March 15, 2012

International Trade, Obamanomics (45), Federal Spending (24), Judicial Activism (27), Labor Unions (7), Election Fraud (15), Obamacare (48), Obama’s “Truth” (36), Obama’s “Transparency” (11), American Energy (16), Obama & Conventional Energy (5), “Green” Jobs (38), Global Warming (70), Global Cooling? (12), Climategates (20), Scientific Fraud (4), Obama & National Security (6), Republicans? (39), Syrian Civil War (32), Islam & Children (31), Liberalism & Europe (5), The U.N. (32), Christian Persecution (31)

Reminder to readers: ASND collates and concatenates the Updates by Topic.

For extended (and often extensive) research on individual issues, browse the Update Topics menu trees above. Hovering the mouse over individual Topics branches many of them out into groups of secondary, tertiary and in one case (so far) even quaternary sub-Topics.

Coolest vid of the week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGPKpIuX3cY&feature=youtu..be

—————–

Updates? What are those?

This week’s new Update category:

International Trade:

Trade Policy Priority One: Averting a U.S.-China “Trade War”

http://www.cato.org/publications/free-trade-bulletin/trade-policy-priority-one-averting-uschina-trade-war

So, how are we (sorry, I mean President Obama) doing on that top priority?

—————–

Obamanomics Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Update Topics / Barack Obama / Obamanomics menu tree.]

A Mere 80% Say They’re Not Better Off Than Four Years Ago

http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/293296/mere-80-say-theyre-not-better-four-years-ago

—————–

Federal Spending Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Update Topics / Economics / Federal Spending menu tree.]

“NOAA’s Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) in Seattle bought a boat — a very fancy boat, a ‘luxurious’ boat, a boat that cost $300,787. You can view a sales video of the boat here. Indulge yourself — see how the 1% lives.“

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/03/noaas_party_boat.html

—————–

Judicial Activism Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Update Topics / Politics / Judicial Activism menu tree.]

“Last month, 18-year-old Alyssa Bustamante, protected from capital punishment by five U.S. Supreme Court justices undemocratically imposing their unrepresentative moral values, was sentenced to mislabeled “life in prison” for the October 2009 murder of 9-year-old neighbor Elizabeth Olten.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/03/for_whom_their_hearts_bleed_the_odd_sympathies_of_liberal_justices.html

—————–

Labor Unions Update:

“Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was awarded ‘the Best Friend of American Worker’ by the US International Longshoremen’s Association.“

http://freebeacon.com/with-friends-like-these/

—————–

Election Fraud Upate:

Democrat Voter Fraud is Far More Widespread Than You Think

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/03/holders_department_of_injustice.html

and…

“…75 percent of Americans are in favor requiring voters to present a photo-ID prior to casting a ballot.“

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/03/14/messing-with-texas-and-deceiving-the-public/print/

—————–

Obamacare Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Update Topics / Barack Obama / Obamacare menu tree.]

“It’s official. The concern pro-life organizations had about the ObamaCare legislation funding abortions has been confirmed, as the Obama administration has issued the final rules on abortion funding governing the controversial health care law.“

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/03/12/obama-admin-finalizes-rules-1-abortions-in-obamacare/

and…

“President Obama’s national health care law will cost $1.76 trillion over a decade, according to a new projection released today by the Congressional Budget Office, rather than the $940 billion forecast when it was signed into law.”

http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/cbo-obamacare-cost-176-trillion-over-10-yrs/425831

[I'm simply stunned.]

[Aren't you stunned?]

and…

Four Million Fewer Covered at Work Under Obamacare

http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2012/03/14/million-covered-work-obamacare/

and…

Why Planned Cost-Saving Measures Will Reduce Your Healthcare Options

http://www.american.com/archive/2012/march/white-coats-and-straightjackets-why-proposed-cost-saving-measures-will-reduce-your-healthcare-options

—————–

Obama’s “Truth” Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Update Topics / Barack Obama / Obama's “Truth” menu tree.]

“Now, add it all up, and the [Obamacare] plan I’m proposing [this was back in 2009] will cost around $900 billion over 10 years…“

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-to-a-Joint-Session-of-Congress-on-Health-Care

——————

Obama’s “Transparency” Update:

“Part of a tradition observed by previous presidents, including George W. Bush, that disclosure stopped after Obama’s dinner last year for Chinese President Hu Jintao.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-13/obama-transparency-scaled-back-when-it-comes-to-wine-list-at-state-dinner.html

——————

American Energy Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Update Topics / Politics / American Energy menu tree.]

“Ironically, the same environmental activist groups that so recently championed natural gas are now opposing natural gas…“

http://heartland.org/policy-documents/backgrounder-hydraulic-fracturing-0

[That sounds strangely familiar .]

and…

“Some energy companies, state regulators, academics and environmentalists are reaching consensus that natural-gas drilling has led to several incidents of water pollution — but not because of fracking. The energy officials and some environmentalists agree that poorly built wells are to blame for some cases of water contamination.“

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304537904577277814040731688.html

——————

Obama & Conventional Energy Update:

Petroleum Industry Calls Interior Secretary’s Oil Claims ‘Fundamentally Absurd’

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/petroleum-industry-calls-interior-secretary-s-oil-claims-fundamentally-absurd

and…

“In classic fashion, [Obama is] using a technicality to skirt the facts and keep the myth of energy scarcity alive.“

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-s-claim-energy-production-all-time-high-selective-facts-experts-say

——————

“Green” Jobs Update:

“So where are the new jobs coming from, at least the good-paying ones? From the industry Obama wants to replace as much as possible with “clean” energy: oil and gas.“

http://blog.american.com/2012/03/the-entire-obama-presidency-in-one-anecdote/

——————

Global Warming Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Update Topics / Science / Global Warming menu tree.]

Water vapor, not CO2, controls climate and acts as a negative feedback

http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2012/03/water-vapor-not-co2-controls-climate.html

and…

“Clearly, there is nothing unusual, unnatural or unprecedented about Greenland’s recent relative warmth, as it is clear that much warmer temperatures have been experienced there over many prior prolonged periods without any help from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.“

http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N11/C3.php

and…

Those Balmy U.S. Temps of February 2012 Were 2.7 Degrees Below Feb. Temperatures of 1930

http://www.c3headlines.com/2012/03/global-warming-those-balmy-us-temps-of-february-2012-were-27-degrees-below-feb-temperatures-of-1930.html

——————

Global Cooling? Update:

The long sunspot cycle 23 predicts a significant temperature decrease in cycle 24

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364682612000417

[For those who don't know, ScienceDirect.com is a peer-reviewed-only online science journal service.]

——————

Climategates Update:

Forensic analysis of the fake Heartland ‘Climate Strategy Memo’ concludes Peter Gleick is the likely forger

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/03/14/professional-forensic-stylometric-analysis-of-the-fake-heartland-climate-strategy-memo-concludes-peter-gleick-is-the-likely-forger/

——————

Scientific Fraud Update:

“There has been a consistent pattern of large scale, politically motivated data tampering by the hockey team. Let’s review the facts.“

http://www.real-science.com/evidence-indict

——————

Obama & National Security Update:

“Russia used to need spies for this sort of thing. But the administration appears to want to do the same thing to the espionage industry that they have done for other American industries – kill jobs.“

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/03/us_may_give_russia_secret_data_on_anti-missile_shield.html

——————

Republicans? Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Update Topics / Politics / Republicans? menu tree.]

GOP leadership drops the ball on Fast and Furious

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/03/gop_leadership_drops_the_ball_on_fast_and_furious.html

——————

Syrian Civil War Update:

Emboldened Syrian Army Now Moves to Quell Southern City

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/world/middleeast/syria-torture-report-military-maintains-assaults.html?_r=2&pagewanted=print

——————