Following Entry Posted 7/10/2009 06:30:00 PM

Tennessee Teacher Arrested on Drug Charges

(Nashville, Tennessee) A 28-year-old teacher at A.Z. Kelley Elementary School, Jayna Binion, was arrested on Wednesday for alleged drug possession.

Binion faces charges of possession of marijuana and evidence tampering.

Police were looking for Binion’s boyfriend, Rahman Pugh, who was wanted on outstanding drug warrants. They spotted him near Binion’s home, and as they arrested him, they noticed that he smelled of marijuana.

Officers went to the Ruddell Lane residence and smelled a strong marijuana odor coming from an open window. They knocked repeatedly on the door, but it took Binion several minutes to respond.

When they searched the residence, officers found empty glass jars containing marijuana residue. Processed marijuana was found floating in an upstairs toilet bowl.

Binion admitted to investigators that she flushed the marijuana. She was booked into custody with bond set at $3,500.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/10/2009 05:48:00 PM

Carmen Electra in Vegas

For those with an academic interest in burlesque, actress and dancer Carmen Electra appears topless, along with a number of other pulchritudinous women, in a Las Vegas show.

As is widely-known, Carmen Electra, 37, has a well-designed and maintained chassis and she is not opposed to offering it up for display.

A set of pictures from Carmen's Vegas show can be viewed here. NSFW

Born Tara Leigh Patrick in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carmen is part Cherokee Indian and was married to Dennis Rodman in the 1990s. She started her professional career as a dancer at Kings Island amusement park in Ohio and was later discovered by Prince. Subsequently, she appeared in Playboy magazine a number of times.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/10/2009 03:11:00 PM

Muslim Hate Preacher Omar Bakri Humiliated Again

(UK) Muslim hate preacher Omar Bakri, 51, has been humiliated again. Some readers may recall that Bakri was outraged and humiliated last year when his daughter Yasmin, 27, was exposed as a scantily-clad pole dancer and her pictures were plastered all over the internet.

Apparently the episode so disturbed Bakri that he ordered his 15-year-old daughter Raya to cover up from head-to-toe. The instruction was sent long-distance since Bakri lives in exile in Lebanon after being booted out of England.

In the latest news, daughter Raya has disobeyed her father while also violating the strict Muslim code. Raya posted a picture of herself on Facebook in which she wears no hijab, no niqab and no burqa. Her face and arms are exposed.

A source close to the family said last night: "Raya's pictures on Facebook will make her father explode with rage.

"He's already been mortified by pictures of Yasmin half-naked."

Since Bakri praised the 9/11 killers and blamed the 7/7 London bombings on the government, one can only guess what he would do to his daughters -- if he could get to them.

In conclusion, Omar Bakri is experiencing rage, embarrassment and humiliation due to the behavior of his daughters. I, on the other hand, am feeling schadenfreude, delighted with the suffering of Omar Bakri. I know it's un-Christian but I can't seem to help myself.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/10/2009 01:38:00 PM

Obama's Birth Certificate

The controversy regarding where President Obama was born continues. It now appears that even some of Obama's supporters are confused about which hospital performed the delivery.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/10/2009 12:21:00 PM

NH Nixes Cross-Border Sales Taxes

(Nashua, New Hampshire) This is great news for the overtaxed residents of adjacent states.

New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has signed a bill intended to protect retailers from becoming tax collectors for other states.

New Hampshire doesn't have a general sales tax, a selling point it uses to attract out-of-state retail dollars. Lynch said today the new law will protect the state's businesses and will help to strengthen our its economy.

Retailers wouldn't have to provide sales information to out-of-state tax collectors. The other state would have to prove a good or service bought in New Hampshire is used, stored or consumed in the other state.

Heh. It's not clear how the law will affect Internet sales.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/10/2009 12:11:00 PM

Pregnant by Stray Sperm in Swimming Pool

(Warsaw, Poland) A local mother, Magdalena Kwiatkowska, is suing an Egyptian hotel for allegedly allowing stray sperm in the swimming pool and causing her 13-year-old daughter to become pregnant. An undisclosed monetary compensation is demanded.

Tourist authorities in Warsaw confirmed they had received the complaint which states that the girl conceived because of stray sperm in the pool.

"The mother is adamant that her daughter didn't meet any boys while she was there and is determined to go ahead with the case," said one travel industry source.

So, in addition to the previously reported lab sperm being created to produce pregnancies, now we have stray swimming pool sperm allegedly doing the same thing.

You can't make this stuff up.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/10/2009 09:05:00 AM

Hate speech is not hate speech when blacks say it

We read:

"Akron police say they aren't ready to call it a hate crime or a gang initiation. But to Marty Marshall, his wife and two kids, it seems pretty clear. It came after a family night of celebrating America and freedom with a fireworks show at Firestone Stadium. Marshall, his family and two friends were gathered outside a friend's home in South Akron. Out of nowhere, the six were attacked by dozens of teenage boys, who shouted ''This is our world'' and ''This is a black world'' as they confronted Marshall and his family.

The Marshalls, who are white, say the crowd of teens who attacked them and two friends June 27 on Girard Street numbered close to 50. The teens were all black. ''This was almost like being a terrorist act,'' Marshall said. ''And we allow this to go on in our neighborhoods?'' ...

Akron police are investigating. Right now, the case is not being classified as a racial hate crime. There were no other reports of victims assaulted by the group that night.

Source

Posted by John Ray.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/10/2009 08:16:00 AM

A Girl Named Chicken Dung

(Fujian Province, China) A girl named Ji Shi, "Chicken Dung" in Chinese, has reached the age of 18 and changed her name to Yingzi.

"At last, she is no longer afraid to show anybody her ID card," said her father, of Lindong village, Fujian province.

"She had a serious illness when she was one, and she was sick for two to three months.

"We didn't think she would survive, but a local medical practitioner advised us to paste her with chicken dung while taking medications he prescribed," added Xiansheng.

The girl made a miraculous recovery and her parents formally named her Chicken Dung in tribute to her treatment.

I'm surprised to hear that chicken dung has a medical application. Of course, under the Chinese national health scheme, it's possible that a bureaucrat thought up the treatment as a money-saver.

In any event, the thought of being pasted with chicken manure is particularly disgusting.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/10/2009 07:28:00 AM

"Death to the Dictator" Protests in Iran

(Tehran) Despite government crackdowns leading to the arrests of activists, journalists, bloggers and opposition leaders, thousands of protesters chanted "death to the dictator" as they "streamed down the avenues of the capital" yesterday. Official reports indicate that 1,000 to 2,500 people have been arrested since the election, including a former vice-president and former cabinet members.

Witnesses said the protesters were assaulted by security forces firing tear gas and wielding batons.

Turning garbage bins into burning barricades and darting through choking clouds of tear gas, the opposition made its first foray into the streets in nearly two weeks in an attempt to revive mass demonstrations that were crushed in Iran’s postelection turmoil.

Iranian authorities had promised tough action to prevent the marches, which supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi have been planning for days through the Internet. Heavy police forces deployed at key points in the city ahead of the marches, and Tehran’s governor vowed to “smash” anyone who heeded the demonstration calls.

In some places, police struck hard. Security forces chased after protesters, beating them with clubs on Valiasr Street, Tehran’s biggest north-south avenue, witnesses said.

Women in headscarves and young men dashed away, rubbing their eyes in pain as police fired tear gas, in footage aired on state-run Press TV.

Predictably, Iranian authorities blame the protest on enemy nations and "counterrevolutionary networks" attempting to thwart the Ayatollah-certified election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/10/2009 05:48:00 AM

Virginia Woman Accused of Sex with Two Boys

(Poquoson, Virginia) A 22-year-old local woman, Ariel Monroe, has been accused of engaging in sex with two boys she was caring for.

The investigation started when the teens’ parents talked with police.

Monroe faces two counts each of taking indecent liberties with a child, having carnal knowledge of a juvenile and contributing to the delinquency of a minor by having consensual sex with someone 15-years-old or younger.

A court appearance is scheduled for October 8.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/10/2009 12:20:00 AM

Texas Teacher Guilty of Naughtiness with Student

(Orange, Texas) In April 2008, a 26-year-old teacher at Bridge City High School, Megan Michelle Sparks, was accused of engaging in an improper relationship with a student. Sparks subsequently resigned her teaching position.

Yesterday, Sparks pleaded guilty before Judge Pat Clark in 128th District Court to charges of improper relationship between an educator and a student.

A pre-sentence evaluation has been ordered. Sentencing has been scheduled for July 31 when Sparks faces anything from probation to 10 years in prison.

I suggest that Sparks will get probation.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/09/2009 05:44:00 PM

Florida Teacher Gets Prison in Sex Case - Updated

(Titusville, Florida) Thirty-four-year-old Janet Lea Hughes recently divorced and reverted back to her maiden name, Janet Lea Florence, and, today, she was sentenced.

Circuit Judge Jack Griesbaum sentenced Janet Lea Florence to five years in prison.

According to the plea deal, Florence will serve 10 years of probation after completion of her prison term during which she must wear a Global Positioning System monitoring bracelet.

Florence will also be classified as a sexual predator for the rest of her life. Living near parks and schools is prohibited and she will have to register her address with the police four times yearly.

After sentencing, Florence was led from the courtroom in handcuffs.

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Florida Teacher Guilty in Sex Case - Updated
[Previous 5/5/09 post]
(Titusville, Florida) Janet Lea Hughes appeared in court today and pleaded guilty to engaging in sex with a 16-year-old boy in accordance with an agreement with the prosecution.

Hughes faces one to six years in prison when sentenced and a lifetime of being labeled as a sexual predator.

The victim and his parents were present in court today, but did not speak.

The plea deal allows Hughes, now 34, to escape a possible sentence of 45 years in prison had she been convicted at trial on one count each of sexual battery and attempted sexual battery on a child.

Upon her release, she will serve 10 years of sex offender probation, during which time she must wear a GPS monitoring bracelet. She will have to register as a sex offender each year.

Sentencing is scheduled for July 9 before Circuit Judge Jack Griesbaum who cautioned Hughes as she remains free until sentencing that any infraction, even a traffic arrest, would negate the plea agreement.


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New Charges for Teacher in Sex Case
[Previous 8/5/07 post]
(Titusville, Florida) Last April, a 32-year-old teacher at Jackson Middle School, Janet Lea Hughes, was arrested after being caught by police with a partially undressed 16-year-old male student in a van at the First Presbyterian Church parking lot in Titusville.

Hughes was booked on one count of unlawful sexual acts with a minor and one count of attempted unlawful sexual acts with a minor.

This week, the Florida state attorney's office filed charges of sexual battery on a child by a familial or custodial authority and attempted sexual battery on a child by a familial or custodial authority. The state charges replace those filed by Titusville Police and are more serious since they take into account Hughes' position as a teacher.

Hughes was fired from her teaching position in May.


[Update 05/18/08]

Janet Hughes goes to trial this week.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/09/2009 03:42:00 PM

Georgia Mom Accused of Raping Boy

(Coweta County, Georgia) A 38-year-old local woman and mother-of-two, Stephanie Der, was arrested last night for allegedly engaging in sex with a 15-year-old boy who was babysitting for her.

Der faces charges of statutory rape and cruelty to a child.

The boy's father said the woman is a friend of the family and he was shocked and hurt to find out she was accused of sexually assaulting his son. He called it a blatant betrayal of trust.

Der was booked into custody at the Coweta County Jail. There's no news on bail.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/09/2009 01:42:00 PM

Nebraska Woman Accused of Sex with Boy

(Fremont, Nebraska) A 42-year-old local woman, Cindy Greunke, was arrested last week for allegedly engaging in sex with a 15-year-old boy. Greunke faces charges of first-degree sexual assault and enticement by electronic device.

According to Fremont Police Lt. Jeff Elliott,

Greunke and the boy had known each other and that Greunke had sent sexually explicit text messages to the boy's cell phone.

Greunke was booked into custody at the Dodge County Jail with bail set at $150,000.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/09/2009 12:00:00 PM

Death in Chocolate

(Camden, New Jersey) A 29-year-old factory worker, Vincent Smith II, fell into an eight-foot deep vat of chocolate yesterday and died. Smith was standing on a platform above the chocolate melting vat, lost his footing and fell in.

Co-workers tried to pull Smith out but a rotating mixing unit struck him, inflicting a fatal blow.

Preliminary indications are that the death was accidental.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/09/2009 11:36:00 AM

Iran Jails French Woman for Espionage

(Tehran, Iran) A French woman, Clotilde Reiss, 23, was arrested last week by Iranian police for alleged espionage. Reiss has been jailed in the notorious Evin prison.

Reiss was a teaching assistant at the University of Isfahan for several months and was detained at the airport as she was preparing to leave the country.

Iranian authorities claim that Reiss took part in the recent election protests and sent an email to a friend in Tehran that contained protest rally information. Sources say Reiss isn't political and she only took pictures of the demonstrations while not participating. Her emails have been portrayed as completely innocent.

The French Foreign Ministry has said the charge of espionage is "absolutely baseless" and demanded that Reiss be released. President Sarkozy also demanded her immediate release in a strongly-worded statement.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/09/2009 09:28:00 AM

India: Scores Dead from Cheap Illegal Booze

(Gujarat, India) Although alcohol is prohibited in Gujarat and other parts of India, many Indians prepare and consume home-brewed alcoholic drinks of questionable quality and safety. Sadly, the concoctions are often laced with pesticides and other deadly chemicals for extra kick.

At least 86 people are now known to have died in India's Gujarat state after drinking toxic illegal alcohol, police say.

Labourers in the city of Ahmedabad were admitted to hospital on Tuesday after drinking illegal brew on Monday night.

Authorities fear that this might not be the final death toll as more people had been admitted to hospital.

Most of the dead are slum dwellers. Deaths from illegally brewed alcohol are common in South Asia.

Police are searching for the perpetrators.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/09/2009 09:05:00 AM

Islamic hate speech rolls on in the USA right under the noses of the Left yet the Left stands silent

We read:

"A top aide to President Barack Obama provided a keynote address at last weekend's 46th Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) national convention, a gathering that attracted thousands of people and also featured anti-Semitic, homophobic rhetoric and defense of the terrorist group Hezbollah.

In her remarks, Senior Advisor for Public Engagement and International Affairs Valerie Jarrett noted she was the first White House official to address ISNA. She spoke in general terms about interfaith dialogue and cooperation. She praised her hosts for "the diversity of American organizations, and ideas that are represented and will be debated" at the convention....

While many panels featured criticism of U.S. policy and law enforcement, one stood out for its hate-filled rhetoric, and ISNA officials should have seen it coming a mile away. During a "meet the authors" session, Imam Warith Deen Umar, former head of the New York state prison chaplain program managed to:

* Argue that key Obama aides are "Israeli," proving Jews "have control of the world."

* Malign the motives of Jews active in the Civil Rights movement.

* Portray the Holocaust as punishment of Jews for being "serially disobedient to Allah."

* Insinuate that Hurricane Katrina was a result of tolerance for homosexuality.

Umar's radicalism is no secret. He previously hailed the 9/11 hijackers as martyrs who were secretly admired by Muslims. He has called for violent jihad.

Source

No mention of Ms Jarrett objecting or any response from the Obama administration at all. Muslims have free speech, you see. It's only Christians and conservatives who get howled down for things that they say.

I went to the ADL site and did a search for "ISNA". No mention of the above event. But if Christians had said any of those things about Jews the ADL would have gone ballistic. Depite its alleged aims, the ADL is clearly just Leftist and only incidentally Jewish. They are paradigmatic hypocrites.

Posted by John Ray.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/09/2009 07:21:00 AM

Utah Teacher's Aide Gets 60 Days for Sex Crime

(Utah County, Utah) In January 2008, a teacher's aide at Oak Canyon Jr. High School, Mallory Shaw, was arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a boy and furnishing tobacco to minors.

On May 20, Shaw was found guilty of felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor selling tobacco to a minor.

Yesterday, 20-year-old Shaw was sentenced by Judge Lynn Davis to 60 days in the Utah County Jail and 36 months of probation plus fines totaling approximately $1,000. Shaw will not be required to register as a sex offender.

Despite the widely-held belief that America represents equality under the law, Judge Davis indicated that Shaw was treated leniently because she's a girl. Judge Davis remarked that "a man guilty of similar crimes would have been given time in prison."

Interestingly, Judge Davis isn't the only Utah judge who practices unequal application of the law and is bold enough to admit it. District Judge Mark Kouris has also confessed to treating female convicts leniently in comparison to male convicts.

One might contend that the state of Utah has a problem in this regard and there likely are a number of male inmates in Utah prisons with cause for individual or class action against the state.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/09/2009 12:31:00 AM

Laboratory Sperm Created

(Newcastle, England) For the first time, human sperm has been created in a laboratory. It's being called a major scientific breakthrough.

Researchers at the Northeast England Stem Cell Institute, who made the breakthrough using cells from an embryo, said that with some minor changes, the sperm could theoretically fertilise an egg to create a child.

Frankly, I don't know what the big deal is. I've got a whole sack full of scientific breakthroughs which I've been making for virtually my entire life and none have needed "minor changes" to fertilize an egg.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/09/2009 12:06:00 AM

Dad Booked for Murder - Son, 11, Says He Helped Dump Body

(Orlando, Florida) Authorities were tipped to a school rumor about a murder in which a fifth-grade boy helped his dad dump the body of a prostitute.

Consequently, 40-year-old Alan John Jett was arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of Lashanda Rae Brand. Jett was booked into custody at the Orange County Jail without bail.

Brand's body was found near Eatonville and later identified with help from the public.

According to the affidavit filed in Orange County court, the boy said he was with his father when Jett picked up a prostitute from the Parramore area. The trio went back to Jett's apartment in the 7100 block of Forest City Road, and the adults went into Jett's bedroom.

Awhile later, the boy heard his father and Brand argue about money. Then he heard silence, according to the affidavit.

Jett left his bedroom and took his son to dinner. As they left, the boy asked Jett about Brand and was told she was sleeping. The boy told investigators he saw her on the bed but thought then that she was dead.

The next morning, Jett told his son the woman had left. Later, however, the boy went into his father's room, opened the closet and saw Brand's body wrapped in a blanket and tape, according to the affidavit.

He didn't say anything to his father and went to his summer-school classes. After school, the boy told Jett he knew the woman was dead because he saw her body in the closet.

A day later, Jett told his son they needed "to get rid of the body" because it was starting to stink, the affidavit said.

Jett then wrapped the body in more bedding and asked his son to help him load it into the back of his Chevrolet Tahoe, the boy told investigators. They both got in the vehicle and dumped the body in a field.

The boy took investigators to the same field where Brand's body was found.

Tip: slwlion
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       Following Entry Posted 7/08/2009 11:26:00 PM

Missouri Woman Accused of Sex with Boy

(Rogersville, Missouri) A 43-year-old Fordland woman, Coty Johnston, has been accused of engaging in sex with a 16-year-old boy. Johnston has been charged with statutory rape.

A probable cause statement filed in the case by a Fordland police officer reports that local officials were alerted in early June by the Webster County Sheriff’s Department that Johnston had allegedly had sexual contact with the teen.

The teen reportedly told authorities he and Johnston had sexual intercourse on two occasions, once in April of this year, about a month before his 17th birthday.

But when Johnston was interviewed by authorities, she “denied having any sexual intercourse” with the teen “and stated he was lying about the alleged incident.” “Coty Johnston claimed she did not know why (the teen) would make such a claim, unless it was because he had made sexual advances toward her and she had refused,” the statement continued.

Johnston has a court appearance scheduled for August 10.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/08/2009 10:52:00 PM

Nebraska Mom Gets Prison in Daughter-Sex Case

(Papillion, Nebraska) A local mother, Pamela Flege, was sentenced in Sarpy County District Court this week for buying her 13-year-old daughter a sex toy, taking sexually explicit photos and not protecting the girl from sexual assaults by her stepfather, Dana Flege.

Pamela Flege was given six years in prison. She must also register as a sex offender.


Stepfather Dana Flege admitted to sexually assaulting his stepdaughter since she was eight-years-old. He will be sentenced in August. Dana faces possible decades in prison.

"He wanted for Pamela Flege and her daughter to take photos of each other and send them to him," says Chief Deputy County Attorney Tricia Freeman.

Freeman is talking about a text message from the step-dad asking for naked pictures of both mom and daughter. The girl says mom stood by allegedly laughing it all off.

The girl is in the custody of her father and undergoing counseling.

Disturbing story, eh?
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       Following Entry Posted 7/08/2009 11:52:00 AM

Pickens Scraps His Wind Project

T. Boone Pickens announced yesterday that he has 687 giant wind turbines for sale now that he has abandoned plans for a wind farm in the Texas panhandle.

It appears that T. Boone counted his chickens before they hatched.

Tip: Via Twitterer James Joyner
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       Following Entry Posted 7/08/2009 09:02:00 AM

Honduras Outraged by Obama-Chavez Alliance



(The sign says: "Honduras is an example to the world: we do not have oil or dollars. But we have balls")

I continue to receive messages from Honduran citizens upset at the international media for their distorted coverage of the situation in the Central American country. The people support the ouster of Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, who is considered a puppet of Venezuelan Communist ruler Hugo Chavez. They are mystified that an American president would want to return this Chavez puppet to power in Honduras.

One Honduran wrote: "The recent action taken by our Congress is highly supported by several organizations in support of peace and democracy: the State General Attorney, the Supreme Court, the Armed Forces, the private organizations and especially many young people. Mr. Zelaya broke the law on several occasions even after the Supreme Court stated that it was illegal. He had no respect for our laws and our Constitution.

"It's not a new fact to the international media what are Chavez intentions over Central and South America. And we in Honduras don't want that. We don't want to go back to socialism or communism. We still believe very strongly in our democracy and very strongly in our freedom...We should be an example to Central American countries as well as South American countries who have not yet been influenced by Chavez.

"May God bless our small but courageous country. And I hope the international media investigate very deeply. Send your people here and interview people from Congress and Supreme Court. Thank you again for reading our side of the story. We want a democracy, peace, freedom, and a president who doesn't believe he is above the law.

"Many people don't know where Honduras is, but after this, they shall remember that Honduras said no to socialism and communism.

More HERE


Posted by John Ray.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/08/2009 08:39:00 AM

Headscarf Martyr in Germany

(Dresden, Germany) This story out of Germany is creating shock waves throughout the Muslim world while the Western mainstream media is slowly catching up.

In the summer of 2008, a 32-year-old pharmacist and native Egyptian, Marwa el-Sherbini, was insulted by an unemployed worker from Russia, 28-year-old Alex W. (aka Alex A.) for wearing the hijab. He had screamed that Sherbini was a terrorist and an Islamist whore.

In November 2008, Alex W. was found guilty of insulting and abusing Sherbini and consequently assessed a fine. Alex W. appealed the verdict.

Last week, while the case was being heard on appeal, Sherbini, now pregnant, and her husband, Elvi Ali Okaz, appeared in the Dresden court along with Alex W. While Sherbini was testifying about the incident of insult and abuse in the summer of 2008, Alex W. walked across the courtroom and plunged a knife into her 18 times. As Mr. Okaz ran to save his wife, he was shot by a police officer who mistook him for the assailant. Mr. Okaz is currently under intensive care at a Dresden hospital.

Hundreds attended Sherbini's funeral in Alexandria, Egypt, her hometown, among them government officials, including Egyptian Manpower Minister Aisha Abdel Hadi and Telecommunications Minister Tariq Kamel, Egyptian media reported.

Many shouted hostile slogans against Germany and called for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to take a firm stand on the incident. Egypt's grand mufti, Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, demanded the severest punishment to be issued against Alex A.

Berlin witnessed angry protests on Saturday, when hundreds of Arabs and Muslims demonstrated after a funeral prayer that called her killing an outrageous racist murder against Muslims.

In a phone call with Al Arabiya, Marwa's brother, Tariq Sherbini, said, "Extremism has no religion. My sister was killed simply because she wore the veil. This incident clearly shows that extremism is not limited to one religion or another and it is not exclusively carried out by Muslims."

"We are only asking for a fair punishment," he said, adding that his sister was not a radical. "She was a religious woman who prayed and wore her headscarf, but she was killed because of her belief."

Anger about Sherbini's death smoldered online, as Twitterers and bloggers pushed the cause.

It's not clear to what extent the Muslim outrage will grow but the whole episode is being compared to the situation following the publication of cartoons of Mohammad.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/08/2009 12:07:00 AM

Muslim Arsonists Get Prison

(London, England) Three Muslim men were sentenced to prison yesterday for arson.

Ali Beheshti, Abrar Mirza and Abbas Taj planned to set fire to Gibson Square Books after discovering it was going to publish The Jewel of Medina, a book about the Prophet and his young wife.

Mirza - Taj - Beheshti

Beheshti and Mirza poured diesel through the door of the Islington-based company and set it alight. They were arrested by armed Met Police officers as they attempted to flee the scene.

Beheshti, 41, of Tavistock Gardens, Ilford, and Mirza, 23, of East Field Road, Walthamstow, admitted conspiracy to commit arson, being reckless as to whether life was endangered, at an earlier hearing on April 21.

A third man, Abbas Taj, 31, a minicab chauffeur who was driving the getaway car, pleaded not guilty to the same charge, but was found guilty by a jury after a trial at Croydon Crown Court on May 15. Today each was sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

Via a thorough investigation by authorities, overwhelming evidence was collected to indicate that the three Muslims had shown a "violent mindset." It hasn't been explained how a violent mindset meshes with peace and tolerance and diversity. One probably has to convert to Islam to understand.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/07/2009 11:56:00 PM

Boy Sells Pics of Mom in Lacy Underwear

(Auckland, New Zealand) A 44-year-old local mom, Jennifer (no last name provided), instructed her 18-year-old son, Michael, to clean the garage. Michael resisted until he was told that he could sell anything he found and make some money.

Her instruction to clear out the garage and sell unwanted items on Trade Me backfired when Michael started an auction titled "5 naked photos of my mum".

Jennifer was understandably annoyed.

"He was quite naughty ... I thought 'you cheeky little git', but at least he'd been a bit creative about it."

TradeMe pulled the photos along with a second set, reportedly less revealing. TradeMe spokesman Jon Macdonald said, ""We don't really want to be the place where people list photos of their mums in their underwear."

Tip: Barry~
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       Following Entry Posted 7/07/2009 11:04:00 PM

Skater Nicole Bobek Arrested for Drugs


(New York) Former figure skating champion Nicole Bobek, 31, was arrested last week for alleged involvement in a drug distribution ring. Bobek has been charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

Bobek, who won the women’s U.S. figure skating title in 1995, was arrested last week in Florida and brought to New Jersey to appear in Central Judicial Processing Court via videolink Monday from the Hudson County Jail in Kearny, N.Y.

The 31-year-old, who has homes in New York and Jupiter, Fla., is accused of being involved in a northern New Jersey drug ring.

Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio told the Jersey Journal, “She played a significant role in this operation. She was actively involved in the upper echelon of this ring."

DeFazio added that the crimes of which Bobek is accused took place in New York and that twenty other individuals were arrested in connection to the drug ring.

Bobek is being held on $200,000 bail. If convicted, she faces a possible 10 years in jail.

Tip: Jeff Taylor
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       Following Entry Posted 7/07/2009 03:57:00 PM

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Muslim Superheroes!

DC Comics will collaborate with Kuwait-based Teshkeel Comics and produce stories where Muslim Superheroes known as "The 99" appear together with American icons like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.


A few Muslim Superheroes
The anticipated release of the new comic series is within a year.

The 99 series was started in 2006 by Naif Al-Mutawa, who wanted to portray Islam in a more tolerant light.

It features 99 different superheros based on Muslim figures and values, but they are not overtly religious so that the comics can be read by people of all faiths.

Excuse me but besides the fact that a non-religious Muslim comic superhero makes absolutely no sense, it's even harder to reconcile Superman's tagline, "Truth, justice and the American way," with the frequently-heard Muslim tagline, "Allahu akbar, Death to America."

Any stories with even a remote connection to the real world would seemingly have the Muslim superheroes as the deadly enemies of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, et al.

Tip: Kenny Solomon
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       Following Entry Posted 7/07/2009 09:18:00 AM

PETA and Pig Excrement

(Columbus, Ohio) The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has requested permission to put 3,500 gallons of pig excrement and urine on the Ohio Statehouse steps accompanied with a fan to disseminate the smell.

The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board denied permission. PETA responded by sending a letter to the Statehouse Executive Director asking for a review of the denial.

The reported purpose of PETA's excrement project is to support its contention that pig farms produce swine flu and other diseases.

No information has been reported on where PETA gets their 10+ tons of pig excrement but it's believed that some sort of karmic justice is being played out. Think about it. A group of PETA's more fanatical followers is forced to spend quality time being up close and neighborly to 3,500 gallons of pig excrement in the middle of summer.

[Add.] According to a PETA press release:

"You can't have a serious discussion about swine flu without understanding that the stressful and filthy conditions on factory farms are what spawn the disease," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "The best way to protect animals and our own health is to go vegetarian."

One might infer that PETA's primary focus is vegetarianism and not the ethical treatment of animals.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/07/2009 09:05:00 AM

British oldsters' coffee morning banned for health and safety reasons

A group of pensioners [social security dependants] have been banned from holding a coffee morning at a public library for health and safety reasons in case they spill hot drinks on children. This thin excuse to mess other people around just shows how power-hungry British bureaucrats are. They are little men desperate to find some way of making themselves significant



The seven members of the coffee morning for over 50s have met at Eye Library in Eye, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, every Tuesday for the last four years without incident. But council officials have now axed the meetings claiming that toddlers from a nearby nursery who use the library at the same time could be injured if hot coffee spilt on them.

Now members, who used to pay 20p each to the library to cover costs, have arranged to meet at each other's homes instead. Derek Taylor, one member of the coffee club, condemned the "laughable" move and claimed they had usually finished their drinks by the time the toddlers arrived for their half hour visit.

Mr Taylor, of Eye, said: "It is just laughable really. It is health and safety gone through the roof. Nearly four years ago we set up a coffee morning at Eye Library after the librarian at the time came up with the idea, and since then about seven of us have been going there every Tuesday.

"About three weeks ago a toddlers group started coming up on the Tuesday as well, and then this week when we went, we were told that we would not be allowed any tea or coffee because of health and safety reasons because there is a risk we could spill hot tea on the children.

"However, we understand that is not the case at all, because we have always finished our drinks before the children even arrive, and that it is the case that the librarian doesn't want to wash up extra cups. "It is very disappointing, we all thoroughly enjoy the weekly meeting, it is a chance for us all to catch up and have a chat."

Retired office worker Patricia Owen, 70, and her husband Ray, 69, from Eye Green, near Eye, have also been attending the coffee mornings since they were launched. Mrs Owen said: "We are being told we can't have a hot drink. Health and safety is a silly excuse. We have now made alternative arrangements and plan to have our coffee mornings at each other's homes."

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) called for sensible risk assessments to be made. A spokesman said: "This would seem to be a disproportionate reaction to risk. I'm sure a sensible compromise could be found that does not leave these pensioners on the streets."

A spokesman for Peterborough City Council, who run the library, said: "Eye Library is a small library and there were concerns about hot drinks being served to the group when there were small children sitting very close by. "However, we do not want to spoil anyone's fun, and will be speaking to both groups to see if we can be more flexible about the timings so that the nursery group are not in the library at the time the coffee morning is meeting."

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Posted by John Ray.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/07/2009 06:09:00 AM

7/7 Terror Attack Memorial



(London, England) A £1m memorial to the victims of the July 7th 2005 terror attack on London will be unveiled today in Hyde Park.

Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall will join senior MPs, survivors and family members of the victims for the ceremony which takes place on the fourth anniversary of the terror attacks.

The Prince of Wales is expected to speak at the event, before laying a wreath and meeting bereaved families.

Sir Trevor Mcdonald has been invited to the unveiling, where he will read out the names of the victims before a minute's silence.

Each of the 52 victims is represented by a three metre high pillar, with the pillars arranged in four groups which represent the locations of the bombings.

A plaque with the victims' names has also been placed in the grass banks at the eastern end of the memorial.

The four bombings by Islamist terrorists occurred at Tavistock Square, Edgware Road, King's Cross and Aldgate.

Although it scarcely needs mentioning, many Americans share the pain of Britain's loss. And, for what it's worth, I'm just as sickened and outraged now as I was four years ago ago. Never forget.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/07/2009 05:29:00 AM

Carolina Killer Shot Dead

(Dallas, North Carolina) Notorious Gaffney, SC, serial killer, Patrick Tracy Burris, 41, was shot dead by police yesterday outside the small community of Dallas, west of Charlotte. Burris was a probation violator with a long criminal record.

Burris' death brought to an end the killing spree that began with the June 27 shooting death of Cowpens peach farmer Kline Cash, 63. Items taken from Cash's home were in Burris' possession, Blanton said.

More than 200 law enforcement officers and support staffers worked day and night in search of the killer as he claimed four more victims in less than a week.

South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Reggie Lloyd said he became angry when he saw that Burris' rap sheet extended about 25 pages and included crimes from Maryland to Florida.

“At some point the criminal justice system is going to need to explain why this individual was out on the street,” Lloyd said. “We owe that to the victims in this case. We owe that to the citizens who lived in terror for days.”

One might suggest that there is a problem with the parole system.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/07/2009 05:04:00 AM

Idaho Babysitter Accused of Sex with Boy

(Post Falls, Idaho) A 28-year-old local babysitter, Summer Kelli Ashle Nelson, was arrested yesterday for allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy she was hired to baby sit. Nelson faces four counts of lewd conduct with a minor.

The arrest culminated a seven-month investigation.

“Apparently, Summer had stated to others how she was in love with the 14-year-old boy and that she could not understand how it was wrong for the two of them to be together,” Post Falls police Lt. Pat Knight said.

Nelson was booked into custody at the Kootenai County Jail with bail set at $50,000.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/07/2009 12:10:00 AM

Woman Twice Pregnant in Child Sex Case

(Appleton, Wisconsin) Pregnant again allegedly by a 14-year-old boy, a Hortonville woman, Lacy Sommers, 20, faces additional sexual assault charges even though her trial on the first set of sexual assault charges filed last October hasn't occurred.

She was arrested again May 1 on charges of repeated sexual assault of a child and bail jumping involving contact with the boy, who lives in New London.

"What we have to do is we have to protect the victim in this case, that's what our job is," said Sergeant Eugene Bunnell of the Outagamie County Sheriff's Department.

According to court documents the boy knew Lacy Sommers because she lived with his family. The boy told police he got along well with Sommers and they began dating in September of 2007.
Investigators say Sommers told them "She knew she was not supposed to have contact" with the boy. However, she said, "She loves him."

According to the complaint, the boy's mother knew about the relationship, but she told investigators, "She did not do anything to prevent the contact."

Bunnell won't say if the boy's mother will be investigated for not reporting the contact to police.

Sommers has a court appearance scheduled for July 28.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/06/2009 05:37:00 PM

Utah Woman Accused of Child Rape

(Logan, Utah) A 46-year-old local woman, Carol Ricker, was arrested last Thursday for allegedly raping a child. Ricker faces 12 first-degree felony counts of rape, sodomy and aggravated sex abuse of a child.

Logan police say the alleged victim is now is in his 20s but was a younger boy at the time of the alleged crime.

Captain Jeff Curtis of the Logan Police Department says this is a difficult case for officers. "It's a sad fact of life that these types of things take place and happen in our society, but they do," he said.

Police learned of the alleged abuse after a tip that a 5-year-old was being abused by the suspect. Investigators are still looking into those claims.

"That did lead to some other facts that (something) had been happening to some people who are adults now," Curtis said.

Ricker was booked into custody at the Cache County Jail with bail set at $240,000.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/06/2009 03:45:00 PM

Girl Scout Agiprop Conference

Liberal parents may want to mark their calendars to assure their daughters attend a three-day political indoctrination conference scheduled by the Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio. The girls will be taught to develop a plan to advocate for social change.

The "Voice Lessons Advocacy Conference 2009" will be held on the campus of Hiram College from July 21 through 23.

The program is open to girls entering grades 9-12 and recently graduated high school seniors. Experts from local clubs and educational institutions will lead discussions and keynote addresses on the subjects of domestic violence, pay equity, going green, world refugees and women's health. [...]

The cost is $50 for Girl Scouts and $60 for non-Girl Scouts. The package includes two nights accommodation in the dorms at Hiram College, all meals and snacks, a scavenger hunt, a bonfire and gift bags.

It's not mentioned, but I'd speculate that the official refreshment will be Kool-Aid.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/06/2009 03:04:00 PM

Robert S. McNamara, b.1916 - d.2009

Former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara died this morning at his home in Washington. He was 93.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/06/2009 01:40:00 PM

EPA Bans Pesticides in SF Bay Area

(San Francisco, California) In 2007, an environmental group filed a lawsuit to ratchet the EPA into conducting an assessment of pesticide use in Bay Area counties despite there being no evidence that the pesticides are harmful to designated Endangered Species List (ESL) flora and fauna.

The EPA settled by banning pesticides in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solana and Sonoma.

The Environmental Protection Agency last week announced its tentative settlement agreement to temporarily ban in eight Bay Area counties the use of 74 pesticides in habitat set aside for 11 imperiled species.

The agency also agreed to work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to rigorously assess any risks posed by these pesticides to the endangered or threatened species.

That latter step will clear up uncertainty over the effects of these powerful chemicals on animal species deemed near the brink of survival, said Jeff Miller, a spokesman for the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco, a nonprofit that filed a 2007 lawsuit leading to the settlement.

"The end game is to get them to actually conduct the assessments of what the actual effects are," Miller said.

In a nutshell, there's no evidence that the pesticides harm the endangered and threatened species and there's no evidence that the pesticides do not harm the species. Therefore, a lawsuit was filed and the pesticides were banned despite potential adverse effects on the farming, gardening and wine-making operations in the area.

In my estimation, the lawsuit and the EPA response are nothing more than a fishing expedition by environmentalists trying to find a legitimately-strong reason to ban pesticides. Currently, there is no problem with pesticide use but there's a good chance something will be discovered after a long, hard, taxpayer-funded search.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/06/2009 10:17:00 AM

Child Rapist Paroled Halfway Through 22-Year Sentence

(La Crosse, Wisconsin) In 1998, a 26-year-old woman, Stacey Maack, was sentenced to 22 years in prison, plus 20 years of probation, for the repeated sex assault of an 11-year-old boy.

The curious boy initiated the relationship, Maack later told a probation agent. She thought the sexual contact was legal because it was consensual, according to court documents.

“He told me things I’d never heard before. He told me he loved me. He told me I was attractive,” she said in court records. “He’s more mature than most men I’ve dated.”

Maack became pregnant in late July or early August 1996, according to the pre-sentence investigation report.

“I was like, ‘Cool. Whose kid is it?’” the victim said.

A girl born May 5, 1997, made the boy a father at age 12.

Their relationship resumed after the birth, Maack said, because she loved him.

The boy's mother, identified as Carolyn, reported Maack to the authorities after becoming suspicious. Carolyn subsequently was sentenced to a year in prison for failure to act to protect her son.

In the latest development, Stacey Maack, now 37, will be paroled after serving half of her sentence. According to a parole commission report, Maack has been a model prisoner, she has expressed remorse and recognized her selfishness, and she has learned from sex offender treatment programs.

“Continued confinement will not result in any additional changes, other than the passage of time,” the report stated.

Curiously, I was under the apparently mistaken impression that "passage of time" behind bars was the primary purpose of the penal system.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/06/2009 09:01:00 AM

WOW! Iran clerics declare election invalid and condemn crackdown

Maybe it's just Hitler versus Stalin all over again but we can hope it is better than that

Iran’s biggest group of clerics has declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election to be illegitimate and condemned the subsequent crackdown. The statement by the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qom is an act of defiance against the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has made clear he will tolerate no further challenges to Mr Ahmadinejad’s “victory” over Mir Hossein Mousavi.

“It’s a clerical mutiny,” said one Iranian analyst. “This is the first time ever you have all these big clerics openly challenging the leader’s decision.” Another, in Tehran, said: “We are seeing the birth of a new political front.” Professor Ali Ansari, head of Iranian Studies at St Andrews University, said: “It’s highly significant. It shows this is nowhere near resolved.”

The association’s statement also shows how deeply the political establishment is divided, and the extent to which the Supreme Leader now derives his power from military might, not moral authority. It makes it much harder for the regime to arrest Mr Mousavi and other opposition leaders. At the weekend a top aide to Mr Khamenei demanded that Mr Mousavi and other opponents be tried for “terrible crimes”, and the elite Revolutionary Guards accused them of “trying to overthrow the Islamic establishment”.

The association did not support a candidate in the election, but has now lined up firmly behind Mr Mousavi. In a rebuke to the regime it declared on its website: “Candidates’ complaints and strong evidence of vote-rigging were ignored . . . Peaceful protests by Iranians were violently oppressed . . . Dozens of Iranians were killed and hundreds were illegally arrested . . . The outcome is invalid.”

It called on other clerics to speak out, demanded the release of all those arrested in the past three weeks, and directly challenged the authority of the Guardian Council, a body of 12 senior clerics that has openly backed Mr Ahmadinejad and his patron, Mr Khamenei. “How can one accept the legitimacy of the election just because the Guardian Council says so?,” it asked.

On Wednesday, a day after the Guardian Council said that the election result was final, Mr Mousavi talked of forming a new political grouping to fight an illegitimate government. With the popular former president Mohammad Khatami and Medhi Karoubi, another defeated candidate, challenging the Government’s legitimacy, and Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, another former president, pointedly meeting the families of those killed in street demonstrations, that coalition is beginning to take shape.

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Posted by John Ray.
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       Following Entry Posted 7/06/2009 08:59:00 AM

"Denialists hiding behind ideology" (?)

Green/Left "projection" at work again. The post below is from the Warmist in Chief of a major Australian newspaper. He accuses "denialists" of being governed by ideology but look at what he says. There is NOT ONE scientific fact mentioned in what he writes. It is ALL ideology!

In ExxonMobil’s 2008 corporate citizenship report, the fossil fuel giant said this: "In recent years, we have discontinued contributions to several public policy research groups whose position on climate change diverted attention from the important discussion on how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner."

If only it were true. This from the Sydney Morning Herald, via The Guardian: "Company records show ExxonMobil gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to such lobby groups last year. These include the National Centre for Policy Analysis in Dallas, which received $75,000, and the Heritage Foundation in Washington, which received $50,000."

Heritage was one of the groups which helped to fund the conference - mutual denialist back-slapping - which Senator Steve Fielding attended a few weeks ago before returning to Australia having swallowed their nonsense. From it’s title, you might think the NCPA was a genuine centre of repute. Not so. This from their website: "NCPA scholars believe that while the causes and consequences of the earth’s current warming trend is still unknown.."

Wow. These guys are scholars. Aren’t they supposed to read stuff? At least have a stab at a theory. Back in May, Professor Geoffrey Heal, professor of finance and economics at Columbia Business School, told an audience at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the following"

"It is mainly politicians on the right, who champion the efficiency of free markets, that have tended to dispute both the science and economics of climate change. They have a problem because they believe that governments should not intervene in markets. But environmental problems, such as climate change, cannot be tackled without governments acting. In addition, there are many on the right in the United States who are hostile to science because of their beliefs, whether it is evolution or climate change."

And who’d have thunk it? So it’s not down to science after all - just a bunch of free-market ideologists and Christians desperately trying to justify their beliefs.

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He also greatly misrepresents both what Exxon Mobil did and what it reported. They did in fact cease funding some "denialist" organizations and their contributions to "denialist" groups in total came to only 4% of what they gave to groups interested in the environment. See my third post down here. Warmists just wallow in deception. It's all they've got

Posted by John Ray.
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