Monthly Archives: September 2014

Cool Summers Don’t Invalidate Hotcoldwetdry, Cause Complexity Or Something

As dogmatic as the Westboro Baptist Church or any other cult (Boston Globe) LABOR DAY has come and gone. Autumn looms. But how can summer be over when it never really began? If you feel cheated — where were the scorchers and leaden humid nights? — it’s not your imagination. July and August really did feel […]

If All You See…

…is wasting non-renewable water for a disease that is surely made worse by climate change, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is The First Street Journal, with a post wondering if Jen Psaki was hired for her looks.

Democrat Says Republicans Are Worse Than ISIS

He’s just saying what Democrats think. They typically poo poo the threat from radical Islam, and actually consider Republicans, Conservatives, and anyone (other than Islamists) who doesn’t hold their Progressive views to be an Enemy (Al.com) Congressional candidate J.T. Smith of Phenix City is upset with the Republicans in Congress — so much that he […]

UN Looks In Crystal Ball, Creates Weather Forecasts For 2015

Of course, these are all about doomsaying regarding “climate change” (CNS News) In a fresh effort to generate fervor for a far-reaching new global climate agreement, a U.N. agency is releasing videos featuring “imaginary but realistic” weather reports set in 2050, to illustrate the type of extreme conditions it predicts we will face by mid-century. […]

Obama Official On ISIS Strategy: “Stay Tuned”

The Obama administration has often been compared to celebrity status. Now it goes one step further in looking like a television show. Oh, and highlighting that they do not actually have a strategy (The Hill) A senior State Department official urged critics of President Obama to “stay tuned” for the administration’s plans against the Islamic […]

Obama’s Been Briefed For A Year On ISIS Danger

I heard about this in the morning on Fox News, but was waiting for a link (Fox News) A former Pentagon official confirms to Fox News that detailed and specific intelligence about the rise of ISIS was included in the PDB, or the President’s Daily Brief, for at least a year before the group took large swaths of […]

If All You See…

…is a wall worn down by climate change, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Rhymes With Right, with a post wondering where Wendy Davis is.

Global Warming Will Collapse Labor Or Somethin

What would Labor Day be without the always wacky Joe Romm chiming in? (Climate Progress) Global warming is projected to have a serious negative impact on labor productivity this century. Here is a look at what we know. In 2013, a NOAA study projected that “heat-stress related labor capacity losses will double globally by 2050 with a […]

Will GOP Push Populist Notion That Illegal Immigration Is Threat To Jobs?

They’re thinking about it (Washington Times) An effort is underway to push the Republican Party to rethink its close ties to business groups on immigration, with conservatives arguing that the way to fight immigration-reform proposals is to focus on how they would force Americans into a tougher competition for jobs. Bolstered by recent polling that […]

Ricky Gervais Makes Common Sense Tweet On Hacked Celeb Nude Photos, People Mad

You’ve heard about this, right? (Buzzfeed) A leak that started as the latest round of personal pictures hacked from celebrities’ phones turned Monday into a vast invasion of the privacy of actress Jennifer Lawrence and a handful of others — and a kind of festival on Reddit, 4chan, and other online spaces — with continued […]

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