The Streisand effect and a cold mountain-top

GREEN CRAP

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Exhibit 1 In Days of Old, When Knights were Bold, and Rubbers weren't invented— It's manifestly evident that Greens have no interest in the science that clearly, and overwhelmingly, show that AGW (man caused climate change) is utter crap.  Yes, in days of yore all of them would have been left on a chilly mountain-top to die, by parents who instinctively recognized (they could actually smell it back then) that their new baby was a genetically flawed mutant who, allowed to survive, would corrupt the gene pool.  Some obviously cheated. Thanks to science, they get to live and multiply now.   Sigh. Anyway, a little while ago Mark Steyn wrote this piece for NRO. Football and Hockey By Mark Steyn July 15, 2012 6:22 P.M. Comments 142 In the wake of Louis Freeh’s report on Penn State’s complicity in serial rape, Rand Simberg writes of Unhappy Valley’s other scandal: I’m referring to another cover up and whitewash that occurred there two years ago, before we learned how rotten and corrupt the culture at the university was. But now that we know how bad it was, perhaps it’s time that we revisit the Michael Mann affair, particularly given how much we’ve also learned about his and others’ hockey-stick deceptions since. Mann could be said to be the Jerry Sandusky of climate science, except that instead of molesting children, he has molested and tortured data in the service of politicized science that could have dire economic consequences for the nation and planet Much to everyone's amusement (anticipating the Streisand effect, don't you know), Mann threatened to sue Steyn.  All this led to Anthony Watt's must read column, Best Michael Mann headline evah.  The  point being then, that if we must suffer this plague of climate charlatans and their client asshats, let's at least have fun with them.  I think that's from Alinsky.  Plus, it's ingrained human behavior to want someone to feel superior too, and here they serve me.

Something About Harry

DEAD: Las Vegas Ad Campaign "What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas"

Sanda Fluke

Shilling For Obama 2012                                               Georgetown student Fluke to speak at Democratic convention Published August 21, 2012. Associated Press. A Democratic official says Sandra Fluke will try to solidify President Barack Obama's support among women during a speech next month at the Democratic National Convention.      Unplugged        (Daily Rash continued)

Hi Hopes

The Lasy Ninja

The 'last ninja' Ban clan's 21st master says ninjutsu line ends with him as feudal spies' art now an anachronism “ As the 21st head of the Ban clan, a line of ninja that can trace its history back some 500 years, the 63-year-old former engineer  is considered by some to be the last living guardian of the nation's feudal spies. "I think I'm called (the last ninja) as there is probably no other person who learned all the skills that were directly" handed down from ninja masters over the last five centuries, he said. [Full w/pictutes] Of course I know what Ninjas are, but I have never been an aficionado of Ninja movies.  In fact I've never seen one— (123 more, mostly useless, words) ”

A winner and a not

What I See I just love this picture.  My interpretation is the new Sweetheart of Sigma Chi was just proclaimed.  The girl in black had "pulled a train" with the fraternity selection committee.

Baltimore, Carmello Anthony, 'Nuff Said

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And then there's Baltimore

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The Horror!

Remember & count your blessing this time

French Kissed

French tourists given (suspended) jail terms for pretending to kiss Buddah statue. "He had very bad breath" I guess Sri Lanka doesn't have an ACLU chapter.

EPA SMACKDOWN #6

EPA Smack-Down Number Six A federal court cashiers another illegal Obama regulation.

Economic Bad News, Bad News, and Good News

The New "D" Word “ Henry Blodget may be a schmuck economist, but cuzzin ricky is the Barn Army's go-to master economy guru.  Here's his latest recommendation, and it's a story of bad news, bad news and good news.  Yes, the good news corresponds with my prescription for a cured economic situation: Laissez-faire MF!  Which means we must literally or figuratively- same good either way - kill the EPA and every root that feeds it.  Unleash the American entrepreneurial spirit or die. This is a last chance. Say Amen. ”

Must be a Fluke

Georgetown slut to speak at Democratic convention

Daily Stuff

Unplugged

Warren Losing

Today's *snort* “ Full ”

Truily Random Numbers

Gary Larsen                                                                                  SCIENCE TRULY RANDOM NUMBERS “ Having once toiled as a spreadsheet designer (engineer my card read), I can appreciate the significance of this- if not entirely understand it. Random numbers are invaluable. They’re used in the encryption that makes online banking secure. Economists, physicists, pollsters, and casinos rely on them. Yet until recently, producing large sets of truly random digits has been hard to do. [...] The age of computers solved all of this, right? Wrong. The best that CPUs can generate are pseudo-random numbers, churned out by running a seed number through a complex algorithm, then running the solution through the same operation over and over again. However, anyone who uncovers the algorithm and seed can generate the same sequence of number. [Here's the WTF part] But now scientists at the Australian National University have introduced a technique for generating 5.7 billion truly random values per second. They do it by harnessing the fundamental uncertainty of the universe. Their technique measures quantum phenomena in a box completely devoid of photons, where ghostly virtual particles randomly burble in and out of existence 24/7. “God does not play dice,” Einstein famously quipped in response to evidence that randomness rules the cosmos. Luckily, he was wrong. [Full] ”

An Irishman's Sailing Commentary

—   you berk Must be a Kennedy Perhaps - no, not perhaps, this is the most precious moment of the Olympics.  This Irish sailing commentator’s analysis of a contentious Olympic race is utterly priceless. The video contains expert analysis of the race, such as “the race is looking very close… and confusing” and “it’s a very confusing scene here we don’t know who’s in the lead.” He points out the “idiots watching from the sidelines… there’s a lot of fuckers there for what is essentially a very, very boring sport.” As Belarus’ sailboat appears, the commentator notes, rightly, that “they are not so good on the water it seems… questionable human rights records for that country as well.” Watch the clip until the very end — we promise the payoff is worth it. Daily Caller

Berks

—   you berks.    The Politico story disclosed that Kansas Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder went skinny dipping in the Sea of Galilee. Yoder has apologized. Stab me in the liver! This is how silly all this has become.  I don't know any more than what's in that blurb, and don't care to.  Except that  Arizona Republican Rep. David Schweikert appears to be an insignificant   schmuck and I hope Ben Quayle kicks his ass. And why do I continue to read Politico?  Politics really  is a disease.

Character

Animal Catharsis

Read My Lips

—   you berks.    We interrupt the kerfuffle over Missouri's senate candidate to bring you a spreading Middle East conflict already in progress “ Convicted Felon Bill Clinton • In a clear violation of the Camp David Accords, Egypt's new Islamofascist government is moving heavy weapons into the Sinai Desert, another worrying sign for Israelis already concerned with Iran's growing nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities. So. Which is more important: some guy in Missouri saying something idiotic or the Syrian conflict spreading to neighboring countries? Just wondering. And isn't it just a bit hypocritical that a convicted, impeached pervert -- who actually admitted to molesting an intern and was accused of rape or molestation by Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and Juanita Brodderick (to name but a few) -- is an honoree and keynote speaker at the Democrat National Convention?  [Doug Ross cont] Say Amen. That Todd Akin's clumsy answer to a question has captured 100% of the media attention shows just how desperate they are for anything - ANYTHING - to draw attention away from Obama's bizarre behavior and crushing poll numbers. But then,  America are at war with them. so it is to be expected.  ”

Henry Blodget's Charts

WHAT GUMMINT DOES                              Henry Blodget's Show of Shows This is a quite impressive presentation of data by Henry Blodget, and  none of this is meant to attack that effort. But, people with an ideology, and in economics that's everybody, will have it leaking out in their produce.  Especially when they begin, "politics aside"  So who is this guy? A respected economist and owner of Business Insider, Blodget also has a chair on Huffington Post where he writes stuff  with a political tone and tenor like " Are Wackos With Guns Just a Fact Of Life in America?," in case you're wondering.   He also had some jousts with the late Andrew Brietbart.  Still, his charts will (like the Bible) be used by anyone to prove  anything they  want to prove (ahem).  Almost none of them will have the foggiest idea of  it's underlying data.  I already know which charts the Obama media will be using for the next 20 years, and so will you.  When I looked at these chrats all I saw was federal government - Godzilla- on steroids.  Massive growth of a machine which only function is to grow.  I liked this guy's comment, because I at least understand it. nwo on Aug 21, 6:48 PM said: @BrettSF: this whole high tax/low tax, democrat/republican split is being fostered by the elites to keep americans occupied in endless debate while they further their plans for global domination

Depends - is the elephant blowing ot sucking?

Todays apt (maybe dual?) metaphor

-or is it more than stupid?

Stupid is as stupid does .... or is it more than stupid? “ Supposedly Biden has been banished from the campaign trail for making idiotic statements, but what about Obama?  "Knocks Romney for Not Releasing Medical Records, Hasn't Disclosed His Own?"  Is he daft? Look, Biden is stupid, really stupid, but Obama transcends stupidity.  This is more "in your face," pathology at work here.  Has to be.  The popular view is he's a narcissist whose world revolvers around only him.  But  a psychotherapist in Berkeley, whose nom de plume is Robin of Berkeley. thinks otherwise.  “ Many people attribute Obama's oddness to his narcissism. True, Obama has a gargantuan ego, and he is notoriously thin-skinned. Yet a personality disorder like narcissism does not explain Obama's strangeness: his giggling while being asked about the economy; his continuing a shout-out rather than announcing the Ft. Hood shootings; or his vacations, golfing, partying and fundraising during the calamitous oil spill.  Take also Obama's declaring on the "Today Show" that he wants to know whose ass to kick. Consummate narcissists would never stoop to this vulgar display of adolescent machismo. Obama is flat when passion is needed; he's aggressive when savvy is required. What's most worrisome is that Obama doesn't even realize that his behavior is inappropriate. So if it's not just simple narcissism, what is wrong with Obama? Since I've never evaluated him, I can't say for sure. But I can hazard some educated guesses. ” Dr. Robin consders Asperger's Syndrome: "also known as high-functioning autism, Asperger's causes deficits in social skills. A person with Asperger's can't read social cues. Consequently, he can be insensitive and hurtful without even knowing it." Robin also wonders about a family history of mental illness.  “ Obama's family tree is replete with the unbalanced. His maternal great-grandmother committed suicide. His grandfather, Stanley Dunham, was particularly unhinged: He was expelled from high school for punching his principal; named his daughter Stanley because he wanted a boy; and exposed young Barry to not just drunken trash talk, but unrestricted visits with alleged pedophile Frank Marshall Davis (who might or might not be Obama's biological father). Barack Sr. was an abusive, alcoholic bigamist. Since mental illness runs in the family, does Obama have any signs? Yes and no. No, he is not a schizophrenic babbling about Martians. But there are red flags for some other conditions. ” One way or another, it's pretty certain that we gave the house key to an avowed Marxist who may also be an axe murderer.  JFC!  The full Robin@Berkeley article (2010) "A Shrink Asks: What's Wrong with Obama?" is still a very good read. ”

Illegals are Illegal. Duh.

Mexican Invaders                              “ Unplugged Let me reiterate.  I, and I think most people, will gladly welcome anyone who enters this country legally, and certainly Mexicans whose culture I love.  Well, the food anyway.  And the work ethic.  The rest,  not so much, being formed as it was in a corrupt state where theft and bribery in order to survive are a way of life.  Which is why, I guess, they see nothing wrong in disobeying our law.  ”

Pubic Hair War

Physician: ‘Hands Off That Pubic Hair’ You're probably thinking, as I did, that "oh gee,  here's another culture scandalmonger trying to stop the manufacture of  those very fashionable (and pricey) pubic hair coats."  But you'd be wrong.    BELLINGHAM, Wash. (CBS Seattle) — One doctor is calling for the end to the “war on pubic hair.”   Family physician Emily Gibson made headlines recently for her public assertion that modern women should shy away from the practice of bikini waxing – which she referred to as the “war on pubic hair” – as the practice increases risk of various infections.   “Pubic hair does have a purpose, providing cushion against friction that can cause skin abrasion and injury … [its] removal naturally irritates and inflames the hair follicles left behind, leaving microscopic open wounds,” she noted.   The risk also extends to sexually transmitted diseases. Said Gibson, “Some clinicians are finding that freshly shaved pubic areas and genitals are also more vulnerable to herpes infections due to the microscopic wounds being exposed to virus carried by mouth or genitals. It follows that there may be vulnerability to spread of other [sexually transmitted infections] as well.”   Hair removal in the United States grosses $2.1B a year, which minus the cost of duct tape, is pure profit.  The Dr. does make a legitimate point about why women are born with this protection against infection (why men too?  Beats me), but I imagine a bad economy will work its magic and restore order. *Very NSFW, but Lorraine Braco was harvested for this creation.

Stephanie Cutter was right

Greg Gutfeld: Stephanie Cutter was right, there’s ‘no difference between the news press and the entertainment press’

Augusta National Goes Pussified

This Society and Nation Are Already Crumbling Ann* “ Nice Lay (Lie?) Rollover- Best Golf Picture Ever "Augusta National Golf Club, has accepted its first female members. The club announced Monday that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and businesswoman Darla Moore have accepted offers of membership — becoming the club’s first women members — after years of criticism for the club’s all-male membership." At least Darla Moore wasn't called Ms. Rice's "companion."  Will other gender exclusive institutions fall next? Like Curves, a national fitness chain that only accepts women members? (DC) ”

This Society and Nation Cannot Survive

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This Society and Nation Cannot Survive Posted by Ann Barnhardt - August 20, AD 2012 8:16 PM MST First, read this quote from John Adams a minimum of five times or until you COMPREHEND what he is saying. Don't just phonetically sound-out the words. COMPREHEND WHAT YOU READ: Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. -John Adams Now that you have that, watch this video. THIS IS NOT SATIRE. This is completely, 100% real.  Ann doesn't permalink,  but this post and her commentary is currently on  top, el jefe

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A Man Calls For Help

What I See CNN crew. Then I came along and saved him

IRS Blog Visit

Anyone feel a chill?

This is like a blizzard!

ThugBama                       They Call Him 'Mr. President" “ Obama’s trash-talking competitiveness, a trait that has defined him since his days on the court as a basketball-obsessed teenager in Hawaii, was on display one night last February, when the president spotted a woman he knew was close to Sen. Marco Rubio in a Florida hotel lobby. “Is your boy going to go for [vice president]?” the president asked her. Maybe, she replied. “Well,” he said, chuckling, according to a person who witnessed the encounter. “Tell your boy to watch it. He might get his ass kicked.” - [Book excerpt] ”

Drone On

TECHNO THRILLS                       Drone on thoR~ sent me this link to a drone with a built in camera for the commercial market (Buy one here). Comment under the video:  "The AR 2.0 cannot do what is demonstrated in this video, this was a fancy commercial. The battery lasts about 8 minutes and you cant pilot it using just the camera due to the delay. Plus any wind and you cannot control it with any sort of direction. Wifi range is short. That being said, it's still some high tech fun for $300" So, this is a baby step.  Yes, I know that experienced RC enthusiasts have more options, but they can be quite expensive, and impossible to fly (ever buy one of those little battery powered helicopters?) unless you have already crashed about $10,000 worth while learning. Anyway, when the technology gets to a point where our drones can compete with (destroy) domestic government drones, they will be made illegal to own.

October Surprise

Foreign policy October surprise? “ ALISYN CAMEROTA: Is it possible that [Biden's] an asset and not a liability. Is that even possible? COULTER: It’s an excellent point. I think any distraction from the economy, from the jobless rate, from just the haplessness of this president is probably a good distraction. I think the big distraction to watch out for is going to be probably a foreign policy October surprise, maybe allowing Israel to attack Iran, because I think the president is going to need a Hail Mary pass before the election. Ann expresses what a lot of us are worried about, that this guy is willing to use the Mayan calender as a hedge, if necessary.  At the same time she annoys the hell out of me with little backhanded jabs at Sarah Palin, like this. And the other reason I think Biden’s gaffes aren't that damaging to the president is because the media is so playing a part in this campaign. I think this is going to be the worst media bias we’ve seen since the 1992 election. We can bring back those old bumper stickers. It was “Annoy the Media - Vote Bush.” Now it’s “Annoy the Media – Vote Romney.” Because Biden does say all kinds of crazy things. I don’t know if you remember his debate with Sarah Palin, you know, Sarah Palin who they describe as an utter airhead. She didn't say half the crazy things Biden said. I mean, it was misstatement of fact after misstatement of fact, and there was precisely one network that mentioned the misstatements of fact by Joe Biden. Half the crazy things?  Sarah didn't say anything "crazy," in any appearance, anywhere. There's a girl thing going on with Ann. I know her.  ”

Departures - A Japanes Film - 5 Stars

At The Cinema                            Departures “ Daigo Kobayashi  a cellist in Tokyo, loses his job when his orchestra is disbanded. He decides to move back to his hometown, with his wife Mika. Daigo's family used to run a small coffee shop. His father ran away with the waitress when Daigo was very young, and his mother raised him by herself. His mother died two years ago, and left him the house where he grew up. Daigo feels guilty about not having taken better care of his mother. Back home, Daigo finds an advertisement in the newspaper for "assisting departures". He goes to the interview, uncertain of the job's nature. He is hired on the spot after only one question ("Will you work hard?") and being handed an "advance" by his new boss Sasaki . He discovers that the job involves preparing the dead. Daigo reluctantly accepts. He returns to his wife with sukiyaki for a celebration, but he tells her he will be performing some sort of ceremony. [Wikipedia] I'm  something of a foreign film buff, but Japanese movies are not among my favorite genre.  They seem to fall into two categories: extreme overstated Samurai culture, or bizarre, overstated Japanese humor (everything Japanese seems to be bizarre and  overstated).  Departures is the best Japanese film I've ever seen (NetFlix). Hell, I think it's the best movie I've watched all year.  It worked (for me) on many levels.  It was damned interesting I liked the characters, immensely Superb,understated acting It was spiritually moving Oh, it won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, something I didn't know until I was getting the clip.   I rather think the Japanese "send-off"  is far, far superior to the way we do it. Turning loved ones into wax figures, with mouths stitched closed, and with no family involvement in the process, save for paying for it. ”

Baby's first butcher shop

Baby's First Butcher Shop Baby's First Butcher Shop “ Mmmmm PeTA-Clikkem (Rollover Bonus) PETA would never approve: This grisly 1840 doll-sized butcher shop with miniature animal carcasses and a floor covered in sawdust and blood would be shockingly graphic to our modern sensibilities. After all, here in the 21st century, we like to remain cheerfully oblivious about where our meat products come from. But in Victorian times, such detailed model butcher shops were not uncommon, says Sarah Louise Wood, a curator at the Museum of Childhood at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The real question is: Why exactly do such things exist? [Full story with delightful pictures] I'm almost moved to write a thesis based on just this sort of thing—people growing up in a sheltered and sterile society.  But who needs another "F " on his resume? Anyway, you already know what I mean.  ”

5 more things to blame on Mitt

Five other things to blame on Mitt Romney    “ In an impromptu meeting with reporters outside Big Bob’s House of Botox, California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi blamed corporate raiders such as Romney’s Bain Capital for the 8%+ unemployment rate that has persisted throughout Barack Obama's presidential tenure. When told that Bain Capital was in fact a net creator of jobs, having added well over 100,000 new positions to the economy, the former speaker replied, “That’s not what the ghost of Susan B. Anthony told me.” [More] ” I was going to file this in Silliness, but it's not so, .is it? Ron Metzger

A remote contol, a chicken pot pie. and a nut

WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Mmmm. Chicken pot pie.

Did the SEIU outline Obamacare? Yes.

Book: Obamacare law designed to unionize 21 million health care workers “ In ”Shadowbosses: Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind,” Mallory Factor describes a December 9, 2008 memo from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare president Dennis Rivera to the Obama-Biden transition team. That memo outlined a legislative proposal calling for “increasing the capacity of the health care workforce” as part of a larger health care reform initiative. The SEIU and the Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Factor writes, later coordinated with other public-sector unions to spend “literally hundreds of millions of dollars promoting Obamacare.” A booklet published by SEIU during the 2008 election season called for “building a new American health care system,” in part by “organizing workers.” The publication argued for outcomes nearly identical to those later adopted in the Obamacare legislation How does it work?  Simple.   The number of health care workers receiving payment for their services through government programs will skyrocket, effectively making them government employees in the eyes of the beholder..  “The government employee unions can then enlist pro-union state governments to treat these health care workers as ‘government employees and unionize them just like they unionized the care providers” themselves. “For every million additional health care workers unionized in the 27 non-right-to-work states the unions stand to earn $1 billion in dues.” [Full] The SEIU make Hoffa's Teamster union look like the Sisters of Providence. ”

Newsweak to Obama - GTFO!

I remember when ... The Soviet news daily Izvestia told Comrade Stalin to take a hike in 1930, and when the German paper Der Stürmer told Hitler to get out of town in 1936,  — oh, wait. I must have dreamed all that; but — Is it a dream that a leading Democrat Media Complex rag just ran a "Hit the Road Barack" cover story?  Is Obama about to become the Party's Trotsky?  Will they give him the axe?  Stay tuned.

Thomas Sowell - Romney Tax Evasion? Where's the IRS

Just as simple as that          “ When Senator Harry Reid claims that Mitt Romney hasn't paid his income taxes, and demands that Governor Romney disprove this unsubstantiated allegation, that raises an obvious question as to why the Internal Revenue Service has not prosecuted Romney, instead of leaving that to a partisan politician in an election year - Thomas Sowell- The Paul Ryan Choice ”