 Tom Doremus (@PTDoremus)12/20/10 6:04 AM Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. ~Ronald Reagan |
Monday, December 20, 2010
@PTDoremus, 12/20/10 6:04 AM
Sunday, December 19, 2010
A Scientific Theory Is Judged By Its Predictive Power
2 hours ago by John
"Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past." That is what global warming alarmists in Great Britain were telling us just ten years ago:
Britain's winter ends tomorrow with further indications of a striking environmental change: snow is starting to disappear from our lives.
Sledges, snowmen, snowballs and the excitement of waking to find that the stuff has settled outside are all a rapidly diminishing part of Britain's culture, as warmer winters - which scientists are attributing to global climate change - produce not only fewer white Christmases, but fewer white Januaries and Februaries. ...
According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia,within a few years winter snowfall will become "a very rare and exciting event".
"Children just aren't going to know what snow is," he said.
The Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia was, as you probably remember, home to the famous "Climategate" emails of 2009. As it turned out, the alarmists' farewell to snow in Great Britain was premature, as England is now experiencing another severe winter, with record low temperatures and near-blizzard conditions in some areas:
Forecasters warned that parts of Britain could see record low temperatures this week of -26C (-15F). Heathrow will experience lows of about -9C (16F) tonight and further snowfall is expected in the South East during the evening rush hour.
Motorists continued to struggle. The M25 was closed in both directions for about six hours while drivers on the M40 in Oxfordshire suffered severe delays.
Commuters were warned to expect treacherous conditions with thick ice and freezing fog today. Train passengers also face delays and cancellations, particularly in the North. Eurostar services between London and Paris have also been affected.
Snow and ice grounded the vast majority of flights in and out of Britain, with Heathrow the worst-affected airport.
British children (not to mention motorists) are in no danger of forgetting what snow is all about. Yesterday, traffic ground to a halt on the A3:
Winter is tough on drivers; this photo was taken earlier this month in Epsom:
But snow isn't all bad. Those British kids who were never supposed to know the joys of sledding, skating and, above all, snowball fighting are in luck:
It's fun to ridicule the warmists because they are so often wrong, but their errors are in fact significant: a scientific theory that implies predictions that turn out to be wrong, is false. A principal feature of climate hysteria is its proponents' unwillingness to be judged by the standards that govern real science.
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@timcarvell, 12/19/10 1:18 PM
 Tim Carvell (@timcarvell)12/19/10 1:18 PM Spent the morning playing "Birds Who Are Not Angry, Just Disappointed", passive-aggressively guilting pigs into returning my stolen eggs. |
Down for the Count
16 minutes ago by Kathleen McCaffrey
There was an interesting article today on the Forbes site about the prospects of Tuesday's census report release. An expanding population in the sun belt, and a decline in the Rust Belt, may reform our elections in 2012 and beyond.
"The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nation must reapportion the 435 House districts to make them roughly equal in population, based on the latest census figures. ....
The combination of population shifts and the recent election results could make Obama's re-election campaign more difficult. Each House seat represents an electoral vote in the presidential election process, giving more weight to states Obama probably will lose in 2012. The states he carried in 2008 are projected to lose, on balance, six electoral votes to states that his GOP challenger, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, won. That sets a higher bar for Obama before his re-election campaign even starts."
Good to know. I am glad to see that the Sun Belt, Texas, and the like are attracting new migrants. Their ethos, marked by lower taxes and ease of business, should set a trend in other states. Their success is the result of state government competition and we should all be so proud to live in a country where such a thing can exist.
... Especially when it makes the job of Barack Obama's campaign managers much, much more difficult.
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@VRWCTexan, 12/19/10 9:34 AM
 Tom T. (@VRWCTexan)12/19/10 9:34 AM TSA officer sentenced to 3 years' "Probation" for stealing laptop computers from passengers' luggage at Philadelphia airport |
Al Sharpton: ‘You a Punk Faggot’
4 minutes ago by Tom White
Wow!
Daily Caller has this bit of a loudmouthed Al Sharpton.
See video below!
Article written by: Tom White
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Happy Autumn! Global Warming Updates:
about an hour ago by commoncents
Britain:
COLDEST Winter since records began in 1910
Germany:
Blizzard causes traffic havoc: 3 dead, dozens of accidents
Minnesota:
5th largest snowfall in Twin-Cities history
Ireland:
Area experiencing worst snowfall in 25 years
Florida:
Cold snap puts stress on Florida Marine Life
Central Florida:
Temps plunge to 21 degrees - Orange crops impacted
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@ihatethemedia, 12/18/10 10:37 AM
 I Hate The Media (@ihatethemedia)12/18/10 10:37 AM Sorry, Asians. Sorry, Hispanics. Sorry, Eskimos. Chicago mayoral candidate says only blacks are miniorities. http://bit.ly/e7r2Ti |
Friday, December 17, 2010
@michellemalkin, 12/17/10 9:11 AM
 Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin)12/17/10 9:11 AM With border in chaos, J-Nap proclaims "environmental justice" a priority http://is.gd/iU52v |
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Chicago Democrat: Only Blacks Should be Considered Minorities, Says Women, Asians, Hispanics “Shouldn’t Be Able to Use That Title”…
35 minutes ago by ZIP
How very racist of him…
(Chicago Sun Times)- Mayoral challenger James Meeks scrambled Thursday to put out a political fire touched off by his suggestion that only African-Americans should be eligible for city contracts set aside for minorities and women.
Meeks made the statement on Wednesday during an interview on WVON-AM (1690). It happened during a discussion of why African-American businesses got a 7 percent sliver of Chicago's $1 billion spending pie through Aug. 31, down from 8 percent a year ago.
"The word 'minority' from our standpoint should mean African-American. I don't think women, Asians and Hispanics should be able to use that title," he said.
"That's why our numbers cannot improve — because we use women, Asians and Hispanics who are not people of color, who are not people who have been discriminated against."
And yes, he is a Democrat even though the above article doesn't mention it.
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@robport, 12/16/10 2:27 PM
 Rob Port (@robport)12/16/10 2:27 PM Remember When Democrats Were Upset That You Couldn't Read Your Credit Card Bill? http://ht.ly/1aubvG |
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
@ihatethemedia, 12/15/10 7:31 AM
| I Hate The Media (@ihatethemedia) 12/15/10 7:31 AM 10 Che Guevara quotes the left would rather not talk about http://bit.ly/gRavDA |
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The Democrats’ Capstone
13 minutes ago
The proposed Senate omnibus bill makes for truly amazing reading. It's like the Democrats have decided to wear proudly the mantle forced on them by Republicans in the last election—the mantle of pork, waste, and Obamacare. It makes it perfectly clear that the chatter surrounding the deficit commission and the sudden interest in fiscal restraint among some Democrats in Congress since November has been just idle talk, and that what the Democrats really want is more reckless spending.
This 2,000 page monstrosity stuffed down the country's throat in the last moment of the 111th Congress would be the epitome of everything the voters rejected. Is this the first major piece of legislation President Obama wants to sign after the election? Is this how the Senate Democrats who are up in 2012 want to start their reelection cycles? Republicans need to make it very clear to those Senate Democrats that this vote will not be forgotten: it will serve as a symbol of the old way, and together with the 2009 stimulus bill and the health-care bill will hang around the neck of every member of Congress who supports it.
Yuval Levin
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Monday, December 13, 2010
@NYTimesDealBook, 12/13/10 2:16 PM
 NYTimes DealBook (@NYTimesDealBook)12/13/10 2:16 PM Mourn the Muni Market http://nyti.ms/g2I7gM |
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