Monday, January 04, 2016
Here’s What Supreme Court Justice Scalia Just Said About Religious Neutrality, the Constitution — and Why ‘God Has Been Good’ to America | TheBlaze.com
Here’s What Supreme Court Justice Scalia Just Said About Religious Neutrality, the Constitution — and Why ‘God Has Been Good’ to America | TheBlaze.com:Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Saturday the idea of religious neutrality is not grounded in the country’s constitutional traditions and that God has been good to the U.S. because Americans honor him, the Associated Press reported."
Not much educatin' goin on and it ain't cheap!---Imagine if those schools made Boeing airliners.......Seattle schools spend nearly $1 million on travel as parents donate to retain teachers
Seattle schools spend nearly $1 million on travel as parents donate to retain teachers | EAGnews.org: "SEATTLE – In October, administrators of Seattle Public Schools announced that 25 teachers across the district were being transferred – a month into the school year – because district enrollment projections had fallen woefully short.
Parents reacted with outrage.
One father was moved to make an unplanned $77,000 donation to Seattle’s Alki Elementary to help that school save teachers from transfer, according to the Seattle Times.
And that father did not even have children at that particular school.
It was the second year in a row that many students suddenly had their teachers snatched away, just when they were getting accustomed to learning from them.
Last fall, the staff at Gateway Elementary staged a last-minute fundraising campaign that brought in $66,000 – enough to maintain a teacher who was about to be transferred by the district, according to a report from WestSeattleTimes.com.
District officials argued that they lacked the funds to leave the teachers in the classrooms where they were already teaching, and hire a few more to fill holes in schools with shortages.
But as Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat recently noted, the district increased its central staff budget by 16 percent this year, and the superintendent’s office budget by 16.4 percent.
So perhaps there was some money available after all, but it was spent in the wrong places.
“Every year there’s some management blunder that’s so dumbfounding that we parents, admittedly, start to go a little crazy,” Westneat wrote in a recent column.
Those parents might really get mad if they learned how much district administrators are compensated every year.
In the 2014-15 fiscal year, an astonishing total of 275 employees, mostly administrators, made at least $100,000 in straight salary.
They were paid a combined $31.9 million.
It gets worse.
A grand total of 312 employees – again, mostly administrators – made at least $100,000 in salary plus benefits, costing the district a grand total of $38.7 million.
Then there was the district’s 2014-15 travel budget. Seattle Public Schools had 85 different transactions with an agency called Travel Leaders, which was paid a total of $848,406 in taxpayer dollars.
There were also a few more trips, not booked through the agency, that totaled $76,375.
That means the district spent nearly $1 million on travel in 2014-15.
And for what?
According to the district’s report card from the state, Seattle Public Schools as a whole failed to meet annual yearly progress goals.
In fact, every group of students in every racial and socio-economic demographic failed to meet progress goals, in elementary, middle school and high school.
So there’s a lot of spending going on at Seattle Public schools, but not a lot to show for it.
“The way the district does business is insane,” Chandra Hampson, the PTA president from a district schools, was quoted as saying by Westneat.
A lot of readers probably shook their heads in agreement when they read that remark."
Parents reacted with outrage.
One father was moved to make an unplanned $77,000 donation to Seattle’s Alki Elementary to help that school save teachers from transfer, according to the Seattle Times.
And that father did not even have children at that particular school.
It was the second year in a row that many students suddenly had their teachers snatched away, just when they were getting accustomed to learning from them.
Last fall, the staff at Gateway Elementary staged a last-minute fundraising campaign that brought in $66,000 – enough to maintain a teacher who was about to be transferred by the district, according to a report from WestSeattleTimes.com.
District officials argued that they lacked the funds to leave the teachers in the classrooms where they were already teaching, and hire a few more to fill holes in schools with shortages.
But as Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat recently noted, the district increased its central staff budget by 16 percent this year, and the superintendent’s office budget by 16.4 percent.
So perhaps there was some money available after all, but it was spent in the wrong places.
“Every year there’s some management blunder that’s so dumbfounding that we parents, admittedly, start to go a little crazy,” Westneat wrote in a recent column.
Those parents might really get mad if they learned how much district administrators are compensated every year.
In the 2014-15 fiscal year, an astonishing total of 275 employees, mostly administrators, made at least $100,000 in straight salary.
They were paid a combined $31.9 million.
It gets worse.
A grand total of 312 employees – again, mostly administrators – made at least $100,000 in salary plus benefits, costing the district a grand total of $38.7 million.
Then there was the district’s 2014-15 travel budget. Seattle Public Schools had 85 different transactions with an agency called Travel Leaders, which was paid a total of $848,406 in taxpayer dollars.
There were also a few more trips, not booked through the agency, that totaled $76,375.
That means the district spent nearly $1 million on travel in 2014-15.
And for what?According to the district’s report card from the state, Seattle Public Schools as a whole failed to meet annual yearly progress goals.
In fact, every group of students in every racial and socio-economic demographic failed to meet progress goals, in elementary, middle school and high school.
So there’s a lot of spending going on at Seattle Public schools, but not a lot to show for it.
“The way the district does business is insane,” Chandra Hampson, the PTA president from a district schools, was quoted as saying by Westneat.
A lot of readers probably shook their heads in agreement when they read that remark."
Political Predictions for 2016
Political Predictions for 2016 - Reason.com:
Take Judge Andrew Napolitano's quiz about the year ahead.
Andrew Napolitano | December 31, 2015
[Ed. note: Judge Napolitano's choices are marked with italics.]
1) The Republican nominee for president in 2016 will be...
a. Donald Trump by unanimous acclamation of the Republican National Convention.
b. Ted Cruz by unanimous acclamation of the convention.
c. Mitt Romney after a contested, bitter, brokered convention.
d. none of the above.
2) The Democratic nominee for president in 2016 will be...
a. Hillary Clinton.
b. Bernie Sanders.
c. Al Gore after a contested, bitter, brokered Democratic National Convention.
d. not Hillary Clinton, because she will be indicted by a federal grand jury for various crimes.
3) The voters will elect in a landslide...
a. whoever promises to give them the biggest piece of the federal pie.
b. whoever scares them the most.
c. whoever comes across as most faithful to the Constitution.
d. a sleeper candidate not yet on the scene.
4) The 2016 Republican platform will promise...
a. to eradicate the Islamic State group by using ground troops and fighting an all-out war.
b. to replace Obamacare with a lighter, easier version of it.
c. to make abortion illegal, except for in cases of rape and incest.
d. to bring the troops home and let the Russians fight the Islamic State.
5) The 2016 Democratic platform will promise...
a. a 2016 version of "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage."
b. free health care for those who want it.
c. criminalizing hate speech.
d. all of the above.
6) The Super Bowl will be won by...
a. the Carolina Panthers.
b. the New England Patriots, but only by cheating.
c. the New York Jets after the greatest comeback in NFL history.
d. none of the above.
7) The World Series will be won by...
a. the New York Mets.
b. the San Francisco Giants.
c. the Boston Red Sox, but only after they acquire A-Rod from the Yankees.
d. none of the above.
8) In 2016, climate change...
a. will be embraced by the Republican Party in a dramatic turnabout.
b. will be defined as an article of faith by Pope Francis.
c. will be exposed as a fraud.
d. will leave the public marketplace of ideas.
Take Judge Andrew Napolitano's quiz about the year ahead.
Andrew Napolitano | December 31, 2015
[Ed. note: Judge Napolitano's choices are marked with italics.]
1) The Republican nominee for president in 2016 will be...
a. Donald Trump by unanimous acclamation of the Republican National Convention.
b. Ted Cruz by unanimous acclamation of the convention.
c. Mitt Romney after a contested, bitter, brokered convention.
d. none of the above.
2) The Democratic nominee for president in 2016 will be...a. Hillary Clinton.
b. Bernie Sanders.
c. Al Gore after a contested, bitter, brokered Democratic National Convention.
d. not Hillary Clinton, because she will be indicted by a federal grand jury for various crimes.
3) The voters will elect in a landslide...
a. whoever promises to give them the biggest piece of the federal pie.
b. whoever scares them the most.
c. whoever comes across as most faithful to the Constitution.
d. a sleeper candidate not yet on the scene.
4) The 2016 Republican platform will promise...
a. to eradicate the Islamic State group by using ground troops and fighting an all-out war.
b. to replace Obamacare with a lighter, easier version of it.
c. to make abortion illegal, except for in cases of rape and incest.
d. to bring the troops home and let the Russians fight the Islamic State.
5) The 2016 Democratic platform will promise...
a. a 2016 version of "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage."
b. free health care for those who want it.
c. criminalizing hate speech.
d. all of the above.
6) The Super Bowl will be won by...
a. the Carolina Panthers.
b. the New England Patriots, but only by cheating.
c. the New York Jets after the greatest comeback in NFL history.
d. none of the above.
7) The World Series will be won by...
a. the New York Mets.
b. the San Francisco Giants.
c. the Boston Red Sox, but only after they acquire A-Rod from the Yankees.
d. none of the above.
8) In 2016, climate change...
a. will be embraced by the Republican Party in a dramatic turnabout.
b. will be defined as an article of faith by Pope Francis.
c. will be exposed as a fraud.
d. will leave the public marketplace of ideas.
Obama's 'Streisand Effect' Presidency
Obama's 'Streisand Effect' Presidency | The Weekly Standard:
"Earlier this week, it made news that "Bringing Peace, Security to Syria" was listed as one of the top achievements in 2015 by the Obama State Department.
If this is what peace and security in Syria look like, I’d hate to see the hellish charnel house the region would have to become for the State Department to admit it's chaos.
This bizarre messaging reminded me of another bit of news that came out of the White House recently:
Obama gave the Medal of Freedom to Barbra Streisand.
While ISIS and The Prince of Tides both fall under the heading of "things I dislike intensely," I will try and explain more precisely why these two things are related.
Streisand hasn't exactly been a pop culture fixture over the last few decades.
In fact, if you're on the younger side, Streisand's fame extends primarily to an internet phenomenon, known as the "Streisand Effect."
In 2003, a photographer trying to document coastal erosion took a picture of Streisand's Malibu home from a helicopter and posted it online.
There was no attempt to specifically draw attention to Streisand's home; it was one of 12,000 pictures of the coast that the photographer took.
Nonetheless, Streisand sued to have the photo removed from the web.
Of course, the silly legal action ended up drawing more attention to the picture of her house than it would have if she'd just left it alone.
It became an internet meme.
People were posting photos of her house, just to spite her.
So it's a wonder that the Obama presidency hasn't quite figured out that denying the existence of the obvious actually doesn't help.
When you say there's peace and security in Syria, you're not convincing anyone that's the case. You're inevitably drawing attention to the fact the region is a mess and the Obama administration's handling of the situation has been terrible.
It's not just limited to Syria, either.
Denial of the obvious has been a feature of the Obama presidency.
Recall that Obama told Bill O'Reilly in his Super Bowl interview a few years back that there was "not a smidgen of corruption" at the IRS.
Well, no.
In fact, the IRS held a press conference to admit its own wrongdoing and the chief IRS official involved is pleading the Fifth.
When you deny the obvious, the effect is to sow distrust among those voters who are concerned about the scandal.
What about "Obamacare is working"?
We hear that a lot.
Maybe this messaging is necessary because it gives liberal supporters a talking point to rally around, but for the rest of us in the "reality-based community" the undeniable fact is that the law is failing in very significant ways.
Insurance costs are up 27 percent despite promises that the law would make it cheaper, and even Hillary Clinton is now conceding in Democratic debates that the law has made the insurance industry less competitive and in Iowa she's admitting the law is killing jobs.
Unless you're already on Team Obama, this kind of denial is polarizing at best and infuriating at worst.
So why do they do it?
Well, the general rule in Washington is never assume malice when incompetence and arrogance will suffice.
It's more than possible that Obama and those in his administration are in a bubble.
Indeed, that was heavily suggested by the recent fracas when The New York Times reported—then memory-holed—a report where Obama said he underestimated how much the recent ISIS attack in San Bernardino had spooked Americans because he didn't watch cable news."
"Earlier this week, it made news that "Bringing Peace, Security to Syria" was listed as one of the top achievements in 2015 by the Obama State Department.
If this is what peace and security in Syria look like, I’d hate to see the hellish charnel house the region would have to become for the State Department to admit it's chaos.
This bizarre messaging reminded me of another bit of news that came out of the White House recently:
Obama gave the Medal of Freedom to Barbra Streisand.
While ISIS and The Prince of Tides both fall under the heading of "things I dislike intensely," I will try and explain more precisely why these two things are related.
Streisand hasn't exactly been a pop culture fixture over the last few decades.
In fact, if you're on the younger side, Streisand's fame extends primarily to an internet phenomenon, known as the "Streisand Effect."
In 2003, a photographer trying to document coastal erosion took a picture of Streisand's Malibu home from a helicopter and posted it online.
There was no attempt to specifically draw attention to Streisand's home; it was one of 12,000 pictures of the coast that the photographer took.
Nonetheless, Streisand sued to have the photo removed from the web.
Of course, the silly legal action ended up drawing more attention to the picture of her house than it would have if she'd just left it alone.
It became an internet meme.
People were posting photos of her house, just to spite her.
So it's a wonder that the Obama presidency hasn't quite figured out that denying the existence of the obvious actually doesn't help.
It's not just limited to Syria, either.
Denial of the obvious has been a feature of the Obama presidency.
Recall that Obama told Bill O'Reilly in his Super Bowl interview a few years back that there was "not a smidgen of corruption" at the IRS.
Well, no.
In fact, the IRS held a press conference to admit its own wrongdoing and the chief IRS official involved is pleading the Fifth.
When you deny the obvious, the effect is to sow distrust among those voters who are concerned about the scandal.
What about "Obamacare is working"?
We hear that a lot.
Maybe this messaging is necessary because it gives liberal supporters a talking point to rally around, but for the rest of us in the "reality-based community" the undeniable fact is that the law is failing in very significant ways.
Insurance costs are up 27 percent despite promises that the law would make it cheaper, and even Hillary Clinton is now conceding in Democratic debates that the law has made the insurance industry less competitive and in Iowa she's admitting the law is killing jobs.
Unless you're already on Team Obama, this kind of denial is polarizing at best and infuriating at worst.
So why do they do it?
Well, the general rule in Washington is never assume malice when incompetence and arrogance will suffice.
It's more than possible that Obama and those in his administration are in a bubble.
Indeed, that was heavily suggested by the recent fracas when The New York Times reported—then memory-holed—a report where Obama said he underestimated how much the recent ISIS attack in San Bernardino had spooked Americans because he didn't watch cable news."
These are worth a look!-----13 Google Chrome Tips That Will Make Your Life Better | TIME
13 Google Chrome Tips That Will Make Your Life Better | TIME:
From learning a new language to saving money while online shopping
Since it debuted in 2008, Google Chrome has quickly risen to be the most popular web browser in the world, beating out Firefox and Internet Explorer.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t make it better.
There are many extensions and programs that innovative developers have built to make using Chrome more productive and more fun.
With them, you can save articles to read anywhere, learn a new language, save money while shopping, and even improve your writing.
And the beauty is that they don’t actually require you to put in any extra work.
These 13 extensions and apps can help you both streamline your Chrome browsing and help you do things you didn’t even know were possible.
Read on to become a Google Chrome pro:
From learning a new language to saving money while online shopping
But that doesn’t mean you can’t make it better.
There are many extensions and programs that innovative developers have built to make using Chrome more productive and more fun.
With them, you can save articles to read anywhere, learn a new language, save money while shopping, and even improve your writing.
And the beauty is that they don’t actually require you to put in any extra work.
These 13 extensions and apps can help you both streamline your Chrome browsing and help you do things you didn’t even know were possible.
Read on to become a Google Chrome pro:
City Councilman Wants Citizens to Throw Rocks, Bricks and Bottles at Police | Video | TheBlaze.com
City Councilman Wants Citizens to Throw Rocks, Bricks and Bottles at Police | Video | TheBlaze.com: "A Mississippi city councilman is in hot water for suggesting residents attack police officers from other districts and counties with rocks, bricks and bottles.Speaking earlier in the week about police chases crossing into Jackson’s jurisdiction, Councilman Kenneth Stokes publicly stated, “Let’s get rocks, let’s get bricks and let’s get bottles and start throwing them and then they police won’t come in here anymore.”
Predators for Hillary
Predato
"...Unlike Cosby, Bill Clinton's most well-known extramarital activities were consensual.
I don't think dropping your pants and instructing a state employee to "kiss it", or groping the breasts of a grieving widow, or telling a woman after you've raped her twice that "you might want to put some ice on that" meets the minimum definition of an "affair".
But evidently "the 42nd president's charm" still works on Abigail Abrams.
The retreat to euphemism is most telling.
The President and Mrs Clinton's marriage is an arrangement, the protection of which necessitated Hillary's enthusiastic participation in the trashing of his victims.
No doubt she'd do the same if the Epstein story were ever to receive the coverage in the US papers that it's received in Britain.
Which is why there are no half-measures for Donald Trump here: he has to go "the full Lewinsky" (as Laura Rosen Cohen advises) or not at all.
They're going to need a lot more euphemisms.rs for Hillary :: SteynOnline\
"...Unlike Cosby, Bill Clinton's most well-known extramarital activities were consensual.
Yeah, right. Tell that to Juanita Broaddrick, and Paula Jones, and Kathleen Willey...
Miss Abrams concludes:
Bill Clinton is scheduled to headline his first solo campaign events next week as he hits the stump to get voters excited for the former secretary of state's candidacy. While the Clintons are ignoring attacks by Trump and others, they are also likely hoping that Cosby does not stay in the news for too long so that voters can focus on the 42nd president's charm and not his affairs.
I don't think dropping your pants and instructing a state employee to "kiss it", or groping the breasts of a grieving widow, or telling a woman after you've raped her twice that "you might want to put some ice on that" meets the minimum definition of an "affair". But evidently "the 42nd president's charm" still works on Abigail Abrams.
The President and Mrs Clinton's marriage is an arrangement, the protection of which necessitated Hillary's enthusiastic participation in the trashing of his victims.
No doubt she'd do the same if the Epstein story were ever to receive the coverage in the US papers that it's received in Britain.
Which is why there are no half-measures for Donald Trump here: he has to go "the full Lewinsky" (as Laura Rosen Cohen advises) or not at all.
They're going to need a lot more euphemisms.rs for Hillary :: SteynOnline\
History for January 4
History for January 4 - On-This-Day.com
Sir Isaac Newton 1643 (N.S.) - Physicist, mathematician, Louis Braille 1809 - Inventor of a reading system for the blind, Charles "Tom Thumb" Stratton 1838
Jane Wyman 1914 - Actress, Floyd Patterson 1935 - Heavyweight boxing champion, Dyan Cannon 1939 - Actress
1884 - The socialist Fabian Society was founded in London.
1885 - Dr. William Grant performed the first successful appendectomy. The patient was Mary Gartside.
1944 - The attack on Monte Cassino was launched by the British Fifth Army in Italy.
1951 - During the Korean conflict, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul.
1953 - Tufted plastic carpeting was introduced by Barwick Mills.
1965 - The Fender Guitar Company was sold to CBS for $13 million.
1965 - In his State of the Union address, U.S. President Johnson proclaimed the building of the "Great Society."
1999 - Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as Minnesota's 37th governor.
Sunday, January 03, 2016
Obama Won’t Do It, So Texas Does – Texas Governor Strips Funding from Sanctuary Cities! - Eagle Rising
Obama Won’t Do It, So Texas Does – Texas Governor Strips Funding from Sanctuary Cities! - Eagle Rising:
"Now the question is, when will other conservative governors begin showing the same kind of fortitude that Governor Abbott has? When will conservatives across the nations stand up to the bullying of the lawless left and demand that our laws be upheld? I’d say now is as good a time as any."
"Now the question is, when will other conservative governors begin showing the same kind of fortitude that Governor Abbott has? When will conservatives across the nations stand up to the bullying of the lawless left and demand that our laws be upheld? I’d say now is as good a time as any."
Cleaning house: Justice Dept. won’t press charges against disgraced VA execs
Cleaning house: Justice Dept. won’t press charges against disgraced VA execs « Hot Air
We seem to be nearing the end of the saga of Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves, the two Veterans Administration executives who were found to have gamed the system for plumb positions and generous relocation payments, though it’s probably not the outcome many government watchdogs may have wished.
Not too long ago, Ed covered the story of how VA officials were reluctant to fire people accused of such misbehavior, regardless of how egregious the charges may be. Shortly after that, the policy was explained by Deputy VA Secretary Sloan Gibson who said, “You can’t fire your way to excellence.”
But surely when you get a referral to prosecute someone at the federal level, that’s the tipping point, right?
Once the review is finished and your own watchdogs have sent the case over to the Justice Department to have them prosecuted, it’s time to turn the screws.
As it turns out… not so much. (Government Executive)
The Justice Department will not pursue criminal charges against two former Veterans Affairs senior executives accused of using their positions of authority for personal gain.
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia declined a referral for criminal prosecution from the VA watchdog related to Diana Rubens, former director of the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Philadelphia office, and Kimberly Graves, former director of VBA’s St. Paul, Minn., regional office…
“The U.S. Attorney’s Office has notified the VA’s Office of the Inspector General of this decision and referred the matter to the VA for any administrative action that is deemed appropriate,” the office said in a statement. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office has no further comment on this investigation.”...
We seem to be nearing the end of the saga of Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves, the two Veterans Administration executives who were found to have gamed the system for plumb positions and generous relocation payments, though it’s probably not the outcome many government watchdogs may have wished.
But surely when you get a referral to prosecute someone at the federal level, that’s the tipping point, right?
Once the review is finished and your own watchdogs have sent the case over to the Justice Department to have them prosecuted, it’s time to turn the screws.
As it turns out… not so much. (Government Executive)
The Justice Department will not pursue criminal charges against two former Veterans Affairs senior executives accused of using their positions of authority for personal gain.
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia declined a referral for criminal prosecution from the VA watchdog related to Diana Rubens, former director of the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Philadelphia office, and Kimberly Graves, former director of VBA’s St. Paul, Minn., regional office…
“The U.S. Attorney’s Office has notified the VA’s Office of the Inspector General of this decision and referred the matter to the VA for any administrative action that is deemed appropriate,” the office said in a statement. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office has no further comment on this investigation.”...
Peer-Reviewed Survey Finds Majority Of Scientists Skeptical Of Global Warming Crisis
Peer-Reviewed Survey Finds Majority Of Scientists Skeptical Of Global Warming Crisis - Forbes:
"It is becoming clear that not only do many scientists dispute the asserted global warming crisis, but these skeptical scientists may indeed form a scientific consensus.
Don’t look now, but maybe a scientific consensus exists concerning global warming after all.
Only 36 percent of geoscientists and engineers believe that humans are creating a global warming crisis, according to a survey reported in the peer-reviewed Organization Studies.
By contrast, a strong majority of the 1,077 respondents believe that nature is the primary cause of recent global warming and/or that future global warming will not be a very serious problem.
The survey results show geoscientists (also known as earth scientists) and engineers hold similar views as meteorologists.
Two recent surveys of meteorologists (summarized here and here) revealed similar skepticism of alarmist global warming claims.
According to the newly published survey of geoscientists and engineers, merely 36 percent of respondents fit the “Comply with Kyoto” model.
The scientists in this group “express the strong belief that climate change is happening, that it is not a normal cycle of nature, and humans are the main or central cause.”
The authors of the survey report, however, note that the overwhelming majority of scientists fall within four other models, each of which is skeptical of alarmist global warming claims..."
"It is becoming clear that not only do many scientists dispute the asserted global warming crisis, but these skeptical scientists may indeed form a scientific consensus.
Don’t look now, but maybe a scientific consensus exists concerning global warming after all.
Only 36 percent of geoscientists and engineers believe that humans are creating a global warming crisis, according to a survey reported in the peer-reviewed Organization Studies.
By contrast, a strong majority of the 1,077 respondents believe that nature is the primary cause of recent global warming and/or that future global warming will not be a very serious problem.
The survey results show geoscientists (also known as earth scientists) and engineers hold similar views as meteorologists.
Two recent surveys of meteorologists (summarized here and here) revealed similar skepticism of alarmist global warming claims.According to the newly published survey of geoscientists and engineers, merely 36 percent of respondents fit the “Comply with Kyoto” model.
The scientists in this group “express the strong belief that climate change is happening, that it is not a normal cycle of nature, and humans are the main or central cause.”
The authors of the survey report, however, note that the overwhelming majority of scientists fall within four other models, each of which is skeptical of alarmist global warming claims..."
Man Who Escaped Islamic State Prison Provides Horrifying Details on What Group Did to Christians | TheBlaze.com
Man Who Escaped Islamic State Prison Provides Horrifying Details on What Group Did to Christians | TheBlaze.com:“The airstrikes are not effective and there are really no functional operations. The coalition is bullsh**!” he told the Independent Journal. “They might get a couple good shots here or there, but for the most part it’s not an effective strategy.”
Saad added, “Under the Obama administration, America is not taking this fight seriously.”
Hope n' Change Cartoons: 2015: The Year in Review
Hope n' Change Cartoons: 2015: The Year in ReviewAs we begin a fresh new year which hasn't yet stunk up the calendar, it's time to look back on 2015 and reflect on the ups, the downs, and the freaking miracle that we somehow got through it without all ending up in drug rehab.
- JANUARY
A killing which John Kerry would later describe as having "legitimacy" (for having mocked Islam) before backtracking and saying that the killers at least had a "rationale."
While world leaders met in Paris to show solidarity against terror, Obama failed to attend and refused to send any official representatives.
He did, however, eventually allow John Kerry to fly folk artist James Taylor to Paris to sing "You've Got a Friend."
Yes, there is more. Read on.....
After Ejecting, Plane Lands By ITSELF With Minimal Damage - World War Wings
After Ejecting, Plane Lands By ITSELF With Minimal Damage - World War Wings:
"You Seriously Can’t Make This Up!
This is the story of the “Corn Field Bomber,” but as the pilot explains, it should have become the story of the “Wheat Field Fighter.”
You’re confused we know, but we’ll get to that part in the video.
On February 2nd, 1970, Major Gary Foust took off in his F-106 Delta Dart along side his two wingmen. They were conducting a dogfighting exercise in which his wingmen were supposed to be the opponents. Getting into “vertical scissors” with one of them at about 40,000 feet, Foust’s Delta Dart got into a flat spin from which he could not recover.
F-106 Delta Dart were all-weather interceptor aircraft from the 60s to the 80s.
At about 8,000 feet, his wingmen told him to eject to which he of course complied.
The ejection went smoothly without a hitch, Faust landing safely a distance away.
As for the plane, he thought that it crashed.
There was really no other option if you think about it.
When in a flat spin, delta type aircraft have an even harder time recovering, so being unmanned after the ejection would point to a certain fireball.
That was not the case though.
Check out the video and let Foust tell you what happened later.
It’s actually an incredible story...."
"You Seriously Can’t Make This Up!
This is the story of the “Corn Field Bomber,” but as the pilot explains, it should have become the story of the “Wheat Field Fighter.”
You’re confused we know, but we’ll get to that part in the video.
On February 2nd, 1970, Major Gary Foust took off in his F-106 Delta Dart along side his two wingmen. They were conducting a dogfighting exercise in which his wingmen were supposed to be the opponents. Getting into “vertical scissors” with one of them at about 40,000 feet, Foust’s Delta Dart got into a flat spin from which he could not recover.F-106 Delta Dart were all-weather interceptor aircraft from the 60s to the 80s.
At about 8,000 feet, his wingmen told him to eject to which he of course complied.
The ejection went smoothly without a hitch, Faust landing safely a distance away.
As for the plane, he thought that it crashed.
There was really no other option if you think about it.
When in a flat spin, delta type aircraft have an even harder time recovering, so being unmanned after the ejection would point to a certain fireball.
That was not the case though.
Check out the video and let Foust tell you what happened later.
It’s actually an incredible story...."
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