Daily Archives: February 24, 2014

Paper Finds It Was Warmer In Tibet During MWP Than Today

If only all those monks had put up solar panels, unplugged all their appliances when not in use, took 2 minute showers, stopped using hair dryers, and gave up their fossil fueled travel (The Hockey Schtick) A recent paper published in Quaternary Science Reviews reconstructs temperatures in Tibet over the past 2,500 years and finds […]

Bank Manager Fired For Bringing Gun To Work Files Suit

This was trending yesterday on Memeorandum, and is an interesting bit of food for thought (Tampa Bay Tribune) Ivette Ros grew up in a house where her father kept guns. For her, it was a natural step to get a concealed weapons permit and then to carry a 9 mm handgun. The 37-year-old Tampa resident […]

If All You See…

…is a wonderful climate friendly bike which Everyone Else should be forced to ride, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is The Daley Gator, with a post noting that sometimes you just have to call and asshole and asshole.

Warmists Continue Pushing Volcanoes As Explanation For Pause

Let’s not forget Climate Depot Analysis: ‘There have been at least seven separate explanations for the standstill in global warming’ – 1) Low Solar Activity; 2) Oceans Ate Warming; 3) Chinese Coal Use; 4) Montreal Protocol; 5) Readjusted past temps to claim ‘pause’ never existed 6) Volcanoes 7) Decline in Water Vapor 8) Pacific Trade […]

SCOTUS To Hear Arguments On EPA “Climate Change” Power Grab

This could be a big, and game changing, case, one which could place limits on the ever-expansive role of not just the EPA, but other federal agencies and the Chief Executive (CNS News) The Obama administration is squaring off at the Supreme Court with industry groups and Republican-led states over a small but important program […]

Harvard Progressive Suggests Replacing Academic Freedom With Academic Justice

Lest one think this is just a one off, a single thinker in the wind, a lone wolf, this is the way the hardcore leftists think not just around the country, but around the world, especially those who think of themselves as the intellectual elite (Daily Caller) If this Harvard University student got her way, […]

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