Author Archives: Tony Heller

The administration insisted Thursday that President Obama has both the authority and the determination to make his own decision on a military strike against Syria, even as a growing chorus of lawmakers demanded an opportunity to vote on the issue … Continue reading →

Obama Administration: Don?t Compare Syria and Iraq Good point. The Iraq war never threatened to escalate into WWIII. On Syria, Earnest told reporters President Obama “has been very clear that he is not contemplating an open-ended military action,” and again … Continue reading →

US Lawmakers: No Doubt Syria Used Chemical Weapons One Democrat is “US lawmakers.” Khrushchev would blush over Obama’s flagrant behavior.

In 1936, there were 14,793 record maximums and minimums set at all 862 long-term US HCN stations. So far this year there have been only 2,903, and the trend is for a much less extreme climate in the US. Note … Continue reading →

Half of the population of Oklahoma fled the state during the 1930s to escape the heat and drought. The graph below shows why. There are 33 HCN stations which have been continuously active since at least 1930. During the summer … Continue reading →

South Dakota has recorded nine 100ºF readings this year at all HCN stations, compared to 683 in 1936. Eighty-seven percent of all 100ºF readings occurred with CO2 below 350 PPM.

Bombing Syria is looking a little rough right now, but there are other options available to the President Send a SWAT team to gun down a fawn Have a SWAT team invade a neighborhood in Massachusetts and force people out … Continue reading →

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. Obama has as President created a new … Continue reading →

In recent years, relatively little multi-year ice has drifted out the Fram Strait, and high Arctic summers have been below normal temperatures. Obviously the multi-year ice is going to build back up under these conditions, as it has been doing … Continue reading →

One of the biggest canyons in the world has been found beneath the ice sheet that smothers most of Greenland. The canyon – which is 800km long and up to 800m deep – was carved out by a great river … Continue reading →