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By pandering to Saudi Arabia and the Sunni-controlled Gulf states, the U.S. government is playing with fire, allowing the spread of Sunni radicalism to destabilize targeted governments like Syria but unable to control the resulting terrorism, writes Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria African nations were in the forefront of opposing a U.N. Security Council resolution…

Holes in the Neocons’ Syrian Story

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Indoctrinator-In-Chief On A Climate Change Rampage

The indoctrinator-in-chief has been on a literal rampage over the past month suggesting that climate change is the cause of..well nearly everything. One wonders how he sleeps at night worrying about such lofty and pressing issues.

As the coast guard article points out Obama has been omnipresent as a climate change apostle this month suggesting that it leads to global instability, poverty, environmental devastation, harm to animals, risks to national security, and is an insidious danger to general health. He is actually beginning to sound like Chicken Little- The sky is surely falling tomorrow if we don’t agree to the globalist climate change agenda. See  bolded “Chicken Little” passage. While most American’s yawn over “climate change”  and would rather discuss the bizarre Kardashian world, the indoctrinator-in-chief has done his best to whip the world up-or at least the brain-dead masses-into a frenzied panic.

Yesterday Obama suggested that “we weave climate change into science and social studies lessons because kids instinctively understand the importance of environment, impact on animals, health”, when asked how teachers should approach discussing climate change in a classroom setting. Of course no one wants free-thinkers or gasp, “climate skeptics” slipping through the cracks of the educational system so the children need to be bombarded from every academic discipline. Leave no stone unturned in the holy mission to indoctrinate children with fear mongering messages about a non-existent threat.

The origins of the “settled science number (97% of experts agree)  that he continually repeats is examined below. Remember of course that repetition is essential to all phases of indoctrination. All authorities should seem to be in full agreement so that dissenters  can be castigated and mocked.

Climate change: Mr. Obama, 97 percent of experts is a bogus number

Ninety-seven percent of scientists agree: Climate change is real, man-made and dangerous. President Obama tweeted that, and it has been repeated by countless others. It is tempting for a politician to claim that 97 percent of experts agree with you. But do they?

The paper is a treasure trove of how-not-to lessons for a graduate class on survey design and analysis: the sample was not representative, statistical tests were ignored, and the results were misinterpreted.

What was an incompetent piece of research has become a highly influential study, its many errors covered up.

Some of the mistakes in the study should be obvious to all. There are hundreds of papers on the causes of climate change, and thousands of papers on the impacts of climate change and climate policy. Cook focused on the latter. A paper on the impact of a carbon tax on emissions was taken as evidence that the world is warming. A paper on the impact of climate change on the Red Panda was taken as evidence that humans caused this warming. And even a paper on the television coverage of climate change was seen by Cook as proof that carbon dioxide is to blame.

The trouble does not end there. Cook has been reluctant to share his data for others to scrutinize. He has claimed that some data are protected by confidentiality agreements, even when they are not. He was claimed that some data were not collected, even when they were. The paper claims that each abstract was read by two independent readers, but they freely compared notes. Cook and Co. collected data, inspected the results, collected more data, inspected the results again, changed their data classification, collected yet more data, inspected the results once more, and changed their data classification again, before they found their magic 97 percent. People who express concern about the method have been smeared.

We would hope that the president of the United States of America does not spend time checking such trivia. That is the job of the editor of the journal, Dan Kammen of the University of California at Berkeley, who unfortunately has chosen to ignore all issues I and others raised about them. Similarly, the journal’s publisher, the Institute of Physics, and Cook’s employer, the University of Queensland, have turned a deaf ear to my concerns. What was an incompetent piece of research has become a highly influential study, its many errors covered up.

Obama warns Coast Guard cadets global warming a national security threat

At a time when the U.S. military is facing threats on multiple fronts — most immediately, the advances of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, where the terror group recently seized Ramadi — President Obama told U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduates that climate change needs to be added to that list of threats.

“This is not just a problem for countries on the coast or for certain regions of the world. Climate change will impact every country on the planet. No nation is immune,” the president said. “So I am here today to say that climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will impact how our military defends our country. And so we need to act — and we need to act now.”

The president delivered the message at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn.

The president in recent months has pressed for action on global warming as a matter of health, as a matter of environmental protection and as a matter of international obligation.

He even couched it as a family matter, linking it to the worry he felt when one of his daughters had an asthma attack as a preschooler.

His speech to the cadets, by contrast, focused on what the Obama administration says are immediate risks to national security, including contributing to more natural disasters that result in humanitarian crises and potential new flows of refugees. Further, the president said he sees climate change aggravating poverty and social tensions that can fuel instability and foster terrorist activity and other violence.

Obama said the cadets would be part of the first generation of officers to begin their service in a world where it is increasingly clear that “climate change will shape how every one of our services plan, operate, train, equip and protect their infrastructure.”

As for the impact in the U.S., Obama pointed to streets in Miami and Charleston, S.C., that flood at high tide and to military bases around the country already feeling negative effects.

“Around Norfolk, high tides and storms increasingly flood parts of our Navy base and an air base,” Obama said of military facilities in Virginia. “In Alaska, thawing permafrost is damaging military facilities. Out West, deeper droughts and longer wildfires could threaten training areas our troops depend on.”

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Is War on ISIS America’s Fight?

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A Reckless ‘Stand-upper’ on MH-17

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Resurgence of the ‘Surge’ Myth

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Saudis Eye Human Rights Chair

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One More Casualty of US Wars

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Gay Convassing Doesn’t Result In Amazing Attitude Change-They Made It Up

The Washington Post tried to spin the embarrassing news of scientific fraud overseen by an influential member of the academic community in a extremely prestigious journal (Science) today into a win by stating “the scientific process worked. In fact, those of us who teach undergraduates how to do science had just been handed a valuable story that we can tell in the classroom for years.”

A glass-half-full view of academic fraud in political science – The Washington Post

A glass-half-full view of academic fraud in political science – The Washington Post Wednesday was interesting for political scientists. Our social media feeds were full of angst in response to the news that a very influential member of our discipline had requested a retraction of a very widely reported finding published by a very prestigious journal on which he had been a co-author. The data upon which the finding rested appear to have been fraudulently produced. Thus, a process of shaming has begun. It is a necessary process. Yet it misses a very important part of the story: science actually worked.

Not much political science research gets major coverage in outlets like Bloomberg, The Washington Post and “This American Life.” The now retracted finding did (here, here, and here), and that is partly because it was published in a journal that all scientists — not just social scientists — read. A retraction of an article published in such an outlet is major scientific news, and to the best of my knowledge, no political science article has ever been retracted from such a publication. And because some U.S. lawmakers oppose funding for political science research, people are particularly concerned that this “black eye” will contribute to such critiques.

Unfortunately, scientists turn out to be human beings, which is to say some of us are just as likely to succumb to temptation (cheat, commit fraud, etc.) as any other large collection of human beings. Indeed, we have norms against such behavior precisely because such behavior is tempting. Were it not, or were we a collection of ethically pure humans, the norms would be unnecessary.

Hearing that scientists are no better or worse than other collections of humanity, one might wonder whether the results reported in scientific journals are trustworthy. This is why transparency is so important: making publicly available all of the information required to replicate the research. And the retraction that has gotten everyone’s attention is the outcome of the transparency required by scientific journals.

First of all,  oversight by a hightly regarded professional was severely lacking. The study included 9507 respondents who were each supposedly paid $10 each, plus $2 for a referral and $5 more for the follow up surveys. Dr. Donald Green, a big deal in political science circles was Michael Lacour’s advisor and evidently found nothing odd about a graduate student securing funding to the tune of at least 95K? (Turns out-there was no funding)   Also lesser-know researchers than professor Green, found the data to be “too perfect” and began to ask questions. Did Dr Green even look at the raw data and if not, why?

Second of all, failure of the peer review process in a prestigious journal is disturbing. Peer reviews are the front line against fraud. Let’s be frank replicating a study isn’t half as fun as doing new innovative research and so the vast majority of studies will never be replicated. It seems to me highly likely that if you manage to slip past the peer review process, chances are good that your dirty deed will never get exposed. This is akin to crossing the southern U.S.border, where once past the border patrol you are mostly home free.

The Post author would like you to believe that the integrity of science  is exceptionally strong. In reality however things are much worse than the half-full analogy shared by the Post. As recently as this past March, the Post showed a much different story about the state of academic integrity with the following story.

Major publisher retracts 43 scientific papers amid wider fake peer-review scandal

Via washingtonpost.com A major publisher of scholarly medical and science articles has retracted 43 papers because of “fabricated” peer reviews amid signs of a broader fake peer review racket affecting many more publications.

The publisher is BioMed Central, based in the United Kingdom, which puts out 277 peer-reviewed journals. A partial list of the retracted articles suggests most of them were written by scholars at universities in China. But Jigisha Patel, associate editorial director for research integrity at BioMed Central, said it’s not “a China problem. We get a lot of robust research of China. We see this as a broader problem of how scientists are judged.”

Meanwhile, the Committee on Publication Ethics, a multidisciplinary group that includes more than 9,000 journal editors, issued a statement suggesting a much broader potential problem. The committee, it said, “has become aware of systematic, inappropriate attempts to manipulate the peer review processes of several journals across different publishers.” Those journals are now reviewing manuscripts to determine how many may need to be retracted, it said.

Peer review is the vetting process designed to guarantee the integrity of scholarly articles by having experts read them and approve or disapprove them for publication. With researchers increasingly desperate for recognition, citations and professional advancement, the whole peer-review system has come under scrutiny in recent years for a host of flaws and irregularities, ranging from lackadaisical reviewing to cronyism to outright fraud.

“The problem of fake peer reviewers is affecting the whole of academic journal publishing and we are among the ranks of publishers hit by this type of fraud,” Patel of BioMed’s ethics group wrote in November. “The spectrum of ‘fakery’ has ranged from authors suggesting their friends who agree in advance to provide a positive review, to elaborate peer review circles where a group of authors agree to peer review each others’ manuscripts, to impersonating real people, and to generating completely fictitious characters. From what we have discovered amongst our journals, it appears to have reached a higher level of sophistication. The pattern we have found, where there is no apparent connection between the authors but similarities between the suggested reviewers, suggests that a third party could be behind this sophisticated fraud.”

So can we conclude from these two articles that those who are committing these academic sins are propagandists attempting to sway the masses with fraudulent science? No, more research is needed for that.  Following the grant money however will usually reveal significant insights as to whether the fraud is simply the brainchild of a lone academic bent on climbing the ladder and desperate for published articles or a financed plan through grant money to influences masses of people in predetermined directions. (See EPA study masked as a independent peer reviewed study) In this case the unusually large size of the grant purportedly secured by a grad student should have caused some warning bells to go off.

“Science” is the indisputable God-term that cannot be challenged or assailed. “Settled science says” is the mantra of the uber-propagandist who insists that dialogue and critiques be silenced. True science is never truly settled.

Here’s the news that shockingly does not get reported in the American Media about global manipulation of climate data . Hear the crickets yup that is our news media doing their job making sure that anything upsetting to the narrative of climate change be memory holed.

Never be bullied by the propagandist as he gets all indignant that the science is unassailable and …that is is settled.

See Science as Propaganda Lesson #1 for more insights

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Obama Winks at Terrorist Gains

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Israel has preannounced its intent to inflict heavy civilian casualties the next time it bombs southern Lebanon, already claiming that Hezbollah will be at fault because its forces are enmeshed with the population, a remarkable public admission, says Jonathan Marshall. By Jonathan Marshall It’s a rare and remarkable event when a government broadcasts ahead of time…

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Christians, Now Is Probably A Good Time To Stop Watching “Game of Thrones”

Over the course of the last couple of years, I’ve gotten many emails from people asking my opinion of Christians watching “Game of Thrones.”

Here it is.

Of course, “Game of Thrones” isn’t the whole issue, just one example. In general, many of us have become pretty permissive and lackadaisical about the media we choose to consume, and I think it’s a worthy and important thing to discuss. I’m bringing it up now because, apparently, the show aired another explicit rape scene this past weekend, and now even some progressives and secularists are awakening to the fact that it’s probably not healthy or constructive to feast your eyes on violence and sex every day of your life.

One important note: I know people take their entertainment very, very seriously, and any attempt to offer a moral critique of any show or movie will always result in accusations of being “holier than thou.” But to reiterate what I say in this post, I’m not holier than anyone. I struggle with guarding myself against problematic media content just as much as you do. I’ve always been a big movie fan, and though I don’t watch TV shows as often, there are some that I really enjoy quite a bit. Unfortunately, some of the most talented writers and actors dedicate themselves to producing some of the worst garbage. But the garbage is put together really well and sometimes has a compelling story around it, so the temptation to watch can be strong.

I get that. But that doesn’t change the reality of the situation. GoT might be a well made show, but it’s also a pornographic, morally debased show. The porn and moral debasement aren’t less harmful just because the people who put it all together are exceptionally skilled. If anything, that only make it more harmful. Here’s why:

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FBI: No evidence of firearm damage to train

FBI on the scene assisting in the National Transportation Safety Board's investigation.

Rand Paul Says He Will Do “Everything Humanly Possible” To Abolish Patriot Act

"I call for the president to obey the law.”

Waco Biker Gang Shootout: Law Enforcement Authorities on Alert

Advisory did not warn of direct attacks on police.

On Iraq/Torture, Still in Denial

Ex-senior CIA official Michael Morell is making the rounds promoting a new book and recycling old excuses about the Bush administration’s innocence in invading Iraq (just bad intel, you know) and torturing prisoners (the lawyers said it was okay) – and dodging pointed questions, as Sam Husseini discovered. By Sam Husseini On Monday, I questioned…

Police cash confiscations still on the rise

Assets seized can be anything from airplanes to headphones and clothing, but the vast majority is cash.

Leaked List Shows Ferguson Protesters Paid by Soros Front Group

#BlackLivesMatter is a phony astroturf movement funded by the establishment.

Rex Murphy: ‘White privilege’ on the march

To even set up white privilege as a category is prima facie racist. It is to reduce the sum of a person, his dignity, his drive, his worth and his soul to the color of his skin.

Renowned Experts Warn of Slow-Motion Financial Collapse

Governments dig in and prepare as economy continues slide.

First ‘ecstasy’ shop opens in Amsterdam

Opened just for one day...

House Panel: Lawmakers Can Keep Flying First Class at Public Expense

House Rules Committee didn't grant the amendment a vote.

Study: Boys who smoke cannabis ‘are four inches shorter’

New study finds that youngsters who regularly smoked marijuana are far shorter than their non-smoking peers.

St. Louis Federal Reserve confirms hack

People who logged in gave up their credentials to hackers.

Federal Judge Says DC Gun Carry Law is Unconstitutional

Injunction issued against ‘good reason’ requirement for concealed carry permit.

UK Anti-Terror ‘Prevent’ Strategy Under Scrutiny

An investigation by the UK Police and Crime Committee is underway, looking at the effectiveness of Britain’s terror prevention strategy. British Prime Minister David Cameron announced last September that any British jihadists returning from Iraq and Syria would be forced to attend ‘deradicalization’ programs. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Cameron said: “Adhering to […]

Government Regulation and Economic Stagnation

Creeping regulations lead to economic slowdowns.

Over 200,000 Greeks Apply For Humanitarian Crisis Relief

1st world or 3rd world?

Cleveland on Edge Awaiting Verdict

Grand jury verdict expected for cop accused of manslaughter.

Rand Paul vows to do everything possible to block Patriot Act renewal

Founding fathers would be appalled.

Obama seeks to end immigration enforcement by local, state police

Recommendation from task force set up in wake of Ferguson riots.

Big Banks Are The Root of Gangs and Drugs

Banks profit while low-level dealers are thrown in prison.

Civil Asset Forfeiture About More Than Fighting Drugs

The problem of civil asset forfeiture is now so serious that the Canadian government has warned its citizens not to carry cash into the United States...

Expert Breaks Down Globalist Plan to Control Weather

Globalists attempt to influence climate.

World Trade Body Rejects Country of Origin Labels on Meat

'The ruling is a victory for the U.S. meat industry, which has said the labels are burdensome.'

Hillary’s Benghazi Lies Exposed!

Presidential candidate a known liar.

Piers Morgan Calls for War

Claims with zero evidence terror group will "launch big attacks inside America."

Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Bluster

Saudi Arabia and Israel keep ratcheting up the pressure to kill the deal for constraining Iran’s nuclear program with the latest gambit a renewed Saudi threat to obtain its own nuclear capability if the Iran deal isn’t scrapped, a warning that may be more bluster than believable, writes Jonathan Marshall. By Jonathan Marshall As if…

French Mayor Forced Into Mental Institution For ‘Islamophobic’ Comments?

Robert Chardon reportedly committed to psychiatric ward after Twitter outburst.

Are They About To Confiscate Money From Bank Accounts In Greece Just Like They Did In Cyprus?

Do you remember what happened when Cyprus decided to defy the EU?

Chris Christie Calls Snowden Supporters “Civil Liberties Extremists” in His Latest Desperate Neocon Diatribe

Chris Christie is a uniquely American embarrassment.

Is Fox News playing “Hide Rand Paul” with their polls… again?

Last week, Fox News broadcast a questionable poll image.

Something Big Is About To Happen

Humanity faces unconscious fundamental shift.

6 Surprising Facts About Microbes In Your Gut

Probiotics and Prebiotics Influence Neuropsychological Conditions.

Infowars #BlackLivesMatter Planned Parenthood Protest Announced

The fight for black lives begins in the womb.

Caught on Tape: Cop Tosses Football with Kids

Viral video sweeps web amid tensions between public and police.

Fake Evidence Blaming Russia for MH-17?

Exclusive: Pointing the finger of blame at Russian President Putin for the Malaysia Airlines shoot-down last July, an Australian news show claims to have found the spot where the Russian BUK missile battery made its getaway, but the images don’t match, raising questions of journalistic fakery, writes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry An Australian television…

Cleveland Braces For Possible Riots

Residents prepare as verdict looms.

Renowned Experts Warn of Slow-Motion Financial Collapse

Governments dig in and prepare as economy continues slide.

Texas Legislators Reduce Penalty For Guns At Airports

CHL holders who are stopped by security will be allowed to put their guns in their vehicles or check it with their luggage.

Deadliest Gangs In The US Revealed

Elite hide criminal activity behind veneer of officialdom.

School Sparks Outrage After Isolating Student in Frigid Solitary Confinement

“I asked if I could get my jacket and was told no.”

Burglars use drones to target homes

Technology allows thieves to explore properties from the air.

Millennials’ Attention Spans One Second Shorter Than Goldfish

45 percent of subjects distracted by unrelated thoughts or daydreaming when doing something.

GCHQ spies given immunity from anti-hacking laws

British intelligence officers now exempt from prosecution for hacking under the Computer Misuse Act.

Neomasculinity: The Male Backlash Against Toxic Women

How men are fighting back against cultural marxism.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Maryland Income Tax Law

The 5-4 ruling is expected to have significant implications for more than 5,000 taxing jurisdictions across the country.

Video: What happens When a Family Eats Only Organic for Two Weeks

Eating organic could be your solution.

What Everybody Ought to Know About Nazi Propaganda Films

“Forbidden Films: The Hidden Legacy of Nazi Film,”  is a documentary that considers the legacy of the Third Reich’s propaganda films. Movies have been used for quite some time as vehicles for propaganda messages and are extremely powerful because many of the most dangerous messages can simply bypass the rational faculties of the viewer.  For those interested in viewing clips of the films combined with insightful commentary, this may be just the thing. Just remember that America has her own propaganda films from WWI and WWII

Review: ‘Forbidden Films’ Details Nazi Propaganda

Via nytimes.com “Jud Suss” is among 40-odd Nazi productions that cannot be exhibited in Germany without the presence of scholarly context. The director of “Forbidden Films,” Felix Moeller, provides that context with this survey of the Nazis’ film output, which was pro-German and anti everyone else – Jews, French, British, Polish. He layers clips from the films with reactions from German professionals (a historian, a filmmaker), audiences today (German and Israeli) and, shrouded in shadow, neo-Nazis.

It’s a sober treatment of sobering material. If the Nazis have been viewed as especially horrific because they arose within a highly developed Western culture, their propaganda films in turn offer the shock of seeing a popular modern form of art and entertainment being employed to incite and justify hatred and violence. Mr. Moeller, who also directed a film about the director of “Jud Suss,” seems to lean toward not suppressing these films, but even their nuance-free scenes of chest-thumping Nazi pilots and homeland-loving hausfraus remain uncomfortable to watch.

This is a documentary fascinated with and fearful of cinema’s potency, but it’s also devoted to the idea of open discourse, a stance that underlines the urgency of thinking about film critically.

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‘Nuclear disaster waiting to happen’: Royal Navy probes Trident whistleblower’s claims

Whistleblower "on the run" after failed attempts to fix crumbling nuclear safety.

Gallup: Only 26% Satisfied With Way Things Are Going in U.S.

Americans still list government, economy and unemployment as top problems.

Ex-CIA head: Other terror groups more dangerous than ISIS

Al Qaeda subgroups have shown more willingness to confront the U.S. on its home soil.

The war against ISIS in Iraq just took a dark turn

Loss might have been preventable had Baghdad been willing to empower the area's Sunnis.

U.S. top court backs police over arrest of mentally ill woman

Court said nothing the officers did violated the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment.

Leftists Exploit Biker Bloodbath to Complain About “White Privilege”

Liberals want National Guard on Waco streets in the name of equality.

Right-Wing Pressure in Academia

Exclusive: The American Right has gained substantial control of U.S. media but academia remains a juicy target as a vulnerable, last bastion of liberal thought and rationality, thus a key battlefield in the “culture wars,” writes James DiEugenio. By James DiEugenio In 1951, at the height of Sen. Joe McCarthy’s hunt for disloyal Americans, William…

Video: Cop Forced To Resign After Face-Slamming Man Into Concrete

Epidemic of unnecessary violent take-downs continues.

Iraqi forces flee as ISIS gains control of Ramadi, US official says

Iraqi security forces were pushed out by a much smaller ISIS force.

The War on Cash is Here!

Cashless society allows total government control over your life.

Obama combats police militarization by limiting supply of military-style gear

Surprise announcement will ban government from providing items such as armored vehicles, high-power firearms and grenade launchers to local police.

Pentagon Admits Preparing for Mass Civil Breakdown, Joint Drills Raise Concern

A contingency plan in the event of wide scale social unrest.

Why Organic Is The Way To Go

Organic, natural, and eco-friendly building materials from reputable, trusted suppliers is a must for protecting your health.

Explosive New Documents Reveal Obama, Clinton Spin And Lies On Benghazi

Administration knew about gun running, knew attack was planned, not spontaneous, knew rise of ISIS was a threat.

Saudi Arabia ‘could buy Pakistani nuclear weapon’

Decision to purchase 'off the shelf' nuclear device has already been made, newspaper quotes US defence official as saying.

France accused of ‘judicial apartheid’ over officers’ acquittal over deaths that sparked 2005 riots

Family members expressed their anger at the result.

Racial Profiling by Cops Gone Wild

Cops take down black open carry activist.

Obamacare: Doctors Turning Away From Individual Treatment in Favor of “Population Care”

Obamacare treats not for the patient in particular, but for the patient on average, globally, or in the abstract.

Nearly 200 arrested in deadly Texas biker gang shootout

Bodies scattered in restaurant and across two parking lots...

Al Gore’s Climate Change Lies Exposed

Jones breaks down 'global warming' propagandists' latest claims.

Big Oil Gets $10 Million From Taxpayers Every Minute

"Subsidies for fossil fuels are much bigger even than this report suggests."

Fingerprints will soon tell cops if suspects are on cocaine

"We can distinguish between cocaine having been touched and cocaine having been ingested."

Unilever boss urges world leaders to reduce carbon output

“It’s clear that, increasingly, the business community is aware of the costs of climate change."

CNN Goes Full Propaganda On CO2

CNN makes Soviet Pravda look like honest reporting.

British Election Strikes Another Blow Against EU

It’s not difficult to see why some Brits might tire of paying Portugal’s bills.

Gold is Breaking Out Against the Euro and Yen… is the US Dollar Next?

The Greek mess has lit a fire under Gold again.

Goldman Can Now Predict The Price Of Oil In 2020

Many were so amused by Goldman's epic inaccuracy of being wrong by about 80% just a few months out.

Obama on the TPP – Beckoning Us to the Graveyard

Arrogance and hegemonic intent of the statement is astonishing.

The Secret Corporate Takeover

The real intent of these provisions is to impede economy and protect citizens.

Lindsey Graham positioning to become Jeb Bush’s VP: Analyst

Graham said Obama is responsible for current situation in Iraq, not former President Bush.

Media “Builds Picture” of Unverified Abu Sayyaf Raid

Short of facts The Daily Beast allows the Pentagon to provide tantalizing details in terror adventure story.

The Value of Effective Government

The Framers of the U.S. Constitution envisioned an activist federal government that would help build the new country, including transportation infrastructure, but that history has been lost amid Tea Party revisionism that treats all constructive government actions as bad, a dilemma addressed by ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. By Paul R. Pillar The fatal crash…

Corporate Media Rekindles Alleged Threat Against Rome by ISIS

ISIS invasion of Europe meme floated by group connected to RAND and neocons.

Rep. Louie Gohmert Suggests Feds Using Jade Helm to “Provoke a Fight” With Citizens

Congressman calls labeling of Texas & Utah as hostile states "suspicious".

FBI: Plane hacker claims he hacked hard and often

Admitted to making plane change course.

Texas biker gang shooting: Police officer describes carnage outside Waco restaurant as ‘most gruesome crime scene I’ve seen in 34 years’

Nine bikers were killed and others were shot and stabbed in a brawl.

New Military Spending Bill Expands Empire But Forbids Debate on War

On Friday the House passed a massive National Defense Authorization for 2016 that will guarantee US involvement in more wars.

Warning: You WILL be interrogated for driving within 100 miles of the Canadian border

Random checkpoints are being set up by U.S. Customs [DHS] agents in the northeast within 100 miles of the Canadian border.

The DEA Strikes Again – Agents Seize Man’s Life Savings Under Civil Asset Forfeiture Without Charges

In one of the most uncivilized and preposterous loopholes in America, federal agents are allowed to steal citizens’ assets.

The Debt To GDP Ratio For The Entire World: 286 Percent

Did you know that there is more than $28,000 of debt for every man, woman and child on the entire planet?

William & Mary Honors War Criminal

Exclusive: Condoleezza Rice has crossed the threshold into esteemed celebrity – a welcomed speaker at this year’s College of William and Mary commencement – despite her record as the liar who sold the illegal war in Iraq and choreographed torture at CIA “black sites,” writes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern Nothing better illustrates the…

‘Not aimed at third country’: Russia & China start joint drills at Mediterranean

Russian-Chinese exercise comes at a time when NATO and its allies are holding military drills all over Europe.

This Is What Keynesian “Success” Looks Like: Soaring Part-Time Jobs, Record Low Real Wages

If that's "success", we would hate to see what Keynesian failure looks like.

Military pushes for emergency robots as skeptics worry about lethal uses

DARPA is keenly aware that the fast-moving technology raises “difficult societal, ethical and legal questions.”

Rand Paul: ‘We still have chaos’ in Iraq

"I think when [Saddam] Hussein was toppled, we got chaos."

To The Class Of 2015 – You Chumps!

You are victims of a system set up before you were born.

Foreclosure Crisis Increased Racial Segregation in U.S.

Black and Latino neighborhoods were three times as likely to be foreclosed on than those in white neighborhoods.

Iraq war judged a mistake by today’s White House hopefuls

Polls show most of the public have judged the war a failure by now.

States saying ‘no’ to cities seeking to regulate businesses

Potential patchwork of local regulations could be bad for the economy.

Liberty and Personal Law

Law by consent, not by compulsion.

Paul: Benghazi should ‘forever preclude’ Hillary from presidency

“Gadhafi is gone, but what’s left?”

Former Obama CIA chief: Foreign governments have Hillary’s emails

“I think that foreign intelligence services, the good ones, have everything."

Here’s how Rand Paul wants to change the economy

The economic platform of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) is chock full of his libertarian convictions.

What IS this strange sound from the sky?

Noise heard across the globe for nearly a DECADE - but nobody has an explanation.

Military pushes for emergency robots as skeptics worry about lethal uses

It’s 6-foot-2, with laser eyes and vise-grip hands.

Leading German Keynesian Economist Calls For Cash Ban

It’s official: the world has gone central-planner crazy.

Fresh tremors in Nepal as 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits Kathmandu

Centering on Nepal, the quake is the third so far this month.

Five Major Banks to Plead Guilty to Rigging Currency Markets

Giant banks are “too big to jail.”

JC Penney loses another $167 million – Wall Street cheers

This loss now brings JC Penney’s cumulative loss since 2011 to, drum roll please, $3.5 BILLION.

World War III will start with Pentagon bombing of RT

Moscow would destroy CNN, which he considers the flag-bearer of pro-American propaganda.

Pope calls Palestinian leader ‘angel of peace’ during visit

Francis made the compliment during the traditional exchange of gifts.

FBI looking into fractured Amtrak train window

Windshield was broken by a projectile or possibly a bullet.

US Intelligence Officer: “Every Single Terrorist Attack In US Was A False Flag Attack”

“Most terrorists are false flag terrorists, or are created by our own security services."

How Far Will The Establishment Go To Prop Up Support For Its Many Wars And Make Average Americans Believe We Are Overseas Fighting For ‘Freedom’?

The population has been conditioned to feast on bread and circuses.

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced to death despite appeals for mercy

Jury of seven women and five men rendered its decision after deliberating for more than 14 hours.

US Claims Its Commandos Killed Senior ISIS Leader in Syria

Story follows revelations Osama Bin Laden assassination story is a ruse.

U.S. ‘expediting’ weapons to Iraq to fight ISIS

The U.S. will rush the weapons to Iraq.

Is Washington Coming To Its Senses?

Washington has failed miserably to isolate Russia.

Why are People Celebrating? USA FREEDOM Act is a Big Win for the NSA- Not Civil Liberties

The real winners were actually the NSA.

Sheriff tells reporters: Just glad the ‘unarmed’ guy we shot was white

A Kentucky sheriff speaking on the record went public this week with a statement that showed how far this country has gone into racial confusion.

FBI to probe whether crashed Amtrak train was hit or shot at

The FBI has been asked to investigate the possibility that the Amtrak train that crashed outside of Philadelphia was hit by a bullet or some other object.

Boston Marathon bomber Tsarnaev sentenced to death for 2013 attack

The federal jury chose death by lethal injection for Tsarnaev.

ISIS and the Manufactured Terror Paradigm: Designed to Steal Your Rights

Stage is being set for a reauthorization of the illegal and unconstitutional PATRIOT Act.

SC Convoy Debunked JH15

Regular military movement confused as Jade Helm exercise.

House Bill Would End Online Ammo Sales

Government attacks Second Amendment while stockpiling ammo.

Judgement NSA Violates Unconstitutional Patriot Act

Surveillance state scrambles to expand power amid public awakening.

Chicago Man: Cops Brought Me to Secret Prison, Anally Raped Me to Force Me to be an Informant

Sadistic Chicago cops reportedly torture innocent man.

Where to Find Natural Building Materials

Use all organic products for your next project.

Jimmie Vaughan Celebrates the Life of BB King

Close-friend of blue's legend speaks on BB King's life.

Award-Winning Director: Pentagon Could Bomb RT, Start World War III

Film maker Emir Kusturica fears U.S. attack on Russian television network.

Special Needs Student Suspended for ‘Nerf Bullet’

“It’s mind baffling to me that someone would even take something as small as this to the highest extreme."

California State Senate OKs bill ending waiver from vaccine mandate

The bill would require children to be vaccinated before entering kindergarten.

The Phony ‘Bad Intel’ Defense on Iraq

Exclusive: Jeb Bush’s stumbling start to his presidential bid has refocused attention on Official Washington’s favorite excuse for the illegal, aggressive and disastrous war in Iraq – that it was just a case of “bad intelligence.” But that isn’t what the real history shows, as ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern recalls. By Ray McGovern Presidential aspirant…

Plunge in U.S. Consumer Sentiment Lowers Odds of Growth Rebound

U.S. economy spiraling down.

Harper Government Retroactively Rewrites Gun Registry Law

Unprecedented, retroactive changes .

Drought Blamed on Irreversible “Climate Change” Ends After Rainfall

"Global warming" proponents disproven by thunderstorms.

Latest Self-Driving Google Car Heading to Public Streets

“We want to partner to bring self-driving to all the vehicles in the world."

N.C. Man Given 20 Years for Trying to Help ISIL

Man "attempted to provide support and services, including his own participation, to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant."

Why Synthetic Vitamins Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible

And how synthetics are in multivitamins and milk.

Huge Victory: USDA Introduces Official Non-GMO Label

Government to launch first non-GMO label.

Senate Reverses Course and Advances TPP Fast Track Bill

Obama sees a victory as globalist treaty rams through.

Lawmakers may seek to override governor’s veto of gun reform bill, again

Bill’s co-authors is seeking to find common ground with the governor’s office.

Border Patrol Boss Looking at 12 Years

Supervisor places camera in women's bathroom.

Report finds majority of cop killers had guns illegally

In 2013 majority of officers’ lives lost were the result of accidents, not shootings.

Greatest Threat to Free Speech Comes Not From Terrorism, But From Those Claiming to Fight It

U.K. government currently agitating for new counterterrorism powers.

North Carolina Woman Being Evicted From Her Own Land For Living in Tent

An overstep and abuse of power by the city/county authorities.

SURVEY: White students more likely to be bullied than minorities

24% of whites say they were bullied than black, Hispanic or Asian students.

How GDP Metrics Distort Our View of the Economy

GDP is designed to advance the Keynesian agenda.

Losing the American Republic

Decades of letting neocons dictate a hawkish foreign policy have put the American Republic in profound danger, just as presidents from George Washington to Dwight Eisenhower predicted, warnings that Americans must finally take to heart, says ex-U.S. diplomat William R. Polk. By William R. Polk In The Financial Times of April 23, Philip Stephens begins…

You’ll Never Guess Who Just Boarded the DHS Bus

U.S. importing MORE illegals.

The Bigfoot of Terrorists is Lost at Sea

Official story behind Osama one of the biggest lies in American history.

Iran Has Many Reasons to Serve at the Forefront of Anti-ISIL War

Tehran's many reasons for serving as a key player in the war against ISIL extremism.

Martial Law Preparations Exposed

Marines train to detain civilians.

Obama vows to ‘stand by’ Gulf allies amid concern over Iran threat

"Iron-clad commitment to the security of our Gulf partners."

How the Media Spins Story of Russian Soldiers In Ukraine

It is clear that facts matter little to some people.

UK’s New Counter Terrorism Act – ‘One Step Closer to a Police State’

Since 2000, there have been five major pieces of terrorism legislation.

Barbarians at the gates: Syria says ISIS approaching ancient city of Palmyra

Palmyra is known for its Roman-era ruins.

U.S. industrial output falls for fifth straight month

Dour report added to weak retail sales data.

Chinese Government Inc. has Invested $81 Billion in U.S. in Last 10 Years

Investment has come in the finance, real estate, energy and technology sectors.

Is The Dam Bursting?

The fact that these deficient economic estimates continue in April instead of the forecasted and pleaded rebound has raised more serious concerns even among those most loyal to the mainline tendencies. It is getting more difficult to deny that there is a major economic problem brewing, one which may already be rather severe despite the […]

Jury Deliberations Resume in Marathon Bombing Penalty Phase

The jury deliberated about 8½ hours Wednesday and Thursday without reaching a verdict.

UN: France Must Do More to Stop Racism, Refugee Abuse

The agency criticized "territorial ghettos" in poor suburbs.

McConnell Struggling Against Tide in Support of Patriot Act

McConnell is committed to passing a "clean" reauthorization bill.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference Calls for Amnesty for Rioters, Looters in Baltimore

Rioters and looters caused $9 million in property damage during Freddie Gray protests.

Video: School Orders Student To Remove “Offensive” US Flag From Truck

Protesters show up with convoy of flag waving trucks.

Pro-Abortion Group Labels 20 Week Ban “Inhumane”

By 5 month mark, babies are the length of a banana and can feel pain.

Seymour Hersh Slams Establishment Media: “I Am Not Backing Off Anything I Said”

Hersh’s story has been much debated over the past several days.

China’s Secret Space Weapons Targeting U.S. : “Soon Every Satellite Will Be at Risk”

Theoretically, space and the orbit around Earth is a peaceful place, and the world wants to keep it that way.

Corporate Gods: “Obama, remember why we hired you; ram the TPP through”

Obama is under the gun.

40 Volcanoes Are Erupting Right Now, And 34 Of Them Are Along The Ring Of Fire

You may not have noticed, but our planet is becoming increasingly unstable.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron Proclaims – It’s Not Enough to Follow the Law, You Must Love Big Brother

“The creepiest thing David Cameron has ever said.”

Stephen Hawking Agrees With Alex Jones

Renowned professor warns of artificial intelligence takeover.

Marines Subdue Citizens at Internment Camp Drill

Arizona drill causes increased tensions as Jade Helm begins.

The Fall Of Monsanto Is Near

Biotech giant desperately fights to survive the public awakening.

David Vs. Monsanto

Original organic-advocate speaks on history of biotech.

U.S., Gulf states agree to counter Iran’s ‘destabilizing activities’

United States and Gulf allies agree that nuclear deal with Iran is in their security interests.

VA Refuses to Help Injured Vet ’10-Feet’ From Hospital Entrance

“I know it sounds counterintuitive because someone is just 10 feet away, but it is our policy to do that."

GMOs: The Fight For Our Future

Biotech giants fight against tidal wave of awakening.

Jesse Ventura & Alex Jones: The Police State

Alex Jones and Jesse Ventura go head-to-head on whether or not we are living in a police state!

Caught in a Lie: Jade Helm 15

Military claims landowners giving access to property.

House Bill Seeks to Eliminate Online Ammo Sales

Proposed legislation would require “Face to face purchases of ammunition.”

The Cruel Punishment of Jeffrey Sterling

The Obama administration’s cruel war on whistleblowers won another round, getting a 42-month sentence meted out to ex-CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling even as the prosecutors were glum that he wasn’t given an even more draconian prison term, as Norman Solomon explains. By Norman Solomon Yes, I saw the glum faces of prosecutors in the courtroom…

Netanyahu’s Narrow Right-Wing Majority

By the slimmest of margins, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu cobbled together a coalition government that is the most right-wing in Israel’s history, with key posts given to extremists who have made no secret of their disdain for Palestinians, writes Alon Ben-Meir. By Alon Ben-Meir The political horse-trading in Israel seen over the past eight weeks,…

Report: National Guard, Police Gearing Up for Potential Cleveland Race Riots

Outside agitators already pouring into city in anticipation of Michael Brelo verdict.

Corrections Officers Caught On Camera Looting 7-Eleven During Baltimore Riots

Culture of corruption runs throughout area.

Chinese Hospitals Pegged for Corruption Were Also in Illicit Organ Trade

Organs harvested for elite.

Judge: Police are conducting 3 MILLION “investigations’ of motorists every week!

No clear evidence that license plate scanning lowers crime.

Transparency? Acting TSA Chief Refuses to Discuss Airport Security Flaws With Congress

"At first we heard a variety of excuses..."

Hawaii Takes GMO Fight to Switzerland

Dow, Syngenta, DuPont, BASF attempting to block ordinance which regulates testing of agrochemicals on GMO seed crops on Kauai.

ISIS Destroys 200-Year-Old Mosque

Maryam Khatoon Mosque Is Islamic State's Latest Target Of Ancient Relics And Artifacts.

In Stunning U-Turn, NBC Retracts Story That Obama Lied About bin Laden

Did the most transparent administration in history just transparently strong-arm the press?

Kohl’s Corporation Stock Price Tumbles 11%

Department Store’s Sales Hit By Harsh Winter Weather.

Absolute Proof Liberalism is a Mental Disorder

Socialists want taxpayers to fund jobs & counseling for returning ISIS jihadists.

Witness To Physical Confrontation Involving Police Chief Speaks Out

“He put his hand like this which sort of pushed me up, and had his hand like that around my neck."

Video: Student Confronts Jeb Bush: “Your Brother Created ISIS”

"Why are you spouting nationalist rhetoric to get us involved in more wars?"

Iowa Man Arrested for Facebook Posts Calling for Murder of White Cops

Said he would kill police officers until killed by them.

Roomba Maker to Develop “Smart Robots” to Surveil Your Home

Your very own Imperial probe droids mapping your living room, bedroom, kitchen…

Hackers are draining bank accounts via the Starbucks app

"Now, I just pay with my credit card or cash... I can't trust Starbucks with my payment information anymore."

California prison inspection uncovers unsanitary conditions

Lack of hot water and incorrect storage of raw food to rodent droppings, state report shows.

Obama Rips Fox: ‘We’re Going to Have to Change How the Media Reports’

Obama expressed desire to “change how the media reports.”

DHS caught busing in illegal Somalis from Mexican border

Somalia is the home base of al-Shabab.

Former CIA Director: ISIS Is a Danger on U.S. Soil

'The terrorist group poses a gathering threat.'

Forget calories! Count chemicals in daily diet

One thing is often ignored: the chemicals.

72 killed in fire at footwear factory in Philippines

Many of the dead were found on the second floor of the factory.

How Banks Did More Damage To Baltimore Than Rioters

Federal government held corporations in higher regard than the American people.

Wholesale Deflation Strikes US Economy: April PPI Has Biggest Annual Drop In 5 Years

Wholesale deflation rages and countless charts are screaming recession.

Pesticides Link To Prostate Cancer Exposed

Farmers, painters and industrial workers at risk.

Former U.S. Government Official: U.S. Is ALREADY at War with China and Russia

Russian Experts warn that continued fighting in Ukraine could lead to nuclear war.

Manslaughter Charge Against Black Officer in Gray Case Derails Race-based Agenda in Baltimore

NGO fights to focus attention on alleged racial bias in Police Department.

Maybe Christianity In America Is Dying Because It’s Boring Everyone To Death

You might have read all of the reports yesterday talking about the latest “Christians in America” survey. Spoiler: it ain’t good. There are fewer self-identified Christians today than there were last year, or the year before, or the year before. And the downward trend continues.

In fact, as I say here, it’s actually worse than that, because many of the self-identified Christians who remain aren’t actually Christian at all. So, yeah, it’s bad.

But the question is: what do we do about it?

I have one theory. And I hope you read and understand what I’m saying here. I think that Christianity in America has become boring. Most church services are boring. When people talk about Christianity, they’re boring. They make the whole thing seem flimsy and boring. We aren’t captivating people. We aren’t stirring them. We aren’t engaging them.

I give one microcosmic example of this. I went to a service recently that embodied this problem. Terrible “modern” music, overly casual atmosphere, bland, innocuous, desperately “hip” sermon. The whole thing.

It was unfortunate for many reasons, not the least of which, it was boring. It was boring and it has no excuse to be, because the reality of Christianity — the reality of the universe itself — is something so ferocious, enthralling, terrifying, and joyful that nobody could be bored by it if only it was communicated to them. If only Christians behaved as warriors in the midst of a great spiritual battle — which is what we are — rather than meek little whimpering pansies, which is what many of us have become.

So I think we regain ground by making Christianity into what it is: something that is anything but boring. And when I say make it not boring, I don’t mean add more pyrotechnics and more modern flare to our church services. I mean the opposite. The exact opposite.

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Mike Adams, the health Ranger’s opening salvo to his most recent article, Mind control through emotional domination: How we’re all being manipulated by the “crisis of the NOW”, starts like this…

What you’re about to read here is a revealing look at the psychological mechanism presently being used by government and media to achieve near-absolute control over the population. I’m calling the concept the “crisis of the NOW,” and understanding this is a lot like taking the RED pill. The “crisis of the now” involves an incessant, strategic bombardment of the population with a never-ending stream of contrived crises that demand immediate attention in the present.

For most Americans the idea that someone or some group of people are behind the actual creation of news events that are then fed to the mass media distribution machine is delusional and wildly unsubstantiated.

Most Americans have never read about Edward Bernays- the father of modern propaganda or Public Relations, as it became known. Consider the following passage from his book Propaganda written in 1928…

The political leader must be a creator of circumstances, not only a creature of mechanical processes of stereotyping and rubber-stamping. Let us suppose that he is campaigning on a low tariff platform. He may use the modern mechanism of the radio to spread his views, but he will almost certainly use the psychological method of approach which was old in Andrew Jackson’s day, and which business has largely discarded. He will say over the radio: “Vote for me and low tariff, because the high tariff increases the cost of the things you buy.” He may, it is true, have the great advantage of being able to speak by radio directly to fifty million listeners. But he is making an old-fashioned approach. He is arguing with them. He is assaulting, single-handed, the resistance of inertia.

If he were a propagandist, on the other hand, although he would still use the radio, he would use it as one instrument of a well-planned strategy. Since he is campaigning on the issue of a low tariff, he not merely would tell people that the high tariff increases the cost of the things they buy, but would create circumstances which would make his contention dramatic and self-evident. He would perhaps stage a low-tariff exhibition simultaneously in twenty cities, with exhibits illustrating the additional cost due to the tariff in force. He would see that these exhibitions were ceremoniously inaugurated by prominent men and women who were interested in a low tariff apart from any interest in his personal political fortunes. He would have groups, whose interests were especially affected by the high cost of living, institute an agitation for lower schedules. He would dramatize the issue, perhaps by having prominent men boycott woolen clothes, and go to important functions in cotton suits, until the wool schedule was reduced. He might get the opinion of social workers as to whether the high cost of wool endangers the health of the poor in winter.

In whatever ways he dramatized the issue the attention of the public would be attracted to the question before he addressed them personally. Then, when he spoke to his millions of listeners on the radio, he would not be seeking to force an argument down the throats of a public thinking of other things and annoyed by another demand on its attention; on the contrary, he would be answering the spontaneous questions and expressing the emotional demands of a public already keyed to a certain pitch of interest in the subject.

This is really a stunning quote about propaganda techniques because it deals with the manipulation of events as stagecraft for the express purpose of swaying the public. Events and activities must be created in order to put ideas into circulation, however these activities are actually inauthentic, and staged. To the casual observer they appear as organic concerns emanating from other groups or forces in society that demand respect and consideration.

Back in 1928, most Americans would never have dreamed the public stage was co-opted and manipulated in this fashion.

As Adams states, understanding the principles of how to sway public opinion in the masses is like taking the red pill, a reference to the Matrix movie. You will never see the media in the same light again and there is no going back-all events pushed by the media become suspect.

Read Mike’s Article Here: http://ift.tt/1zZVlmP

If you read the article and think Mike is off his rocker, read Bernays’ Propaganda Book for FREE online and then tell me what you think.

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Pseudo Science as Propaganda

A Science As Propaganda Moment For Dr Ben

Frankly, I’m with Dr. Ben Carson on this one. A while back, Chuck Todd tried to throw Carson a curve ball asking him how he reconciles science with his faith. In his answer Dr. Ben stated that maybe some things aren’t really science at all but propaganda. Of course the media went haywire misconstruing his statement and presuming him to be an idiot.

So in support of Dr. Ben, I want to give you yet another example of propaganda masquerading as glorified science.

“The lives of nearly 200 New Yorkers would be spared every year if the U.S. Environmental Protection agency follows through with regulations that dramatically reduce the toxic byproducts spewed into the air by the nation’s power plants.” ran the first line in a May 5th article by the Buffalo News.

Touted as a first-of-its-kind paper, Charles T. Driscoll, one of the authors of the study, said they are hoping to “change the conversation”. What conversation you ask? The conversation about climate change- found to be hopeless laboring at the bottom of the list of things that Americans care most about. If Americans can’t be browbeaten to care about climate change (yawn that’s been around for a millennia), now they can be browbeaten or shamed for ignoring the plight of other human beings.

The sage of the white house declared during the gun control debate that if we have the power to save even one life we are compelled to act. Obamacratic logic, a bastardized version of real Socratic logic will no doubt be employed to deceive the public into accepting draconian EPA regulations. In fact, Brian Smith of citizen’s Campaign for the Environment let the cat out of the bag as he gushed “When the public recognizes this action will indeed save the lives of thousands and thousands of Americans every year-that’s compelling”.

Paramedics Save Lives: The EPA-Not So Much

Paramedics save lives, EPA regulations on the other hand ……I’m not convinced. The authors of the study would have you believe that carbon pollution is one of the choices on a death certificate like say stroke, cancer or pneumonia; or that when someone walks into a doctor’s office with asthma, carbon pollution can be selected in a drop down menu as the cause of the present illness.

Let’s say, ethics be damned, we wanted to create a controlled scientific study on the effects of carbon pollution on humans or at least one human, let’s call him Bob. Let’s lock Bob up in a 50 x 50 room, carefully control the air quality, allow him food and water and give him some sort of menial labor to perform. We keep him there for 10 years and then he has a heart attack. Even a pre-doctoral student can tell you that a definitive conclusion that air quality caused the heart attack would be erroneous.

Perhaps he had an underlying health condition that if treated could have prevented the heart attack or maybe the culprit was his family genes, equally compelling alternative explanations could be lack of exercise, poor diet or stress from being confined for so long without social companionship.

Even within a tightly controlled study, researchers would be hard pressed to determine causality.

Correlation Can Never Determine Causality

Because we can’t lock Bob up, the next best thing to do would be to run large-scale correlation studies that compare health indices with carbon indices. Create some assumptions plug them into a predictive model and viola- carbon pollution causes death, respiratory illness, heart attacks and a huge health care burden. The devilish political elite know that you will not be able to remember research 101 and the foundation principle that correlation can never determine causality.

Or stated another way, even though carbon emissions may have been increasing in certain populations at the same time that respiratory illnesses were reported as increasing does not mean at that carbon emissions caused the increase in respiratory illnesses. Something quite unrelated may be the actual cause.

They are banking on the fact that you’ve already forgotten the broken predictive model that necessitated changing the alarmist-marketing message of “Global Warming” to “Climate Change”. The con-men can now move out from under the “Save the planet” banner and re-unite under a new banner in the fight to save lives and shame you for your lack of compassion toward fellow human beings with this latest pseudo-scientific agit-prop.

Follow the Money and the Models-“Scientific Models” That Is

In addition what would you say if you found out the predictive model used in this study came directly from the EPA? It is erroneously called a benefit map (BenMap) because it links carbon pollution and health indices in a causal relationship.

Finally let’s turn over that last rock of fraudulence that this article rests on! The press release, issued from Harvard no less, announces the study as the first independent, peer reviewed paper of its kind, when in fact the authors are up to their ears in gobs of grant money from the EPA itself. Here are the numbers- Driscoll $3,654,609; Levy $9,514,391; Burtraw $1,991,346; and Schwartz (Harvard) $31,176,575. The total is not far shy of $50 million.

So far the first independent peer reviewed research paper is looking like nothing more than pseudo science: The EPA commissioning and financing a study that uses its’ own data with no doubt layers of questionable assumptions, to produce “evidence” that imagined cost savings and direct health benefits that borderline on fanciful published with impeccable timing a perfect 3 months before the eagerly anticipated finalization of the aggressive EPA Climate Action Plan.

These “hard facts” will now be touted throughout the media to influence you at a time when public scrutiny and attitudes are most relevant.

This, my friends is exactly what Ben Carson meant by science as propaganda.

Sources:

The Study

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Hat tip to Lord Monckton and Hard Nox revelation about EPA grant funding

http://ift.tt/1Iu9PhV

Harvard Press Release

http://ift.tt/1Iu9RpV

Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program – Community Edition (BenMAP-CE)

http://ift.tt/1Iu9Pyb

 

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By Paul R. Pillar

Two national elections during the past two months embody two different approaches to handling nationalist aspirations of subject populations, with two very different results.

One of the biggest story lines of this week’s election result in the United Kingdom was the success of the Scottish National Party, which greatly increased its representation at Westminster by winning 56 of the 59 parliamentary seats in Scotland. Had the Labour Party won a plurality, the SNP very likely would have been a critical part of Labour’s support, whether inside or outside a governing coalition. As it is, the SNP will occupy a major share of the opposition benches, a position it will use to press issues of special interest to Scotland.

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In short, Scottish nationalism, as well as the principle of self-determination, has been treated with respect by the English who hold most of the political power in Britain, notwithstanding how much most English may believe that sundering the United Kingdom would be a big mistake for everyone, or how much they may be annoyed by Scottish demands. And it is no accident that today the English do not live in fear of some Scottish terrorist group wreaking violence in the name of Scottish independence.

The British have had substantial experience with nationalist violence in lands under their control. Irish nationalism was a prominent example, first about a century ago involving the entire island of Ireland, and later in the form of terrorism by the Provisional Irish Republican Army centered on Ulster.

The first wave of violence ended with the negotiated establishment of an independent Irish Free State. The second wave ended with another negotiated accord, known as the Good Friday Agreement, that provided for power-sharing in Northern Ireland and is generally considered a success.

Between those two waves of Irish violence, Britain was beset by violence in Palestine, perpetrated most notably by Menachem Begin’s Irgun and an offshoot group, the Stern Gang, both of which conducted terrorist attacks in the name of establishing a Jewish state. Another future Israeli prime minister and one of the leaders of the Stern Gang, Yitzhak Shamir, modeled his efforts on the Irish resistance and adopted the nom de guerre “Michael” after the Irish nationalist Michael Collins.

Britain did not seek to cling to Palestine indefinitely and, especially after the exhaustion of World War II, was only too happy to dump the problem into the lap of the United Nations. But Britain was still the power that, as a legacy of a League of Nations mandate, controlled Palestine, and Begin’s and Shamir’s terrorists pressed their violent campaign against British targets notwithstanding Britain’s fight against Nazi Germany.

The Stern Gang was created by Irgun members who wanted to continue anti-British attacks even during the war, and Irgun itself resumed its attacks well before the end of the war.

There is a direct organizational line from Irgun to what became the Herut party and later evolved into Likud, the party that won the largest share of seats in the election two months ago in Israel — the only one of the two states, one Jewish and one Arab, provided for in the UN partition plan for Palestine that ever came into existence.

This week the Likud leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, finished assembling a new government just before his deadline for doing so. The government is if anything even more hard-line right-wing than Netanyahu’s previous government. That means continuation of the policy of rejecting Palestinian nationalism and trying to suppress it forcefully. And that means no prospect for ending the tragic story of Israeli-Palestinian violence and all the disruptive oscillations it spreads throughout the Middle East and beyond.

Likely to be particularly influential in keeping Israel on this violent course is the far-right Jewish Home party, which takes second place to no one in its determination to keep the occupied West Bank under Israeli control forever. Because Jewish Home was able to drive a hard bargain while Netanyahu was trying to stitch together enough of a coalition to get a bare majority in the Knesset, it got key ministries that will help it to prevent any deviation from its preferred policies regarding the territories.

One of those ministries is agriculture, which controls funding for settlements and will be headed by one of the most fervent Israeli proponents of expanding settlements in the West Bank. Jewish Home also is furnishing the justice minister, a notorious figure whose hateful anti-Palestinian statements have bordered on calling for genocide.

This is a very different approach to handling the nationalist aspirations of a subject population than we have seen with the English and Scots, and the results have been very different. Close off peaceful channels for pursuing and realizing such aspirations, and violent channels are the only ones left.

The difference in the two cases is not due to something in the nature or habits of the subject population. Scots showed plenty of feistiness and antagonism in violent confrontations with the English dating back to the days of William Wallace (played on film by Mel Gibson) and Robert the Bruce. The difference has been in the policies of those with the power.

One can imagine an alternative history in which English rulers endeavored to the present day to subjugate the Scots, to deny them political rights, and to seize and settle on their land. Scottish terrorist groups would be an inevitable part of such a history.

Also likely to be part of it would be a rebuilding and reinforcement of Hadrian’s Wall in an effort to defend against such terrorism, and the persistence of a miserable and costly military occupation in Scotland. All of Great Britain would be a far less congenial and civilized place than the sceptred isle we know today.

Policy choices on such matters can be made, and the choices that are made have major consequences.

Paul R. Pillar, in his 28 years at the Central Intelligence Agency, rose to be one of the agency’s top analysts. He is now a visiting professor at Georgetown University for security studies. (This article first appeared as a blog post at The National Interest’s Web site. Reprinted with author’s permission.)

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