tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:06:17 +0000http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)Blogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-5363415042043822647Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:15:00 +00002007-06-07T08:36:17.537-04:00More idiocy from the GreensFrom The StarGreens' climate plan sees 12-cent tax at the pumpCarbon toll is to avert climate "catastrophe", says May OTTAWA–The Green party wants Canadian drivers to pay an extra 12 cents a litre at the gas pumps as the price of averting environmental "catastrophe." Leader Elizabeth May is boasting that her party is the only one politically brave enough to call for http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/06/more-idiocy-from-greens-from-star.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-3079395218618340262Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:36:00 +00002007-04-04T12:57:05.840-04:00After reading this article, I began to wonder about the sanity of the world in general and the U.S. in particular. Maybe we should force everybody in government and the media to just answer this one simple question:Which of these things should we really be worried about?This is not at all likely:This is:These things won't kill you:These will:This will take care of itself with no effort on your http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/04/after-reading-this-rticle-i-began-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-1086587115841159220Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:44:00 +00002007-03-27T15:03:30.475-04:00But will it rain in Dubuque tomorrow? Sweeping changes to global climate seen by 2100: studyNote: all of the links in the following article were put in by Breitbart.com, not meMany of the world's climate zones will vanish entirely by 2100, or be replaced by new, previously unseen ones, if global warming continues as expected, a study released Monday said.And what kind of study is this? Wait for http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/03/but-will-it-rain-in-dubuque-tomorrow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-1159806084912028721Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:31:00 +00002007-03-14T12:40:05.937-04:00The previous link to the movie The Great Global Warming Swindle no longer works. Go here to see it. And this is what will probably happen to all the scientists who participated: (via Cox and Forkum)The intimidation seems to have already begun.http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/03/previous-link-to-movie-great-global.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-1239744750545687746Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:40:00 +00002007-03-11T11:50:43.709-04:00They're getting desperate in cloud-cuckoolandthe following is probably a reaction to this (the Great Global Warming Swindle program on Britain's channel 4)See the video herefrom AP news Warming Report to warn of coming drought By Seth Borenstein WASHINGTON (AP) - The harmful effects of global warming on daily life are already showing up, and within a couple of decades hundreds of millions of http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/03/theyre-getting-desperate-in-cloud.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-5560943766871040714Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:03:00 +00002007-03-09T14:31:24.756-05:00A Confederacy of Dunces - the 101st post for the CCfrom CNS newsHere Comes 'Climate Crisis Action Day' By Susan JonesCNSNews.com Senior EditorMarch 08, 2007 (CNSNews.com) - Environmental activists and liberal politicians will join forces in Washington, D.C., on March 20 for the first "Climate Crisis Action Day," which is billed as a "carbon-neutral global warming event."Snicker.Speakers at the http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/03/confederacy-of-dunces-from-cns-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-6198531237565231461Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:07:00 +00002007-03-06T14:14:16.265-05:00Another horrible consequence of global warmingStaff shortages in brothels! Brothel owners in Bulgaria are blaming global warming for staff shortages. They claim their best girls are working in ski resorts because a lack of snow has forced tourists to seek other pleasures. Petra Nestorova, who runs an escort agency in Sofia, said: 'We have hired students, but they are temps and nothing like http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/03/another-horrible-consequence-of-global.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-5620648248506041417Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:02:00 +00002007-03-01T10:09:39.025-05:00Salvation for the eco-sinnervia IowahawkTo whet your appetite:http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/03/salvation-for-eco-sinner-via-iowahawk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-2261096293636531300Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:29:00 +00002007-02-28T13:42:14.215-05:00The definition of hubris Climate Panel Recommends Global Temperature Ceiling, Carbon Tax By Peter HeinleinUnited Nations28 February 2007 A panel of scientists has presented the United Nations a detailed plan for combating climate change. VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports the strategy involves reaching a global agreement on a temperature http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/02/definition-of-hubris-climate-panel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-3137480017468979409Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:02:00 +00002007-02-23T10:07:35.657-05:00Child abuse in Britain Global warming concerns are keeping children awake at night Half of young children are anxious about the effects of global warming, often losing sleep because of their concern, according to a new report today.A survey of 1,150 youngsters aged between seven and 11 found that one in four blamed politicians for the problems of climate change. I would love to see the actual http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/02/child-abuse-in-britain-global-warming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-117182472804192865Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:46:00 +00002007-02-18T13:55:22.266-05:00 From the “You’ve GOT to be kidding” files A short intermission in the climate circus Smoke detectives are taking over the streets By Christopher Hope, Whitehall Editor Thousands of council officers will be on the streets this summer, patrolling bars, restaurants and shops to police the smoking ban. Smokers' campaigning groups said the scheme would be a "complete waste of public money".http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/02/from-youve-got-to-be-kidding-files.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-117104732094618421Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:37:00 +00002007-02-09T14:01:01.030-05:00Hypocrisy, thy name is [insert politician here] from the New York TimesPELOSI BACKS RESTRICTIONS ON HEAT-TRAPPING GASES The United States has to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, and mandatory restrictions are the only way to do it, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the House Science and Technology Committee yesterday. Ms. Pelosi added that even though she had once opposed using http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/02/hypocrisy-thy-name-is-insert.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-117061633311584864Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:10:00 +00002007-02-04T14:16:11.013-05:00How To Do Climate "Science"http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-to-do-climate-science.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-117045379716208023Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:27:00 +00002007-02-02T18:21:29.793-05:00"No, no!" said the Queen. "Sentence first - verdict afterwards." -Lewis Carroll's Alice in WonderlandFrom the IPCC's Procedures for the preparation, review, acceptance, adoption, approval, and publication of IPCC reports:"Changes (other than grammatical or minor editorial changes) made after acceptance by the Working Group or the Panel shall be thosehttp://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/02/no-no-said-queen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-117009559979055909Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:29:00 +00002007-01-29T13:33:19.810-05:00What he saysWHY GLOBAL WARMING IS PROBABLY A CROCKby James LewisAs a scientist I've learned never to say "never." So human-caused global warming is always a hypothesis to hold, at least until climate science becomes mature. (Climate science is very immature right now: Physicists just don't know how to deal with hypercomplex systems like the earth weather. That's why a recent NASA scientist was http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-he-says-why-global-warming-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-116958074705180590Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:24:00 +00002007-01-23T14:48:11.046-05:00Here we go yet againReport has 'smoking gun' on climateWASHINGTON — Human-caused global warming is here, visible in the air, water and melting ice, and is destined to get much worse in the future, an authoritative global scientific report will warn next week."The smoking gun is definitely lying on the table as we speak," said top U.S. climate scientist Jerry Mahlman, who reviewed all 1,600 pages http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/01/here-we-go-yet-again-report-has.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-116948854306701803Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:35:00 +00002007-01-22T12:59:30.283-05:00Surprisingly enough, they're not blaming it on global warmingMILD WINTER RATTLES RUSSIANS MOSCOW–Russians normally revel in frosty winters, which are credited with helping them fend off invasions from both Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler. So winter's reluctance to appear this year has left them deeply perturbed. Like much of Europe, Russia is experiencing an exceptionally warm winter, with http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/01/surprisingly-enough-theyre-not-blaming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-116923167254801092Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:25:00 +00002007-01-19T18:01:54.260-05:00I would comment on Dr. Heidi Cullen’s statement that meteorologists who are skeptical of catastrophic AGW should be deprived of their AMS certification, but I gave up on The Weather Channel years ago. Given their steady progress towards disaster infotainment (It Could Happen Tomorrow! [even though whatever it is is highly unlikely {but we won’t say anything about that}]) instead of actual sciencehttp://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-would-comment-on-dr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-116887758968522685Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:52:00 +00002007-01-15T11:21:25.073-05:00The poison is in the dose, part 1A woman in Sacramento manages to kill herself by drinking water:Autopsy Finds Signs of Water Intoxication in Radio Contestant's DeathPreliminary autopsy findings concluded a Rancho Cordova woman who competed in a radio station water-drinking contest before she was found dead Friday showed signs consistant with water intoxication, Sacramento County Coroner's Officehttp://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/01/poison-is-in-dose-part-1-woman-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-116827805133406516Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:21:00 +00002007-01-08T12:40:51.403-05:00Big Oil money has corrupted mathematics itself!The Union of Concerned Scientists claims that ExxonMobil money is the only reason that there is any skepticism at all about catastrophic AGW. Here are some highlights from their "report" :Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco's Tactics to "Manufacture Uncertainty" on Climate Change details how the oil company, like the tobacco http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2007/01/big-oil-money-has-corrupted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-116579384011884791Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:28:00 +00002006-12-10T21:32:59.270-05:00Ebenezer Scrooge – proto-Green? I read Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” annually to remind myself why I will someday invent a time machine, travel back to 1843, and have him kneecapped. This year, though, it yielded unforeseen riches in the form of a sudden shock, a unexpected vision of an all too familiar character that I never realized existed in 19th century London. What was this revelation, http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2006/12/ebenezer-scrooge-proto-green-i-read.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-116569428322452176Sat, 09 Dec 2006 19:48:00 +00002006-12-09T14:58:03.236-05:00It's about time. SENATOR INHOFE ANNOUNCES PUBLIC RELEASE OF “SKEPTIC’S GUIDE TO DEBUNKING GLOBAL WARMING” Washington D.C. - Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the outgoing Chairman of Environment & Public Works Committee, is pleased to announce the public release of the Senate Committee published booklet entitled “A Skeptic’s Guide to Debunking Global Warming Alarmism. Hot & Cold Media Spin Cycle: Ahttp://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2006/12/its-about-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-116544450937571841Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:00:00 +00002006-12-07T09:52:50.826-05:00P.T. Barnum was wrong. There are hundreds born every minute.From the Christian Science Moniter:Americans try to shift into 'carbon neutral' To combat global warming, many try to remove as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they add to it. By Gregory M. Lamb | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Are you living "carbon neutral" - or better yet, "carbon negative"? Have you gonehttp://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2006/12/p.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-116528304184150732Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:29:00 +00002006-12-04T20:44:02.370-05:00Actually, I just read constantly.You paid attention during 100% of high school! 85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don't get scores that high! Good show, old chap!Do you deserve your high school diploma?Create a QuizIt also appears that I am a genius.Considering the source, it's just as accurate to say that I'm big in Japan.http://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2006/12/actually-i-just-read-constantly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25559177.post-116455841533949357Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:26:00 +00002006-11-26T11:26:55.350-05:00Take the Poll!Are humans in complete control of global climate?YesNoMaybeAnswer unclear, try again later  pollcode.com free pollshttp://compassionate-crank.blogspot.com/2006/11/take-poll-are-humans-in-complete.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Compassionate Crank)0