DECONSTRUCTING “PIG-IGNORANT”

Apparently, a Firedoglake poster got his panties in a wad when the Utah House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution urging the EPA to ditch its man-made CO2 regulations.

In this case, “pig ignorant” equals “I disagree with you, but have a hard time stating why my opinion is more settled than yours.”

From Late Night: Utah House of Representatives Declares Itself Gang of Pig-Ignorant (go to link if you want to see their links in the paragraph):

The biggest problem with 21st Century Conservatism isn’t so much that so many 21st Century are running around like absolute morons. No, the problem is that they are proud to be running around like absolute morons. Examples, of course, abound. But few spectacles illustrate the point more luridly than the Utah House of Representatives deciding to, essentially, stick an ostrich feather up its collective ass and wiggle it around in what it fondly imagines to be an insulting manner at Science.

What is it about the Left’s inability to disagree without dragging sexual visuals into it? First, it was “teabagger” for the Tea Party movement, now it’s substituting an ostrich feather for use in some sort of political colonoscopy fantasy.

The author, “thers”, even takes poor Don Surber to task because the prolific Poca-ite has the cojones to disagree with the Mighty thers?

thers’ bio states that he is “A community college professor from upstate NY. My wife & I have 347 children, all of them rotten.”

No word if thers and his wife have a stock of ostrich feathers handy.

Here’s an ass reference for the prof: If I’m one of those “347 children” and thers’ piece is a sample of what I’m getting in the classroom, I’m suing his ass for educational malpractice.

This is, unfortunately, thers’ unlucky day. Phil Jones is admitting that, gee, the science is not so settled after all–to say the least.

Leaving thers and the rest of the warming cultists hanging out to dry.

No word if their “collective ass” is covered yet or not.

NOTE: Surber replies:

“I’m so old, I remember when the watermelons (green on the outside, red in the middle) were mocking me for not believing in global cooling when it was 20 below in Cleveland.”

I remember that too.

Old cult, same as the new cult.

UPDATE: Hot Air highlights a story by the Times of London in Was there any actual warming to begin with?

The Times of London delivers a separate blow to the AGW movement today in a report on scientific review of the data used to claim man-made warming of the planet over the last few decades. Several researchers have found that the measurements of temperatures in the AGW record that showed temperature increases mainly came from land development and urbanization, not from actual temperature increases. They have made their findings public through peer-reviewed studies that come at a very bad time for the IPCC and AGW advocates:

Waiting for a response from thers that doesn’t include the hurling of invective. This may be an impossible handicap for the good professor: from looking at his FDL piece, he no doubt teaches rhetoric instead of science.

And poorly, at that.

UPDATE: Mark Steyn was even more astonished at CRU’s Phil Jones’ AGW about-face: Decline and Phil, and cites the following, revealing story from the UK Daily Mail.

Climategate U-turn as scientist at centre of row admits: There has been no global warming since 1995

The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the information.
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Professor Jones also conceded the possibility that the world was warmer in medieval times than now – suggesting global warming may not be a man-made phenomenon.

And he said that for the past 15 years there has been no ‘statistically significant’ warming.

We’ll have the good manners not to tell ‘thers’ where to put that information so it tickles.

PAY ATTENTION, YOU BASTARDS,
ETIQUETTE AHEAD!

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A PUBLIC SERVICE

There are times when someone provides a public service to others less fortunate. One such service was stumbled upon a few days ago.

Little Miss Attila (Break a rule? No need to call for back-up–her name itself provides the necessary authority) provides help for the blogging-challenged among us.

Blogging Guidelines: Ethical Concerns, and Advice—DRAFT 1

The need is great.

LMA is nothing if not versatile. Sometimes, her advice is gentle, providing etiquette tips for the unknowing.

Keep all of your block quotations to a reasonable length; try not to quote at great length unless the publication you are quoting is subscribtion-only, or out-of-print. Never quote an entire blog entry (unless it is exceedingly short, and part of a series).

Do not duplicate a picture of another blogger from their own site without their permission. Do not copy a photo or image of any kind from their site without proper credit and a link. Give a credit (and linkage, where appropriate) to any mainstream/legacy material you are using.

At other times, she’s positively Emily Post-al. About her own commenting policy:

I allow misogyny in my comments section, because it is generally directed at me, and I feel it shows the true colors of the woman-hating commenters. Any anti-male, anti-Asian, anti-gay, anti-tranny, anti-black, anti-American Indian, and anti-Jewish comments, though (or ones that look like they might be indicative of biases in that direction) generally get a warning, and a reminder that repeated offenses are subject to redaction, and banning. (Yeah, I have a little Native American in me, but most people don’t know that, and it doesn’t show in my picture, fair as I am. My half-sister is half-Syrian, though, so anti-Arab posters get cussed at. And my niece? Half-Polish, so don’t even fucking try that, either.)

And if you continue to ignore good Internet manners?

“Now go away, because I don’t want you as a reader. Thanks.”

Which is all as it should be.

NOTE: The commentariat at the LMA site provide a variety of helpful tips in the comments section.

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THE BASIC ILLOGIC THAT DEFINES PROGRESSIVISM

There’s are several basic disconnects that define Progressive thought. The following passage shines some light one of the most basic.

From DANIEL HENNINGER’s The Scalia v. Stevens Smackdown:

In the universe inhabited by Justice Stevens and President Obama, corporations—the private sector—are a suspect abstraction, ever tending toward “the worst urges” which have to be “comprehensively regulated.” The saints regulate the sinners.

If you think this way, what one does to the private sector, such as the proposed $90 billion bank tax, can never be wrong in any serious way, so long as the rationale offered is the “public good.” Private-sector players are seen as barely more than paid galley slaves on the ship of state. So it is with the health-care bill’s mammoth, comprehensive regulation of American medicine and insurance.

The basic disconnect is this: a collection of flawed men, acting out of self-interest, ambition and profit in the private sector is inherently evil and needs the strong foot of government on its neck. That same government that is composed of a collection of flawed men who act out of their own self-interest, ambition and profit.

In other words:

Private Companies = bad
Government = good

A corollary might be:

Private decisions = evil
Government decision = Good

And if you’re a Progressive, that’s about all you need to know to defend your positions on just about anything.

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RED ALERT, COMRADES!

This comes from infamous subversive IMaksim: Best Picture: Nonexistent Congressional District 9? .

By pointing out the dangers of investing in nonexistent Congressional districts using a nonexistent poster from a nonexistent movie, this IMaksim has proven himself intent on sowing discontent among the laboring masses who toil for the greater good of Proud Progressives everywhere.

This Imaksim convicts himself:

Nonexistent Congressional District 9 is a dark comedy about an incompetent liberal progressive government that claims to have funneled $6.4 billion in stimulus money to 440 congressional districts, which creates or saves 30,000 jobs. Hi-jinks ensue when it is discovered that the districts don’t exist.

Bah!

If captured, IMaksim is to be tried by a nonexistent jury of his nonexistent peers and imprisoned in a nonexistent prison for an indeterminate amount of time.

Failing that, we’ll content ourselves with awarding him this nearly nonexistent recognition.

Closely examine more of this renegade’s work and see if you don’t agree that this is truly a dangerous subversive we’re dealing with here: IMaksim.com.

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WE LIKE A GOOD RANT AS WELL AS THE NEXT GUY

We have to recognize a good job wherever we see it.

While surfing the web, we discovered a repository of the most varied anti-Obama invective imagined. It is located at No Left Turnz.

If you’re unhappy with the current president–and face it, who isn’t? At least if you work for a living–NLT is the place. We collected a sampling. Bon appetit!

John Brennan is upset. Using the most confusing of visual analogies, Brennan complained of a “500 mile screwdriver from Washington to Detroit”. I concur. I am upset over the ludicrous legal logistics and the cunning cartwheels of the Obama hacks relative to the Christmas Day Mooselim mambo.. After reading what he said about the situation, it would appear that Brennan is annoyed for a different reason. Relative to the “500 mile screwdriver”, I have visual analogies that are more appropriate and applicable to the Obama caliphate and I will reveal them a bit later on..
–The Victory

“My how the worm turns.. Just a few months after the Bolshevik beatification in Denver, the Demokratic deity who used to walk on water in the eyes of his liberal contemporaries, is now being called “Typhoid Barry” by those liberals who still wish to keep their seats at the tax trough in Washington..”
–Political Liability

It would appear that Barack O-bow-ma has plans in place to begin the systematic sequestering of the necessary revenues in order to pay for his historic “hope and change”. For the Red Staters, this is translated from the liberal obfuscation to “the stealth mode targeted tax increases on the middle class are being arranged as the money is needed to reward the liberal base of unproductive siphons and limousine liberals who donated to his campaign”..
–Too Little with Too Much

“Neil Barofsky has probably been taken off of the Obama Kwanzaa card list for 2010 and beyond. Barofsky, who has been tasked with overseeing the TARP “bailout” funds, of late has been as invisible as Boozer Biden who was left in charge of the “stimulus” and Rodham who was left in charge of buckets and mops.. This unexcused absence came to an abrupt end as Barofsky has released a quarterly report that paints the Obama progressive pogroms in a curt black and white with only a few shades of gray..”
–A Deeper Crisis

The above are just from the month of February. There’s more and much of it is amusing if you’re frustrated with the daily doublespeak that masquerades as policy statements from this White House.

Burp!

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Nothing says leadership like focusing on a non-existent problem while the Sword of Damocles hangs over Americans, Europeans, Israel and much of the Middle East; i.e., a nuclear Iran.

And nothing points out the absurdity of the entire situation like the above graphic by I Own the World’s Irony Curtain. See the original at Iran…… like a sissy from the REAL crisis for loads of colorful commentary by the IOTW commentariat.

Obama’s “smart power” response to Iran’s close to a nuke?

Let it snow, brother!

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NEWS YOU CAN USE

Five skills not everyone has–or wants, maybe–but are useful in today’s a-go-go world. Pepper your food like a pro, how to spot a poser, how to make a good drink, how to shovel your walk so it’s spotless and how to catch an iPhone thief.

We’ll give you the down-and-dirty; click on the links for more info.

1-Pepper Your Food Like a Pro

It’s very simple: if you use a pepper mill, then simply twist a quarter-turn of ground pepper onto a plate, press your index finger on the pepper grounds and whatever sticks to your finger is the right amount to flick into your soup, salad, mashed potatoes, whatever.
–How to Add the Proper Amount of Pepper to Food

2- How to Spot a Poser

Every day you’re surrounded by people whose motives may not be clear. You may wonder whether they really are who they say they are, and if they really believe what they say that they do. Learning to spot a poser can be somewhat tricky, especially if the person is really good at hiding his true identity. Here’s how you can spot a poser in your own social circles.
–How to spot a poser

3- Make a Good Drink

Good booze is not rocket science, nor does it have to be expensive. A very small amount of prep time, a little attention to detail, some creativity, and bingo: cocktails after work for you and yours, or you and your friends. You will need, the right equipment, yummy finger foods, and some great drinks. The internet is replete with recipes and methods so I wont bother here. Don’t let terms like muddle, strain, and garnish intimidate you. An orange can be garnished and made into ingredients in seconds. If you screw up a drink too badly, it can always be tossed out. (that was a difficult sentence to type)
–The Booze Thread Pt 2: Happy Hour and Making Great Drinks.

4- How to Shovel Your Walk Of Snow So That It Is Spotless

Step 1: Use the cooking spray on the plastic bottom of the shovel so that the snow glides off of it easier. Then shovel the snow away from the walkway by pushing the shovel in front of you underneath the snow.
–How to Shovel Your Walk Of Snow So That It Is Spotless

5- How to catch an iPhone thief

The whole thing started when my plane landed in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon at 2:55pm coming from Cabo San Lucas. The guy sitting next to me on the plane asked me to loan him a pen so that he could fill out his customs form. I watched him fill out the form and clearly remember his birth year of 1984, but am a bit unsure about his name. I think it was —–, but in this story, we will refer to him as Pinche.
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When it came time to move into the aisle, an old lady sitting in 27C started moving and so I stopped, but Pinche saw this as an opportunity. He bumped me, then jumped in front of the old lady and ran off of the plane. I waited for the old lady to step into the aisle, and I walked behind her. Five seconds later, I reached for my phone and it was not in my pocket anymore. I waited for everyone to exit the plane and went back to my seat. I looked everywhere but was not able to find the phone. One of the flight attendants (Karen) offered to help. She called the phone and it was not ringing. This was strange because I had perfect reception a minute ago.
–Busting an iPhone thief

Did readers find any of these useful?

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MAINSTREAM PRESS HAD NO PROBLEM BELIEVING RIDICULOUS SCHEME

Andrew Young, in his book, The Politician, holds forth on the beginnings of the John Edwards’ cover-up. One of the main pillars of the cover-up, after the National Enquirer discovered that Rielle Hunter was pregnant was the ridiculous story that she was pregnant, not by Edwards, but by Edwards’ campaign fall-guy, Young.

It was an absolutely preposterous lie, but Edwards decided to go ahead. “This single paragraph was to be offered to the National Enquirer or any other media person who called the Edwards campaign about Rielle Hunter,” writes Young. “The senator and the advisers who worked closely with him on this issue — Jonathan Prince and Mark Kornblau — expected the onslaught to begin on Wednesday, December 19, when the new edition of the Enquirer would be posted online.” In anticipation of a firestorm, Young sent his family out of town.

But when the Enquirer story was published, nothing much happened. “To our relief, no serious newspaper or TV network picked up the story because they couldn’t find a source to confirm it,” Young writes. “Our phones and those of our friends and relatives rang constantly with calls from reporters and producers, but we ignored them all. Rielle and the campaign followed the same strategy, and since they still play by the multi-source rule, the big print and broadcast news organizations were stymied.” The damage was confined to a few websites. “We began to think that perhaps our strategy had worked,” Young writes.

Just for the record: one of those “few websites” was this one. While the mainstream press not only covered up, but helped the Edwards’ campaign hide the story, DBKP was publishing over 160 articles on various parts of the affair, scandal and elaborate cover-up.

We also spent considerable space on the Mainstream Media dereliction of duty towards the Edwards story.

The Edwards’ campaign was well aware of who we were, according to several sources.

We want to take this opportunity to remind the Mainstream Media–so that the next time, they’ll be sure to ask Andrew Young about those “few websites.”

We’re not holding our breath.

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Keep in mind as you read the following: the Inspector General overseeing the TARP operations is the one who is issuing the warning to Congress.

Morgen Richmond, at Big Government, Inspector General: TARP has created a looming disaster, provides a public service by breaking down the TARP report to the level of a DANGER! sign for Americans.

Yesterday the Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) released their Quarterly Report to Congress for the period ending 12/31/2009.

To the extent that institutions were previously incentivized to take reckless risks through a “heads, I win; tails, the Government will bail me out” mentality, the market is more convinced than ever that the Government will step in as necessary to save systemically significant institutions. This perception was reinforced when TARP was extended until October 3, 2010, thus permitting Treasury to maintain a war chest of potential rescue funding at the same time that banks that have shown questionable ability to return to profitability (and in some cases are posting multi-billion-dollar losses) are exiting TARP programs.
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Stated another way, even if TARP saved our financial system from driving off a cliff back in 2008, absent meaningful reform, we are still driving on the same winding mountain road, but this time in a faster car.

Richmond’s assessment of the report seems to be right on:

The White House is in the midst of a campaign to focus populist anger on Wall Street, which is certainly deserving of some blame for the financial crisis. But by continuing to leverage the future of our children by adding trillions of dollars more to our national debt over the next few years, the Administration is demonstrating where the ultimate blame should reside for the culture of irresponsible borrowing and financial mismanagement which led us to this point. It’s not Wall Street – it’s Pennsylvania Avenue.

Click the link, read the entire assessment. It’s not pretty–but it’s necessary.

The TARP catastrophe can be avoided, but only if the same Senators and Congressmen who got us into the mess will pay attention and muster the political will to do the right thing.

In which case, everybody better buckle their seat-belts.

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You heard that correctly. My site is all new! Not just award winning illustration but also everything from music to comedy to house portraits.
Go have a look! www.robertpizzo.com

HOMETOWN BOY MAKES GOOD

Spend a few moments–or longer–perusing the ninth wonder of the world (I think the eighth is already spoken for) that is Robert Pizzo’s new site.

You may go for the sheer adventure of visiting a graphic design site.

But you’ll probably stay for the collectible RP Fun Facts

Infographics are all there for the readers’ discernment–and pleasure.

Now, treat yourself to some fun.

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HOLLYWOOD STARS are for the CONCEPT of HUGO CHAVEZ:
The Reality is Somewhat Different

The graphic above, from I Own the World’s I’m In With The In Crowd illustrate several things about the intellectual cesspool that is Hollywood.

1-When your life consists of playing the part of other people, you’re more likely to identify with the guy who’s Top Dog, like Hugo Chavez. The people that Hugo Chavez represses and kills are just so many eggs in the latest trendy Hollywood omelet.

2-Where else other than Hollywood is the concept of GroupThink practiced? Most big universities, the Mouthpiece Media and Big Government are three that first come to mind. They’re also the places that you’ll see support for Chavez at its strongest.

3-It’s notable that none of the Hollywood celebrities in the graphic above have decided to move to the Heaven-on-Earth that is Venezuela under Hugo Chavez. Why not forget the photo ops and put your liberty where your mouth is? A few years of living in Caracas and running afoul of the Chavas censorship might force the Hollywood elite to change their minds.

Such as it is.

MORE: If a Tea Party happened in Venezuela.

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