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Governor Moonbeam (V2) thinks that his state is going to drown.

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A famous tobacco industry document from the late 1960s said, “Doubt is our product, since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that exists in the minds of the general public.”⁴ It is a strategy that has worked, at least for awhile, in the past, and it is being repeated today. Because of the serious impacts of climate change, the delay and obfuscation tactics of the deniers are particularly concerning, which is why we present some responses to the denier arguments on this website.

Office of Planning and Research – The Deniers

Paul Ryan used his first solo campaign swing as Mitt Romney’s running mate Monday to hammer President Obama as a jobs killer, forcefully echoing Romney’s message, while Obama used a pair of nearby campaign stops to accuse Ryan of hurting drought-stricken farmers.

In Iowa face-off, Ryan hammers jobs message as Obama employs drought politics | Fox News

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h/t to slimething

There is more sea ice around Antarctica than in the Arctic, and it is all at lower latitudes than in the Arctic – so it reflects a lot more sunlight back into space. The whole point of alarmists being hysterical about September Arctic ice loss is the albedo feedback (as if there was actually any sunshine at the North Pole in September) – but the negative feedback around Antarctica is probably larger than any Arctic effects. Missing Arctic ice in the autumn also allows more LW radiative loss into space.

Additionally, NSIDC reports ice loss or gain as a percentage rather than absolute numbers – which conveniently hides the incline in Antarctica.

Norway police ‘could have stopped Breivik sooner’

In the aftermath of the attacks, police were criticised for their failure to use a helicopter once alerted to the shootings, and for the bungled attempt to reach the island on an inflatable boat.

As early as 17:25 local time, shootings were reported on Utoeya
Within five minutes, police were contacted by a boat captain offering his vessel but the message was not acted on

The first local police patrol arrived at 17:55, but the two officers did not try to find a boat despite guidelines recommending an immediate reponse to gun attacks

An 11-strong elite Delta force team from Oslo arrived 14 minutes later

They were forced to abandon their own overloaded dinghy for two civilian boats and landed on Utoeya at 18:27

BBC News – Norway police ‘could have stopped Breivik sooner’

Sixteen days in a row over 105F in Altus Oklahoma during August 1936.

• A maximum of 80F in March is extreme
• A maximum of 70F in August is extreme
• Temperatures during Hurricane Andrew were not extreme

The maximum temperature in Altus, OK yesterday was 102F, eighteen degrees cooler than the same date in 1936. Experts tells that 2012 is the hottest year ever in the US.

There are no more 100 degree days in the forecast for Altus.

  ALTUS IRIG RSCH	 8/12/1936	120
  ENID           	 8/12/1936	118
  JEFFERSON      	 8/12/1936	118
  KINGFISHER     	 8/12/1936	118
  CARNEGIE 5 NE  	 8/12/1936	117
  CHEROKEE       	 8/12/1936	117
  MANGUM         	 8/12/1936	117
  GEARY          	 8/12/1936	116
  HENNESSEY 4 ESE	 8/12/1936	116
  HOBART MUNI AP 	 8/12/1936	116
  PERRY          	 8/12/1936	116
  MEEKER 5 W     	 8/12/1936	115
  MUTUAL         	 8/12/1936	115
  NEWKIRK 1NW    	 8/12/1936	115
  WEATHERFORD    	 8/12/1936	115
  BUFFALO 2 SSW  	 8/12/1936	114
  GUTHRIE 5S     	 8/12/1936	114
  STILLWATER 2 W 	 8/12/1936	113
  LAWTON         	 8/12/1936	112
  PAWHUSKA       	 8/12/1936	112
  BEAVER         	 8/12/1936	111
  DURANT         	 8/12/1936	111
  PAULS VALLEY 4 	 8/12/1936	111
  TAHLEQUAH      	 8/12/1936	111
  CLAREMORE 2 ENE	 8/12/1936	110
  HOLDENVILLE 2SS	 8/12/1936	110
  OKEMAH         	 8/12/1936	110
  WAURIKA        	 8/12/1936	110