Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) argued Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that former President Barack Obama’s open mic moment in 2012, when Obama told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev “after my election I have more flexibility,” was more impeachable than President Donald Trump’s actions in Ukraine.
Tuesday, February 04, 2020
Joni Ernst: Obama's Actions More Impeachable Than What Trump Did
Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) argued Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that former President Barack Obama’s open mic moment in 2012, when Obama told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev “after my election I have more flexibility,” was more impeachable than President Donald Trump’s actions in Ukraine.
72 Terrible Things Global Warming Will Apparently Cause | PSI Intl
72 Terrible Things Global Warming Will Apparently Cause | PSI Intl
"As everyone knows global warming will kill us all in as little as12, 11, 10 years.
But it’s actually way worse than that.
Global warming — caused of course by corporate greed/gas guzzling SUVs/supersized hamburgers/greedy, fat, stupid Americans, etc. — is being predicted to cause all manner of disaster.
Scientists eager to terrify people into taking them seriously have over the last several decades made a series of frightful predictions.
For example, did you know man-made global warming will result in more miscarriages in Bangladesh? It’s true, the BBC said so.
Or that our changing climate — again due almost exclusively to our rampant consumerism and the overwhelming influence of the Big Straw lobby — will result in fewer circumcisions in some African tribes? Scientists say it’s so!
Some of these predictions, however, somehow never came to pass. For example, scientists in 2007 warned that the arctic would be “ice free” by 2013, yet today are trying to figure out why arctic ice is instead increasing.
Man-made climate change was also predicted to kill thousands of Brits — by 2018. Whoops.
To keep track of these scientists’ most bizarre, and most terrifying, doomsday prophesies, we’ve started the news list below. And as you already know, 97 percent of scientists agree you should read it, bookmark it, and share it with it with your friends.
"As everyone knows global warming will kill us all in as little as
But it’s actually way worse than that.
Global warming — caused of course by corporate greed/gas guzzling SUVs/supersized hamburgers/greedy, fat, stupid Americans, etc. — is being predicted to cause all manner of disaster.
Scientists eager to terrify people into taking them seriously have over the last several decades made a series of frightful predictions.
For example, did you know man-made global warming will result in more miscarriages in Bangladesh? It’s true, the BBC said so.
Or that our changing climate — again due almost exclusively to our rampant consumerism and the overwhelming influence of the Big Straw lobby — will result in fewer circumcisions in some African tribes? Scientists say it’s so!
Some of these predictions, however, somehow never came to pass. For example, scientists in 2007 warned that the arctic would be “ice free” by 2013, yet today are trying to figure out why arctic ice is instead increasing.
Man-made climate change was also predicted to kill thousands of Brits — by 2018. Whoops.
To keep track of these scientists’ most bizarre, and most terrifying, doomsday prophesies, we’ve started the news list below. And as you already know, 97 percent of scientists agree you should read it, bookmark it, and share it with it with your friends.
| Summary | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ‘Making mountaineering riskier’ | 11/01/2019 | BBC |
| ‘Thermostat gender bias’ | 01/14/2019 | Forbes |
| 25 percent of bridges to collapse | 10/23/2019 | New Scientist |
| Acne | 07/03/2009 | Indian Journal of Dermatology |
| AIDS | 01/10/2017 | The Conversation |
| Airplane turbulence | 03/11/2019 | Forbes |
| All aspects of life in Asia worsening | 03/18/2014 | The Third Pole |
| Allergies | 06/10/2013 | Newsweek |
| An end to walking in the woods | 03/11/2019 | CNN |
| Asthma | 07/02/2013 | Medscape |
| Bumpier airplane rides | 04/08/2013 | HuffPost |
| Cannibalism | 04/01/2008 | PBS |
| Child sex trafficking | 04/05/2019 | Associated Press |
| Chocolate shortages | 02/14/2012 | Los Angeles Times |
| Coffee that tastes bad | 06/21/2017 | CNN |
| Death of 100 million people by 2030 | 09/25/2012 | Reuters |
| Death of farm animals | 04/11/2013 | U.S. News & World Report |
| ...Too much Antarctic ice | 10/10/2012 | Associated Press |
| UK weather too wet, dry, hot, & cold | 03/25/2014 | The Guardian |
| Vaccine spoilage | 06/24/2014 | Reuters |
| Webbed feet in humans | 01/13/2016 | The Daily Mail |
MUCH MORE stuff to FEAR, read all!
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Students slam Trump for profiting from presidency...then find out that was Obama
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Students slam Trump for profiting from presidency...then find out that was Obama
- Campus Reform's Addison Smith went to the University of Virginia to ask students about presidents profiting from their office.
- Students slammed President Donald Trump when they thought he was profiting.
- After finding out that was actually former President Barack Obama, students expressed similar disapproval.
Democrats Unanimous As House Passes Bill Forcing Schools To Let Male Athletes Compete In Girls’ Sports | The Daily Caller
The Democratically controlled House of Representatives voted Friday 236-173 in favor of the Equality Act, which would require schools to include male athletes who identify as transgender girls on female sports teams.
Eight Republicans crossed party lines to vote for the bill, which had unanimous Democratic support.
Today's liberals dream of a workerless paradise - UnHerd
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Today's liberals dream of a workerless paradise - UnHerd:- A new book argues that that both Left and Right are now engaged in class war — against the poor
Lind says that Western society feels as if it is coming apart and this is a delayed consequence of the working class losing the political power it possessed for much of the twentieth century.
“The Cold War has been followed by the class war”, writes Lind.
This is a war that is being waged against the working class by an ascendant caste of university-credentialed professional elites.
“Social power exists in three realms — government, the economy, and the culture,” writes Lind.
“All three realms of Western society today are fronts in the new class war.”
We see this class war being waged over everything from Brexit to the election of Donald Trump to the rise of an activist judiciary.
And despite the recent populist backlash one side remains firmly on top..."
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History for February 4
History for February 4 - On-This-Day.com
Charles Lindbergh 1902, MacKinlay Kantor 1904, Rosa Parks 1913
Betty Friedan 1921, Dan Quayle 1947, Alice Cooper 1948 - Singer, musician
1783 - Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America.
1789 - Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.
Monday, February 03, 2020
Students demanded divestment from fossil fuels, a professor offered to turn off the gas heating
Students demanded divestment from fossil fuels, a professor offered to turn off the gas heating"Professor Andrew Parker of St John’s College at Oxford University is my new favorite person.
The Times of London reports that a group of students wrote to Professor Parker to discuss demands being made by student protesters about fossil fuel divestment.
His response wasn’t what they were expecting:
SEE ALSO: Sunday morning talking heads
Two students at St John’s College wrote to Andrew Parker, the principal bursar, this week requesting a meeting to discuss the protesters’ demands, which are that the college “declares a climate emergency and immediately divests from fossil fuels”. They say that the college, the richest in Oxford, has £8 million of its £551 million endowment fund invested in BP and Shell.Professor Parker responded with a provocative offer. “I am not able to arrange any divestment at short notice,” he wrote. “But I can arrange for the gas central heating in college to be switched off with immediate effect. Please let me know if you support this proposal.”...
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Joe Scarborough confirms it - Carter years were paradise!
Joe Scarborough confirms it - Carter years were paradise!
Ellsworth Toohey
"I remember the glorious days of the people's car -- The AMC Pacer. Convenient extra-wide door that would last for at least two years before falling off.
Papa Kalashnikook--
And we gave away the Panama Canal."
And you got your required exercise pushing it to the gas pump.
Those were the days.
If only the Orange Man could return us to that booming economy."
"Ah yes.
The Carter years. 55 mph speed limits, no gas, America humiliated for a year and a half by Iran topped off by a botched rescue attempt that killed a bunch of Americans.
Malaise, a shit economy and continuous scoldings from Pastor Carter.
Billy Carter was entertaining.
Alcoholics are always funny. And we gave away the Panama Canal."
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Joe Biden: Trump Impeachment Isn’t ‘Partisan’ Even If It’s A ‘Party Line Vote’ | The Daily Caller
Former Vice President Joe Biden repeatedly told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Friday that the impeachment of President Donald Trump is “not a partisan impeachment.”
Stephanopoulos first pointed to Biden’s own prior comments during the 1998 impeachment of former President Bill Clinton, when he said a a “partisan” impeachment was “wrong.”
Climate doomsayers keep putting sell-by dates on their credibility | Spectator USA
Climate doomsayers keep putting sell-by dates on their credibility | Spectator USA
"I was slightly surprised when Greta Thunberg announced at Davos that we had eight years left to save the planet.
As long as that?
Admittedly, that’s four years less than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who put it at 12, although, come to think of it, that was last January, so presumably she now thinks we’ve got 11 years left.
But some doomsayers have been much less optimistic.
According to Peter Wadhams, a Cambridge professor interviewed in the Guardian in 2013, Arctic ice would disappear by 2015 if we didn’t mend our ways, while Gordon Brown announced in 2009 that we had just 50 days to save the Earth.
Then again, playing the long game can also catch up with you.
In 2004, Observer readers were told Britain would have a ‘Siberian’ climate in 16 years’ time.
We’re supposed to be in the midst of that now.
On the face of it, we should be grateful that these gloomsters make such oddly precise predictions. It’s like putting a sell-by date on their credibility..."
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- I do wish we would take them a smidgen less seriously when they turn out to be wrong — as they always do
As long as that?
Admittedly, that’s four years less than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who put it at 12, although, come to think of it, that was last January, so presumably she now thinks we’ve got 11 years left.
But some doomsayers have been much less optimistic.
According to Peter Wadhams, a Cambridge professor interviewed in the Guardian in 2013, Arctic ice would disappear by 2015 if we didn’t mend our ways, while Gordon Brown announced in 2009 that we had just 50 days to save the Earth.
Then again, playing the long game can also catch up with you.
In 2004, Observer readers were told Britain would have a ‘Siberian’ climate in 16 years’ time.
We’re supposed to be in the midst of that now.
On the face of it, we should be grateful that these gloomsters make such oddly precise predictions. It’s like putting a sell-by date on their credibility..."
Read all.
District Attorney In Maine Wants To Start Prosecuting People Based On Accusations And Nothing Else | The Daily Wire
District Attorney In Maine Wants To Start Prosecuting People Based On Accusations And Nothing Else | The Daily Wire
"A Maine prosecutor has vowed to prosecute people accused of sexual assault even if there is not enough evidence to prove they committed the crime.
WGME reported District Attorney Natasha Irving said she would try to reform the legal system by prosecuting cases that previously had been deemed “too hard to prove.”
She said prosecutors shouldn’t decline to take on such cases because “that response is very damaging to a survivor,” suggesting she believes every accuser is a “survivor.”
...Irving also repeated the misleading statistic that just 2% to 8% of sexual assault accusations are false.
The number, as I have written numerous times, refers only to cases that have been proven false.
The real number is unknown.
Using the same logic employed by Irving, one could say just 3% to 5% of rape accusations are true, since that’s how many go to trial and result in a guilty finding.
Irving went on to explain the two criteria she will use to bring forward rape allegations.
1. Is the allegation credible? (Judging from Irving’s statements it’s hard to see her believing many allegations aren’t credible) and
2. Is the accuser (WGME predictably calls them a “victim”) willing to go forward with the case and potentially testify?
That’s it.
That’s all it will take for Irving to drag someone through a lengthy court battle even if it’s obvious they will be found not guilty.
As criminal defense attorney Scott Greenfield wrote on his blog Simple Justice, that Irving’s approach seems to be about smearing the accused rather than obtaining justice in any particular case..."
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"A Maine prosecutor has vowed to prosecute people accused of sexual assault even if there is not enough evidence to prove they committed the crime.
WGME reported District Attorney Natasha Irving said she would try to reform the legal system by prosecuting cases that previously had been deemed “too hard to prove.”
She said prosecutors shouldn’t decline to take on such cases because “that response is very damaging to a survivor,” suggesting she believes every accuser is a “survivor.”
The number, as I have written numerous times, refers only to cases that have been proven false.
The real number is unknown.
Using the same logic employed by Irving, one could say just 3% to 5% of rape accusations are true, since that’s how many go to trial and result in a guilty finding.
Irving went on to explain the two criteria she will use to bring forward rape allegations.
1. Is the allegation credible? (Judging from Irving’s statements it’s hard to see her believing many allegations aren’t credible) and
2. Is the accuser (WGME predictably calls them a “victim”) willing to go forward with the case and potentially testify?
That’s it.
That’s all it will take for Irving to drag someone through a lengthy court battle even if it’s obvious they will be found not guilty.
As criminal defense attorney Scott Greenfield wrote on his blog Simple Justice, that Irving’s approach seems to be about smearing the accused rather than obtaining justice in any particular case..."
Read all.
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