Lying with your money-----Judge Orders White House To Stop Hiding Its Bogus Global Warming 'Proof'

Judge Orders White House To Stop Hiding Its Bogus Global Warming 'Proof'
On January 8, 2014, the White House posted a controversial video claiming that global warming causes more severe winter cold.
Called “The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes,” it featured the director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), John P. Holdren, claiming that a “growing body of evidence” showed that the “extreme cold being experienced by much of the United States” at the time was “a pattern that we can expect to see with increasing frequency as global warming continues.” [Editors Note:Holdren also believes Trees should be given standing to sue in courts]
This claim was questioned by many scientists and commentators...
In April 2014, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) sent a request for correction of this statement under the federal Information Quality Act, citing peer-reviewed scientific articles debunking it. 
In June 2014, OSTP rejected this request, claiming that Holdren’s statement was his “personal opinion,” not the agency’s position, and that it thus did not constitute “information” subject to the Information Quality Act, which excludes “subjective opinions” from its reach.
...In February 2016, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that OSTP must produce these records,
...When OSTP produced the records on March 4, 2016 (they are at this link), they showed inconsistency in OSTP’s position over time.
...potential explanation for all this is that OSTP’s Polar Vortex video was originally produced and posted not as the personal opinion of the agency’s director, but as an agency project.
OSTP sought, and succeeded, in getting widespread news coverage for the film.
But once its inaccuracy became clear, the agency invoked the personal opinion excuse as a way of avoiding accountability, and it did its best to maintain that façade even if it meant going through time-consuming and expensive litigation.
Here's the bogus video you paid for (actually, your children and grandchildren WILL pay for this:

History for March 20

History for March 20 - On-This-Day.com:
Ozzie Nelson 1906, Fred "Mr." Rogers 1928, Jerry Reed 1937 - Singer, actor ("Smokey and the Bandit") 


William Hurt 1950 - Actor, Theresa Russell 1957 - Actress, Holly Hunter 1958 - Actress 


1792 - In Paris, the Legislative Assembly approved the use of the guillotine.

1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book "Uncle Tom’s Cabin," subtitled "Life Among the Lowly," was first published.


1922 - The USS Langley was commissioned. It was the first aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy.


1933 - The first German concentration camp was completed at Dachau.


1956 - Tunisia gained independence from France.






1976 - Patricia Hearst was convicted of armed robbery for her role in the hold up of a San Francisco Bank.


1995 - In Tokyo, 12 people were killed and more than 5,500 others were sickened when packages containing the nerve gas Sarin was released on five separate subway trains. The terrorists belonged to a doomsday cult in Japan.


1996 - In Los Angeles, Erik and Lyle Menendez were found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of their parents.

BOOM: Texas Makes MASSIVE Move to Destroy Obama's Authority in Across State

BOOM: Texas Makes MASSIVE Move to Destroy Obama's Authority in Across State:

"State Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a press release that property rights must be preserved and asserted that the BLM was “inaccurately and arbitrarily” attempting to claim the land.

“Washington, D.C., needs to hear, loud and clear, that Texas will not stand for the federal government’s infringement upon Texas land and the property rights of the people who live here,” Paxton said.

“The federal government must follow the law and recognize our correct borders, consistent with decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court defining the boundary formed by the Red River,” he concluded."

Meme This: Michigan Sells a Lot to China

Meme This: Michigan Sells a Lot to China [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"It’s a presidential election year, and candidates from both parties are criticizing China as a trade partner.
At the same time, Internet “memes,” or photos like the one shown here, are making the rounds on social media.
ForTheRecord says: Michigan’s exports to China have increased from $284 million in 2002 to $3.2 billion in 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
China is the third-largest export market for Michigan goods behind Canada and Mexico. "

FBI: Student Who Went on Stabbing Spree at Univ. of California Campus Was Inspired by Islamic State | TheBlaze.com

FBI: Student Who Went on Stabbing Spree at Univ. of California Campus Was Inspired by Islamic State | TheBlaze.com:

"The University of California student who went on a stabbing spree on the school’s Merced campus was inspired by the Islamic State, the FBI on Thursday said its investigation had concluded.

Faisal Mohammad, 18, who was shot and killed after stabbing four individuals last November had self-radicalized, the FBI said in a statement."

Holi crapoli, diapers and washers are the new "rights"?-----The stark inequality of washing machines

The stark inequality of washing machines - The Washington Post:
"Many readers responded to a piece we ran earlier this week on the high cost of diapers for the poor by suggesting a cheaper alternative: cloth diapers a family can buy once and then reuse.
This solution, though, has its limits for a number of reasons.
Cloth diapers require a high up-front cost, which means those savings can be out of reach of cash-strapped families for the same reason that bulk purchases often are.
"You do need to have several hundred dollars at once to get started, but then you are set," as one commentator dismissive of the "diaper gap" put it.
Cloth diapers, which are more time-intensive, also assume that poor parents can pay for what they can't afford with money by spending their time instead.
(This is a tradeoff society often demands, for example, when the poor take long bus commutes because they can't afford cars, or sit through long ER waits when they don't have health insurance).
And many poor households simply don't have the one thing you'd need to use cloth diapers in the first place — a washing machine. 
To illustrate this, we pulled data from the Census Bureau's American Housing Survey.
One in four households in the U.S. living on less than $40,000 a year lacks a washing machine at home.
The richest families in America are about 30 percentage points more likely than the poorest to have their own washing machine:"...

MIDDLE SCHOOL: Student’s ‘vegetarians are idiots’ comment to classmate constitutes ‘harassment’

MIDDLE SCHOOL: Student’s ‘vegetarians are idiots’ comment to classmate constitutes ‘harassment’ | EAGnews.org
SKILLMAN, N.J. – A New Jersey sixth-grader was sentenced to five lunch-time detentions after school officials allege he harassed a vegetarian classmate by telling the student “he should eat meat because he’d be smarter and have bigger brains.”

The Board of Education of the Township of Montgomery concluded the comment and others amounted to “harassment, intimidation or bullying” and an administrative law judge backed the school district in a decision last week, The Washington Post reports.

The student, identified as “C.C.” in court records made the comments to a vegetarian classmate identified as “K.S.”

“The (Board) report found that C.C. told K.S. that ‘It’s not good to not eat meat,’ and ‘he should eat meat because he’d be smarter and have bigger brains,’” according to records cited by the Post. “C.C. himself wrote that he told K.S. that ‘vegetarians are idiots.’ The anti-bullying specialist found that C.C. stated that K.S.’s response to his comments was amusing to him.”...

Lunch video-----An Islamic Revolution in America?

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Cruz Unveils His National Security Team for 2016 Campaign | TheBlaze.com

Cruz Unveils His National Security Team for 2016 Campaign | TheBlaze.com:

“I am honored and humbled to have a range of respected voices willing to offer their best advice,” Cruz said in a statement. “These are trusted friends who will form a core of our broader national security team. After two terms of a failed Obama-Clinton foreign policy, our allies are confused and frightened, and our enemies are looking for opportunities. This is the moment for all those who believe in a strong America that is secure at home and respected abroad to come together and craft a new path forward.”

Strange story!!-----Flint burglary where water files stored 'an inside job,' police chief says

Flint burglary where water files stored 'an inside job,' police chief says | MLive.com:
"FLINT, MI -- Mystery still surrounds an unsolved December break-in at an executive office inside City Hall where Flint water files were kept.
As of Friday, March 18, there were still no suspects in the case, and officials say it may never be known what -- other than a TV -- was taken.
But the city's new police chief Tim Johnson says it's too suspicious that there was a break-in where important documents were kept, just as  investigations began heating up and decision makers were beginning to be held accountable.
"It was definitely an inside job.
The power cord (to the TV) wasn't even taken.
The average drug user knows that you'd need the power cord to be able to pawn it," Johnson said.
..."It was somebody that had knowledge of those documents that really wanted to keep them out of the right hands, out of the hands of someone who was going to tell the real story of what's going on with Flint water," he said.
...Weaver agreed.
"We don't know if papers or files were taken because papers were all over the floor," she said. "Maybe papers were taken, maybe they weren't.
We just don't know."
The break-in remains under investigation by Flint and state police."

Hillary, foreign policy "expert"---Remember this?-----Clinton ‘reset button’ gift to Russian FM gets lost in translation

Clinton ‘reset button’ gift to Russian FM gets lost in translation – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs:
"(CNN) March 6th, 2009- When it comes to Russia, the Obama administration has been talking about “pressing the reset button.”
It’s meant to symbolize a possible new start in U.S./Russian relations, which “crashed” after Russia invaded Georgia last August.
So when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greeted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva Friday before sitting down to their working dinner, she was all smiles when she presented him a small green box with a ribbon.
Lavrov opened it and, inside, there was a red button with the Russian word “peregruzka” printed on it.
"I would like to present you with a little gift that represents what President Obama and Vice President Biden and I have been saying and that is: 'We want to reset our relationship, and so we will do it together.' ...
"We worked hard to get the right Russian word. Do you think we got it?" she asked Lavrov, laughing.
“You got it wrong," said Lavrov, as both diplomats laughed.
“It should be “perezagruzka” [the Russian word for reset]," said Lavrov.
"This says ‘peregruzka,’ which means ‘overcharged.’”"

The FCC’s Plan To Take Over The Internet Has Begun

The FCC’s Plan To Take Over The Internet Has Begun | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD
“It’s not a government takeover of the Internet.”
That was the mantra of those who backed the Federal Communication Commission’s “net neutrality” rules, which the FCC approved a little over a year ago.
“Not only are the new rules not a government takeover,” argued one supporter in Variety, “they are well in keeping with how communications have been successfully fostered and regulated in America in the past.”
The rules were only meant to keep the Internet “free and open,” advocates said. 
All the government was doing was blocking ISPs from discriminating against users by charging more for faster speeds.
But to impose “net neutrality,” the FCC reclassified the Internet so that it could regulate it in the same way it regulated the telephone monopolies.
FCC chairman Tom Wheeler promised that — despite the fact the FCC had just granted itself wide-ranging control over ISPs — it would use a “light touch” when it came to regulating ISPs.
But now, 12 months later, the FCC tipped its heavy hand with a proposal for a new set of regulations that could, as the Morning Consult put it, “reshape the tech industry.”
The proposed new rules don’t have anything to do with “net neutrality.”
They are about privacy.
Now that the FCC can do so, Chairman Tom Wheeler has decided that the government should impose what it determines are the appropriate privacy protections on all Internet service providers..."

See What Happens When Glenn Beck Confronts Trump Supporter During Live Audience Show | Video | TheBlaze.com

See What Happens When Glenn Beck Confronts Trump Supporter During Live Audience Show | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Upon learning that a Trump supporter, identified only as Sandra, was in the audience, Beck, a top surrogate for GOP candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) and a staunch critic of Trump, sought to understand why the woman liked the billionaire businessman."

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History for March 19

History for March 19 - On-This-Day.com
David Livingston 1813 - Scottish explorer and medical missionary, Sir Richard Francis Burton 1821 - English geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, Wyatt Earp 1848 - American gambler, sheriff and Deputy Town Marshal of Tombstone, AZ, he took part in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral


William Jennings Bryan 1860 - American politician, Adolph Eichmann 1906 - German Nazi SS officer, executed for his role in mass deportation of Jews to guettos and extermination camps, Bruce Willis 1955 - Actor ("Die Hard", "The Sixth Sense")


1918 - The U.S. Congress approved Daylight-Saving Time.


1945 - Adolf Hitler issued his "Nero Decree" which ordered the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands as German forces were retreating.


1963 - In Costa Rica, U.S. President John F. Kennedy and six Latin American presidents pledged to fight Communism.


1977 - The last episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" aired.


1987 - Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned from the PTL due to a scandal involving Jessica Hahn.


1998 - The World Health Organization warned of tuberculosis epidemic that could kill 70 million people in next two decades.

2003 - U.S. President George W. Bush announced that U.S. forces had launched a strike against "targets of military opportunity" in Iraq. The attack, using cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs, were aimed at Iraqi leaders thought to be near Baghdad.


2015 - Apple replaced AT&T in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Former Defense Secretary Says Obama Went Against the ‘Entire National Security Team’ on Egypt Coup | TheBlaze.com

Former Defense Secretary Says Obama Went Against the ‘Entire National Security Team’ on Egypt Coup | TheBlaze.com:

"In a preview clip of a Fox News special called “Rising Threats — Shrinking Military,” former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told Bret Baier that the president went against the advice of the “entire national security team” during the Egyptian coup that ousted the country’s president, Hosni Mubarak, in 2013.

According to Gates, Obama called for Mubarak’s immediate removal despite his national security team urging him to be cautious."

11 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Buy With Food Stamps

11 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Buy With Food Stamps | The Daily Caller
Over the past few years, EBT has been used for some “questionable” items.
Here are 11 questionable items that you can (or will soon be able to) purchase with an EBT card.

• Quesarito: Taco Bell is one of many fast food restaurants that accept EBT cards. Guacamole is extra? Who cares? It’s on the taxpayer.
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•  Bail: Convicted felons – like drug dealer Kimball Clark – have reportedly used their EBT as bail money. Clark reportedly instructed someone to go to an ATM to withdraw money from his EBT for bail. Because it’s difficult to trace ATM abuse, many speculate this problem is more widespread and not just found in isolated incidents.
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• Lingerie: Kiss My Lingerie, an adult store in Gonzales, Louisiana, accepts EBT. Other adult stores have also been known to accept welfare transactions. In this case, officials said the store doesn’t violate the rules for EBT because of discrepancies in the law.
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• KFC: Well, chicken is a protein, and protein is good for you, right? KFC is another well-known fast food chain that accepts EBT.
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• Shoes: While Payless ShoeSource is known for their BOGO sales, they’re certainly not the cheapest place to buy shoes. Despite the prices and functionality, they also accept EBT.
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• Strip clubs: Last year, the New York Post reported that FOIA requests revealed welfare recipients were regularly making EBT withdrawals at the ATMs near and inside infamous porn shops, liquor stores, lounges and hookah parlors. Technically, it also doesn’t break the law because of the “cash assistance program.”
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• Lobster: There have been multiple cases of this. As long as it’s not tobacco or alcohol, you’re golden.
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• Starbucks: While corporate stores don’t accept EBT, any Starbucks in a Target or grocery chain is considered a grocery item. So $7.00 for a mocha cookie crumble frappuccino and pumpkin loaf? Go.
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• Cold hard cash: Some people are in the business of selling their EBT benefits for cash. Craigslist has been a great conduit for these “creative entrepreneurs.”
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• K-cups: A lot of people don’t buy coffee in this form because it’s too expensive, but it’s not off limits in the world of welfare.
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• Cupcakes/Gourmet cakes: It’s considered food, no matter the price. Hello, non-essential $45 cake.

Coming Soon? 
Pot: Colorado became the first state to legalize the use of recreational marijuana, and they also might become the first state to have tax payer funded pot smoking. 
A Colorado Pot Shop called Rite Greens has already taken the steps to officially accept EBT.

The government currently spends over $110 billion a year on food assistance programs, and they’re continually attempting to get more people on board the government program. (RELATED: USDA Partnering With Mexico To Boost Food Stamp Participation)

A startling map shows how Germany is starting to panic about migration

A startling map shows how Germany is starting to panic about migration | The Muslim Issue
It’s already become clear that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing a major political strain over the refugee crisis.
The German public initially seemed accepting of refugees, especially in comparison to people in other large European countries.
It doesn’t look like Germans are turning against the idea of hosting people fleeing from conflicts, but the issue is suddenly becoming a political priority.
Recent polls have showed a rising proportion of people worried about the huge influx of migrants and refugees.
New figures from Eurostat, the European Union statistical agency, show just how the issue has rocketed into the public consciousness.
Field work conducted between September 3 and 23 interviewed 62,511 people, asking them — among other things — what the two most important issues facing their region are.
The proportion answering “immigration” is displayed on the map below, and it’s astonishing.
In two parts of Germany, the figure climbs above 50% — 60% in Bayern (Bavaria) and 58% in Baden-Württemberg, the two areas that stand out in bright red — place the issue in their top two.
In much of the rest of the country, it’s above 40%..."

ALERT: What Obama Just Did Could Be His Biggest Blow Yet to America's Energy Independence

ALERT: What Obama Just Did Could Be His Biggest Blow Yet to America's Energy Independence:

"As long as he has his pen and his phone — and administration officials ready and willing to do his bidding — Obama remains a threat to important goals for the country, such as energy independence.

And what Obama’s secretary of the interior just did shows that the president is doing anything but kicking back and taking his heavy foot off the pedal of driving policy change in the name of combating climate change."

Follow the money-----Elevated lead levels found in Newark schools' drinking water

Elevated lead levels found in Newark schools' drinking water | NJ.com:
"UPDATE: Officials say Newark water situation 'urgent,' but no Flint

NEWARK — Thirty school district buildings in Newark are temporarily using alternative water sources after recent testing found elevated levels of lead in the schools' drinking water, Department of Environmental Protection officials announced in a joint release with Newark Public Schools Wednesday.
According to the announcement, Newark schools notified the DEP on Monday that 30 buildings recorded elevated levels during annual testing that was recently conducted in the district.
Some levels were found to be higher than the Environmental Protection Agency's "action level" for lead, which is a threshold requiring additional testing, monitoring and remediation, the DEP said.
The lead action level is 15 parts per billion, state officials said.
Newark schools has temporarily shut off all drinking water fountains at the affected schools, and is posting notices not to drink water from faucets, the DEP said.
Replacement drinking water, and cooking water, is available from water coolers and bottled water at all of the affected schools, officials said..."

10 MILLION$$ just to "study" giving away "free" diapers?!!-----The Diaper Divide | whitehouse.gov

The Diaper Divide | whitehouse.gov:
"...Programs like WIC, SNAP, Medicaid help provide parents with nutritious foods and the supports they and their babies need to stay healthy, and the President’s budget has called for $10 million to test effective ways to get diapers to families in need and document the health improvements that result. But unless Congress acts, we don’t have a program to help struggling families buy diapers for their children.
So, we’re getting creative and using every tool we have to help solve this problem... "

Lunch video-----Convention Chaos: The Impact Of 'Rule 40B' On The RNC

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BREAKING: Voters Being Turned Away From Polls in Florida Because.. | The Federalist Papers

BREAKING: Voters Being Turned Away From Polls in Florida Because.. | The Federalist Papers:

"Voters in Apopka, Florida, were turned away from their polling place by workers who said they ran out of Republican ballots."

Global Government Debt Is Actually Triple What We Thought, Thanks to Pensions

Global Government Debt Is Actually Triple What We Thought, Thanks to Pensions - MoneyBeat - WSJ:
"Government debt in 20 industrialized countries stands at $44 trillion.
But it’s actually a lot more than that, according to a new report.
After factoring in public pension and other retirement liabilities, the debt levels nearly triple to a staggering $122 trillion.
That’s the math according to a new report from Citigroup Inc report called, “The Coming Pensions Crisis,” which analyzed government pension liabilities from 20 countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development .
“It is really a ticking time bomb,” said Charles Millard, Citi’s head of pension relations and former head of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the U.S. safety net for private-sector pensions.
To put the unstated debt levels in perspective:
The additional unstated $78 trillion in retirement-related debt is equivalent to a single year of global economic output.
Citi researchers measured government pension liabilities, a combination of Social Security and public-sector pension obligations, finding the average country was carrying retirement debt of 190% versus gross domestic product—well above a 100% threshold that many experts consider concerning.
“Imagine you thought your mortgage was $440,000 but then the bank called up and said it was $1.3 million..."