Russia: ISIS is being helped by Turkey (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMnl0nO-oCk&feature=youtu.be

Found this interesting.

Sowing Doubt about Climate Change is very effective. (Some are making big bucks by destroying our environment.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/12/02/new-research-confirms-that-sowing-doubt-about-climate-change-is-devastatingly-effective/

Energy and Environment

This is why sowing doubt about climate change is such an effective strategy

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By Chris Mooney December 2 at 3:10 PM  

Steam billowing from the cooling towers of Vattenfall’s Jaenschwalde brown coal power station behind wind turbines near Cottbus, eastern Germany Dec. 2, 2009. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

For some time, social science researchers have been studying an oddity about the U.S. — compared with many other nations, we’re a hotbed of global warming doubt and denial. Accordingly, and to counteract this, a variety of messages or ways of “re-framing” the issue have been proposed, often with the goal of appealing to the ideology of political conservatives, which is where most of the doubt lies.

Some of the most popular framing ideas include talking about climate change in the context of economic opportunity (solving climate change will lead to a clean energy boom), national security (not solving it will make the world a dangerous place), faith-based ethics (we need to be good stewards of the Creation) and public health (climate change will make us sicker, or lead to the spread of diseases).

Now, however, a new study suggests not only that these messages may not be  particularly effective, but that messages espousing climate change doubt or denial — which are ever-present in the din of public debate and discourse — appear to have considerably more impact.

“The positive frames really don’t move the needle at all, and the presence of the denial counter-frame seems to have a suppressive or a negative effect on people’s climate change belief,” says Aaron McCright, a researcher at Michigan State University who conducted the research with three university colleagues. The study is just out in the journal Topics in Cognitive Science.

Another Shooting 12 Dead - 20 Shot. Just another day in Murica.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/at-least-20-shot-just-blocks-from-san-bernadino-planned-parenthood/

 As many as 20 people have been shot near a health clinic in California.

Witnesses reported seeing three heavily armed and masked men wearing military-style clothing and possibly body armor at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino.

GW Bush - WHY WE WENT INTO IRAQ. General Wesley Clark talks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDUvYLHEJwE&feature=share

General Wesley Clark recalls the plans well before we went in to Iraq.

Trump: What really happened when Black Preachers met with Trump?

http://trofire.com/2015/12/02/what-really-happened-when-trump-met-with-black-religious-leaders-this-week-not-good-for-trump-at-all/

If there was ever “great love in the room” as Trump claims, it went out the window when Bishop Couzens told Trump that he should “apologize and repent.” Couzens was immediately cut off by angry staffers who demanded to know why he owed an apology to anyone and questioning what he had to repent for. Significantly, Trump said nothing, letting his hired goons speak for him. When it was finally revealed after the meeting that most of the clergy in attendance had in fact not promised to endorse his candidacy, Trump canceled a press conference that was to be held in conjunction with the meeting. Later on, Trump claimed that it was members of the Black Lives Matters movement who pressured the clergy to withhold their endorsements.

That wasn’t the case, either. Rather, it was a letter, signed by over 100 African American members of the clergy, urging their colleagues not to endorse Trump:

Mr. Trump routinely uses overtly divisive and racist language on the campaign trail. Most recently, he admitted his supporters were justified for punching and kicking a Black protester who had attended a Trump rally with the intent to remind the crowd that “Black Lives Matter.” Trump followed this action by tweeting inaccurate statistics about crime prevalence rates in Black communities – insinuating that Black people are more violent than other groups. Those statistics did not reflect the fact that most crimes are intraracial, meaning that most people do harm to people of their own race. They also did not speak to the crime of neoliberalism, capitalism, and white supremacy which kill thousands of black and nonblack people each day.

Global Warming and the Terrorism - Bill Nye, the connection

http://reverbpress.com/environment/global-warming-and-terrorism-bill-nye/

This makes so much sense.

Muslim extremist and Christian Extremist are made for each other: hilarious video compares them

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/11/30/this-hilarious-video-shows-that-christian-and-islamic-fundamentalists-are-made-for-each-other-video/

It’s certainly true that both sets of extremists have much in common. It’s also pretty damned scary. Basically, Christian fundamentalists in America are the equivalent of ISIS in the Middle East. And one thing the video left out is that both have no problem with committing acts of terrorism to press their oppressive agenda.

That is why is more important than ever before to support the separation of church and state and reject the agenda of Christian fundamentalists who would gladly shred our Constitution and replace it with the Bible. Because in the end, the Islamic extremists would cheer them on if it means destroying the United States. Only it would be destroyed from within by the very people who claim to be true patriots. So, we are not only fighting ISIS overseas, we have to fight Christian extremists here at home. Because the two groups of extremists are equally dangerous. Always and forever.

Why It is Important to Keep Abortion Legal: From a Facebook post

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/12/02/this-amazing-facebook-status-perfectly-summarizes-why-we-should-fight-to-keep-abortion-legal/

The argument that’s so far missing from the discourse following the Christian extremist attack against Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs is that in reality, abortion is a safe and legal medical procedure provided as a right to any woman who chooses it. Naturally, it’s easy to lose site of the forest for the trees given how the GOP has effectively skewed the abortion issue into the fringes, forcing pro-choice activists to address whether abortion should be legal in the most extreme circumstances, such as rape and incest.

While activists are understandably distracted by conservatives calling for abortion bans even in cases of rape, Republicans at the state level have been passing all varieties of abortion restrictions, from forced ultrasounds to abortion clinic closures.

The following Facebook status, apparently written by a feminist named Amanda Duarte, has been circulating through social media again this week. It’s mandatory reading for everyone, especially those of us who are interested in protecting a woman’s right to a constitutionally-protected healthcare service.

I don’t care if Planned Parenthood provides nothing BUT abortion services. I don’t care if it’s a million-story abortion superpark with abortion waterslides and an abortion electrical parade. Abortion is legal. ABORTION IS LEGAL. If I read one more “defense” of Planned Parenthood that says “it’s not JUST abortions!” or “only 5% of what they do is abortion! And abortions aren’t federally funded!” I’m going to abort myself. Abortion is legal, culturally necessary, and good for humanity. It has been and will be practiced for millennia. It is essential. It is a fact. By minimizing, denying or apologizing for this fact, you are allowing these venal anti-woman Nazis to frame this debate and continue to chip away at this essential right. Abortion is not tragic. It is not painful. It is a fact. It is a right. Demand it, fight for it, and for the sake of the women who have given their lives to defend it, stop apologizing for it.

Christian Conservatives scramble to deny stirring violence with their incendiary rhetoric

http://www.alternet.org/christian-conservatives-scramble-deny-stirring-violence-their-incendiary-speech?akid=13727.294211.u9IzKK&rd=1&src=newsletter1046632&t=4

In what could be the greatest head-spinner of the season, Christianist Republicans, from presidential candidates and congressmen to Fox News anchors and sleazy video-splicers, are scrambling to deny that their words actually matter or have any real-world influence. We had nothing to do with any shooting rampage at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs. Cough. Baby killers. Cough. Body parts for sale. Cough, cough.

To those of us on the outside, the relationship seems clear. Vicki Cowart, president of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, which was targeted in the CMP video hoax, has experienced the terrorizing first-hand. “We’ve seen an alarming increase in hateful rhetoric and smear campaigns against abortion providers and patients over the last few months. That environment breeds acts of violence.”

Former ISIS hostage says Strikes on ISIS are a trap

http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/former-is-hostage-says-strikes-on-isis-are-a-trap/

Nicolas Henin is a French Journalist who was held hostage by Isis for 10 months. One of his jailers was Mohammed Emwazi, known as “Jihadi John”.

Listen to what Nicolas has to say about Isis, our treatment of refugees and most importantly: what it’ll take to defeat them.

Womens Health Advocate slam Right Wingers planned parenthood smears

http://www.alternet.org/womens-health-advocates-slam-right-wingers-planned-parenthood-smears?akid=13727.294211.u9IzKK&rd=1&src=newsletter1046632&t=14

Women's Health Advocates Slam Right-Wingers for Planned Parenthood Smears

"Anti-choice rhetoric must end, or anti-choice violence never will," noted the head of NARAL's Colorado branch.

Black Preacher demolishes one of the Pastors that met with Trump.

http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/12/01/black-pastor-demolishes-one-of-the-pastors-that-met-with-trump-at-least-prostitutes-get-paid-you-got-nothing/

Black Pastor Demolishes One of the Pastors That Met with Trump: ‘At Least Prostitutes Get Paid, You Got Nothing’

Unacceptable Carnage in US: Excessive Guns is the common thread

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-common-thread-in-americas-unacceptable-carnage-access-to-guns/2015/11/30/3b94cf96-97a5-11e5-b499-76cbec161973_story.html

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The common thread in America’s unacceptable carnage: Access to guns

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People attend a vigil at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs for the victims of a deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic Friday. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press)

By Editorial Board November 30 at 7:44 PM 

THE 57-year-old man charged in the murderous shooting spree at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado allegedly made remarks to police about “no more baby parts.” That has led some to speculate that antiabortion rhetoric sparked the rampage. The suspect’s history of aberrant behavior prompted others to theorize that mental illness was the culprit. In the early stages of the investigation, we don’t know what, if any, role was played by either of these factors. In the meantime it is worth restating the obvious: The one factor common to every terrible case of gun violence is access to guns.

A police officer, an Iraq war veteran and a young mother of two were killed, and nine other people were wounded, in last week’s attack at the health clinic in Colorado Springs. Such mass shootings are all too sickeningly familiar. On the very same Friday after Thanksgiving, two people were killed and two injured in a shooting in Sacramento. In the very same community of Colorado Springs a month ago, a shooter gunned down three people targeted at randombefore being gunned down himself by police.

Carlie Fiorina: You are a lying Sack of Sh*t

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/29/1455125/-Carly-Fiorina-you-Go-amned-Lying-Sack-of-Sh-t?detail=email

Why am I surprised today? I thought that Ben Carson, after meeting refugees face to face, would exhibit a bit of humanity. Noooo. He didn’t. And Carly Fiorina, well, she, I expected would, at least,  steer clear of the Planned Parenthood massacre. No, again. She has learned a lot of lessons from Trump about The Art of the Lying Spiel. Never back down, even in the face of universal fact checking. Then turn everything around, and blame the other side for your crimes. Our Carly was not content to attack Planned Parenthood by using the actual altered, lying videos.. No, she created a video that lived  in the world of Trump’s “thousands upon thousands” of Muslims in New Jersey cheering the World Trade Center collapsing. A video where an “aborted fully formed fetus, its legs kicking, its heart beating” is kept alive by the PP doctors to harvest its brain. And now, she’s angry.  Yeah, let me repeat, she’s angry. That is, how you say, rich. "Fiorina: It's 'Left-Wing' To Link Planned Parenthood Attack To Videos." No apology. No introspection. Just what she, I assume, believes is righteous indignation. How did we get so many sociopaths running for President in one year, anyway?

The Religious Right is neither: The History behind the Religious Right

http://www.salon.com/2015/12/01/the_religious_right_is_neither_the_real_history_of_how_decades_of_radical_violent_rhetoric_led_to_the_planned_parenthood_shooting/

The religious right is neither: The real history of how decades of radical, violent rhetoric led to the Planned Parenthood shooting

The rise of violence aimed at abortion providers matches the rise of the religious right's heated abortion activism

DAVID NIOSE

Which Presidential Candidate would be best for Construction? (Hint: NOT REPUBLICANS)

http://pdafund.com/component/k2/item/247-presidential-candidate-survey-results-and-the-winner-is

One week after we published our survey asking which presidential candidate would be best for the construction industry, the results are in. The leading candidate so far, by a large margin, is Bernie Sanders. Second to Sanders (54% of votes) was Donald Trump (16%), followed closely by Hillary Clinton (13%). Then after a steep dip was Marco Rubio (4%); Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz (2.5% each); Ben Carson, Chris Christie and John Kasich (2% each); and Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and Scott Walker (0.6% each). The remaining candidates received no votes.

8 Ways the wealthiest are trying to dismantle the Social Safety Net.

http://www.alternet.org/economy/8-ways-super-wealthy-show-their-cruel-values-and-desire-destroy-publics-safety-net?akid=13724.294211.Qf5Kfw&rd=1&src=newsletter1046576&t=2

The richest Americans increasingly are taking over the levers of power and shaping the political debate, despite opposing views held by a majority of Americans, a new and unprecedented academic study of the top 1 percent has confirmed.

The super-rich are more politically active than average Americans, financing and contacting elected officials and knowing many on a first-name basis. Their agenda, which is often cited by public officials across the country, emphasizes private profit-making and is skeptical of almost every public program to address economic inequality, the study by Chicago-based university researchers found. The top 1 percent's social agenda, while “more liberal than others on religious and moral issues, including abortion, gay rights, and prayer in school,” is still “much more conservative than the non-affluent on issues of taxes, economic regulation, and social welfare,” the researchers found.

Bush/Cheney released ISIS leader because he was harmless

http://www.occupydemocrats.com/bombshell-bush-cheney-freed-isis-leader-because-he-was-harmless/

While the Republican presidential candidates use every bit of ideological gymnastics to somehow pin the rise of Daesh (ISIS/ISIL) on President Obama, the former commander of U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, Lt. General Michael Flynn dropped an incredible bombshell in an interview with German newspaper Der Spiegel: that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, was in a United States military prison in 2004 – and released because he was deemed “harmless.”

Nothing more perfectly illustrates what a colossal failure the George W. Bush Administration was. While Bush was busy torturing Osama bin Laden’s bodyguards in a desperate and barbaric attempt to rectify his intelligence failures, the mastermind who would found the Islamic State was in their clutches the entire time. Flynn went on to describe how the Bush Administration’s knee-jerk reaction to 9/11 and their catastrophic invasion of Iraq went on to create the colossal quagmire that is the Islamic State.

“We were too dumb. We didn’t understand who we had there at that moment. When 9/11 occurred, all the emotions took over, and our response was, ‘Where did those bastards come from? Let’s go kill them. Let’s go get them.’ Instead of asking why they attacked us, we asked where they came from. Then we strategically marched in the wrong direction.”

Right Wing Gun Nuts were the shooters at Black Lives Matter event

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/11/30/cops-confirm-blm-shooters-were-walking-right-wing-stereotypes-racist-anti-government-gun-nuts/

One of the shooters, Allen Scarsella, had the bright idea to film himself heading to an earlier Black Lives Matter protest donning a mask and spewing racist hate speech while he and his friends waved around their guns. The group seemed eager to initiate violence against the protesters – echoing the agenda of Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who killed 9 innocent African Americans in their church in an effort to start a “race war.” Scarsella and his friend Nathan Gustavsson allegedly texted each other on the night of the shooting that they “[knew] how to make big news or get them to disperse.” Later, Gustavsson added, “I have an idea to really stir shit up.”

Once caught and right on cue, however, the group of white supremacists claimed they had no intention of actually starting a fight with the protesters. Instead, they claimed they got scared after a few African Americans confronted them over shouting racial slurs. Their legal defense appears to be that they were shouting racial slurs until they provoked a reaction then got so scared that they started shooting. It’s unclear if their defense attorneys can find even a single potential jury member who would be dumb enough to buy that.

And while racism was clearly the catalyst to their shooting spree, the group was able to cause such chaos because of their other obsession: Guns. According to Gawker, Scarsella and his friends were well-known members of 4chan’s /k/ message board, which is devoted to talking about guns. One fellow poster got the rest of the users up to speed:

4chan in the news again. A bunch of /pol/lacks+/k/ommandos in Guy Fawkes masks just shot up a Black Lives Matter protest. Apparently the BLM protestors tried to assault them, the Anon’s ran off and when the BLM protestors chased after them the /k/ommandos shot them.

5 BLM supporters confirmed in the hospital.

Media hasn’t mentioned 4chan by name yet but these guys were on /pol/ a few days ago telling everyone how they were trolling BLM by attending their protests and open carrying.

Conservatives: Stop Feeding Terrorists ideologies

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/dear-conservatives-stop-feeding-terrorist-ideology?akid=13724.294211.Qf5Kfw&rd=1&src=newsletter1046576&t=12

NEWS & POLITICS

Dear Conservatives: Stop Feeding Terrorist Ideology

Invading a country and 'killing the head of terrorism' will not solve the problem.

NRA visits gun used in Colorado Shooting to see if it is being treated well

http://www.theonion.com/article/nra-visits-colorado-police-evidence-room-check-rif-51924?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:1:Default

NRA Visits Colorado Police Evidence Room To Check Up On Rifle Used In Planned Parenthood Shooting

Military Chief says: Iraq War was a failure and helped create ISIS.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/iraq-war-isis-michael-flynn_565c83a9e4b079b2818af89cw

Former Military Chief: Iraq War Was A 'Failure' That Helped Create ISIS

"We strategically marched in the wrong direction."

5 Minute video about the Syria War Mess

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-five-minute-explanation-of-war-in.html

I have seen convoluted before but this thing is incredibly complicated and makes Vietnam look like a game of checkers.

There does not seem to be a win waiting for us here. We just need to get the hell out as far as I can tell.

Christians have the highest abortion rates - by a lot.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/30/1455348/-Christian-group-s-survey-finds-that-Christians-have-highest-abortion-rates-by-a-lot?detail=facebook

Christian group's survey finds that Christians have highest abortion rates by a lot

A Planned Parenthood Volunteer speaks about the abuse of the Religious Zealots.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/11/30/1455390/-A-former-Kansas-Planned-Parenthood-volunteer-details-the-daily-terror-of-coming-to-work?detail=facebook

A former Kansas Planned Parenthood volunteer details the daily terror of coming to work

Fiorina: I WILL NOT BE BULLIED INTO TELLING THE TRUTH!

http://links.newyorker.mkt4334.com/ctt?kn=2&ms=ODI5OTYyMAS2&r=MjczNzc1NzE1MjES1&b=0&j=ODAyODczMTc4S0&mt=1&rt=0

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—Calling criticism of her misrepresentations about Planned Parenthood “typical left-wing tactics,” the Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said, on Sunday, “I will not be bullied into telling the truth.”

Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” the former Hewlett-Packard C.E.O. denied that spreading misinformation about Planned Parenthood was “in any way incendiary,” but added, “What is truly incendiary is demanding that someone who is seeking the highest office in the land stop lying.”

Fiorina noted that many of her rivals for the Republican nomination—including Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Ted Cruz—had successfully used lying as a key element of their campaign strategies. “All I am trying to do is level the playing field,” she said.

Republicans are inciting Domestic Terrorism.

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/11/29/republicans-blood-hands-inciting-deadly-domestic-terrorism.html

Since the falsified video, there have been killings (shootings), burning of buildings and vandalism at Planned Parenthoods.  All of these are Domestic Terrorism and should be investigated as such.  The Republicans are inciting violence against Planned parenthood regularly.  After they were found out that the videos were not true, they just repeating the information as if it were fact.

Representative Kinzinger blamed Planned Parenthood for shootings: Facebook erupted about his comments.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/11/28/gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-gets-shredded-on-facebook-after-planned-parenthood-shooting-comments-images/

Here’s are screenshots of the many comments Facebook users left on Kinzinger’s page.

Colorado Shooting: The best article that I have read about it. (Unknowns)

http://www.stonekettle.com/2015/11/unknown-unknowns.html

This is by far the best article to describe the shooting(s) in Colorado.  Well worth reading the whole thing along with the comments.

The Judge that got GW Bush elected apologizes. (He stopped the FL vote recount)

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/29/the_bush_presidency_was_my_fault_i_am_so_sorry_my_work_stopped_the_florida_recount/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

The Bush presidency was my fault: I am so sorry my work stopped the Florida recount

Fifteen years ago, a Florida judge cited my stats theory and the recount ended. The Iraq War still torments me

Muslim Shooter - Guilty., Black Shooter - Guilty, Hispanic Shooter - Guilty: White Shooter - Wait for Facts.

https://www.facebook.com/AntiFacistAction/photos/a.535910613099994.122005.534613883229667/1058342144190169/?type=3&theater

The Right Wing will not say that a White Guy going into a school, theater or business shooting and killing people is a Terrorist.  The number of people killed by White Ammosexuals is much higher than those killed by Terrorists.

White Guys who shoot, burn or destroy Planned Parenthood Businesses are Terrorists!  They have a collective group of Right Wing Crazies who are intentionally targeting innocent people who are doing a legal business of helping women and men with their health.

PRO-LIFERS(?) Gleeful about the CO Planned Parenthood Shootings.

http://news.groopspeak.com/pro-lifers-downright-gleeful-about-planned-parenthood-shooting-tweets/

This is just sick.

I had a 15 year old young girl student who was raped regularly by her step dad and/or friends during the summer.  She was the prize for winning the poker game.  She came to school in the fall pregnant.  When she told her sad tale to the counselor, she was put in the States custody and given the option of an abortion.

The decision to have or not have this child should be between that girl and her doctor.

The men went to jail.

In 30 States, if the girl decides to have the baby, the rapist can go to court to be a parent in the child's life.  Again, this is not right.

Domestic Terrorism and the Evil White Men Who Do It. (Encouraged by FOX and the GOP)

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/domestic-terrorism-and-the-evil-that-men-do/

What happened at the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood on the Friday after Thanksgiving was inevitable. After the deceptively-named Center for Medical Progress released the equally deceptively-edited videos accusing Planned Parenthood of profiting from the sale of fetal parts, someone had to die in the end.

Of all the phony attacks and accusations made against Planned Parenthood by a new generation of anti-choice activists like James O’ Keefe and Lila Grace Rose, the videos created by former O’Keefe confederate David Daleiden raised the bar — or lowered it depending on how you view them — on over the top accusations intended to fire up Christian conservatives and embolden lawmakers to do all they can to destroy Planned Parenthood.

The Planned Parenthood Shooter was an Obama hating, peeping tom

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2015/11/while-conservatives-try-desperately-to.html

In one statement, made after the suspect was taken in for questioning, Dear said "no more baby parts" in reference to Planned Parenthood, according to two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case.

Now I am going to err on the side of caution and remind everybody that we still do not have definitive evidence as to what Mr. Dear's motives were, but I can tell you that if he did NOT go on this shooting spree because of abortion, then he is really going to disappoint his new fans:

Why is it always a White guy who shoots up people with Assault Weapons? The Roots of White Man Rage.

http://www.salon.com/2013/11/01/why_is_always_a_white_guy_the_roots_of_modern_violent_rage/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Why is it always a white guy: The roots of modern, violent rage

The LAX shooter, once again, is reported to be a white male. Here's why they're always first to violence