Monthly Archives: March 2011

How Far Did The Earthquake Move The Oshika Peninsula?

The power of nature …the March 11 tremors shifted the Oshika Peninsula near the epicenter by just over 17 feet and dropped it by just over 4 feet, the Geospatial Information Authority in Tsukuba, Japan, reported Saturday. Horrific set of before and after pictures here.

Unhinged Warmist: Stop Calling It Global Warming!

Funny stuff by warmist Glen Hodgsen from the warm -20C land of Canada It has been a pet peeve of mine that ever since the debate began about the potential catastrophic effects of excessive amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, people have dubbed the problem with the misleading misnomer of “Global Warming”. Except, that […]

Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Happy Sunday! It’s another beautiful day in America, and March Madness is raging. And, yes, it is time for 2nd Annual March Madness Sweater Puppies Contest. I can’t lose by going old school! BTW, the pinup is by Al Moore, with a wee bit of help. What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine […]

Snap! White House Anti-War Protesters Get To Watch Launch Of Obama’s War From Jail

Irony and complete pwnage are in order for these silly protesters More than 100 anti-war protesters, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, were arrested outside the White House in demonstrations marking the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The protesters, some shouting anti-war slogans and singing “We Shall Not Be Moved,” […]

HuffPo: Collective Bargaining For Pay Is Awesome, Except At HuffPo!

Obviously, the Huffington Post has always been pro-union, and ever since the showdown in Wisconsin started, the site has taken a consistent position that removing the ability to bargain is just plain wrong. In Wisconsin. At the HuffPo? A strike called by unpaid Huffington Post contributors received a major boost Wednesday with a call to […]

How Awesome Is Barack Obama? He Tells Us

Obama ramps up the It’s All About Me syndrome (via Ace) “The first time around it’s like lightning in a bottle. There’s something special about it, because you’re defying the odds. And as time passes, you start taking it for granted that a guy named Barack Hussein Obama is president of the United States,” Obama […]

Guess What’s Building On Mount Kilimanjaro?

Yet another warmist meme bites the dust Standing as the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro is slowly regaining its snow after several years of drought in East Africa and the effects of climate change in African continent. Sigh. They should have stopped after “drought.” And let’s not forget that the major cause of the […]

Professor Obama Explains Lessons To Be Learned From Latin America Trip

I will hand it to Team Obama, they have put together a very good weekly address, with lots of facts and figures to push the meme that Obama isn’t abandoning/ignoring his duties while he travels abroad, destroying Gaia through globull warming with his fossil fueled flights and massive motorcade. Anyhow The President Announces Economic Lessons […]

Coca Cola Continues As Part Of Earth Hour

Yes, it is almost time for Earth Hour, the one hour a year when climate morons actually Do Something themselves and crow about there short term commitment Coca-Cola Great Britain today announces its support for WWF’s fifth annual Earth Hour, taking place from 8.30pm-9.30pm on Saturday 26 March 2011. WWF is celebrating its 50th anniversary […]

Apparently, We Need NPR TO Fill A Gap

The Washington Post attempted to defend National Public Radio, ie, government funded radio Thursday. After a bit of a buildup, here’s their rationale But equally important to us is local news coverage, which has been even more severely weakened by shrunken reporting staffs and ambitions at newspapers and commercial stations in too many cities and […]

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