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I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal

Barack Obama  June 3, 2008

You can see the stunning influence which Obama has had on sea level, keeping the rise rate identical to what it was before the Civil War.

Data and Station Information for NEW YORK ( THE BATTERY)

IPCC climate reports can be written years ahead of time, because they don’t involve looking at any actual climate data.

What will AR-6, AR-7, AR-8, AR-9, AR-10, AR-11, AR-12, AR-13, AR-14 and AR-15 look like? Please post your ideas.

The science was settled – before it even started.

AFP: Next climate warming report will be dramatically worse: UN

One thing that was correct – the quality of this report is dramatically worse than their disastrously poor AR4 document.

We apologize for the lack of ethnic and sexual orientation diversity on display in this photograph.

a federally-run exchange for consumers in 36 states began posting error messages for at least 24 of them soon after the system opened for enrollment at 8 a.m. EDT

Some, like Massachusetts, were able to accept consumer log-ins. The state-run exchange in Maryland delayed its opening by four hours, while Minnesota said it would wait until the afternoon after checking its connection with federal databases.

Administration officials said they had expected a rocky opening because of the challenge of building a massive technological infrastructure within a short time.

Obamacare launch hits early hitch as online traffic snarls up sites | Reuters

Obama wanted his historical flustercluck to go live immediately, and decided that shutting down the government was a better option than delaying for a year until the system was ready.

The map below compares NSIDC’s 2013 minimum with their 2012 minimum. Green is ice present in 2013 but not present in 2012. Red shows the opposite.

NSIDC explains that this huge increase in ice “reinforces the long-term downward trend in Arctic ice extent”

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Gain is loss.

There are 839 US HCN stations which have been continuously active since at least 1920. The number of 100ºF readings recorded at these stations has dropped dramatically since CO2 was at 310 PPM.

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“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a Sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. …Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here’. Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and Grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”

– Senator Barack Obama – March, 2006