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The other day I went for a walk in the neighborhood and was watching the county truck picking up recycle trash from a large trash truck with a robotic arm. On  the side of the truck it indicated that (part of ) the truck was payed for “with tobacco settlement” money. The first thought is myself and others pay for that truck and the union workers who drive them. Sacramento got roughly $214 million dollars with the law suits against Big Tobacco yet the government while profiting handsomely from sales of cigarettes. In most circles this is called Profiteering. The dictionary defines profiteering as:

profiteer |ˌpräfəˈti(ə)r|
verb [ intrans. ]
make or seek to make an excessive or unfair profit, esp. illegally or in a black market : [as n. ] ( profiteering) the profiteering of tabloid journalists.

California and the rest of the government have been profiting from cigarette sales, through special taxes, while the industry has been slapped around as being illegal in its actions.  At least illegal enough to warrant billions of dollars in lost court cases. I for one think smoking is one of the dumbest activities you can participate in but Big Brother should not be allowed to conduct profiteering.

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LGF posted up a story that only 372 cars burned this New Years in France. This highlights that the riots of 2005 by Islamic immigrants was not a one time event. The real truth appears that as bad as this New Years was the riots of 2005 never really stopped, at least according to a timesline story. The reality is that on average 112 cars meet their fate at the hands of Islamists daily. The only reason car burning is not reported more in France is that the news has shifted to more coverage of Police that are attacked by the Islamists. Will the French and the rest of Europe wake up and see the threat that Islam is posing to it’s society?

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On occasion I have the painful opportunity to talk to individuals about “Global Warming”. Those that are zealous believers, in my experience, tend to be young and liberal. The reason age is important is that I remember my teachers telling me as a child that we were destroying the planet because of pollution. Problem is that back in the 70’s we were being told that it was a coming Ice Age that would overtake the planet. If you are a Global Cooling Denier then here are some excerpts from a Time article on the subject from 1974 titled Another Ice Age?.

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This (now old but relevant) article by newscientist.com brings up a great question: How reliable are a countries estimates on carbon emission? Kyoto was written so badly that it is not surprising to see that countries may be cooking the books on their true estimates while pointing fingers at the USA. As the story indicates…

“The worst offenders are the UK and France, which may be emitting far more methane than they declare under Kyoto”

I firmly believe Kyoto is as much about politics to undermine the America economically as it is a concern about the environment. The free lunch that China and Germany got appear to validate this assumption.

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I guess this is not a surprise to many but it is good to see new evidence to support it…

Elder of Ziyon: Former aide admits Arafat founded Black September

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Great use of one of the greatest commercials in history. Hillary in the 1984 Apple commercial.

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The Eye-Fi Card is a wireless SD memory card. It automatically uploads pictures from your digital camera to your PC or Mac and to your favorite photo sharing, printing, blogging or social networking site.

A great idea that is useless to me until they offer a Compact Flash version.

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Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming ‘Greatest Scam in History’ by John Coleman, the founder of The Weather Channel.

It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a SCAM. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create an illusion of rapid global warming. Other scientists of the same environmental whacko type jumped into the circle to support and broaden the “research” to further enhance the totally slanted, bogus global warming claims. Their friends in government steered huge research grants their way to keep the movement going. Soon they claimed to be a consensus. Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them, then teamed up with movie, media and other liberal, environmentalist journalists to create this wild “scientific” scenario of the civilization threatening environmental consequences from Global Warming unless we adhere to their radical agenda. Now their ridiculous manipulated science has been accepted as fact and become a cornerstone issue for CNN, CBS, NBC, the Democratic Political Party, the Governor of California, school teachers and, in many cases, well informed but very gullible environmentally conscientious citizens. Only one reporter at ABC has been allowed to counter the Global Warming frenzy with one 15 minute documentary segment. I do not oppose environmentalism. I do not oppose the political positions of either party. However, Global Warming, i.e. Climate Change, is not about environmentalism or politics. It is not a religion. It is not something you “believe in.” It is science; the science of meteorology. This is my field of life-long expertise. And I am telling you Global Warming is a non-event, a manufactured crisis and a total scam. I say this knowing you probably won’t believe a me, a mere TV weatherman, challenging a Nobel Prize, Academy Award and Emmy Award winning former Vice President of United States. So be it. I have read dozens of scientific papers. I have talked with numerous scientists. I have studied. I have thought about it. I know I am correct. There is no run away climate change. The impact of humans on climate is not catastrophic. Our planet is not in peril. I am incensed by the incredible media glamour, the politically correct silliness and rude dismissal of counter arguments by the high priest of Global Warming. In time, a decade or two, the outrageous scam will be obvious. As the temperature rises, polar ice cap melting, coastal flooding and super storm pattern all fail to occur as predicted everyone will come to realize we have been duped. The sky is not falling. And, natural cycles and drifts in climate are as much if not more responsible for any climate changes underway. I strongly believe that the next twenty years are equally as likely to see a cooling trend as they are to see a warming trend. See John’s full blog story here.. See John’s forecast blog on the KUSI site here.

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HSLDA | State Turns Its Back on Traditional Families

There has been much discussion about the impact of S.B. 777, the sexual orientation bill, and what it means for your family.

It is important to know that this bill does not impact homeschoolers who are not receiving government education funding. For this reason HSLDA, and Family Protection Ministries (FPM), our partners in California on legislative matters, did not actively oppose this bill, even though we closely monitored it to make sure it would not affect private homeschoolers. S.B. 777, however, will have a significant impact on all public and some private education in California.

When California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed S.B. 777, on October 12, 2007, many were legitimately concerned. This new law will significantly impair speech supporting the traditional family from being heard in California public schools. This is accomplished by making it illegal for school officials to teach the well established Judeo-Christian principles concerning the family.

Every California parent needs to know what is happening in their public school system. To this end, HSLDA encourages you to share this information with friends, relatives, and church leaders. We believe that Christian leaders throughout California will conclude that the public school is no longer serving the best interests of families and that alternative methods of education need to be promoted.

HSLDA has been at the forefront of homeschooling for nearly 25 years. During this time, homeschooling has proven itself to be a superior form of education. If you’ve experienced the blessings of homeschooling, we strongly urge you to communicate with other parents who are concerned about the direction of public schools to consider homeschooling.

Remember, S.B. 777 also affects charter schools. We agree with Roy Hanson of FPM that the institutions covered by S.B. 777 include:

1. an educational institution that receives, or benefits from, state financial assistance, or
2. an educational institution that enrolls pupils who receive state student financial aid. Private homeschoolers, of course, do not fall under either of these categories.

Please share this important information about the consequences of S.B. 777, and the possibility of homeschooling, with your friends, relatives and church leaders.

For more information, please read the joint HSLDA & FPM analysis of S.B. 777 ( requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

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From NewsBusters:
Renowned Environmentalist Calls Biofuels ‘Crime Against Humanity’

The British Guardian contained Monbiot’s harshest criticisms to date for this supposedly eco-friendly source of energy that global warming obsessed media in America dare not share with the citizenry (emphasis added throughout)

It doesn’t get madder than this. Swaziland is in the grip of a famine and receiving emergency food aid. Forty per cent of its people are facing acute food shortages. So what has the government decided to export? Biofuel made from one of its staple crops, cassava. The government has allocated several thousand hectares of farmland to ethanol production in the district of Lavumisa, which happens to be the place worst hit by drought. It would surely be quicker and more humane to refine the Swazi people and put them in our tanks.

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