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Posts Made By: Dave Snope

June 5, 2011 06:08 PM Forum: Politics

Palin Stands By Her Correct Account of Revere's Ri

Posted By Dave Snope
Democrat Chris Wallace calls her out on her "messed up" history.

"I know my American History".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjJgcDaOlbQ&feature=player_embedded

June 10, 2011 06:20 AM Forum: Politics

If The Tea Party Is Racist...

Posted By Dave Snope
If the tea party is so racist, how come when they have straw polls the black guy keeps winning? — Herman Cain

June 10, 2011 07:59 AM Forum: Guns and Hunting Optics

Glock Unveils New Super-Compact Model

Posted By Dave Snope
Wrist mount option. Taking it through it's paces at the test range:

http://rightwingvideo.com/?p=15257

June 12, 2011 06:54 PM Forum: Politics

More Weiner Self Love Portraits

Posted By Dave Snope
If this guy was 15 years old and just started working out, I could kinda believe he made these pictures. But he's a 46 year-old 'adult' congressman. Taking naked pictures of himself in the House Gym, holding his member. He combines one of the more hateful attack-dog personalities in politics with juvenile narcissism. What a piece of work. He's like Hillary with a dick.

And as usual with liberal elitists, he'll go get a little counseling or rehab and all will be forgiven because his heart is in the right place. Even when it's so blatantly obvious he only gives his heart to himself.

The pics are over at TMZ.com if you can stomach it.

June 12, 2011 07:13 PM Forum: Politics

Obama On The Jew: Never Again!

Posted By Dave Snope
That is, never again will the Narcissist in Chief be allowed to be publicly embarrassed by a superior intellect.

Shortly after the photo-op meeting and “working lunch” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the one that saw President Obama openly chastised by the Prime Minister for Obama’s earlier public comments regarding wanting to see Israel return to its 1967 borders, the president verbally “went off” on Richard Daley in the private study area that adjoins the Oval Office. President Obama’s verbal attack was clearly heard by numerous staff up and down the West Wing hallways.

The essence of the president’s rage and embarrassment can best be summed up with him yelling out very loudly, “What the f-ck was that!?” That phrase was apparently repeated a number of times in the span of about five minutes, a time period in which Obama’s voice became “louder and louder” and culminating in Obama exclaiming, “Never again! Do you understand me? Never again!” Any response by Bill Daley back to the president, if given, was not overheard.

Daley was soon after seen walking slowly down the hallway back toward his own office. He appeared “unconcerned” and was walking alone. His mood was apparently good enough that he took the time to speak briefly with some junior staffers before continuing down the hall. There was no sign of the president, though Valerie Jarrett did make an appearance on her way into the Oval Office. This was viewed as somewhat of a rare thing as Jarrett has apparently not been seen much on the lower levels of the West Wing for the last month or so. Neither she nor the president was seen for some time after that.

June 12, 2011 09:06 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Amazing Actual Scientific Measurements Of Glaciers

Posted By Dave Snope
In a rare case of scientists actually doing real long-term measurement studies of glaciers (rather than the common computer simulations or short-time observatons combined with hysterically speculative press releases force-fed en masse to the public) we learn some hard facts about glacier retreat.

What was done
Working in the Nanga Parbat region of northern Pakistan, which constitutes the northwestern limit of the high Himalaya, Schmidt and Nusser used a multi-temporal/multi-scale approach based on historical data, repeat photography and satellite imagery to develop a 70-year history of the behavior of that region's Raikot Glacier.

What was learned
The two German scientists report that visual comparison of repeat photography indicates "relatively small rates of recession and surface changes over the last seven decades," and they say that "in the 1994 image, no significant retreat of the glacier margin can be detected in comparison with 1985." In addition, they state that "given that some well-defined large boulders remain in the same position in 2006 as in 1934, one can assume a high stability of the proglacial area and lateral moraines," which observation, in their words, "casts doubt on the catastrophic break-out flood from four new portals in 1993 or 1994 suggested by Shroder et al. (2000)," which they say their own field visits in 1993, 1994 and 1995 "did not verify."

With respect to glacier-front variations, the pair of researchers finds that "similarly to most debris-covered glaciers in the northwest Himalaya and in the nearby Karakoram, Hindu Kush and Kun Lun ranges, Raikot Glacier shows only minor retreating rates since the 1980s," and they report that "glacier fluctuations over the past 70 years are characterized by retreat between the 1930s and 1950s, a marked advance between the 1950s and 1980s, and a relatively stable situation after 1992," adding that "a general trend of reduced glacier thickness does not appear significant over the whole observation period."

What it means
Although not highlighted by Schmidt and Nusser, their results tell a much different story than the now-discredited one that was strongly promoted in the IPCC (2007) Fourth Assessment Report, further attesting to the many excursions from reality found within that pre-settled policy-driven document.

http://www.co2science.org/articles/V14/N23/C1.php

June 12, 2011 09:22 PM Forum: Politics

Slacker-In-Chief Somehow Gets In Some Golf

Posted By Dave Snope
Having obviously had enough of the solitude of Camp David, where he and the family were making a rare weekend sojourn, the president choppered early this morning directly to Andrews and headed straight to the Air Force base golf course. Not clear whether Michelle in the girls are still at Camp David or if they’ve returned to the White House.

Today makes 11 weekends in a row that Obama has gone golfing. It’s his 14th outing this year and the 72nd of his presidency.

http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2011/06/12/obama-golf-4/

June 13, 2011 08:50 PM Forum: Politics

Freedom In The 50 States

Posted By Dave Snope
The latest rankings have been published. Where does your state rank?

I could have guessed that CA, NJ, and NY filled out the bottom of this list. Alaska surprised me.

http://mercatus.org/sites/all/modules/custom/mercatus_50_states/files/Freedom50States2011.pdf

June 15, 2011 07:54 AM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age

Posted By Dave Snope
I have no idea how strong the likelyhood is of going into another Maunder Minimum. Or what the range of possible temperature drop outcomes is. But they seem very certain that a deep solar minimum is immminent. These things happen slowly so there will be plenty of time for more data before people start planning to walk from Manhattan to Staten Island again.

Physicists say sunspot cycle is 'going into hibernation'
Posted in Science, 14th June 2011 17:00 GMT The Register

What may be the science story of the century is breaking this evening, as heavyweight US solar physicists announce that the Sun appears to be headed into a lengthy spell of low activity, which could mean that the Earth – far from facing a global warming problem – is actually headed into a mini Ice Age.

The announcement made on 14 June (18:00 UK time) comes from scientists at the US National Solar Observatory (NSO) and US Air Force Research Laboratory. Three different analyses of the Sun's recent behaviour all indicate that a period of unusually low solar activity may be about to begin.

The Sun normally follows an 11-year cycle of activity. The current cycle, Cycle 24, is now supposed to be ramping up towards maximum strength. Increased numbers of sunspots and other indications ought to be happening: but in fact results so far are most disappointing. Scientists at the NSO now suspect, based on data showing decades-long trends leading to this point, that Cycle 25 may not happen at all.
This could have major implications for the Earth's climate. According to a statement issued by the NSO, announcing the research:

An immediate question is whether this slowdown presages a second Maunder Minimum, a 70-year period with virtually no sunspots [which occurred] during 1645-1715.
As NASA notes:

Early records of sunspots indicate that the Sun went through a period of inactivity in the late 17th century. Very few sunspots were seen on the Sun from about 1645 to 1715. Although the observations were not as extensive as in later years, the Sun was in fact well observed during this time and this lack of sunspots is well documented. This period of solar inactivity also corresponds to a climatic period called the "Little Ice Age" when rivers that are normally ice-free froze and snow fields remained year-round at lower altitudes. There is evidence that the Sun has had similar periods of inactivity in the more distant past.
During the Maunder Minimum and for periods either side of it, many European rivers which are ice-free today – including the Thames – routinely froze over, allowing ice skating and even for armies to march across them in some cases.
"This is highly unusual and unexpected," says Dr Frank Hill of the NSO. "But the fact that three completely different views of the Sun point in the same direction is a powerful indicator that the sunspot cycle may be going into hibernation."

http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2011/06/earth-may-be-headed-into-mini-ice-age.html

June 16, 2011 05:09 PM Forum: Politics

Weiner To Resign

Posted By Dave Snope
Poor guy, has no other useful job skills besides being a career politician. And in this tough job market. It's very emasculating for big ego guys like him to live off their wives.

Maybe in some small corner of his mind, he'll realize that the country would be better off if more of our politicians actually had real-life work experience before declaring themselves experts on economics, healthcare, and national security. Naaah.

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