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White House: "Weather practically everywhere is being caused by climate change"

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So Obama went to California to talk drought and climate change. He brought some cash with him to help the state cope with the water shortage. The Prez is right to be worried about this drought, after all, Cali is 15% of the US economy. The only question is how big the hit to CA/US GDP is going to be.

The President's new plan is have the Ag department come up with $100 million for cattle farmers. There is also $5m for communities that are literally running out of water. So it's 20 to 1 in favor of the cattlemen. Great plan...

As Obama headed west, the White House's Science Assistant, John Holdren, had this to say about the California drought:

 

"Weather practically everywhere is being caused by climate change"

 

Really? It's all climate change?

 

There are many forces that shape weather patterns. One of the most significant is the El Nino/ La Nina cycles. this is what NOAA has to say about the connection between El Nino and rainfall in the South West:

 

El Niño results in increased precipitation across California and the southern tier of states

 

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The California drought has persisted for the past three years. It's no coincidence that there have been no El Nino conditions during this time period:

 

 

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The WH has a climate agenda - this is payback for a lot of support (money). Okay, but when the chief scientist at the WH ignores the scientists who actually look at weather patterns, then one is forced to doubt everything the WH says on the topic.

 

 

Misdirection By Holdren???

U.S. President Obama gets direction from White House science adviser Holdren during event on South Lawn at White House in Washington

 

 
 

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Sat, 02/15/2014 - 20:40 | 4440810 pupdog1
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Greenspan must be forecasting for the Kenyan as a retirement hobby.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 19:57 | 4440703 Eahudimac
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Stupidity practically everywhere is being caused by the White House. 

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 21:24 | 4440901 oldschool
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and vice versa

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 19:45 | 4440674 lasvegaspersona
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We have almost always had scientifically uninformed people in politics, that's why they are in politics and not a real job. Algore even came up with 'settled science'. Obviously the most unscientific statement ever made. Just ignore these guys because if you try to understand them it will cause grey and maybe even white matter thinning.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 23:36 | 4441259 Husk-Erzulie
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Ahhh ha ha.  Here's a scientific experiment, let's put you in a locked room with John Holdren, Samantha Powers, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Jay Z, and Rachel Maddow; then we'll see how long it takes before your head explodes.

Algore even came up with 'settled science'. Obviously the most unscientific statement ever made.  ...Also, ManBearPig!

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 20:52 | 4440835 Soul Glow
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+1....Comment of the day.

Politicians are businessmen, always swayed by money.  It is businessmen who make decisions, not experts, and they do it in the name of science.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 20:20 | 4440752 TBT or not TBT
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Indeed. The food pyramid was forced through by George McGovern after his failed presidential bid. Al Gore was history repeating itself, or rhyming.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 19:10 | 4440566 moneybots
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Several years ago, it was 70 degrees in NYC in December and the global warming mantra became that winters would be warmer and less snowy and that children would grow up not knowing what snow was.

 

Then a series of major snow storms shut down construction on the new 1World Trade, and the global warming mantra became that warming causes more moisture in the atmosphere.

 

Now a circumpolar vortex is bringing extremely frigid weather to the U.S. and the global warming mantra is that melting polar ice causes cold air to plunge down to the U.S.  But ice has been less for years, and in fact was greater last summer than in 5 other summers of the last decade.  Not to mention i remember the effect of polar vortexes back in the 1960's, when melting polar ice was not an issue.

 

The global warming mantra always changes to fit current conditions.  When it was 70 in December in NYC years ago, no global warming alarmist talked of polar vortexes, just warm and snowless winters.

 

Current mantra is that climate change causes extreme weather.  But they don't mention the record breaking number of days without a category 3 or above hurricane hitting the U.S.  A record that is still occurring. 

 

They will play up a record drought in California, while ignoring that we haven't hardly had extreme bad weather as a result.  No flooding.

 

 

 

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 20:22 | 4440757 bonin006
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They studied under Gartman

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 18:58 | 4440539 Infinite QE
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Weather change is all about the seeking of balance on the planet. What these New Bolsheviks want is a new tax. Similar to what used to be called `taxing the Queen's air'.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 18:32 | 4440472 moneybots
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"Really? It's all climate change?"

 

really, it is all about controling other people.

 

Obama came to California AGAIN this week.  He flies all over the planet spewing carbon emmissions, yet he says climate change is real and dangerous.  So why is he spewing all these carbon emmissions as he pleases, if climate change is real and dangerous, due to carbon emmissions?  Obviously, Obama is not really concerned about climate change due to carbon emmissions.

When Obama first moved into the White House, he said he liked to have the temperature at 80 degrees.  When there was an oil embargo in the late 1970's, Carter ran the thermostat at 65 degrees and wore a sweater.  Obama is not concerned about conserving energy. 

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 22:04 | 4441017 whidbey-2
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No, BO is interested in saving his ass, and controlling Congress. By that test obama is normal, almost. Remember the Maine.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 19:21 | 4440609 Seal
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there would be less damage to the USA if O took the train out here and back - on ice for 2 weeks

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 21:31 | 4440916 malikai
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Would it be too much to ask for the WH, Congress, and Courts to take a train out to the mid atlantic?

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 18:13 | 4440447 moneybots
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"Weather practically everywhere is being caused by climate change"

 

There has always been weather.

Sun, 02/16/2014 - 02:04 | 4441516 BidnessMan
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Gee - I did not know that Climate Change caused it to get hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Whocouldanode?

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 20:04 | 4440714 lex parsimoniae
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"Weather practically everywhere is being caused by climate change"

Yes, and darkness practically everywhere is being caused by night. dumbass

IMHO. The inability of people in positions of power to formulate a logical premise and express it in a cogent manner has become the best way to answer questions like; How could the Obamacare website launch have been such a train wreck?    

Mon, 02/17/2014 - 02:47 | 4444323 John_Coltrane
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Well, it doesn't have to be dark if we just get rid of the earth's rotation.  But then other problems ensue.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 20:28 | 4440774 TBT or not TBT
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Magical thinking. The obama team got there by winning elections dirtily and with the thickest demagoguery, not by accomplishment at any real world project.

Sun, 02/16/2014 - 10:20 | 4441896 Obese-Redneck
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Can anyone really be this ignorant? Apparently yes.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 18:08 | 4440408 q99x2
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Climate changed dramatically when I flew from NYC to Los Angeles on Thursday of this week.

But the cause is as most scientists, climatologists and astrophysicists know is the sun which makes up 99.9% of the matter in the solar system.

Check out Ssupicious Observers

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 17:34 | 4440342 Racer
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How much greenhouse gas do cattle produce, How much water and grain do they need? How much oil to produce and pump and transport that water and grain?

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 20:23 | 4440758 TBT or not TBT
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OTH the principal greenhouse gas is H20, so California, by being dry, is doing its part.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 17:12 | 4440274 lakecity55
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"Climate Change is being caused by Weather everywhere!"

"I have proposed a new EO Tax on Sunlight. Sunlight must come under Federal Control for me to help the Middle Class."

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 16:39 | 4440198 Papasmurf
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It's convenient for the WH to forget about historic blizards prior to "climate change".

Washington DC:

1) 28" jan 27029, 1922

2) 20" feb 12-14, 1899

3) 18.7" Feb 18-19, 1979

4) 17.8" Feb 5-6, 2010

5) 17.3" Jan 7-9, 1996

6) 16.6" Feb Feb 10-11, 1983

7) 16.4" Dec 18-19, 2009

8) 16.4" Feb 16-18, 2003

9) 14.4" Feb 15-16, 1958

10) 14.4" Feb 7, 1936

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 17:12 | 4440276 snodgrass
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First they tried global warming but that's been discredited due to the fact that it was warmer during the Middle Ages and during the time of the Roman Empire than it is today. Couple that with a global change in temperature of less than one degree, and presto changeo, they change the reason for more govt. control and taxes is - ta da - climate change. So if it's too hot, it's climate change. Too cold - climate change. Too many storms - climate change. Too few storms - climate change. 

Sun, 02/16/2014 - 07:52 | 4441742 Fix-ItSilly
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The thermometer was only invented a couple of hundred years ago.

Don't extrapolate from noise.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 18:27 | 4440466 Flakmeister
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Could you point to any credible global temperature reconstruction that supports your claims re: the MWP?

Just because you say it, does not make it so...

Sun, 02/16/2014 - 12:43 | 4442154 snodgrass
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This is one write up of a study done by the Swedes. They study fossils and tree line positions to approximate temperatures.

 

http://dailycaller.com/2013/12/13/study-earth-was-warmer-in-roman-mediev...

Sun, 02/16/2014 - 02:34 | 4441557 Flakmeister
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I can't dissect it better than this:

http://blog.hotwhopper.com/2014/02/roy-spencers-latest-deceit-and-decept...

Are you so easily fooled?

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 19:31 | 4440638 gmak
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Here you go sunshine. 79,000 papers speaking to the MWP. 

 

http://scholar.google.ca/scholar?q=published+papers+Medieval+warm+period...

 

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 17:03 | 4440250 Flakmeister
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No one is arguing that snow in DC means climate change...

Nice strawman...

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 17:28 | 4440316 Dangertime
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Actually it was stated yesterday that this latest storm was caused by climate change.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 18:01 | 4440416 Flakmeister
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By who? 

Climate change only makes storms like we just had worse. it can also lead to situations where their formation is more likely..

Simply google Blocking pattern...

Incidentally, there is one in basically the same place as the one that forced Sandy to take a left hand turn into Jersey instead of heading out to sea...

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 20:17 | 4440740 moneybots
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"Climate change only makes storms like we just had worse"

 

When i was growing up in the 1960's we had storms just as bad as are happening now.

 

The fact is that several years ago, none of these global warming alarmists were talking about polar vortexes, when they were pushing the idea that children would grow up not knowing what snow is, because it was 70 degrees in Central Park in December.  With polar vortexes, children are not going to grow up not knowing what snow is.  These global warming alarmists are making it it up as they go along.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 23:43 | 4441269 mayhem_korner
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+1888

You need to ignore the Flakmeister.  He is so saturated with his view that the debunked "models" and "data" ought to be true that he misses the entire objective that the champions of "global climate change" seek.  It is a flagship ruse of the liberal theology: driven by envy and self-loathing, liberals direct their energy to obsessively shaping what others should do rather than being honest in their own self-examination.  They wish to control (or constrain) the actions of others, rather than being stewards of the things that have been entrusted to them. 

That is the core objective behind the illusory climate change - to thwart the distribution of things that has resulted from choices, aptitude, responsibility, and/or good fortune.  Liberals reinforce this at every turn because they cannot have a discussion about the topic without overtly or covertly referencing what the rest of us need to do about it.

Sun, 02/16/2014 - 02:31 | 4441554 Flakmeister
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This is coming from Mr. "BTU Gradient"...

Any other made up bullshit you care to share with us...

Sun, 02/16/2014 - 08:07 | 4441751 mayhem_korner
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I think I'll just sit back and watch you rack up record-setting down arrows for exposing yourself for the pugnacious, kool-aid drinking ideologue that you are.

Sun, 02/16/2014 - 16:51 | 4442760 Flakmeister
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As if the greenies here mean anything....

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 19:29 | 4440629 gmak
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Violent storms are the result of temperature differnce between the poles and the equator. If termperatures are rising, the laws of physics and thermodynamics state that we would Have less not more violent storms. 

 

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 16:23 | 4440148 Escapeclaws
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Oh, excuse me, I thought this was about ending Social Security and throwing Grandma under the bus. I could have sworn I saw Bruce Krasting's name at the entrance to this room but I'm probably mistaken. He's probably in that other room where they're discussing strategies for pitting the young against the old, so I'll go check that out.

Sun, 02/16/2014 - 07:41 | 4441734 purplefrog
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"But first I'm gonna drop a little shit on the floor."

There. I finished it for you.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 16:10 | 4440107 Silverhog
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Government can't run a healthcare program but they think they can control the weather. So not only has the train left the tracks, it's fallen down a canyon slope and hit a nuclear power station. 

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 15:59 | 4440073 NoTTD
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My chem teacher in HS (early '70s), a young, earnest "scientist" told us that he would not have children because he believed he would live to see them starve to death.  

 

In the coming Ice Age.  

 

By 1980.  

 

I'm sure is just as faithful a true believer now.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 18:55 | 4440532 css1971
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Benefit to the gene pool then.

Sat, 02/15/2014 - 15:50 | 4440043 NoTTD
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When the only tool you have is a hammer, and you're a religious nut, eveything looks like climate change.

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