Monthly Archives: June 2013

@NYTimes: The Dog Ate My Global Warming.

Any sane person can see that 73 climate models failed to predict a 15-year plateau in Global Warming. But the New York Times is no sane person. Continue reading

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More Shale Boom Reverberations in the Middle East

With the rise of militant Islamism, it would be naive to think that American interest in the Middle East is limited to securing access to oil supplies, and that a reduction in our demand for imported oil makes us indifferent to Middle Eastern affairs. Continue reading

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D-Day plus 69 Years

Ronald Reagan’s D-Day Remembrance Speech, June 6, 1984 Here in this place where the West held together, let us make a vow to our dead. Let us show them by our actions that we understand what they died for. Let … Continue reading

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4-1/2 years of Obama, as Summarized by Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK1) in One Minute, Twelve Seconds

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Deacon Jones, R.I.P.

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2013/06/deacon_jones_hall_of_fame_defe.html#incart_river_default “David ‘Deacon’ Jones, the original sackmaster, has died. “The Hall of Fame defensive end credited with terming the word sack for how he knocked down quarterbacks, was 74. The Washington Redskins said that Jones died of natural causes at … Continue reading

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Three Storm Chasers Among Victims of OKC Tornado

I don’t understand storm chasers. At least The Flying Wallendas have the laws of physics on their side. A 150 mph wind (as in Friday’s EF-3) has eight times the destructive power of 75 mph hurricane-force winds, not to mention the hazard of flying debris. You cannot have a close encounter with a EF-3 or higher storm and expect to walk away. Continue reading

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