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A Knockout for Winter

This got me chuckling, so I thought I would post it here. I really liked the rant that went with it and the little image of ALGOR (a.k.a. OZONE) fretting over his champ having been K.O.’d.

From Sam Ryskind’s cartoon site, Fresh Meat: NOAA and NASA Want Antarctica To Melt

knockout.jpgYou don’t hear much about the ozone hole any more. Has it gone away? Nope. NOAA and NASA say in 2006 it was bigger and deeper than ever.

But wait, you say, we implemented the Montreal Protocols in 1989, eliminating ozone depleting CFCs. Kofi Annan called the Protocol, “Perhaps the most successful international agreement to date.” CFC concentrations have been falling since 1995. How can the ozone hole be worse?

It’s not worse, says NOAA, it’s better. It’s just that you can’t see how great the Protocol is working because colder than average temperatures in the Antarctic mask the benefit. Cold weather result[s] in larger and deeper ozone holes, while warmer weather leads to smaller ones.

Colder in Antarctica? Al Gore told me it was melting! Al Gore told me there was consensus. Consensus!

Hat Tip John at Power Line

08 Feb 2007 by Global Warming Humor Whacko Politics

More Inconvenient Science

polar bearsScientists studying the history of climate variations in Arctic regions have confirmed that the Northern Polar regions were much warmer than today. Over the last quarter-million years, the most significant arctic warming took place some 130,000 years in the past. The warming then had a much greater effect on the ice and vegetation than could happen now with the relatively small increase in global temperature.

Image: Two polar bears sparring on the arctic tundra in Canada.

This is the conclusion from From World Climate Report where an excellent analysis of the scientific report may be found:

Arctic Lessons from the Last Interglacial (Polar bears survived)

The next time that you see Al Gore’s photo collection of decaying glaciers and polar bears drowning as the distance between icebergs and the shore is too far to swim, think of the LIG as a natural period in Earth’s history when hippopotamus and the water tortoise were widespread as far north as Great Britain and birch forests reached the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Remember that then, as now, the Arctic naturally warmed more dramatically than the rest of the world, and also keep in mind that our modern global climate models – those that sit next to the panic button – are stumbling around that reality.

06 Feb 2007 by Global Warming Science Whacko Politics

Moonbat Miranda

moonbat.jpgThe next time you encounter an individual bent upon believing the unbelievable, recite the following Miranda rights for Moonbats:

  • You have the right to remain stupid.
  • Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of public opinion.
  • You have the right to become informed rather than believing false conclusions.
  • If you cannot or will not become informed, nothing can be done for you.
  • Do you understand these rights?
  • Do you wish to become informed?

If, at the conclusion of the Moonbat Miranda, they do not wish to become informed, there is no need to cuff and transport them — they will usually remain arrested by their own stupidity.

31 Jan 2007 by Culture Humor Whacko Politics

Caving to the Myths

As Damsel and I sat watching the State of the Union address Tuesday night, I winced and groaned when President Bush made the following remarks:

the-prez.jpg“America is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that will enable us to live our lives less dependent on oil. And these technologies will help us be better stewards of the environment, and they will help us to confront the serious challenge of global climate change.”

I said to Damsel something to the effect of “Dammit! I hope he’s not caving in to the Greenbats“!

Apparently, I’m not the only one bristled by the President’s remarks; Tom DeLay had this to say on his weblog:

tom-delay.jpgI have long been a skeptic of the ‘global warming’ doomsday set, and the President seems to be caving in to the politically correct but scientifically questionable arguments in favor of man made ‘global climate change’ in his speech. The discussion of energy policy is best left in the realm of scientifically proven fact – and I wish he had made his argument on decreasing our energy consumption as a means to lessen our dependence on foreign oil, rather then framing the discussion by using unproven theories about the forces affecting the earth’s climate.

Now don’t get me wrong. I liked most of the things the President said, but I think he’s getting some bad advice on several of the policies and initiatives he advocated during the speech. Read Tom Delay’s complete critique of President Bush’s address: “A Grander Vision.”

25 Jan 2007 by Global Warming Whacko Politics

Six Democratic “Accomplishments”

Since the Democratic majority congress has been in session, they have made some “accomplishments.” From a conservative viewpoint, these several pieces of legislation are transparent in their real accomplishments and their worthlessness to most of the citizens of our country.

Right: Democratic leadership animation — turn the sound up for this.

Thanks to Tom Delay for providing the bulleted analysis seen below. I provided the lines with numbers.

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22 Jan 2007 by Congress Whacko Politics

Off to the Races

Although she occasionally resembles parts of a horse’s anatomy, the latest entry into the Democratic presidential horserace is unqualified for the post. She is a secular progressive, soft on crime and anti-second amendment (wants to disarm you and me). Ms. Clinton is inconsistent on the War on Terror and a malicious person. You can expect her to commit back-stabbing throughout the Democratic race — it’s already started beginning with her attacks on Senator Obama, who, by the way, is no less a committed leftist than Clinton.

21 Jan 2007 by Whacko Politics

World Climate Report

snow-palms.jpgI had a chat with a colleague at work this morning about the recent snowfall in Malibu, California. He chuckled, “It’s the Gore effect,” and told me about an article he saw on Instapundit, “Wherever Al Gore goes, unusually low temperatures seem to follow.”

I read Instapundit’s article and found that the term “Gore effect” has actually made it into the Urban Dictionary.

My colleague and I had a good chuckle over that.

Having heat or cold spells is hardly unusual — it’s just the way things go. Long term temperature and climate effects are in the domain of the Sun’s behavior and there is little we can do about that. Short term phenomena will average out to the global mean annual temperature — which seems to be cooling off a bit according to this report about the Nordic sea ice expansion from World Climate Report:

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18 Jan 2007 by Global Warming Science Whacko Politics

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