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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168540)

5/25/2014 3:54:34 PM

From: TideGlider

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That is a most flawed and frankly ridiculous statement. I mean really laughable.

They know how strong the winds were in the 1940s, know how much global warming since then, know the strength of the winds now. The rest is deductive reasoning.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168540)	5/25/2014 3:55:47 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo Sedohr Nod Respond to of 224748

wow you don't know anything about science either

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168540)	5/25/2014 5:04:23 PM
From: Mevis	1 Recommendation Recommended By locogringo Respond to of 224748

What the hell are u talking about?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168540)

5/25/2014 11:14:56 PM

From: Follies

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They know how strong the winds were in the 1940s, know how much global warming since then, know the strength of the winds now. The rest is deductive reasoning.

That's perfect reasoning Ken.

If it .1 degrees warmer this year than last, we can work backwards and deduce at the time of Jesus it was below absolute zero. Perfect.

You are a dunce if you can't reason for yourself.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168540)	5/26/2014 9:52:56 AM
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White House mistakenly identifies CIA chief in Afghanistan The CIA’s top officer in Kabul was exposed Saturday by the White House when his name was inadvertently included on a list provided to news organizations of senior U.S. officials participating in President Obama’s surprise visit with U.S. troops. The White House recognized the mistake and quickly issued a revised list that did not include the individual, who had been identified on the initial release as the “Chief of Station” in Kabul, a designation used by the CIA for its highest-ranking spy in a country. Gallery Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan:?President Obama arrived at Bagram air base in Afghanistan Sunday for an unannounced visit to mark Memorial Day with U.S. troops. Latest from National Security White House inadvertently identifies CIA chief in Kabul Greg Miller MAY 25 The officer’s name was included on list of officials meeting with President Obama during his Afghanistan visit. Future hazy for group born from Obama campaignPhilip Bump MAY 25 Organizing for Action has told donors that it will stop requesting large contributions this year and has reportedly shed half of its staff. Lawmakers reject military budget cuts — again Ernesto Londoño MAY 24 The Obama administration’s efforts to persuade lawmakers to make painful choices appears to have failed. Full coverage: NSA Secrets Read all of the stories in The Washington Post’s ongoing coverage of the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs. [iframe src="http://adk.juteralabs.netdna-cdn.com/htmlx/300x250.html?rnd=81973610794" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="300" height="250" style="z-index: 999; margin: 0px;"][/iframe] The disclosure marked a rare instance in which a CIA officer working overseas had his cover — the secrecy meant to protect his actual identity — pierced by his own government.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168540)	5/26/2014 12:04:29 PM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Jorj X Mckie TideGlider Respond to of 224748

They know how strong the winds were in the 1940s, know how much global warming since then, know the strength of the winds now. The rest is deductive reasoning. You can take it another step, and multiply the answer by pi/3 to get the depth of the antarctic ice in the year 999. For every thousand year difference, multiply by 4XY where Z=liberal numbskull quotient. HTH, and please check my math.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168540)	5/26/2014 5:11:56 PM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo lorne Respond to of 224748

Extreme-Right Parties Gain Extensive Ground in EU BY Omaira Gill \| 05/26/14 - 03:06 PM EDT NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The results from local and European parliamentary elections across Europe have dealt a heavy blow to the ruling parties, as voters used the opportunity to sweep extreme right parties into power. Anti-European Union sentiment has been growing across the Continent since the debt crisis hit in 2008. This weekend's elections in 28 countries saw unprecedented gains for far-right anti-immigration and anti-EU political parties that caught the wave of voter disillusionment and rode it into local and European parliamentary positions. In the U.K., the United Kingdom Independence Party, which preaches a strong anti-European and anti-immigration line, came out on top, with 27.49% of the vote, making these the first elections in the country's modern history in which neither the center-left Labor Party nor the center-right Conservative Party won a national election. The Conservatives currently run a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, whose European parliamentary presence was decimated from 11 seats to just one. [iframe name="google_ads_iframe_/367/tsc-thestreet.com/story_20" width="585" height="75" id="google_ads_iframe_/367/tsc-thestreet.com/story_20" src="javascript:"<html]"" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: bottom; border-image: none;">[/iframe] In France, Marine Le Pen's National Front Party won 25% of the vote. The ruling socialist President Francois Hollande managed just 14%. The party's win, with its rallying cry of "France for the French," shocked most observers. Le Pen said that France had "shouted loud and clear" that it wanted to be run "by the French, for the French and with the French" and not by "foreign commissioners" in Brussels. Despite this, European markets remained more or less stable as the results were confirmed. On Monday, European stocks on the Stoxx 600 showed their biggest rise since 2008, as Italian banks soared after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi won overall in the country's European parliamentary elections, beating a populist challenger. In Greece, yields on the country's 10-year bond fell 26 basis points to close at 6.23%. Most alarming to analysts on the ground was that Greece's neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn secured three European parliamentary seats. It gained nearly 10% of the popular vote, up from 6.92% in the 2012 elections. The party also gained the most voter inflows from other parties, at 77.5%. Golden Dawn's leaders are currently in jail, facing charges of running a criminal organization. Despite this and the part's reputation for extreme violence toward minority groups, its popularity has continued to grow among Greeks who have had enough of the current austerity measures directed at their country by the EU. The party that won Greece's overall election was Alexis Tsipras' left-wing Syriza party, which immediately called for general elections. In a triumphant speech to his followers, Tsipras said, "Already Europe is talking about the defeat of the agenda of the European leaders who chose this country as a guinea pig." While Syriza also spouts anti-euro and anti-austerity rhetoric, it bucked the trend across Europe by being one of the few left-leaning parties to come out on top in these elections. All eyes are now on the influence that these fringe groups will have on European policymaking and the alliances that may be formed. The fact that the European Parliament now has a substantial number of Euroskeptics in its seats will send a strong message to Europe's political elite about their handling of the debt crisis.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168540)	5/27/2014 8:25:49 AM
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White House blows cover of CIA chief in Afghanistan On a surprise visit to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama promised a decision soon on keeping a small contingent of troops in Afghanistan to help protect gains made over nearly 13 years of combat. (May 25) AP William Cummings, USA TODAY 1:47 a.m. EDT May 26, 2014 President Obama gets a briefing by Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, commander of the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force, right, and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham after arriving at Bagram Air Base for an unannounced visit May 25.(Photo: Evan Vucci, AP) 8163 CONNECT 628 TWEET 22 LINKEDIN 393 COMMENTEMAILMORE The White House accidentally blew the cover of the top CIA officer in Afghanistan Saturday, when his name and title were released in an e-mail sent to reporters who traveled with President Obama on his surprise visit to Bagram Air Field. The CIA officer's identity was released as part of a list of U.S. officials who were attending a military briefing with Obama at Bagram, the Washington Post reported. The individual was identified as "Chief of Station," a term used for the top spy in a country, according to the Post. MORE: Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan The White House recognized the error and issued a revised list that did not include the official's name. The list was sent in an e-mail to reporters traveling with Obama to Afghanistan, and then further distributed in a "pool report" to reporters not taking part in the trip, including members of foreign press agencies. In all, more than 6,000 people were sent the initial pool report that included the CIA officer's identity. The Post reported that Scott Wilson, the newspaper's White House bureau chief, filed the pool report. Wilson copied the list contained in the e-mail sent from White House press officials. "Wilson said that after the report was distributed, he noticed the unusual reference to the station chief and asked White House press officials in Afghanistan whether they had intended to include that name," the Post reported. "Initially, the press office raised no objection, apparently because military officials had provided the list to distribute to news organizations. But senior White House officials realized the mistake and scrambled to issue an updated list without the CIA officer's name." The CIA and the White House have not officially commented on the incident and it remains unclear how the exposure will affect the CIA officer's ability to continue in his in role in Afghanistan. The Post is withholding the official's name at the request of White House officials who warned publication of his name could put the official and his family in danger. Obama said his surprise Memorial Day weekend visit had one purpose -- to thank the troops for their "extraordinary service."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168540)	5/28/2014 10:39:39 AM
From: locogringo	2 Recommendations Recommended By Sedohr Nod TideGlider Respond to of 224748

Now it's clear why you supported him 1000%. Classy, just like you. John Edwards, chasing ambulances again Former Sen. John Edwards came within a few electoral votes of being vice president of the United States. But now, after a loss in the 2004 election, a brief run in 2008 ended by spectacular adultery and love-child scandal, a hung jury in a multiple-felony campaign-finance case, and the death of wife Elizabeth, Edwards has returned to the occupation in which he first made his name: the practice of personal injury law. Edwards' new firm, Edwards Kirby, based in Raleigh with an office in Washington, is pursuing customers with all the zeal of a late-night, local-cable informercial. Its website -- call 1 (866) 409-2250 -- is dominated by the words: "…AND JUSTICE FOR ALL" and outlines the firm's expertise in personal injury litigation. "Whether your loss occurred on an operating table, a factory floor, at the workplace or on the highway, our wrongful death lawyers will explore every avenue of recovery," the Edwards Kirby site says. "We have a history of securing record-setting verdicts and settlements in cases involving personal injury, including: Trucking and Auto Accidents; Wrongful Death and Catastrophic Injury; Drowning Accidents; Burn Injuries; Construction and Premise Liability; [and] Defective or Unsafe Products." Edwards has scored some of his biggest wins in medical malpractice suits; indeed, he was once so successful that he was accused of driving entire fields of medical specialists out of North Carolina and sending insurance rates through the roof. The new Edwards Kirby firm is looking for the same type of business. "Whether your case involves birth injuries caused in the delivery room, botched surgery or a missed diagnosis, the medical malpractice lawyers at Edwards Kirby can advise and represent you," the website says. The homepage features a sidebar with the headline PROVEN RESULTS. The message is simple and clear: We win big money: DROWNING/POOL ACCIDENTS $30.9 MILLION decision for 5-year old girl injured by a pool drain pump. CATASTROPHIC INJURIES $23.3 MILLION verdict for child who suffered brain injuries at birth. TRUCK/AUTO ACCIDENTS $10.75 MILLION settlement for family of children injured/killed in truck accident. BURN/ELECTROCUTION INJURIES $4.1 MILLION verdict for burn injuries received while on the job. CONSTRUCTION/PREMISE LIABILITY $8 MILLION settlement for passerby killed during construction accident. Some readers might think Edwards has been disbarred. He hasn't. He was indicted in June 2011 on six felony counts, accused of using campaign funds to cover up his affair with Rielle Hunter, a woman he hired to make a video for his 2008 presidential run. One reason Edwards did not plead guilty to a reduced charge -- he had the chance -- was that it might have involved disbarment. "Friends said he was loath to lose his law license," the New York Times reported in 2011. "He has expressed interest in practicing public-service law." Edwards was back in the courtroom recently, suing an emergency-room doctor for "brain damage and physical injuries that a 4-year-old Virginia boy received in December 2009 when he was an infant in the care of Pitt County Memorial Hospital," according to the Raleigh News-Observer. The plaintiffs had already won a $13 million settlement from the hospital involved; the jury deadlocked in the case against the doctor. "I really loved being back in the courtroom," Edwards told the News-Observer. "It really felt like a gift for me." It's not known how much Edwards will take home from the $13 million settlement in the brain damage case. But the fortunes of lawyers like him come from taking a big part — sometimes half — of multi-million dollar awards in jury trials. The bigger the award, the bigger Edwards' payday. But Edwards told the News-Observer that his work is consistent with the populist focus on poverty he emphasized in the "two Americas" message of his political campaigns. "Two Americas — heartbreaking for me and a lot of people — is still alive and well," Edwards told the paper. "It’s not gotten better. There’s a lot that can be done….The courtroom allows [plaintiffs] to level the playing field."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168540)	5/29/2014 6:43:28 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By Bill Respond to of 224748

Global warming made Algor cheat on Tipper: Report: Global Warming Makes Couples Cheat… Is there anything global warming can’t do? Via Miami New Times: If you’re married in Miami, you might want to get out of town this summer. No, not to avoid the hurricanes — to avoid a nasty divorce. A new report blames global warming for rising rates of infidelity, especially bad news for couples in Miami, where rising tides and raging hurricanes remind us all how much extracurricular sex we could be having on a daily basis. Victoria Milan, a dating website for people looking to cheat on their significant other, surveyed 5,000 of its members, both men and women. A shocking 72% of them responded that yes, their own Al Gore-esque stress about unpredictable weather is the cause of their extra-marital dalliances. Guess the fact of their existing committed relationships was just an inconvenient truth. ........

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168540)	5/29/2014 10:19:11 AM
From: locogringo	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider Respond to of 224748

Obama has restored respect for America after only 6 years in office. What a messiah! Karzai refused to meet Obama at Bagram Air Base, says US officialand US foreign policy: Trouble abroad Barack Obama is accused of timidity overseas, thereby raising fear and anger among allies ft.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168540)	5/29/2014 10:56:57 AM
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Kenyan Cockroach Craters Economy US Economy Shrank By 1% In The First Quarter: First Contraction Since 2011 Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/29/2014 - 08:49 Bottom line: for whatever reason, in Q1 the US economy contracted not only for the first time in three years, but at the fastest pace since Q1 of 2011. It probably snowed then too. "Pent-Up" Pending Home Sales Demand Missing; Down 9.4% YoY Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/29/2014 - 10:09But it's the weather... nope... NAR blames excess inventory as giving people too much choice and slowing their purchasing decisions for the notable miss on both MoM and YoY sales. This is the 7th month in a row of declining YoY sales. The 0.4% rise MoM missed expectations of 1.0% as the pent-up demand from a cold winter appears to be missing in action. Of Course NAR is optimistic (but even they are cautious), "an uptrend in closed sales is expected, although some months will encounter a modest setback." Consumer Comfort Plunges To 6-Month Lows Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/29/2014 - 09:54Despite record highs in stock markets and talking-heads explaining that a terrible Q1 GDP print is nothing to worry about, Bloomberg's Consumer Comfort index collapsed to its lowest level in 6 months as 'Buying Climate' collapsed and economic expectations plunged from 48 to 42.5 (7-month lows). Those earning over $100k are happy and comfort soared but the comfort of those earning under $40k plunged to new cycle lows. The Fed won't be happy... need S&P 2,200 for animal spirits to come back again...