Monthly Archives: December 2012

Since his re-election, Mr. Obama has agreed to foster a “conversation” on climate change and an “education process” about long-term steps to address it. He needs to do a good deal more than that. Intellectually, Mr. Obama grasps the problem … Continue reading →

On November 13, the National Interagency Fire Center reported 53,000 fires this year in the US. US Fire Count Continues To Plummet Today they are reporting 67,300. There have been very few fires since November 13. National Interagency Fire Center

Guns are deeply rooted within Swiss culture – but the gun crime rate is so low that statistics are not even kept. The country has a population of six million, but there are estimated to be at least two million … Continue reading →

Obama and the left have taken American arrogance to new levels. The US does not control the climate and the US does not control atmospheric CO2, which is completely out of our hands. Obama is too busy turning the US into a … Continue reading →

Not subject to debate is North America’s worst infestation of bark beetles in recorded history, a problem centered in the once dense forests of Colorado. According to a recent report in the National Journal, the pest has destroyed 3.3 million … Continue reading →

The LA Times says that Kerry will be useless at everything, except possibly tackling an imaginary problem which he couldn’t do anything about even if it was real. December 28, 2012 Sen. John Kerry, President Obama’s nominee for secretary of … Continue reading →

Saturday 31 May 1947 Dr. Ahlmann added that temperatures in the Arctic have increased by 10 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900. An ‘enormous’ rise from the scientific standpoint. Waters in the Spitsbergen area, in the same period, have risen from three … Continue reading →

When he was three, my oldest son had never seen a real or toy gun, watched television or been to the movies. We were walking through Washington Park in Denver when he picked up a stick and started holding it like a … Continue reading →

Sea level will either rise one metre in the next seven years, or not at all. Either way, all hell is going to break loose in the year 2080. www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2012/20121226_GreenlandIceSheetUpdate.pdf Four metres of sea level rise between 2080 and 2100? … Continue reading →

Steig tells us that Antarctica is experiencing a fatal meltdown, with sea ice area above normal every day in 2012. The year is finishing with an average excess of more than 8,000 Manhattans of ice. arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.south.anom.1979-2008