Temperature Risings – Watts Nails It (Again)

Anthony Watts has a nice post today on the Urban Heat Island effect, or “UHI” as it’s known (because we propeller-head types have to use acronyms to keep you commoners off balance). He looks at the temperature records of two cities within close proximity of each other: Ft. Collins and Boulder, both in Colorado. The [...]

From the Trailer Park: Furry Vengeance

This movie is to environmentalism what I Spit On Your Grave was to feminism. Revenge fantasy — pure and simple.

The Goreacle Awakes

He’s back!

After the scandal of the CRU e-mail revelations and the IPCC lies  (and vice versa) many wondered if the high priest of the global-warming alarmist movement had permanently retired to his electrified compound to curse, moan, and count his carbon-offset millions.

Alas, we’re not done with Al Gore, yet.  If the former vice-president learned nothing [...]

Saturday Open Thread

Radio Free Threedonia 2.6 -- It's about time

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With the deepest of apologies, we finally and proudly present the latest episode of Radio Free Threedonia. Author, columnist, and PJTV mainstay Andrew Klavan joined us to discuss “The Long Way Home,” the latest book in his Homelander series and in addition to getting his perspective on the importance of fiction, as usual, [...]

Say huh?

"Glacier, what glacier?!?!"

For God’s sake, someone put some pants on Rich’s opponents!!!

H/T: Patriot Post

Now, He Wants to Debate?!

BBC News has posted an interview with Phil Jones, the head of the beleaguered Climate Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia.  The recent leak of CRU’s e-mails and data files have caused many to question the professionalism of the CRU and their allies in the global warming-alarmist community.

Some key excerpts (emphases mine):

Do [...]

Frozen Wasteland

In honor of The Who and the wonderful weather the majority of the USA is having, these Minnesota lads (and lass) fired up the instruments and gave us this masterwork…

H/T Uncle Jimbo

“That’s a bingo!!!”

Print ‘em up and play at your own head-imploding risk tomorrow night…

Hot For Teachers Unions

The man who gave us “An Inconvenient Truth” has some more inconvenient
things to tell us

This time, documentarian Davis Guggenheim is targeting the U.S public
school system with his film, currently titled “Waiting for Superman.”

Worldwide rights for the film have been acquired by Paramount Vantage,
the studio announced today.

The news release doesn’t mention a title, which means the [...]

Shut Up Already! Damn.

Most of you by now have heard that Pat Robertson blamed Haiti’s “pact with the devil” for the earthquake. Here’s the clip. Sorry to use a lefty conspiracy clip, but it’s the shortest one available and is light on editorial comment believe it or not:

How Old Testament. Well it seems he’s not [...]

In my best “dialect,” shut yo’ mouf!!!

Radio Free Threedonia 2.3 — A whole 2 hours?!?!

OK, we still had some sound glitches, but we indeed ran a full 120 minutes with no major stalls or even a few minutes of silence. In our first interview-less show in God knows how long, and ably produced and piloted by Young Gun Conservative’s Kender “Patriot Missile” MacGowan, Rich, Floyd and I, along with [...]

Brrrrrrrrrrr!

Jolly old England, feeling the effects of global warming.

(Imaged by NASA’s Terra satellite last Thursday)

Interesting article in the Daily Mail today. A lot of climatologists have been saying, for quite a while, that ocean currents are the big dogs when it comes to climate change. The guys that keep track of [...]

When It’s “Free”…

…it pretty much means you and I are paying for it.

Sitting at my desk, listening to a couple of coworkers bragging about all of the “free” appliances they recently had installed. For one: a new gas furnace and two freezers (about $7,000 worth of booty). For the other: a new gas furnace and a new [...]

Next Up For the CIA: Cleaning White House Windows

Hello – Mr. President? You know that massive failure of intelligence community to nab the underoo-bomber before he had a chance to light the ultimate crotch-rocket? You think crap like this, implemented by you and your party of marching morons, has anything do with it:

The CIA, in announcing the Center on Climate Change and National [...]

Because One Can’t Mock Al Gore Nearly Enough

I have zero musical talent, but I can do parody lyrics. Any of you who can actually play an instrument are free to record the following, sign a deal with a major record label, go on tour, sleep with groupies and trash hotel rooms.

To the tune of “Satisfaction”:

Gore can’t get no climate action
Gore can’t get [...]

Tuesday Open Thread

Take me back, deja vu — BUMPED

FO3D Christian Toto has a timely reminder up over at Big Hollywood, but for those who inexplicably don’t come around there no more…

With all pardons for swiping a line from Van Halen …

Say nice things and people sometimes notice. Say glowing things here and here, and apparently even cooler people notice. That’s right, folks, in [...]

Baby It’s Cold Outside

As most everyone here knows, the norm – in geologic terms – is for the earth to be in an ice age, not our current comfy, warmy present. The present era, known as an interglacial period (this one is  called the Holocence) has lasted a bit over 10,000 years now and, based on the record, [...]

Radio Free Threedonia 2.2 -- All killer, no filler

As we continue to work out the technical kinks at our new Right Talk Radio home, an early Christmas/late Hanukkah present for our loyal RF3D listeners: week 2.2’s interviews, minus the in-between chatter from me and Floyd. Some call it a blessing and in lieu of our second unanticipated delay, I won’t argue that point.

Also, [...]

Nancy Pelosi Needs A Refresher Course In Constitutional Law

Pelosi in Copenhagen. The surreal moment comes at 1:00

They’re talking about cap and trade (Waxman Markey) which the Speaker of the House is confident will get through the Senate, apparently because she’s met with Ministers of the European Union. Uh-huh. I’m no Floyd (and I thank God for that every day), but last [...]

Haiku 4 U

In honor of the poet-laureate of the new global government:

Copenhagen ends

The crisis unsolved by clowns

But where is Phil Jones?

(snap, snap, snap, snap)

All comments in Haiku please: 5-7-5.

Al Gore Poetic Beat Down

Took me all of five minutes to poetry-slam Big Al – admittedly not much of a feat – but at least mine rhymes. (You’re welcome Eric).

Ode To The Jester

“The science is settled!” the jester cried

A defiant tilt to his head

“We must act and quickly”

“Lest we all soon be dead!”

.

Albert e.e. Gore

Al Gore — in his most recent climate tome — has penned a poem which he read on CNN. Below in italics is Gore’s poem. In bold are some random thoughts I had as I read his work.

One thin September soon
A floating continent disappears
In midnight sun

What pray tell is a “thin” September? [...]

Rich: Climate Change and the China problem

Rich has another article posted at Front Page. That makes two this week for Threedonia’s resident environmental guru. Congratulations, buddy you are doing us proud and doing the lord’s work. But “whoring” yourself, you say? Allow me to raise my pimp hand.

Read Rich here.

(Editor’s Note: Internet searches for “pimp” and the JohnFN favorite I’m Gonna [...]

Lord Monckton vs. Greenpeace

If you’ve never heard the learned Lord Christopher Monckton discuss global warming, this exchange with an earnest, but deluded Greenpeacenik makes for very entertaining viewing:

With or Without a Bullett:

Another post over at Front Page on (what else?) climate change. And is it the most-viewed piece at Front Page today? Why yes indeedy it is.

Thanks for asking.

And did I steal the topic from my brother Stosh and his excellent post of last week?

I don’t know what you’re talking about.

All of this occurred while I [...]

I Like My Models Like I Like My Models…

…Robust

Martin Hutchinson has an enlightening post at the Bear’s Lair blog.  In it, he shows how the recent economic downturn is related to the coming one (the one that will come if AGW-alarmists get their way).  Faulty modelling is to blame:

The denouement in both cases may also turn out to be similar. In Wall [...]

Big Al Strikes Again (Guest Post)

Smug? Ain’t no smugnosity here!

(trzupr here: Stosh from da Sticks is back, with some more high falutin ideas, thinkin that a doctorate from MIT qualifies him to argue climate science with a Nobel Prize winner. For my sake, indulge his fantasies…)

Excluding Al Franken (and as a general principle, that’s not a bad idea), [...]

Now That’s Cool

trzupr (artist’s conception)

How cool can one Polack be? Well, not only did yours truly file a brilliant Op-Ed with David Horowitz’s Front Page Mag – which you should read immediately and share with everyone in the civilized world – but, in addition,  Fox is considering running it as well (thanks to [...]

Top 5 – MSM Myths About Global Warming

There are certain themes that the MSM continue to perpetuate, more desperately than ever in the wake of Climategate, in an effort to sell man-made global warming to the public. It is, in a way, more maddening than the efforts of the alarmists to deceive us. Journalists, we have been led to believe, are supposed [...]

Tiger Woods — Good For Science!

Paparazzi and bored sportswriters are not the only ones to profit off the troubles of Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordgren — no those greedy bastards who write physics books in layman’s terms also profit. This is disgusting.

It’s not as illustrious as having the president publicly declare he’s reading your book — as [...]

Hysteria humor

Because I’m too lazy to space out the below throughout the day, laugh it up, fuzzballs, en masse style …

DANGER! DANGER!

USEPA Administrator Lisa Jackson addresses the media (artist’s conception)

When EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson signed the Agency’s official endangerment finding yesterday, it got a lot of press. Let’s talk a bit about what that means.

First of all, note the verb: “signed”. Many in the MSM use the verb “issued”. Not to quibble, but allow [...]

“Unbelievable and Unacceptable”

Dr. Michael Schlesinger discusses climate science with the NY Times’ Andy Revkin (artist’s conception)

Character 1 (r): Dr. Michael Schlesinger, a meteorologist at the University of Illinois, and one of the nation’s leading global warming alarmists. (Sidebar: when a skeptic is identified as a mere meteorologist – like Anthony Watts, for example – the [...]

Global Warming – Origins

A nice little summary of how this all got started can be found here, and how Gore’s mentor in this fiasco came to renounce both Gore and his own research. Admitting that you are wrong is a difficult thing to do, but Roger Revelle was a scientist first. Not that he could possibly know as [...]

Yawner

Am I fixating? Yes, I’m fixating. But, in what universe is this not news? Phil Jones is out as Director of CRU. Michael (“has anyone seen my Hockey Stick?”) Mann is being investigated. And the collective response of the MSM? One giant yawn. Responsible journalism demands that they devote their rescources to poking around Tiger [...]

Dumpster Diving

As climategate continues to unfold, this statement from the frauds scientists at the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit (CRU) is positively infuriating precious:

We do not hold the original raw data but only the value-added (quality controlled and homogenised) data.

How convenient. How very, very convenient.

The raw data refers to the original, historical temperature [...]

Daddy… What Does Global Warming Cause?

Why — global warming causes everything bad in the world honey. And if you don’t believe me — here’s a list — with links.

Here’s the list:

A complete list of things caused by global warming

Acne, agricultural land increase, Afghan poppies destroyed, poppies more potent, Africa devastated, Africa in conflict, African aid threatened, African summer [...]

Hide the Decline — Kiwi Edition

It seems that New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric research (NIWA) is under fire for “cooking the numbers” — a la the East Anglia Climate Research Unit.

The New Zealand Government’s chief climate advisory unit NIWA is under fire for allegedly massaging raw climate data to show a global warming trend that wasn’t there.

The [...]

Professor Firefly Solves the Climate Change Debate

“Whatever it is, I’m against it!”

Alright students, listen up.  I’ve had all I can take of this Climate Change/Global Warming/Ice Caps receding/El Nina/El Nino/CO2 Good/CO2 Bad/Carbon Footprint/Carbon Offset/Cap and Trade/Crap and Trade nonsense.  In the words of Popeye the Sailor, “that’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more!”

I know this is [...]

Pay No Attention To That Man Behind the Curtain!

Cory Doctorow and the other so-called “freedom-loving” douchebags at BoingBoing put the recent hack of the East Anglian Climate Research Unit into context for us.

A huge amount of email from the East Anglia Climate Research Unit was hacked and released onto the web, causing much rejoicing from the climate change denialists. They read through the [...]

The Bishop Summarizes CRU E-Mail

Busy, busy, busy today. (Meetings, not hiding any declines). But, enough time to recommend that you check out Bishop Hill’s splendid summary of some CRU e-mails.

Also, I see that WSJ had the story today. And, as people break down the data files, there is going to be lots more to come.

Did I mention that I [...]

Fallout

Dr. Gavin Schmidt – Smug sense of self-importance included at no additional charge.

The fallout continues, following the release of the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit files and e-mails yesterday. What has been called a “hack” may, in fact, be an inside-job. McIntyre (who has set up a new mirror site for [...]