Tuesday, March 21, 2017
More Evidence EPA Uses ‘Secret Science’ To Manipulate Politics
More Evidence EPA Uses ‘Secret Science’ To Manipulate Politics:
"The Environmental Protection Agency and other activists have long used “secret science”—another way of saying fake science or junk science—to justify job-killing regulations, legislation, and massive tax-dollar expenditures.
Even as they lobbied against the confirmation of their new boss, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, 15,000 unionized EPA scientists, regulators, policy wonks, and attorneys have been using unverifiable, unrepeatable “scientific” studies to undermine the rights of property owners, businesses, and employees. Just ask coal miners or farmers with ponds on their land just how much they appreciate being “protected” by the EPA."
Even as they lobbied against the confirmation of their new boss, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, 15,000 unionized EPA scientists, regulators, policy wonks, and attorneys have been using unverifiable, unrepeatable “scientific” studies to undermine the rights of property owners, businesses, and employees. Just ask coal miners or farmers with ponds on their land just how much they appreciate being “protected” by the EPA."
San Jose Residents Suffer 'Heartbreak' After 'Failure' by Anti-Trump Mayor - Breitbart
San Jose Residents Suffer 'Heartbreak' After 'Failure' by Anti-Trump Mayor - Breitbart:
"San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, who infamously blamed Donald Trump for bloody anti-Trump riots in his city last June, is facing increasing criticism from residents affected by last month’s floods, which he admitted were a “failure” for the city.
Liccardo, a Democrat, and his administration failed to warn local residents when Coyote Creek swelled.
One local resident tried to warn his neighbors before toxic waters — including fuel and sewage — inundated their neighborhood. In the end, many of the 14,000 locals who were forced to flee did not realize the threat until it was too late and they had to be rescued.
The San Jose Mercury News reports:
It’s been nearly one month since the catastrophic Coyote Creek flooding, but the repairs have just begun for most residents, who are left to grapple with mounting repair bills, unstable housing situations, severe health risks and an overwhelming resentment toward city and Santa Clara Valley Water District officials they felt could’ve done more..."
"San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, who infamously blamed Donald Trump for bloody anti-Trump riots in his city last June, is facing increasing criticism from residents affected by last month’s floods, which he admitted were a “failure” for the city.
Liccardo, a Democrat, and his administration failed to warn local residents when Coyote Creek swelled. One local resident tried to warn his neighbors before toxic waters — including fuel and sewage — inundated their neighborhood. In the end, many of the 14,000 locals who were forced to flee did not realize the threat until it was too late and they had to be rescued.
The San Jose Mercury News reports:
It’s been nearly one month since the catastrophic Coyote Creek flooding, but the repairs have just begun for most residents, who are left to grapple with mounting repair bills, unstable housing situations, severe health risks and an overwhelming resentment toward city and Santa Clara Valley Water District officials they felt could’ve done more..."
School Discipline Reform and Disorder: Evidence from New York City Public Schools, 2012-16 | Manhattan Institute
School Discipline Reform and Disorder: Evidence from New York City Public Schools, 2012-16 | Manhattan Institute:
"There has been a dramatic shift in school discipline policy, spurred by national statistics showing stark racial differences in school suspension rates and the assumption that bias was behind the differences.
...Advocates of discipline reform claim that a suspension may have negative effects on the student being disciplined.
Critics are concerned that lax discipline may lead to more disruptive behavior, disrupting classrooms and harming students who want to learn.
"There has been a dramatic shift in school discipline policy, spurred by national statistics showing stark racial differences in school suspension rates and the assumption that bias was behind the differences.
...Advocates of discipline reform claim that a suspension may have negative effects on the student being disciplined.
Critics are concerned that lax discipline may lead to more disruptive behavior, disrupting classrooms and harming students who want to learn.
While school climate is impossible to measure in most districts, it can be measured in New York City, America’s largest school district, thanks to surveys that question students and teachers about learning conditions in their school.
Over the last five years, two major discipline reforms have taken effect in New York: one at the beginning of the 2012–13 school year, under former mayor Michael Bloomberg; and one in the middle of the 2014–15 school year, under current mayor Bill de Blasio. Though the reforms resulted in similar reductions in total suspensions, Bloomberg’s reform prevented teachers from issuing suspensions for first-time, low-level offenses.
De Blasio’s reform required principals to seek permission from district administrators to suspend a student.
This report analyzes student and teacher surveys covering the five-year period of 2011–12 to 2015–16.
The key findings: school climate remained relatively steady under Bloomberg’s discipline reform, but deteriorated rapidly under de Blasio’s.
Specifically, teachers report less order and discipline, and students report less mutual respect among their peers, as well as more violence, drug and alcohol use, and gang activity.
There was also a significant differential racial impact: nonelementary schools where more than 90% of students were minorities experienced the worst shift in school climate under the de Blasio reform.
Over the last five years, two major discipline reforms have taken effect in New York: one at the beginning of the 2012–13 school year, under former mayor Michael Bloomberg; and one in the middle of the 2014–15 school year, under current mayor Bill de Blasio. Though the reforms resulted in similar reductions in total suspensions, Bloomberg’s reform prevented teachers from issuing suspensions for first-time, low-level offenses. De Blasio’s reform required principals to seek permission from district administrators to suspend a student.
This report analyzes student and teacher surveys covering the five-year period of 2011–12 to 2015–16.
The key findings: school climate remained relatively steady under Bloomberg’s discipline reform, but deteriorated rapidly under de Blasio’s.
Specifically, teachers report less order and discipline, and students report less mutual respect among their peers, as well as more violence, drug and alcohol use, and gang activity.
There was also a significant differential racial impact: nonelementary schools where more than 90% of students were minorities experienced the worst shift in school climate under the de Blasio reform.
Trump's Budget a First Step Toward De-Politicizing Science | Mises Wire
Trump's Budget a First Step Toward De-Politicizing Science | Mises Wire
"The Trump administration has released its proposed 2018 budget, and within it are some things worth cheering.
Trump’s "America First budget" includes needed cuts to the regulatory state, defunds efforts to purchase more Federal land, eliminates funding for 19 minor government agencies, and makes significant cuts to a number of more significant ones — including the State Department, HUD, and Commerce.
...the proposed cuts to the Energy Department, the EPA, and the National Institute of Health represent a significant step toward separating state and science.
"The Trump administration has released its proposed 2018 budget, and within it are some things worth cheering.
Trump’s "America First budget" includes needed cuts to the regulatory state, defunds efforts to purchase more Federal land, eliminates funding for 19 minor government agencies, and makes significant cuts to a number of more significant ones — including the State Department, HUD, and Commerce.
...the proposed cuts to the Energy Department, the EPA, and the National Institute of Health represent a significant step toward separating state and science.
...It is precisely because of its great importance that it should not be politicized by being influenced by politicians and government bureaucrats.
The inherent problems of government's inability to efficiently allocate scarce resources doesn't change when the subject is science, so government research can suffer with the same issues of waste, fraud, and abuse that regularly haunt other programs.
The National Institute of Health, one of the areas most impacted by the Trump budget, provides a number of examples of such questionable research.
As Senator Jeff Flake documented last year, the National Institute of Health dedicated millions to such pressing research as the impact of cocaine on bees, testing sex steroids on goldfish, and studying the appearance of Jesus on toast..."Planned Parenthood Upset that Defunding It Would Result in Thousands More Births | American Center for Law and Justice
Planned Parenthood Upset that Defunding It Would Result in Thousands More Births | American Center for Law and Justice:
"Pro-life Members of Congress have put forward a new health care proposal – the American Health Care Act (“AHCA”) – the ObamaCare repeal reconciliation bill currently under consideration. A significant provision in the proposed bill (right on page 2) prohibits federal Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood gets more than $527 million in federal funding, the vast majority of which comes through Medicaid reimbursements. Under the terms of this bill, Planned Parenthood would be prohibited from receiving those taxpayer dollars.
Notably, according to the CBO, in the first year in which Planned Parenthood would not receive Medicaid funding, “the number of births in the Medicaid program would increase by several thousand.”
Put another way: defunding Planned Parenthood could save “several thousand” babies."
Planned Parenthood gets more than $527 million in federal funding, the vast majority of which comes through Medicaid reimbursements. Under the terms of this bill, Planned Parenthood would be prohibited from receiving those taxpayer dollars.
Notably, according to the CBO, in the first year in which Planned Parenthood would not receive Medicaid funding, “the number of births in the Medicaid program would increase by several thousand.”
Put another way: defunding Planned Parenthood could save “several thousand” babies."
Top Climate Alarm “Scientist”: Get Rid of Cars, Coal, Steel — or Its End of the World
Top Climate Alarm “Scientist”: Get Rid of Cars, Coal, Steel — or Its End of the World
"Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (shown) wants to take us back to the Stone Age — literally.
In a March 15 interview with the German newspaper Deutsche Welle, the German physicist declared that global warming is so serious that not only must we all give up the use of coal and our internal combustion vehicles in the next 13 years, but we must also ditch concrete and steel — for “wood, clay and stone.”
If we don’t do this, along with other drastic measures, we are headed toward planetary warming of “4, 5, 6 or even 12 degrees,” he claims. This would bring, he insists, “the end of the world as we know it.”
"Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (shown) wants to take us back to the Stone Age — literally.
In a March 15 interview with the German newspaper Deutsche Welle, the German physicist declared that global warming is so serious that not only must we all give up the use of coal and our internal combustion vehicles in the next 13 years, but we must also ditch concrete and steel — for “wood, clay and stone.”
If we don’t do this, along with other drastic measures, we are headed toward planetary warming of “4, 5, 6 or even 12 degrees,” he claims. This would bring, he insists, “the end of the world as we know it.”
...Something disruptive?
Turn off the power?
Yes, the coercive utopians do not hesitate to impose hardship and sacrifice on others —while exempting themselves from the consequences of their actions.
Before you write this off as just another delusional rant from your garden variety greenie suffering from CDS (Climate Derangement Syndrome), consider this: Schellnhuber is a top climate alarmist for Germany, the United Nations, the European Union, and the Vatican.
He is one of the high priests of anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming (AGW) dogma and the co-author of the oppressive AGW regulatory regimes that have already caused such economic and social havoc in the EU..."
History for March 21
History for March 21 - On-This-Day.com:
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 - Composer, Albert Khan 1869 - Architect, Timothy Dalton 1944 - Actor
Gary Oldman 1958 - Actor, Rosie O'Donnell 1962 - Comedian, actress, Matthew Broderick 1962 - Actor ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off")
1790 - Thomas Jefferson reported to U.S. President George Washington as the new secretary of state.
1804 - The French civil code, the Code Napoleon, was adopted.
1910 - The U.S. Senate granted ex-President Teddy Roosevelt a yearly pension of $10,000.
1918 - During World War I, the Germans launched the Somme Offensive.
1928 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge gave the Congressional Medal of Honor to Charles Lindbergh for his first trans-Atlantic flight.
1965 - More than 3,000 civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began a march from Selma to Montgomery, AL.
1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced to the U.S. Olympic Team that they would not participate in the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow as a boycott against Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.
1980 - On the TV show "Dallas", J.R. Ewing was shot.
Monday, March 20, 2017
Limbaugh on Comey Hearing: Message to Trump Is Stop the 'Drain-the-Swamp Stuff' or Face Impeachment - Breitbart
Limbaugh on Comey Hearing: Message to Trump Is Stop the 'Drain-the-Swamp Stuff' or Face Impeachment - Breitbart:"Monday on his nationally syndicated radio show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh maintained a House Intelligence Committee hearing that featured testimony from FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Michael Rogers was meant to send a message to President Donald Trump and his administration."
Impeach Obama’s hack Hawaii judge!
Impeach Obama’s hack Hawaii judge!:
"Thanks to yet another runaway hack federal judge, now all of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims have a constitutional right to enter the United States – unrestricted at any time. That is the shocking but preposterous ruling of Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii v. Trump, issuing a temporary restraining order (TRO) against President Trump’s rewritten executive order temporarily suspending travel from the world’s most dangerous terrorist countries, to allow time to devise a strict means to vet potential terrorists. As even the Honolulu Star Advertiser is cynically reporting, Judge Watson was a classmate of President Barack Hussein Obama at Harvard Law School. “Quel coincidence,” as the French would say sarcastically.
Thanks to Watson’s disgraceful corrupt ruling – not based on the four corners of President Trump’s clearly constitutional executive order but on comments The Donald made during the presidential campaign, as well as alleged injury to Muslims – any Muslim on the planet can now find some willing mosque in the United States to claim that their religious sensibilities are insulted by not allowing him or her to wander freely through our country."
Thanks to Watson’s disgraceful corrupt ruling – not based on the four corners of President Trump’s clearly constitutional executive order but on comments The Donald made during the presidential campaign, as well as alleged injury to Muslims – any Muslim on the planet can now find some willing mosque in the United States to claim that their religious sensibilities are insulted by not allowing him or her to wander freely through our country."
Why Is Trump Afraid of Draining the Swamp at the IRS and Firing John Koskinen?:
TaxProf Blog:
"Washington Examiner, Why Is Trump Afraid of Draining the Swamp at the IRS and Firing John Koskinen?:
"...Famous for firing people, Trump has disrupted the status quo in the nation's capital with his personnel decisions.
He quickly terminated Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, then sacked 46 federal prosecutors.
But he won't ax IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
Conservatives have been gunning for the tax chief's scalp for years.
To no avail, they've tried shaming, officially censuring, and impeaching Koskinen.
But now that Trump's in the White House, they're wondering why the president is sheltering the taxman. ...
The Trump White House keeps dodging the question.
On Friday, press secretary Sean Spicer referred curious reporters inquiring about Koskinen's fate to the Treasury Department, even after it came to light that the agency still has 7,000 unreleased documents related to the scandal. ...
Trump has every reason to dismiss the tax agent.
With Koskinen at the helm, the IRS was able to cover up its targeting scandal.
Brought in by President Obama to clean up the agency's image, he turned a blind eye as the IRS covered up its scandal and continued to violate citizen's First Amendment rights."
"Washington Examiner, Why Is Trump Afraid of Draining the Swamp at the IRS and Firing John Koskinen?:
"...Famous for firing people, Trump has disrupted the status quo in the nation's capital with his personnel decisions.He quickly terminated Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, then sacked 46 federal prosecutors.
But he won't ax IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
Conservatives have been gunning for the tax chief's scalp for years.
To no avail, they've tried shaming, officially censuring, and impeaching Koskinen.
But now that Trump's in the White House, they're wondering why the president is sheltering the taxman. ...
The Trump White House keeps dodging the question.
On Friday, press secretary Sean Spicer referred curious reporters inquiring about Koskinen's fate to the Treasury Department, even after it came to light that the agency still has 7,000 unreleased documents related to the scandal. ...
Trump has every reason to dismiss the tax agent.
With Koskinen at the helm, the IRS was able to cover up its targeting scandal.
Brought in by President Obama to clean up the agency's image, he turned a blind eye as the IRS covered up its scandal and continued to violate citizen's First Amendment rights."
Well, No, But I Did Fly Over It Once | The Weekly Standard
Well, No, But I Did Fly Over It Once | The Weekly Standard:
"Princeton economics professor emeritus and Nobel laureate Angus Deaton has been running around making an extraordinary claim: “Being really poor in America is in some ways worse than being really poor in India or Africa," he recently told the National Association for Business Economics. Asked about those comments in an interview with the Atlantic, Deaton doubled down:
"If you had to choose between living in a poor village in India and living in the Mississippi Delta or in a suburb of Milwaukee in a trailer park, I'm not sure who would have the better life."
...To her credit, the Atlantic's Annie Lowrey asked him just that: "Have you spent a lot of time in Kentucky or West Virginia or rural Nebraska?"
Deaton's reply is priceless: "No, but I spent five weeks every summer in Montana. And that's been an eye-opener."
Yes, nothing introduces you to the desperate lives of impoverished Americans like high-season fly-fishing in Big Sky Country....
And if you're still confused about how Donald Trump got elected, the patronizing ignorance of Ivy League professors about life between the coasts offers a clue."
"Princeton economics professor emeritus and Nobel laureate Angus Deaton has been running around making an extraordinary claim: “Being really poor in America is in some ways worse than being really poor in India or Africa," he recently told the National Association for Business Economics. Asked about those comments in an interview with the Atlantic, Deaton doubled down: "If you had to choose between living in a poor village in India and living in the Mississippi Delta or in a suburb of Milwaukee in a trailer park, I'm not sure who would have the better life."
...To her credit, the Atlantic's Annie Lowrey asked him just that: "Have you spent a lot of time in Kentucky or West Virginia or rural Nebraska?"
Deaton's reply is priceless: "No, but I spent five weeks every summer in Montana. And that's been an eye-opener."
Yes, nothing introduces you to the desperate lives of impoverished Americans like high-season fly-fishing in Big Sky Country....
And if you're still confused about how Donald Trump got elected, the patronizing ignorance of Ivy League professors about life between the coasts offers a clue."
Carr: U.S. attorney’s office plays to PC audience | Boston Herald
Carr: U.S. attorney’s office plays to PC audience | Boston Herald:
"It’s going to take Donald Trump and his AG Jeff Sessions a long time to get the Obama stench out of the Justice Department, here and everywhere else.
Last month the DEA, the State Police and a number of local police departments did an excellent job in rounding up these vermin, who were peddling poison in at least three New England states.
It turns out that 10 of the 23 perps are illegal immigrants. The U.S. attorney’s office finally confirmed that fact yesterday afternoon, a month after their initial, very misleading press release which began:"
"It’s going to take Donald Trump and his AG Jeff Sessions a long time to get the Obama stench out of the Justice Department, here and everywhere else.
Last month the DEA, the State Police and a number of local police departments did an excellent job in rounding up these vermin, who were peddling poison in at least three New England states.
It turns out that 10 of the 23 perps are illegal immigrants. The U.S. attorney’s office finally confirmed that fact yesterday afternoon, a month after their initial, very misleading press release which began:"
Steven Russo - France Is Having An Islamic Weekend From Hell......
Steven Russo - France Is Having An Islamic Weekend From Hell......:
"France Is Having An Islamic Weekend From Hell...
Two Men Have Throats Slit In Paris, Killer Shouted “Allahu Akbar!”
and Muslim Man On Terror Watch List Killed At Paris Airport After Shooting At 4 Cops, Killing One As He Yelled That He Planned To ‘Die For Allah’ ....
"Motives For Both Attacks Unknown"
If only there were some type of clue, maybe something someone had said perhaps, that would lead to identifying the problem that France is having.
It's all so vexing..."
Read on!
"France Is Having An Islamic Weekend From Hell...
Two Men Have Throats Slit In Paris, Killer Shouted “Allahu Akbar!”and Muslim Man On Terror Watch List Killed At Paris Airport After Shooting At 4 Cops, Killing One As He Yelled That He Planned To ‘Die For Allah’ ....
"Motives For Both Attacks Unknown"
If only there were some type of clue, maybe something someone had said perhaps, that would lead to identifying the problem that France is having.
It's all so vexing..."
Read on!
Democrat cities lead the way!-----Most Dangerous Cities? 13 Cities With Rising Crime Rates
Most Dangerous Cities? 13 Cities With Rising Crime Rates:
"The Brennan Center analyzed data from the 30 largest cities in the U.S. to make predictions about the trends in crime.
(The report was released before the end of 2016, so final crime numbers for the year were not yet available.) Overall crime in the nation’s biggest cities was expected to increase 0.3% and violent crime was up 3%.
While there’s no evidence of a nationwide trend toward more murders and other violent crime, violent crime rates were up in 13 of the 30 cities studied."
"The Brennan Center analyzed data from the 30 largest cities in the U.S. to make predictions about the trends in crime.
(The report was released before the end of 2016, so final crime numbers for the year were not yet available.) Overall crime in the nation’s biggest cities was expected to increase 0.3% and violent crime was up 3%.
While there’s no evidence of a nationwide trend toward more murders and other violent crime, violent crime rates were up in 13 of the 30 cities studied."
Obama's Final Year Broke Records For Lack Of Transparency
Obama's Final Year Broke Records For Lack Of Transparency:
"Former President Barack Obama’s campaign promise of transparency from his administration fell short of the mark. Way short.
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that during the last year of Obama’s presidency, his administration broke records by spending $36.2 million in federal funds to fight lawsuits over the release of records requested under the Freedom of Information Act."
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that during the last year of Obama’s presidency, his administration broke records by spending $36.2 million in federal funds to fight lawsuits over the release of records requested under the Freedom of Information Act."
Trump’s EPA Sending $100 Million to Michigan for Flint Water Relief | The Sean Hannity Show
Trump’s EPA Sending $100 Million to Michigan for Flint Water Relief | The Sean Hannity Show:
"The funds are part of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, which was approved in 2016. The money was officially awarded on Friday, and will help the city accelerate programs to replace service lines that have leached lead in to the city’s water supply.
"The people of Flint and all Americans deserve a more responsive federal government," said EPA head Scott Pruitt. "EPA will especially focus on helping Michigan improve Flint's water infrastructure as part of our larger goal of improving America's water infrastructure.""
"The people of Flint and all Americans deserve a more responsive federal government," said EPA head Scott Pruitt. "EPA will especially focus on helping Michigan improve Flint's water infrastructure as part of our larger goal of improving America's water infrastructure.""
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