Global cooling???

Did you see thus on CBS? ABC? MSNBC? NBC? FNC? Read about it in the Times??

No? Neither did I. Of course it doesn't fit the story.

Recently unearthed photographs taken by Danish explorers in the 1930s show glaciers in Greenland retreating faster than they are today, according to researchers.

The photos in question were taken by the seventh Thule Expedition to Greenland led by Dr Knud Rasmussen in 1932. The explorers were equipped with a seaplane, which they used to take aerial snaps of glaciers along the Arctic island's coasts.

After the expedition returned the photographs were used to make maps and charts of the area, then placed in archives in Denmark where they lay forgotten for decades. Then, in recent years, international researchers trying to find information on the history of the Greenland glaciers stumbled across them.

Taken together the pictures show clearly that glaciers in the region were melting even faster in the 1930s than they are today, according to Professor Jason Box, who works at the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State uni.

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It now appears that the glaciers were retreating even faster eighty years ago: but nobody worried about it, and the ice subsequently came back again. Box theorises that this is likely to be because of sulphur pollution released into the atmosphere by humans, especially by burning coal and fuel oils. This is known to have a cooling effect.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/02/1930s_greenland_glacier_retreat/

Almost makes sense when you consider that the Global Winter that was going to be caused by Nuclear War was supposed to be caused by all the dust and particulate thrown up in the atmosphere by the explosions.

Me? I still putting my money on sun spots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1qGOUIRac0&feature=player_embedded#!

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

 “It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine

Contraception and such

A lady asked me last weekend if I had posted anything on Ms Fluke and the contraception flap. I said that I had but on closer inspection I have not had much to say.

The person in question is your typical over achiever. She worked her way through college and now nursing school while dealing poker at one of the Tunica casinos while running a smooth fun game and dispensing such poker knowledge as this:

“The difference between a poker player and a puppy is this. The puppy will stop whining after you feed him.”

She’ll be gone before  long and the game will miss her. But our loss will be her patients’ gain.

But I digress. What I meant to write was this:

The difference between a Leftie and a normal American is that the American respects the Constitution and tries to follow it. The Leftie always has excuses to explain why he wants to do what he wants to do and to hell with that old document.

I thought I might examine some of the excuses.

First, let us state the Catholic Church’s (CC) religious doctrine regarding contraception. It’s simple. No artificial birth control is allowed.

Now, let’s see what the First Amendment has to say:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Now it seems clear to me that the second clause is clear: “….or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” And that means that if the government says that the CC must provide contraception then the government is violating the First Amendment. But life isn’t simple when the Left is involved.

The first argument is that almost all Catholics use contraception. Okay, fine.  That has nothing to do with the CC’s freedom of religion.

The second argument is that it is cheaper to provide contraception because not doing so causes women to become pregnant and pregnancy and the problems that may happen cost more than contraception. I’ve have never seen a study proving the latter and women kept from becoming pregnant years and years before the “pill.” But….Okay, fine. That has nothing to do with the CC’s freedom of religion.

The third argument is that the CC church should provide contraception drugs to females who need them as medicine. To the best of my knowledge any medication that is prescribed by a Doctor to treat a disease will be paid for by the CC’s insurance. But……Okay, fine. That has nothing to do with the CC’s freedom of religion.

The fourth argument is it is okay for “church” employees to not be covered but it is not okay for employees of catholic “organizations” to not be covered. To support this argument you have to believe that a not for profit catholic hospital was not founded by catholic’s and is not managed with catholic beliefs as guidelines. So while it is part of the church it is not the church. Kinda like “if we had some ham we’d have some ham and eggs if we had some eggs.”

And, at the same time, we have people claiming that this is all moot because the government has already ruled. I guess in their minds you must blindly accept what the government says.

But thank goodness they weren’t around when abortions were illegal and segregation legal.  Wait. Their brothers and sisters in sin were, only they were evil then…..

Time and circumstance makes hypocrites out of many.


 "Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper


 “It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine

WORKING THE SYSTEM

WONDER WHY THE LIBERAL MEDIA NEVER COVERED THIS STORY?  Wow, she must have been really good at her job.  At the top right hand corner of page 17 of the New York Post, January 24, 2009, was a column entitled, "Replacing Michelle" in the National Review, The Week.  Here it is as it appeared:  "Some employees are simply irreplaceable. Take Michelle Obama: The University of Chicago Medical Center hired her in 2002 to run 'programs for community relations, neighborhood outreach, volunteer recruitment, staff diversity and minority contracting'.  In 2005 the hospital raised her salary from $120,000 to $317,000 - nearly twice what her husband made as a Senator.  Her husband, Barack Obama, had just become a U.S. Senator. He requested a $1 million "Earmark" for the UC Medical Center. Way to network, Michelle!  Now that Mrs. Obama has resigned, the hospital says her position will remain unfilled. How can that be, if the work she did was vital enough to be worth $317,000?  Let me add that Michelle's position was a part-time, 20-hours-a-week job.  20hrs. X 52 weeks = 1,040 hours per year  $317,000 divided by 1,040 hours = $304.80 per hour.  My thoughts: How did this bit of "quid pro quo" (scratch my back - I'll scratch yours) corruption escape the sharp reporters that dug through Sarah Palin's garbage and kindergarten files?  I hope this is forwarded so many times that the media will HAVE to cover it..  Recession is when your neighbor loses his job.  Depression is when you lose your job.  Recovery is when Obama loses his job--Let's make it happen!

 Hat tip to Don H!

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

 “It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine

Service defined

Confused??


I became confused when I heard the word 'Service' used with these agencies :

Internal Revenue 'Service'

Postal 'Service'

Telephone 'Service'

Cable TV 'Service'

Civil 'Service'

State, City, County & Public 'Service'

Customer 'Service'

This is NOT what I thought 'Service' meant.

But today, I overheard two farmers talking, and one of them said he had hired a bull to 'Service' a few cows.

BAM!!! It all came into focus.

Now I understand what all those agencies are doing to us.

You are now as enlightened as I am


Hat tip to Mike L!

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine

The national debt explained

Hat tip to Don H!

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

 “It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine

Suckling at the breast of Gollywood

I posted this pick a few weeks back and then pulled it because I thought it just too vulgar.

But after thinking about it and the way that Obama is conducting his side of the election I've changed my mind. It defines Obama politics. Here it is again.

Hat tip to the folks who sent it to me!

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

 “It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine

One of the things that I really dislike about the Left

is how some of them just make outlandish statements based on no facts.

I found this while searching for something else. It's from a couple years old Wonkett:

Twelve candidates showed up for a mayoral debate in Memphis last night, and as you can see in the photo, this included some crazies — can you believe they let a black guy participate?

http://wonkette.com/411490/memphis-holds-classic-mayoral-debate-melee

I mean Memphis had a black mayor for years and years and has one now. It had a black US Congressman, Harold Ford, Jr., for quite a spell before he ran for US Senator. (Its US Congressman now is Jewish.)

It would have taken maybe three minutes to look up the facts but no. The author had to play the race card.....inaccurately.

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

 “It’s the presumption that Obama knows how all these industries ought to be operating better than people who have spent their lives in those industries, and a general cockiness going back to before he was president, and the fact that he has no experience whatever in managing anything. Only someone who has never had the responsibility for managing anything could believe he could manage just about everything.” - Thomas Sowell in Reason Magazine