Obama Goes on Meet the Press, Reality Fails to Intrude

Power Line   "President Obama appeared on Meet the Press this morning with new host Chuck Todd. The conversation focused primarily on ISIS, Iraq and Syria. Much could be said about Obama’s comments, but what struck me most was how disassociated from reality Obama appears to be–both when he defends his own record, and when he talks about foreign policy.

"Obama repeated the spin, first floated by White House spokesman Josh Earnest, that when he talked dismissively of “jayvee” terrorist groups he wasn’t referring to ISIS:

CHUCK TODD: Long way, long way from when you described them as a JV team.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I–
CHUCK TODD: Was that bad intelligence or your misjudgment?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Keep– keep– keep in mind I wasn’t specifically referring to ISIL.

"But he was, as Paul showed here. The only example of a “jayvee” terrorist group Obama gave was the one that took Fallujah. Who took Fallujah? ISIS. Obama knows this; he is simply lying to save his own skin." ...

..."And now Obama tells us that his brand-new “plan” for Syria is to do exactly what his critics have been urging since mid-2013. Only one problem: at this late date, there doesn’t appear to be much of a moderate opposition left to equip and support."

The 9/11 Museum

9/11 Museum Shows SEAL’s Shirt From Bin Laden Raid  "The shirt a Navy SEAL wore in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and a special coin given to a CIA officer who played a key role in finding him are being displayed at the Sept. 11 museum, adding potent symbols of the terrorist attacks’ aftermath days before their anniversary. The items are going on view Sunday at the ground zero museum, where leaders see them as an important and moving addition to a collection that often uses personal artifacts to explore the events and impact of 9/11."...  From Yeshiva World

9/11: Events of the Day

 

"The attacks on September 11, 2001 were one of the most watched and documented tragedies in history. The  9/11 Memorial Museum collection contains personal items and artifacts, accompanied by accounts of the day and stories of heroism, courage, survival and loss. Here are some of the stories that will be shared with visitors and preserved in the collection to honor the lives of the nearly 3,000 victims of the September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 terrorist attacks."

9/11 Interactive Timelines

  "Follow an interactive timeline of the nine-month recovery effort at the World Trade Center site. The timeline contains images, audio and video, as well as first-person accounts that are part of the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s permanent collection.

"Please note: The timeline contains some graphic images and sensitive content due to the nature of the events related to the 9/11 attacks and the aftermath." Graphic and terrible

 

Recovery Stories  "Immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon and the Flight 93 crash site in Somerset County, Pa., rescue and recovery efforts began. Here are some stories from that day and the weeks and months to follow."

9 Military Technologies That Will Change Warfare

Kiplinger;  Google Glass-like Eyegear for Soldiers

 

"Troops one day will receive vital, real-time cues about their location, surrounding terrain, danger zones and much more with “augmented reality” holographic glasses. Called ULTRA-Vis, the transparent eye screen covers one eye and provides visual pop-ups keyed to a wearer’s exact location, plus directional signs and alerts to enemy locations. Yes, it’s like Google Glass, but featuring a mini war room map with sensors and live data. Applied Research Associates in Arlington, Virginia, and Britain’s BAE Systems are developing the eyewear with DARPA. As the technology is refined, future applications could easily be found for police, firefighters and even commercial pilots."   Full article...

 

Emphasis in the original

How wolves change rivers.



The fascinating story of how wolves changed Yellowstone's geography    "You must watch this fascinating four-minute video on the effects of the re-introduction of wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Not only they affected the entire live of the park—increasing the number of species in it!—but actually changed the geography of the park itself, affecting the rivers in a way that positively affected everything."

  

Hat tip to Jack Hamner; Santa Maria, CA

Wolf Reintroduction Changes Ecosystem   "On a quiet spring morning, a resounding “Slap!” reverberates through the air above a remote stream leading to Lake Yellowstone. Over much of the past century, it has been a rarely heard noise in the soundscape that is Yellowstone National Park, but today is growing more common-the sound of a beaver slapping its tail on the water as a warning to other beavers.

 

"Ten years ago, when the grey wolf was reintroduced into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, there was only one beaver colony in the park, said Doug Smith, a wildlife biologist in charge of the Yellowstone Wolf Project.

"Today, the park is home to nine beaver colonies, with the promise of more to come, as the reintroduction of wolves continues to astonish biologists with a ripple of direct and indirect consequences throughout the ecosystem.

"A flourishing beaver population is just one of those consequences, said Smith." ...Read more...

Alan Caruba: An Economist's Bad Climate Advice (Updated)

Warning Signs

 

"If I need my car repaired, I do not take it to a dentist. If I am seeking advice about the climate I check out what climatologists and meteorologists are saying, at least those who have not sold their souls to the global warming/climate change hoax.

"On September 3 The Wall Street Journal published a commentary by Edward P. Lazear titled “The Climate Change Agenda Needs to Adapt to Reality: Limiting carbon emissions won’t work. Better to begin adjusting to a warming world.”

 "Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!  It’s cooling, not warming." ...  Full article...

More inconvenient truths

http://americanenergyalliance.org/2014/09/05/more-inconvenient-truths/

 UPDATE: Perfect: College Will Teach A Climate Change Fiction Class   "At the University of Oregon, a climate change fiction class will be offered this winter.

"No, we don’t mean that it’s a class that teaches that climate change is fiction. We mean that it’s a class that teaches about movies and novels that feature climate change as a central theme."