A summary of the terrorism situation around the world.
The Sound Of Settled Science
Via WUWT (where there’s lots more);
In 2007, the Arctic lost a massive amount of thick, multiyear sea ice, contributing to that year’s record-low extent of Arctic sea ice. A new NASA-led study has found that the record loss that year was due in part to the absence of “ice arches,” naturally-forming, curved ice structures that span the openings between two land points. These arches block sea ice from being pushed by winds or currents through narrow passages and out of the Arctic basin.
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“Until recently, we didn’t think the small straits were important for ice loss,” Kwok said. The findings were published this month in Geophysical Research Letters.
Meanwhile, from our busy When It’s Hot It’s Climate, When It’s Cold It’s Weather Dep’t, Phil Jones channels David Suzuki… “But there’s also a lot of other evidence showing that the world’s warming, by just looking outside …”
More Pavilions At Folkfest
I consider this progress of a sort.
… at a Toronto-area Islamic centre […] a video was shown that mocked 9/11 by putting the Muppet Show logo over slow-motion footage of the second plane’s impact, with screams of terror for audio.
They used to just celebrate it.
Related – “Across the West, a chill has fallen over the fundamental right to think and speak freely about Islam like any other subject of public interest.”
h/t
Jennifer Lynch!
Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
| Some wildlife and environmental groups have expressed skepticism that the bounty would be effective at eliminating the coyotes that prey on farm animals, claiming that only the weaker, slower coyotes would be killed. |
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our continuing coverage of their work, here are Pink Floyd performing Us and Them ¤ §, from their A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, in 1987 (7:35). This song was originally the seventh track on their The Dark Side of the Moon album, in 1973, but I must say that I do think that Scott Page‘s saxophone work in this version is the best I’ve ever heard for this song. And, special for SDA LNR listener Black Mamba: there are no “giant nodding pigs” in this video 😉
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Gold medalist Sven Kramer Meets NBC reporter
h/t Pete
The Biggar Picture
An NBC reporter introduces world to the “furthest reaches of Canada”.
Takes the back road.
(Hwy 14)
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The World Still Has Too Many Reporters
Also not dead: Burton Cummings, Joni Mitchell, Randi Bachman, Neil Young (unconfirmed)…
And Don’t Get Them Started On The Algebra
Rest In Peace
The Sound Of Homogenized Science
The latest independent analysis of world climate data by acclaimed skeptic blogger ‘Chiefio’ (aka E. M. Smith) and his blog contributors confirm that the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) has cynically dumped the world’s second oldest and reliable climate record at Prague in the Czech Republic for no scientific reason […]
The Prague raw temperatures correlate perfectly with those of the world’s oldest climate data set, found in the Central England Temperature Record (CET) that has been running continuously for 351 years.
Thus, the two oldest and most reliable raw thermometer records in the world are telling us there is not a shred of real world evidence to show any significant global warming. Rather, it the homogenized or faked data created artificially by climatologists in their laboratories that is consistently being shown as the source of such ‘warming.’
Emphasis mine.
Note the radio silence during the 1940’s, then read the whole thing.
2010: An Allah Odyssey
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said Tuesday that President Barack Obama has asked him to “find ways to reach out to dominantly Muslim countries” as the White House pushes the space agency to become a tool of international diplomacy.
Because what the world needs now are more Islamic governments with intercontinental technology.
Update: Related!
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation, here are Gladys Knight and The Pips performing Midnight Train To Georgia ¤ § in 1973 (3:13). I am also delighted to be able to announce that Hellman, Diffie, and Merkle have Won the IEEE Hamming Medal for their work on public- key cryptography ca. 1975. Follow the link for a good story. |
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In Conversation With Tom Friedman’s House, A Continuing Series ….
Austin Plane Crash Intentional?
There are IRS offices in the building….
Chris Messer was driving to work about 9:50 a.m. when he was on the flyover exiting MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1) to northbound U.S. 183 when he saw a small, single-engine yellow plane in his peripheral vision.
“It flew right in front of me and flew right square into the building,” said Messner, 27. “The fireball was pretty big. It shook my car and the heat came in from my air vents. I was surprised how big the explosion is.”
Messner said the explosion was “as wide as the entire building.”
“The tail was down slightly like it was trying to pull up a little bit,” Messner said. “It happened really fast.”
Sarah Whelan, 28, was also driving on the overpass from MoPac onto U.S. 183 north on her way to work when she saw the plane on her right, flying low over the shops across the street from the building that was hit.
She said all the cars in front of me started slowing down because the plane looked like it could it land on the highway.
“It wasn’t heading into the direction of the building but all of a sudden it took a right and headed straight into it,” Whelan said. “It didn’t look like it was in distress. It wasn’t wavering at all.
Update: The alleged pilot’s alleged suicide note is up at the Smoking Gun.
I Miss W.
Is there nothing that Obama can’t sell?
Related!
Y2Kyoto: I’ll Miss Yvo de Boer
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
The only real problem with wind turbines isn’t their performance record.
Northern New Brunswick’s cold, icy weather is causing wind turbines to freeze and stop producing power at the Caribou Wind Park near Bathurst.
The problem is that people still can’t tell the difference between stuff built to generate power….
Official data recording the performance of half the UK’s onshore turbines revealed the problems caused by a lack of wind during the cold snap. On the coldest day – January 7 – they produced just 5 per cent of their maximum output. On January 9 they produced just 9 per cent, and on two other days the figure was only 10 per cent.
… and stuff built to generate tax subsidies.
“If people see a water tower, they expect it to stand still,” said Wally Wysopal, the city manager of North St. Paul. “If there’s a turbine, they want it to turn.”
h/t Manotick and J.A.
Pat Condell
h/t Manotick