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Sealevelgate (ANOTHER IPCC ERROR!)
Post Date: 2010-03-11 11:42:38 by go65
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Imagine this. In its latest report, the IPCC has predicted up to 3 meters of sea level rise by the end of this century. But “climate sceptics” websites were quick to reveal a few problems (or “tricks”, as they called it). First, although the temperature scenarios of IPCC project a maximum warming of 6.4 ºC (Table SPM3), the upper limit of sea level rise has been computed assuming a warming of 7.6 ºC. Second, the IPCC chose to compute sea level rise up to the year 2105 rather than 2100 – just to add that extra bit of alarmism. Worse, the IPCC report shows that over the past 40 years, sea level has in fact risen 50% less than predicted by its models – ...
Obama is a Liar and a Fool! (The WILL be death panels and you WILL NOT have a choice about your health care)
Post Date: 2010-03-11 10:51:42 by dont eat that
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He says doctors and nurses should make medical decisions, not insurance executives. I agree!, except his plan would replace government bureaucrats for insurance execs. If you do not believe me, read the 2400 page Senate health bill. It is chock full of examples of what treatments and protocols must and must not be offered in health plans. It gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the President’s political appointee, unprecedented authority to decide treatment protocols, not just for plans offered within the insurance exchanges, but for ALL insurance plans offered throughout the United States. If you do not believe me, read the bill! Sarah Palin was ridiculed for claiming the ...
Rep. Ryan’s Tax Roadmap Falls Short of His Revenue Goals
Post Date: 2010-03-11 10:20:35 by go65
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In his provocative Roadmap for America’s Future, Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) figures that his broad tax code overhaul would eventually generate about 19 percent of Gross Domestic Product in revenues. But the Ryan plan would produce hundreds of billions of dollars-a-year less than that—about 16.8 percent of GDP—a decade from now, according to new Tax Policy Center estimates. Moreover, the plan would give a huge tax cut to the wealthy, while cutting taxes by little or nothing (and in some cases even raising taxes) for low- and middle-income people. As a result, Ryan would likely fall far short of meeting his goal of balancing the budget and paying off the national debt by ...
It's not getting any easier for Florida's jobless (The Obama Depression)
Post Date: 2010-03-11 09:35:41 by dont eat that
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Florida's unemployment rate rose to 11.9 percent in January, tying the highest rate ever recorded in the state, and the number of out-of-work Floridians stood at 1.1 million, the state labor department announced Wednesday. Sean Snaith, a University of Central Florida economist, said unemployed people can expect to face even tougher conditions -- and more company -- in coming months as the state slashes more jobs before beginning a slow recovery.
Jobless Claims Of 462K Are Worse Than Expected (The Obama Depression)
Post Date: 2010-03-11 09:31:51 by dont eat that
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Initial claims fell slightly to 462,000 from last week but are worse than the 456,000 that were expected. Continuing claims ticked up higher to over 4.55 million. Stocks are dipping on the news.
America Confronts Its Worst Nightmare: Blonde 'Jihad Jane'
Post Date: 2010-03-10 19:59:47 by Brian S
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The case of "Jihad Jane" – the middle-aged woman from suburban Philadelphia linked to an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist held to have insulted the prophet Mohamed – represents the worst nightmare of US security authorities: a white, female, all-American terrorist. Yesterday more details became available of 46-year-old Colleen LaRose, accused by federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania of conspiring on the internet with overseas-based militants to murder the cartoonist Lars Vilks, proclaiming herself ready to help Muslims and if necessary to become a martyr for the cause of radical Islam. The picture that emerges is of a woman who spent much of her time alone at ...
Why I'm Thankful for George W. Bush
Post Date: 2010-03-10 18:18:41 by dont eat that
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On October 23, 1983 the Marine Corps Battalion Landing Team (BLT) building located at the Beirut International Airport was blown up. Two hundred twenty Marines, 18 Sailors and 3 Soldiers were killed in a split second by a suicide bomber. I wasn't there at the time. I was participating in Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada. I was a squadron CH-46E helicopter co-pilot in Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) and also the squadron classified materials officer. Being the one who set up the squadron classified messages, I read about it before most others. It was an unbelievable gut punch and breathtaking in a bad way. I did arrive in Lebanon with the rest of HMM-261 about two weeks ...
Bush Among ‘Consequential Presidents’
Post Date: 2010-03-10 18:16:01 by dont eat that
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ABC News’ Aaron Katersky reports: The architect of George W. Bush’s presidency today compared his former boss to Harry Truman, whose tenure in office was appreciated far more by the public with the passage of decades. “That’s what happens to consequential presidents. In the heat of the moment we make judgments about them, and over time people’s judgments soften and grow,” Rove told ABC News Radio. “People are starting to revise and revisit their positions on George W. Bush,” he said.
American credibility is down under Barack Obama
Post Date: 2010-03-10 18:13:23 by dont eat that
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“The problem now, is ironically for all those people who thought George W. Bush is hurting us in the wider world, American credibility is down since the ascendancy of Barack Obama.” “The President [Obama] gives speeches overseas, but very little respect. George Bush, a lot of people did not like him, but they knew he meant what he said and he was probably going to follow up with it.”
A Win for President Bush's Wilsonianism
Post Date: 2010-03-10 18:11:10 by dont eat that
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Did you hear about the Iraqi Parliamentary Election? How President Obama, Vice President Biden or any Democrat wants to take any credit for Iraq is galling to say the least. Don't they remember the protests against the last Administration? The Democrats used to believe in Wilsonianianism, under President Bush's father and the Clinton Administration. But when President Bush posited the theory of a Democracy in the Middle East to defeat terrorism, the left turned their back. Some lefty Bloggers will never accept Wilsonianism. I say three cheers for the Iraqis! Democracy is a good thing to spread in this world. President Bush was right.
Senate Passes Jobless Aid, Tax Breaks ($130 Billion Extra Debt)
Post Date: 2010-03-10 18:05:38 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Senate Passes Jobless Aid, Tax Breaks ($130 Billion Extra Debt) CBS News ^ | March.10, 2010 Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:04:26 PM by Reagan Man The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help financially strapped states pay for health care for the poor. The 62-36 vote came over protests from conservatives who say the bill adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt. Six Republicans joined all but one Democrat in voting for the bill. The plight of the jobless and the political power of an annual package of tax breaks powered the measure through the ...
North South East Or West Bubba Clinton Is The Best!!! {Boy Blunder Almost As Bad As Carter]
Post Date: 2010-03-10 16:58:45 by war
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If Americans could have a former living U.S. president run the country and deal with the problems facing the nation today, they would pick Bill Clinton by a wide margin, a Newsmax/Zogby poll reveals. Former President Jimmy Carter came in last, garnering just 5 percent of support for his taking charge. The exclusive Newsmax/Zogby poll also found that, if an election took place today between Barack Obama and George W. Bush or Hillary Clinton, Obama would beat both handily. The Newsmax/Zogby poll asked respondents: “Of the current living former presidents, which do you think is best equipped to deal with the problems the country faces today?” Bill Clinton got 41 percent of the ...
Funny Thread at Pinguinite Original
Post Date: 2010-03-10 16:23:34 by dont eat that
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http://libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=285307 LOL
Jewish Hospital parent to cut 500 jobs (Blood....)
Post Date: 2010-03-10 16:19:13 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Jewish Hospital parent to cut 500 jobs Business First of Louisville - by Brent Adams Staff Writer Enter words from the security image above: Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare Inc. is cutting 500 positions, including layoffs of about 250, workers as part of an ongoing cost-cutting initiative. The cuts will occur through the end of March, according to Jeff Polson, vice president of marketing and external relations. The layoffs will involve some middle- and senior-level management positions, as well as some back-office functions. Each of the JHSMH facilities will see some positions cut, said Janice James, the company’s interim president and CEO. About half of the ...
AP-GfK Poll: Obama More Popular Than Congress
Post Date: 2010-03-10 14:34:46 by Brian S
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(03-10) 10:44 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losses in elections this fall. The latest Associated Press-GfK poll found that fewer people approve of Congress than at any point in Obama's presidency. Support has dropped significantly since January to a dismal 22 percent as the health care debate has roiled Capitol Hill. Neither Republicans nor Democrats are safe; half of all people say they want to fire their congressman. Conversely, Obama's ...
U.S. Posts Record Budget Deficit of $221 Billion in February [Thank You Little Boy Blunder For The Gift That Keeps On Giving] [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-03-10 14:21:54 by war
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March 10 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. posted its largest budget deficit on record in February as the government boosted spending to help revive the economy. The excess of spending over revenue increased to $221 billion last month, compared with a deficit of $194 billion in February 2009, according to Treasury Department figures released today in Washington. In fiscal 2009 that ended in September, the shortfall reached a record $1.4 trillion. A deficit that will probably exceed $1 trillion for a second year underscores the challenges facing the Obama administration and Congress as they seek to preserve the recovery, spur job growth and pass health care reform. The loss of 8.4 million jobs the ...
Obama's worst day ever of polling
Post Date: 2010-03-10 13:19:38 by dont eat that
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The relentless push for ObamaCare is driving down President Obama's net disapproval rating to its worst performance ever. The Rasmussen Daily tracking poll, which is based on an automated telephone poll of likely voters, making it one of if not the most reliable poll. From today's Rasmussen report: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 22% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-one percent (43%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -21. That matches the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President. America is ...
Regional Employment Report: Unemployment Rate up in 30 States, Down in 9; Manufacturing States Benefit Most (Give me blood!)
Post Date: 2010-03-10 12:56:19 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Regional Employment Report: Unemployment Rate up in 30 States, Down in 9; Manufacturing States Benefit Most In a headline trumpeting the wrong thing, Bloomberg is reporting Unemployment Decreased in Nine U.S. States in January. The unemployment rate decreased in nine U.S. states in January and climbed in 30, signaling the thawing of the labor market is not broad-based. The jobless rate in Michigan showed the biggest drop, falling to 14.3 percent, still the highest in the nation, from 14.5 percent in December, according to figures issued today by the Labor Department in Washington. New York and New Jersey were among eight states where unemployment decreased by a tenth of a point. A ...
Do You Miss George W Bush Yet? (You Should)
Post Date: 2010-03-10 11:13:40 by dont eat that
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I know you’re not supposed to, but I just love to say I told you so. What I told you back on Sept. 28, 2008, was that within a year of the day he left office George W. Bush would come to be regarded with affection and a little nostalgia. The responses (over 300 before the comments were closed) to that prediction were overwhelmingly negative; even the very few who agreed with me attributed what they took to be a sad fact to the stupidity of the American people. The other 290 or so said things like “No way”; “Are you kidding?”; ”Are you mad?”;“What a ridiculous and insulting premise!”; “I’ll miss him like a rash”; “This must be ...
Comparing Presidents Ronald, George W, and Barry
Post Date: 2010-03-10 11:00:51 by dont eat that
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Thomas Friedman says Bush was right about Iraq
Post Date: 2010-03-10 10:43:31 by dont eat that
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We haven’t had the Real Revo Flying Pig out for a while but Thomas Friedman’s op ed in the New York Times is flying pig worthy. This from a man who brutally attacked Bush policy throughout the war and called it the “babysitting of a civil war.” Former President George W. Bush’s gut instinct that this region craved and needed democracy was always right. It should have and could have been pursued with much better planning and execution. This war has been extraordinarily painful and costly. But democracy was never going to have a virgin birth in a place like Iraq, which has never known any such thing. I wonder if Dubya reads the Times.
Praise for George W Bush -- Mission accomplished, indeed
Post Date: 2010-03-10 10:24:48 by dont eat that
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RONALD REAGAN liked to say that there was no limit to what a man could accomplish if he didn’t mind who got the credit. The transformation of Iraq from a hellish tyranny into a functioning democracy will be recorded as a signal accomplishment of George W. Bush’s presidency, and he probably doesn’t mind in the least that the Obama administration would like to take the credit. This week’s parliamentary elections in Iraq brought 12 million voters to the polls - a remarkable 62 percent turnout, notwithstanding a wave of Election Day bombings that killed 38 people. “Iraqis are not afraid of bombs anymore,’’ a middle-aged voter named Maliq Bedawi told a New ...
Queers Marry in D.C.
Post Date: 2010-03-09 16:44:51 by Happy Quanzaa
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Sinjoyla Townsend, left, and Angelisa Young walk through cheers and down the aisle as a marriedcouple on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, the first day that gay marriage is legal in Washington.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP) After years of legal battles, same-sex couples in the District were finally able to walk down the aisle Tuesday on the first day gay marriages could legally be performed in Washington. Angelisa Young, 47, and Sinjoyla Townsend, 41, were among the first to legally wed in D.C., during a morning ceremony at the Human Rights Campaign's national headquarters near Dupont Circle. The couple have been together for 12 years and have two children. Young wore a cream-colored lace ...
Chevron cutting 2,000 jobs in refining restructuring (Blood Dancing in high gear!)
Post Date: 2010-03-09 14:02:50 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Chevron cutting 2,000 jobs in refining restructuring Explore related topics Gas/Utilities Canada Chevron Corp Exxon Mobil Corp By Steve Gelsi, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Chevron Corp. said Tuesday it plans to cut 2,000 jobs this year as part of an effort to realize savings in its refining operations, as the oil major signals that recent woes in the business of making gasoline and diesel fuel will persist well beyond 2010. Separately, Chevron plans to boost its production by about 1% a year for the next four years, as it ramps up mega-projects such as the Gorgon LNG facility in Western Australia. Chevron /quotes/comstock/13*!cvx/quotes/nls/cvx (CVX 74.70, +0.06, +0.08%) ...
Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld Over Torture Of US Citizens
Post Date: 2010-03-09 13:11:34 by Brian S
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A federal judge in Chicago ruled on Friday that a lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, brought by two Americans who had worked for an Iraqi contractor, can be allowed to proceed.In his ruling (PDF), US District Judge Wayne R. Andersen said the plaintiffs had provided enough concrete evidence of torture to allow the suit to go forward. The judge dismissed Rumsfeld's arguments that his position near the top of the executive branch immunized him from lawsuits involving the authorization of torture, the Associated Press reported.According to court documents, Nathan Ertel and Donald Vance went to Iraq in 2005 to work for an Iraqi contractor, Shield Group Security. Once ...
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