Her Hineyness Is Peeved

 Earl of Taint   "The very idea…watching that low-bred press rabble question her like she was some commoner. Holding her to account like she was a Republican or something! An insulting, repulsive and shockingly sexist breach of protocol that will not be forgotten."

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Why I am a Climate Change Skeptic

Dr. Patrick Moore

"I am skeptical humans are the main cause of climate change and that it will be catastrophic in the near future. There is no scientific proof of this hypothesis, yet we are told “the debate is over” and “the science is settled.”

"My skepticism begins with the believers’ certainty they can predict the global climate with a computer model. The entire basis for the doomsday climate change scenario is the hypothesis increased atmospheric carbon dioxide due to fossil fuel emissions will heat the Earth to unlivable temperatures.

"In fact, the Earth has been warming very gradually for 300 years, since the Little Ice Age ended, long before heavy use of fossil fuels. Prior to the Little Ice Age, during the Medieval Warm Period, Vikings colonized Greenland and Newfoundland, when it was warmer there than today. And during Roman times, it was warmer, long before fossil fuels revolutionized civilization.

"The idea it would be catastrophic if carbon dioxide were to increase and average global temperature were to rise a few degrees is preposterous."  . . .Full Article here.

[Editor’s Note: Patrick Moore, Ph.D., has been a leader in international environmentalism for more than 40 years. He cofounded Greenpeace and currently serves as chair of Allow Golden Rice. Moore received the 2014 Speaks Truth to Power Award at the Ninth International Conference on Climate Change, July 8, in Las Vegas. . . .] 

Obama Details His Disappointment With Netanyahu In First Post-Election Comments

MSN  "President Barack Obama is operating under the assumption that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not support the creation of a Palestinian state, despite the Israeli leader's post-election efforts to recast himself as amenable to a two-state solution.

" 'We take him at his word when he said that it wouldn't happen during his prime ministership, and so that's why we've got to evaluate what other options are available to make sure that we don't see a chaotic situation in the region," the president said in an interview with The Huffington Post on Friday.

"Though he pledged to keep working with the Israeli government on military and intelligence operations, Obama declined to say whether the United States would continue to block Palestinian efforts to secure statehood through the United Nations. In a phone conversation the two had on Thursday, he said he indicated to Netanyahu that "it is going to be hard to find a path where people are seriously believing that negotiations are possible.' " . . .  Read more...

SYRIAN REBELS BOMB AND KILL SCHOOLCHILDREN - ISIS DECAPITATES KURDS - US State Department aghast at Jews building homes in Jerusalem

Obama’s Contempt for Israel Affecting Iran Policy   "Working with enemies and rejecting allies."  . . .

Wanted, Dead or Dead: ISIS Posts Kill Lists of 100 U.S. Military With Personal Information

Independent Sentinel

"ISIS released lists with the names, photos and addresses of 100 U.S. U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marines – many of them pilots, according to the NY Daily News, calling for their deaths.

"The group calls themselves the ISIS Hacking Division posted it on a website Friday evening using a Polish provider."

. . .

“[W]e have decided to leak 100 addresses so that our brothers residing in America can deal with you,” the group warned.

“Kill them in their own lands, behead them in their own homes, stab them to death as they walk their streets thinking that they are safe,” the “Islamic State Hacking Division” added.

"In February, at least four military wives had their social media accounts hacked, purportedly by ISIS. The FBI is investigating."

The Bookworm Beat; — the illustrated edition and open thread

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"Less talk, more pictures (thanks to Caped Crusader):"

Rand Paul: “Difficult” For Clinton To Run On Women’s Rights While Taking Money From Saudi Arabia

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BuzzFeed
“There’s a war on women and it’s in Saudi Arabia, and frankly you can be raped in Saudi Arabia and then publicly lashed for inappropriately being in a car with a man.”

"Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Friday that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “should be ashamed” of the Clinton Foundation accepting foreign donations from countries where women lack basic rights. The potential Republican presidential candidate said it would be difficult to run as the first woman to potentially be president while her foundation takes money from such countries.

“ 'I’m calling today for Hillary Clinton to return the money to Saudi Arabia,” Paul said on Concord News Radio “There’s a war on women and it’s in Saudi Arabia, and frankly you can be raped in Saudi Arabia and then publicly lashed for inappropriately being in a car with a man. I think frankly Hillary Clinton should be ashamed of taking the money and I’m calling today for her to return that money from Saudi Arabia and I’m calling today for her to return the money to Saudi Arabia, to Brunei, to United Arab Emirates, to all of these countries that don’t give women in the basic ability to have the rights in court and voting or on juries.”

"Paul called the Clinton Foundation taking money from foreign countries “an anchor that will drag Hillary Clinton down.' ” . . .

From the "Ain't gonna happen" files: Valerie Jarrett Must Go

Jared Feldschreiber  . . . "But this is a president who is insular... [And] surrounded by people who reflect back to him what he wants to hear... For a man with an Ivy League education, he seems remarkably ignorant of the ways in which past presidents -- Lyndon Johnson and Bill Clinton -- have worked with Congress." Davis also underscores that President Obama has not received the memo put forth by American voters last November with the GOP seizing control of the Senate, giving them full command of Congress. President Obama  believed the elections were a referendum on his policies, even as Republicans gained seven seats in the Senate and maintained a solid majority in the House of Representatives. The schism between Republicans and Democrats has only widened in recent months."  . . .