Antarctic Ice Increases, despite agw hysterics.

'We have covered Antarctica many times in past essays, and despite literally thousands of websites claiming that some calamity is occurring in Antarctica related to global warming, we side with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in this matter. Magazine covers have wonderful pictures of melting of the Antarctic, but IPCC in their 2007 report clearly states “Antarctic sea ice extent continues to show inter-annual variability and localized changes but no statistically significant average trends, consistent with the lack of warming reflected in atmospheric temperatures averaged across the region” (in fact, Antarctic sea ice extent has recently set record highs for both total areal extent as well as total extent anomaly (see here and here)). Furthermore, IPCC tells the world (and we wonder if anyone is listening) “Current global model studies project that the Antarctic ice sheet will remain too cold for widespread surface melting and is expected to gain in mass due to increased snowfall.” '

full article Here:

http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/2008/01/21/antarctica-snowfall-increase/#more-301


Here is a very good site for information on the state of the globe, weather-wise:

http://icecap.us/index.php


Here is a heat map of Antarctica, showing where it has gotten the warmest.

http://icecap.us/images/uploads/MAATchange1990-2000.gif


Interesting to note: the Warmest part of Antarctica, is also 1) that part of it which is the furtherst out into the ocean, i.e. NORTH, 2) a number of ocean currents all come together at that point, notably WARM water, and 3) there just happens to be a volcano working in that region. 'THE ICE CAP IS MELTING! MELLLLLTINNNNNNNG!'

Not.


Oh yeah!

'By the way, the Gakkel ridge under the Arctic is volcanically active right now and together with the recent inflow of warm water from the Pacific and Atlantic in their multidecadal warm modes may be contributing factors to recent icemelt there as well in recent years. '

http://www.mpg.de/english/illustrationsDocumentation/documentation/pressReleases/2003/pressRelease20030718/index.html


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Temperatures across the US currently 10-30 degrees Fahrenheit Colder than usual, approaching or breaking decades-old records.

Snow in the Argentine summer.

Record cold and snow in Iran and India.

Did I mention the sun is moving into a cooler phase?

Did I mention the oceans have been moving into a cooler phase since 2003?

' “The observed pattern of warming, comparing surface and atmospheric temperature trends does not show the characteristic fingerprint associated with greenhouse warming.” '

http://www.physorg.com/news116592109.html


'Seems like in the '90s, El Niño just didn't want to go away. El Niño, an unusual rise in sea-surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, visited three times from 1990 to 1995. In between, temperatures never went quite back to normal, as if it were all one long El Niño. This has led to some intriguing but speculative discussion about the possible link between rising global temperatures and the apparent increase in El Niños.

One respected climate scientist who has gone out on a limb about the global warming-El Niño connection is Kevin Trenberth, a climatologist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. He thinks that El Niño may function as a kind of pressure release valve on the tropics. In an era of global warming, Trenberth says, ocean currents and weather systems might not be able to bleed off all the heat pumped into the tropical seas. Periodically, it has to get rid of the excess that builds up, he suggests, and that safety valve is El Niño.'

http://engram-backtalk.blogspot.com/2008/01/has-earths-warming-trend-peaked.html



Oy. I could do this all morning. I am going to figure that I have made the point, though.

Happy Global Warming NOT!, Everyone!


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We got 3 inches of snow yesterday. The warm spell in the beginning of January is keeping the Lake-effect snows pouring down on us, but that will be shut down by lake ice in a few more days. However there have been Massive snows all across Ontario, and I suspect the cries of 'The Great Lakes are Emptying!' will start to fade as huge quantities of fresh water pour into them. Just another of nature's cycles that the climate hystericists will not be able to take advantage of for a while.

Meantime, get yourself a biofuels car and starve people in third-wold nations, while helping make the food on your shelves even more expensive. Note that even the UN is now saying biofuels are a BAD thing.

Geez, I gotta stop. On a royal tear this morning :P

Did I mention there will be NO peace in the ME until Israel is destr-*tears hands from keyboard*

if Muslims want to end "Islamophobia" instantaneously, here's how they can do it:

1. Focus their indignation on Muslims committing violent acts in the name of Islam, not on non-Muslims reporting on those acts.
2. Renounce definitively not just "terrorism," but any intention to replace the U.S. Constitution (or the constitutions of any non-Muslim state) with Sharia even by peaceful means.
3. Teach Muslims the imperative of coexisting peacefully as equals with non-Muslims on an indefinite basis.
4. Begin comprehensive international programs in mosques all over the world to teach against the ideas of violent jihad and Islamic supremacism.
5. Actively work with Western law enforcement officials to identify and apprehend jihadists within Western Muslim communities.

If Muslims do those five things, voila! "Islamophobia" will vanish.

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Now tell me, what do you find wrong with any of that? And could you please quote the Koran to support your contentions.

Want Peace? Destroy Israel.

I hate how the best phrases, the best arguments, always come to me when I am in NO position to write them down. Feh.


Those of you want 'Peace' between Israel and the 'palestinians'- what is it about 'Destroy Israel' that you do not get?

The Fatah Charter calls for the complete DESTRUCTION of Jewish culture, economy and physical presence within the lands the 'palestinians' falsely claim as their own.

The Hamas Charter calls for the total eradication of Israel.

The PLO charter.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM REJECTS ANY AND ALL ATTEMPTS AT PEACE!

I don't get you people who say a peace treay MUST be signed. And then again I do. I am somehow hoping that you understand that muslims will NEVER allow Israel to exist in Peace, and that you are quite aware that new attacks would be launched upon Israel within days of them putting any new concessions in place.

Or maybe not. Maybe you are just so Damned Blind that you think the 'palestinians' really want peace with Israel.

This Annapolis debacle is now (close?) to being finished, and Abbas has already said that the 'palestinians' will not recognize the Existence of the Nation of Israel. How is this wanting peace?

EVERY
SINGLE
TIME

that Israel has given up land, in order to achieve some level of accomodation / peace, those who move into those lands immediately DESTROY anything that would have helped them rebuild their economy, and the next thing we hear about it rockets being launched into Israel from new, Closer locations, which were given to them in hopes of Peace!

No. I don't believe that the Left, anywhere on the face of the Earth, really believes that there can be 'peace' between Israel and the 'palestinians.'

I DO believe that you secretly hope for the day when Israel is reduced to a few scraps of land that can be easily overwhelmed.

The ONLY peace wanted by muslims and the Left, is the absolute destruction of Israel.

And when you worthless bastards get what you want, there will still be NO peace- because islam will just move on to the next target.

Only Israel and the US- and some portion of England, Australia and a few other countries- are standing in the way of all the other excuses they have for waging Jihad.

ramadan = al-queda's 'Tet Offensive' in Iraq?

Just throwing this out there for thought. The islamic month of ramadan begins on September 21st this year- 6 days after General Petraeus brings out his report on the continuing and expanding success of the Surge.

The month of ramadan is usually the MOST violent month of the year when it comes to attacks against other peoples, faiths and nations. I won't be surprised if something major happens in Iraq during that period. And that the MSM will be 'programmed to recieve,' if you take my meaning.

'red meat': new Leftist hatemongering code word?

I've been seeing that lately from a number of Leftist posters on various blogs that I read at. Has anyone else seen this in their blog readings?

It sounds very much like a new catch phrase to subltly convict those Right of center. Red meat: what the savages want. What the ignorant want. An indicator that the story and thinking they are objecting to, is somehow racist, sexist, anti-whatever group the Left feels is being attacked.

Neat how they keep playing with words. Just like Big Brother....

Story and comments here, at Captain's Quarters:

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/011999.php

Feh. Lots of work to get done today, moving on... too bad others Can't.

The Democrat / Democrap / Dhimmicrat Assault on the US

Hillary Clinton's Trojan Horse:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_073107/content/01125109.guest.html

'A little noted story recently from Mrs. Clinton, presidential candidate and front-runner for the Democrat nomination. She was speaking to college students. She promised to create a new layer of government. She promised that if she were elected president, she would create a national academy to train future government workers. "I'm going to be asking a new generation to serve. I think just like our military academies, we need to give a totally all-paid education to young men and women who will serve their country in a public service position." '

I think it is fairly obvious what kind of 'training' Hitlery wants for this entire new layer of government- pure Leftist bullshit will be poured into their skulls. No word of truth, historical, religious or moral, will be allowed to enter their education. Big Brother will be put in place in a Big Way.

Schumer's Assault on the Constitution:

http://michellemalkin.com/2007/07/27/chuckie-schumer-admits-hes-an-idiot/

“We should reverse the presumption of confirmation,” Schumer told the American Constitution Society convention in Washington. “The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance. We cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or Justice Ginsburg by another Alito.”

I hate to think how many portions of the Bill of Rights, as well as the Constitution, may be brazenly or surreptitiously re-written during the coming Democrat presidency.

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There's more, but I want to give a few moments to the good news:

A handfull of Leftists are beginning to see that the Iraq war IS being won:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/opinion/30pollack.html?pagewanted=all

Of course these two are now under fire from the Leftist blargosphere, as the Left makes any and all efforts to diss the upcoming September report by General Petraeus. But even the USs' first muslim congressman is seeing good coming out of Iraq:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-07-30-ellison-iraq_N.htm

"The success in Ramadi is not just because of bombs and bullets, but because the U.S. and Iraqi military and the Iraqi police are partnering with the tribal leadership and the religious leadership," he said. "So they're not trying to just bomb people into submission. What they're doing is respecting the people, giving the people some control over their own lives."

Ellison said he was particularly impressed watching Maj. Gen. Walter Gaskin, U.S. commander in the Anbar province, greeting people with "as-salama aleikum," meaning peace be upon you.

"And they would respond back with smiles and waves," Ellison said. "I don't want to overplay it. There were no flowers. There was no clapping. There was no parade. But there was a general level of respect and calm that I thought was good."

McNerney, the California congressman, also said he saw signs of progress in Ramadi and was impressed by Petraeus, who argued in favor of giving President Bush's troop surge strategy time to work.

Some are suggesting that the Left is beginning a cynical ploy to take some of the credit for things improving in Iraq, even while many of them are still crowing for defeat.

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By the way- Have you noticed? Last year was only the second hottest in ten years, the Hottest year being Ten Years Ago. And the hurricane season was down by 60%. And this year? Looking to be the same. Some are trying to claim that there are less hurricanes because the poles are 'hotter.' Bullshit- Hurricanes are part of the heat-exchange mechanisms of the world's oceans, and the oceans have been Cooling since 2003.

I am betting this year's storms also fall 60% below 2005. Hopefully gores chances to take any office again will be at least 60% lower, also.

That's it for now. Off for a week, come the end of this week. Stay safe from islamofascist terrorism, if you can.

On the Road Again- plus a thought for those who like to think.

Taking a week back home to Pennsylvania, to visit relatives I have not seen in upwards of 10 years. Back on the 11th of August.

Thought:

America has Always been multicultural.

Think about it. Think of all the art, literature and culture that has entered the US, some of it beginning 11,000 years ago, some of it entering from time to time in the centuries before Columbus. The Vikings had at least one colony on the continent, possibly the ancient Chinese, as one of their ships has been found sunk off the coast...

Look at everything that people brought with them as they worked to escape Europe for various reasons. Greek, Italian, Irish. We have Scottish Native Americans. People bring Asian artefacts to the 'Antiques Roadshow' that have been in their families for generations- and many of them are not Asian. Like your Paisley tie? That comes from India. So do some of the patterns incorporated into tiles and various other architechtural ideas used around the country today.

That brooch your grandmother wore was inspired by Egyptian culture brought to the US in the 20s and 30s. HP Lovecraft's ideas can be traced to the Middle East and Asia. Lord of the Rings is a mixture of Celtic and Christian.

I could go on...

But here's the point: These are all POSITIVE things. This is the way the world works. People have been mixing and intermingling for 10,000 years, and the culture of America, the US, is one of the finest examples of true, unmitigated, unlegislated multiculturalism there is.

Not the bullshit the Left has been foisting off as multiculturalism. 'All Cultures are equally valid.' 'All faiths are equally valid.' 'You may NOT critize any culture (especially the one they favor over Christianity- islam)'

Bullshit.

The Left would see no problem with people practicing Suttee today. They would Howl for the rights of the Thuggee- especially if the people protesting happened to be WASPs. Female genital mutilation? Fine, bring it on! Feminists have Nothing to say about the practice (the true feminists of 80 years ago would have). Sharia law? Install it wherever possible.

There is Nothing 'progressive' about what they are doing to the US today- instead, it is working to tear the country into little chunks.

I hope the day that 'new nations' come into being, ripping themselves free of the US, does not happen in my lifetime. But I am not betting on it. I just wonder if the coming Dukes and Duchesses of the Democratic Permanent Leadership will be cheering it on- especially the Sharia-governed enclaves that 'sanctuary cities' will become- while the rest of the US languishes in 'Fairness'doctrine-imposed silence, paying out there 80% tax burden to save the world from Natural Climate Change that the human race still isn't even close to being able to affect, let alone cause.

Enough on this for now. Stay safe, everyone. Everyone who cares, that is.