Sunday, December 20, 2009

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Anecdotal Global Cooling Evidence: Snow in the French Rivera


Photo from AP via Watts Up With That.

We can only hope all the Copenhagen climate change summit attendees are taking a few days vacation in the French Rivera.

Very Nice Christmas Light Display (video)

Enjoy!

Report: Stupak working with GOP to kill ObamaCare


Rep. Bart Stupak called the Senate’s bill’s abortion position "unacceptable." One of his staffers actually collaborated by email with Senate minority Leader McConnell.

Politico reported:
An aide to Rep. Bart Stupak (D. Mich.) coordinated opposition to the Senate health bill’s abortion compromise this morning with the Republican Senate leadership, according to a chain of frantic emails obtained this morning by POLITICO.

Stupak, in an interview with POLITICO, called the Senate’s bill’s abortion position "unacceptable" – but disavowed his staffer’s collaboration with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

“I never talked to McConnell about the health care bill,” said Stupak...

The National Organization for Women is also working to defeat the compromise.

Krauthammer On Senate Democrats Health Care Bill: “The process is really insane"

Charles Krauthammer said the "process is really insane..." and a snowstorm is "rather providential..." Krauthammer really knows how to 'bring it home.'

Global Warming Skeptic Lord Monckton Assaulted In Copenhagen By Danish Police


Is there no end to what outrage the climate change establishment will go to in order to silence their critics?

From the SPPI Blog:

Once again, conscious that a police helicopter with a high-resolution

I came to some time later (not sure exactly how long), to find my head being cradled by my friends, some of whom were doing their best to keep the police thugs at bay while the volunteer ambulance-men attended to me.


Updated: Looks Like Senator Nelson Has Sold His Obamacare Vote Too (video)

Remember the $300 million in our tax Harry Reid is spending to buy Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana's vote on Obamacare? It is being reported that Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska is falling in line after being offered his own $300 million in Medicaid funds deal.

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Fox News reported:
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., ripped the compromise bill, accusing Democrats of trying to deceive Americans by "jamming" a bill full of special deals to win over reluctant senators....

Democratic leaders offered Nelson a deal similar to the $300 million in Medicaid assistance Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana got for her support, numerous sources told Fox News.

Update: Looks like the rest of the country's taxpayers get to pay Nebraska's Medicaid expansion expenses forever. :(

Obama Left Global Warming Summit to Return to Washington DC Before Huge Blizzard Hits

You just cant make this stuff up.

Reuters reported via Forbes:
OBAMA SAYS BECAUSE OF WEATHER REASONS WILL RETURN TO WASHINGTON


From Weather.com via FreeRepublic:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* PRECIP TYPE... SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS... HEAVY SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH SUNSET SATURDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE... MAINLY IN OR NEAR SOUTHERN MARYLAND. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING... SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES... UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S THROUGH THE EVENT IN THE BALTIMORE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA... MID TO UPPER 20S ACROSS WESTERN MARYLAND.

* WINDS... 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE EVENT... WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.