Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. If you don't appreciate the comic genius of Miss Carol Burnett, then don't watch this. Otherwise, here's Carol Burnett performing her famous Court Reporter sketch:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFRjs17rM8o

Wow:

ezralevant.com/2008/02/ive-been-threatened-with-anoth.html

Aaah! so The Rocky Horror Picture Show was all about the Prophet Mohammed(pig be upon him), now it all makes sense finally...

Yeah Vitruvius. This time it's going to be in a real court. Lucy is out of hiding and Go Ezra!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Snuffallahpagus

peace be upon him...lol I am still waiting to see the Muhammad blow up doll for the muslim who loves a good bang.

Don't know how many of you have checked this link which is really amazing:

http://glumbert.com/wii/view.php?name=womenfilm

Better than anything they put together on the Oscars.

And Marion Cotillard won an Oscar! Wow! There is hope for Hollywood after all.

Prince?

http://www.chizomiz.biz/axmax/displayimage.php?album=toprated&cat=0&pos=13

I saw Jon Stewart for the first time last night. Man, is he ever un-funny!

This next presenter is either a movie star or an automobile dealership. Ladies and gentlemen, Harrison Ford!

That's Air Farce "funny," that's how un-funny this guy is.

Ezra has been threatened with another lawsuit. Big deal. I can't see it happening and for the very reason metal militia states. It would go to a real court and dealt with by a real judge - not the kangaroo court of a human rights commission. In a real court Lucy would be outted and that will not happen. I wish it would if only to put a cork in Kinsella's big mouth.

Things might get real interesting this fall in the US elections. With Nader now in the mix things could look pretty good for a strong McCain/???? ticket.

http://tinyurl.com/3bfttg

Ezra face with another lawsuit threat.....

Bob.. Sorry, we must have been posting at the same time! Good that this gets highlighted!

20 Tacky Religious Products Guaranteed to Anger God
http://www.cracked.com/article_15899_20-tacky-religious-products-guaranteed-anger-god.html

Red Tory and the BNP:

Wow… Look at that… Canada’s lib-left matched 17 of the BNP’s policies while conservatives matched only 7… I guess Red Tory should really be pointing at his comrades when he discusses who would be more “right at home” with that “lot”…

Now, I’m sure that the moonbats are going to whine and cry and say that conservatives are racist and that the BNP is racist and that they’re both the same because of it. They’d be lying. You see, it’s not the conservatives who are racist, it’s the lib-left. I can prove it by asking a few simple * questions * :

Q: Which US President forced the Civil Rights Act through the house and senate and what party was he with?

A: LBJ, Republican

Q: Which party voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill?

A: Republican

Q: Which party tried to stall the bill through committies and filibuster?

A: Democratic

final question…

Q: Which current sitting Senator once led a local chapter of the KKK and what party is he with?

A: Robert Byrd, Democrat

Yes Virginia, there are fascists among us but it’s not the conservatives. It’s people like Red Tory…

http://no-libs.com/?p=2141

Stand with PM Harper and Minister Kenney.
Stand with Israel.
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'Canada's Courage' Sets Pace
UN Conference; Israel follows Ottawa boycott of anti-racism forum

UNITED NATIONS - Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni spoke yesterday of "Canada's courage" as she announced Israel will follow Ottawa's lead in boycotting a major anti-racism conference the United Nations is planning for next year.

Jason Kenney, Multiculturalism secretary of state, announced last month Canada will not attend UN's "Durban II" Conference, saying it is shaping up to be as anti-Semitic and anti-West as the controversial 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa.
http://tinyurl.com/2uh6uz (canwest)

LBJ was a Republican?

Looks like Lucy Warman will do his 'splainin' to a Legitimate Court as Levant Takes on Lucy Pieman

http://tinyurl.com/3bfttg

""As a defamation lawyer, I know that Warman’s complaints are baseless. So, other than the nuisance and cost of defending the suit – the “maximum disruption” that Warman promises – there’s nothing to fear. For me, at least.

But what about for Warman?
(...)

Before, he could ignore me; now he has to answer my questions about his conduct under oath; now he has to disclose documents touching on the many matters at hand – everything from e-mails to files on his hard drive. “No comment” and “that’s confidential” don’t work in an examination for discovery.""

DONATE TO THE FIGHT!

What is Liberal Citoyen Dion's budget policy today?
Same as his Taliban policy: cut'n'run; surrender.
More: Taliban Jack Layton-NDP has expelled/purged Citoyen Dion from the socialist, aka progressive camp.
Beware! The Hill story quotes Lucy, aka AdScam Chretien's ex-ass-istant.
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Liberals MPs unlikely to vote against budget, say top Grits
Tories say Libs' ongoing endorsement of Tories means they support government agenda. http://tinyurl.com/2jzm82 (hilltimes)

LBJ was a Republican?

Thought I fixed that... Nice catch...

LBJ was a "southern democrat"

I hope we dont have to watch something as lame as womens hockey.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080224/women_skijumping_080224/20080224?hub=Canada

anticipating the protest, I say ``oh puleeze, they should be playing ringette``

Palestinian scheme for mass charge on Gaza-Israel border collapses

....Deterred by determined Israeli military preparations to halt their approach to the border and Israeli ministers’ threats to shoot them in the legs if necessary,” only a few demonstrators obeyed the summons. The large numbers stayed away when they realized Israel was resolved to forcibly thwart a repeat of Hamas’ success a month ago when they knocked over the Egyptian border to open the gate for a massed Palestinian surge into Sinai...

Israel also geared up against Palestinian terrorists accessing tunnels burrowed under the border to strike Israeli forces from the rear and batter the border barrier from the Israeli side. Five of those tunnels were discovered Sunday and 50 Palestinian operatives detained for questioning about Palestinian terror tunnel plots.

Matthew Levitt and Michael Jacobson, Timely Reminder of Iranian Support for Terrorism

Over the past several years, Iran's nuclear activities have commanded the attention of the international community. But the recent assassination of Hizballah foreign operations chief Imad Mughniyeh is a reminder that Iran has been -- and continues to be -- a key player in global terrorism, as its explicit sponsorship of Hizballah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) demonstrates. Moreover, a recent terrorism case in Bahrain suggests that Iran's assistance to al-Qaeda operatives may still be continuing today, echoing the regime's implicit support of the group in the past...

(Via CSP) Labor considers US missile shield

PINE Gap may become part of a US-led strategic missile defence shield as Labor considers reversing its opposition to the controversial scheme - a move that could create tensions with China and Russia.

In Opposition, Labor was against Australian involvement in a program to build a national missile shield protecting the US, but supported a limited theatre-based system that could be deployed in war zones...

Better late than never:

(Via CSP) Trading nukes for SEALs, US navy deploys new sub in Pacific

Another motto for Kate and SDA: "Banned in Pakistan!"

Pakistan blocks YouTube over anti-Islamic content

...a PTA official said Sunday that the ban concerned a movie trailer for an upcoming film by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, who has said he plans to release an anti-Quran movie portraying the religion as fascist and prone to inciting violence against women and homosexuals.

The PTA official... said the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority also blocks Web sites that show controversial drawings of the Prophet Muhammad...

I'll be able to mentally block that image when I see Rocky Horror again, but I will never be able to sit still long enough to watch Prince. Ugh.

Okay, folks. Put your money where your mouth is. Donate to Ezra's legal fund. I just popped in $20. Match or beat it.

ezralevant.com/2008/02/ive-been-threatened-with-anoth.html

Mississauga Matt

RE: unfunny Jon. Can't be sure, but this was likely a line penned by the writers. The oscars are a highly scripted affair. And to think that they were afraid of doing the show without the aid of the airfarceesque screen writers.

BTW, the last great host was Billy Crystal. All downhill since then.

Yes, it's fascinating to see that Richard Warman is threatening to sue Ezra Levant. What's fascinating is - as Ezra points out - how could he be so stupid?

This would be in a Real Court, not the Star Chamber guilt-by-association and innuendo and guesses about future hurt feelings caused by your own offensive behaviour but attributed to another's speech...of the Human Rights Commissions.

And he's up against Ezra! I simply don't get it.

http://ezralevant.com

I've read the letter sent by Warman's lawyer to Ezra. I'm not a lawyer and can only 'opine' that I'll bet that Warman is being funded by the Canadian Jewish Congress, who are mentioned frequently in the letter.

That is, the defamation claimed by Warman is not simply the claim by several blog sites, including Ezra's, that he wrote an anonymous blog post with offensive and racist comments against Senator Anne Cools. It's the claim that his actions with the HRC are aligned with the CJC.

So, I'm suggesting that this threat to sue is not being carried out by Warman alone, but, there's the CJC involved. And Kinsella, who has recently become employed by the CJC, and who has a vendetta against Kate and other bloggers. And against Ezra.

Did anyone see the British film Amazing Grace about William Wilberforce and his long struggle to abolish slavery in England? I was wondering why it was not nominated for at least best foreign film.

Noticed at the Oscars that there were a few black presenters and historical or 'past-away' clips with black actors, but that there were few nominees this year (I guess the choir in the best song category counts). Ruby Dee would have been a good choice as best supporting actress - I remember seeing her in a lot of films and t.v. episodes over the years.

Don't think Denzel Washington was nominated.

Nicola:

Amazing Grace doesn't fit in with MORAL RELATIVISM and heavens even acknowledges God's existence!

Hollywood and God are at odds so Oscar is holding his breath.

Rampant secularism doesn't like faith based perspectives.

Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht BGS, PDP, CFP

Commander in Chief

Frankenstein Battalion

2nd Squadron: Ulanen-(Lancers) Regiment Großherzog Friedrich von Baden(Rheinisches) Nr.7(Saarbrucken)

Knecht Rupprecht Division

Hans Corps

1st Saint Nicolaas Army

Army Group “True North”

Man, is he ever un-funny!

right-wing basement dwellers discussing humour...now THAT's funny.

It's a good day when one can find two columns fit to read from the Dailies of Canada.

Today in the Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford's column " Taliban will target Canadians if they senses political weakness".

In today's National Post, Lorne Gunter's "Forget global warming, Welcome to the new Ice Age".

Interesting take on the Presedential election

http://www.aspentimes.com:80/article/2008198091324

I see the stuttering shutterbug has finally shown his face again.

Hello jeff davidson

"Now the 73-year-old cartoonist and his wife are homeless."
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Universal Islamic 'Blasphemy' Law ?
By Andrew G. Bostom

Almost two weeks ago, "three men with a Muslim background" were arrested by Danish police on anti-terrorism charges, suspected of having plotted to murder Kurt Westergaard, a cartoonist for Jyllands-Posten. Westergaard is one of the 12 cartoonists who on September 30, 2005 published cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad to protest the tacit enforcement in Danish society of Islam's taboo on depictions of Muhammad, no matter how banal, or inoffensive, through intimidation -- a clear violation of Western freedom of expression.

Upon learning of the arrests, Westergaard (noted for this cartoon) commented aptly,

"I think...that the impact of the insane response to my cartoon will last for the rest of my life. It is sad indeed, but it has become a fact of my life."
And within 3 days, by February 15, 2008, confirming the pervasive fear of violent Muslim reprisal that apparently grips Danish society, Westergaard was ejected from his police-protected hotel room having been deemed, "too much of a security risk." Now the 73-year-old cartoonist and his wife are homeless.
http://tinyurl.com/2uvgxo (americanthinker)

CANDU generates the greatest economic benefits for Ontario

New economic analysis shows choosing CANDU over a foreign supplier will
mean billions of dollars and thousands of jobs for Canada's economy

TORONTO, Feb. 25 /CNW/ - A new economic analysis confirms CANDU as the
best choice for Ontario's next nuclear power plants and illustrates how Team
CANDU's proposal to build new Advanced CANDU Reactors(R) - ACR-1000(R) for
Ontario makes the most economic sense.
The analysis estimates that the economic activity required to design,
supply and construct two Advanced CANDU reactors for Ontario will add
$5.1 billion to Canada's GDP and create 62,000 new person years of employment.
The study was conducted using Statistics Canada's existing input/output
methodology and data prepared by Team CANDU.
Read more about Team CANDU.
http://tinyurl.com/2jg2ma (CNW)...-

Putting a 'For Sale' sign on AECL
Ottawa has been laying the groundwork for the complete or partial privatization of the marketer of Candu technology
http://tinyurl.com/2r5zmt (G-M)

here is a no win from CTV(tass), lawyers looking for free pay.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080225/khadr_mps_080225/20080225?hub=TopStories

apparently CBCpravda website is on lunch break.

CBCpravda All Khadr , All the time.

seach it on pravda and find and astounding 440 stories.

A quick question.In JJM,s post at 6:57 what is the piece being played? I believe I saw YoYo Mah play it on West Wing and would love to get it. TY.

Dion on Afghan mission ..

Now dat we har talking more than doing it is true Canadian Mission.
The unending tape loop of confabulation Dion thinks that politicians can decide how a military mission is run! I guess the Taliban and al Qaida will just go away because he says its time?

Stupid stupid stupid ...............

LIberals make long speech about Afghan Mission.....

Now going to force an election .... CBC news readers express disappointment!

"MUSLIM radicals have demanded Sharia law across Britain “without compromise”.

Extreme Islamics said the hardline system – where people are punished by stoning and beheading – is the future.

Speaking at a meeting in Birmingham, Abu Ibraheem said: “Let us make this absolutely clear. Islam is not subject to dilution, compromise or relegation.

“The behaviour of some Muslims is failing miserably to meet these commands.”

About 50 activists held the meeting in the same town where terrorist Parviz Khan, 36, plotted to behead a British soldier.

Ten thousand leaflets were distributed to attract moderate Muslims.

They criticised comments by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, 58, who suggested parts of Sharia law may be good for the UK.

Abu Abdullah, who spoke at the meeting, added: “The purpose of this was not to discourage Muslims from following English laws.

“It is to educate people about Sharia and its meanings.”

thedailystar.co.uk

Now NOT going to force an election.... sheesh!!

David Duke Backs McCain!!

No, sorry, it was a different hatemonger backing a different candidate. But I'm sure the media will treat them the same...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080225/ap_on_re_us/farrakhan_saviours__day_1

"In his first major public address since a cancer crisis, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Sunday that presidential candidate Barack Obama is the "hope of the entire world" that the U.S. will change for the better."

Geeee, the global warming crowd would have had anything to do with rising food prices, would they? I can't imagine that burning corn would be detrimental to the price of food...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7262830.stm

So, just how many poor people has Al Gore and Fruit Fly starved today?

Prof frostbitten by reality. LOLOL ...-

""We missed what was right in front of our eyes," says Prof. Russell."

Forget global warming: Welcome to the new Ice Age
Lorne Gunter, National Post
"In just the first two weeks of February, Toronto received 70 cm of snow, smashing the record of 66.6 cm for the entire month set back in the pre-SUV, pre-Kyoto, pre-carbon footprint days of 1950." http://tinyurl.com/yo8hyk (NP)
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Meanwhile, back from Swift's Lapuda - habitados por criaturas de lo más extrañas - are Drosophila Melanogaster and Prof. M. Jaccard, he of the IPCC.
Jaccard is the ghost writer for Dr. FruitFly.

"OTTAWA — David Suzuki is trying to speak Stephen Harper's language, releasing a report Monday that argues a strong climate change plan could produce deep income tax cuts."
http://tinyurl.com/2f7a23 (G-M)

Suzuki is an economic illiterate (as well as a scientific illiterate - like just about every single leftie who ever lived). So the gubmint raises money by "carbon-taxing" economic activity.... guess to whom these costs will be passed down? Yep, the taxpayer, who just got a tax cut but now has to pay a lot more to heat, eat, etc. And if the taxpayer consumes less, there is less economic activity, therefore less carbon taxes, but the entitlements remain the same, and once again, the taxpayer must cough up. It's a zero-sum game, Fruitfly... Carbon taxing is a concept invented by economic and scientific illiterates in pursuit of a liberal fascist agenda.

Anyone else catch the disgusting Craig Oliver trying to have the Government overthrown by asking Jack Layton if he would entertain a coalition by combining with the Liberals to "keep the Conservatives from power."

Absolutely the most disgustingly blatant display of Liberal bias ever on Question Period, and there have been lots!!

Just the fact that these so-called journalists want these self absorbed morons of the Liberal Party back in power shows how low they have set the bar when it comes to their own idiotic ideology!!

Oh, what the hell, let's give 'em this too:

"Muslims want unis to fit prayer time"

MUSLIM university students want lectures to be rescheduled to fit in with prayer timetables and separate male and female eating and recreational areas established on Australian campuses.

International Muslim students, predominantly from Saudi Arabia, have asked universities in Melbourne to change class times so they can attend congregational prayers. They also want a female-only area for Muslim students to eat and relax.

theaustralian.news.com

God, clair voyant, ya gotta find something else to do with your time than watch the CTV witless......

Kate ya better start online airbrush lessons.........

And this:

"Islamist Recommendations or Mandates?"
R. John Matthies

Not long ago a list of “unique issues affecting Muslim Americans” was posted at the Muslim Americans for Obama ’08 website. This describes a number of “recommendations” drafted to advance the discussion of lawful Islamism and exceptional accommodation in the United States. These suggest both that “Islamic” comportment is beyond reproach, and that one is always correct to press the case for inviolable “Muslim” space.

The “recommendations” described are neither fantastical nor improbable. In fact, if the United States has by this time failed to enact the variety of accommodations embraced by our Western allies, it is clear that, on the ground and across the United States, private institutions and local governing bodies have taken the lead in obliging Islamist groups. This is simply to say that the present list of wishes (untouched for spelling and grammar) has become very real for many.

QUESTION: What are issues and recommendations for solutions that are unique to Muslim Americans?

1. A Law against harrassment of Muslim women wearing Hijab at the Airport, DMV and other public arenas.

2. Institute a Law to allow Muslim Employees to take a hours off from work for Friday Jummah [congregational] Prayer.

3. Make the 2 Eid’s [holidays to mark the end of Ramadan and the Festival of Sacrifice], recognized National Holidays on Calendars with days off from work.

4. Optional Halal meals in federal buildiings, public schools and colleges.

5. Provide prayer areas suitable for Salah [ritual prayer] and Jummah, in public and private facilities. (i.e. Malls, Airports, Universities and government buildings.)

6. Organize a Muslim American group to assist in recommendations for US foreign policy affecting majority Muslim countries.

"unreconstructed paleo-lefties*" reach/voyage to the island of Erewhon, aka socialist Cuba.
The end result of socialism: "an island fortress of poverty, corruption and currency apartheid".
The post-end result: "But we returned home terribly disillusioned. Neither of us had been to a country which was so utterly decrepit."
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Castro’s Cuba was no place for a socialist like me

Neil Clark says that he went to Havana in search of a left-wing Utopia and discovered instead an island fortress of poverty, corruption and currency apartheid

It’s a country where the vast majority live in poverty, while a tiny, corrupt elite live in luxury. It’s a place where, 14 years after South Africa abolished apartheid, a form of it still operates. And it’s a country where you can be threatened with prison not just for criticising the country’s leadership, but also for querying a medical bill.

Welcome to Cuba, the ‘socialist’ paradise built by that great egalitarian Fidel Castro, who after 49 years at the helm has finally decided to hand over power — in the manner of a true democrat — to his brother Raúl.

My wife and I, as unreconstructed paleo-lefties who support Clause Four**, free school meals and NHS dental provision, had long wanted to visit Castro’s Cuba. ...-
http://tinyurl.com/yvhyxl (spectator)

*paleo-lefties = post-communists.
** Clause Four: "'To secure for the producers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry, and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible, upon the basis of the common ownership of the means of production and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry and service.' Labour, aka Socialst constitution (adopted 1918)

Castro a hero of our times (Incredible Canadian Moonbat Alert)
(Article by: R.H. Young, Fredericton, N.B.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976111/posts

Nicola Timmerman wrote, "Did anyone see the British film Amazing Grace about William Wilberforce and his long struggle to abolish slavery in England? I was wondering why it was not nominated for at least best foreign film."

I'm a committed Christian and very seldom agree with the Academy on anything. (I haven't bothered to watch the Oscars for many years now.)

However, I'd imagine one of the reasons "Amazing Grace" (I LOVE that hymn!) wasn't nominated is because--certainly in my opinion--it wasn't a very good movie: weak characters (as acted: I find Ioan Gruffudd typically tepid and formulaic) and not much plot or drama.

'Too bad, because this is a noble story and, IMO, could have made a really great movie: think the sleeper, "Chariots of Fire". Now THAT was some movie, with orthodox Christians as good guys--fantastic music too!

IMHO, the most stirring and dramatic part of "Amazing Grace" was the surprise "ending"!

JJM: "And Marion Cotillard won an Oscar! Wow! There is hope for Hollywood after all."

Not really. The other actresses nominated for Best Actress weren't all that great, IMO.

Cotillard WAS fantastic. It was amazing to see this absolutely beautiful young actress emerge at the Oscars from under the makeup and behind the physical gestures with which Cotillard crafted her uncanny depiction of the passionate, drug-addled diva.

Did she do her own singing? Whether she did or not, her performance was a tour de force. Good thing Hollywood gave her the Oscar or they'd have had egg all over their faces.

Hussein Obama, the Hollow Man*, and his Hollow Women.
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Spengler on Obama

Spengler at the Asia Times is uncharacteristically vituperative about Barack Obama. And we get a clue to the mysterious Spengler's real identity. He writes under an alias for the Asia Times.
Spengler drops a hint about where he's been, who he knew.
The senior Obama died in a 1982 car crash. Kenyan government officials in those days normally spent their nights drinking themselves stupid at the Pan-Afrique Hotel. Two or three of them would be found with their Mercedes wrapped around a palm tree every morning. During the 1970s I came to know a number of them, mostly British-educated hollow men dying inside of their own hypocrisy and corruption.
I'll guess that Spengler once ...
http://tinyurl.com/29ekga (wretchard)
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By Spengler
" Obama's women reveal his secret:
he ..."
http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/JB26Aa01.html

*Mistah Kurtz-he dead.
A penny for the Old Guy

We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw. (T.S. Eliot)

Heh. *Anti*-Earth Hour.

A backlash against global warming Earth Hour enthusiasts by turning lights ON and consuming power when everyone else turns their lights off.

http://www.samanthaburns.com/archives/2008/02/the_antiearth_h.html

A climate change conference for deniers is going to take place in NYC. (This link comes from GayandRight): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120390556121489679.html?mod=opinion_journal_political_diary

It will indeed be interesting to see what -- if any -- press coverage is given.

Archibald paper supports Dalton Minimum Returns
Russ Steele
The Heartland Institute, is sponsoring 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, March 2 - March 4, 2008 in New York City.
The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change is the first major international conference to focus on issues and questions not answered by advocates of the theory of man-made global warming.
David Archibald will present a paper at this conference: Solar Cycle 24: Implications for the United States
Do we live in a special time in which the laws of physics and nature are suspended? No, we do not. Can we expect relationships between the Sun’s activity and climate, that we can see in data going back several hundred years, to continue for at least another 20 years? With absolute certainty.
In this presentation, I will demonstrate that the Sun drives climate, and use that demonstrated relationship to predict the Earth’s climate to 2030. It is a prediction that differs from most in the public domain. It is a prediction of imminent cooling.
You can download Archibald's paper here: Solar_Arch_NY_Mar2_08.pdf I will be highlighting sections of this paper where it supports the Dalton Minimum Returns. It could be even worse, a return to a Maunder Minimum. I am hoping for a Dalton Return.
H/T to Anthony Watts for sending me this paper.
http://tinyurl.com/ysp9tb (ncwatch)

Glenn Beck had a piece on the New York conference tonight. He interviewed a fellow from the Heartland Institute who mentioned that they had invited Al Gore to speak , however Al took a pass. As the Heartland guy said, "Al Gore doesn't debate." I guess they should have offered him 100K.