Sunday, 9 January 2011
Darn scary article on global warming.............
The Washington Post
The Arctic ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in
some places the seals are finding the water too hot, according to a
report to the Commerce Department yesterday from Consulafft, at
Bergen, Norway. Reports from fishermen, seal hunters and explorers
all point to a radical change in climate conditions and hitherto
unheard-of temperatures in the Arctic zone. Exploration expeditions
report that scarcely any ice has been met as far north as 81 degrees
29 minutes. Soundings to a depth of 3,100 meters showed the gulf
stream still very warm. Great masses of ice have been replaced by
moraines of earth and stones, the report continued, while at many
points well known glaciers have entirely disappeared.
Very few seals and no white fish are found in the Eastern Arctic,
while vast shoals of herring and smelts which have never before
ventured so far North, are being encountered in the old seal fishing
grounds. Within a few years it is predicted that due to the ice melt
the sea will rise and make most coastal cities uninhabitable.
See Below:
Oops! Never mind. This report was from November 2, 1922, as
reported by the Associated Press and published in the Washington Post
- 88 years ago!
H/T Shelly
An olde favourite....from Rico
This has long been a favorite joke of mine.
It's old, but I have never 'seen' it framed on a wall like this before now.
The PC-thenthitive will doubtless be 'offended' but they have no sense of humour anyway,
and as long as it was well-received by my old pals in the British Army of the Rhein and the SAS
...well, I could care less what the less-mentally endowed think.
Hey! It's a joke!!
And I still like this olde joke.
- It makes me wax nostalgic for my youger European days...
Jeepin in the Dez.
Truckhaven, north Ocotillo Wells, just west of Salton Sea, in Sunny Southern California
From Airship DC
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 7, 2011) An EA-6B Prowler assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 134 and an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 launch simultaneously from the bow and waist catapults on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans)
H/T Marc
The Sunday Best..............
Cry the children in the agony of their deaths an eloquent assertion of their faith in christ ... nicolas sarkozy understands
Politics & the shooting of congresswoman gabrielle giffords ....
Iran has produced 40 kg of 20% enriched uranium
'Wobbling Earth' will turn all your zodiac predictions for 2011 wrong
South Korea says North is boosting special forces
Dambisa Moyo: without change US will almost certainly become a socialist nation
Beach sex scandal after copulating couples filmed
Toy collection could fetch more than $40 million
Clinton seeks stronger ties with Arab allies
Obama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans
Somalia's al-Shabab bans mixed-sex handshakes
Daley, Emanuel, Obama: Chicago on the Potomac
Bloodbath as 14 decapitated bodies of young men are found in Acapulco
Nasa probe DID find organic material on Mars... but it took scientists 34 years to notice
China builds world's longest bridge
Laser canons to defend ships from pirates
A clue to CIA mystery that has defeated the world's codebreakers
Aflockalypse now: on a wing and a prayer
Sudan Referendum: birth of a failed state?
Australian floods: Rockhampton residents are 'whacking' Queensland's venomous snakes to keep themselves safe
Moqtada al-Sadr calls for Iraqis to 'resist occupiers' by peaceful means
Heidi, the Cross-Eyed Opossum, Charms Germany
Uncertainty Reigns as Baghdad Enters New Era
Policeman claims trauma from porn email
Serious Problems ahead for the British Pound
and finally..........
Fun random image dump
Attention Linkwhoring
When you figure in inflation...........by Rico
OK, I know I know I know that 'officially' there is no inflation and hasn't been for several years.
Well, at least according to our Government.
Would THEY cook-the-books and LIE to us to avoid making any cost-of-living [COLA] adjustments to Social Security recipients, et al?
Nawwwwwwwww.
- And, I gotta agree with the USG (which doesn't figure-in energy or food when calculating inflation). As long as I don't need fuel for my vehicle to drive to the grocery store, hey....no problemo! There is NO inflation.
Inflation is a sneaky blighter though.
Look at the last decade of the US Equity market.
- Adjusted for inflation, you could call this chart "how to lose 24% and still have to pay capital gains taxes."
Gee! Uncle Sammy wins again by collecting taxes on money lost!
- Heads he wins, tails you lose.
Whoopee!
Happy days are here again!
Video: Marines Fight Through Enemy Ambush To Build New Patrol Base
1/3/2011 By Cpl. Daniel Blatter, Regimental Combat Team 2
H/T Marc
Saturday, 8 January 2011
Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot by Gunman: Breaking Updates
I'm praying for everyone involved.
See the full report: "Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot by Gunman at Townhall Event in Tucson — Progressives Blame Sarah Palin 'Hit List'."
Updates throughout the evening: "Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot by Gunman at Townhall Event in Tucson — Progressives Blame Sarah Palin 'Hit List'."
Blair Hitch Project
Hitch gave up behind the scene deets with a screensaver money shot:
"...When Tony Blair took office, Slobodan Milošević was cleansing and raping the republics of the former Yugoslavia. Mullah Omar was lending Osama bin Laden the hinterland of a failed and rogue state. Charles Taylor of Liberia was leading a hand-lopping militia of enslaved children across the frontier of Sierra Leone, threatening a blood-diamond version of Rwanda in West Africa. And the wealth and people of Iraq were the abused private property of Saddam Hussein and his crime family.
"...Today, all of these Caligula figures are at least out of power, and at the best either dead or on trial. How can anybody with a sense of history not grant Blair some portion of credit for this? And how can anybody with a tincture of moral sense go into a paroxysm and yell that it is he who is the war criminal? It is as if all the civilians murdered by al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be charged to his account.
"...This is the chaotic mentality of Julian Assange and his groupies.
Pic - "Bosnia. That's what did it for me, Courtney. I kept seeing the same names on petitions for action I wanted to sign. Oh, look - there's Perle, and here's Wolfowitz - these people wanted to act." with Hail Darling Leader from GrEaT sAtAn"s gIrLfRiEnD
News..........
Cornbread fresh from the oven ...
Did the U.S. Invade Iraq to Contain China?
Israel admits Iran incapable of producing nuclear weapon before 2015
Gates Recommends Cancelling the Procurement of USMC's Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
Obama's Moment of Truth at the UN
Don't pat me says Nader
Palin Says Obama Is “Hell Bent on Weakening America”…
A "must read" for all who would understand how islamic agitprop works ... pamela geller explains "dawa" at atlas shrugs ...
Women's panties get even more sexy!
How Nazis barked up a mocking dog
Fattest man Paul Mason sues the NHS for allegedly 'letting him grow'
Elderly Swedes bloodied in snow shovel brawl
TSA: Living on Borrowed Time?
Magnetic North Pole Shifts, Forces Runway Closures at Florida Airport
The Fifteen Most Hated American Companies Of 2010
Wind farms don't work in the cold: Why it's no use waiting for turbines to keep us warm as the snow returns
HMS Nightclub: Pride of the Fleet may become a Chinese disco
Eating carrots and plums 'makes you more attractive'
Nicolas Sarkozy says Christians in Middle East are victim of 'religious cleansing'
Empty wine bottles sell for £300 in China
Divers claim to have discovered USS Revenge
Argentine pilots arrested in Spain for smuggling cocaine
and finally..........
The journey that left me with an empty feeling by little Jimmy May
Haiti
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