Real Climate Science

Fifty-five people were arrested in Washington during a protest Friday against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which opponents contend would encourage exploitation of Canadian oil sands and contribute to environmentally damaging climate change.

Organizers said the demonstration was part of a campaign called “Summer Heat,” noting that the last half of July is statistically the year’s “hottest stretch.” In a touch of irony, the protest came on one of July’s most pleasant days, one distinguished by below-normal temperatures and uncommonly low humidity.

55 arrests at pipeline protest – The Washington Post

Hopefully they have the heat turned on in their jail cells. We wouldn’t want these morons to get cold.

10-Day Temperature Outlook for the Conterminous U.S.

Two hundred years before Hansen, Thomas Jefferson was an ardent believer in global warming – until Noah Webster explained to him that he was confusing UHI effects with climate.

In his 1787 book, Notes on the State of Virginia, Jefferson launched into a discussion of the climate of both his home state and America as a whole. Near the end of a brief chapter addressing wind currents, rain and temperature, he presented a series of tentative conclusions: “A change in our climate…is taking place very sensibly. Both heats and colds are become much more moderate within the memory of the middle-aged. Snows are less frequent and less deep….The elderly inform me the earth used to be covered with snow about three months in every year. The rivers, which then seldom failed to freeze over in the course of the winter, scarcely ever do so now.” Concerned about the destructive effects of this warming trend, Jefferson noted how “an unfortunate fluctuation between heat and cold” in the spring has been “very fatal to fruits.”

Webster concluded by rejecting the crude warming theory of Jefferson and Williams in favor of a more subtle rendering of the data. The conversion of forests to fields, he acknowledged, has led to some microclimatic changes—namely, more windiness and more variation in winter conditions. But while snow doesn’t stay on the ground as long, that doesn’t necessarily mean the country as a whole gets less snowfall each winter: “We have, in the cultivated districts, deep snow today, and none tomorrow; but the same quantity of snow falling in the woods, lies there till spring….This will explain all the appearances of the seasons without resorting to the unphilosophical hypothesis of a general increase in heat.”

Webster’s words essentially ended the controversy. While Jefferson continued to compile and crunch temperature data after his retirement from the presidency, he never again made the case for global warming.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Americas-First-Great-Global-Warming-Debate.html

Jefferson had no idea that people reproducing his error would two hundred years later become the basis for destroying the democracy he created. Unlike Jefferson, Hansen is incapable of learning from his mistakes.

Not only has Arctic ice extent gone horizontal, but record below freezing cold is forecast for much of the Arctic over the next two weeks.

10-Day Temperature Outlook

Climate experts promised us an ice-free Arctic this summer, because they have absolutely no clue what they are talking about.

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Normally I ride early this time of year to miss the heat, but it is very cold this morning and I will wait until the sun comes up.

#GlobalWarming

Alarmists tell us that Arizona is overheating, drying and burning due to your SUV.

In the real Arizona, Flagstaff has averaged 67 degrees this month, and has received almost seven inches of rain.

Weather History for Flagstaff, AZ | Weather Underground

Is there anything which progressives don’t lie about?

The Black Forest Fire and other like it prove that Climate Change is no longer a mysterious scientific concept that only exists in a space beyond our every day lives. Climate change is no longer a theory in an ivory tower: folks are becoming homeless over night, and brave men and women are dying fighting fires made larger and more deadly. Unfortunately, that is only the tip of the (melting) iceberg. Climate Change has arrived in the real world, and it is casting a long shadow. Supporting our most prominent scientists and heeding their advice in the face of the powerful interests of the fossil fuel industry is necessary.

It is time to put policy ahead of politics, and time is indeed of the essence. The next time we find ourselves saying, “here we go again,” it might be too late.

Deadly Fires Show Need for Action on Global Warming | Neon Tommy

The US is having the second slowest fire season on record to date, with just over half of the normal burn acreage. There are no fires burning in Arizona or New Mexico at the current time.

National Interagency Fire Center

Regardless of their ignorance about fires, anyone stupid enough to believe that they can influence the climate shouldn’t be discussing science anyway.

Man ‘too fat’ to live in New Zealand

A South African chef faces expulsion from New Zealand because authorities say he is too fat and could be a drain on the health service.

The Obama-Biden Plan

Ethics | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team

End the Practice of Writing Legislation Behind Closed Doors:

What Obama meant by this is that all legislation will be written in secret, until the point when he starts bypassing the Congress and does everything by executive order

Shine Light on Earmarks and Pork Barrel Spending

What Obama meant by this is that he would send trillions of dollars to his cronies directly.

Free Career Officials from the Influence of Politics:

What Obama meant by this is that he will only appoint officials who are willing to harass his political opponents

Reform the Political Appointee Process

What Obama meant by this is that only large campaign contributors will be appointed

Enforce Executive Branch Ethics

ROFLMA

Protect Whistleblowers

Whistleblowers will be hunted down even if it involves hijacking planes carrying foreign presidents based on junk intelligence

Line-by-Line Review of Spending

Increase spending by 30% – and blame it on Bush

COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

Julienne Stroeve made this comment two days ago :

Back when the sea was thick and lasted for years, cyclones tended to spread the ice out and actually increase its extent, said Julienne Stroeve of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. Now, when ice gets spread out, it simply breaks up and disappears.

“As our ice cover has thinned, some of our old rules are changing,” said Stroeve.

Summer cyclone chewing up Canada’s Arctic sea ice | CTV News

Einstein explains this remark :

“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.”