The Truth Continues To Be Inconvenient

This year is on track to be the warmest in the Netherlands since temperatures were first measured in 1706, the Dutch meteorological institute KNMI said on Tuesday, linking the record with global warming. The average temperature in 2006 is likely to exceed 11 degrees Celsius in the Netherlands, beating a previous record of 10.9 degrees in 2000.

Say Goodbye to That Polar Ice

More bad news if you are a polar bear....or perhaps a human who depends on a relatively stable climate:


The average sea ice extent for the entire month of September this year was 5.9 million sq km (2.3 million sq miles). Including 2006, the September rate of sea ice decline is now approximately -8.59% per decade, or 60,421 sq km (23,328 sq miles) per year. At that rate, without the acceleration seen in the new modelling, the Arctic Ocean would have no ice in September by the year 2060.

One More Buffoon Who Has No Business Being President

Joe Biden, Charlie Rose show, June 21, 2005:


I personally think we should not set an exit date. I personally think we should take one last shot at trying to do this the right way. I think it still can be done, although more difficult.


Joe Biden, Face the Nation, 6/19/2005:


We need time. There's one last shot at getting this right in Iraq.



Joe Biden, Hardball, May 24, 2004:


We've made significant mistakes. Our one last shot to get this right, unite the world, convince the Iraqi people that this is not just a U.S. occupation, is June 30.




Biden 11/7/2003:



"I am convinced we have one last shot at bringing the world into Iraq," said Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, the senior Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee. "We must do everything in our power to seize it.

"I'd like to see President Bush go to Europe, call a summit and ask - ask - for more help. We might have to give up some more authority to get it. But as I keep saying, we've got to stop treating Iraq like some kind of prize."

Can This Guy Really Be Considered a Serious Presidential Candidate?

"I think the situation on the ground is going to improve.
I do think that progress is being made in a lot of Iraq.
I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount
of progress if we stay the course. If I thought we weren't
making progress, I'd be despondent."
-- John McCain Dec 8, 2005