Real Climate Science

Florida hurricane landfalls used to occur about once per year. Now they occur about once every other year. The current hurricane free stretch is unprecedented.

Florida hurricanes peaked during the 1870s and 1880s, when CO2 was 280 PPM. The current decade has brought no hurricanes to Florida.

HURDAT Re-analysis Chronological List of All Hurricanes

Global warming has made Florida much safer, and coal producers should be given a tax rebate as part of Hansen’s program to count the cost of CO2 generation.

The last major hurricane to hit the US was Wilma in October, 2005. It was also the last hurricane to hit Florida.

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Nine years (2014) is by far the longest period on record without a hurricane landfall in Florida.

Two weeks ago the Republican leadership told Ted Cruz to shut up, and let the House leadership handle the Obamacare strategy.

I don’t think I have ever seen as big a flustercluck in my life as the Republican leadership just pulled off. It was a Shakespearean comedy – without the funny parts. You can’t make up stupidity like we saw on display in Washington.

22 Aug 1952 – Climatic Warm-Up

16 Aug 1991 – Cold water poured on theory that earth is warmin…

Hansen is simply repeating the words of Nixon.

We can no longer afford to consider air and water common property, free to be abused by anyone without regard to the consequences. Instead, we should begin now to treat them as scarce resources, which we are no more free to contaminate than we are free to throw garbage into our neighbor’s yard.

This requires comprehensive new regulations. It also requires that, to the extent possible, the price of goods should be made to include the costs of producing and disposing of them without damage to the environment.

Richard Nixon: Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union.

The Republican Party Embraces Irrelevance – The Rush Limbaugh Show

The US scores two injury time goals to send Mexico to the World Cup.

For the first time in history, Mexico actually likes the US.

Panama 2-3 USA – as it happened | Football | theguardian.com

Pierre Omidyar commits $250m to new media venture with Glenn Greenwald

Omidyar says decision to set up news organisation fueled by ‘concern about press freedoms in the US and around the world’

In an interview with Jay Rosen, media critic and NYU professor of journalism, Omidyar said he was committing an initial $250m to the as-yet-unnamed venture. Omidyar told Rosen the decision was fuelled by his “rising concern about press freedoms in the United States and around the world”.

Omidyar said he hopes the project will promote “independent journalists with expertise, and a voice and a following” while using Silicon Valley knowhow to build an audience. “Companies in Silicon Valley invest a lot in understanding their users and what drives user engagement,” Omidyar said. The company will be online only and all proceeds will be reinvested in journalism.

Pierre Omidyar commits $250m to new media venture with Glenn Greenwald | Media | The Guardian

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Congress votes on deal to raise US debt ceiling – live updates