blame Islam as the main driver of terrorist activity. "
Tell it to your Muslim brothers who are killing thousands, mostly Muslims by the way, around the world!
Fire their asses!
NYC: Thosands of Christians Protest Islamic Murder, Persecution, and Dhimmitude
I'd like to see a lot more of this.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Turn your iPhone into a credit card reader. video
Pretty cool if it works. I'll bet drug dealers will love this.
Massachusetts Senate poll loss threatens Obama agenda
This is how he BBC describe Brown.
Interesting. I don't remember the BBC calling Obama a former drug addict when he won.
"Dubbed Senator Beefcake in the US media, Mr Brown is a lawyer and former model who posed almost naked for Cosmopolitan magazine in the 1980s while in law school."
Interesting. I don't remember the BBC calling Obama a former drug addict when he won.
Barack Obama floundering a year on after wave of goodwill crashes - Times Online
Is there anyone who didn't see this comming? I mean, besides far left loons.
Hoyer: Voters upset about GOP obstructionism, not Dem agenda
Just how out of touch are the Democrats?
"House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday said that angst voters have expressed early this election year is the result of GOP obstructionism, not the Democrats agenda."
So they voted for Brown - a Republican!
"House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday said that angst voters have expressed early this election year is the result of GOP obstructionism, not the Democrats agenda."
So they voted for Brown - a Republican!
The Guardian's take on Brown's victory
This is just too funny.
Like Brown said, "It's the peoples seat".
Here's how the Guardian describes Brown: "Scott Brown, a truck-driving National Guardsman"
Why does the left hate trucks?
And this is how the Guardian describes how Brown won.
No mention of the fact that President Obama travelled to join Coakley - the loser.
"The Republicans have produced one of the biggest political upsets of recent US history by winning Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts, traditionally one of the safest Democratic states in the country."
Like Brown said, "It's the peoples seat".
Here's how the Guardian describes Brown: "Scott Brown, a truck-driving National Guardsman"
Why does the left hate trucks?
And this is how the Guardian describes how Brown won.
"Brown received a lot of backing from Republicans who had travelled to join him from all round the US,..."
No mention of the fact that President Obama travelled to join Coakley - the loser.
Boston Globe: Coakley wins!!
Oops!!
"In a Dewey beats Truman blunder, boston.com posted an online map of Massachusetts voting results declaring Attorney General Martha Coakley the winner of yesterday’s U.S. Senate election."
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
No answers on missing USD472 million tsunami bucks
"When TIS inquired from the relevant authorities about these missing amounts, but most officials did not want to answer while they were also reluctant to reveal any information. However there were some responsible bodies that implied that the funds were utilized by the government for other purposes,`` Nanayakkara said."
I'll bet!
America in the World: Anti-Americanism in seven easy steps
Happens every time. Remember the tsunami?
Ft. Hood report, Pentagon Whitewash
Titled, "Protecting the Force: Lessons from Fort Hood," this 80-plus page report mentions the words "Islam" and "Muslim" not once. Not once. It refers to Hasan as a "gunman." As Ralph Peters put it, the report is "not about what happened at Fort Hood." And "It avoids entirely the issue of why it happened."
Islam is creeping in Alaska (video)
"The sound of Allah Akbar is rising in Alaska. The Islamic community in Alaska grew from 100+ to 4,000 in the last decade. They also recently bought a 70 acre tract of land for $600,000 and raised nearly $1 million dollars to build a new mosque to go along with Alaska’s first halal grocery store. "
No KSM in NYC?
"Top administration officials are getting nervous that they may not be able to proceed with one of their most controversial national-security moves: trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 conspirators in federal court in New York City. Last November Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. portrayed the trial as a way to showcase the American justice system to the world—and to accelerate President Obama's stalled plans to shut down the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay. But because of shifting political winds in Congress, the trial is now "potentially in jeopardy," a senior official, who did not want to be named talking about a sensitive situation, tells NEWSWEEK."
Muslim question persists in Army shooting
"Fear of offending Muslims or being insensitive to religion was likely a key factor to why Army supervisors missed signs that the suspect in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage was a Muslim extremist, according to national security experts. "
Muslims Light Church on Fire With Christians Inside
"Angry Muslim youths set fire to a church filled with worshipers, starting a riot that killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 300 in Jos, in northern Nigeria, officials said Monday. Sani Mudi, a spokesman for the local imam, said 22 people died in fighting between Christians and Muslims after rioters set fire to a Catholic church on Sunday. Five others died Monday from their wounds. More than 300 people were killed in inter-religious violence in Jos in 2008."
Religion of peace.
Monday, January 18, 2010
A familiar sight that stirs pupils' sense of justice
Why is Amnesty International being allowed to spread its propaganda in our schools?
So, they dressed the kids up as terrorists!
Why are our tax monies going to support this NGO?
"After a project which involved donning the orange jumpsuits that evoke images of Guantanamo Bay, pupils from Bannockburn Academy were selected to join Amnesty International’s youth advisory group"
So, they dressed the kids up as terrorists!
"The idea was that of the school’s Amnesty International group"
Why are our tax monies going to support this NGO?
Father stabbed to death in own home after confronting gang stealing his television
The thiefs knew the police would not allow Britains to protect their property in their own homes. Just ask Mylee.
Thug let out of jail to chat up girls in clubs after serving just a third of his sentence for killing a teenage blonde
"He is just three-and-a-half years into his nine-year sentence for helping to arrange the death of a teenage girl."
Climategate panel: Are green auto rules based on flawed science?
"Detroit - The auto industry's green efforts to meet strict new mpg rules are the dominant theme inside the 2010 North American International Auto Show. But outside Cobo Center, it's not just the frigid winter temperatures that have cast doubt on global warming science that is driving the biggest regulatory challenge to the industry in a generation. E-mails leaked from the world's top climatology center in England have exposed influential scientists doctoring data and suppressing scientific debate. Some in Congress have demanded an investigation."
After year, hope turns into disappointment » Knoxville News Sentinel
Obama's epic fail.
"Forget "can," "change" and, above all, "hope." The new word echoing in the blogosphere and beyond as Obama enters Year Two: disappointment.
The polls have shown a wide decline in Americans' approval of Obama since he first took office last Jan. 20. In fact, according to the latest Gallup Poll, he entered his second year with one of the lowest approval ratings of any president in the last half-century (50 percent of Americans approved of his job performance at the first of January, and 44 percent disapproved.)"
Ban butter to save thousands of lives, says leading heart surgeon
What next for Britain, a butter Tzar?
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Kausfiles : The Deal: Join a Union, Get a Tax Break?
And the rest of us get to pay for it. Thanks Obama.
World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown
Yeah, let's call it "misled".
Global warming is being debunked on an almost daily basis but the adverts just keep on coming.
Update.
Don't expect the BBC to correct this post anytime soon.
"In the past few days the scientists behind the warning have admitted that it was based on a news story in the New Scientist, a popular science journal, published eight years before the IPCC's 2007 report.
It has also emerged that the New Scientist report was itself based on a short telephone interview with Syed Hasnain, a little-known Indian scientist then based at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi.
Hasnain has since admitted that the claim was "speculation" and was not supported by any formal research. If confirmed it would be one of the most serious failures yet seen in climate research. The IPCC was set up precisely to ensure that world leaders had the best possible scientific advice on climate change. "
Global warming is being debunked on an almost daily basis but the adverts just keep on coming.
Update.
Don't expect the BBC to correct this post anytime soon.
How BBC's professor of journalism 'improved' his rival's biography
The BBC have been caught doing this sort of thing a lot.
Double standards row as Ed Balls refuses to ban smacking as mosque schools to avoid 'upsetting Muslim sensitivities'
Once again we see Muslims are allowed to break British law. When is Britain going to have enough of this?
Saturday, January 16, 2010
BBC News - Most Indian plastic toys are 'toxic'
"The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) studied a sample of Indian toys and found that all of them contained high levels of phthalates.
Phthalates are chemicals used to soften plastic and the group says India has no regulations to control their use.
The use of these chemicals in Europe and the US is strictly regulated. "
"Most of the toys were imported from China, Taiwan and many were produced in India. "
Phthalates are chemicals used to soften plastic and the group says India has no regulations to control their use.
The use of these chemicals in Europe and the US is strictly regulated. "
"Most of the toys were imported from China, Taiwan and many were produced in India. "
Islam4UK’s radical spokesman Anjem Choudary pledges to keep preaching - Times Online
"This is Mr Choudary’s ultimate aim, for Britain to become an Islamic state in which all inhabitants are subjected to Sharia. He claims that he speaks for Muslims “across the world” when he virulently protests against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and labels British soldiers “brutal murderers”. Yet his claims of atrocities by Western forces are disputed by the UN, and he admits he has never been to either country."
Supplies Are Arriving But Haitians Remain Helpless
Why isn't the press hammering Obama over Haiti like they did Bush over Katrina? Oh, my bad, he's a Democrat.
Speaking of Obama, where is he while the Haitians desperately seek aid? He's campaigning. Now if Bush had done that....
Speaking of Obama, where is he while the Haitians desperately seek aid? He's campaigning. Now if Bush had done that....
Senior figure in a hardline Islamist group is preaching at top London university | Mail Online
"A radical Islamist said to have mentored a British suicide bomber is teaching and preaching at a top university.
Bristol-born Reza Pankhurst is allegedly spreading the message of hardline group Hizb ut-Tahrir at the London School of Economics."
Bristol-born Reza Pankhurst is allegedly spreading the message of hardline group Hizb ut-Tahrir at the London School of Economics."
Friday, January 15, 2010
‘Hizb ut-Tahrir obsessed with radicalising students’ - Times Online
While Labour does nothing to stop it.
Senior member of extreme Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir teaches at LSE - Times Online
"A senior figure in Hizb ut-Tahrir, a hardline Islamist group that the Government keeps “under continuous review” and the Conservatives want to ban, is teaching and preaching at a top university.
The Times has learnt that Reza Pankhurst, who was imprisoned in Egypt for membership of the group, is a teacher at the London School of Economics and regularly preaches to students at Friday prayers.
The group is supposedly barred from organising and speaking on campuses under the National Union of Students’ policy of “no platform” for racist or fascist views. The presence of one of its prominent members as a university teacher raises new concerns about Islamist radicalisation on campus."
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Poll: Majority would vote against Obama re-election
"Democrats can’t blame this one on Rasmussen. The National Journal polled 1200 adults nationwide to determine whether they would vote for Barack Obama’s re-election based on his first-year performance. In a stunner, 50% said they’d vote for “someone else,” while only 23% said they would definitely vote for Obama:"
Sex sting in Poconos nets former chief U.N. weapons inspector | PoconoRecord.com
This is the second time for Ritter.
Britain is wrong to freeze benefits to spouses of terror suspects, says top EU advocate | Mail Online
"Europe's law chief wants Britain to reinstate the payment of tens of thousands of pounds in State handouts to the wives of suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban fanatics.
Ministers have halted benefit payouts made to the families of suspected terrorists to prevent the money falling into the hands of banned groups."
Joe Biden update: He meets on transparency today. But the meeting is closed
"After a recent public sighting, fears had mounted that the one-time, long-term senator might rebel against traditional White House strictures and start acting on all the administration's oft-promised promises of government transparency and official openness running back into 2008.
But the VP's public schedule today puts all those fears to rest."
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Iron Chef Special Used Ringers, Not Veggies From The White House Garden
The left went nuts over the flase claim that Bush served up a plastic turkey to the troops in Iraq (it was real). Watch the left ignore this.
Jane Hamsher: How the White House Used Gruber's Work to Create Appearance of Broad Consensus
The White House is placing a giant collective bet on Gruber's "assumptions" to justify key portions of the Senate bill such as the "Cadillac tax," which they allowed people to believe was independent verification. Now that we know that Gruber's work was not that of an independent analyst but rather work performed as a contractor to the White House and paid for by taxpayers, and economists like Larry Mishel are raising serious questions about its validity, it should be made publicly available so others can judge its merits.
Obama's Health Care Industry Funded Campaign
"A new figure, based on an exclusive analysis created for Raw Story by the Center for Responsive Politics, shows that President Obama received a staggering $20,175,303 from the healthcare industry during the 2008 election cycle, nearly three times the amount of his presidential rival John McCain. McCain took in $7,758,289, the Center found."
Boy!, that's some change!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Banned Group Islam4UK Website Still up
Contact Fasthosts and ask them to stop providing services to banned terror groups in the UK.
Obama: no longer the anti-Bush? | Olivia Hampton | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Just how dumb are liberals? This dumb.
Have any of the terrorists since 9/11 not been Muslim?
Well since Islamic scholars say the hijab is not a religious symbol but is in fact a radical political statement, it's probably a good idea to see what's under that radical statement. Two women wearing hijabs a few years ago blew up a Russian plane.
This will make your head spin.
But later on she says this:
Do these people even read what they write?
Funny, it seems to work quite well for the Israelis.
What does she mean by "this time"? She just said Obama has kept most of Bush's policies in place. So, we're nine years and counting. Get used to it missy, we're in for a long war.
"The president's response in the coming weeks and months will be critical in shaping a relationship tattered by US action after the September 11 attacks, seen as having disproportionately singled out and targeted Muslims."
Have any of the terrorists since 9/11 not been Muslim?
"Giving further fodder to the criticism, Muslim women wearing the hijab said they were subjected to additional "humiliating" screening simply because they were veiled. In some cases, the women were told to remove their veil."
Well since Islamic scholars say the hijab is not a religious symbol but is in fact a radical political statement, it's probably a good idea to see what's under that radical statement. Two women wearing hijabs a few years ago blew up a Russian plane.
This will make your head spin.
"The president also insisted he would make no policy changes that would curtail civil liberties or freedom of movement, saying "we will not succumb to a siege mentality".
But later on she says this:
"Obama may have rejected using words like "war on terror" or "Islamofascism" and blunted some of Bush's harshest policies but a year into his presidency, he has retained military commissions, asserted state secrets privileges, expanded the use of unmanned drones to strike al-Qaida targets in Pakistan, as well as announced plans to hold dozens of terror suspects indefinitely without charge and triple the number of US troops in Afghanistan."
Do these people even read what they write?
"Profiling, if indeed necessary, should not focus on race, ethnicity, nationality or creed but on criminal behaviour. Setting additional measures for people who fit in those easily identifiable criteria only simplifies the task for extremists, who can circumvent the system and exploit loopholes."
Funny, it seems to work quite well for the Israelis.
"In times of war, the US is not alone in having put aside hard-fought civil liberties. Let's hope that this time, it won't last long."
What does she mean by "this time"? She just said Obama has kept most of Bush's policies in place. So, we're nine years and counting. Get used to it missy, we're in for a long war.
'Islam is' not being censored by Google
That's one man's take on it.
Google says it's a bug and they would fix it. That was several days ago and "Islam is" still returns no results. Perhaps if there was someone behind it, they just hadn't gotten to the others before they were caught. Or perhaps a disgruntled employee tried his hand at censorship and got caught. On the other hand, perhaps it is just a bug. Funny though, how it was only Islam that was affected.
"In this case, however, it doesn’t take much research to determine that Google is innocent. Type “Islam will” and Google suggests “be destroyed” and “destroy Europe” as possible endings. Similarly “Islam must” brings back “be destroyed”, “die” and “be stopped” as possible endings.
If someone at Google is trying to prevent search terms that could offend Muslims from appearing in their suggested searches, then they aren’t doing a very good job."
Google says it's a bug and they would fix it. That was several days ago and "Islam is" still returns no results. Perhaps if there was someone behind it, they just hadn't gotten to the others before they were caught. Or perhaps a disgruntled employee tried his hand at censorship and got caught. On the other hand, perhaps it is just a bug. Funny though, how it was only Islam that was affected.
BBC's Mardell continues Webb's painting a false picture of America
The BBC's Webb is gone but never fear Mardell is on the job!
Mardell starts his report by framing the topic as America overreacting to one failed terrorist to blow up a plane. Left out, as is BBC reporters usual want, are some very important facts.
Like the failed terrorist's revelation that there were 20 more just like him ready to strike. The Muslim passenger hauled off a flight for yelling he wanted to kill all Jews. The recent terrorist arrest in the US. Let's not forget Richard Reid or the failed attempt to blow up multiple airliners over the US. That last one originated in Britain Mardell.
Mardell then resorts to one of the oldest reporters tricks in the book in order to spin his story - the straw man.
Hmm, I wonder why they called it the "war on terror" then and not the war on al Qaeda?
Mardell goes on to lament how Obama's opponents jumped on him for being too soft and offers this up:
Perhaps not Mark, but are you forgetting that four days after the failed attempt, when Obama finally got around to it, Obama said we are at war. When you are at war, four days is a very long time.
Mark goes on to make a fool of himself.
Would it have been so funny had he succeeded Mark? Let's not forget, he choose his seat carefully - right over the fuel tanks. In addition, thanks to the courage and quick actions of one passenger, he was stopped. Let's also not forget a similar attempt to kill a Saudi prince, almost succeeded. The bomb went off killing the bomber but the prince survived. I doubt his laughing Mark.
Mark then turns his attention to how Britain handles things differently and why.
Again, Mark leaves out significant information to the discussion. He fails to mention that a plane was to have been flown into the Parliament building on 911 but the bomber backed out at the last minute.
Just how little of a threat does Mardell think terrorism is?
Well Mark, just why are those statistics so low? Could it be that thanks to the security services, both here and in America, taking a more serious view and thereby stopping hundreds of attacks, those stats are low? Two weeks after 7/7 terror attacks on London, the security services stopped the second attack. How many would have been killed then? How would those statistics look had those ten airliners been blown up? If all the terror attacks stopped around the world had not been stopped, how would those stats look then Mardell? On 9/11, terrorism had 3000 peoples name on it. And if it's just "a background threat" Mark, why did Obama say we are at war?
Of course Mardell has noting but praise for Obama.
Just how stupid is Mardell? How many security reviews did Obama order in the wake of the failed Christmas bomber? How many times did he meet with the leaders of all US security forces? Who ordered all those new x-ray machines for US airports? Who requested foreign governments begin immediate screenings of overseas passengers traveling to the US? Who ordered the dramatic increase in Sky Marshalls? And these are just the things we know about.
Yes, Mardell has turned out to be just another BBC hack like Webb.
Mardell starts his report by framing the topic as America overreacting to one failed terrorist to blow up a plane. Left out, as is BBC reporters usual want, are some very important facts.
Like the failed terrorist's revelation that there were 20 more just like him ready to strike. The Muslim passenger hauled off a flight for yelling he wanted to kill all Jews. The recent terrorist arrest in the US. Let's not forget Richard Reid or the failed attempt to blow up multiple airliners over the US. That last one originated in Britain Mardell.
Mardell then resorts to one of the oldest reporters tricks in the book in order to spin his story - the straw man.
"There is a general assumption in America that al-Qaeda simply wants to kill as many Americans as possible, that murder is their objective."
Hmm, I wonder why they called it the "war on terror" then and not the war on al Qaeda?
Mardell goes on to lament how Obama's opponents jumped on him for being too soft and offers this up:
"President Obama's opponents have long accused him of being soft on terrorism. He does not even use the George Bush phrase "war on terror".
Perhaps not Mark, but are you forgetting that four days after the failed attempt, when Obama finally got around to it, Obama said we are at war. When you are at war, four days is a very long time.
Mark goes on to make a fool of himself.
"This mood of high seriousness has robbed the West of a really effective propaganda weapon. It has made it difficult to exploit the sheer ridiculousness of an underpants bomber.
If the thought of the state of al-Qaeda's undergarments made people snigger instead of quake, that would be a moral victory. "
Would it have been so funny had he succeeded Mark? Let's not forget, he choose his seat carefully - right over the fuel tanks. In addition, thanks to the courage and quick actions of one passenger, he was stopped. Let's also not forget a similar attempt to kill a Saudi prince, almost succeeded. The bomb went off killing the bomber but the prince survived. I doubt his laughing Mark.
Mark then turns his attention to how Britain handles things differently and why.
"But there are historical and political reasons why we seem less phased by the threat of terrorism. Of course part of it goes back to 9/11. We have not suffered an attack like that."
Again, Mark leaves out significant information to the discussion. He fails to mention that a plane was to have been flown into the Parliament building on 911 but the bomber backed out at the last minute.
Just how little of a threat does Mardell think terrorism is?
"But it means we see terrorism as a background threat. It might have your name on it but it is statistically improbable. "
Well Mark, just why are those statistics so low? Could it be that thanks to the security services, both here and in America, taking a more serious view and thereby stopping hundreds of attacks, those stats are low? Two weeks after 7/7 terror attacks on London, the security services stopped the second attack. How many would have been killed then? How would those statistics look had those ten airliners been blown up? If all the terror attacks stopped around the world had not been stopped, how would those stats look then Mardell? On 9/11, terrorism had 3000 peoples name on it. And if it's just "a background threat" Mark, why did Obama say we are at war?
Of course Mardell has noting but praise for Obama.
"He has declared that a proud nation does not hunker down and adopt a siege mentality in the face of such threats. "
Just how stupid is Mardell? How many security reviews did Obama order in the wake of the failed Christmas bomber? How many times did he meet with the leaders of all US security forces? Who ordered all those new x-ray machines for US airports? Who requested foreign governments begin immediate screenings of overseas passengers traveling to the US? Who ordered the dramatic increase in Sky Marshalls? And these are just the things we know about.
Yes, Mardell has turned out to be just another BBC hack like Webb.
Yemen al-Qaeda link to Guantanamo Bay prison
According to the BBC, Islamic terrorism in Yemen is America's fault for torturing Muslims at Gitmo. I just love the way the BBC take the word of terrorists without question.
Note he says "our imprisonment" and not our torture.
Hang on a minute! Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was never in Gitmo! In fact, he comes from a wealthy family and was living in a luxury flat while attending college in London. I'm not sure that counts as toture but if it is, it wasn't the yanks what done it.
And isn't the BBC's headquarters located in London? Perhaps they might explain why the BBC is contributing to terrorism.
"In the video he declared "our imprisonment has only increased our persistence".
What happened in the skies above Detroit on Christmas Day is an indication of that. "
Note he says "our imprisonment" and not our torture.
Hang on a minute! Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was never in Gitmo! In fact, he comes from a wealthy family and was living in a luxury flat while attending college in London. I'm not sure that counts as toture but if it is, it wasn't the yanks what done it.
And isn't the BBC's headquarters located in London? Perhaps they might explain why the BBC is contributing to terrorism.
Skyrocketing debt figures don't tell the whole story
" Click on usdebtclock.org and get ready for the hairs on the back of your neck to stand at attention. This Web site is the real-time, running total of the national public debt outstanding, which now stands at $12.2 trillion.
What's really scary is the "debt clock" shows the amount of interest accruing with each passing second – about $1.7 million every minute of every day. The speed with which the number grows will make you cross-eyed and leads me to wonder what the final reckoning will be for us. "
Venezuela Announces Nationwide Energy Rationing
"CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's government imposed rolling blackouts of four hours every other day throughout the country on Tuesday to combat an energy crisis."
Sean Penn call your office.
Sean Penn call your office.
STIMULUS WATCH: White House changes job-count rule
"WASHINGTON – The White House has abandoned its controversial method of counting jobs under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus, making it impossible to track the number of jobs saved or created with the $787 billion in recovery money.
Despite mounting a vigorous defense of its earlier count of more than 640,000 jobs credited to the stimulus, even after numerous errors were identified, the Obama administration now is making it easier to give the stimulus credit for hiring. It's no longer about counting a job as saved or created; now it's a matter of counting jobs funded by the stimulus."
Family shut out of their 'dream home' by gang of gipsies who moved in over Christmas
"We are hard-working citizens yet get treated like criminals when our home is stolen. This whole thing is making me feel constantly sick. All we want to do is get on with our lives.
'We feel let down by the law, by government, and by the police, in fact all the authorities that one would expect to protect society."
When will Britain have enough of this shit?!
Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2009
Almost all of the are Democrats.
Video: Coakley says no more terrorists in Afghanistan
Uh, then why is Obama sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan?
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
From bikinis to burkas
"Yemen's new notoriety doesn't surprise me; what does is how all the warning signs went unnoticed for so long. I saw it in my own flesh and blood: An open-minded family defined by its love of arts and culture embraced hard-line interpretations of Islam and turned its back on social progress and intellectual freedom.
Whatever happens next in Yemen, my family there, and no doubt millions of other middle-class Middle Eastern families, has been losing the war against extremism. "
Yemeni officials admit they are losing the battle against al-Qaeda
"Yemeni officials have admitted they are losing the battle against al-Qaeda and the terror group is extending its reach into remote regions where state control has all but disappeared. "
Obama team continues to control access to Biden
"The book covers Mr. Obama's frustration after Mr. Biden's gaffes became too much for the president-to-be to bear. These gaffes included:Mr. Biden's comments that he was more qualified than Mr. Obama to be president, that Mr. Obama would be tested with an international crisis, and that it was patriotic to pay higher taxes.
“How many times is Biden gonna say something stupid?” Mr. Obama angrily asked of his advisors at one point on a conference call. Speaking of conference calls, the book also says Obama campaign manager David Plouffe was questioned about why Mr. Biden was not on the nightly campaign conference call. It turned out the future vice president was on his own conference call with both Mr. Pouffe and campaign adviser David Axelrod."
Keeping the Vice President out of the loop? What does this say about Obama?