Washington state GOP convention supports Cruz | TheHill:"The Washington state GOP convention backed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump this weekend."
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Washington state GOP convention supports Cruz | TheHill
Washington state GOP convention supports Cruz | TheHill:"The Washington state GOP convention backed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump this weekend."
Your tax dollars at "work"-----This higher ed pop quiz will make your jaw drop
This higher ed pop quiz will make your jaw drop - The College Fix:
"How bad is the state of higher education in Oklahoma?
Take this shocking pop quiz to find out — but be warned — it is not for the faint of heart.
Higher education watchdog Brandon Dutcher poses this question:
An Oklahoma university president told reporters that a certain activity is “morally wrong” — even called it a “sin.”
Your job as quiz taker is to guess which of these items — culled from the headlines in recent years — prompted the denunciation.
(A similar version of this quiz was first reported by See Thru Edu.)
Remember, only one item is the correct answer:
Now comes time for the big reveal.
Click to see if you "passed"!
"How bad is the state of higher education in Oklahoma?
Take this shocking pop quiz to find out — but be warned — it is not for the faint of heart.
Higher education watchdog Brandon Dutcher poses this question:
An Oklahoma university president told reporters that a certain activity is “morally wrong” — even called it a “sin.”
Your job as quiz taker is to guess which of these items — culled from the headlines in recent years — prompted the denunciation.
(A similar version of this quiz was first reported by See Thru Edu.)
Remember, only one item is the correct answer:
- Oklahoma State University held its annual “Dragonfly” drag show in which students competed for best drag queen and drag king. The show “is adult in nature,” OSU has warned, “and is not recommended for those under the age of 18.”
- Oklahoma State University hosted a “trans homoeroticism” lecture and slideshow.
- After becoming aware of a hip-hop artist whose lyrical stylings include “f*ck the police,” “you went to jail as a b*tch, came home as a dyke,” “these niggas was robbing your sh*t,” and lyrics much, much worse than that, OU agreed to pay him $40,000 to perform on campus.
- When the clock ran out on a student representing the University of Oklahoma in a national college debate tournament, he refused to yield the floor, yelling: “F*** the time!”
- University of Central Oklahoma launched a program geared toward “bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, intersex, asexual, queer, questioning, and allied students.”
- The University of Oklahoma student newspaper distributed 11,000 latex condoms by attaching them to the front of the newspapers.
- The University of Oklahoma “Assistant Director for LGBTQ and Health Programs” (yes, that’s an actual job title) announced the opening of a separate-but-equal “LGBTQ lounge” on campus.
- Some Oklahomans believe government subsidies to higher education should be reduced.
Now comes time for the big reveal.
Click to see if you "passed"!
Your energy bills at "work"?-----DTE Energy Foundation gives $2 million to Detroit Symphony Orchestra
DTE Energy Foundation gives $2 million to Detroit Symphony Orchestra - Crain's Detroit Business
"DTE Energy Foundation is providing a $2 million grant to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, marking its sixth year of support for the orchestra's community concert series, held each September.
The grant will fund the four free community concerts for each of the next three years, as well as music education in schools and outreach to senior citizens, said Randi Berris, manager of corporate communications for DTE Energy Co.
DTE plans to announce the grant during a pop-up concert at its Detroit headquarters this morning, the fourth pop-up DSO performance it's sponsored this month around the region.
The DSO's performances out in the commuinity are "a great way to ensure the larger community has an opportunity to hear the symphony, something that might not otherwise be accessible to many people," Berris said."
"DTE Energy Foundation is providing a $2 million grant to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, marking its sixth year of support for the orchestra's community concert series, held each September.
DTE plans to announce the grant during a pop-up concert at its Detroit headquarters this morning, the fourth pop-up DSO performance it's sponsored this month around the region.
The DSO's performances out in the commuinity are "a great way to ensure the larger community has an opportunity to hear the symphony, something that might not otherwise be accessible to many people," Berris said."
Romanian hacker who says he breached Clinton server finalizing plea deal | Fox News
Romanian hacker who says he breached Clinton server finalizing plea deal | Fox News:"The Romanian hacker who claimed he easily breached Hillary Clinton’s personal email server is finalizing a plea deal with the FBI and U.S. attorney, Fox News has learned.
Marcel Lehel Lazar, the 44-year-old hacker also known as “Guccifer,” first gave indications he wanted to cooperate with the U.S. government in mid-April, during an interview with Fox News. Lazar, in a subsequent discussion, said he was working on a plea deal – he then suspended media contact earlier this month."
Good one!-----TRUMP AD: Bill Clinton chomps cigar over voices of accusers
TRUMP AD: Bill Clinton chomps cigar over voices of accusers - The American MirrorThe American Mirror:
A new ad released by the Donald Trump campaign is going after President Clinton. Hard.
A new ad released by the Donald Trump campaign is going after President Clinton. Hard.
The ad features several quotes from some of Clinton’s accusers over a picture of the former president chomping on a cigar. “Is Hillary really protecting women?” the ad is captioned on Facebook.
The women say:
- “I was very nervous.”
- “No woman should be subjected to it.”
- “It was an assault.”
- “He starts to bite on my top lip and I try to pull away from him.”
The ad ends with a cackling Hillary Clinton and the words, “Here We Go Again?”
“Nobody, perhaps in the history of politics,” Trump declared at a recent rally, “was worse to women or abused more women than Bill Clinton.”
Moron-Nation-----VIDEO: Portland State students pledge money to help Hamas attack cafes, schools
VIDEO: Portland State students pledge money to help Hamas attack cafes, schools - The American MirrorThe American Mirror:
There apparently are *a lot* of students who will knowingly give financial aid to terrorists.
Filmmaker Ami Horowitz, posing as a worker for “American Friends For Hamas,” made a series of provocative statements to students walking on the campus of Portland State University recently, including:
- “We’re not your father’s terrorist organization, we’ve kind of evolved beyond that.”
- “We want to fund operations against Israel and the types of attacks we’re talking about are cafes and schools, you know, soft targets.”
- “Cafes and schools — soft targets. You know, make them feel it.”
- “The suicide bomber’s all we’ve got. It’s kind of like the poor man’s F-15.”
- “We want to wipe Israel off the map.”
“I’ve actually been learning about, this last school year, about everything that’s going on over there so I like the sound of what you’re doing,” one person said. “It sounds like a great thing to do.”
Another said, “I’m totally against the Israeli genocide.”...
Woman Dies Climbing Everest To Show 'Vegans Can Do Anything'
Woman Dies Climbing Everest To Show 'Vegans Can Do Anything' | The Daily Caller:
"A vegan woman who attempted to climb Mount Everest to demonstrate that “vegans can do anything” died on Saturday afternoon at an Everest base camp before reaching the summit.
The woman, Maria Strydom, was a professor at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, reports the Daily Mail.
Strydom, a 34-year-old citizen of South Africa, described herself as an experienced mountain climber.
On Friday, she turned back during the last leg of her expedition after she began to feel ill."
"A vegan woman who attempted to climb Mount Everest to demonstrate that “vegans can do anything” died on Saturday afternoon at an Everest base camp before reaching the summit.The woman, Maria Strydom, was a professor at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, reports the Daily Mail.
Strydom, a 34-year-old citizen of South Africa, described herself as an experienced mountain climber.
On Friday, she turned back during the last leg of her expedition after she began to feel ill."
First Baltimore Police Officer Charged in Freddie Gray Case Acquitted on All Charges | TheBlaze.com
First Baltimore Police Officer Charged in Freddie Gray Case Acquitted on All Charges | TheBlaze.com:"BALTIMORE (TheBlaze/AP) — A Baltimore officer was acquitted Monday of assault and other charges in the arrest of Freddie Gray, dealing prosecutors a significant blow in their attempt to hold police accountable for the young black man’s death from injuries he suffered in the back of a police van."
Leonardo DiCaprio: Fighting Fossil Fuels...in a Private Jet?
Leonardo DiCaprio: Fighting Fossil Fuels...in a Private Jet?
Leonardo DiCaprio Flies To Accept Environmental Award in Private Jet.
Yes Really…
Have you ever noticed that with increased celebrity comes insufferable hypocrisy (see Angelina Jolie and Clooney:
Massive Hypocrites When it Comes to Refugees… and
Proud Feminist Amy Schumer: ‘Don’t Call me Plus-Sized!’ Let’s Count the Ironies…)?
One of my favorite examples is none other than Leonardo DiCaprio.
Leo wants to end fossil fuels, reverse global warming, and save the environment so badly… he’ll fly out on his private jet to tell you about it.
No word yet as to whether it runs on solar.
No really, he literally flew to accept an award from an environmental-impact group… on his private jet..."
Leonardo DiCaprio Flies To Accept Environmental Award in Private Jet.
Yes Really…
Have you ever noticed that with increased celebrity comes insufferable hypocrisy (see Angelina Jolie and Clooney:
Massive Hypocrites When it Comes to Refugees… and
Proud Feminist Amy Schumer: ‘Don’t Call me Plus-Sized!’ Let’s Count the Ironies…)?
One of my favorite examples is none other than Leonardo DiCaprio.
Leo wants to end fossil fuels, reverse global warming, and save the environment so badly… he’ll fly out on his private jet to tell you about it.
No word yet as to whether it runs on solar.
No really, he literally flew to accept an award from an environmental-impact group… on his private jet..."
History for May 24
History for May 24 - On-This-Day.com
Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit 1686 - Physicist, engineer, he determined the temperature scale named after him, Emanuel Leutze 1816, Queen Victoria (Britain) 1819
Samuel I. Newhouse 1895, Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman) 1941 - Musician, singer, songwriter (Traveling Wilburys), Gary Burghoff 1943 - Actor ("M*A*S*H")
1764 - Bostonian lawyer James Otis denounced "taxation without representation" and called for the colonies to unite in demonstrating their opposition to Britain’s new tax measures.
1830 - The first passenger railroad service in the U.S. began service.
1844 - Samuel F.B. Morse formally opened America's first telegraph line. The first message was sent from Washington, DC, to Baltimore, MD. The message was "What hath God wrought?"
1941 - The HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic. Only three people survived.
1961 - The Freedom Riders were arrested in Jackson, Mississippi.
1983 - The Brooklyn Bridge's 100th birthday was celebrated.
1994 - The four men convicted of bombing the New York's World Trade Center were each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
2000 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved permanent normal trade relations with China. China was not happy about some of the human rights conditions that had been attached by the U.S. lawmakers.
Monday, May 23, 2016
BREAKING: Oklahoma Makes Move To IMPEACH Obama For Stunning Reason
BREAKING: Oklahoma Makes Move To IMPEACH Obama For Stunning Reason:
"President Barack Obama’s administration recently issued an “executive decree” in the form of a letter to all public and private schools in the nation that essentially threatened them with the loss of federal funding and even lawsuits if they refused to comply with the progressive agenda of allowing transgender individuals to use whichever bathroom they choose.
That decree obviously ruffled quite a few feathers, and several states have basically stated that they will simply ignore the “guidance” from Obama and go about their own business as they see fit, federal funding be damned."
"President Barack Obama’s administration recently issued an “executive decree” in the form of a letter to all public and private schools in the nation that essentially threatened them with the loss of federal funding and even lawsuits if they refused to comply with the progressive agenda of allowing transgender individuals to use whichever bathroom they choose.That decree obviously ruffled quite a few feathers, and several states have basically stated that they will simply ignore the “guidance” from Obama and go about their own business as they see fit, federal funding be damned."
Flashback To All The People Who Praised Chavez’s Socialism
Flashback To All The People Who Praised Chavez’s Socialism :
"Dead Socialist Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez was praised throughout his life by many figures in academia, journalism and Hollywood despite his brutal regime.
This praise included Salon writer David Sirota’s piece after the leader’s death, titled “Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle.”
In British publication The New Statesman, a headline as Chavez was nearing death in January 2013 was “Hugo Chavez: Man against the world,” and its sub-headline read “As illness ends Hugo Chavez’s rule in Venezuela, what will his legacy be? Richard Gott argues he brought hope to a continent.”
...Mexican NGO, the Citizens’ Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice, published its annual ranking of urban crime in January 2016, and found that in 2015, Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, was the most murderous place on Earth...
...the fact that Venezuela has arguably the biggest hoard of oil reserves in the world, at more than 500 billion barrels,” according to Forbes’ Christopher Helman.
OPEC reports that Venezuela has 24.9 percent of proven crude oil reserves as of the end of 2014 — Saudi Arabia comes in a close second with 22.1 percent.
...Meanwhile, the Venezuelan workweek for government employees was limited to four days a week and then two days a week in April to deal with electricity shortages.
Daily four-hour blackouts across most of Venezuela was another policy implemented in April by the socialist government to deal with its self-made crisis..."
"Dead Socialist Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez was praised throughout his life by many figures in academia, journalism and Hollywood despite his brutal regime.
This praise included Salon writer David Sirota’s piece after the leader’s death, titled “Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle.”
In British publication The New Statesman, a headline as Chavez was nearing death in January 2013 was “Hugo Chavez: Man against the world,” and its sub-headline read “As illness ends Hugo Chavez’s rule in Venezuela, what will his legacy be? Richard Gott argues he brought hope to a continent.”...Mexican NGO, the Citizens’ Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice, published its annual ranking of urban crime in January 2016, and found that in 2015, Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, was the most murderous place on Earth...
...the fact that Venezuela has arguably the biggest hoard of oil reserves in the world, at more than 500 billion barrels,” according to Forbes’ Christopher Helman.
OPEC reports that Venezuela has 24.9 percent of proven crude oil reserves as of the end of 2014 — Saudi Arabia comes in a close second with 22.1 percent.
...Meanwhile, the Venezuelan workweek for government employees was limited to four days a week and then two days a week in April to deal with electricity shortages.
Daily four-hour blackouts across most of Venezuela was another policy implemented in April by the socialist government to deal with its self-made crisis..."
"Educators"-----California high school misspells own name on diploma covers
California high school misspells own name on diploma covers | EAGnews.orgONTARIO, Calif. – Ontario High School’s class of 2016 received their diplomas Friday, an experience they’ll likely never forget.
Not because the graduation ceremony was remarkable or because it capped off 12 years of hard work, but because of the embarrassing diplomas themselves – which came with a cover embossed with “Ontario High Shcool,” NBC Los Angeles reports.
“Wooo graduated from Ontario High Shcool!!!” Yaya posted to Twitter May 19 along with picture of her diploma cover..."
HORRIFIC: 12-Year-Old Christian Girl Burned Alive At The Hands Of Sharia Law ⋆ US Herald
HORRIFIC: 12-Year-Old Christian Girl Burned Alive At The Hands Of Sharia Law ⋆ US Herald:
"As the persecution of Christians in the Middle East by Muslims determined to create a caliphate where all non-Muslims are either subjugated or exterminated, ISIS barbarians committed one of their most heinous acts in furtherance of their religion.
After a woman was late paying the “jaziya” tax assessed against all Christians in areas controlled by ISIS, jihadists came to the family home in Mosul to collect."
"As the persecution of Christians in the Middle East by Muslims determined to create a caliphate where all non-Muslims are either subjugated or exterminated, ISIS barbarians committed one of their most heinous acts in furtherance of their religion.
After a woman was late paying the “jaziya” tax assessed against all Christians in areas controlled by ISIS, jihadists came to the family home in Mosul to collect."
About 1 in 7 Michigan residents get food stamps, and 6 other facts about SNAP
About 1 in 7 Michigan residents get food stamps, and 6 other facts about SNAP | MLive.com: "Nearly one of every seven Michigan residents — including one in four Michigan children — currently receive food stamp benefits, according to data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services...In 2005, about 9 percent of Michigan households participated in SNAP, according to U.S. Census estimates.
...Currently, about 15 percent of Michigan residents — slightly under 1.5 million people — receive benefits, including 27 percent of Michigan children under age 18..."
When A Third Becomes 97 Percent: A Con That Changed the Western World
When A Third Becomes 97 Percent: A Con That Changed the Western World - Breitbart:
"You’ve probably heard that 97 percent of scientists say global warming is real.
Of course, that in itself is a meaningless statement, since no one disputes that the earth has warmed by roughly 0.8 degrees Celsius over the past century or so.
But the “97 percent of scientists believe in global warming” mantra became gospel on May 16, 2013, when President Obama tweeted “Ninety-seven percent of scientists agree: #climate change is real, man-made, and dangerous.”
What the president was referring to was a 2013 paper by the University of Queensland’s John Cook. In his research, Cook studied 11,994 papers published between 1991 and 2011 that mentioned the search words “global warming” and “global climate change.”
Guess what Cook actually found?
Only 32.6 percent of the papers endorsed the view of anthropogenic (man-made) global warming. But of that group, 97 percent said that “recent warming is mostly man-made.”
And so, by a nice sleight-of-hand obfuscation, the great “97
percent consensus” was born.
...Bottom line:
In the actual study in question, only one-third of the 11,994 academic papers studied could be construed as arguing for man-made warming.
The other two-thirds may have focused on other factors, perhaps the unprecedented increase in solar activity seen over the past century.
Regardless, the big lie has taken hold, and is now being used to push for “decarbonization” policies, and to silence critics of “global warming.”"
"You’ve probably heard that 97 percent of scientists say global warming is real.
Of course, that in itself is a meaningless statement, since no one disputes that the earth has warmed by roughly 0.8 degrees Celsius over the past century or so.
But the “97 percent of scientists believe in global warming” mantra became gospel on May 16, 2013, when President Obama tweeted “Ninety-seven percent of scientists agree: #climate change is real, man-made, and dangerous.”
Guess what Cook actually found?
Only 32.6 percent of the papers endorsed the view of anthropogenic (man-made) global warming. But of that group, 97 percent said that “recent warming is mostly man-made.”
And so, by a nice sleight-of-hand obfuscation, the great “97
percent consensus” was born.
...Bottom line:
In the actual study in question, only one-third of the 11,994 academic papers studied could be construed as arguing for man-made warming.
The other two-thirds may have focused on other factors, perhaps the unprecedented increase in solar activity seen over the past century.
Regardless, the big lie has taken hold, and is now being used to push for “decarbonization” policies, and to silence critics of “global warming.”"
Lunch video-----REUNITED - P.O.W. & The Last B-26
From comments:
W Allstreet Rhode-Kille My uncle Mort was a B26 Marauder pilot.
A few years ago he was able to travel to a collection near Orlando and sit in the cockpit for the first time in 65 years.
He closed his eyes and started pointing around, they thought he was having a senior moment, but then he spoke louder and they realized he was doing his preflight checklist.
He passed away in Jan 2015, four months short of his 90th birthday.
When A Third Becomes 97 Percent: A Con That Changed the Western World - Breitbart
When A Third Becomes 97 Percent: A Con That Changed the Western World - Breitbart:"You’ve probably heard that 97 percent of scientists say global warming is real. Of course, that in itself is a meaningless statement, since no one disputes that the earth has warmed by roughly 0.8 degrees Celsius over the past century or so.
But the “97 percent of scientists believe in global warming” mantra became gospel on May 16, 2013, when President Obama tweeted “Ninety-seven percent of scientists agree: #climate change is real, man-made, and dangerous.”
The scandal in Washington no one is talking about
The scandal in Washington no one is talking about | New York Post
The deadly-but-forgotten government gun-running scandal known as “Fast and Furious” has lain dormant for years, thanks to White House stonewalling and media compliance.
But newly uncovered e-mails have reopened the case, exposing the anatomy of a coverup by an administration that promised to be the most transparent in history.
“At least 20 other deaths or violent crimes have been linked to Fast and Furious-trafficked guns.”
A federal judge has forced the release of more than 20,000 pages of emails and memos previously locked up under President Obama’s phony executive-privilege claim.
A preliminary review shows top Obama officials deliberately obstructing congressional probes into the border gun-running operation.
Fast and Furious was a Justice Department program that allowed assault weapons — including .50-caliber rifles powerful enough to take down a helicopter — to be sold to Mexican drug cartels allegedly as a way to track them..."
Read on.
This ought to make you ANGRY!!
The deadly-but-forgotten government gun-running scandal known as “Fast and Furious” has lain dormant for years, thanks to White House stonewalling and media compliance.
But newly uncovered e-mails have reopened the case, exposing the anatomy of a coverup by an administration that promised to be the most transparent in history.“At least 20 other deaths or violent crimes have been linked to Fast and Furious-trafficked guns.”
A federal judge has forced the release of more than 20,000 pages of emails and memos previously locked up under President Obama’s phony executive-privilege claim.
A preliminary review shows top Obama officials deliberately obstructing congressional probes into the border gun-running operation.
Fast and Furious was a Justice Department program that allowed assault weapons — including .50-caliber rifles powerful enough to take down a helicopter — to be sold to Mexican drug cartels allegedly as a way to track them..."
Read on.
This ought to make you ANGRY!!
Important read-----Atmospheric Scientist Shreds Rising Sea Level Propaganda And Alarmist Hysterics
Atmospheric Scientist Shreds Rising Sea Level Propaganda And Alarmist Hysterics - Technocracy News:
In yet another instance of the media jumping on the climate alarmist bandwagon, The New York Times this past February boldly headlined “Seas Are Rising at Fastest Rate in Last 28 centuries.” The article went on to proclaim “the worsening of tidal flooding in coastal communities is largely a consequence of greenhouse gases from human activity, and the problem will grow far worse in coming decades, scientists reported Monday.”
TN Note: These are stinging words from retired atmospheric physicist Charles Clough. He quickly debunks the fear-mongering of rising ocean levels that supposedly will wipe out hundreds of million of coastal dwellers. In short, it is a scam. Pseudo- and wannabe-scientists are twisting existing data, fabricating new data out of thin air and then applying faulty logic to arrive at fantastical conclusions. Such is the Technocrat mindset and practice.
In yet another instance of the media jumping on the climate alarmist bandwagon, The New York Times this past February boldly headlined “Seas Are Rising at Fastest Rate in Last 28 centuries.” The article went on to proclaim “the worsening of tidal flooding in coastal communities is largely a consequence of greenhouse gases from human activity, and the problem will grow far worse in coming decades, scientists reported Monday.”
“Worsening tidal flooding”—“grow far worse”—scary words for coastal inhabitants, but do they help the reader understand what the two reports (here and here) actually said? More importantly, do they help the reader evaluate what was reported? Or does the NYT wording continue the intellectually shallow but emotionally potent sea-level terror theme of Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth?
The two reports published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) made several claims. During pre-industrial history (prior to 1860), global sea level rose at an average rate of 0.1 to 0.3 mm/yr. From 1860 to 1900 it rose at an average rate of 0.4 mm/yr, and from 1900 to the present it has been rising at 1.4 mm/yr. The studies project for various hypothetical CO2 emission-increase scenarios during this 21st century a total rise in global sea level between 1 ft and 2.5 ft.
- First, observe that “tidal flooding” is not the same as the spectacular “storm-surge” that accompanies severe coastal storms like Sandy or the fictionalized surge in the 2004 apocalyptic sci-fi film The Day After Tomorrow. Such surges can easily exceed the reports’ estimated increase in tidal flooding by ten times or more. You probably wouldn’t know that from media stories like the NYT piece. Mitigation of known storm surge damage could protect coastal communities from the worst guesses of sea-level rise for the rest of this century!
- Second, forecasting sea-level rise involves even more guesswork than forecasting global warming. Actual sea-level direct measurement data exist only for a century and a half and only for a few regions of the earth. Even in the world’s best documented region, the eastern North Sea and Baltic region, tide-gage records of sea-level measurement are less than 200 years old. Estimates of sea-level changes over 28 centuries necessarily rely upon layers of interpretation of various proxies such as evidence of shoreline changes. Extensive modeling, therefore, is required as the two PNAS papers demonstrate. Each model element to some degree has to involve guesswork. Resulting estimates of sea-level rise rates vary from 1.15 mm/yr to about 3 mm/yr—a considerable variation for any long-term projections.
- Third, tide gages and proxies give relative sea-level, not absolute sea-level. They show sea-level relative to the land level. Absolute sea-level measurements from satellite only began in the early 90s—too recent to establish significant trends. To obtain absolute sea-level measurements from relative measurements or proxies, scientists have to correct for many variables—vertical changes in both land and ocean basin levels, ocean salinity changes, overland glacial decreases and increases, on-shore-off-shore prolonged winds, and gravitational interactions between the earth and lunar orbits. Would readers of media headline articles know that?
- Finally, there is the problem of learning how long the oceans take to reach equilibrium once there is a change in global temperature. Temperatures have been generally rising and sea-levels with them ever since the end of the ice age thousands of years ago. But there have been numerous up-and-down oscillations in this general trend, none of which is well understood. Are we in one or more of these oscillations now?
Given these caveats in the reasoning behind the claim that “seas are rising at the fastest rate in the last 28 centuries,” it comes as no surprise that renowned experts in the field like Dr. Nils-Axel Mörner of Sweden don’t take these reports seriously. Mörner challenges one of the PNAS papers, pointing out several of its conflicts with actual observations: nowhere do global tide gauges show valid increases in the rate of sea-level rise, and new satellite altimetry of absolute sea-level when carefully calibrated shows a mean rise of 0.5 mm/yr, not the modeled 1.4 mm/yr.
Since atmospheric CO2 emission levels do not correlate with such changes prior to the industrial age, the upward trend in temperature and sea level will continue regardless of the political campaign to impose economy-destroying carbon asceticism on the world’s population. Readers of such articles ought to heed the advice of Harvard oceanographer Roger Revelle (whom Al Gore claimed taught him fear of global warming’s planetary effects). Revelle’s last published article (co-authored with S. Fred Singer and Chauncey Starr) before his death was entitled “What to Do about Global Warming: Look before You Leap” (Cosmos 1 (1991): 28–33).
Atmospheric physicist Charles Clough, Bel Air, MD, is retired chief of the U.S. Army Atmospheric Effects Team at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; retired Lt. Col., U.S. Air Force Reserve Weather Officer; President of Biblical Framework Ministries; adjunct Professor at Chafer Theological Seminary, Albuquerque, NM; and a Fellow of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation.
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