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Worldwide Temperatures Continue to Drop

by tqcincinnatus ( 78 Comments › )
Filed under Science, Weather at July 5th, 2009 - 6:20 pm

In news which is sure to induce a massive case of cognitive dissonance in Charles Johnson and other supporters of the anthropogenic global warming mythology, the global averaged satellite data for June 2009 shows that the Earth’s mean temperature continues to drop steadily.   As Marc Morano points out, this means that the earth’s temperature has dropped 0.74 ºF (0.39 ºC) since  Al Gore released his piece of cheap propaganda entitled An Inconvenient Truth back in 2006.

The latest global averaged satellite temperature data for June 2009 reveals yet another drop in the Earth’s temperature. This latest drop in global temperatures means despite his dire warnings, the Earth has cooled .74°F since former Vice President Al Gore released “An Inconvenient Truth” in 2006.

According to the latest data courtesy of algorelied.com: “For the record, this month’s Al Gore / ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Index indicates that global temperatures have plunged approximately .74°F (.39°C) since ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ was released.” (see satellite temperature chart here with key dates noted, courtesy of www.Algorelied.com – The global satellite temperature data comes from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Also see: 8 Year Downtrend Continues in Global Temps)

Gore has not yet addressed the simple fact that global temperatures have dropped since the release of his global warming film. (Gore has also not addressed this: Another Moonwalker Defies Gore: NASA Astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin rejects global warming fears: ‘Climate has been changing for billions of years’ – Moonwalkers Defy Gore’s Claim That Climate Skeptics Are Akin To Those Who Believe Moon Landing was ‘Staged’)

A record cool summer has descended upon many parts of the U.S. after predictions of the “year without a summer.” There has been no significant global warming since 1995, no warming since 1998 and global cooling for the past few years.

In addition, New peer-reviewed scientific studies now predict a continued lack of global warming for up to three decades as natural climate factors dominate. (See: Climate Fears RIP…for 30 years!? – Global Warming could stop ‘for up to 30 years! Warming ‘On Hold?…’Could go into hiding for decades’ study finds – Discovery.com – March 2, 2009 )

This means that today’s high school kids being forced to watch Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” – some of them 4 times in 4 different classes – will be nearly eligible for AARP (age 50) retirement group membership by the time warming resumes if these new studies turn out to be correct. (Editor’s Note: Claims that warming will “resume” due to explosive heat in the “pipeline” have also been thoroughly debunked. See: Climatologist Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. ‘There is no warming in the pipeline’ )

Before he goes off half-cocked, Charles may want to note that Morano’s link in the second to last paragraph is to the Discovery Channel, not the Discovery Institute.  Easy there, down boy.

One thing to note – while 0.39 ºC might not seem significant, keep in mind that the AGW true believers have been telling us that a 1 ºC rise in global mean temperature would mean massive ice pack melting and rising sea levels that would wipe out all kinds of coastal regions, wreaking unimaginable havoc on worldwide civilisation.

People like Al Gore and Charles must hate it when peer-reviewed science destroys a perfectly good scare tactic like AGW.  It should be telling that the AGW fanatics routinely ignore the literally thousands of scientists in the relevant fields who have signed onto statements rejecting AGW as a cause for climate change, and instead try to hang onto thoroughly debunked scientists like James Hanson as support for their fantasies.  It should also be telling that the most vigourous supporters of the AGW myth are not scientists – they are politicians and others who wouldn’t know actual science if it set their pants on fire with a Bunsen burner. 

To round it all out, here are a few other recent news stories pertaining to AGW:

‘Gloomy cold weather’ in Cape Cod causes farmers to lose thousands of dollars as ‘June that felt more like April’

California’s June temps well under average

New York City has ‘coolest June since 1958’

Australian Scientist Smacks Down CO2 Global Warming for Lack of Proof


The ‘Ark Of The Covenant’ About To Be Revealed?

by WrathofG-d ( 103 Comments › )
Filed under Judaism, Religion, Science, World at June 26th, 2009 - 9:56 am

This article just simply feels unbelievable, but if true it is significant in unimaginable ways – religiously, scientifically, and historically.   This would undoubtedly be the most significant event in our lifetimes. (no matter how long you have lived).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Jerycho_ark.jpg

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The patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia says he will announce to the world Friday the unveiling of the Ark of the Covenant, perhaps the world’s most prized archaeological and spiritual artifact, which he says has been hidden away in a church in his country for millennia, according to the Italian news agency Adnkronos.

Abuna Pauolos, in Italy for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI this week, told the news agency, “Soon the world will be able to admire the Ark of the Covenant described in the Bible as the container of the tablets of the law that God delivered to Moses and the center of searches and studies for centuries.” The announcement is expected to be made at 2 p.m. Italian time from the Hotel Aldrovandi in Rome. Pauolos will reportedly be accompanied by Prince Aklile Berhan Makonnen Haile Sellassie and Duke Amedeo D’Acosta. “The Ark of the Covenant is in Ethiopia for many centuries,” said Pauolos. “As a patriarch I have seen it with my own eyes and only few highly qualified persons could do the same, until now.” According to Pauolos, the actual Ark has been kept in one church, but to defend the treasure, a copy was placed in every single church in Ethiopia.

The idea that the Ark is presently in Ethiopia is a well-documented, albeit disputed, tradition dating back to at least 642 B.C. The tradition says it was moved to Elephantine Island in Egypt, then to Tana Kirkos Island in Ethiopia and finally to its present site at St. Mary’s of Zion Church in Axum.

Ethiopians believe it is destined to be delivered to the Messiah when He reigns on Mount Zion – the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

{The Rest of The Article}

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[Hat Tip:  Sparky]

If this claim turns out to be true, the ramifications of such a revelation would be mind boggling!!!

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(*UPDATE by WrathofG-d) Ethiopia’s Orthodox patriarch cops out on revealing plan for public viewing

“Peer Review” or Pay-Per-View?

by bar ( 24 Comments › )
Filed under Science at June 19th, 2009 - 9:09 am

The Open Information Science Journal failed to spot that the incomprehensible computer-generated paper was a fake. This was despite heavy hints from its authors, who claimed they were from the Centre for Research in Applied Phrenology – which forms the acronym Crap.
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Davis, with the help of Kent Anderson, a member of the publishing team at the New England Journal of Medicine, created the hoax computer science paper. The pair submitted their paper, Deconstructing Access Points, under false names. Four months later, they were told it had been accepted and the fee to have it published was $800 (almost £500).

This is a great test case on how peer review really works. In this case it was all about the money and now this journal has egg on its face. I myself am a bit skeptical of any scientific “peer review” that is done in an echo camber, which today most are.

Mahmood Alam, Bentham’s director of publications, told New Scientist: “In this particular case, we were aware that the article submitted was a hoax and we tried to find out the identity of the individual by pretending the article had been accepted for publication when in fact it was not.” Davis told the magazine that he had not been directly contacted.

If what Mr Bentham says is true then why did the editor-in-chief resign over this?


Sweden Rules ‘Gender-Based’ Abortion Legal

by WrathofG-d ( 101 Comments › )
Filed under Abortion, Science, World at May 12th, 2009 - 10:48 am

eu⋅gen⋅ics

[yoo-jen-iks] –noun (used with a singular verb)

“The study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, esp. by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics)”



http://collegeotr.s3.amazonaws.com/images/blogs/712da2c2918169e6e526a90dbf05205a.jpgSwedish health authorities have ruled that gender-based abortion is not illegal according to current law and can not therefore be stopped, according to a report by Sveriges Television.

The Local reported in February that a woman from Eskilstuna in southern Sweden had twice had abortions after finding out the gender of the child.

The woman, who already had two daughters, requested an amniocentesis in order to allay concerns about possible chromosome abnormalities.  At the same time, she also asked to know the foetus’s gender.

Doctors at Mälaren Hospital expressed concern and asked Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) to draw up guidelines on how to handle requests in the future in which they “feel pressured to examine the foetus’s gender” without having a medically compelling reason to do so.

The board has now responded that such requests and thus abortions can not be refused and that it is not possible to deny a woman an abortion up to the 18th week of pregnancy, even if the foetus’s gender is the basis for the request.

{The Aticle}

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Sweden is one of the countries that the United States is presently looking at for guidance on “universal healthcare”, and an example of a mix of socialist and capitalist economies.  On more than one occasion, I have heard the radio hosts on “Air America” use Sweden as an model for where the U.S. should be heading.  I have found them to be a good gauge as to where the Democrat party is going.

It is not my intent to over state this issue, but with the obsessive protectionism, and reckless expansion of laws regarding abortion that continue to take place, I would not be surprised at all if we one day soon saw the ruling in Sweden coming to our shores.  As is typical, what is orignally accepted as a small personal choice and protection is thrown down a slippery slope and expanded to grant Rights not even originally contemplated.

How long is it really till the “Right to an abortion” is used to allow the woman the “choice” to abort the baby because she doesn’t like its future hair color, height, skin color, voice, arm length, etc?  (ie Eugenics)