A funny one I have not seen before . . .
The Twelve Days of Global Warming
Very clever . . .
Via Planet Gore.
Gore once famously said, when caught telling one of his many falsehoods, “it’s occasionally necessary to ‘over represent’ the emergency, in order to propel the case forward.” Well, here are a few examples of over representing their case.
Merry Christmas
The photo behind the greeting is the one I took last winter at the Grand Canyon. Click to enlarge. If you would like to see the photo without the lettering, go to Winter Canyon from Lookout Studio.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Choose Your Holiday Greeting
To All My Liberal Friends:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or explicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2010, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.
To All My Conservative Friends:
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Via Andy McCarthy at The Corner.
Top Ten Foriegn Policy Blunders of 2009
Via Power Line:
- Surrendering to Russia over missile defense.
- Appeasing the mullahs of Iran.
- Ending the war on terror.
- Announcing a surge while declaring an exit.
- Apologizing to France for America’s “arrogance.”
- Giving DVDs to the British Prime Minister.
- Siding with Marxists in Honduras.
- Bowing to emperors and kings.
- Embracing genocidal killers in Sudan.
- Throwing Churchill out of the White House.
I say it’s time to throw these clowns out of the White House
The Santa Pin
Every Christmas season, I don this old Santa pin that I’ve had for many years. I think it’s cute and it makes people smile. Click for big.
First Day of Winter
Today marks the first day of winter in the northern hemisphere. It’s the shortest day of the year for the Los Angeles area; the solar disk will be above the horizon for only 9 hours and 54 minutes today at our latitude.
The diagram above illustrates the orbit of the Earth around the Sun and highlights the passage of our planet through eight significant portals recognized by cultures for many millennia. Those are the two equinoxes, the four cross quarter days and the two solstices. Today, we pass through the winter solstice for the northern hemisphere.
For more information about the science and lore of these several special days, check out the website Archaeoastronomy.com and have a look around.