“Our projection of 2013 for the removal of ice in summer is not accounting for the last two minima, in 2005 and 2007,” the researcher from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, explained to the BBC.
“So given that fact, you can argue that may be our projection of 2013 is already too conservative.”
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013’
More evidence that lefties are criminally insane.
Reformed crooks say the New York newspaper that published a map of names and addresses of gun owners did a great service – to their old cronies in the burglary trade.
The information published online by the Journal-News, a daily paper serving the New York suburbs of Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties, could be highly useful to thieves in two ways, former burglars told FoxNews.com. Crooks looking to avoid getting shot now know which targets are soft and those who need weapons know where they can steal them.That was the most asinine article I’ve ever seen,” said Walter T. Shaw, 65, a former burglar and jewel thief who the FBI blames for more than 3,000 break-ins that netted some $70 million in the 1960s and 1970s. “Having a list of who has a gun is like gold – why rob that house when you can hit the one next door, where there are no guns?
Frank Abagnale, who was portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2002 film “Catch Me if You Can,” and is perhaps the most famous reformed thief to ever earn a legitimate living by offering the public insight into the criminal mind, called the newspaper’s actions “reprehensible.”
“It is unbelievable that a newspaper or so called journalist would publish the names and addresses of legal gun owners, including federal agents, law enforcement officers and the like,” said Abagnale, who noted that he grew up in the suburban New York area served by the Journal-News. “This would be equivalent to publishing the names of individuals who keep substantial sums of money, jewelry and valuables in their home.”
Ex-Burglars Say Newspaper’s Gun Map Would’ve Made the Job Easier, Safer | Fox News
h/t to Brad
NOAA claims that 2012 was the hottest year ever in the US, and that the Earth is heating out of control due to global warming.
Lefties love Al Gore, because he is a complete scumbag – like the rest of their heroes.
In 2008, Al Gore, US Vice-President under Bill Clinton and climate change crusader, posed a question during a speech at an energy conference in Washington. Referring to renewable energy sources such as solar power, he asked: “What if we could use fuels that are not expensive, don’t cause pollution and are abundantly available right here at home?”
One answer, in light of Mr Gore’s decision to sell his Current TV channel to Qatar-financed Al Jazeera, is that it would cause sleepless nights for his new friends in Doha, who make their money by selling fossil fuels to the world. Their success had made them very, very rich – and also given Qatar the largest per capita carbon footprint in the world.
This inconvenient truth was omitted from the email announcing the deal, sent to Current TV staff on Wednesday by Mr Gore’s partner in the broadcasting project, Joel Hyatt.
A tale of two Als: Why Al Gore sold out to Al Jazeera – News – TV & Radio – The Independent
When Australia was having record cold a few weeks ago, McKibben wasn’t interested. But now that the US has turned cold and snowy, Bill has gone south – like Kathy Griffin on New Year’s Eve.
The hottest day in Australia was January 16, 1889 when the temperature hit 128F. The chances of that record being beaten are close to zero.
NCDC: Global Measured Extremes of Temperature and Precipitation
h/t to Marc Morano
FBI statistics show that the Feinstein/Bloomberg gun grab has no factual basis. American’s odds of being killed by an assault rifle are close to zero.
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Annual FBI crime statistics show that more people are killed with clubs and hammers each year than by rifles or shotguns.
In 2011, there were 323 murders committed with a rifle but 496 murders committed with hammers and clubs. There were 356 murders in which a shotgun was the deadly weapon of choice.
FBI: Hammers, Clubs Kill More People Than Rifles, Shotguns « CBS DC
By contrast, there were eleven million automobile accidents and more than 35,000 people killed in automobile accidents in the US in 2011.
h/t to Dave G
Snow extends all the way to Mexico because of an overheated atmosphere which is melting down the planet.
Northern Hemisphere December snow extent was the greatest on record, and has increased by more than 20,000 Manhattans since the 1960s.
Rutgers University Climate Lab :: Global Snow Lab
The IPCC predicted the exact opposite, because they have no idea what they are talking about.
2001 15.2.4.1.2.4. Ice Storms
Milder winter temperatures will decrease heavy snowstorms
http://observatory.ph/resources/IPCC/TAR/wg2/569.htm#1524123
IPCC Draft 1995
shrinking snow cover in winter
On December 7, NRDC forecast the end of Utah skiing.
Over the following three weeks after their forecast of doom, Alta received an average of one inch of snow every five hours.
Wood for Trees: Interactive Graphs
Feinstein hates humans and believes that all aspects of their lives need to be controlled and contained. Californians return her to the senate over and over again, because they have no self-respect.
Global Warming: A Time to Act
An international consensus has been forged: Global warming is real. It is already happening. And greenhouse gas emissions produced by human activity, such as the burning of fossil fuels, tropical deforestation, and agriculture – are the leading cause of that warming.
The earth has already warmed 1 degree Fahrenheit – and scientists predict that the warming trend will continue in the decades to come. The simple truth is that the warming cannot be stopped, but it can be slowed. We are at a tipping point: If the earth warms 1 to 2 degrees Fahrenheit, the impact will be manageable, and we can adapt. But if the earth warms 4 to 10 degrees, the effects will be catastrophic. The question becomes, what can we do? The reality is that there is no silver bullet. There is no single solution. We need many answers and people of common purpose working together.
That is why I am working on a comprehensive package of legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – the leading cause of global warming – from all sectors of the economy. Every business, home, and industry will have to do its part.
Global Warming: A Time to Act – – United States Senator Dianne Feinstein
