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Climate experts tell us that Alaska is the global warming canary in the coal mine.

Alaska Endures Record Cold While Still Buried Under Snow

It has been eight years since a hurricane struck Florida, the longest hurricane free period on record. Hurricanes used to strike Florida an average of once a year, but now they average one hurricane strike every other year.

Chronological List of All Hurricanes

11 Sep 1931 – TIME’S CHANGES Seen In Glaciers OBSERVATION OF 5…

The families of Navy SEALs killed in an August 2011 downing of a helicopter in Afghanistan came forward Thursday to blast the U.S. command and the Obama administration for the mission and to call for an official investigation into what they deem a whitewash.

They also rebuked the White House for its extensive leaking of details of the Osama bin Laden raid in May 2011. Identifying the raiders as the secretive SEAL Team 6 put a target on the heads of the members of the doomed mission in Afghanistan, the parents said.

They also said the CH-47 Chinook helicopter used in the mission had no gunship escort and no cover when it was attempting to land at 2 a.m. that Aug. 6. Taliban on a rooftop shot down the helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade.

All 38 onboard died in the fiery crash. The casualties included 17 SEALs, making it one of the elite unit’s worst losses in combat. The hastily planned mission was intended to aid 47 Army Rangers in the Tangi Valley, even though the Rangers controlled the battle zone.

The groups that organized the news conference Thursday at the National Press Club said a Muslim cleric chosen by the U.S. command to speak at a memorial service insulted the fallen. According to an English translation of a video of the service, the cleric condemned the dead to hell and mocked “the God of Moses.”

“We demand to know who made the call to send our sons into hostile territory where evidence proves a shootdown attempt had been in full force for weeks and in less-than-adequate, antiquated air frames documented to be in very poor condition,” said Karen Vaughn, whose Navy SEAL son, Aaron, was killed.

SEALs’ families hit 2011 Afghan mission in which sons were killed; deem probe a cover-up – Washington Times

Planned Parenthood will be up in arms that Castro was denied the right to choose to murder babies terminate unwanted pregnancies. They do the same thing millions of times a year – with the President’s blessing.

On Thursday, Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty said the murder charges were based on evidence from Michelle Knight that Mr Castro had impregnated her, then physically abused and starved her in order to induce five miscarriages while she was being held captive in his house in Cleveland.

“I fully intend to seek charges for each and every act of sexual violence, rape, each day of kidnapping, every felonious assault, all his attempted murders, and each act of aggravated murder he committed by terminating pregnancies that the offender perpetuated against the hostages,” Mr McGinty told a news conference.

Study: Texting And Driving Kills More Teens Annually Than Drinking And Driving « CBS New York

Study: Texting And Driving Kills More Teens Annually Than Drinking And Driving Researchers: More Than 3,000 Teens Die Annually From Texting While Driving

Study: Texting And Driving Kills More Teens Annually Than Drinking And Driving « CBS New York

That is about 100 times more deaths than those from assault rifles in the US.

Illinois Swamped By Surge In Firearm Owner Applications

CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois State Police say they’re trying to deal with a huge backlog of applications for Firearms Owner Identification cards.

The agency received more than 28,000 applications for cards during April alone.

That’s on top of an existing backlog of nearly 76,000 applications. The state police say they are dealing with a record number of applications.

Illinois Swamped By Surge In Firearm Owner Applications « CBS Chicago

Obama can reverse glacial melt by simply issuing an executive order limiting solar activity.

There has been a general retreat of the European glaciers since 1861

21 Nov 1908 – THE WORLDS ICE MANTLE.

About 45 percent of 18 to 34-year olds are unemployed according to a recent poll by Demos, a public policy firm. I still know of college classmates who have yet to find meaningful jobs or are severely underemployed almost four years after graduation. However, a recent poll on young people’s views of limited government, free markets, and economic liberty suggests some may be waking up to the conclusion that government, over-regulation, and more spending will not turn our futures around.

Poll: 61% of College-Age Students Want Government to Stay Out of Their Lives

COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

The Navy’s top experts tell us that the Arctic will be ice-free sometime before this summer.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013?

President Obama says that anyone who doesn’t have faith in the small group of scientists which he chooses to believe – is ignorant and evil.

Richard Feynman had a slightly different take :

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts

– Richard Feynman