The town of Saguenay in Quebec doesn’t have any Muslim citizens, so its mayor is proactively looking for some. He wants the town to construct a mosque — “If we build it, they will come.”

… Field of Dreams.

Some days it’s hard to keep track of all the bad news for Global Warmists.
Example:

Half of the temperature increase in the Arctic can be traced to black exhaust dust (soot).
[…]
Because of these new findings, the so-called German Environment Aid group (DUH) is now calling for diesel filters for heavy construction machinery.”

Even the glaciers are getting into the joke:

Lead scientist Robin Bell of Columbia University said that the models of ice sheet – which are relevant for the behavior of Greenland and Antarctica, which subsequently influence the sea level, ice-albedo feedbacks, and other things – were as wrong as models of cars without tires. What happened?

… much more @ Cjunk

Roger L. Simon directs us to this video, after it was banned by YouTube and Facebook. (h/t RGB)
Here’s a look at some of the reaction to the tragedy.

Henceforth, all former Presidents shall be lovingly referred to as not Obama:

Former President Bill Clinton said Friday that delays in offshore oil and gas drilling permits are ‘ridiculous’ at a time when the economy is still rebuilding, according to attendees at the IHS CERAWeek conference.

Clinton spoke on a panel with former President George W. Bush that was closed to the media.

(…)

“Bush said all the things you’d expect him to say” on oil and gas issues, said Jim Noe, senior vice president at Hercules Offshore and executive director of the pro-drilling Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition. But Clinton added, “You’d be surprised to know that I agree with all that,” according to Noe and others in the room.

Ed Morrissey finds himself unexpectedly pining for times past:

I’ve been missing George Bush for more than two years. Who knew I’d be missing Bill Clinton by this time? Let’s hope we don’t get to the point where we’re missing …. Jimmy Carter.

Video maker Eric Spiegelman, in 2009:

On Wednesday, the Obamas hosted a reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, during which they stood for 130 photographs with visiting foreign dignitaries in town for the UN meeting. The President has exactly the same smile in every single shot…

h/t Black Mamba

This month, Pajamas Media is celebrating its ninth year of blogging.
Ed Driscoll:

To officially kick off another year of blogging, here’s our latest Silicon Graffiti video, the first of a two part series, in which we look at several attempts by the left to, as Tom Wolfe would say, “Start from Zero,” and hit the CTL-ALT-DLT keys on western civilization.

Far-ranging, fast-paced, and darkly funny – do watch.

Radiation
Coast shifted 8 feet … earth’s axis shifted.
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You can’t outsmart The Grid, boy. Don’t even try…
Lawrence Solomon, in the NP:

Wind-based power systems are necessary to meet the government’s targets, (Steve Holiday, CEO of the UK’s National Grid) has explained, but they will require lifestyle changes.

Not that these required lifestyle changes will be enforced by the wind-based power systems per se:

Under the so-called “smart grid” that the UK is developing, the government-regulated utility will be able to decide when and where power should be delivered, to ensure that it meets the highest social purpose. Governments may, for example, decide that the needs of key industries take precedence over others, or that the needs of industry trump that of residential consumers. Governments would also be able to price power prohibitively if it is used for non-essential purposes.

(emph. mine)

The King Hearings have it all … hyperbole … weeping witnesses … what’s not to like?
Previous at Cjunk: Muslim Reformation

One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan’s eastern coast Friday, triggering a devastating tsunami. The quake was followed by more than 20 aftershocks that lasted for hours, most of them of more than magnitude 6.0

CTV
Hundreds of Bodies
Live Sky
* Tsunami warning for entire Pacific … including Canada. Fault caused strongest tsunamis in a Westerly direction so Eastern Pacific should only experience small waves.