Wednesday roundup

S. Fred Singer has a piece at The American Thinker on the three reasons why upcoming international conference in Paris on the environment won't amount to diddly:

. . . developing countries have other priorities; scandals are brewing and may flare up; and the climate itself is not cooperating.

ISIS has compiled and is distributing a 12-chapter, 63-page book on how lone wolves and small cells can blend in.  Pretty thorough:

Jihadis are also warned not to draw attention to themselves by falling into routines, whether eating at the same restaurant or taking the same route each day. And other habits are deemed security risks, as well: “One of the Mujahideen in Afghanistan used to love tea, he couldn’t stop drinking tea. So when he got arrested, they only needed to deprive him from tea and they started getting information from him.”

The handbook notes that lone wolves are especially valuable because they don’t catch attention for being fish out of water — they’re “already in their natural environment and know the customs around them very well.”

In addition, an ideal lone wolf candidate, they stress, “should make sure to not look particularly attached to religion.”

“Also, you shouldn’t be going too often to places like mosques, Islamic institutes or Islamic libraries. You should also wear western-style clothes as to appear neutral and not draw attention to yourself.” The text adds that “most operations that failed in the West did because of brothers who were unsufficiently prepared.”

“Keep your political and religious point of views to yourself, and don’t get yourself involved in any kind of debates with anyone. When asked, tell what people want to hear… Do not create any kind of problem with your neighbors or colleagues.” 

You may already know that Post-America and Russia have reached an agreement on flying in Syrian airspace, but how about this development: Embattled Syrian prez Assad recently turned up in Moscow to confer with Putin. 

And, folks, this is why we call them Freedom-Haters:

The principal of Everett Middle School in San Francisco has decided to withhold the results of the school’s student-council elections because the group of students elected wasn’t diverse enough. Local news source KTVU reports that the election was held on October 10, and that Principal Lena Van Haren sent an e-mail to parents on October 14 informing them that the results would not be released because they didn’t reflect the school’s diversity. “That is concerning to me because as principal I want to make sure all voices are heard from all backgrounds,” Van Haren told KTVU.

And Squirrel-Hair continues to prove some things about the post-American public that, however reluctantly, we must acknowledge.