Sunday 18 January 2015

The European Union Times

“2014 Earth’s hottest year on record” Umm what??

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 11:53 AM PST

Man-made “climate change” is largely a myth promoted by politicians to scare the public into accepting a vast expansion of government to supposedly stop “global warming.”
Global warming is a manufactured problem played up by the government to instigate a public reaction, fear, the government then exploits to offer a predetermined solution: the expansion of government at the public’s expense.
This strategy, now known as the Hegelian Dialectic, has been used successfully by politicians for millennia to expand government, which can only grow at the expense of individual liberties.
The Bush administration used the strategy successfully in 2003 when it gained enough public support for the invasion of Iraq by claiming the country had weapons of mass destruction, and the war ultimately expanded the military-industrial complex and America’s emerging police state.
Today “global warming” is used as the bogey man because it allows the United Nations to scare the world’s population into believing “man-made climate change” is too big of a threat for their country to handle alone and thus it can only be “defeated” through the expansion of the U.N. at the expense of their nation’s sovereignty.
And state-funded scientists are given thousands and even millions of dollars to help promote the myth of “global warming” by fitting their data into the fearmongering agenda.
“This was viewed as the most likely to succeed because it could be related to observable conditions such as smog and water pollution – in other words, it would be based partly on fact and, therefore, be credible,” G. Edward Griffin wrote in his book The Creature from Jekyll Island. “Predictions could be made showing end-of-earth scenarios just as horrible as atomic warfare.”
“Accuracy in these predictions would not be important; their purpose would be to frighten, not inform.”
And the latest claim that 2014 was the hottest year on record certainly rejected accuracy in favor of fear. What do these people who make these claims smoke?
“Any temperature claim of ‘hottest year’ based on surface data is based on hundredths of a degree hotter than previous ‘hottest years,’” Marc Morano of Climate Depot reported. “This immeasurable difference is not even within the margin of error of temperature gauges.”
“The claim of the ‘hottest year’ is simply a political statement not based on temperature facts; ‘hottest year’ claims are based on minute fractions of a degree while ignoring satellite data showing Earth is continuing the 18-plus-year ‘pause’ or ‘standstill’ [in warming.]”
The standstill he refers to can be found in Remote Sensing Systems satellite data that shows there has been no significant rise in global temperature since Oct. 1996, which is more than half the 36-year satellite record.
And this pause in warming could last at least another decade.
“The Great Pause is a growing embarrassment to those who had told us with ‘substantial confidence’ that the science was settled and the [climate change] debate over,” climate analyst Lord Christopher Monckton wrote. “Nature had other ideas.”
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Stephen King dislikes Kubrick’s adaptation of ‘The Shining’

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 11:41 AM PST

Renowned American novelist, Stephen King, has expressed his dislike of the cinematic adaptation of his best-selling novel, The Shining, by Stanley Kubrick.
In an interview with Rolling Stones magazine, King said Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 movie basically failed to be loyal to the spirit of the novel, adding, “The book is hot, and the movie is cold; the book ends in fire, and the movie in Ice.”
In the writer’s view, Jack Torrance, the main character of his novel, stands as an ordinary person whose objective is to be a good individual, but he gradually proceeds towards the state of craziness. In Kubrick’s adaptation, however, “Jack was crazy from the first scene,” King said.
King’s disapproval of the cinematic adaptation of The Shining is not an unprecedented issue. In an interview with BBC in 2013, King had also criticized Kubrick’s interpretation of the main female character of the movie, Wendy Torrance, performed by Shelley Duvall. As the writer imparts, Wendy’s character is utterly misogynistic, in a way that she does nothing but screaming and depicting her denseness. This character appears to be dissimilar to what the writer created in his novel.
Despite such sights, King acknowledges that a large number of the people cherished and praised the movie, though he should not be questioned if there are such discrepancies in opinions. “I don’t get it. But there are a lot of things that I don’t get. But obviously people absolutely love it, and they don’t understand why I don’t.”
Since Kubrick’s movies are replete with allusions along with peculiar symbols, some critics, with reference to the director’s art of symbolism, suggested that Kubrick never intended to be flatteringly loyal to King’s novel. Clinching to symbolic interpretations, for instance, in the book, Jack’s Volkswagen is red, but in the movie, the car is yellow, and in a vivid scene, it passes a red Volkswagen which is badly crushed on the road.
In another part of the Rolling Stone interview, King addressed some of the best cinematic adaptations of his literary works. He regarded Stand by Me as “true to the book,” which kept the “emotional gradient of the story.” Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and Misery were among his other preferred features.
Kubrick’s The Shining was released on May 23, 1980, and according to some of the most prominent movie critics such as late Roger Ebert and Jan Harlan, it is regarded as one of the most awe-inspiring horror movies of all time.
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Britons feeling excluded in Birmingham

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 11:32 AM PST

A new study by the government has found that White working-class people in Birmingham feel betrayed and excluded by politicians who they feel have deserted them for non-White people.
Researchers from the Department of Communities and Local Government questioned White working class people around Castle Vale, which is still largely White.
One of the major concerns was that White people were not welcome in the city at night.
“He [a local White resident] talks of a few incidents that have occurred over previous years, including a road sign in an area with a high Asian population, on which was sprayed the phrase ‘No Whites after 8.30” the government report says.
“These ‘no-go areas’, according to him, are mirrored by Castle Vale, a place where he feels safe but others [other White people] would not dare go.”
The anonymous resident spoke about how he felt intimidated by the large “Asian” population (Muslim, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indian).
“There’s these areas that have completely been took over… and you do feel very uneasy. Not just me, and I only drive into these areas, never actually walk into these areas, I just wouldn’t.”
“These are our little havens, places like Castle Vale, and it’s about 90 per cent white in this community, and it’s just such a relief you know…”
“Even though there’s people out there that would be terrified to come to Castle Vale, we can’t wait to get back to it.”
The city of Birmingham, or “Brum” as the natives call it, is the second most populous city in the UK, and it is also the second most non-White city, at 58% White. London takes first prize for being the most populous city and also the most non-White, at just 55% British.
London is predicted to be minority White in a few years, it is already minority British (45%). The government report predicts the same minority status for Birmingham by 2024.

Ukraine continues shelling cities around Donetsk

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 10:26 AM PST

Once handling some five million passengers annually, Donetsk airport is now lying in ruins.

Ukraine’s government forces have shelled several cities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic over 30 times, pro-Russia sources say.
The Donetsk news agency quoted the sources as saying that the attacks occurred early Saturday in populated areas on the outskirts of Donetsk, Gorlovka and a number of towns and villages in the eastern conflict zone.
The attacks come in violation of a shaky ceasefire agreement reached in September last year in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, following mediation by Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Pro-Russia forces said such attacks are carried out by “rogue” elements within the ranks of the Ukrainian army.
Ukraine’s mainly Russian-speaking regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in the east have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Russia forces and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations to silence pro-Russia protests there in mid-April 2014.
According to the latest figures released by the United Nations, more than 4,800 people have been killed in the fighting.
Kiev and its Western allies accuse Russia of having a hand in the chaotic situation in eastern Ukraine. Moscow categorically denies the allegation.
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Churches torched as Niger’s anti-Charlie Hebdo protest escalates

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 10:21 AM PST

Residents watch a ransacked church that burned after thousands of protesters gathered following Friday prayers to vent anger at the depiction of the prophet in the publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in the latest edition of the French satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo, on January 16, 2015 in Zinder.

Police fired tear gas as hundreds of Niger Muslims came out to yet again protest Charlie Hebdo’s satirical cartoons targeting Islam. Several Christian churches have been set on fire by rioting crowds in Niger, as the world sees a second day of rallies.
Niger, a former French colony, has been gripped by Charlie Hebdo-fueled violence since Friday, when a protest rally in front of a French cultural center led to deadly clashes in which three protesters and a police officer were killed.
On Saturday, Niger police again used tear gas against at least 1,000 aggressive young demonstrators in the capital, Niamey, who burned tires and pelted the security troops with stones. At least two police cars were burned out as the angry crowd retaliated against a decision to ban a march organized by local Muslim leaders.
Elsewhere in the country, at least seven Christian churches were set on fire and ransacked, AFP reported, as religious-linked conflict escalates in the country.
Yemen on Saturday also saw renewed demonstrations against the Charlie Hebdo cartoons.
Meanwhile, in Russia’s predominantly Muslim republic of Ingushetia, some 10,000 people showed up to denounce both extremists hijacking Islam to spread a message of hatred and violence and those in the west who equate deliberate insulting of Muslims’ faith with defending freedom of speech.
The protests on Friday after Muslim prayers were held across the Muslim word, with mostly peaceful rallies reported in Algeria, Syria, India and The Philippines. In Jordan there were clashes with police as demonstrators tried to march to the French embassy, while in Pakistan’s Karachi police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of some 200 people.
Meanwhile, French President Francois Hollande defended the pro-Charlie Hebdo drive in the wake of the deadly assault on the satirical weekly last week, saying it was part of defending freedom of expression, an essential western value.
“I’m thinking of countries where sometimes they don’t understand what freedom of expression is because they have been deprived of it. But also, we have supported these countries in their fight against terrorism,” Hollande said of the anti-Charlie Hebdo rallies.
The latest issue of Charlie Hebdo saw a surge of sales in the wake of the tragedy. Surviving journalists initially expected a million of copies to be sold, but now the issue is aiming at a target of 7 million copies, a far cry from the usual circulation enjoyed by the fringe publication.
The issue features Islam’s Prophet Muhammad holding a placard reading “Je suis Charlie” and the headline, “All is forgiven.” Depicting images of Mohammed is forbidden in Islam and is considered a grave offense.
Last week, three Islamist gunmen went on a rampage in Paris, starting with the killings at Charlie Hebdo and continuing with a hostage-taking at a kosher store. The attacks claimed 17 lives.— Output – Tim Wall, Today 16:45
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