The RoanokeSlant

This file is a US personal journal of commentary of examples of the Roanoke Times and Liberal Media Slant...... lbhagen@aol.com

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Pravda Media Hypes John Kerry Yet Another AGW Global Warming Buffoon

John Kerry proclaimed in an Aug. 31, 2009, op-ed in the Huffington Post, that the Arctic would be “Ice Free” by summer 2013.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/sep/02/john-kerry/kerry-claims-arctic-will-be-ice-free-2013/
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Kerry in ’09: Ice-Free Arctic by Summer 2013
Despite all the doomsday predictions, global warming just isn’t living up to the hype. The newest item in the list of predictions that simply didn’t pan out: John Kerry’s 2009 claim that we would have an ice-free Arctic come 2013.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/362354/kerry-09-ice-free-arctic-summer-2013-alec-torres#!
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Was the Arctic Ice-Free in the summer of 2013?
Not only NO but the ice sheet grew by One-Million Square Miles
That’s 50% larger than Alaska our largest state.
Just more Al Gore and Mike Mann Heifer-Dust being broadcast and propagated by the Pravda Press as truth & facts!
What If The Arctic Ice Sheet Grew By One-Million Square Miles And No One Told Us?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/09/what-if-arctic-ice-sheet-grew-by-one.html
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At what point are these apoplectic draconian scare pronouncements not just wrong but straight out lies with a misdirected energy agenda driving them?
The great tragedy of Science — the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. Thomas Huxley 1860
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The facts are That:
* There has been no Global Warming caused by mankind or nature for the past 17 years.
* There has been less than one degree warming in the past 150 years coming out of the Little Ice Age.
* Nature is the source of most of the atmospheric CO2 and has been the source for millions of years.
* The climate is changing – the climate has always been changing -- which one would you like?
* The Gore Inconvenient truth was based on Mann’s Hockey-stick that has been totally falsified by Mother Nature.
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Click links for some prior blog items that reflect light – not smoke!

Global Warming Meets Mother Nature

http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/01/global-warming-meets-mother-nature.html
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What If The Antarctic Gained 2 Million Square Miles Of Ice And The Roanoke Times Didn’t Tell Us?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/what-if-antarctic-gained-2-million.html
Alaska is approximately 1/2 Million Square Miles
Texas is approximately 1/4 Million Square Miles
So the 2 Million Square Miles of ADDITIONAL ICE is
4 times the size of Alaska
8 times the size of Texas
That’s a lot of ICE --- Where’s the Global Warming?
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Perspective On Carbon Restrictions
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/perspective-on-carbon-restrictions.html
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Arctic Ice Melting Yet Again
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/12/arctic-ice-melting-yet-again.html
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It’s The Thick Ice That’s Bad For Alaskan Polar Bears
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/04/its-thick-ice-thats-bad-for-alaskan.html
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EPA Outlandish Claims Go Unchallenged
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/epa-outlandish-claims-go-unchallenged.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 3:38 PM

Famous Presidential Lies

Source Not Clear but very insightful and right on-target!

Written by, To The Point News???

LBJ:

We were attacked (in the Gulf of Tonkin)

Nixon:

I am not a crook

GHW Bush:

Read my lips - No New Taxes

Clinton:

I did not have sex with that woman... Miss Lewinski

GW Bush:

Iraq has weapons of mass destruction

Obama:

I will have the most transparent administration in history.
The stimulus will fund shovel-ready jobs.
I am focused like a laser on creating jobs.
The IRS is not targeting anyone.
It was a spontaneous riot about a movie.
If I had a son.
I will put an end to the type of politics that "breeds division, conflict and cynicism".
You didn't build that!
I will restore trust in Government.
The Cambridge cops acted stupidly.
The public will have 5 days to look at every bill that lands on my desk
It's not my red line - it is the world's red line.
Whistle blowers will be protected in my administration.
We got back every dime we used to rescue the banks and auto companies, with interest.
I am not spying on American citizens.
Obama Care will be good for America.
You can keep your family doctor.
Premiums will be lowered by $2500.
If you like it, you can keep your current healthcare plan.
It's just like shopping at Amazon.
I knew nothing about "Fast and Furious" gunrunning to Mexican drug cartels.
I knew nothing about IRS targeting conservative groups.
I knew nothing about what happened in Benghazi.
I have never known my uncle from Kenya who is in the country illegally and that was arrested and told to leave the country over 20 years ago.
And, I have never lived with that uncle. He finally admitted (12-05-2013) that he DID know his uncle and that he DID live with him.

And the biggest one of all:
"I, Barrack Hussein Obama, pledge to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America."

I believe we have a winner

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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/12/from-nobel-peace-price-to-liar-of-year.html

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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-pravda-press-lies-lies-damn-lies.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/04/mr-president-obama-you-lie.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/11/more-obamacare-misanddisinformation-and.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/02/obama-oil-and-gasoline-plagiarism-and.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 6:54 AM

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

EPA Outlandish Claims Go Unchallenged

Roanoke Times, 7-29-2014, Pg 1, 12: EPA rules help Roanoke, advocates say. People with health problems will benefit from the agency’s new standards for pollution, supporters said at a forum.

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The Roanoke Times is so fair and balanced; NOT! The RT loves to challenge “some of those” who submit LTE’s, requiring them to submit sources for comments made in their LTE and then rejecting those they don’t agree with. Yet they gleefully publish all kinds of outlandish claims made by those they mentor and support as is evidenced in this article.

This article is full of totally unsupported and exaggerated statements about how reducing CO2 from coal-sourced utility electricity generation will help to solve health issues of thousands of Roanokers suffering from asthma, cardiovascular and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Nowhere in the article does it show how CO2 relates to any of these issues. Actually all these people are breathing out CO2 in much greater concentrations than exist in the air in Roanoke.
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Also not mentioned is the major increase in energy costs associated with killing coal-based utility electricity generation (which is the real reason for these Obama-EPA actions)!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/perspective-on-carbon-restrictions.html

Germany

and Denmark have made reducing coal a priority and their electricity prices have been driven to 36 cents and 40 cents per kWh, respectively. In comparison, AEP charges less than 13 cents per kWh.
Wonder how the RT is going to handle a 3X (three-times) increase in their electric bill? Oh yes – they will just raise their prices until they don’t have a survivable circulation! Something about chickens coming home to roost!

Roanoke does indeed have air-quality issues based on having a concentration of population in a major depressed topology surrounded by mountains. It is particularly unacceptable during times of inversion when smog stays near the ground.

Apparently, the political and economic leaders of Roanoke are not too worried about Roanoke’s air quality since they all are clamoring to get I-73 routed right through downtown Roanoke! What a gas!

http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/07/refueling-interstate-i-73-at-elm-street.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/06/obama-and-agw-alarmists-launch-energy.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/08/obamas-rogue-epa.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/06/roanoke-times-obama-cuccinelli-coal-and.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 8:09 AM

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Obama The Problem Solver

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CNN: How did this happen? Iraq, Syria, Gaza and Libya all in flames
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/16/world/meast/mideast-region-in-flames/
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Isn't it about time for the Norwegians to give Obama another Nobel Peace Price?http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/12/from-nobel-peace-price-to-liar-of-year.html

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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/obama-helps-ukraine-freedom-fighters.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/children-of-violence-fleeing-homeland.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 8:43 AM

Sunday, July 27, 2014

LTE: Ed Gillespie You Made Us Proud

Letter To The Editor

The July 26^th debate between Ed Gillespie and Mark Warner went very well for Ed Gillespie! Warner struggled mightily to distance himself from Obama; however, it is very difficult for conjoined twins to do so; only the voters can make that happen in November.

The good news is that Warner doesn’t always vote; the bad news is that he votes 97% of the time with Obama’s choices. Warner shares a major flaw with Obama, it is not what they say; it is what they do and how they vote, that is the problem!

Ed Gillespie showed himself to be totally up-to-speed on all the major issues facing Virginia and America both domestically and internationally. Ed Gillespie has solid proposals to guide us back to financial accountability, development of private sector jobs, promote personal responsibility, and ensure government compliance with the Constitution of the U.S.

Ed Gillespie will confront this administration’s misdirected and harmful policies of centralized government control of our lives, our healthcare, our economy, our energy systems and the wanton taking of private property.

Ed Gillespie will promote actions that will empower our businesses and our people to be all they can be!

LB Hagen

Scruggs Virginia
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com
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Prior Blog Item: There’s No “Challenger” On The Ballot
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/theres-no-challenger-on-ballot.html
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Click to view Ed's debate highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNCy41lXjcY&feature=youtu.be
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To validate the 97% Warner votes with Obama -- please see:
http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2014/may/15/republican-party-virginia/virginia-gop-says-warner-voted-obama-97-percent-ti/
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To validate the "doesn't always vote: item -- please see:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/mark_warner/412321
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posted by Lars Hagen # 9:52 AM

Out Of Libya - Another Obama Foreign Affairs Accomplishment

US evacuates embassy in Libya amid clashes in Tripoli

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/07/26/us-evacuates-embassy-in-libya-amid-clashes-in-tripoli/?intcmp=latestnews
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Three years ago Obama said Assad would be gone from Syria; he's still there!
Now it’s the US that’s gone from Libya!
Yet Another Obama Foreign Affairs Accomplishment!
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Although it was sad to see our American delegation leaving our Libyan embassy in a “refugee convoy”; At least we got out before our embassy turned into another Benghazi!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/05/benghazi-happened-long-time-ago-in.html
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Three years ago there was an opportunity to provide meaningful support to those who were fighting to remove Assad from Syria and stablize the area. Obama chose NOT to do that.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/06/obamas-syrian-strategy-leading-from-his.html
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Obama's removal of Gaddafi from Libya has not resulted in success. It now appears that Libya has joined Syria in becoming a cauldron of Radical Muslim Terrorists who have now poured out of Syria and into Iraq as the ISIS Army, where they have taken over a large part of that county and two major cities.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/06/what-are-5000-people-doing-in-us.html
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CNN: How did this happen? Iraq, Syria, Gaza and Libya all in flames
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/16/world/meast/mideast-region-in-flames/
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Isn't it about time for the Norwegians to give Obama another Nobel Peace Price?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/12/from-nobel-peace-price-to-liar-of-year.html

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Has there ever been such a sad collection of inept and incompetent people running the United States of America? I think not!
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posted by Lars Hagen # 7:04 AM

Saturday, July 26, 2014

There’s No “Challenger” On The Ballot

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New Good News 7-26 PM:
We are proud of Ed's performance in the first debate with Mark Warner
It's now clear why Warner hasn't agreed to anymore debates
And it's clear why the Roanoke Times called Ed Gillespie "The Challenger"
Click to view Ed's debate highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNCy41lXjcY&feature=youtu.be
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Roanoke Times, 7-25-2014, Pg 14: Very LARGE BOLD print heading

Poll: Warner has huge lead over “Republican challenger”
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7-26-2014, Pg 11: Heading: What the first (Va Senate Race) poll tells us
Fine Print: “Gillespie is going to need to become a lot better known”
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Yes, Gillespie needs to get much more “name recognition”!
Perhaps the RT in their 7-25 article could have been more fair and balanced by calling him GILLESPIE instead of “Republican challenger”!
You think?
How can I minimize and marginalize you? Let me count the ways!
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The good news is that Warner doesn’t always vote; the bad news is that he votes 97% of the time with Obama’s choices. Warner shares a major flaw with Obama, it is not what they say; it is what they do and how they vote, that is the problem!
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Perhaps the following graphic will become more visible to more voters and result in significant realistic-publicity for Mark Warner:
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/06/warner-hallucinating-about.html

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Unfortunately Warner shares a major flaw with Obama:
It’s not what they say – It’s what they do and how they vote that’s the problem
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/02/is-va-d-senator-mark-warner-trying-to.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 1:26 PM

Friday, July 25, 2014

God Bless America

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An inspiring rendition of one of our most patriotic songs
And
A nostalgic reflection on some great American Entertainers
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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10203900770857211
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posted by Lars Hagen # 7:47 AM

Putin Helps Terrorists --- Obama Helps Ukraine Freedom Fighters- NOT

Putin to Ukraine Separatist-Terrorists: I CAN help you!

Hi-altitude antiaircraft missiles
Low-altitude antiaircraft missiles
Tanks
Artillery guns
Mortars
Rocket Launchers
AntiTank weapons
Armored personnel carriers
Automatic weapons
Troops and Trainers
Artillery fire from Russia across border onto Ukraine Troops

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/24/obama-administration-russia-firing-artillery-at-ukraine-military-targets/

Obama to Ukraine Army Freedom Fighters: I CAN’T help you!

Here are some more MRE’s: Meals Ready to Eat
And stop calling me – I’m busy fund-raising for the DNC!
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Obama To Putin: Please Play Nice Please
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/03/obama-to-putin-please-play-nice-please.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 7:33 AM

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Thank You Mr. Dwayne Yancey

Roanoke Times, 7-24-2014, P 14: Editorial by Mr. Dwayne Yancey, Editorial Page Editor.

Sadly, politics as usual. The trial of former Gov. Bob McDonnell will be uncomfortable for all.
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Click to view:
http://www.roanoke.com/opinion/editorials/our-view-sadly-politics-as-usual/article_5b4efd04-5d04-542f-8dad-63716ac52838.html
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This editorial is the very best and fairest summary of the criminal case against Gov. Bob McDonnell that has been published in the Roanoke Times since the story broke mid-last year (just in time for the fall election cycle).

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Thank You Mr. Dwayne Yancey
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July 20th Blog Item: Major Schadenfreude At The Roanoke Times
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-schadenfreude-at-roanoke-times.html
It would be reasonable and prudent if now the Roanoke Times publishes a detailed account of all the gifts and donors of gifts received by former governors Kaine and Warner. Just the gifts to fund their inaugurations would be a good place to start. We then can reflect on their activities in office and determine for ourselves what quid pro quo’s have been overlooked on their behalf.
Not that three wrongs make a right – but being fair and balanced would be a nice touch!
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posted by Lars Hagen # 4:42 PM

Thompson: Thoughts on Medicaid reform

Roanoke Times, 7-24-2014, Pg 15, Opinion:Thompson: Thoughts on Medicaid reform

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Click to view:
http://www.roanoke.com/opinion/commentary/thompson-thoughts-on-medicaid-reform/article_e947f96c-bce6-5e78-a62b-854898a5fc84.html
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One of the best articles I’ve read that crisply, logically, and humanely summarizes the case for careful consideration of the alternatives to jumping into the Massive Medicaid Expansion of ObamaCare.
Clearly the Expansion program has the potential to swamp the state budget with drastic impacts to taxes and all existing state supported programs.
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Thank You Mr Michael Thompson for your facts, insight and guidance.
Hopefully all our representatives in Richmond will carefully read your article.
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/04/democrats-still-pushing-obamacare.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/06/virginia-budget-on-governors-desk.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/04/virginia-voters-reject-obamacare.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/03/mcauliffe-pushing-obamacare-expansion.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 4:30 PM

More Anti-Israel Propaganda From AP and RT

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More New Bad News" 7-26-2014:
Hamas fires rockets toward Israel after terror group rejects truce proposal
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/07/26/official-says-israel-leaning-toward-extending-gaza-truce/
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More New Bad News: 7-25-2014 AM
Hamas resists Kerry's attempts at Gaza cease-fire deal
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/07/24/kerry-attempts-to-coax-cease-fire-agreement-out-hamas-as-gaza-violence-rages/?intcmp=latestnews
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Roanoke Times, 7-24-2014, Two-thirds of Pg 3, US steps up pressure for Israel-Gaza truce.

Civilian casualty numbers raise questions about Israel’s assault.
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Not one word about the number of rockets fired into

Israel

by Hamas.
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Not one word about Hamas rejecting the Egyptian cease-fire proposal.
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Not one word about Hamas storing rockets in a UN Run School and after they were discovered they disappeared – (somewhat like Lois Learner’s Emails)!
You think that Hamas moved them into another staging location to be fired into Israel?
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Not one word about Hamas forcing people to stay in the civilian places Hamas has used for storage and launching of rockets – in the face of Israel announcing plans to hit those targets. Something about the Geneva Convention and using civilians as shields!
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Not one word that Israel's enemies clearly state that it's their objective to kill all the Jews and wipe Israel off the map. How does one negotiate with that kind of enemy? Something about the Pope negotiating with the SS.
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Not one word from the RT Editors about what to do if rockets started falling into Roanoke. They already have what looks like a shot down large aircraft in their midst.
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The plight of the Palestinians since the UN actions of 1946 is indeed sad. And the saddest part of their plight is the way their cousins in the surrounding countries, instead of helping to assimilate them, have instead used them as a perpetual weapon against Israel including arming them and enabling their military endeavors.
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Israel surprised by number, sophistication of Gaza tunnels
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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/07/24/israel-surprised-by-number-sophistication-gaza-tunnels/
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More Roanoke Times Anti-Israel Bias
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/more-roanoke-times-anti-israel-bias.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 4:14 PM

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Harry Reid D-Nv Says "The Border Is Secure"

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Children Of Violence Fleeing Homeland
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/children-of-violence-fleeing-homeland.html
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Obama Indictment - 60,000 Counts Of Child Abuse
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/obama-indited-60000-counts-of-child.html
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Obama Wants $3.7 BILLION For His Adopted Kids
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/obama-wants-37-billion-for-his-adopted.html-
Obama’s Diabolical And Insidious Exploitation Of Childrenhttp://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/obamas-diabolical-and-insidious.html
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Community Organizers Block Illegal-Immigrants
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/community-organizers-block-illegal.html
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Obama Immigration: The Breaker Says He’s A Fixerhttp://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/obama-immigration-breaker-says-hes-fixer.html-
Obama-Democrat Illegal-Immigration Machine
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-obama-democrat-illegal-immigration.html
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The Invasion Of 60,000 Children
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-invasion-of-60000-children.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 4:16 PM

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Honk If

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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/04/roanoke-times-sponsors-condom-sunday.html

posted by Lars Hagen # 2:23 PM

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Major Schadenfreude At The Roanoke Times

Roanoke Times, 7-20-2014, Pg 1, 9: Former governor prepares for court.

One-third of front page and all of page 9 with 7 X 10 color photo of former governor Bob and Maureen McDonnell!
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This after many major stories set in a gleeful tone of righteous indignation.
The reality is that this is a sad situation for the McDonnell family and very disturbing to the people of Virginia. Had the McDonnell’s received $12 Million for a book deal for a book that hadn’t been written yet, things may have been different.
Perhaps It would be appropriate to reserve one’s glee for the outcome of the trial.

It’s unfortunate that the editors of the Roanoke Times are treating this like great fun at the Colosseum in Rome.

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The ongoing saga is of course the charges against the McDonnell’s that they accepted gifts in return for significant political favors.
Accept gifts they certainly did as have former governors Kaine and Warner.
What significant political favors they did in exchange (quid pro quo) is the focus of the upcoming trial which is not really necessary after one has been reading the many stories in the Roanoke Times.
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It would be reasonable and prudent if now the Roanoke Times publishes a detailed account of all the gifts and donors of gifts received by former governors Kaine and Warner. Just the gifts to fund their inaugurations would be a good place to start. We then can reflect on their activities in office and determine for ourselves what quid pro quo’s have been overlooked on their behalf.

Not that three wrongs make a right – but being fair and balanced would be a nice touch!

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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2010/01/yet-more-roanoke-times-petty-bias-and.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/04/what-happens-to-rogue-prosecutors-who.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 12:21 PM

Children Of Violence Fleeing Homeland

The “news” tells us that the 60,000 children that have arrived here from Central America are poor, deprived and victims of violence.

The “news” doesn’t tell us how their parents happened to have $5,000 per child to pay ‘Coyotes’ to take their children to the US.
Being placed in the 'Coyotes' possession is truly a major escalation of fear and violence and abuse over anything these children had seen before!
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Talk about children trapped in violence!
Democrat Mayor Ron Emanuel’s Chicago had shooting spree: 22 people shot in 12 hours
So far in 2014, according to data from the Chicago Tribune, there have been 1,254 shooting victims in Chicago.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/19/chicago-shooting-spree-22-people-shot-12-hours/#ixzz3816UPBYM
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You remember Ron Emanuel – he was Obama’s Chief of Staff!
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What are Obama and Emanuel doing to get all these victims of violence out of War-torn Chicago and into other communities throughout the US?
How many of those parents have $5,000 per kid to relocate them?
Why are "we" pandering to Central American kids while leaving our own kids in an even worse situation?
Wouldn’t have anything to do with politics, would it?
After all -- Black votes are in the bag – Latino votes are up for grabs!
How sad is that! And these jerks think they’re on the high-ground!
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New News: Misperceptions about U.S. immigration policy behind surge of illegal children, report says --
Actually it really is Obama's fault - who could have guessed?
A new intelligence assessment concludes that misperceptions about U.S. immigration policy – and not Central American violence – are fueling the surge of thousands of children illegally crossing the Mexican border.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/16/misperceptions-about-us-immigration-policy-behind-surge-illegal-children-report/
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Obama Indictment - 60,000 Counts Of Child Abuse
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/obama-indited-60000-counts-of-child.html
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Obama Wants $3.7 BILLION For His Adopted Kids
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/obama-wants-37-billion-for-his-adopted.html
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Obama’s Diabolical And Insidious Exploitation Of Childrenhttp://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/obamas-diabolical-and-insidious.html
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Community Organizers Block Illegal-Immigrants
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/community-organizers-block-illegal.html
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Obama Immigration: The Breaker Says He’s A Fixerhttp://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/obama-immigration-breaker-says-hes-fixer.html
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Obama-Democrat Illegal-Immigration Machine
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-obama-democrat-illegal-immigration.html
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The Invasion Of 60,000 Children
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-invasion-of-60000-children.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 9:15 AM

Obama The IRS And The Missing Emails Caper

Roanoke Times, 7-19-2014, Pg 5: IRS says hard drive that lost emails destroyed.

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Not only did IRS Executive Lois Lerner’s hard drive crash but 6 others associated with her also crashed; within a month!
No wonder Obama was so sure there’s not a smidgen of evidence available that there was any wrongdoing at the IRS!
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Talk about insulting the intelligence of 300 million Americans! The odds of 7 closely related hard drives crashing within a month are beyond calculation; and all of them associated with Lois Lerner whose materials had been subpoenaed by Congress.
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All government Emails are sent between computers through routers that are backed-up both for recovery functions and by law for archival purposes. There is no way that all the Emails from 7 IRS computers can be lost forever by accident!
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Remember Ollie North? Ollie deleted all the files from his computer when the Iran-Contra Investigation started. However, at that time, unlike this time, the Democrats really wanted to see all his Emails – so they went to the archives – and there they were!
It’s so interesting what can happen IF the folk’s in-charge want it to happen – or NOT.
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These are the same people who DEMAND that you supply 7 years worth of detailed backup information for your 1040 tax returns!
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/06/obama-and-irs-missing-emails.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/06/obamas-irs-queen-lois-lerner-abuses-us.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/02/obama-not-smidgeon-of-truth.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/05/sarah-ingram-from-irs-scandal-to-head.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 8:46 AM

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Perspective On Carbon Restrictions

Roanoke Times, 7-17-2014, Pg 15: Perspective On Carbon Restrictions

Brian Lindholm: is a mechanical engineer who lives in Roanoke.
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Last month, the EPA proposed major new regulations to restrict carbon emissions from power plants. The aim of these rules is to reduce the harmful effects of anthropic global warming. Some people claim that it will outlaw coal and make electricity more expensive, while others claim that the program will work smoothly while lowering people’s power bills.

After all, the cap-and-trade program of 1990 that regulated sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions worked well. Plants continued to operate while pollution was controlled. The subject of acid rain gradually dropped out of the news. Cannot carbon restrictions work the same way?

Unfortunately, no. SO2 is a “trace” pollutant emitted from a coal-fired plant, typically measured at 1500 parts per million (ppm). A modern scrubber can reduce this value by more than 90 percent. Unfortunately, the “scrubbed” sulfur doesn’t simply disappear. By conservation of mass, we know that it must go somewhere, and that somewhere is the ash-retention ponds that we know and loathe. Once dried, the sulfur-bearing ash is sold for cement or reburied in empty mines.

In addition to ash-retention ponds, it must be noted that scrubbers are expensive to install and power-intensive to run. Enough to reduce power plant output by a full percentage point. This was the source of resistance to the sulfur cap-and-trade program. Ultimately, though, if a coal-fired station had to operate to meet electricity demand, there was a way to make it happen: Add scrubbers.

It’s fundamentally different with carbon dioxide. CO2 is a primary combustion product and is typically measured in the exhaust stream at 150,000 ppm. Conventional scrubbers won’t touch it; new carbon capture and sequestration, or CCS, technology is required. Unfortunately, proposed technologies are power-intensive enough to reduce power plant output by 20-plus percentage points. And again, the captured CO2 doesn’t simply disappear. It must go somewhere. And in this case, massive volumes of CO2 would be moved via high-pressure pipeline to sequestration sites, to be injected deep underground into geologic formations suitable for long-term retention.

Could we ever build such pipelines? If the Keystone XL pipeline is any indication, the answer is no. Many people fear the possibility of pipeline accidents spreading crude oil over the land, and we’ve gone five years without a decision. Imagine the uproar when people learn that proposed pipelines in their area would be filled with an invisible, ground-hugging asphyxiant.

Given the extreme costs of extracting CO2 from the exhaust stream of a coal-fired station and the near-certain political impossibility of piping it for sequestration, CCS won’t happen. As a result, if a coal-fired station is needed to meet electricity demand but would push CO2 emissions over the limit, it would not be permitted to run. A partial shutdown of our coal-fired fleet seems inevitable.

How do we keep the lights on, then? The decommissioned coal-fired stations would have to be replaced with alternatives, such as gas-fired stations, nuclear, or renewables (hydro, wind and solar). Replacing 60 percent of our coal-fired fleet with gas-fired stations (which generate half as much CO2 per kWh) would meet the 2030 goal of a 30 percent reduction from a 2005 baseline. Or alternatively, if the replacements were done with nuclear and/or renewables, only 30 percent of the coal-fired fleet would require replacement. Or we might do a mix.

Fortunately, “fracking” has driven natural gas prices down substantially in recent years (getting us halfway to the 30 percent reduction goal even without carbon regulations), but early field depletion or an environmentalist-led legal crackdown may send prices soaring again.

Regardless of the final mix, though, these carbon rules would constitute a major disruption to the power generation business. In 2012, coal-fired stations generated 1.23 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity worth more than $150 billion. That’s a full percentage point of GDP, produced using equipment costing many times that amount. Replacing it won’t be cheap. And if we push too hard on renewables, we risk making the same errors that Germany and Denmark have made, where electricity prices have been driven to 36 cents and 40 cents per kWh, respectively. In comparison, AEP charges less than 13 cents per kWh.

Is such cost and disruption really necessary? Well, that depends on how bad AGW will actually be. Frustratingly, the climate simulations used by the IPCC and other climate researchers continue to yield wildly varying results. If the pessimistic simulations are true, then this effort is too little, too late. If the optimistic are true, then it’s pain without purpose. Only if the middle band is correct will the expense be worth it.

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End of Lindholm Article
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11:15am EST today 7-16-2014: The Australian Senate passes the CARBON TAX REPEAL BILL.
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Australia

has become the first country in the world to abolish a price on carbon, with the Senate passing the Abbott government’s repeal bills 39 votes to 32.
The Australian Senate passes the CARBON REPEAL bill.
http://joannenova.com.au/2014/07/carbon-tax-gone-australia-first-country-to-get-rid-of-a-price-on-carbon/
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Heartland Institute conference shows the growing power of climate realism
http://washingtonexaminer.com/heartland-institute-conference-shows-the-growing-power-of-climate-realism/article/2550882
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Click for RoanokeSlant PowerPoint realistic view of Global Warming and Climate Change
http://www.roanokeslant.org/AGW-Skeptic2D/
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/01/global-warming-meets-mother-nature.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/03/abusing-science-with-executive-power.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 1:40 PM