One More? OK, One More.

Top ten live TV moments of the last decade.

GM must've got a Christmas goose for this one.

2009 Close-out Special from JibJab

The inevitable major suckage, toe tapping video.

You're welcome.

Hey! Let's be safe out there tomorrow night: No schtupping anything with a pulse that doesn't belong to you (or could get you fired); No schtupping anything without a pulse (you pervs); Never set anything on fire - you promised to quit smoking last year, too; Bring the dog in before you go out; and for goodness sake, whatever your poison, DON'T DRIVE / CALL A CAB.

Happy New Year.

Ignore the Obvious, Unfetter the Guilty & Encumber the Innocent

The situation grows more dire:

Homegrown Muslim Extremism Rising Threat.

We May Not Be at War with Islam, but Apparently Its at War with Us.

Now comes the underwear bomber, and they still don't get it:

"CBS frames this as a failure to connect the dots, but unless I’m misreading it, they did connect them. The CIA had info on his terrorist links back in August and then they had his name in November, a month before he bought his ticket. And yet … he was still allowed to fly."

The TSA's ridiculous response will probably be to unfetter the guilty and encumber the innocent. Probably with diapers. And the world will laugh.

My fourth favorite, erudite atheist puts an exclamation point on it all:

"It was reported over the weekend that in the aftermath of the Detroit fiasco, no official decision was made about whether to raise the designated "threat level" from orange. Orange! Could this possibly be because it would be panicky and ridiculous to change it to red and really, really absurd to lower it to yellow? But isn't it just as preposterous (and revealing), immediately after a known Muslim extremist has waltzed through every flimsy barrier, to leave it just where it was the day before?

What nobody in authority thinks us grown-up enough to be told is this: We had better get used to being the civilians who are under a relentless and planned assault from the pledged supporters of a wicked theocratic ideology. These people will kill themselves to attack hotels, weddings, buses, subways, cinemas, and trains. They consider Jews, Christians, Hindus, women, homosexuals, and dissident Muslims (to give only the main instances) to be divinely mandated slaughter victims. Our civil aviation is only the most psychologically frightening symbol of a plethora of potential targets. The future murderers will generally not be from refugee camps or slums (though they are being indoctrinated every day in our prisons); they will frequently be from educated backgrounds, and they will often not be from overseas at all. They are already in our suburbs and even in our military. We can expect to take casualties. The battle will go on for the rest of our lives. Those who plan our destruction know what they want, and they are prepared to kill and die for it."

Deja vu all over again: Somali Tried to Board Flight With Explosives Last Month.

The situation grows more dire.

Probably read Kevin Jennings' book, too.

Not so lucky a-hole: Gambling addict gets 17 years hard time for sex with minors.

TY B

Just Wondering

After the 'shoe bomber' Richard Reid's failed 2001 attempt to blow up AA Flight 63, the TSA modified screening tactics to include passengers removing their shoes for inspection before boarding flights.

Now that the 'underwear bomber' Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab recent failed attempt to blow up NA Flight 253 has come to pass (utilizing the same PETN high explosive as Reid), what new screening tactics should the TSA now implement??

Just wondering.

Plain Speaking

Unhealthy Arrogance by the brilliant Thomas Sowell:

"In short, this is not about improving the health of the American people. It is about passing something-- anything-- to keep the Obama administration from ending up with egg on its face by being unable to pass a bill, after so much hype and hoopla. Politically, looking impotent is a formula for disaster at election time. Far better to pass even bad legislation that will not actually go into effect until after the 2012 presidential election, so that the public will not know whether it makes medical care better or worse until it is too late for the voters to hold the administration accountable.

The utter cynicism of this has been apparent from the outset, in the rush to pass a health care bill in a hurry, in order to meet wholly arbitrary, self-imposed deadlines. First it was supposed to be passed before the August 2009 Congressional recess. Then it was supposed to be passed before Labor Day. When that didn't happen, it was supposed to be rushed to passage before Christmas.

Why-- especially since the legislation would not take effect until years from now?"

The answer is here.

Pres. Harry Truman's 1952 Christmas Address

Harry Truman was a stubborn-as-a-Missouri-mule, life long Democrat.

Can you imagine the all out apoplectic sh*t fit the Lefties of today would have if a POTUS invoked the name of Jesus Christ and extended a Christmas blessing "filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit" during a Presidential address??!

What a pathetic shadow of our former selves we've become.

The Israeli / Arab Conflict: What Really Happened

Or more accurately, the Jewish / Muslim conflict.

Follow this link for a slick 7 minute power point presentation on a brief history lesson about this perennial conflict. A few highlights:

*There is no 'Palestinian nation.' There never has been.
*The Jews have lived continuously in Palestine (a geographic area) for 3700 years.
*The modern state of Israel comprises 1/10th of one percent of the Mid East.
*Jews aren't welcome in many Arab nations, but Arabs are given full citizenship in Israel.
*Despite the lies told by terrorist enablers like Jimmy Carter, this war is not about land. It's about the destruction of Israel & the Jews who live there.

Follow this link.
NOTE: Firefox users may have to hit refresh once there in order for the graphic to load.

TY MF via DR

The Gang that Couldn't Dept. of Homeland Security Straight

The system worked.

"Napolitano added that there was "no suggestion that [the suspect] was improperly screened."

That's what Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday on CNN. And with a straight face, too!

But then it didn't work. It "failed miserably." That's what Napolitano said on NBC's Today Show this morning.

So, why Was Abdulmutallab Flying?

Explosive on Flight 253 Is Among Most Powerful.

Calls for Fire Napolitano getting louder.

Related: The myth of the poor, oppressed jihadist.

Record Snowfall Across Continental U.S.

877 new snowfall records set or tied in the USA in the last week.

Here, in Cow Town, USA, a Christmas Day snowfall record set in 1895 was broken.

I blame glowbull warming.

From the Dept. of Redundancy Dept.

Beltway Christmas: Cash for Corruptocrats by Michelle Malkin:

"No legislation has been immune to congressional shakedown. After the Congressional Black Caucus balked loudly enough, Democratic Rep. Barney Frank -- chairman of the House Financial Services Committee -- larded up the majority's Wall Street regulatory "reform" bill with $4 billion in payoffs to minority special interests -- including former failed Air America radio partner Inner City Broadcasting Corp.

The cash-strapped firm is run by Percy Sutton, a New York City crony of Charlie Rangel's and Al Sharpton's. The money will come out of the ever-morphing TARP bank bailout fund -- which went from a toxic assets purchase plan to a capital injection plan, back to a toxic assets purchase plan, then to a life insurance company bailout and on to an auto-supplier bailout.

Leading the charge for the Cash for Cronies of Color drive: California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, who had already extracted $12 million in TARP funds for OneUnited, a minority-owned bank that is one of her key campaign donors and a company in which both Waters and her husband own massive amounts of stock.

Which brings us to Demcare, the latest wealth redistribution scheme disguised as health care reform. In addition to the infamous $300 million "Louisiana Purchase" for Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and the (at least) $45 million "Cornhusker Kickback" for sellout Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska (both caricatured above - ed.), Harry Reid threw around other, less-publicized gobs of cash for cloture votes to cut off debate and ram the bill through. He tossed in a Hospital Helper of $100 million to Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., whose re-election bid is in hot water.

There are bennies for insurance companies and hospitals in Michigan, and "frontier freebies" for hospitals in Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota and Wyoming. There's a New England's Special Syrup for Vermont and Massachusetts -- who will get similar (though less generous) special treatment by the feds to that of Nebraska in covering Medicaid expansion costs. Combined with Nebraska's tab, the exclusive clique's payoffs will cost taxpayers at least $1.2 billion over 10 years."

Related: Percy Sutton died this weekend at the age of 89.

Post Holiday Layoffs Worse Than Usual

TY TS

WJDND - What Jesus Did Not Do

Gary DeMar, over at AmericanVision.org, has a post entitled "Why liberals (sometimes) love the Bible."

I think the post should be called "Why liberals take Biblical texts out of context to make a pretext to further their nanny state imposed socialist bvllsh1t", but it's a bit of a tongue twister. DeMar makes some good points, none the less.

I'll simply add my own repost of What Jesus Did Not Do:

Jesus did not say, "The poor in our society can be middle class with more gub'mint funding."

Jesus did not approach the Sanhedrin to demand a tithe on Temple goers to clothe the naked & feed the hungry.

Jesus did not petition the Senate in Rome to levy a tax on all subjects in order to do medical research and heal the sick.

Jesus did not end the parable of The Good Samaritan with a guilt trip to goad the townspeople to pay for the expenses of others with confiscated wealth.

Jesus did not promise an earthly utopia through political solutions or judicial fiat.

All the miracles that Jesus performed were designed to point to His divine nature and the truth of His Word of Heavenly salvation - not to solve the earthly dilemmas of sickness, hunger & poverty.

In short, these incendiary, health-care reform ideologues pontificating about WWJD seem to be outright ignorant of Biblical knowledge and down right bereft of wisdom in their h3ll bent rush for power.

We Interupt This Holiday...

...with The World.

Yes, it's still messed up.

Man Attempts to Set Off Explosives on Detroit-Bound Airplane.

"Federal officials and police are interviewing a Nigerian man, who allegedly tried to "explode" a powdery substance aboard a Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, injuring himself and two other passengers, law enforcement officials said.

...He was flying from Nigeria to the United States for a religious seminar, according to his entry visa, which was issued June 16, 2008 and was good until June 12, 2010."

Per usual, our indolent media watch dogs make no attempt to inform us to which religious seminar that might be.

White House declares failed plane bomb "an attempted act of terrorism."
Seriously? What was your first clue?

Deranged Woman Attacks Pope Benedict XVI during Midnight Mass.
Pope unhurt, but Cardinal Roger Etchegaray taken to hospital. This same nutjob tried to attack the Pope last year.

I'm sure a death FATWA will be issued against this woman today. Oh. Wait... which religion does that again? Don't ask ABC News.

In other news, from an eminently satisfied TIME: No Churchgoing Christmas for the First Family.

With record unemployment, during the worst economy since the Great Depression, Obamas Rent $8.9 Million Hawaii Home for Holidays.

Good thang the hated boooshitler didn't pull a stunt like this or the ankle biting, media lap dogs might go 24/7 apesh1t ballistic with outrage.

Moving on - of particular interest to KSM: Yes, Virginia, there is an exclusionary rule.

You don't see this everyday; just in time for the 2009 Darwin Awards.

Finally, despite the frog licking, gaia worshipers attempt to push evil hoo-mans back into the cold & brutal dark ages, technology still manages to impress: “60 Stunning Satellite Photos of Earth”

Avatar Hangover

Apparently, there's a movie called "The Hangover?"

Who knew?

Avatar meets Hangover. More dumb-ask parody fun. Merry Christmas.



You're welcome.

Christmas Eve Hoop-la

Ave Maria by Franz Schubert.

Sung by Andrea Bocelli.

I'm just a hard oak Baptist, but even I can appreciate that the Catholics got a few things wonderfully correct.



Merry Christmas.

I'm Dreaming of a Bogus AGW First White Christmas in Fifty Years...

Everybody sing!

From the Kansas City (red) Star:

Snow could put a damper on Christmas plans.

"A storm blowing toward Kansas City is expected to bring the region its first snowfall of an inch or more on Christmas Day in nearly 50 years. It’s exciting for sure, but it will frustrate your life as much — or more — than any other storm.

“It will be fun to have all the kids play in it,” said Paige Murphy of Olathe as she did some Christmas shopping.

“Of course, driving won’t be any fun.”

The National Weather Service is predicting a mix of rain and sleet this morning with the moisture turning to snow in the afternoon. Snow is expected to become heavy on Christmas Eve and continue throughout most of the day Friday, ending late Christmas night.

Forecasters are predicting up to 5 inches in the southeast part of the metro area and up to 7 inches in the far northwest.

A winter storm warning has been issued for the Kansas City metro area until 6 p.m. Friday. A winter warning also has been issued for Topeka, Lawrence and Ottawa for today and Friday. Near-blizzard conditions are expected. The weather service expects strong winds tonight and Friday, resulting in blowing snow.

Travelers are already being warned about potentially crippling weather conditions on Christmas Day throughout Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma."

The weather channel screen capture was taken at 12:15 PM this afternoon. I hate ice.

I know. Weather is not climate, but climate is comprised of weather patterns.

And based upon ice core samples from around the globe (one example here), the Earth has a long history of long cycles, long before evil hoo-mans started pumping oil and driving SUVs.

Chicken little, call yer office.

And, so... it begins.

The Visit of the Magi

From the Book of Matthew 2:1-18;

"After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:

'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'"

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

The Escape to Egypt

When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him." So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son."

When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

"A voice is heard in Ramah,
weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more."

Obama Inadvertently Blames Bush for Drop in Crime

Old habits are hard to break.

Scrapple Face explains this inadvertent Christmas present for the hated boooshitler.

Hey. It beats the heck out of a transvestite/Mao winter solstice, dead-shrub ornament.

It's Not One World

"Detained U.S. Nationals In Pakistan Say No Regrets On Planning Jihad Against U.S. Forces, Affirm: 'Martyrdom Is Our Aim; We Will Get Martyrdom If We Are Hanged'."

All 5 men are from the state of Virginia. They first caught our attention in early December.

RS over at JW calls it treason. I agree.

Can I still ‘build a polar bear’ and drop it from a high rise?!

Sigh.

More AGW alarmism to further torment the poor children of the world. This time in the guise of holiday agitprop from Build-a-Bear.

And What About Those 8 Wise Men??

"Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh." - Matthew 2:11

"We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts; we've traveled so far..."

Yup. That's the way the song goes, but how do we know there were exactly three kings? Or were they even kings? Scripture never mentions their names or country of origin, but Scripture does indicate that they arrived almost two years after the birth of Jesus to pay homage to this new born King.

Just consider the modern manger scene a 'reader's digest condensed version' of the event.

R.C. Sproul, of Ligonier Ministries, explains:

“When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy” (v. 10). - Matthew 2:7–10

Present among the figurines in the nativity crèches found everywhere at Christmastime are usually three regal men bearing gifts. As we know, these kings are supposed to represent the wise men.

Unfortunately, this depiction of the wise men takes liberties with the text. Matthew never tells us how many wise men come to see the Messiah. The tradition of three wise men probably comes from the three different gifts mentioned in Matthew 2:11. Moreover, the first gospel does not say the magi are kings. This idea goes back to the church father Tertullian (around 200 a.d.) and is likely due to his reading of passages like Psalm 68:31 and Isaiah 49:7.

Who, then, are the wise men? Precise identification is difficult, but we do know they are “from the east” of Judea (Matt. 2:1). Persia, Babylon, and Arabia are all possible countries of origin, with Babylon the likeliest option since contact with its large Jewish community would have prompted the magi to come looking for a king in Jerusalem. The Greek term for “magi” (magoi) refers to a group interested in predicting the future via dream interpretation, magic, and other methods, such as astrology, which explains their interest in the star.

Apparently the star at first directs them only to Palestine, and they go to Jerusalem to find the child because the capital city is a logical first place to start searching for a newborn king. Herod calls the wise men to his court in today’s passage and then sends them out to find the baby. We know that his desire to worship the Christ is a lie (vv. 7–8, 16), but the magi are ignorant of Herod’s machinations, and they go forth in search of the child. After seeing Herod, the star leads them to where the child is living (v. 9). This prompts exceedingly great rejoicing (v. 10); seeing the star has confirmed their mission.

The wise men and their mission are highly significant. God promised Israel that their restoration and redemption after exile would be accompanied by an influx of Gentile nations into the covenant community (Isa. 11:10). Though motivated partly by superstition, the wise men are the first Gentiles to seek out Jesus, and they serve to demonstrate that God fulfills all His promises.

Coram Deo

The Father will ensure that His Son will be glorified despite all obstacles (John 12:23). Mary has been forced to give birth to the Messiah in a less than ideal setting (Luke 2:7). Herod, who lives under the Lord’s covenant, is trying to kill Him (Matt. 2:16). Yet God has led foreigners to His promises to bow before His appointed king (vv. 1–12). Will we be like Herod and fail to glorify the Son with our lives, thereby provoking the Father to raise up others in our place?"

I've always been curious about 'that star.' If it was so bright and prominent to guide these 'kings of Orient' to Jerusalem, and eventually to the location of the new born king Jesus, in Bethlehem, how is it that the evil King Herod could not see the star or use it to direct his own guards to a small town just 5 miles to the south of Jerusalem??

It's almost like it was miraculous or something.

Christ Born of Mary

From the Book of Matthew 1:18-25;

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows:

After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.

But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”

So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name JESUS.

Copenhagen Epic Fail; Protesters Head Home

Telegraph UK: Climate summit ends in chaos and 'toothless' deal.

NY Times: 2 years of wrangling, planning & all I got was a worthless piece of paper?

The Independent: Obama's climate accord fails the test.

Gub'mint subsidized NPR: Obama's snow job was 1st rate, now let's cram down healthcare.

TY SGA for the picture.

Hey, Kid! You Can't Read that Bible in School

Oops. Weeze sorry.

Plain Speaking

Dr. Joy Bliss says liberal women need to grow up, stop whining, and quit giving all women a bad name.

The Genealogy of Jesus

From the Book of Matthew 1:1-17;

A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
Ram the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
and Jesse the father of King David.

David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
Solomon the father of Rehoboam,
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asa,
Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,
Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
Uzziah the father of Jotham,
Jotham the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh the father of Amon,
Amon the father of Josiah,
and Josiah the father of Jeconiah[a] and his brothers at the time of the exile
to Babylon.

After the exile to Babylon:
Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
Zerubbabel the father of Abiud,
Abiud the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
Azor the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Akim,
Akim the father of Eliud,
Eliud the father of Eleazar,
Eleazar the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.

Obama Continues to Air Raid Villages & Kill Civilians

This time in Yemen.

But it's OK, 'cause - it's like - you know, from on high in the unicorn forest.

Oh. And Harry Reid's uber-democrat Senate extends the hated boooshitler's Patriot Act, and sends it to Obama's desk for his signature.

But it's OK, 'cause - it's like - you know, from on high in the unicorn forest.

Nev. Teacher Allegedly Threatens Jewish Students, Denies Holocaust & Tells Anti-Semetic Jokes

Best of gub'mint school all?

She's the school's multiculturalism club advisor. The teacher may also face prosecution for a "hate crime."

True to form, the school district is calling the incident a 'personal matter, which is union-ese for "we'll sweep it under the rug and she'll keep her job anyways, you tax paying parental rubes."

Free speech should allow this nutjob say idiotic stuff. Being frikken stupid beyond belief should allow the administration to fire this nutjob.

Making threats of violence should allow criminal prosecution.

We'll see.

But prosecuting for a "hate crime" (as opposed to I really kinda like you crime?) is a slippery slope and nothing that any liberty loving citizen should cheer.

US Personnel in Iraq Could Face Court-Martial for Pregnancy

Take one asprin and hold it tight between your knees?

From the Stars and Stripes:

"The rule governs all those serving under Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo III, who commands Multi-National Division-North, including Balad, Kirkuk, Tikrit, Mosul and Samarra. According to the order, it is “applicable to all United States military personnel, and to all civilians, serving with, employed by, or accompanying” the military in northern Iraq, with few exceptions.

Someone would violate the policy by “becoming pregnant, or impregnating a soldier, while assigned to the Task Force Marne (Area of Operations), resulting in the redeployment of the pregnant soldier,” according to the order.

The policy also applies to married couples who are at war together, Army spokesman Maj. Lee Peters told Stars and Stripes in an e-mail message. Both the husband and wife could face punishment under the policy.

Peters said that, despite the broad wording of the policy, it is meant to apply only when pregnancies affect a unit’s ability to perform its mission.

“When a soldier becomes pregnant or causes a soldier to become pregnant through consensual activity,” Peters said, “the redeployment of the pregnant soldier creates a void in the unit and has a negative impact on the unit’s ability to accomplish its mission. Another soldier must assume the pregnant soldier’s responsibilities.”

No one has been punished or accused under the new policy, according to Col. David S. Thompson, the inspector general for all soldiers in Iraq.

Military staff judge advocates for both MND-North and Multi-National Force Iraq have reviewed and approved the policy, according to Peters and Thompson.

“It is a lawful order,” Thompson said Friday during a phone interview."

Knowing a little bit about the military, me thinks this is a useful tool, and not a prurient witch hunt by high command Puritans.

It's probably necessary in order to target flighty female soldiers who use pregnancy as an 'out', and the promiscuous scoundrels who willy-nilly wet their willy, resulting in subsequent 'jilted' tensions, which reeks havoc upon unit cohesiveness.

And my guess is no married couple will face any consequences (duh!).

Like the article said, "despite the broad wording of the policy, it is meant to apply only when pregnancies affect a unit’s ability to perform its mission" - and being the Age of Lawyers - such policies have to apply equally and consistently in a non-discriminatory manner to all personnel regardless of age, rank, ethnicity, gender, blah, blah, blah...

That is all. But I'm sure the Lefties will all mess their nappies because - Gaia forbid! - some poor penis or vagina is prohibited from satiating his/her/itself 24/7.

More Rat Killin'...

Different war, but similar rats.

Mexican drug lord killed in gunfight with federal forces. (video)

"CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO -- Arturo Beltrán Leyva, the alleged leader of one of this country's top drug cartels, was killed Wednesday night in a two-hour gun and grenade battle with federal forces, ending the reign of a man who liked to describe himself as the "boss of bosses" in Mexico's criminal underworld.

...Four other members of Beltrán Leyva's organization died in the gunfight, at a ritzy apartment enclave in Cuernavaca, south of Mexico City. One killed himself as he was being arrested."

May the Lord have mercy on their miserable souls.

TY PD

It's Not One World

From the obfuscated BBC:

'Honour killing' father given life for Tulay murder.

"A father has been jailed for life, with a minimum tariff of 22 years, for murdering his 15-year-old daughter in a so-called honour killing.

Tulay Goren disappeared in 1999 after having a relationship with a man her family disapproved of.

At the Old Bailey, her father Mehmet, 49, was convicted of murder. His brothers Cuma Goren, 42, and Ali Goren, 55, were cleared of the charge.

Tulay was last seen at her home in north London, in January 1999.

The body of the schoolgirl - who told a friend she may have been pregnant just before she disappeared - has never been found.

The court previously heard Mehmet Goren disapproved of Tulay's relationship with factory worker Halil Unal because of religious differences and the fact Mr Unal was 15 years older than Tulay."

Notice the headline quotation marks. And the first paragraph description of the crime as a "so-called honour killing" - all as if to minimize the motivation proceeding the crime.

And notice the names. Not European. Maybe they're immigrants. Perhaps East Indian? Middle Eastern? And what religion precipitated these "religious differences?" Jewish? Christian? Perhaps Anglican or Catholic.

Who knows? The first dozen or so paragraphs are disturbingly vague, but we finally get a clue in the 14th paragraph:

"Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, said (the father) killed Tulay "to restore the so-called honour" of the family, who originate from Turkey.

The term "honour" was an "appalling and inappropriate way" to "dignify" the offence, he added.

The court heard Mr Unal was brought up as a Sunni Muslim while the Gorens were from the Alevi branch of the faith.

Despite coming from places no more than 60 miles apart in Turkey, a relationship between the sects "would not have been tolerated", and Tulay was killed by Goren "to avoid further humiliation."

Oh. So their Muslims. A religion with a horrific rash of headlines lately for this type of brutality - specifically against women.

"Police said they were now better able to recognise "tell-tale signs" connected to honour violence.

Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, said that the Goren case was a "terrible reminder of what honour-based crime can involve" and a "wake-up call" to the existence of the problem in this country."

The BBC maybe clueless, but British police & prosecuters seem to grasp the severity of this malignant situation in their nation.

Coming soon to a North American continent near you.

O! Carnahan. O! Carnahan. How egregious is your nepotism?

Sing that to the tune of O! Christmas tree.

There's a big 'green' $300 million wind farm to be built here in Missouri and the perennially political Carnahan family (D) is poised to score big on all the money made available for such a project.

24thSate.com puts a finer point on it:

"So let me get this straight. The brother of a Congressman, son of an appointed Senator, and brother to a Senate wannabe, and son of a deceased governor managed to qualify for a big fat loan that is based on the government building new transmission lines out in Dekalb County? Funny how that works.

Here's what they don't tell you. Without the stimulus or other government funds building new power lines, this project is a dead end. Russ Carnahan voted for the stimulus."

Did he mention they're all democrats? I'm sure the Carnahans are all just thinking about the little people as they make their deposits at the bank.

And who could blame them for putting their other people's money where their convictions are? Just like former V.P. (and high priest of the Church of Glowbull Warming), Al Gore, plus John Doerr, who just happens to sit on President Barack Obama's economic advisory board. Both men are venture capitalists in Fisker Automotive, a Cali. luxury hybrid car maker, which just happened to receive a $528,000,000.00 loan from FEDS to make $90,000 per copy hybrid cars in Finland, and possibly Delaware - Joe Biden's home state.

Fisker Automotive is a two-year-old business that has yet to sell a single car.

Funny how that works.

Friday Night Hoop-la

In honor of the democrats' headlong rush to hurry-up pass Pelosi/Reid-care without actually having read anything.

I Can't Explain by The Who.



God save the Republic.

Operation Chokehold: IPhone Users Attempt Clog of ATT Network Services

Over the inter-tubes, this denial of service is considered a cyber attack.

From the Hill:

"Some iPhone users plan on hogging as much bandwidth as they can for an hour today in an attempt to clog AT&T's network.

The plot, dubbed "Operation Chokehold" by Newsweek columnist Dan Lyons, a.k.a Fake Steve Jobs, is in protest of AT&T's plans to charge high bandwidth users more for consuming too much data and slowing the network down."

Heaven forbid if those who consume the most services pay a higher fee. Apparently, that 'pay more' philosophy only applies to the income tax paid by evil rich people.

After all, why should this generation have limits placed upon them by evil corporations driven by profits?

And I wonder how many of these 'chokehold yahoos,' with their ubiquitous 'Me-phones' glued to their ears, vote democrat?

I've noticed this same 'gimme' mentality from this crowd concerning 'free' music downloads. Evil corporations have no right to with hold or demand payment for 'free' music.

This "Operation Chokehold" strikes me as just one more tantrum from a generation of adolescent entitlement junkies who see the world as their private candy store that all others must keep stocked on their behalf - or else.

Green Hypocrisy (Still & Again)

This low hanging fruit is glutted, rotten and I predict the worldwide demand for ipecac will soon soar.

Gawd these hypocrites bore me.

TY JR

Program Note: Jack Cashill to Sub 710 KCMO Morning Show

Don't blame me, I didn't invite him.

Just kidding. And I take back some of the things I said in haste about Jack.

I think we, here in this cowtown, are lucky to have him. During the next two weeks, Jack will be substituting for the Morning Show's regular blow torch, Chris Stigall, who is on holiday.

Click here to listen on the internet. Cashill's web site is here.

You may know Jack Cashill as a prolific author (What's the Matter with California?, etc.), a frequent contributor to the American Thinker, and also the guy who laid out a pretty good case for Bill Ayers having been the ghost writer for Obama's book, "Dreams from my Father" - an intrigue that Ayers admitted earlier this year, no doubt meant by him as a sardonic retort.

Illinois state senator Obama also endorsed one of Ayers' earlier books.

Log on, tune in, and rise up. Give Jack a listen. He's free, entertaining and informative.

Nefarious. Insidious. Malignant. Take Your Pick

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TY DL

In a Bunker Under East Anglia, Hitler's AGW Scam Unravels

"My Fuhrer, we can still use Green Peace to drop polar bears on Copenhagen."


That's right boys n girls, it's time for another one of those dumb-ask Hitler bunker parodies. Why? Because I like you.

It loses steam about half way through - kinda like a middle school play - but it's good for a chuckle...


TY DU

Military Says 'Drone Hacks' Fixed

Word around the inter-tubes is that a $25.95 downloadable piece of shareware allows jihadists to intercept U.S. military drone video feeds, in real time.

That makes it kinda sweet for Hasan & Amir to stash the RPGs and camels in a cave, then hide behind some women & kids before the blood and thunder ruins their day.

Not sure how much good this video feed hackery has done these jihadists, as Pakistani intelligence officials report that Obama continues to air raid villages, kill civilians, and a fistful of terrorists, too, in a multi-drone strike along the Afghan border near North Waziristan on Thursday.

A member of al-Qaida's senior leadership suffered death by drone just last week.

Those results may corroborate the U.S. Military's claim that the drone video feed hack has long been fixed.

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has closed a security breach that allowed insurgents to hack into data feeds from pilotless "drone" aircraft that provide real-time video of war zones, a U.S. defense official said on Thursday.

The comments followed a report in the Wall Street Journal that revealed Shi'ite fighters in Iraq used software that cost as little as $26 to intercept the video feeds, potentially allowing them to monitor U.S. military operations.

"It is an old issue that was addressed and fixed," the U.S. defense official said when asked about the article."

Ed. note: corroboration is essential for stories like this when it's from those stalwart "we (heart) jihadis" reporters at Reuters.

Update: AFP reporting drone hack fixed. Also UK Guardian.

Join the Class Action Lawsuit Against the AGW Alarmists

"Does your child suffer from Global Warming Alarmism? You may be entitled to a huge cash settlement."



If only it were true...

TY SA

Unintended Consequences: "Green" Traffic Lights Hazardous

Police in "deep freeze" states blame snow covered, cool LED traffic lights for accidents.

"MILWAUKEE (AP) ― Cities around the country that have installed energy-efficient traffic lights are discovering a hazardous downside: The bulbs don't burn hot enough to melt snow and can become crusted over in a storm — a problem blamed for dozens of accidents and at least one death.

"I've never had to put up with this in the past," said Duane Kassens, a driver from West Bend who got into a fender-bender recently because he couldn't see the lights. "The police officer told me the new lights weren't melting the snow. How is that safe?"

Many communities have switched to LED bulbs in their traffic lights because they use 90 percent less energy than the old incandescent variety, last far longer and save money. Their great advantage is also their drawback: They do not waste energy by producing heat.

Authorities in several states are testing possible solutions, including installing weather shields, adding heating elements like those used in airport runway lights, or coating the lights with water-repellent substances.

Short of some kind of technological fix, "as far as I'm aware, all that can be done is to have crews clean off the snow by hand," said Green Bay, Wis., police Lt. Jim Runge. "It's a bit labor-intensive."

And dollar foolish? My guess is the expense of man hours involved more than consumes the dollar savings from 'green' lights. Not to mention the economic burden of traffic jams, police accident response, ambulance service, collision repair & hospital bills.

So what to do? Well, common sense could prevail, at least in the deep freeze states, and the old incandescents re-installed.

HAHAHAHAHAHA. How silly. It's only people's safety at stake for the sake of Gaia worship.

Komen Foundation Opposes Pharmaceutical Cos. but Supports Hadassah Lieberman

I don't know what to make of this.

From the Susan G. Komen Foundation website:

"It’s been reported that Susan G. Komen for the Cure provides funding to harmaceutical companies. That is simply not true. We have never funded pharmaceutical company research – our grants, totaling $450 million, have gone to research institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Another $900 million in Susan G. Komen for the Cure funding has gone to programs in communities world-wide. We will commit another $50 million to research in the coming year."

Never funded pharmaceutical company research?? What an odd thing to say. Where on earth do these people think first rate successful chemotherapy drugs come from? Bark and herbs harvested by natives?

But they "will commit another $50 million to research in the coming year."

Don't get me wrong. I think the Komen Foundation does excellent work. My wife, Mrs. Locomotivebreath - that curvaceous, raven haired beauty whom I'd marry all over again - has donated her time, money and blisters over the years to "Race for the Cure." And I'm a big fan of save the tatas.

But this statement on the Komen Foundation website sounds more like populist CYA pablum, than a sure conviction to pursue every avenue possible to manage and eradicate this deadly disease.

Thankfully, Komen chose to ignore the tantrums of Leftist looters, and keep resourceful long time ally, Hadassah Lieberman, for the benefit of cancer victims and their treatment, rather than pursue political posturing at their expense.

I'm not sure what Komen's "advocacy on health reform" means, but judging from the ridiculous statement about Big Pharma, my guess is they lean left, and want another type of gub'mint invention to provide coverage for health care, possibly single payer? I don't know, but they have that liberty. It's what makes America great.

Hopefully, the Komen Foundation will stay grounded in reality, support the pharmaceutical companies' R&D - which has given the entire world a plethora of wonder drugs for generations - and won't advocate for natives to harvest barks and herbs.

Green Hypocrisy: Prince Charles' HUGE Carbon Footprint Private Jet Takes Him to Copenhagen

"PRINCE Charles used up seven months’ worth of the average British person’s “carbon footprint” yesterday flying to Copenhagen on an executive jet to make a speech on climate change.

...Charles, who made an impassioned speech to world leaders on the need to agree drastic cuts in carbon emissions, decided against taking a more environmentally-friendly train or scheduled airliner, arguing it was impractical."

OH. Well... special dispensation for a special person. That's different! Us peasants obviously must trim our oil lamps and make do with only one lump of coal.

"The Prince, who will offset the pollution he caused by using taxpayers’ money to invest in environmentally-friendly initiatives, generates an annual carbon footprint of 2,601 tons, compared to 11 tons for an average UK citizen. He was one of numerous VIPs at the £130million summit, which will generate 40,500 tons of carbon dioxide over 12 days, the equivalent to the emissions of York, Portsmouth or the African country of Malawi in the same period."

What a pathetic farce. And us peasants are supposed to kiss their arse and pay their way.

Krykee. Copenhagen's whores have more scruples than these jet setting, Gaia worshiping, frog lickers.

TY D

Stupid is as Stupid Does. Or Something...

Michael Moore calls for boycott of Connecticut. Yup. That'll work.

Related: White House “Irritated” With Howard Dean, Not Joe Lieberman. Hmm. Is Howard gearing up for Hillary 2012 campaign manager, or is Howard setting his sights a little higher?

And finally, how soon before Obama plays "the victim card?" He always demands cheese with his whine.

Will PelosiReid Health Care Pay for Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome?

Or should it be renamed "Happy Hubby Syndrome?"

Woman's life made 'unbearable' by insatiable libido.

"Joleen Baughman, 39, was hurt in a collision two years ago, which damaged a nerve in her pelvis which controls desire, leaving it permanently switched on.

She now becomes sexually aroused by the slightest movement – while vacuuming, sitting on a bus, bending over, or even simply walking across a room.

The mother-of-two from New Mexico, USA, said: "It's unbearable. Just my clothes rubbing against me gets me so aroused I can hardly think straight.

"It's very embarrassing and it's impossible to concentrate."

Mrs Baughman, who lives with her husband Brian, 39, and two children, has been diagnosed with a rare condition called Restless Genital Syndrome, also known as Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome."

Doctor, doctor, give me the news...

My guess? PelosiReid Health Care: abortions, yes. Treatment, no. And may even pay GLSEN to provide the condition to school children.

But I'm just jaded that way...

As it stands right now, nobody knows.

Gaia Penance

Worshiping the creation, but not the Creator...



TY TS

President Spock

Yes, you're correct. The 'Spock / Obama' analogy is nothing new.

Salon.com used the imagery to crow about the imperturbable Obama with his vast intellect that would make amends for the hated boooshitler, heal the Earth, and insure the gub'mint would live long & grow exponentially.

The Associated Press interviewed none other than Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy to prove Obama's "Spock-like aura" with his supreme dedication to all the academic disciplines and to make sure Obama was portrayed as the Pro-Science anti-bush.

Now, Jeffrey Lord at the American Spectator tries his hand, but with a twist - the Spock analogy is not a compliment, but a detriment. The Spock character maybe an excellent techie of machine-like precision, but is devoid of "emotional intelligence", a horrible judge of character, and an ineffectual leader of men:

"Over and over again, this Spock-like devotion to "logic" and the world of intellectual intelligence has resulted in tragedy for presidents. It was not, in fact, the practical Lyndon Johnson who devised the disaster that became Vietnam. It was the men he eventually called with a sneer "the Harvards" -- the men with the great intellectual reputations for whom Spockian logic was the lodestar -- who persuaded the common-sense LBJ to fight in Vietnam the way he did. It was the Robert McNamara's and McGeorge Bundy's (the latter a onetime Harvard dean) who were, like a Wilson or Hoover or Carter, so immersed in a world of intellectual logic that they were utterly unable to understand the lack of common sense behind what they were doing. Johnson, alas intimidated because of the elite view of his own education at Southwest Texas State Teachers College, uncharacteristically let himself be carried along. LBJ's friend and fellow Texan, House Speaker Sam Rayburn (who died before LBJ became president) uneasily observed to then Vice President Johnson that he would feel better if the intellectuals advising then-President Kennedy "had run for sheriff just once."

Yet periodically LBJ's Emotional Intelligence surfaced in foreign policy. Asked to depend on the Organization of American States during a crisis in the Dominican Republic, the earthy Johnson snapped in decidedly un-Spockian terms: "The OAS couldn't pour sh-- from a boot if the instructions were written on the heel."

Why is any of this relevant today?

Because in the person of Barack Obama, America is once again at the mercy of a President Spock. With every passing day Obama's Inner Spock reveals more of itself -- from the inability to understand the furious response to his 2,000-page health care "reforms" to the bizarre insistence on giving a civilian trial in New York City to one of the most infamous war criminals of the modern age to a "Cap and Trade" energy program almost guaranteed to cripple what's left of the American economy that the "stimulus" trillion dollar debt and health care reforms hasn't already destroyed. The "correctness" of these things exists only in a head where Intellectual IQ rules the day and Emotional Intelligence is not only lacking but almost entirely absent.

It is often said by the left that George W. Bush was "dumb." As they said it of Ronald Reagan and, in a still earlier day, of Dwight Eisenhower. What all three of these presidents had in common was a high Emotional Intelligence, an understanding of the way the world really works. They were not perfect -- there is no such thing as perfection in a president for the obvious reason that presidents are humans one and all. But they were the Captain Kirks, if you will, of their day.

These were men for whom the world of abstract theory, of running the world according to rules of academic logic, was both impractical if not dangerous. They understood the character of a Saddam Hussein or this or that Soviet Communist leader. They understood the realities of human nature, the frailties of men and women when entrusted with great power or simply the power of the Department of Motor Vehicles."

Friday Night Hoop-la (on Saturday)

Milk n Cookies by Clint Black

Homegrown Muslim Extremism Rising Threat

This may have been the most dangerous year since 9/11, anti-terrorism experts say.

I know. Snark says "an expert" is merely someone from out of town, but the L.A. Times puts forth a decent effort:

"Reporting from Washington - The Obama administration, grappling with a spate of recent Islamic terrorism cases on U.S. soil, has concluded that the country confronts a rising threat from homegrown extremism.

Anti-terrorism officials and experts see signs of accelerated radicalization among American Muslims, driven by a wave of English-language online propaganda and reflected in aspiring fighters' trips to hot spots such as Pakistan and Somalia.

Europe had been the front line, the target of successive attacks and major plots, while the U.S. remained relatively calm. But the number, variety and scale of recent U.S. cases suggest 2009 has been the most dangerous year domestically since 2001, anti-terrorism experts said:

* There were major arrests of Americans accused of plotting with Al Qaeda and its allies, including an Afghan American charged in a New York bomb plot described as the most serious threat in this country since the Sept. 11 attacks.

* Authorities tracked other extremism suspects joining foreign networks, including Somali Americans going to the battlegrounds of their ancestral homeland and an Albanian American from Brooklyn who was arrested in Kosovo.

* The FBI rounded up homegrown terrorism suspects in Dallas, Detroit and Raleigh, N.C., saying that it had broken up plots targeting a synagogue, government buildings and military facilities.

Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano issued her strongest public comments yet on the homegrown threat.

"We've seen an increased number of arrests here in the U.S. of individuals suspected of plotting terrorist attacks, or supporting terror groups abroad such as Al Qaeda," Napolitano said in a speech in New York. "Home-based terrorism is here. And, like violent extremism abroad, it will be part of the threat picture that we must now confront."

Officials acknowledged that her tone had changed, though they said terrorism has been her focus since becoming Homeland Security chief.

In some of the 2009 cases, extremist leanings are suspected but motives are not known.

Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan -- accused of killing 13 people in a Ft. Hood, Texas, shooting rampage last month -- has apparently suffered emotional problems. But in interviews, officials and experts have also raised his Muslim beliefs as an alleged motive.

A previous attack on the U.S. military, a shooting in June by an American convert who killed a soldier and wounded another at an Arkansas recruiting center, was apparently a case of a lone wolf radicalized in Yemen, according to Homeland Security officials.

"You are seeing the full spectrum of the threats you face in terrorism," former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.

"Radicalization is clearly happening in the U.S.," said Mitchell Silber, director of analysis for the Intelligence Division of the New York Police Department. "In years past, you couldn't say that about the U.S. You could say it about Europe."

During the Bush administration, the flaccid Michael Chertoff couldn't bring himself to say "illegal immigrant", and now he can't seem to say "Muslim extremism", either. Obama's Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is no better, what with being sedated by her ridiculous don't say terrorism, say man made disaster. But I feel so much better, at least, knowing her tone has changed.

Uh, isn't "man made" rather sexist coming from such an enlightened liberal? But I digress.

Add this to the growing 'man made' list.

At least the experts got it right because there's hope-n-change: Gitmo detainees are to be transferred to Illinois prison!

More Rat Killin'...

Death by drone.

"Saleh al-Somali was a member of al-Qaida's senior leadership, said the official, and "probably responsible" for planning and executing attacks in the U.S. and Europe.

Al-Somali was killed when two missiles fired from a Predator drone struck his car as he and another man left a home, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

While al-Somali was a senior official, he was not al-Qaida's No. 3 leader after Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri.

The strike marks the first time coalition forces killed a top al-Qaida figure in almost a year."

May the Lord have mercy on his miserable soul.

"We Are Here for Crusade"

"Five Catholic men from Northern Virginia, who were arrested Tuesday in Italy, traveled abroad hoping to work with crusader groups to battle marauding warlords and their armies in Somalia & the Sudan...

Oh, wait. Those fives guys who were arrested aren't Catholics, they're Muslims. U.S. Muslims, traveling to Pakistan, looking for the Taliban (or someone like them), proudly declaring "we are here for jihad" (video), and wishing to fight against U.S. troops.

From a disquieted WaPo:

"The men, who range in age from 19 to 25, were identified by Pakistani officials and sources close to the case as Umar Chaudhry, Waqar Khan, Ahmad A. Minni, Aman Hassan Yemer and Ramy Zamzam. Chaudhry's father, Khalid, was also arrested in Pakistan and was being questioned, authorities said. The young men all are U.S. citizens, and some were born in the United States.

Several sources with direct knowledge of the investigation said that Zamzam, a dental student at Howard University who did well in school and was involved in a much-praised project to raise money to build mosques, is the man in a video the men left behind. Law enforcement officials said the video had jihadist overtones, and a prominent Muslim leader described it as a farewell statement.

The video quotes Koranic verses, cites conflicts between Western and Muslim nations, and shows wartime footage.

Pakistani police officials said Thursday that the video, which was played for FBI agents and Muslim leaders at a lawyer's office last week, was one of several videos the men left in the United States. All the videos made it clear that the men were intending to train for jihad, the Pakistani officials said."

Good thing those 5 guys weren't a bunch o' scheming, right wingnut, bible verse spouting Christianistas or the MSM might go 24/7 apesh1t ballistic with in depth investigative reporting.

"David H. Laufman, a former terrorism prosecutor in Alexandria federal court -- where any U.S. charges against the men would probably be filed -- said that if the allegations from Pakistan bear out, the case "underscores the persistent and dynamic nature of the threat of domestic extremism."

But he praised the families of the men for coming forward. "There is no better way for the FBI to have an early insight into an unfolding security problem."

Amen to that.

Sign the Petition: Remove Obama's Pedophile 'School Czar'

I'm not much for petitions, but this just makes me want to HURRLLL!

Rep. Michael C. Burgess M.D. (R-TX) has asked Obama to fire Kevin Jennings, the 'safe schools czar'. Go read Gateway Pundit's post on this subject - ignore the throw-up in your mouth - then please sign this petition in support of that call for Obama to fire this pervert.

***Let me be clear. This is not in support of a homosexual witch hunt. If Mr. Jennings was a 'straight' man with a background of advocating sexual perversion in our government schools my outrage would be the same. No one of that nature should have any place in authority over children.***

"Hockey Stick" Observed in NOAA Ice Core Data

Oh, Noes!

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Beee-llions & beee-llions of years, and eons and eons is what the natural sciences tell us is the proper perspective when studying the Earth. The graph above covers about ten thousand years, and a wide range of temperatures, with the infamous "hockey stick" at the end (very tiny), but much in step with the previous 10,000 years of climate fluctuations.

It's like a cycle or something!

"For climate science it means that the Hockey Team climatologists’ insistence that human-emitted CO2 is the only thing that could account for the recent warming trend is probably poppycock."

But don't tell Chicken Little.

TY STACLU

'Gore Effect' Slams Copenhagen With Subfreezing Temps

It's not science, it's clockwork.

Sotomayor Inserts "Undocumented Immigrant" Into SCOTUS Opinion

But you knew this day was coming. Playing the empathy card.

From a pleased NY Times:

"In an otherwise dry opinion, Justice Sotomayor did introduce one new and politically charged term into the Supreme Court lexicon.

Justice Sotomayor’s opinion in the case, Mohawk Industries v. Carpenter, No. 08-678, marked the first use of the term “undocumented immigrant,” according to a legal database. The term “illegal immigrant” has appeared in a dozen decisions."

Yes, but “illegal immigrant” doesn't make everyone feel all warm & fuzzy, especially when dealing with dry case law on obscure rulings about adverse attorney-client rulings.

"Undocumented immigrant" is found on page 5 of the ruling:

"According to Carpenter’s complaint, his termination came after he informed a member of Mohawk’s human resources department in an e-mail that the com-pany was employing undocumented immigrants. At the time, unbeknownst to Carpenter, Mohawk stood accused in a pending class-action lawsuit of conspiring to drivedown the wages of its legal employees by knowingly hiring undocumented workers in violation of federal and state racketeering laws."

Did you catch that? The immigrants were "undocumented", but, apparently, other employees were "legal," according to Sotomayor. So, some distinctions are made, but the differences must be minimized in order to promote that 'social justice' agenda.

A wise Latina judge will generally make better decisions than a white male judge.

Hillary Clinton's Pollster Received $6 MIllion in "Porkulus" Money

Why? "Job preservation." How many jobs? "Three."

Brought to you by the same Congress that wants to run your health care.

Racial Quotas for Skanks?

This is the last "Tiger" time waster. Promise.

From that tawdry tabloid of record, the WaPo, and one Eugene Robinson; an "I'm not going to pronounce judgment on Woods's moral fiber" columnist:

"Here's my real question, though: What's with the whole Barbie thing?

No offense to anyone who actually looks like Barbie, but it really is striking how much the women who've been linked to Woods resemble one another. I'm talking about the long hair, the specific body type, even the facial features. Mattel could sue for trademark infringement.

This may be the most interesting aspect of the whole Tiger Woods story -- and one of the most disappointing. He seems to have been bent on proving to himself that he could have any woman he wanted. But from the evidence, his aim wasn't variety but some kind of validation...

But the world is full of beautiful women of all colors, shapes and sizes -- some with short hair or almond eyes, some with broad noses, some with yellow or brown skin. Woods appears to have bought into an "official" standard of beauty that is so conventional as to be almost oppressive.

His taste in mistresses leaves the impression of a man who is, deep down, both insecure and image-conscious -- a control freak even when he's committing "transgressions."

So let me get this straight (no pun!) - hater-free, no holds barred, pro-choice sexual 'lifestyles' are for everyone except rich dooods turning their crank with mono-toned skanks??

That's Eugene's complaint?? He won't be judgmental, except to be judgmental that Tiger didn't have racial quotas for his nationwide supply of skanks. You can lie, cheat, and send your kids into therapy till they're middle aged, but make sure there's some shades of brown in there, or you'll be siding with 'da man?'

Un-freekin' believable.

Why deez Leftists always be race pimpin'??

I. JUST. DON'T. GET. IT.

Arizona Smacked with Record Snow, High Winds

Roads closed; tens of thousands without power; one death reported.

"The storm hit the state Monday and didn't let up overnight. Crews were still working to open roadways in snowed-under northern Arizona
on Tuesday. Interstate 17, the connection between Phoenix and Flagstaff, was open again after a huge traffic backup developed in its northbound lanes Monday when a tractor-trailer slid onto its side. Interstate 40 was reopening in stages. Some smaller roadways required chains on vehicles or four-wheel drive, if they opened at all.

Between 20 and 26 inches of snow fell in various spots in Flagstaff, said Steve Sipple of the National Weather Service in Phoenix. That smashed the previous storm record of 5 inches in 1956. The snow was whipped by high winds, with top readings of 53 mph in Flagstaff, 74 mph in Prescott and 54 mph in Show Low.

A Queen Creek man on a hunting trip to northern Arizona was killed in the storm. Skylar Stock and a friend were spending Monday night in a tent. Authorities say Stock, a 27-year-old Tempe firefighter, was killed by a tree that snapped and fell on him.

High winds also swept across the Phoenix area, with a peak reading of 74 mph at Phoenix Deer Valley Airport. Arizona Public Service Co. and Salt River Project had their hands full restoring power in the Valley and in northern Arizona.

APS said it expected all of its 250,000 Valley customers who lost power to have it back on by Tuesday night. About 10,000 of the 40,000 APS customers who lost power in northern Arizona had not been reconnected by Tuesday afternoon, but the utility said they would be by the time the day ended."

Consider this your (Michael) Mann-made global warming update climate hope-n-change update.

Bad Timing. Very Bad.

Philandering Tiger / Exposed Shank-o-potamus



The January issue has hit the news stands. No, it's not a parody.

How Soon Before the Obama Administration Implodes?

Even those faithful stenographers at the AP, with their "I (heart) Obama" kneepads, are starting to call Obama's bvllsh1t bvllsh1t.

Ace sums it brilliantly:

"1. Obama has some budgetary magic beans. These can be spent multiple times, in multiple fashions. First, to pay down the deficit, then, to increase spending.

2. He also has some health-care magic beans. Once again, these beans can be used to increase spending on health care, and also magically reduce spending on health care.

3. "Some say" there is no such thing as magic beans and such people present to us the "false choice" of choosing between real beans and no beans at all.

4. There is some political partisanship afoot, and to reduce that political partisanship, Obama will blame his political opponents for the partisanship and not, say, his attempt to ram unpopular programs down the nation's throats, even at 55%+ levels of opposition.

5. Blame Bush."

Place yer bets.

Despots in Your Drinking Water

The water is contaminated, alright, but not the way the NY Times' agitprop describes.

Surber creates a new verb - "East Anglia-ing" - and shows, once again, why he makes the big bucks.

Senator Webb(D) to Obama: Senate has Last Word on Climate Change Treaty

So says Article 2, section 2, clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution (not that Pres. Obama pays much attention to little details like that...).

So, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) wrote the president a letter to remind him:

"Dear Mr. President:

I would like to express my concern regarding reports that the Administration may believe it has the unilateral power to commit the government of the United States to certain standards that may be agreed upon at the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The phrase “politically binding” has been used.

Although details have not been made available, recent statements by Special Envoy on Climate Change Todd Stern indicate that negotiators may be intending to commit the United States to a nationwide emission reduction program. As you well know from your time in the Senate, only specific legislation agreed upon in the Congress, or a treaty ratified by the Senate, could actually create such a commitment on behalf of our country.

I would very much appreciate having this matter clarified in advance of the Copenhagen meetings.”

The ill-conceived, "green house gas" Kyoto Protocol was signed by the Clinton Administration back in 1997, but the Senate has never ratified it. As a matter of fact, the U.S. Senate went out of its way not just to say "no", but "h3ll, no!" with the 95-0 passage of the Byrd-Hagel Resolution.

But that was under the leadership of a Republican Congress. Somehow I think the resolve may have dissipated lately.

TY CS

Christmas Trees Banned at U.N. Climate Change Conference

Anybody seen the Grinch?

"The Danish Foreign Ministry has turned down an offer to use Nordmann fir trees as Christmas decorations inside the Bella Center here, and the English-language Copenhagen Post says it’s because Danish government officials don’t want to offend non-Christian participants in the U.N. climate change conference."

What a farce. The U.N. ostensibly claims to represent all of the world's people, including an estimated one billion Christians. Yet, during one of the most celebrated holiday's in Christendom, in a historically Christian nation, that is a major exporter of live Christmas trees to Europe & America, in a city that's abuzz with yuletide decorations, holiday festivities, and lit up like - well, like a Christmas tree - some Danish Foreign Ministry secular-crat gives offense so as not to offend.

Hmm. I wonder who these "non-Christian participants" would be at the U.N.?

But all is not lost! Thank the Lord the traditional Christmas tree in Copenhagen’s City Hall Square is off grid & peddle powered. Krykee. It's not easy being green.

ABC, NBC & CBS Still Silent on "Climategate" Emails

Almost forgot about this little tidbit from Friday.

14 days and counting:

"Perhaps it is that ABC, NBC and CBS have not yet heard of the story, despite two weeks of non-stop reporting on and discussion of ClimateGate in a whole host of media outlets."

Well, I'm sure these totally objective network 'journalists' are simply trying to be generous and let some still unknown 'Archie & Veronica' get a gargantuan, administration shocking scoop, ala ACORN.

Update: Hold the phone! Day 17, breaking network news! Horrible spun half-truths, but never fear, the dinosaurs are on it.

Is it any wonder that The Rise of the Virtual Newsroom & alternative media has cut the dead tree media off at the knees and now threatens the increasingly indolent broadcast giants of old?

15 Reasons "Intuleckshulls" Fell for AGW Scam

It's science dogma!

Sen. Reid(D) Defends His Title to World Classless 4sshole

Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery

"The Nevada Democrat, in a sweeping set of accusations on the Senate floor, also compared health care foes to those who opposed women's suffrage and the civil rights movement -- even though it was Sen. Strom Thurmond, then a Democrat, who unsuccessfully tried to filibuster the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and it was Republicans who led the charge against slavery.

Senate Republicans on Monday called Reid's comments "offensive" and "unbelievable."

Unbelievable? Hardly, based upon Reid's tinhorn weasel history. He alluded to this same scurrilous slander back in November when the Senate voted 60-38 to start the debate on healthcare.

And speaking of history, Reid apparently is ignorant. The democrats were the party of slavery, the KKK, institutionalized racism and are currently the "bigotry of low expectations" party. Not to mention frequent torturers of logic.