Tuesday, February 07, 2012

"CO2 Lies": German Media Destroys the Global Warming Scam; Al "Three Mansions" Gore Unavailable for Comment

And the hits just keep on coming for the United Nations' global warming scam:

“THE CO2 LIES … pure fear-mongering … should we blindly trust the experts?”


That’s what Germany’s leading daily Bild (see photo) wrote in its print and online editions today, on the very day that renowned publisher Hoffmann & Campe officially released a skeptic book – one written by a prominent socialist and environmental figure.

This is huge. More than I ever could have possibly imagined. And more is coming in the days ahead! The Bild piece was just the first of a series.

Mark this as the date that Germany’s global warming movement took a massive body blow.

Today, not one, but two of Germany’s most widely read news media published comprehensive skeptical climate science articles in their print and online editions, coinciding with the release of a major climate skeptical book, Die kalte Sonne (The Cold Sun)...

What has set it all off? One of the fathers of Germany’s modern green movement, Professor Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt, a social democrat and green activist, decided to author a climate science skeptical book together with geologist/paleontologist Dr. Sebastian Lüning. Vahrenholt’s skepticism started when he was asked to review an IPCC report on renewable energy. He found hundreds of errors. When he pointed them out, IPCC officials simply brushed them aside. Stunned, he asked himself, “Is this the way they approached the climate assessment reports?”

Vahrenholt decided to do some digging. His colleague Dr. Lüning also gave him a copy of Andrew Montford’s The Hockey Stick Illusion. He was horrified by the sloppiness and deception he found. Persuaded by Hoffmann & Campe, he and Lüning decided to write the book. Die kalte Sonne cites 800 sources and has over 80 charts and figures. It examines and summarizes the latest science.

Conclusion: climate catastrophe is called off.

Hey, John Boehner: you listening? The EPA needs to be de-funded completely.

That agency is a multi-billion dollar organization built on a series of lies and crimes, as the horrific story of DDT reminds us.

And if Boehner won't do it, we need to find a House Speaker -- like Michele Bachmann or Allen West -- with the stones to shred this taxpayer-funded boondoggle benefiting the Marxist Left.


Hat tip: Vicki.

Oops: even legitimate solar companies suffering "carnage, layoffs, and plant closings"; Obama's green jobs scam hardest hit.

It's not just President Obama's "green energy" payoffs to campaign contributors companies like Solyndra, Fisker, et. al. that are suffering.

Even legitimate companies are melting down thanks to a serious lack of demand for their wares.

Solar carnage hits suppliers, as Sanyo, Sumco, Schott cut manufacturing, causing jitters downstream


Carnage in the solar industry is spreading upstream as companies that make ingots and wafers used in cells and panels announce layoffs and plant closures...

...A spokesman for Sanyo, a Japanese company with a plant in Salem, confirmed Monday that it would shut a California factory that makes solar wafers using older technology.

Producers blame a worldwide glut of silicon ingots and the wafers they're sliced into to make the solar cells that go inside panels. As with cells and panels, much of the oversupply results from increased production in China, analysts say, as well as demand declines from reduced European subsidies for solar power...

The analysts say industry turmoil and continued low prices will at least indirectly affect Sanyo, SolarWorld and other companies with Oregon operations that the state has subsidized to attract. Across the United States, some factories could move to other states, such as Texas and Mississippi, that offer rich incentives, said Fatima Toor, a Lux Research analyst in Boston. She expects more closures, layoffs, mergers and potential bankruptcies... "There's going to be a lot of blood in the coming couple of years," Toor said...

Meanwhile, America's vast, natural treasure trove of gas, oil and coal goes largely untapped thanks to an administration beholden to radical eco-Marxists.

And thus we remain the only country on the planet that restricts access to its own energy supplies.


Media to Obama: We've got your back [Dan from NY]

Dan from NY:

In this short video, Obama complains to Matt Lauer that the Constitution has gotten in his way and he hasn’t been able to “force” Congress to pass all the legislation he wanted. Even allowing for the fact that Fox cut this clip just as Obama was trying to repair his gaffe, it still exposes a man with a strong authoritarian streak and an outsized ego.

Oh, and one more thing. We just spent a solid week hearing from all corners of the media that Romney is “not concerned about the very poor.” Are you surprised that the same gang hasn’t swarmed over Obama’s revealing slip? (Rhetorical question]

Yes, that pesky Constitution -- which Obama took an oath to uphold -- keeps getting in the way.


Larwyn's Linx: Halftime in America: An Open Letter to Clint Eastwood

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Nation

Halftime in America: An Open Letter to Clint Eastwood: VS
Love the Constitution? DHS believes you're an extremist: PJM
Feds Ask Supremes for More Time to Defend ObamaCare: NewAm

Accents, politics, and double standards: Malkin
Obama 2012: He’ll Do Better This Time, Honest: Treacher
Obama: “I’m Getting Better As Time Goes On” : GWP

As It Turns Out, Money Is Speech: Cato
Need Another Motivation to Vote Obama Out?: Powers
The Prescience of The Founding Fathers: Babalu

Economy

The "1 Percent" Exodus: FPM
Coming soon: Individual mandate to buy Chevy Volts: Exam
Surprise! RomneyCare Costs Exploding, Hidden From Public: CDN

Cardless National ID and the E-Verify Rebellion: Cato
Detroit ‘Comeback' Ad Filmed in New Orleans, L.A.: WS
GM owes us $25B: Who paid for Super Bowl Chevy Volt Ad?: MagNote

Public Pension Watch: Chicago, New York, and Providence: Conservatory
Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney: People Dropping Out of Workforce Is “Economic Positive”: GWP
Joe Biden Admits Tuition Subsidies Horrible for Tuition Prices: SAB

GOP Primary

Santorum's Got Game: Malkin
Upcoming states could serve as bulkhead for Santorum: Fox
Records Show Ron Paul Trips Paid Twice: Roll Call

The Case for Santorum: WS
Gosh, everybody's for Santorum now: RSM
Mitt’s Big Guns Now Trained On Santorum: NiceDeb

Scandal Central

$1 Billion on Sports Cars: ABC Reports on Obama’s Electric Car Funding Fiasco: VS
Report: Lawmakers Steered Earmarks Near Their Own Properties: Roll Call
RNC chairman: Holder acting like he’s under an ‘air of indictment’: DC

Climate & Energy

Why Yes, The Climate Change Hoax Is About Big Government: RWN
CAFE standards, market distortion and the usual results: Q&O
Germany in skeptical turmoil on both Climate and Solar/Windfarms: Climate

Media

Communism Collapsed: Who Cares?: Power Line
Teachers' union boss who makes $550K argues against school choice: "Life's not always fair': Breitbart
Moron Congressman: Truthful Media Is the Enemy: Breitbart

'Does Axelrod Poll For ABC?': NB
Who Castrated Ann Coulter?: AmSpec
What would de Tocqueville think of President Barack H. Obama and modern America 2012?: CFP

Top 10 Reasons to Vote Democrat: LoneCon
Rachel Maddow Lies Again, Claims Rick Santorum Wants to Ban Contraception: LifeNews
Was Eastwood's Super Bowl ad pro-Obama?: Politico

CBS News D.C. Station Slams Voter ID Bill in Va. As '"Jim Crow" Voting Legislation': NB
Polygamous Ancestors and the Road to Full Disclosure?: Hanson
Thrice-Married NPR Snob Garrison Keillor Mocks Newt Gingrich as a 'Polygamist': NB

World

Never Mind Israel, Iran’s First Target Might Be its Arab Neighbors: Commentary
Bashar Assad emails leaked, tips for ABC interview revealed: Haaretz
Did Chinese Espionage Lead to F-35 Delays?: DefTech

Islam's Groundhog Day: Greenfield
'Death sentence': Pensioner with aneurysm that could kill her anytime told NHS won't pay for surgery: DailyMail
Major Obama Donors Tied to Fugitive Who Fled to Mexico: NYT

A UN Farce in Syria: Sultan Knish
Denying Islamists Federal Security Clearances: PJM
Obama, Democrats Own Syria Failure: Pollak

Sci-Tech

Russian scientists reach buried Antarctic Lake Vostok: Fox
Gunning for Netflix: Redbox and Verizon to Launch Video Service This Year: Wired
How NASA Makes Those Incredible High-Res Images of Earth: Wired

Cornucopia

On Reagan’s Birthday, His Legacy Lives On: Foundry
The residences of U.S. presidents: Inman
Could Obama Face Felony Charge In Arizona?: CDN

Image: Serena Williams warms up in Australia
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Support Rick Santorum for President

QOTD: "Why Santorum? In my estimation, Santorum is the last consistent conservative standing, and the only one both promoting the conservative agenda and campaigning as a conservative in the race. That doesn’t make Santorum perfect; he lacks the executive experience I’d like to see, and some of his positions in the past and present give me pause. However, compared to the heterodoxies of his competitors in the GOP race, Santorum has a superior record on promoting conservative policies and values.

Even more than that, though, Santorum has demonstrated a level of personal integrity in this race that outshines the rest of the field. Santorum has campaigned with blue-collar Reagan Democrats in mind, pushing for an economic plan that would revitalize manufacturing and small business. He could easily have tipped over into class-warfare populism while Gingrich and Romney bashed each other over their work at Bain and Freddie Mac in order to ingratiate himself with that sector by playing on latent envy. Instead, he defended capitalism and both of his competitors on the campaign trail more effectively than either could defend themselves." --Ed Morrissey

Monday, February 06, 2012

CBS New York: "Catholic League Poised To Go To War With Obama Over Mandatory Birth Control Payments"

Hey, David Gregory: can you hear me now, you pencil-necked geek?

Catholic League Poised To Go To War With Obama Over Mandatory Birth Control Payments


Donohue Says 70 Million Of His Voters Ready To Alter Presidential Election


NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Catholic leaders upped the ante Monday, threatening to challenge the Obama administration over a provision of the new health care law that would require all employers, including religious institutions, to pay for birth control.

...Catholic leaders are furious and determined to harness the voting power of the nation’s 70 million Catholic voters to stop a provision of President Barack Obama’s new heath car reform bill that will force Catholic schools, hospitals and charities to buy birth control pills, abortion-producing drugs and sterilization coverage for their employees.

“Never before, unprecedented in American history, for the federal government to line up against the Roman Catholic Church,” said Catholic League head Bill Donohue.

Already Archbishop Timothy Dolan has spoken out against the law and priests around the country have mobilized, reading letters from the pulpit. Donohue said Catholic officials will stop at nothing to put a stop to it.

“This is going to be fought out with lawsuits, with court decisions, and, dare I say it, maybe even in the streets,” Donohue said.

Maybe a real miracle will occur and David Gregory of Meet the Depressed will read something besides The New York Times. Because, based upon Sunday's show, he's either an embarrassing moron or a DNC hack. Actually, I forgot a third option: perhaps he's both.

NEWT GINGRICH: Furthermore, you know, he's--he has declared what--it's not just an economic election, you know, he's basically declared war on the Catholic Church, and that's the language of Archbishop Dolan of New York. And I think you're going to see a very severe reaction to the idea of a radical Obama administration...

DAVID GREGORY, HOST: Well, let's--explain what you're talking about.

GINGRICH: ...imposing secular rules on religion.

GREGORY: This is for insurance to be provided, including contraception, for employees around the country.

GINGRICH: Right.

GREGORY: And--but religious institutions would be exempted. How is this a war against religion...

GINGRICH: No.

GREGORY: Well, religious institutions, churches and the like, would be exempted, and there are states that have very similar rules to ensure the health and safety of, of women that they get covered in their workplace, whether it be a Catholic hospital or other kind of institution.

GINGRICH: Well, I mean, you, you just managed to precisely repeat the Obama administration's line, which is also the American Civil Liberties Union line...

I love how these liberal hacks always argue with their Republican guests as they try to toe the Axelrod talking points. Curiously, we never see them act contentiously with, say, Obama, Wasserman-Manhands, Schmuck Schumer, and the like.

It's times like these that I really miss Tim Russert.


Oh, my. Gallup: underemployment actually ROSE to 18.7% in January

Ex-Pravda employees at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (and The New York Times) hardest hit

Underemployment, a measure that combines the percentage of workers who are unemployed with the percentage working part time but wanting full-time work, surged to 18.7% in January. This is a worsening from the 18.3% of December...

...U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, increased slightly to 8.6% in January from 8.5% in December...

...Regardless of what the government reports, Gallup's unemployment and underemployment measures show deterioration since mid-January. While the unemployment rate of 8.6% for January is up only modestly from December, this overall increase subsumes the more negative trend of the most recent weeks. In turn, this also seems consistent with Wednesday's ADP report showing less job growth in January than in the prior month.

In fact, the only group showing the employment situation improving in January was the BLS. And it had to remove 1.2 million Americans from the labor force to do so.

Here's a helpful hint for the CFO of Gallup: I predict a major audit by the IRS is in your future.


Hat tips: I Hate the Media and BadBlue.

Unfortunate Romney Campaign Photo o' the Day

Via Dave Weigel:

I can't wait for Romney to roll up in his Bentley at CPAC. Because the Maybach is just a little too much.


Update: Commenter Sara informs us that Weigel and the rest of the crew fell for a photoshop (and a pretty darned good one, at that).

Ron "Mr. Small Government" Paul seems to have been double-billing travel at your expense #tlot

But, like his racist newsletters, I'm sure he knew nothing -- NOTHING -- about any of this.

Roll Call identified eight flights for which the Texas Republican, a GOP presidential candidate and leading champion of smaller government, was reimbursed twice for the same trip. Roll Call also found dozens more instances of duplicate payments for travel from 1999 to 2009, totaling thousands of dollars' worth of excess payments, but the evidence in those cases is not as complete.

...Roll Call obtained copies of credit card statements for a corporate American Express card assigned to Ron Paul & Associates Inc. on which many flights were purchased. The flight details on those statements matched payment records filed to the Federal Election Commission and office expenses itemized in quarterly Congressional disbursement statements published by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House... Public records show hundreds of flight payments between 1999 and 2009 in which both the House and Paul's campaign paid for plane tickets of the same price and about the same date.

Ron Paul is a fraud. And it's a shame that most of his believers are too deluded to recognize that he's a complete sellout.

Did you know, for instance, that Paul's campaign is collaborating directly with Mitt Romney's campaign to ensure -- no, not some grand position in an ostensible Romney administration -- a speaking part at the GOP convention?

The remaining candidates in the winnowed Republican presidential field are attacking one another with abandon, each day bringing fresh headlines of accusations and outrage.

But Mitt Romney and Ron Paul haven’t laid a hand on each other... they never do.

...Romney’s aides are “quietly in touch with Ron Paul,” according to a Republican adviser who is in contact with the Romney campaign... The two campaigns have coordinated on minor things [because] Paul’s presence in the race helps keep the GOP electorate fractured...

...“Ron Paul wants a presence at the convention,” the adviser said — and Romney, if he is the nominee, would grant it.

In other words, Paul-bots, your mystical hero has been taking your money, your time, your support and blowing it all trying to get the most liberal candidate in the field nominated.

So he can get himself a speaking gig at the RNC.

You just got pwnt.


Related: 10 fun facts you may not have known about Ron Paul.


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City Workers in Hazmat Suits Clean Up After Occupy DC Kooks Evicted

Just in time for CPAC, the toxic Occupy DC protesters say they'll be returning to McPherson Square.

The Occupy D.C. protesters are returning to McPherson Square park, after it was closed late Saturday when tensions escalated between the protesters occupying the park and the U.S. Park Police trying to enforce the no camping rules at the park.

McPherson Square reopened Sunday afternoon, after police removed several tents for violating the no camping rules, and for being considered a biohazard. Some of the tents are still standing, but the park looks remarkably different from Friday... Officials said it was relatively peaceful but got tense late Saturday when an officer was hit in the face with a brick as police pushed protesters out of the last section of the park. The officer was taken to a hospital for treatment... [A] total [of] 11 people were arrested.

...Officials used barricades to cordon off sections of McPherson Square, a park under federal jurisdiction near the White House, and checked tents for mattresses and sleeping bags and sifted through piles of garbage and other belongings. Some wore yellow biohazard suits to guard against diseases identified at the site in recent weeks. Officials also have raised concerns about a rat infestation.

That move left large swaths of open space and raised questions about exactly what would remain of the encampment once the enforcement was over.

"We found urine soaked bedding materials, bottles of urine, and in some of the tents we found dead rats," says U.S. Park Police spokesman David Schlosser.

The Washington Examiner has before and after pictures of McPherson Square.


Larwyn's Linx: A Tale of Two Republican Parties

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Nation

A Tale of Two Republican Parties: Knish
It's takers vs. makers, and the takers are winning: Reynolds
The first County Sheriff Project event: a rousing success: ConPrev

Box-checking Obama in a Liberal Cocoon: Barone
Retiring Blue Dogs Cite Pelosi as Reason for Leaving: WZ
Simple Test to Determine if You're a Racist: SDA

Economy

Congress should investigate Obama's bogus jobs data: Times
About time: PA rolls out drug tests for welfare recipients: Fox
Europe's shadow darkens outlook: Reuters

Obama's Army on the March: Moonbattery
Remember MoveOn.org's quaint Bush deficits ad?: MoneyRunner
Occupy protesters returning to McPherson Square: WTOP

CLASS Act Is Dead, but Obama Won’t Repeal It: RWN
Greece has reached the latest of many last ditches: NRO
Occupy Oakland burns U.S. flag for second week in a row: WZ

GOP Primary

My choice: Rick Santorum: Morrissey
Oh, My: Gingrich Really Did Save Reagan Revolution!: RS
Romney's ridiculous support of minimum wage indexing: C4P

Good News for Rick Santorum!: WS
Questions on Romney Give Obama Boost: ABC
Why not a Santorum-Gingrich ticket?: Politico

Scandal Central

Chronicling MSM’s Coverage Of Holder’s Fast and Furious Testimony: Chastain
Holder still hasn’t talked ‘Fast and Furious’ with Clinton, Napolitano, Obama: DC
The Bain of Obama’s existence: Solyndra audit coming this week: Chron

Climate & Energy

Rare Honest Piece at L.A. Times Skewers Radical Left's Environmental Hypocrisy: AmPower
Snow traps thousands across eastern Europe: WSJ
Biased climate survey sent to all NOAA employees: Watts

Media

“Political Moneyball: The Conservative Strategy for Winning the Fight Coming After the Election”: ProWis
CNN's Crowley Does Two Segments on Jobs Numbers Without Mentioning Plummeting Participation Rate: NB
Newt Gingrich Continues to Attack Obama Administration Over Its Assault on Religion: GWP

Santorum on Birth Control Mandate: The Bishops “Got What They Deserved”: Nice Deb
Obama uses the National Prayer Breakfast to rewrite the New Testament: ProWis
Time to Update Your Bookmarks and Blog Rolls: Camp o' the Saints

NY Times Edits Khamenei’s Speech, Omits Calling Israel a “Cancerous Tumor” And Vowing To “Cut It Off”: WZ
Justice Ginsburg causes storm dissing the Constitution while abroad: DC
Clint Eastwood Makes Obama's Day: NatlJrnl

In Servitude to Savages: Atlas
Regarding Ann Coulter and TEA Party Hypocrisy: ConCom
JFK's teen mistress speaks out: Post

World

Countdown to Zero in Tehran and Jerusalem: Knish
On the Road to Armageddon – Moving Ragnarok to the Middle East: NoisyRm
Syria's most senior defector: Assad's army is close to collapse: Telegraph

Iranian Parliament's Website: Attack Israel this Year - 9 minutes are enough to finish Israel: INN
After string of foiled plots, concerns mount over Iranian-backed terror: JTA
Saudi Arabia woman sues government for driver’s license: Bikyamasr

The New Egypt - 19 Americans To Be Tried Over NGO Work: Joshuapundit
Is Europe setting up clash between Muslims and the West?: CNN
Brazen crook steals $400,000 Bentley sports car from a downtown garage: Post

Four Ways Obama Is Using the United Nations to Shaft the USA: MB
Is Obama's Peace Prize About To Be Confiscated? Nobel Peace Prize Jury Under Investigation: ZH
But The EUros Are So Much More Cosmopolitan Than We Prudish And Puritanical Colonials: Soylent (NSFW)

Sci-Tech

Social media all a-Twitter with 16M hits during Super Bowl: Post
Anonymous hacks lawyers for Marine accused of Iraq massacre: CNet
Is Google Bouncer going to bounce all malware from the Android Market?: Sophos

Cornucopia

Game Day Special: Strike a Pose: MOTUS
The Second Lady of the United States: Cube (NSFW)
For Your “Fixing The GOP” Tool Kit…: Soylent

Image: Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize To Be Revoked?
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Support Rick Santorum for President

QOTD: "To argue and debate about how Romney will perform in the White House (or to opine on how fine a man he is, which is true - but so what?) is to completely miss the only point that matters in 2012, which is denying Obama four more years to administer the coup de grace to the US." --NRO Commenter LKS

Sunday, February 05, 2012

Our First Post-Post-Racial President

Oh, this just takes the cake.

I remember well the "Crackers for McCain" web page.

Someday soon, I hope, we will have a president that doesn't divide Americans by race, color, religion, income, or other arbitrary segments in order to pander to them.

A president who takes to heart the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.:

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

In other words, a president who believes in the unique value of each and every individual, in each and every American.


Hat tip: JTT.

Dear pro journalists: if the economy is improving...

...then perhaps you could explain:

If the economy is getting better, then why did new home sales in the United States hit a brand new all-time record low during 2011?

If the economy is getting better, then why are there 6 million less jobs in America today than there were before the recession started?

If the economy is getting better, then why is the average duration of unemployment in this country close to an all-time record high?

If the economy is getting better, then why has the number of homeless female veterans more than doubled?

If the economy is getting better, then why has the number of Americans on food stamps increased by 3 million since this time last year and by more than 14 million since Barack Obama entered the White House?

If the economy is getting better, then why has the number of children living in poverty in America risen for four years in a row?

If the economy is getting better, then why is the percentage of Americans living in "extreme poverty" at an all-time high?

If the economy is getting better, then why is the Federal Housing Administration on the verge of a financial collapse?

If the economy is getting better, then why do only 23 percent of American companies plan to hire more employees in 2012?

If the economy is getting better, then why has the number of self-employed Americans fallen by more than 2 million since 2006?

If the economy is getting better, then why did an all-time record low percentage of U.S. teens have a job last summer?

If the economy is getting better, then why does median household income keep declining? Overall, median household income in the United States has declined by a total of 6.8% since December 2007 once you account for inflation.

If the economy is getting better, then why has the number of Americans living below the poverty line increased by 10 million since 2006?

If the economy is getting better, then why is the average age of a vehicle in America now sitting at an all-time high?

If the economy is getting better, then why are 18 percent of all homes in the state of Florida currently sitting vacant?

If the economy is getting better, then why are 19 percent of all American men between the ages of 25 and 34 living with their parents?

If the economy is getting better, then why does the number of "long-term unemployed workers" stay so high? When Barack Obama first took office, the number of "long-term unemployed workers" in the United States was approximately 2.6 million. Today, that number is sitting at 5.6 million.

But there is some good news.

When Barack Obama first took office, an ounce of gold was going for about $850. Today, the price of an ounce of gold is over $1700.

The era of great prosperity that America has enjoyed for so long is coming to an end.

In fact, our long-term economic decline is about to accelerate.

So enjoy this "bubble of hope" while you can, because it won't last long.

As I have written about previously, many are warning that Europe is on the verge of a nightmarish financial crisis that could potentially plunge us into a global recession even worse than 2008.

So let us hope for the best, but let us also prepare for the worst.


Anyone with an ounce of sense knows that the economy isn't recovering in any meaningful way. Which excludes drones and legacy media.


Hat tip: Wolf Howling.

Alaskan Fishing Lodge Sign o' the Day


Hat tip: Wanda.

Warmal Colding strikes Europe: record cold snap kills hundreds; thousands trapped by "heaviest snow... ever recorded"

Al Gore hardest hit.

Bosnian authorities on Sunday used helicopters to evacuate sick people and deliver food to thousands of people who have been cut off by the heaviest snow the country has ever recorded... Across Eastern Europe thousands of people were digging themselves out from heavy snow that followed a weeklong cold snap that has killed hundreds.

More than 100 remote Bosnian villages are cut off by snow over 6 1/2 feet high in the mountains. More than three feet has fallen in the capital Sarajevo, where a state of emergency has been declared...

London's Heathrow Airport—Europe's busiest—canceled a third of Sunday's flights and warned of delays amid heavy fog.

...Rome is struggling under its first heavy snowfall in 26 years, and snow has also fallen on Spain's Balearic islands in the Mediterranean... Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday said the snowfall was beautiful, but he is wishing spring will come soon.

Please take note of the reaction of the global warming cult to news stories like these. When record cold temperatures savage the planet -- which some scientists believe herald the onset of a new ice age -- they screech that "weather isn't climate".

But when temperatures hit 100° in Manhattan during the month of July, they're the first to shriek about "evidence" of warmal colding.

How stupid do they think we are? Stupid enough to think that they can continue to pull off the United Nations' latest multi-billion dollar scam, courtesy of corrupt scientists seeking grant money and the Marxist left, who desperately want to regulate the economies of the West through cap-and-trade.


Newt Gingrich: How Romney won "should sober every Republican in the country"

PJMedia's Tatler characterized Newt Gingrich's concessionary press conference in Nevada last night as "odd". I just watched it and don't agree. In fact, I thought one particular interrogatory was especially insightful (hat tip to Biff Spackle for the transcript):

Question: Mr. Speaker, have you considered that voters just aren't buying what you're selling? You've been on the ballot now in five states and you've won one, but you've lost four. And you also talk about debates, but you've had 18 of them and generally you've been considered to have done well in them, but still that hasn't shown up in the polls?

Gingrich: I'm not going to defend the outcome in a state where I was outspent five to one. And I'd suggest you're sophisticated enough to understand that the idea that taking a state where the other guy spent five times as much money, and many of his ads were false as by both the Wall Street Journal and National Review, that maybe that's not a very accurate measure.

When it was an entirely positive campaign, up through mid-December, I was ahead by 12 points in Gallup. And this may happen again. I was actually ahead in Gallup a week ago. So I think in a few more weeks, I'll be ahead in Gallup again.

Question: But is that just ignoring the reality of the campaign? He has gone negative, it's working...

Gingrich: So the "reality of the campaign", to use your words, is that he has gone negative and it is working. And what I am asserting to you is that, over time, I don't believe the American people will approve of a campaign which actually suppresses turnout.

I think it's amazing that if you look in Florida, every county that I carried in Florida had an increased turnout; every county that Romney carried in Florida had a decreased turnout. Now that should sober every Republican in the country.

If the only way Romney wins is suppressing turnout, how's he going to do that in the fall?

If the only way he wins is outspending someone five-to-one, how's that going to apply to a campaign against Obama, who's going to outspend him?

Those are damned good questions.


Larwyn's Linx: Romney tries to cut off Newt’s SuperPAC funding

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GOP Primary

Romney tries to cut off Newt’s SuperPAC funding: LI
Gingrich challenging the Florida delegate allocation?: RWN
Rasmussen: Santorum Leads Obama by 1 Point: WS

Nevada caucuses: Romney scores easy win: Politico
Newt gets conservative argument on poverty: GayPat
Romney: Obama should apologize to America: Breitbart

Nation

The Real Vote-Buying Scandal: TigerHawk
Scott Walker supporters: write Walker's name in: Althouse
State GOP Establishments Attack Their Base: Blumer

What Does It Take for a Politician to be Excommunicated?: ConCom
Rubio Gives Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation: Ricochet
TSA Agent Caught Stealing $5K from Passenger at JFK: NewAm

Ginsburg to Egypt: Don't use US Constitution as a Model: AmSpec
The Perversion of the Words of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Erickson
Bloomberg tries to ban churches from using schools off-hours: WK

Economy

Obama’s failed promises: Nevada edition: RS
It’s Not (Only) the Economy ... and We’re Not Stupid: Kristol
Occupy Oakland–Your Weekend Mugshotspalooza!: Tammy Bruce

Good news: Schools teaching communism superior to capitalism: AllAm
Is this the teacher who handed out Pro Communism Cartoons?: Blaze
Obama Hangs Out with the DC 1% Donors Behind Closed Doors: ScMon

What is Romney's vision and what does it mean?: Howling
Democrat Senate Ignoring 30 Separate Jobs Bills: Breitbart
Juncker Warns Of Greek Default As Europe's Patience Wears Thin: ZH

Scandal Central

Obama can stop Holder's Fast and Furious cover-up today: Exam
Boehner mum on Holder as ‘Fast and Furious’ investigation gathers momentum: DC
Attorney General Eric Holder Disgusted by Personal Attacks at Fast and Furious Hearing: ABC

Allen West: Obama's Jerking Us Around With Falsified Unemployment Numbers: Ace
Amid contempt threats, White House gives up more Solyndra docs: Hill
Issa: DOJ Only Passed Along 8% of 80,000 Pages of Documents to Oversight: NoisyRm

Climate & Energy

Canadian Punch In the Kisser: Mead
In support of Dr. Michael Mann and open debate: Watts
Beijing’s South China Sea Gamble: Diplomat

Media

Rasmussen: Obama job approval among uncommitted voters at 20%; Update: Obama 44, Santorum … 45?: Hot Air
Surprise: NYT Smears Gingrich: AmSpec
Peter Schweizer Reacts to the STOCK Act Passing in the Senate: C4P

Mark Steyn: the Liberal Enforcers: Ace
The Wrath of the Abortion Movement Unleashed on Komen: AT
Has-Been Leftist Barbra Streisand: 'Barack Obama Has Not Put Anyone on Food Stamps': NB

World

Massive Anti-Putin Rally in Moscow: VS
The Upcoming Papal Visit to Cuba: Babalu
Russia and China veto resolution on Syria at UN: BBC

As Norwegian as the King: Gates of Vienna
Iranian warships dock at Saudi port: Breitbart
Snuffed Out: JihadWatch

Another Pallywood hoax exposed, again: LI
Russian scientists eye mission to moon this decade: Fox
Protests grip Cairo as pressure mounts for early vote: Reuters

Sci-Tech

Facebook 'makes it harder for brands to advertise for free': Telegraph
Hide From Google: Wired
Second Screen Experience for the Super Bowl Commercials: Wired

Cornucopia

Controversial Artist Depicts Obama Trampling The Constitution: CBS Las Vegas
Super Bowl Video Find: Only Chevy Silverados Survive Apocalypse; Aliens Wowed by Volt Tech: Motor Trend
Ravens’ Matt Birk & Terrell Suggs Honored For Outstanding Achievement: CBS Baltimore

Image: American Digest
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Rick Santorum for President

QOTD: "In that Obama has rendered no act of contrition or repentance, and is at the moment, at liberty in the land, we do, here and now, separate him from the precious body and blood of Christ, and from the society of all Christians. We exclude him from our Holy Mother Church and all her sacraments, in heaven, or on Earth. We declare him excommunicate and anathema. We cast him into the outer darkness. We judge him damned with the devil and his fallen angels and all the reprobate, to eternal fire and everlasting pain!" --Vanderleun

Saturday, February 04, 2012

Allen West: reports of huge drop in black unemployment last month kind of like reports that FLOTUS grows her own vegetables in White House garden

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this week that black unemployment dropped last week by a stunning 2.2% and that Santa Claus is hiring more elves this year than last. So things are really looking up for the economy.

In response to news that the overall unemployment rate had dropped to 8.3 percent and the unemployment rate in the black community declined from 15.8 percent to 13.6 percent, [Allen] West floated the possibility that the numbers might have been cooked.

"Can someone tell me how employment in the black community has improved at a rate three times the national average in just a few months?? With numbers like today, urban communities should be well on their way to economic recovery then! There is something suspicious about the job numbers released today and it has me very concerned," West wondered Friday. "Is this dramatic supposed decrease in black unemployment a result of job creation or is someone playing around with the census numbers??"

Economists reached by The Hill for comment couldn't fully explain the unemployment rate change for the black community. William Darity, a professor of public policy at Duke University specializing in African-American studies and economics, wrote in an email to The Hill that the decline could have been due to a smaller labor force. He called the drop an "unbelievably dramatic drop" but didn't rule out the possibility of someone tampering with the numbers; he said there was no evidence one way or the other... "...a one month drop in the black unemployment rate from 15.8% to 13.6% strikes me as somewhat unprecedented."

President Obama hailed the January unemployment news as a sign that the economy is growing stronger.

No, seriously, he really said that, though he somehow neglected to mention that the Bureau of Labor Statistics had to disappear 1.2 million Americans from the labor force to 'reduce' the unemployment rate.


Hat tips: Ace o' Spades and BadBlue.

Sure, Why Not? Congress "Calls for Accelerated Use of Drones in U.S."

I don't see how anything could possibly go wrong with this.

A House-Senate conference report this week called on the Administration to accelerate the use of civilian unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or “drones,” in U.S. airspace.

The pending authorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration directs the Secretary of Transporation to develop within nine months “a comprehensive plan to safely accelerate the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.”

...[It also calls for tests] in cooperation with NASA and the Department of Defense, expanded use of UAS in the Arctic region, development of guidance for the operation of public unmanned aircraft systems, and new safety research to assess the risk of “catastrophic failure of the unmanned aircraft that would endanger other aircraft in the national airspace system.”

The Department of Defense is pursuing its own domestic UAS activities for training purposes and “domestic operations,” according to a 2007 DoD-FAA memorandum of agreement. (“Army Foresees Expanded Use of Drones in U.S. Airspace,” Secrecy News, January 19, 2012.)

Because drones are necessary to ensure citizens are driving the right electric cars, using the right light bulbs and bathing with legal shower heads.

The circle of liberty grows ever smaller around us, my friends.


Perfect: Obama pulls combat pay for U.S. troops

But he obviously holds the U.S. military in very high esteem.

President Obama’s latest policy outrage makes no attempt to hide his contempt for our military, as he is ordering that our troops serving overseas in war zones overseas are not to receive combat pay unless they are being shot at. A Marine who lives in Florida has just posted a note on Facebook which stated that he received a letter from his PayPal account that he would only be receiving his Hazard pay (Imminent Danger Pay) if he is actually in a hostile area and at risk of being shot at...

...According to Military.com, as of February 1, 2012, this new measure went into effect, and soldiers who are to received the additional $225/mo. combat pay ‘must’ must be in immediate risk of harm. The measure is very specific in its criteria for receiving the additonal pay.

This follows efforts by the president to make veterans pay for their own health insurance -- even those injured in combat -- and his calls last month for raises for millions of federal paper-pushers.

In other words, the president continues to siphon off more and more money from our defense infrastructure -- hitting our warriors first, last and hardest in the process -- to fund his green energy scams and public sector union cronies (which, coincidentally, also contribute heavily to his campaign).