Study: Global Warming May Make Aliens Eat Humans

(University Park, Pennsylvania) Researchers at Penn State University and NASA in a joint study have proposed that alien environmentalists could attack the Earth because of global warming.

The study discusses how the aliens could "attack and kill us, enslave us, or potentially even eat us" in order to protect the galaxy from man-made climate change.

The study theorizes aliens would worry that earthlings might damage other planets along with Earth. Consequently, the aliens may "seek to preemptively destroy our civilization in order to protect other civilizations from us."

The name of the study is "Would Contact with Extraterrestrials Benefit or Harm Humanity? A Scenario Analysis."

Arguably, the study would better fit in the category of cartoon fantasy rather than scientific research. Of course, being described as a "joint study" could be an indication that some altered reality was relied upon. I contend that taxpayer funding for this type of 'scenario analysis' is imprudent.

Tip: Graham K.

The latest scare: Walruses to become "endangered"

There's tens of thousands of them in just one location and plenty of food for them but some of them might stampede! The Horror!



Maybe parts of the Arctic have melted but if so it COULD NOT be the result of global warming. Why? Because even the Warmists now concede that there has been NO global warming for the last 10 years or so. So any changes in Arctic ice MUST be due to natural local factors such as changing winds and ocean currents

Tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in north-west Alaska because the sea ice they normally rest on has melted. US government scientists say this massive move to shore by walruses is unusual in the United States. But it has happened at least twice before, in 2007 and 2009. In those years Arctic sea ice also was at or near record low levels.

The walruses "stretch out for one mile [1.6 kilometres] or more. This is just packed shoulder-to-shoulder," US Geological Survey biologist Anthony Fischbach said in a telephone interview from Alaska. He estimated their number at tens of thousands. Scientists with two federal agencies are most concerned about the 900-kilogram female walruses stampeding and crushing each other and their smaller calves near Point Lay, Alaska, on the Chukchi Sea.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is trying to change airplane flight patterns to avoid spooking the animals. Officials have also asked locals to be judicious about hunting, said agency spokesman Bruce Woods.

The federal government is in a year-long process to determine if walruses should be put on the endangered species list.

Fischbach said scientists don't know how long the walrus camp-out will last, but there should be enough food for all of them.

During normal summers, the males go off to play in the Bering Sea, while the females raise their young in the Chukchi. The females rest on sea ice and dive from it to the sea floor for clams and worms. "When they no longer have a place to rest, they need to go some place and it's a long commute," Fischbach said. "This is directly related to the lack of sea ice."

Loss of sea ice in the Chukchi this summer in the northern hemisphere has surprised scientists because last winter lots of old established sea ice floated into the region, said Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Centre. But that has disappeared. Although last year was a slight improvement over previous years, Serreze says there has been a long-term decline that he blames on global warming. "We'll likely see more summers like this," he said. "There is no sign of Arctic recovery."

SOURCE

Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).

Pak Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens

(Jamrud, Pakistan) The death toll is at 50 with more expected after a teenage suicide bomber exploded himself among worshippers at a mosque yesterday.

No one claimed responsibility for the attack in Jamrud, a main town in Khyber, but officials suspected Taliban militants who have been active for past years in the tribal region that shares border with Afghanistan.

Officials earlier said 34 people had been killed.

"Many of the wounded succumbed to their injuries, adding to the toll that may rise further as there are still people in critical condition," region's top government administrator Mutahir Zeb said.

Zeb said the attack was carried out by a teenage boy who struck when worshippers were offering prayers.

The mosque is located in an area inhabited by Kokikhel tribesmen, who are opposed to Taliban activity and have been fighting to push them out of their region. "The blast could be a reaction to that," Zeb said.

It will take time to determine total casualty count and overall property damage.

Note that this incident is only one in a continuum of instances where Muslims murder Muslims. Empirically, infidels are not the main enemy of Muslims. It's themselves.

Biebermania

Arguably the going rate for unsullied flowers trends with moral decay.

According to Mexican news outlets, the hysteria around Justin Bieber’s upcoming Mexico City concert has reached such levels that a girl has even offered to trade her virginity for a ticket.

“My virginity for a ticket to Justin Bieber,” one girl wrote on Facebook, according to El Norte.

Heh. In the olden days, I bet a virgin could get two tickets.

[Update] Here's a video showing the hysteria of young girls after learning that the Bieber concert had been sold out.




Heh.

Carolina Teacher Busted for Marijuana

(Bishopville, South Carolina) A 49-year-old teacher at Lee County Career and Technology Center, Sandra McDonald, was arrested after deputies found more than five pounds of marijuana at her home. Another resident, 45-year-old Fitzgerald Wilson, was also arrested.

McDonald and Wilson face charges of manufacturing of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of controlled substance.

While waiting on the warrant, deputies say they questioned one of the occupants of the home who admitted to having two pounds of marijuana inside.

After the search warrant was executed deputies say they found five pounds and thirteen plants of marijuana in and around the residency.

In addition, two bags of what they believe were a control substance was discovered, says deputies.

McDonald and Wilson were booked into custody at the Sumter-Lee Detention Center.

Penis Amputation Case - Updated

(Shelbyville, Kentucky) Phillip and Deborah Seaton have filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages against Dr. John Patterson for performing an unwanted 2007 penis removal.

Proceedings have commenced in Shelby County Circuit Court. The Seatons claim they were harmed by the penis removal due "loss of service, love and affection."

Dr. Patterson of Louisville contends he found cancer while performing a circumcision and had to remove Mr. Seaton's penis. (h/t slwlion)

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Man Sues Over Penis Amputation
[Previous 9/29/08 post]
(Shelby County, Kentucky) Dr. John M. Patterson of Frankfort is being sued in Shelby County Circuit Court for amputating a man's penis without consent. Dr. Oliver James of Shelbyville is also being sued for administering the anesthetic during the surgery.

Phillip and Deborah Seaton of Waddy, say Phillip went to Patterson last October for a circumcision, which resulted in the doctor removing Phillip's penis, according to the newspaper.

The lawsuit states that, "Despite having no consent to remove his penis and despite being advised by Phillip that he did not want him to remove any part of his penis other than the foreskin, Dr. Patterson removed the penis," the newspaper reported.

James is included in the suit because he gave Seaton a general anesthetic after assuring the patient he wouldn't, according to the [Shelbyville] Sentinel.

The lawsuit claims the amputation was intentional.

Obviously, unauthorized removal of the penis is more than a simple Oops!

Sex Crimes Lawyer Accused of Sex Crimes

(San Francisco, California) A local lawyer, Robert Michael Hoffman, 50, is in trouble. He faces rape and other sex charges.

A San Francisco employment lawyer who specializes in sexual harassment cases has been charged with rape and other crimes for allegedly attacking three women who came to his apartment in response to his Craigslist ad for rough sex.

Therefore, it appears Hoffman stops other people from harassing women while he roughs them up during sex, allegedly.

Heh.

Tennessee Woman Told to Remove American Flag Outside Her Optometry Office

We read:

"Dawn Kamin said she would expect opposition to the flying of an American flag in more liberal parts of the country – but not the suburbs of Memphis, Tenn. Kamin said she was ordered to remove an American flag she had posted outside her optometry office.

According to a letter sent to Dr. Kamin, the flag pole and the flag violated the bylaws of the business condominium group. She was told to take down the flag or face the consequences.

However, a spokesman did release an email to Fox News Radio noting that the Corporate Center Condominiums, run by Tesco Properties, prominently flies two American flags. “Placing additional flags in common areas in order to bring greater attention to a particular business is inappropriate,” the spokesman wrote.

Kamin said she was flying the flag to honor the military. “I have family in the military and we have really become aware of our freedoms and what our soldiers do for us,” she said.

Kamin demanded to see the business condominium’s bylaws, but she said so far Tesco Properties has not complied. “They didn’t give me anything in writing,” she said. “All they gave me were threats.”

Source

A nasty lot by the sound of it.

Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).

Protection Order in Penis Shooting Case



Taurus .380 Semiautomatic

(Chandler, Arizona) Known for accidentally shooting his own penis, 27-year-old Joshua Seto has obtained an order of protection against his fiancee, Cara Christopher, 26, claiming she conspired to burglarize his home.

Note that Christopher owned the gun, a pink Taurus .380, Seto used to shoot his package as he was putting it in his pants.

The bullet struck his penis and went through his scrotum and left thigh, police said. He underwent surgery, and has since been released from a hospital, Chandler police Sgt. Joe Favazzo said.

Police are still investigating the shooting amid questions about the versions of the accident they received from Seto and Christopher.

In the order of protection signed Aug. 8, the court said Christopher must neither contact nor commit crimes against Seto and his female relative, whom they lived with at one point.

Speculation is that wedding plans are on hold.

New Disease



Tick
(Beijing, China) A new tick-borne viral disease, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), has emerged in central and eastern China.

According to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 280 cases have been identified and at least 10 people have died.

The CDC said that most of the victims suffered nausea, fatigue and a lack of appetite. The disease reduces white blood cell and platelet counts, which can lead to organ failure and death.

However, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told China Daily on Sunday that residents in the capital do not need to worry.

"So far, the center has not received any reports of tick infections from hospitals in the city. The center has a mechanism to closely monitor cases such as this," she said.

Pang suggested that, to be on the safe side, it would be better to wear long-sleeved clothes when lying or walking in the grass and to take showers after returning home.

Offhand I'd suggest that China is a world leader with respect to new deadly diseases. I easily recall medical alerts for the bird flu, SARS and the Hong Kong flu coming from China. Note, however, that I'm not a medical statistician and my suggestion could be uninformed.

Texas School Aide Busted for Meth

(Kilgore, Texas) A 40-year-old attendance aide at Kilgore Heights Elementary School, Sharon Ann Shaw, was arrested along with an acquaintance, James Hodkinson, 40, after officers pulled the pair over at 3 AM Tuesday in a traffic stop for a broken tail light.

Officials said the pair were arrested and charged with delivery of a controlled substance and for the unlawful carrying of a weapon.

Officers said a can disguised to look like a an arersol lubricant WD-40 was found in the vehicle and contained meth.[…]

Nacogdoches officials said in addition to finding 11 grams of meth in the can, the vehicle also had what they suspected was stolen property and tools commonly used in burglaries. Officials said officers had consent to search the vehicle.

Shaw and Hodkinson were booked into custody.

Religious Hostility at VA Cemetery - Updated

Volunteers at the Houston National Cemetery have been told to remove "God" and "God bless you" from their vocabulary.





On a personal note, my father was a decorated WWII soldier whose grave is in the Houston National Cemetery. I suggest that cemetery director Arleen Ocascio be fired.

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Houston VA Cemetery Censors God & Jesus From Funerals
[Previous 7/1/11 post bumped]
This is a disgrace. Many of those buried at the cemetery would have been Christians of one sort or another so a blanket ban on Christian references disrespects them.

"Earlier today The Blaze covered a breaking story out of Houston, where three different veterans groups have filed suit against the Veterans Administration, alleging a First Amendment violation when the VA censored the memorial services at the Houston National Cemetery by prohibiting words like ‘God’ and ‘Jesus’ from being spoken during funerals.

Arleen Ocascio, the director of the VA cemetery in Houston who told groups that they cannot use specific religious language on the property, has been offered the opportunity to respond to this story and has not yet returned our calls. Ms. Ocascio has informed other media outlets that she cannot comment on any issue currently being litigated. In the meantime, calls for Ocascio’s resignation or termination are building.

Source

Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).

Carolina Woman and Boy

(Boone, North Carolina) A 28-year-old local woman, Erin Michelle Lewicki, has been accused of engaging in sex with a 15-year-old boy last month.

Lewicki faces two counts of felony indecent liberties with a child.

The 28-year-old was booked into custody with bond set at $20,000. An October court appearance has been scheduled.

Note that the reporting describes the alleged offenses by Lewicki as a brief "summer fling." I suggest if it were a 28-year-old male offender mixing it up with a 15-year-old girl, the report would display more objective terminology.

Animal Rights Porn?

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) reportedly will seek a .xxx domain reserved for pornography.

Presumably, a website with raw, hardcore pornography will encourage people to eat more tubers, shoots and leaves, thereby protecting animals.

PETA maintains that a strict vegan diet makes a body gorgeous and vegan foods are natural aphrodisiacs.

Heh.

What is the optimum temperature?

Australian grape-grower Erl Happ became interested in climate when trying to work out what climate was best for grape-growing. And, as every grape grower knows, some climates are better for grapes than others. So instead of the common academic focus on average temperature, Happ became interested in how that average is made up. He looked at temperature by region and season rather than by some uninformative global average. What he found was that temperatures in different regions and seasons moved in different directions at the same time. While one region or season was cooling another was warming.

So this regional/seasonal disparity very strongly made an explanation in terms of CO2 useless. AGW theory could explain uniform warming only and uniform warming is NOT happening. Looking at average temperature artificially hides what is actually happening.

He sees a large influence for clouds in temperature change, and like many skeptics sees the influence as being "more-clouds=cooling". Warmists say the opposite of course. I don't find the argument he uses to justify that claim particularly strong but there are other arguments leading to the same conclusion so that is not really a problem.

What IS important I think, is his emphasis on what the optimum temperature is at any point on the earth's surface. And he defines optimum as what is best for plant growth -- seeing that we all ultimately depend on plants for food and much else.

He says that 25 degrees Celsius is optimum and, since I come from a place (tropical Australia) where the temperature is around that, I have to agree. Anybody who has seen the mad growth of vegetation in the tropics can be in no doubt that most of the earth is TOO COLD. So even if the Warmists were right, we have nothing to fear.

And even Warmists these days are retreating from the rising sea level scare. 91% of the earth's glacial ice is in Antarctica and Antarctica is way too cold for any foreseeable temperature rise to melt the ice there.

I reproduce what Happ says about optimum temperature:

What is the utility of the globe to humanity at this particular point in the evolution of the Earth's disparate climatic regimes? Has there been an improvement or deterioration in recent times? To answer these questions we must look at the pattern of temperature change by latitude.

Summer maxima are short of the 25°C optimum temperature for plant growth.

Why is it considered that the globe is in danger of becoming too warm? Our interest is in ensuring that the capacity of the planet to support life in all its forms is not impaired. In the warmest parts of the globe, the parts considered thus far, temperature is sub optimal for plant growth and particularly so in the southern hemisphere. All life depends upon plants. We would be better off if the planet were warmer. It is further cooling that represents a threat to human welfare. We have plenty of scope on the upside.

Another recent article here on the theme that more warming would be good for us.

Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).

Everybody Sing

This post is dedicated to the unheralded.




From here.

Utah Woman Gets Jail in Sex Case - Updated

(Vernal, Utah) In May 2011, Jeni Lyn Bullock pleaded guilty to two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, a third-degree felony, and two counts of lewdness involving a child, a class A misdemeanor.

Consequently, Bullock was sentenced yesterday to 12 years prison, suspended, and given 120 days in jail.

Defense attorney Scott Williams said his client had “engaged in sexual contact with an adult male in the presence of two minor children, aged 6 and 8 years old.”

“Those were dark times for (Bullock), who was using drugs then, but she has since turned her life around,” Williams said Wednesday in court.

“There is no threat of re-offending and she has genuine regret for what she did,” he added, asking for leniency in sentencing.

Twelve years prison reduced to four months jail, eh? Helluva deal.

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Utah Woman, 29, and Boy, 6
[Previous 7/29/10 post]
(Vernal, Utah) A 29-year-old woman, Jeni Lyn Bullock, has been accused of sexually abusing a six-year-old boy. Bullock has been charged with aggravated sex abuse of a child and sodomy on a child.

Uintah County sheriff's detective Leonard Issacson, in a probable cause statement, said the child disclosed an incident of sodomy and sex abuse during a March 10 interview. Issacson interviewed Bullock, who is related to the child, five days later.

"She waived her rights and talked with me about the case," the detective said. "She told me that there was contact with the minor child and that the contact with the child (was) for her sexual gratification."

Bullock was booked into custody at the Uintah County Jail and later released on $50,000 bond.

Thanks Lame.

Muslim Imam Accused of Sexual Assault

(Toronto, Ontario) A 48-year-old Muslim imam at the local Baitul Mukarram Islamic Society, Mohammad Masroor, has been arrested for the alleged sexual assault of at least five victims, both male and female.

The alleged offenses reportedly occurred between November 2008 and July 2011. Masroor faces multiple counts of sexual assault and threatening death.

Det. Const. Karen Armstrong told a Wednesday morning press conference that “Mohammad Masroor was a leader in the community, he was in a position of trust. Because he was in a position of power, we believe there are other victims.”

A 12-year-old boy called Sajid prays at the Baitul Mukarram mosque. He knew Mr. Masroor, and although he was not aware of the charges laid against the man who once taught him the Koran, the young boy says what constitutes acceptable behaviour depends on where you are.

“I don’t think it’s really like that, because masroor was a good man, he didn’t do anything bad,” says Sajid, who did not want last name used. “It’s not like that because back home, like in Bangladesh, you’re allowed to hit people. It’s OK.”

Mr. Masroor has lived and worked in many countries, Det. Armstrong said, including France, Germany, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and, most recently, in the U.S. in Florida and Michigan.

Masroor is in custody.

[Update]
From another source:

The issue is being treated as a sensitive one since it may become difficult to avoid inter-community tension over the arrest.

In an anti-jihadist site vladtepesblog.com, a reader says, "What I find very interesting is the fact that the Toronto Police are keeping secret the age of the victims. Almost certainly they are underage (certainly the male victims) – why not mention this fact?

"If a priest was involved – or any other non-Muslim male – the very first thing we would learn was the age of the victims followed up with how despicable the crimes are. No such value judgement here.

"But because the accused is a Muslim, they keep this info secret lest he get labelled as a 'pedophile'. It is disgusting to see how Toronto Police treat these Muslim criminals with kid-gloves."

Political correctness in a child sex investigation, eh?

Hoosier Woman and Boy

(Miami County, Indiana) A 27-year-old local woman, Denise A. Hartleroad, has been accused of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old boy. She faces two counts of child molestation.

Miami County Sheriff Tim Miller said a Miami county mother contacted his department after discovering inappropriate and explicit text messages on her 13-year-old son’s cell phone, saying she believed the sender was an adult.

An investigation by the Department of Child Services led to Hartleroad's arrest. She was booked into custody at the Miami County Jail with bond set at $50,000.

American Student, 19, Dies in Australia

(Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia) A 19-year-old American model and journalism student at the University of Southern Queensland, Emily Spickler, was found dead in her campus residence Monday evening.

Post mortem results received Wednesday afternoon have revealed Emily died of natural causes.

Jeff Spickler, 60, speaking from Shepherdstown, West Virginia, said his daughter had fallen ill over the weekend but, in her last phone call home, she had told her parents not to worry.

"We don't know what happened," Mr Spickler said.

"Emily had talked to her mother on Sunday and said she was sick, throwing up, that sort of thing. She thought maybe she had food poisoning. My wife told her to go to the campus medical facility but it was closed on the weekend.

"So then her mother said to go to the ER (emergency room). Em said she would see how she felt, but called back later to say she was feeling better."

Jeff Spickler told the Courier Mail about 7am today Queensland time that the USQ were making travel arrangements for them to fly to Australia, but he said he was not yet sure when his family would be leaving.

It's not clear what constitutes 'natural causes' when attributed in the death of a 19-year-old. Frankly, I suggest Emily Spickler's unexplained death is quite unnatural.