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The Irrationality of Europe.
Winter Soldier vs Swift Boats? I thought a loser had already been declared.
Start your own Internet.
If you’re into data crunching and graphs and charts and hockey sticks – and despise Al Gore, there’s lots of good stuff going on at Climate Audit these days. Instead of highlighting any one post, just grab a coffee and keep scrolling. And don’t miss the comments – especially helpful if you need a little help interpreting the data and graphs and charts….
Add yours in the comments.
I’m going to be busy finishing up some work before heading out to do some hunting next week, so don’t expect a lot in the way of blogging this weekend.

44 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. What!? You have a life? And we thought you spent 12 hours a day at the computer!!
    šŸ˜‰
    Thanks for the blog Kate…looking forward to the baby pix.

  3. About the climate nerds at ClimateAudit destroying Al Gore’s Nobel-winning film, I think the best comment is:
    “Alā€™s going to be sorry he ever invented the internetā€¦”

  4. Regarding the Swift Boaters, I heard on Foxnews this morning that T. Boone Pickens (Texas oilman) has offered to bet Kerry $1,000,000 that he can’t disprove any single claim the Swift Boat vets made. Proceeds to go to the charity of the winners choice.

  6. Today’s Washington Times has an article titled “Canadians see some silver lining in global warming”. It refers to a 1997 study by bunch of American University guys. The study says:
    “Given these regional results, it is no surprise that some countries are winners and
    others are losers. Table 5 presents net market results for selected countries around the
    world. The former Soviet Union, Canada, China and the United States receive the largest
    net annual benefits. Their cool climates turn warming into gains, their large economies
    lead to large energy effects, and their large land masses suggest more coast line, agriculture,
    forestry, and water impacts.”
    Table 5 estimates that a 2C warming by 2060 would INCREASE Canada’s GDP by 3.9% (that’s 70B$!). Environment Canada published in 1998 a study detailing the impact of climate change on the various provinces: Quebec and Ontario came out clear winners.
    You’d think that Canadians would have heard about it, and that this issue would be the subject of discussion and policy. I guess our politicians at the time were too busy pitying polar bears and selling us Kyoto.
    1997 study:
    http://crga.atmos.uiuc.edu/publications/market_impact/text.html
    Washington Times article:
    http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071117/FOREIGN/111170001/-1/RSS_WORLD

  7. You*ll love this if you like to know how the scam and kickback artists work.
    From Steve Cameron*s new blog. He wrote ** On the Take ** came out in 1994.
    This is such a can of worms… I don*t know where to start..[TG]
    ** Once Karlheinz Schreiber started splitting up the millions of dollars in secret commissions paid by Airbus, Thyssen and MBB (Messerschmidt-Bolkow-Blohm) to help obtain huge government contracts in Canada, there was enough money going round for some serious real estate.
    Frank Moores’ lobbying firm, Government Consultants International, worked on all these contracts and he began by buying, with a friend, a beautiful fishing camp in the Gaspe in 1989 for between $150,000 and $200,000 and renovating it.
    We don’t know if it was money from Schreiber that paid for this place because Moores had many major companies among his clients, but we do know that he used the first payments from the Airbus sales to Air Canada, payments that rolled into his firm in 1990, to buy a $200,000 condo in an exclusive gated community in Jupiter, Florida.
    Giorgio Pelossi, Schreiber’s accountant, wired him the money he needed from the accounts Schreiber set up to hold the secret commissions.
    In 1989, both the Doucet brothers, Fred and Gerry – now both of them working as lobbyists on Schreiber’s projects – bought themselves condos in Ste. Petersburg, Florida.
    =====================
    http://steviecameronblog.blogspot.com/
    ===================== [Thanks CalgaryGrit ]
    If you wanna get what*s cookin against Harper, you check a LibBlog. = TG

  11. “YouTube Islamist arrested for threats to Christian political leader.
    Posted: Saturday, November 17, 2007, 10:01 (GMT)
    A man who placed an “obituary” on YouTube of one of the leading opponents of plans to build Europe’s biggest mosque near the London Olympics site has been arrested by police.
    The video, “In memory of Councillor Alan Craig”, features the Leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance party, his wife and two daughters.
    The two-minute video, which has now be taken down, was added by a man calling himself “abdullah1425” and was set to the strains of Elvis Presley’s song Always On My Mind and opened with its title and the words ‘To God we will all return’.
    It featured a boxing scene with an Asian punching an opponent to the ground before ending with the message: “The mosque will be built in time for the 2012 Olympic Games.”
    When the video was uploaded to Youtube, there was a web link from the Abbey Mills mega-mosque website to abdullah1425’s YouTube mini website, where he identifies himself as Muhammad, 23, from Stevenage, Herts. It also had links to material relating to Tablighi Jamaat.
    In one comment to another user posted on the site he said: “Jihad starts from the moment your mother gave birth to you.” Police have taken a statement about the video from Cllr Craig. The man behind the posting has now been bailed to return to a police station in Hertfordshire.”
    Good.

  12. Two reports from Paris by MSM. Two different worlds.
    …-
    France turns down Canada’s entreaties to send more troops to Afghanistan
    SUSAN SACHS
    Special to The Globe and Mail
    PARIS —
    …-
    France to step up Afghan commitment
    Peter O’Neil, CanWest Europe Bureau, [National Post]
    PARIS – […]
    …-

  13. I just had a brainwave aboput Karlheinz Schreiber and the Liberal’s desparate attempts in collusion with him to make sure he does NOT get deported to Germany.
    This may have NOTHING to do with Mulroney – that is just the pretext.
    When this man goes to Germany he is being charged with bribery, tax evasion, influence peddling, forgery and fraud- much of it wrapped up in political collusion and possible corruption.
    If he goes to Germany there will be court cases where he and others will be giving evidence. Up to now all of this has been suppressed because the scammer is still in Canada.
    What if high level Liberals or some of their high rolling corporate backroom international business power brokers were ALSO involved with Schreiber in the German corruption?
    Here is more legal loopholes to keep him here. Apprently after a person facing deportation has exhausted and lost all court challenges to stave off deportation then if they are not sent back within 45 days the deportation order becomes null and void.
    So…..in keeping woth this line of thought – Karlheinz has lost ALL court challenges – he is going to try one more time…or not. The clock has begun ticking. If Canada does not send him back within 45 days he is a free man in Canada and cannot be sent to Germany to face the charges and “spill the beans” on his partners in the fraud.
    He has until Dec.1 already – that is two weeks. The Liberals only have to scream blue murder to give him one more month – to the first part of January to stay here and VOILA!!!
    German justice loses…and the organized criminals behind the scenes (who must be Liberal connected considering who is doing the coaching and screeching) all get off Scot free.
    Any merit to this?

  14. Andrew Nikiforuk has a typical “impassioned piece” (which is to say “incoherent rant”) about how big corporations are giving everyone cancer in the book section of the Globe today. Catch how he characterizes the Chinese government though:
    “While China now leads a global economic boom, it’s also exploring new opportunities for cancer. Even its secretive, Ottawa-like government now concedes that the country’s industries use the nation’s rivers as industrial urinals.”

  15. Oillah and the Oilatoilas: Black gold is the cocaine of the ME.
    …-
    Rare OPEC summit opens in Saudi Arabia; 11 countries represented
    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – A rare summit of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries opened Saturday in Saudi Arabia, with heads of states and delegates from 11 of the world’s biggest oil-producing countries listening to a recitation from the Qur’an. (canoe news)

  16. Mr. Botting, author of Canadian Extradition Law Practice, said that the habeas corpus provisions of the Extradition Act would allow Mr. Schreiber to apply to a judge to be set free if he is not sent to Germany within 45 days after his legal appeals are exhausted. That would cancel his extradition, he said.
    That 45-day clock started ticking on Thursday, when the Ontario Court of Appeal rejected Mr. Schreiber’s latest appeal, but it would be reset if his lawyers seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

  17. hey, I not sure of exactly all the claims the Swiftboaters made against Kerry (he wasn’t really injured or something like that) but I was able to see the film Winter Soldier – very moving and very powerful – I always thought that conservatives were the ones who supported the troops – only if they say the right things? These were ordinary young men who were trying to express the pain and shame and confusion about some of the horrible things they saw and yes did. Does this mean soldiers are monsters – no! it means that war can be hell and can make good people do horrible things – most german and soviets soldiers were loving sons and fathers and yet committed horrible atrocities. Politics dicates that this is something that cannot be spoken of in America still – because we are all good and they(whoever the enemy happens to be)are all evil. Truth has no chance in war or politics.

  18. “Bomb kills 2 Canadians in Afghanistan.”
    “…The Canadians who died were identified as Cpl. Nicolas Raymond Beauchamp of the 5th Field Ambulance in Valcartier, Que., and Pte. Michel Levesque of Quebec’s Royal 22nd Regiment, also known as the Van Doos.
    “They were riding in a Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) that hit an IED (improvised explosive device) on a road north of a Canadian forward operating base near Bazar-e Panjwaii….”
    R.I.P.

  21. 73 Canadian heroes lost in the last 6 years.
    They are holding on to the freedom that hundreds of thousands of military men and women won for us by paying the high price of life.
    With the help of others, including the Americans in Iraq and other hot spots this is a modern day miracle.
    All the more so because half the North American population is calling for a withdrawl of troops.
    How can they not be aware of what is at stake…. oh, yeah.. the MSM. = TG

  22. So Michael van der Galien thinks that 70 million Muslims in Turkey should join the EU, soon to overtake Germany as his ideal EU’s largest nation. Guess we can take him off the list of serious European anti-jihadists.

  23. Birds, fleas – even elevated trees add to global warming […]
    “Data published during the past few years show that all other life on Earth contributes 1,000 times as much greenhouse gases as do people and all their activities.” …-
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927096/posts
    NASA: not all changes in Arctic are result of global warming
    NASA Sees Arctic Ocean Circulation Do an About-Face
    PASADENA, Calif. ā€“ A team of NASA and university scientists has detected an ongoing reversal in Arctic Ocean circulation triggered by atmospheric circulation changes that vary on decade-long time scales. The results suggest not all the large changes seen in Arctic climate in recent years are a result of long-term trends associated with global warming. …-
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927101/posts

  24. FR WAR NEWS! Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
    WAR News at Home and Abroad You’ll Hear Nowhere Else!
    All the News the MSM refuses to use!
    Or if they do report it, without the anti-War Agenda Spin! …-
    British soldiers defeat Taliban suicide attack
    UK MoD Defence News
    British soldiers serving in southern Afghanistan have foiled a suicide car bomber who attempted to attack their patrol as they were returning to base.
    The incident, which lasted a matter of seconds, happened as the soldiers, from 473 Special Observation Post Battery, 5 Regiment Royal Artillery, were heading back to the camp in Gereshk. A white Toyota Corolla, which contained a suicide car bomber, suddenly pulled out and attempted to drive into their convoy of Pinzgauer vehicles.
    The first Pinzgauer swerved to avoid the car and the top cover sentry, Corporal Lee Wilbor, fired a single shot through its window, causing the driver to collapse at the wheel. But the Toyota carried on, swerving erratically into the path of the rear vehicle, whose soldiers opened fire causing the car to veer out of the way before it dramatically exploded.
    Describing the incident, Captain James Ashworth, said:
    “Initially I thought ‘what is this guy up to’, as the local traffic usually pulls over. I then shouted a warning; fortunately my top cover sentry, Corporal Wilbor, was in an ideal position to fire a single well aimed round. The rear vehicle then opened fire on the target and the bomb detonated. Luckily it was now between our two vehicles and we were sufficiently far apart from the blast not to sustain any serious injuries.”
    Corporal Darren Clark, the driver of the front vehicle, said;
    “As soon as I saw the car heading towards us, I knew it must be a suicide bomber, I veered off but he still managed to clip the rear of the Pinzgauer, at the same time, Frodo [Corporal Lee Wilbor] got a round off at him and then the rear vehicle opened fire. The white vehicle then detonated; I felt shrapnel flying over our heads; I was told to stop but the explosion had blown the brakes, so it took me a while. We then jumped out and got to business in clearing up.”
    Corporal Sandy Blunt, Top Cover sentry of the rear vehicle, said; …
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927249/posts
    …-

  25. Non-Contest announced:
    Who will “play” Val? Who will play GWB?
    How many Acadummy awards will this agit/prop win? Willy, and/or, Hilly, get a cameo, betcha.
    …-
    Plame Wants Clooney To Direct Biopic; Michael Douglas to Play Joe Wilson?
    Jeffrey Ressner at Politico asked Valerie Plame about her post-CIA plans.
    Q: Anyone youā€™d like to see direct the picture? Martin Scorsese or Oliver Stone or …
    A: No, not Oliver Stone. I donā€™t think I really have any say in the matter, but George Clooney has shown a deft hand behind the camera as well as in front of it. I thought ā€œGood Night and Good Luckā€ was so well done; it took a brief period of our countryā€™s history and showed how analogous it is to whatā€™s going on today with the government using fear as a weapon.
    Q: Who do you think should play you and your husband?
    A:I donā€™t know about me. When I think about Joe, I think maybe Michael Douglas or George Clooney. …-
    http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/2007/11/plame-wants-clooney-to-direct-biopic.html

  26. I’m going to be busy finishing up some work before heading out to do some hunting next week
    Did you hear the one about the secretary that couldn’t type?….She was a hunt & pecker…
    I know it was cheap.

  28. I heard that the federal Progressive Conservative Party folded their tent and joined the Liberals. Does that mean that the Mulroney legacy now belongs to Steffie DeYawn and the Liberals? Inquiring minds want to know.

  29. http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/11/nazis_and_christianity.html ” rel=”nofollow nofollow nofollow nofollow”>Nazis and Christianity
    As the moral equivalency argument — which gives a pass to Islamofascism for being allegedly no worse than “Nazi Christianity” — comes up at sda with distressing frequency, this piece from American Thinker should put paid to this spectacularly ahistorical fallacy.
    Worth saving to your debate ammo file.

  31. Excellent article, Me No Dhimmi.
    Perhaps it should be forwarded to Belisarius and the others boasting their ridiculous and unfounded claims.
    It’s amazing that even so-called Conservatives attempt to revise history based on their illogical feelings, berift of facts.

  32. The Rogues to Bali.
    “If they fail, then the IPCC has already written our future. We’ll find out in Bali.”
    The Movie*: “a final warning to humanity”.
    …-
    A Last Warning on Global Warming
    The language of science, like that of the United Nations, is by nature cautious and measured. That makes the dire tone of the just-released final report from the fourth assessment of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a network of thousands of international scientists, all the more striking. Global warming is “unequivocal.” Climate change will bring “abrupt and irreversible changes.” The report, a synthesis for politicians culled from three other IPCC panels convened throughout the year, read like what it is: a final warning to humanity.[…]
    In this image released by Paramount Classics, young polar bear Nanu is shown with her family in Arctic Tale.
    Paramount Classics / AP …-
    Roll the credits:
    http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1685199,00.html
    * A production of Time/Warner. A winner of Golden Hoax Award. A co-production with Mao Stlong. Rated: GW/FG/BS/CRAP/FearMongering. DVDs not available, yet.

  33. Michel, Re: Andrew Nikiforuk and Devra Davis’ book.
    “She too has smelled and felt cancer firsthand, having lost two parents and many friends, including the comic Andrea Martin, to the disease. She shines, in short, with a burning indignation about the abuse of power in medicine.”
    Andrea Martin just might disagree with that statement….
    More accuracy in the MSM.

  34. In today’s National Post there is a letter to the editor praising toilets (a good thing to praise) in which it is claimed that a person spends three years of her life on the toilet. That’s almost an hour a day. I must be doing something wrong.

  35. You silly boys: blondes make men act dumb
    WHEN men meet fair-haired women they really do have a ā€œblonde momentā€. Scientists have found that their mental performance drops, apparently because they believe they are dealing with someone less intelligent.
    Researchers discovered what might be called the ā€œbimbo delusionā€ by studying menā€™s ability to complete general knowledge tests after exposure to different women. The academics found that menā€™s scores fell after they were shown pictures of blondes.
    Further analysis convinced the team that, rather than simply being distracted by the flaxen hair, those who performed poorly had been unconsciously driven by social stereotypes to ā€œthink blondeā€.

  36. A fascinating profile of Vladimir Zhirinovsky — counterrevolutionary Black Hundreds pogrom-maker or something else?
    Take No Remarks at Face Value
    If politics is a world of paradox and scandal, then Vladimir Zhirinovsky is the poster boy.
    Zhirinovsky’s boisterous talk is full of ultranationalism, yet his party is called liberal-democratic. He is notorious for starting fistfights in the parliament, yet his deputies resemble low-key bureaucrats more than thugs.
    He relishes throwing slander at opponents, yet even liberal political analysts grudging admit that he is a gifted populist.
    Zhirinovsky only accepted that his father was Jewish after years of denial and anti-Semitic tirades. And he is accused of being a KGB tool used to create a pseudo-opposition in the waning days of the Soviet Union.

  37. “A Last Warning on Global Warming” . . . if only we could believe that this would actually be the “last” warning. What a relief that would be. Many of us are getting very tired of the continual attempts to revive this dead horse.

  38. Which is more of a pollution [and or] *global warming* cure?
    Endless left – right debate on warming?
    OR..
    A program to reduce oil fuels consumption.. [alternate fuel vehicles.]
    A program to equip tens of thousands of coal-gen plants with various clean-coal technologies?
    Obvious .. eh? = TG

  39. maz2 at November 17, 2007 6:11 PM:
    Shouldn’t that headline read “Occupying Forces Cause Traffic Jam, Locals Angry”?

  40. irwin daisy: Yeah, I was going to invite Belisarius to read it, but then I wasn’t certain it was Belisarius or another poster.
    BTW, Are you familiar at all with the Centre for the Study of Political Islam? I bought the trilogy from them – Sira/Haddith/Koran — little red soft covers. The Koran is organized chronologically; there’s also a abridged Koran which leaves out all the duplication etc. They limit the content to what would be of value to non-believers, leaving out a lot of the internal muslim stuff like how to pee, drink a glass of water, walk into the bathroom, the finer points of personal hygiene etc. I’d read quite a bit about Islam (Bostom, Bat Ye’or, Phares, Warraq) but up to now, not the foundational texts as such. Not fun! Even more convinced that Islam is un-reformable. Grim.

  42. How many professions or trades qualify for the 10,000. signing bonus to ex Sask residents to return and guarantee they will stay 3 yrs. They also get 5,000. for moving expenses. Nurses qualify, my daughters sister-in-law just did this. Waiting for her money.

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