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The snowiest decade on record was…?

Evil climate denier Anthony Watt says 2001-2010 was the world’s snowiest decade in, well, decades. And Rutgers University has the stats to back him up. But Al Gore says you should just ignore all that fluffy white stuff you’re up to your ass in.

Evil climate denier Anthony Watt says 2001-2010 was the world’s snowiest decade in, well, decades. And Rutgers University has the stats to back him up. But Al Gore says you should just ignore all that fluffy white stuff you’re up to your ass in.

“Just as it’s important not to miss the forest for the trees, neither should we miss the climate for the snowstorm,” Gore wrote in a wonky Op-Ed for The New York Times.

“The heavy snowfalls this month have been used as fodder for ridicule by those who argue that global warming is a myth,” he acknowledged.

“Yet scientists have long pointed out that warmer global temperatures have been increasing the rate of evaporation from the oceans,” he wrote. And that puts “significantly more moisture into the atmosphere – thus causing heavier downfalls of both rain and snow.”

Unfortunately for the Goracle, Watt and the Rutgers University Global Snow Lab respectfully disagree. At least we think it was respectful.

“Now that we have reached the end of the meteorological winter (December-February,) Rutgers University Global Snow Lab numbers (1967-2010) show that the just completed decade (2001-2010) had the snowiest Northern Hemisphere winters on record. The just completed winter was also the second snowiest on record, exceeded only by 1978. Average winter snow extent during the past decade was greater than 45,500,000 km2, beating out the 1960s by about 70,000 km2, and beating out the 1990s by nearly 1,000,000 km2. The bar chart below shows average winter snow extent for each decade going back to the late 1960s.”

Who’s your money on?

Source: New York Daily News, WattsUpWithThat.com

Michael Moore learns an ugly lesson: the media ignores you when you badmouth liberals

Cenk Uygur, one of liberal radio and TV’s self-designated Young Turks, interviewed corpulent corporation buster Michael Moore. What could go wrong?

Cenk Uygur, one of liberal radio and TV’s self-designated Young Turks, interviewed corpulent corporation buster Michael Moore. What could go wrong?

Moore: You know, I tell you, these Democrats are disgusting. Wimps and wusses and weasels. You know, get some spine. This is why I have to admire the Republicans. They at least stand for something. They at least have the courage of their convictions. They get elected to office, they come into town, and they go “Get outta my way, there’s a new sheriff in town. This is the way we’re doing things. Get outta here.” And then they do it. You know. I mean what they do is crazy. But dammit, they are good at it. We should take a page out of their book.

It was almost as if Moore realized he had bitten the hand that feeds him, so he quickly took a shot at conservative Glenn Beck.

Cenk: I couldn’t agree more with that. So to finish that thought, if you were, for example, Van Jones, how would you have responded to Glenn Beck?

Moore: Fuck off! That’s what I would have said. But again, you mentioned Glenn Beck, and of course, he’s the guy that’s called for my removal from the planet Earth.

Whew! That’s more like it, Michael. We were worried about you there for a second.

Source: The Young Turks

Reid and Pelosi are destroying jobs even faster than Obama can create or save them

These are your leaders, Democrats. These lunatics are spending trillions when they can’t comprehend millions or even thousands.

These are your leaders, Democrats. These lunatics are spending trillions when they can’t comprehend millions or even thousands.

Obama pissed. Obama pouting. Obama frustrated. Obama indignant. Repeat as necessary.

Perhaps we should have said, “Repeat ad nauseum.” Because as this CNN clip shows, when President Obama wasn’t talking at the healthcare summit, he was posing.

Perhaps we should have said, “Repeat ad nauseum.” Because as this CNN clip shows, when President Obama wasn’t talking at the healthcare summit, he was posing.

Source: NewsBusters.org

Congressman involved in sex scandal endorsed by governor involved in sex scandal

Here’s a campaign commercial by sex scandal-embroiled New York Congressman Eric Massa that features sex scandal-embroiled New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.

How did people expose corruption and/or stupidity before YouTube and the internet?

Here’s a campaign commercial by sex scandal-embroiled New York Congressman Eric Massa that features sex scandal-embroiled New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.

They’re going to “clean up waste, fraud, and abuse in government.” They have integrity. They have respect.

They’re the Batman and Robin of sex scandals. The Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid of corruption. The Laurel & Hardy of hards-on.

No wonder Obama hates Las Vegas. He can’t pick a winner

Yes, President Obama’s losing streak extends beyond mere politics to the wide world of sports.

"Michelle is gonna kill me when she finds out I lost her case of beer."

It all makes a bit of sense now.

First consider the fact that President Obama warned Americans several times to stay away from Las Vegas. Then consider the fact that he backed the losers in Massachusetts, Virginia, New Jersey and now in Vancouver.

Vancouver?

Yes, President Obama’s losing streak extends beyond mere politics to the wide world of sports.

Turns out President Obama placed a friendly wager with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the outcome of Sunday’s Olympic ice hockey gold medal game. Obama put up a case of Yuengling beer from a small brewery in Pennsylvania and Harper risked a case of Molson Canadian beer. (Sucker’s bet, Prime Minister Harper, because you risked the high octane Canadian beer for a chance to win watery American beer.)

That, of course, eliminated any possible chance for the gold medal that the American team may have had and Canada won the game 3-2 game in an exciting sudden death overtime period.

Enjoy your weak beer, Prime Minister Harper, while we suffer south of the border with a weak president.

Stupidest law ever: California legislature approves ‘Cuss Free Week’

California may be financially bankrupt, but that doesn’t mean it’s morally bankrupt. The state legislature proved that by approving a statewide “Cuss Free Week”.

Fox News has the all the stupid #$%&# details:

The resolution by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada Flintridge, was inspired by a South Pasadena teenager, McKay Hatch, who founded a No Cussing Club at his junior high school in 2007. His efforts to stamp out profanity have generated international attention, with 35,000 members joining the No Cussing Club’s Web site.

Portantino said the California Legislature — known for imposing strict clean air and clean water laws — is the first state legislative body in the nation to consider a statewide profanity-free week.

Hatch, now 16, said he sees a link between cussing and drug use, bullying and other harmful behavior. A cuss-free world would be a more harmonious one, he said.

This poor kid could only have been raised in the People’s Republic of California.

Peace, love, happiness, fruit and granola for everyone.

And make it #%#$& snappy.

Source: Fox News

Obama says man cannot control nature. Except when there’s a hefty tax involved.

First clip: Obama announces that man cannot control nature. Especially if you’re talking about earthquakes.

Second clip: Obama announces that man can control nature. Especially if you’re talking about global warming.

If he can figure out how to do Quake-and-Trade, he’ll suddenly change his mind and decide we can control earthquakes, too.

That Magic Touch: Obama campaigns for Reid, Reid loses ground in polls

Proving once again that the magic touch is gone, President Obama’s campaign appearances for Harry Reid helped the popularity-challenged Senator lose ground among Nevada voters.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reveals the depressing details:

During his whirlwind visit to Las Vegas two weeks ago, President Barack Obama mentioned U.S. Sen. Harry Reid by name four dozen times, gave him a big hug and talked him up as if he was a long-lost brother.

(IHTM Editor’s Note: Despite Obama’s assertion that Reid is a long-long brother, Reid does not appear to have a negro dialect. So we think the President may be mistaken.)

In remarks that could not have been more laudatory, Obama repeatedly characterized the veteran Democratic leader as a man “made of very strong stuff” who was making the right decisions for the state back in the nation’s capital.

But as Reid faces an uphill path to win re-election to a fifth Senate term, Obama’s enthusiastic endorsement does not appear to have improved the Senate majority leader’s standing among constituents, according to a new poll conducted for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Reid got no bounce from Obama’s visit on Feb. 19, when the president spoke highly of him at Green Valley High School and to business leaders at CityCenter, polling indicates.

A larger percentage of voters surveyed (17 percent) said they would be less likely to vote for Reid following the president’s visit than said they would be more likely to vote for him (7 percent). Seventy-five percent said Obama’s visit would have no effect on how they vote.

“Reid was not helped, and Obama was not any more popular than he was before he came to the state,” said Brad Coker, managing director at Mason-Dixon Polling & Research.

Based on Obama’s campaign successes in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, we eagerly anticipate his campaign tour prior to the November elections.

Go, Barack, go.

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

It’s a reconciliation nation

It’s a reconciliation nation and Barack Obama is the king.

We don’t know Maksim, but take a look at his site. Just our opinion, but we don’t think anyone on the internet can match his mad PhotoShop skills. He’s also a full blown pseudo-Communist, which is, of course, the best kind of Communist.

Source: iMaksim.com

Tofu burgers and tree hugs for everyone: Libs try to stop Mill Valley, California Tea Party

The lovely leftist enclave of Mill Valley, California is bracing for an onslaught of those crazy, violent tea partiers. One can barely imagine the horror this news might provoke in a town so liberal that it gave Barack Obama nearly 80% of its votes.

Into the belly of the beast: Mill Valley has a long history of lunatic liberal behavior

The lovely leftist enclave of Mill Valley, California is bracing for an onslaught of those crazy, violent tea partiers. One can barely imagine the horror this news might provoke in a town so liberal that it gave Barack Obama nearly 80% of its votes.

The Mill Valley (Calif.) Herald reports the stark terror that’s descended on the open-minded liberals who call Mill Valley home:

It’s an irony that doesn’t sit well with local resident Deborah Phelan, a former AP reporter who now works in public relations. Infuriated by the images and rhetoric employed by Tea Party groups across the nation, Phelan said city property should not play host to a right-wing get-together.

“We have young kids going there to swim, to go to classes,” Phelan said. “Do you want your kid to walk by a picture of the president of the U.S. with the horrible things they say about him?”

Phelan has appealed to city officials to cancel the event, but that appears unlikely. . . . Phelan nonetheless says she’ll keep seeking ways to stop the gathering from taking place in Mill Valley. “I feel our local government has to make a stand against this movement, which I view as seditious,” she said.

Always good to see liberals accepting divergent views. Makes you proud to be an American.

Source: Mill Valley Herald

Live like Rush: Now you can buy his Fifth Avenue penthouse for just $13,950,000

Talk radio titan Rush Limbaugh often complains about his treatment at the hands of New York city and state tax authorities. Now he’s put his Fifth Avenue penthouse up for sale and is cutting ties with the Empire State.

Talk radio titan Rush Limbaugh often complains about his treatment at the hands of New York city and state tax authorities. Now he’s put his Fifth Avenue penthouse up for sale and is cutting ties with the Empire State.

As Gawker.com reports:

Limbaugh promised that he’d sell his Manhattan apartment last March after the Paterson administration proposed raising taxes on New York residents who make more than $500,000 a year. (That wasn’t the first time he’d made the threat. On the eve of the 2008 presidential election, Limbaugh said he was “seriously considering selling it,” since “it may now become stupid to own any property there.”)

…The 20th-floor penthouse at 1049 Fifth Avenue, which Limbaugh purchased in 1994 under the name RH Trust (Rush’s middle name is Hudson) was officially listed two weeks ago for $13.95 million. And although he’s described the place on his radio show as “fashionable,” it’s doubtful that will be the word that comes to mind when you look at the photos below, which show off moldings of “hand painted gold leaf” and his “hand painted ceilings and walls” by “renowned artist” Richard Smith.

Jealousy is such an ugly thing, Gawker.

Don’t get us wrong. We’re not saying we like Rush’s taste in decorating. But we don’t like Gawker’s taste in stories, either, and you don’t see us complaining about that.

Source: Gawker.com

Nancy Pelosi was against corruption before she was in favor of it.

Back in 2004, Princess Pelosi insisted that House Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay needed to resign his post immediately after he was admonished for unethical behavior. Ahhhh, but times change. Now that Democrat Charlie Rangel has been reprimanded for ethics violations, the princess has done a 180. And ethics just aren’t that important to her anymore. They’re overrated.

Back in 2004, Princess Pelosi insisted that House Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay needed to resign his post immediately after he was admonished for unethical behavior.

Ahhhh, but times change. Now that Democrat Charlie Rangel has been reprimanded for ethics violations, the princess has done a 180. And ethics just aren’t that important to her anymore. They’re overrated.

As Pelosi says, “If standards are good, then double standards should be twice as good.”

Source: BluegrassPundit.com

Forget Canadian healthcare. What we really need is Libyan healthcare.

Thanks to the miracle that is Libya’s healthcare system, the Lockerbie bomber is alive and well.

al-Megrahi in the hospital: A staged photo op if there ever was one

Remember the tragic tale of the Lockerbie bomber? The poor chap was diagnosed with advanced terminal prostate cancer, freed from prison in Scotland and allowed to return to live out his few, final days in Libya. We were told in the gravest of tones that he had but three months to live.

But thanks to the miracle that is Libya’s healthcare system, the Lockerbie bomber is alive and well.

The UK Daily Mail has the inspirational story:

… six months later, Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi is still living–and doing it in the lap of luxury.

Yesterday, his elderly father even held out the prospect of him beating the prostate cancer that doctors said would kill him by last Christmas…

Megrahi, 57, no longer receives hospital treatment after ending a course of chemotherapy.

Last night, the British cancer specialist who gave the three-month prognosis was forced to defend his prediction.

He insisted that Megrahi remained gravely ill and was not expected to live much longer.

Call us cynical, but we thnk we’ll be reading this same story a year from now. And we still won’t know the real reason this murderer was released to live in Libyan luxury.

Source: Daily Mail UK

World’s richest man thinks ObamaCare is a big ol’
waste of money

Billionaire Warren Buffett, one of President Obama’s strongest supporters, thinks the current health-care bill should be ditched in favor of a new plan that focuses on “cost, cost, cost.”

Billionaire Warren Buffett, one of President Obama’s strongest supporters, thinks the current health-care bill should be ditched in favor of a new plan that focuses on “cost, cost, cost.”

Buffett accuses Obama of “dream[ing] up 2,000 pages of other things.”

“I believe in insuring more people, ” Buffett said, “but I don’t believe in insuring more people until you address … the cost aspect of this.”

“I don’t care what Warren Buffett thinks about healthcare,” Vice President Biden said, “But I have to admit that I love that Margaritaville song. ”

Pelosi in denial, thinks she’ll still be Speaker of the House next year

Yeah, we know it’s dangerous to get too cocky and we know nothing is for sure in politics and we know November is a looooong way off, but damn, but would anything make you happier than seeing Princess Pelosi reduced to minority leader?

Yeah, we know it’s dangerous to get too cocky and we know nothing is for sure in politics and we know November is a looooong way off, but damn, but would anything make you happier than seeing Princess Pelosi reduced to minority leader?

In the meantime, here are some quotes from the Princess from Sunday’s State of the Union on CNN:

“The Democrats will retain the majority in the House of Representatives.”

“I’m not yielding one grain of sand, we’re fighting for every seat.”

“So Democrats are ready. We’re confident of that – what we have done for the American people. We have to get out there. We’ve been working hard, now we have to go out. We said we were going to do certain things, we did them. Now we have to go talk about what we have done.”

You know, there is nothing more entertaining than the Democrats’ conceit that they just haven’t done a good enough job explaining what they’ve done.

So explain away, honey, explain away.

Highlight of the Olympics: William Shatner explains why he’s proud to be Canadian.

William Shatner is one very funny man, as demonstrated by his speech at the closing ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympics.

William Shatner is one very funny man, as demonstrated by his speech at the closing ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympics.

Maybe one of our readers in the Great White North can explain the Canadianisms in the clip that make no sense to Americans. Such as:

“And the words, (what does he say in French)?”

“Our healthcare system covers (what???), Aaaaye!”

“I’m proud of loooooooo!” (What the hell does “loooooooo” mean?)

What does it all mean, Andy Canuck? Maybe even WesInMT can explain it (Montana’s pretty close to Canada, isnt it?)

The cover-up is worse than the crime: Five European countries want to ban the burka

It looks as if Europeans are finally waking up to the threat posed to Western civilization by the Islamification of their societies. Either that or they just think Muslim chicks are hot.

When societies collide: The Bikini vs. the burkini

It looks as if Europeans are finally waking up to the threat posed to Western civilization by the Islamification of their societies. Either that or they just think Muslim chicks are hot.

The Financial Times unveils the details:

More than half of voters in four other major European states back a push by France’s Nicolas Sarkozy to ban women from wearing the burka, according to an opinion poll for the Financial Times.

As Mr Sarkozy presses ahead with plans to ban the wearing of the burka in public places, the FT’s latest Harris poll shows the move is not just strongly supported in France, but wins enthusiastic backing in the UK, Italy, Spain and Germany.

The poll shows some 70 per cent of respondents in France said they supported plans to forbid the wearing of the garment which covers the female body from head to toe. There was similar sentiment in Spain and Italy, where 65 per cent and 63 per cent respectively favoured a ban.

We also favor banning the burka. Of course, our position may be influenced by our belief that topless beaches are France’s greatest contribution to Western culture.

Source: Financial Times

First deaths attributed directly to global warming

A seven-month-old girl miraculously survived alone for three days after one of her parents shot her in the chest – apparently as part of a bizarre murder-suicide pact blamed on global warming.

Thumbs up, Loteros! If global warming won’t kill people, darn it, they’ll just have to kill themselves.

Our alternate headline for this story was “Al Gore involved in murder-suicide pact.”

The New York Daily News reports the truly tragic result of global warming hysteria:

A seven-month-old girl miraculously survived alone for three days after one of her parents shot her in the chest – apparently as part of a bizarre murder-suicide pact blamed on global warming.

The baby was discovered with a bullet casing in her chest and covered with blood by police in the Argentinean city of Goya, near the bodies of her parents and 2-year-old brother, the Latin American Herald reported Saturday.

Police broke into the home after neighbors complained of a stench coming from the house. The boy was found with a gunshot wound in his back, while his parents died from gunshot wounds to the chest.

The parents, 56-year-old Francisco Lotero and 23-year-old Miriam Coletti, are believed to have been spurred by their fears about global climate change, London’s Telegraph reported.

A letter was found on a table expressing the couple’s anger at the government for not responding to the environmental crisis.

As a result of these tragic and truly needless deaths, we can no longer say Teddy Kennedy’s car has killed more people than global warming has.

So we bid a fond farewell to Lotero family and a great bumper sticker.

Source: New York Daily News

October 16, 2009: Moscow mayor promises a winter without snow.
February 23, 2010: Never mind

Remember back in October when the mayor of Moscow proudly announced that Russia had learned to control the weather and that no snow would fall in Moscow this winter?

Remember back in October when the mayor of Moscow proudly announced that Russia had learned to control the weather and that no snow would fall in Moscow this winter?

Here’s how Time Magazine told the wintery tale:

Pigs still can’t fly, but this winter, the mayor of Moscow promises to keep it from snowing. For just a few million dollars, the mayor’s office will hire the Russian Air Force to spray a fine chemical mist over the clouds before they reach the capital, forcing them to dump their snow outside the city. Authorities say this will be a boon for Moscow, which is typically covered with a blanket of snow from November to March. Road crews won’t need to constantly clear the streets, and traffic — and quality of life — will undoubtedly improve.

As the BBC reports, that was then, this is now:

Thousands of snow-clearing machines have been working to dig the Russian capital Moscow out of a record-breaking fall of 63cm (nearly 25 inches).

After a weekend of heavy snow showers, the regional weather centre announced that the previous record of 62cm, set in 1966, had been broken.

…In all, about 15,000 snow-clearing machines were deployed in the city of about 10.5 million people, backed by 8,500 dump trucks and about 5,500 street-sweeping personnel.

Quick. Someone check to see if Al Gore has been in Moscow. This has all the signs of the Gore Effect.

Source: Time Magazine, BBC

Rick Sanchez doesn’t know how long a meter is

Rick Sanchez isn’t the worst ideologue on CNN, but day in and day out, he is the most annoying and uninformed.

Rick Sanchez isn’t the worst ideologue on CNN, but day in and day out, he is the most annoying and uninformed.

Here he interrupts a discussion of the potential size of a tidal wave in Hawaii by asking, “By the way, nine meters in English is?”

Either he doesn’t know how long a meter is or he thinks you don’t know.

Lesson to be learned: Don’t go using that fancy, new Euro-speak on Rick Sanchez.

Source: NewsBusters.org

Nancy Pelosi runs the most honest, ethical congress in history. Just ask her.

The woman who promised to “drain the swamp” run the most honest, ethical House in history seems to be remarkably uninterested and uninformed about Charlie Rangel’s ethics…uhhhh…issues.

The woman who promised to “drain the swamp” run the most honest, ethical House in history seems to be remarkably uninterested and uninformed about Charlie Rangel’s ethics…uhhhh…issues.

Pelosi also suffered temporary amnesia regarding ethics issues suffered by other members of her Team Left: Carolyn Kilpatrick, Bennie Thompson, Donald Payne, Donna Christensen, William Jefferson, Barney Frank, John Murtha, Maxine Waters, Sanford Bishop, Jesse Jackson Jr, Allan Mollohan, Pete Visclosky, Sanford Bishop and California’s corruptocrat sisters, Linda and Loretta Sanchez.

Nancy, honey, you can’t drain the swamp when you’re wallowing in it.

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