Author Archives: Tony Heller

Biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting The sport has its origins in an exercise for Norwegian soldiers, as an alternative training for the military. The world’s first known ski club, the … Continue reading →

In a mass murder situation, the police will never get there fast enough. (Consider the Luby’s shooting in Texas.) The only way to stop a situation like that is with a gun. The question is, why weren’t there rifles at … Continue reading →

We have been hearing lots of rumours of record low ice in 2011, but alarmists long sought Arctic Armageddon is falling apart very rapidly. The green area (2011 ice not present in 2007) is expanding rapidly and the red area … Continue reading →

Significant snow storms have occurred in Christchurch in 1862, 1895, 1896, 1901, 1918, 1945, 1992 and 2006 (and 2011) http://www.starcanterbury.co.nz/ The earlier storms were due to a low CO2 atmosphere, and the more recent storms are the direct result of … Continue reading →

I HAVE never been so frightened for our freedom of speech than I am right now. No, I’m not talking about my own legal troubles, with a court being asked to ban my published columns on how some people claim … Continue reading →

Antarctic Blast – Snow, ice, travel – full coverage Posted by wwadmin on Tue, 26/07/2011 – 10:00 Filed in:National News Bitter frosts this morning have followed the most widespread snowfall in New Zealand in 16 years. The MetService has lifted … Continue reading →

I am about to name my fourth rock of the summer “Don.” Satellite technology makes it very easy to find nameable rocks. In the 1970s, naming rocks was more of a challenge.

Prize goes to the first person to spot it. ?????????????????????????????????

Who needs national governments any more? The Hague is now in control. The international criminal court has dismissed suggestions by Britain and France that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi could be allowed to remain in Libya as part of negotiated deal to … Continue reading →

The officers of Oslo’s elite Delta Force drove because police don’t own a transport helicopter, then were rescued by a civilian boat when their own broke down as it tried to navigate a 1-minute hop to the island. It took … Continue reading →