Obama Urges World to Follow U.S. Lead on Climate Change

Obama Urges World to Follow U.S. Lead on Climate Change | TheBlaze.com:
"UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In the first international test for his climate-change strategy, President Barack Obama pressed world leaders Tuesday to follow the United States’ lead on the issue, even as a United Nations summit revealed the many obstacles that still stand in the way of wider agreements to reduce heat-trapping pollution.
“The United States has made ambitious investments in clean energy and ambitious reductions in our carbon emissions,” Obama said. “Today I call on all countries to join us, not next year or the year after that, but right now. Because no nation can meet this global threat alone.”"

Nebraska environmentalist starts petition to stop release of Husker balloons

Nebraska environmentalist starts petition to stop release of Husker balloons « Watchdog.org: "LINCOLN, Neb. – A Nebraska environmentalist has started a petition on change.org urging University of Nebraska officials to end the tradition of releasing thousands of red Husker balloons after the first touchdown of every Husker football game.
“Releasing balloons to celebrate the first touchdown at Husker football games is nothing short of mass littering — punishable by fines most everywhere else — and the practice kills wildlife while polluting Nebraska and states thousands of miles away,” petition promoter Benjamin Vogt wrote on his blog Tuesday.
“This is not a tradition worth keeping if we love Nebraska, our home.”
Vogt teaches English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and owns a native plant garden coaching and design business....."

POLITICO: Lois Lerner is the REAL Victim of the IRS Scandal

POLITICO: Lois Lerner is the REAL Victim of the IRS Scandal:
"Breitbart’s John Nolte beautifully summed up the situation:
It’s a hard knock life for Democrats who oversee a federal agency that tied a sitting president’s political enemies up in knots during an election year.
Imagine how much better our country and government would be if the media’s Politicos put as much effort into pressuring the IRS to cough up those emails as they do playing Oprah for a corrupt federal bureaucrat…
Every hard-earned gain for civil rights in this country has been about one thing: equal protection under the law by our government. This fundamental protection under our Constitution is what the IRS violated. If Lerner had targeted for partisan purposes black, gay, and Hispanic groups — well, let’s just leave it at… 

Democrats sure got it good.

Shame on Politico for taking part in advancing this outrageous fiction."

What the Rush Limbaugh Camp Says They Found out About the Political Activists Behind the ‘Stop Rush’ Campaign

What the Rush Limbaugh Camp Says They Found out About the Political Activists Behind the ‘Stop Rush’ Campaign | TheBlaze.com:
"The “Rush Limbaugh Show” says its investigation has discovered the secret behind the Stop Rush campaign that has sought to pressure the program’s advertisers: it’s pushed by progressive activists and even violates Twitter rules."

A single trip for Obama to play pool, drink beer and raise money cost taxpayers about $700,000

A single trip for Obama to play pool, drink beer and raise money cost taxpayers about $700,000 | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"Taxpayers had to cough up $1,159,823 in just one month to fly President Obama to New York and Denver to raise money for Democrats and attend an LGBT event, according to documents obtained by a taxpayer watchdog group.
Judicial Watch told Secrets that the Air Force just provided expense reports detailing the flight costs of Air Force One to the cities in July.
The documents show that president’s July 8-9 fundraising trip to Denver cost the taxpayers $695,894.10.
His July 17-18 fundraising trip to New York City cost taxpayers $463,929.40.

Blackwater founder: We could have fought ISIS if Obama hadn't 'crushed my old business'

Blackwater founder: We could have fought ISIS if Obama hadn't 'crushed my old business' | The Daily Sheeple:
“It’s a shame the [Obama] administration crushed my old business, because as a private organization, we could’ve solved the boots-on-the-ground issue, we could have had contracts from people that want to go there as contractors; you don’t have the argument of US active duty going back in there,” Prince said during the discussion with retired four-star Gen. James Conway. “[They could have] gone in there and done it, and be done, and not have a long, protracted political mess that I predict will ensue.”

Nearly two weeks ago, President Obama said the US would conduct airstrikes and “hunt down” the fighters of the Islamic State jihadist group in Iraq, Syria, and “wherever they exist.” 

Washington has promised $500 million to so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels for fighting both the Syrian government and Islamic State militants. 

While the US has also sent 1,600 “support force” troops to advise the Iraqi military in the fight against Islamic State, 

Obama has stressed - despite contradicting sentiments from Pentagon officials – that ground troops will not be necessary during the latest offensive.

Deval Patrick says brother-in-law’s sex offender classification was factor in firings

Deval Patrick says brother-in-law’s sex offender classification was factor in firings | Boston Herald: "Gov. Deval Patrick finally broke a week of silence yesterday and said he fired the head of the state’s Sex Offender Registry Board and put its executive director on leave in part because they tried to pressure a hearing officer to list the governor’s brother-in-law as a sex offender.
Patrick said the move to list Bernard Sigh — who was convicted of raping the governor’s sister — as a sex offender “involved some inappropriate at least, maybe unlawful pressuring by the chair and the executive director of a hearing officer to change an outcome of a case.”
In discussing the reasons he terminated Saundra Edwards, the registry board chairwoman, however, Patrick also revealed for the first time a 2008 whistle-blower lawsuit by the hearing officer who ruled that Sigh should not be listed as a sex offender.
...“Not every execution needs to be in public,” Patrick said yesterday."

California's Environmentalists are Threatening to Put an End to Hunting

California's Environmentalists are Threatening to Put an End to Hunting | The Daily Sheeple: "In August of 2013, Governor Jerry Brown was handed a stack of gun control laws, compliments of the state legislature.
While many were vetoed, the governor did sign AB-711  into law.
This piece of legislation would outlaw the use of lead ammunition for hunting anywhere in the state, effective January of 2019. 
The law is essentially an update from a previous lead ammunition ban designed to help save the California Condor.
However, many fear that this could effectively ban hunting across the state."

Here’s the Sentence Obama Critic Dinesh D’Souza Just Received for Breaking Campaign Finance Law

Here’s the Sentence Obama Critic Dinesh D’Souza Just Received for Breaking Campaign Finance Law | TheBlaze.com:
"Conservative author and Obama critic Dinesh D’Souza has been sentenced to eight months in a community confinement center, five years probation, one day of community service a week during that probation and ordered to pay $30,000 for breaking campaign finance law during the 2012 election."

I'm thinkin' he's not gonna use the Obama family checkbook........Obama Offers Climate Change Help to Other Nations

Obama Offers Climate Change Help to Other Nations - ABC News:
"President Barack Obama is pledging new U.S. help for other nations struggling to address global warming, as heads of state from around the world converge for a major summit on climate change.
Obama will use his speech at a U.N. summit Tuesday to announce plans to sign an executive order requiring the U.S. government to take climate change into account when it spends money overseas to help poorer countries, the White House said.
The U.S. will also offer vulnerable communities abroad new tools to address the effects of climate change through science and technology.
The measures join a host of commitments Obama will announce at the summit, where more than 120 world leaders will gather on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly to galvanize support for a global climate treaty to be finalized next year in Paris. 
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the summit's host, is expecting leaders to come with specific pledges in hand to mitigate climate change, as a way to show they're serious about ambitious emissions reductions in the treaty."

OMG! The classless schlub thinks he's being clever!-----Obama salutes Marines with coffee cup

Obama salutes Marines with coffee cup - Washington Times:
President Obama returned a formal military salute by saluting with a coffee cup he had in his hand as he stepped off his U.S. Marine Corps helicopter in New York on Sunday.
 A video of the gesture that some are calling the “latte salute” was uploaded to the White House Instagram account."

History for September 24

History for September 24 - On-This-Day.com
John Marshall 1755, F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896 


Jim McKay 1921, Jim Henson 1936, Gordon Clapp 1948 


1869 - Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk. 


1929 - The first all-instrument flight took place in New York when Lt. James H. Doolittle guided a Consolidated NY2 Biplane over Mitchell Field. 


1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open. 


1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO. 


1957 - Republican U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration. 


1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA. 


1961 - "The Bullwinkle Show" premiered in prime time on NBC-TV. The show was originally on ABC in the afternoon as "Rocky and His Friends." 


1968 - "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS-TV. 


1968 - "The Mod Squad" premiered on ABC-TV. 


1977 - "The Love Boat" debuted on ABC-TV. The theme song was sung by Jack Jones and was written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox. 


1995 - Three decades of Israeli occupation of West Bank cities ended with the signing of a pact by Israel and the PLO. 


1996 - The United States, represented by President Clinton, and the world's other major nuclear powers signed a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons. 

White House Makes Startling Admission About Americans Who Have Fought Alongside Islamic State | TheBlaze.com

White House Makes Startling Admission About Americans Who Have Fought Alongside Islamic State | TheBlaze.com:
"Some American citizens who have traveled to Syria and Iraq to fight with Islamic State militants have already returned to the United States, White House officials reportedly confirmed on Monday.
A senior White House official told reporters that the FBI is currently “looking at” the individuals, including “those who’ve gone, those who’ve tired to go, some who’ve come back and are under active.”

The War on Poverty Has Been a Colossal Flop

The War on Poverty Has Been a Colossal Flop:

"Today, the U.S. Census Bureau will release its annual report on poverty. This report is noteworthy because this year marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s launch of the War on Poverty. Liberals claim that the War on Poverty has failed because we didn’t spend enough money. Their answer is just to spend more. But the facts show otherwise."

How to lose a war before it begins

How to lose a war before it begins « Hot Air

Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, who served under Obama until last year, became the latest high-profile skeptic on Thursday, telling the House Intelligence Committee that a blanket prohibition on ground combat was tying the military’s hands. “Half-hearted or tentative efforts, or airstrikes alone, can backfire on us and actually strengthen our foes’ credibility,” he said. “We may not wish to reassure our enemies in advance that they will not see American boots on the ground.”

Mattis’s comments came two days after Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took the rare step of publicly suggesting that a policy already set by the commander in chief could be reconsidered.

Despite Obama’s promise that he would not deploy ground combat forces, Dempsey made clear that he didn’t want to rule out the possibility, if only to deploy small teams in limited circumstances. He also acknowledged that Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, the commander for the Middle East, had already recommended doing so in the case of at least one battle in Iraq but was overruled.

...The course the president has committed the nation to following will be a dangerous one. As this conflict drags on for months with coalition partners enjoying only limited successes, Americans will soon tire of it. 

Presuming ISIS is unable to export terrorism to the West, the American public is likely to want to see this war over long before the mission objectives have been achieved. That’s a recipe for disaster for Iraq and Syria and, eventually, the world.

Obama’s domestic political considerations are leading him to make calls that his generals are uncomfortable with. They would be serving their boss well by keeping quiet, but Obama will only be the boss for another 28 months. Their duty to posterity is far weightier, and it is understandable – even commendable — that U.S. military brass would want to put all the pressure on Obama that they can to get this war right.

Read Hillary Clinton’s Letters to Saul Alinsky | TheBlaze.com

Read Hillary Clinton’s Letters to Saul Alinsky | TheBlaze.com:

“The more I’ve seen of places like Yale Law School and the people who haunt them, the more convinced I am that we have the serious business and joy of much work ahead—if the commitment to a free and open society is ever going to mean more than eloquence and frustration,” Clinton wrote."

If it wasn't for circuses, we'd never be supporting wild life... cuz we'd never had seen it up close and fuzzy-----------Animal cruelty or family fun? 100 protest at Van Andel Arena, accusing circus of hurting animals

Animal cruelty or family fun? 100 protest at Van Andel Arena, accusing circus of hurting animals | MLive.com:
"GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Holding signs denouncing “circus cruelty” of animals, about 100 people protested Saturday outside Van Andel Arena during the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shows.
 Protestors, wearing shirts with the slogan “Circus = Cruelty,” waved posters showing suffering elephants and attempted to pass out informational pamphlets as families streamed out of the arena Saturday afternoon.
Although many families moved quickly past the crowd, avoiding any materials protestors offered, Rockford attorney Ginny Mikita was undeterred by the cold response.
“It’s not about trying to scare children, it’s about trying to educate them,” said Mikita, 50, who specializes in animal protection cases.
It’s about “what goes on behind the scenes and how we treat these magnificent sentient beings.”"

The Crumbling Climate-Change Consensus

The Crumbling Climate-Change Consensus | National Review Online
But they certainly didn’t act like a movement that was winning. 
There was a tone of fatalism in the comments of many with whom I spoke; they despair that the kind of radical change they advocate probably won’t result from the normal democratic process. 
It’s no surprise then that the rhetoric of climate-change activists has become increasingly hysterical. 
Naomi Klein, author of a new book on the “crisis,” This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, said, “I have seen the future, and it looks like New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.” 
In her new book she demands that North America and Europe pay reparations to poorer countries to compensate for the climate change they cause. 
She calls her plan a “Marshall Plan for the Earth” and acknowledges that it would cost “hundreds of billions if not trillions of dollars.” 
But she has an easy solution on how to pay for it: 
“Need more money? Print some!” 
What’s a little hyperinflation compared to “saving the planet”?

Secret weapon to take over America revealed

Secret weapon to take over America revealed:
"Dr. Mark Christian, an obstetrician and former Egyptian Muslim with direct family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, is talking a lot these days about “stealth jihad.” He says it’s the Brotherhood’s way of exploiting liberal immigration policies while working relentlessly through various Islamic front groups to pressure government, education and religious institutions to make concessions to Islam.
Go inside the secret underworld that’s conspiring to Islamize America"

Instead of Protesting, Climate Marchers Should Read This

Instead of Protesting, Climate Marchers Should Read This:
"World leaders will gather for the United Nations climate summit this week after tens of thousands of protestors marched through Manhattan on Sunday urging action on climate change.
Their time would have been better spent reading Steven Koonin’s Wall Street Journal piece, “Climate Science is Not Settled.”
Before you go labeling Koonin a climate denier, check out his resume.
He served as the undersecretary of science for the Department of Energy during President Obama’s first term.
He’s a theoretical physicist and the director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress at New York University.
And his message is clear and straightforward:
Yes, the climate is changing as it always has. 
But the science is far from settled, and there’s great uncertainty into all that goes into a changing climate. 
Climate models have serious limitations, and we’re nowhere near understanding variations in the climate enough to make sound policy decisions.
Yet the administration is forging ahead with regulations on conventional fuels that will drive up energy costs for American households and businesses."

Sorry, Unions: Franchises Are Real Small Businesses, Too

Sorry, Unions: Franchises Are Real Small Businesses, Too:
"If the Obama Administration has its way, Ronald McDonald may soon have to wipe that grin off his face as he stands beneath the Golden Arches. One of the most successful models for expanding small-business ownership in America is under full-scale attack from unions and the White House."

How...... uninclusive!!!!-------Congressman Introduces Bill That Will Really Tick Off the Divisive Pro-Amnesty Crowd

Congressman Introduces Bill That Will Really Tick Off the Divisive Pro-Amnesty Crowd:
“Most immigrants want to learn English, Congressman Steve Stockman said about his newly introduced bill, H.R. 5473 . 
“Conducting all official government business in English, while leaving people free to conduct private business however they wish, ensures we stay a united and strong country,” said Rep. Stockman. "

Why do we allow these morons the power to consistently make miserable decisions?!!----Government Mismanagement Causes Water Crisis

Holi crapoli! Monster corporation Google says it's "settled science". You can google it!-----Google will stop supporting climate change science deniers, calls them liars

Google will stop supporting climate change science deniers, calls them liars | Ars Technica:
"Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt today said it was a “mistake” to support the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a group that has said human-created climate change could be “beneficial” and opposes environmental regulations.
....“The company has a very strong view that we should make decisions in politics based on facts, what a shock, and the facts of climate change are not in question anymore,” Schmidt said.
“Everyone understands that climate change is occurring, and the people who oppose it are really hurting our children and grandchildren and making the world a much worse place. 
And so we should not be aligned with such people. 
They’re just literally lying.”"

Ebola, Obama and the Sacrifice of the American Military

Ebola, Obama and the Sacrifice of the American Military | TheBlaze.com:
"In our country medical care is an insurance issue, so where is the insurance ground zero here?
Why are Americans being asked to pay up front on something that may never affect us directly before others who are directly affected give their all?
Could Iraq use 3,000 troops? How about our border with Mexico? Ukraine? Afghanistan?"

Higher Fast Food Wages Could Leave Some Workers Behind

Higher Fast Food Wages Could Leave Some Workers Behind:

"But the reactions wouldn’t stop there:
Faced with higher prices, consumers would buy less fast food, substituting home cooking, prepared food and sit-down dining.
The appeal of fast food, after all, lies in its cheap convenience.
With lower sales, restaurants would most likely raise prices even more (and lay off staff) to maintain profitability.
Sherk estimates that in the short run, prices would rise 38 percent, production and hours worked would fall 36 percent, and wages would decrease to 1 percent of revenue from 3 percent in 2013.
In the long run, some restaurants would close, and the survivors would shift to fewer, higher-skilled workers and more labor-saving technology.
 Some workers would come out ahead from a $15 fast-food wage: those with the most experience and the highest efficiency. 
Sadly, marginal workers–including those with the worst alternatives and the fewest marketable skills–would be left behind."

A rape epidemic — by women?

A rape epidemic — by women? Column

New CDC report reveals troubling equality when it comes to sexual assault rates.

Writing in Time, Cathy Young notices something interesting in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures on rape: Women rape a lot more than people think..

If the CDC figures are to be taken at face value, then we must also conclude that, far from being a product of patriarchal violence against women, "rape culture" is a two-way street, with plenty of female perpetrators and male victims.

How could that be? After all, very few men in the CDC study were classified as victims of rape: 1.7% in their lifetime, and too few for a reliable estimate in the past year. But these numbers refer only to men who have been forced into anal sex or made to perform oral sex on another male. Nearly 7% of men, however, reported that at some point in their lives, they were "made to penetrate" another person — usually in reference to vaginal intercourse, receiving oral sex, or performing oral sex on a woman. This was not classified as rape, but as "other sexual violence." And now the real surprise: when asked about experiences in the last 12 months, men reported being "made to penetrate" — either by physical force or due to intoxication — at virtually the same rates as women reported rape (both 1.1% in 2010, and 1.7% and 1.6% respectively in 2011).

In short, men are raped by women at nearly the same rate women are raped by men.

The Special Prosecutor in the Junk Indictment Against Rick Perry is Facing His Own Legal Problems

The Special Prosecutor in the Junk Indictment Against Rick Perry is Facing His Own Legal Problems:
"It turns out that the special prosecutor charged with going after Texas Governor Rick Perry, as the behest of belligerent drunk Democrat Rosemary Lehmberg, may be facing some legal challenges himself. "

10 Of The Creepiest Commercials To Ever Hit The Small Screen

10 Of The Creepiest Commercials To Ever Hit The Small Screen - Listverse:

This 1980s commercial was originally created to help sell those horrible chocolate eggs filled with a “surprise” item inside. It features a nightmarish Humpty Dumpty knockoff that Italian candy company Ferrero believed would sell more product. 

The company’s CEO at the time, Michele Ferrero, apparently didn’t realize that an increase in sales wasn’t linked to the emotional scarring of children.

Kinder Surprise eggs have been banned from the United States due to an FDA ruling banning confectionery products with embedded non-nutritional objects. The fine for violating this act is currently $2,500.
In 2012, Brandon Loo and Christopher Sweeney had a candy-related run-in on their way back to the US from Canada when border patrol agents found them in possession of the illicit ova, meant to be exotic treats for American family and friends.
Since neither man knew the eggs were illegal, they were let off with a warning.