Global Warming Cooling Down?

By golly! Even the New York Times, the syndicated herald of pulp-hubris, is getting chilly with global warming, at least global warming according to Al 'I got my Oscar now please elect me' Gore. The Times is saying, of course, what most level headed folks of all walks of life have been urging since Global Warming Is Here became the new mantra of the politically correct/progressive liberal establishment - get the facts straight before you make public conclusions, and public denunciations.

Yet Another Warmal Globing Post....

Here are three reasons not to buy into Global Warming:

1) The weatherman got the weekend forecast wrong, again.
2) It's been the coldest Winter in Victoria for 3 years.
3) Al Gore buys 'carbon credits' from himself and turns a massive profit.

You think Al Gore's involvement was altruistic, or even merely idealistic? Those folks who have forsaken common sense for popularity and the last remaining chance to join the 'In' crowd, and staked their integrity on the assumption that Al Gore's a bona fide eco-warrior and Global Warming will really mean more, meaner hurricanes, should take notice: Al Gore and his cadre want to make vast amounts of money off of you.

What do you give a climatologist for their birthday?

Anything but:

- A collection of Farmer's Almanacs, circa 1770 - 1960
- Ice Shelf records, circa 1904-2006
- Books mentioning the words 'cycle', 'intergalacial', or the phrases 'oil found in the Arctic', 'Viking settlements found under ice in Greenland'
- A fuel efficient car
- A hockey stick
- A podcast of The Unabridged History of the IPCC

Happy Winter, Upstate New York!

How Many Climatogolists...

... does it take to cool the planet?

Amoung other interesting facts coming to light in the wake of the 'definitive' IPCC released last week: Canada has spent over 6 billion taxpayer dollars on climate change research since 1997.

Global Warming....

As analyzed by the infamous Mark Steyn:

"Alas, the science isn't so solid. In the '70s, it was predicting a new ice age. Then it switched to global warming. Now it prefers "climate change." If it's hot, that's a sign of "climate change." If it's cold, that's a sign of "climate change." If it's 53 with sunny periods and light showers, you need to grab an overnight bag and get outta there right now because "climate change" is accelerating out of control.

The silliest argument is the anecdotal one: "You only have to look outside your window to see that climate change is happening." Outside my window in northern New England last week, it was minus 20 Fahrenheit. Very cold. Must be the old climate change kicking in, right? After all, December was very mild. Which was itself a sign of climate change. A few years ago, the little old lady who served as my town's historian for many decades combed over the farmers' diaries from two centuries ago that various neighbors had donated to her: From the daily records of 15 Januarys, she concluded that three were what we'd now regard as classic New Hampshire winters, ideal for lumbering or winter sports; eight had January thaws, and four had no snow at all. This was in the pre-industrial 18th century."

The rest is here.