Monthly Archives: September 2013

An Italian war correspondent held captive by multiple armed groups in Syria has spoken of how he was treated “like an animal”. Paradoxically, he said, “the only ones who treated us with humanity were those closest to al-Qaeda”, because they … Continue reading →

In one of the most deft diplomatic maneuvers of all time, Russia’s President Putin has saved the world from near-certain disaster. He did so without the egoistical but incompetent American president, or his earnest but clueless Secretary of State, even … Continue reading →

These fine Democratic legislators took bribes from Bloomberg and Obama to trash the Constitutional rights of Coloradans. Hopefully they will be unemployed tomorrow. Making Colorado safe, like New York and Chicago

September Sea Ice Outlook: June Report | ARCUS This was humiliating, so JAXA cleverly adjusted their methodology downwards right at the finish line. Unadjusted JAXA is 5.1 million km². The new version of JAXA (adopted three days ago) is 4.8 million … Continue reading →

Syria: Rebels Give US Targets To Defeat Regime Rebels hand the US specific targets which would weaken the regime and say they will join jihadi groups in a push to Damascus. “We have targets and we have passed them onto … Continue reading →

Arctic ice experts say that recent data offer powerful evidence that summer sea ice has passed a point of no return. Arctic Tipping Point: A North Pole Without Ice by Fen Montaigne: Yale Environment 360 That explains why ice extent … Continue reading →

CO2 was below 300 PPM in 1900, and 86% of Swiss glaciers were retreating. Hansen says that we can stop glacial retreat by returning to 350 PPM, which is a number he pulled out from where the sun never shines. … Continue reading →

The only rules Obama’s teleprompter is subject to, is that it has to use the word “I” at least 50 times per speech. The original Tuesday night teleprompter programming was to tell the American people that Obama was going to … Continue reading →

Greenpeace forecast an ice-free Arctic this year, and anyone who thinks Greenpeace is smoking crack obviously worked for the tobacco lobby in 1969. Dealing in Doubt | Greenpeace

The super-duper Arctic minimum of 2012 left nothing but thin, rotten, decayed, vulnerable ice. Enter the super-duper global warming Arctic amplification year of 2013, and you have super hot temperatures melting the super-thin ice. The obvious result of all this … Continue reading →