The Obama Energy Tax Hike May Not Be Dead

The Obama Energy Tax Hike May Not Be Dead

Biden Gets a Bailout

via: Michelle Malkin


Biden Gets a Bailout: "

**Written by Doug Powers

Joe Biden is getting a bailout. Why? Because he’s too gaffe-tastic to fail, I guess.

The Federal Election Commission has approved a transfer of money from “Obama for America” to Joe Biden’s primary campaign to cover debts and fines that the Biden ’08 campaign doesn’t have the funds to pay.

Here’s part of what the Biden campaign owes and why:

An FEC audit shows that Biden’s campaign debts include an estimated $219,005 owed to the U.S. Treasury.

Auditors came up with that total after finding the Biden campaign accepted donations over the legal limit, failed to deal with refund checks that donors didn’t cash, and accepted illegal corporate help by paying less than it should have for a private plane flight.

That kind of bookkeeping acumen is what made “Sheriff Joe” the natural choice to be put in charge of ensuring that “every penny” of the nearly trillion dollar stimulus was carefully accounted for, spent efficiently and effectively, and didn’t fall prey to crook or incompetence.

Paying taxes in a willing and timely fashion patriotic, but campaign debts and fines, not so much.

**Written by Doug Powers

Twitter @ThePowersThatBe

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U.N. Official Admits: We Redistribute World’s Wealth by Climate Policy

via: The Blaze


U.N. Official Admits: We Redistribute World’s Wealth by Climate Policy: "

“This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy.”

Is this quote from a) a climate change skeptic, or b) an official from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

Climate change skeptics have long theorized about ulterior motives behind attempts to legislate and regulate man-made global warming. This speculation reached a fever pitch after data from the University of East Anglia — widely referenced by the United Nations — was found to be flawed and private emails pointed to a broader conspiracy to falsify the so-called evidence.

But this speculation is only likely to grow after a leading member of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) told a German news outlet, “[W]e redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy.” Via the Media Research Center, Germany’s NZZ Online Sunday interviews Ottmar Edenhofer of the U.N. (emphases mine):

(NZZ AM SONNTAG): The new thing about your proposal for a Global Deal is the stress on the importance of development policy for climate policy. Until now, many think of aid when they hear development policies.

(OTTMAR EDENHOFER, UN IPCC OFFICIAL): That will change immediately if global emission rights are distributed. If this happens, on a per capita basis, then Africa will be the big winner, and huge amounts of money will flow there. This will have enormous implications for development policy. And it will raise the question if these countries can deal responsibly with so much money at all.

(NZZ): That does not sound anymore like the climate policy that we know.

(EDENHOFER): Basically it’s a big mistake to discuss climate policy separately from the major themes of globalization. The climate summit in Cancun at the end of the month is not a climate conference, but one of the largest economic conferences since the Second World War. Why? Because we have 11,000 gigatons of carbon in the coal reserves in the soil under our feet – and we must emit only 400 gigatons in the atmosphere if we want to keep the 2-degree target. 11 000 to 400 – there is no getting around the fact that most of the fossil reserves must remain in the soil.

(NZZ): De facto, this means an expropriation of the countries with natural resources. This leads to a very different development from that which has been triggered by development policy.

(EDENHOFER): First of all, developed countries have basically expropriated the atmosphere of the world community. But one must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy. Obviously, the owners of coal and oil will not be enthusiastic about this. One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore, with problems such as deforestation or the ozone hole.

According to the Media Research Center, Edenhofer was “co-chair of the IPCC’s Working Group III, and was a lead author of the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report released in 2007 which controversially concluded, ‘Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.’”

This week marks the one year anniversary since the “Climategate” scandal erupted.

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The Eurozone financial collapse, explained

http://tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2010/11/eurozone-financial-collapse-explained.html


The Eurozone financial collapse, explained: "This strikes me as a pretty good explanation for the recent strengthening of the United States dollar vs. the Euro notwithstanding QE2...No, really."

Get ready.

by Red White Blue News.com


Get ready.: "Get ready.


Sources: FCC chief working on net neutrality proposal - Kim Hart
www.politico.com
Julius Genachowski plans to take action on the controversial issue as early as next month."

Six Degrees of George Soros

via: http://newzeal.blogspot.com/



Six Degrees of George Soros: "

A new website called 'Six Degrees of George Soros' was founded 4 days ago. Currently they have 94 pages and are creating more as I write. The idea is that you go to the site, type in a name, and then that person's page will come up with a brief bio, and the number degrees of separation between themselves and the man with the money, George Soros. The producers of the website explain,

'Six Degrees of George Soros is a non-partisan web search game which shows the connections between Soros and the rest of the progressive machine. Progressive/Liberals/Democrats can use this information to ease their minds in knowing George Soros’ influence is everywhere. Conservatives/Tea Party Patriots/Republicans can use this information to freak out by knowing George Soros’ influence is everywhere.'

The website is including individuals and organizations - backing up much of their research with articles from KeyWiki - the ever-expanding encyclopedia on the covert side of U.S. and Global politics. They haven't got a whole lot of connections done yet, but check back from time to time for a play with the nifty search tool on their website.

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Manhattan cops bust 7 men for "crime" of playing chess in an unapproved area

by The blogprof


Manhattan cops bust 7 men for "crime" of playing chess in an unapproved area: "Chess. CHESS! In an unapproved area. This took place in a park in the liberal Utopia of New York: Cops bust seven men playing chess in upper Manhattan park

A squad of cops in bulletproof vests swooped into an upper Manhattan park and charged seven men with the 'crime' of playing chess in an area off-limits to adults unaccompanied by kids -- even though no youngsters were there.

'Is chess really something that should be considered a threat to the neighborhood?' Inwood resident and mom Joanne Johnson wrote Mayor Bloomberg, the City Council and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly after the raid.

'This incident is an embarrassment to the officers from the 34th Precinct who felt that it was necessary to use their badge and authority to issue such a random summons.'

All 7 seven illegal chess players got desk-appearance tickets. In America! The Police said the rule protects kids from pedophiles or others who might want to harm them. And from chess players:

'They treated us like drug dealers. All we were doing was playing chess.'

Where does such moonbattery end? Let me tell you. Or actually, let me remind you from this prior post: Totalitarian Hell: In the U.K, parents banned from watching their children in playgrounds in case they're pedophiles

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Obama: I shot you in the head but really - I didn't mean to do it!

by The blogprof

Obama: I shot you in the head but really - I didn't mean to do it!: "

'Quantitative easing' in one picture

An update on my post from earlier this month: Good News: FED to buy $1 trillion for bonds with money we don't have to make economy look better than it really is. This is called 'quantitative easing.' Or as we call in in the real world 'printing money.' This of course has the effect of devaluing the dollar and bringing about hypoerinflation. But don't worry, because Obama says he doesn't mean to do it. From the AP via The Detroit News: Obama: Fed action not designed to weaken dollar. But it's going to and our community organizer-in-chief darned well knows it.

Staking his ground in the global fight over the world's major currencies, President Barack Obama today disputed claims that the U.S. was deliberately weakening the dollar while accusing China of manipulating its yuan.

Obama said the decision by the Federal Reserve to pump $600 billion into the U.S. economy was designed to give a boost to a slow recovery and address fears of deflation. Germany and other members of the Group of 20 of the largest economies meeting here this week have complained that the infusion of cash will devalue the dollar and hurt their exports to the United States.

When the Roman Empire was on its way to becoming the greatest that the world had ever seen up to that time, precious metals were used as currency. When Rome burned to the ground, its citizens were trading in useless slag. We're on that same trajectory. You want to know what quantitative easing is? It's this: Video: Why Don't They Just Call Quantitative Easing Printing Money - The Last Refuge Of Failed Economic Empires And Banana Republics?

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Obama Plans on Withdrawing Troops From US Border in February

via: gatewaypundit

Obama Plans on Withdrawing Troops From US Border in February: "

It’s a war zone… But Obama plans on withdrawing troops from the border.

The Obama Administration plans to withdraw National Guards troops from the US border in February.

The Washington Examiner reported:

The Obama Administration plans to withdraw National Guard troops from the Texas, New Mexico and California borders by the end February under a new Southwest security plan, even as turmoil in Mexican border cities grows, according to documents obtained by The Washington Examiner.

A letter sent to various members of the Texas Congressional delegation from Texas’ Gov. Rick Perry’s office says, “In February, 2011, the Texas, New Mexico, and California National Guard forces that were deployed to the border in September, 2010, under President’s Obama’s Southwest Border Augmentation Plan, will have 30 days to complete a total draw down of forces.”

The roughly 550 troops will have the month of February to redeploy back to their units, Texas Congressman Ted Poe told The Examiner. Troops would not be pulled off the Arizona border under the plan, and about 100 of the troops would re-deploy there from other states, officials said.

Poe received the letter today. His office confirmed with Department of Homeland Security officials that the plan came from the administration.

“I’m surprised the president would so quickly remove troops from Texas. They’re not supposed to leave until July,” said Poe.

Related… Governor Rick Perry told reporters this week that he was open to sending US troops into Mexico to help with cartel violence.

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TSA AGENT ARRESTED ON SEXUAL ASSAULT & RAPE CHARGES (Video)

via: gatewaypundit

TSA AGENT ARRESTED ON SEXUAL ASSAULT & RAPE CHARGES (Video): "

This is comforting…

A TSA agent was arrested this year for raping a 14 year-old.

The TSA agent was sending the child text messages.

WHDH reported:

A Transportation Security Administration worker at Logan International Airport is accused of assaulting a 14-year-old girl.

Sean Shanahan, 45, of Winthrop is being held on $50,000 cash bail following his arraignment in East Boston District Court. He is charged with statutory rape, enticement of a child and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older.

He has also been ordered not to contact the victim or any minors.

Winthrop Police said this all started when a father contacted them about sexually explicit text messages on his daughter’s cell phone.

Shanahan reportedly began contact with the girl in January.

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