Alaska + Texas:
By on Sep 24th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Alaska + Texas:
The area — half a million square miles — of ice melted in the Arctic “compared to its last record low just two years ago.” The current rate puts the region “on track for an ice free Arctic by 2030, decades ahead of the climate models.”
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Yes, but did you see that awful ad that moveon.org put in the New York Times. That ’s the important thing in the world.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:03 pmI can just see the realtors drooling over the prospect of an entire sub continent opening up for vacation homes, etc.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:03 pmBut global warming doesn’t exist say the naysayers. While they’re still attempting to squelch the science, they’ll be holding their nose before drowing.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:05 pmBut global warming doesn’t exist say the naysayers. While they’re still attempting to squelch the science, they’ll be holding their nose before drowing.
Comment by Veritas — September 24, 2007 @ 3:05 pm
The problem with your thought is the naysayers will do anything BUT drown. They are part of the cabal who are getting rich of the middle and lower classes. Drown? They’ll be using our bodies as stepping-stones to safety.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:08 pmYes, and it will be the realtors from Texas and Florida who will be in on the ground floor, now that their states are on the seafloor.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:08 pmIts all a lie! the liberal media want you to believe theres new land on earth. We all know thats bunk…like that discredited theory of evolution. Sheesh , what will the ’science’ people think up next….tadpoles that grow into frogs!
September 24th, 2007 at 3:09 pmVeritas
But global warming doesn’t exist say the naysayers.
Well think about it, if global warming scientists are so smart, why do they think Texas is in the arctic.
RUCerious
September 24th, 2007 at 3:09 pmI can just see the realtors drooling over the prospect of an entire sub continent opening up for vacation homes, etc.
But what about the loss of Penguin habitat from the Arctic melting?
But what about the loss of Penguin habitat from the Arctic melting?
Comment by Squegeeboo
They (or it) can move in with you, squegeeboo, seeing as there might possibly be a penguin in the Arctic, it can share your bathtub.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:13 pmI’ll betcha those pesky penguins will make dandy pets!
September 24th, 2007 at 3:14 pm… as long as they don’t keep me up with all that singing and dancing…
September 24th, 2007 at 3:16 pmNevar
They (or it) can move in with you, squegeeboo
RUCerious
I’ll betcha those pesky penguins will make dandy pets!
I shall call him Larry.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:17 pmspit take
What if it’s a girl penguin?
I shall call her Larry.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:24 pmUmmm… we are all aware there are no penguins in the Northern Hemisphere, aren’t we? Auks, yes, penguins, no…
And no polar bears in the Southern…
September 24th, 2007 at 3:25 pmThe Republic of Stupidity
Ummm… we are all aware there are no penguins in the Northern Hemisphere, aren’t we?
Yah, that would be my fault. RUCerious mentioned something about a sub-continent, which as far as I know, doesn’t exist in the Arctic, so I saw a great way to divert the thread thru penguins, the most noble of mammals.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:27 pmah yes
the mighty penquin
noble conqueror of the antarctic
September 24th, 2007 at 3:29 pmYou had best take good care of your most noble pet mammal penguin, squegeeboo, or the walrusii shall come for thee.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:30 pmKing Oscar kipper snacks only, no Taiwanese sardines.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:33 pmIf there aren’t any penguins in the Artic, then dammit, let’s import some. After all, the pet stores that are going to be located in the strip malls have to have something to sell!
September 24th, 2007 at 3:33 pmron
September 24th, 2007 at 3:36 pmWinter is coming, water tends to refreeze when exposed to cold
Yes, but the chart is comparing August to August, and if you follow the link to what they are linking too, you’ll see they have an entire graph based off of Augusts, over the past 20 years.
Penguins aren’t mammals…
September 24th, 2007 at 3:38 pmWinter is coming, water tends to refreeze when exposed to cold
Comment by ron — September 24, 2007 @ 3:32 pm
But stupidity never changes at all. It’s immutable.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:39 pmThe Republic of Stupidity
Penguins aren’t mammals…
Then why do they lay eggs?
September 24th, 2007 at 3:40 pmThen why do they lay eggs?
Comment by Squegeeboo — September 24, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
You must be thinking of the mighty platypus!
Egg-laying mammal extraordinaire!
September 24th, 2007 at 3:49 pmChange the title, please. It isn’t Alaska + Texas, it’s closer to California + Texas. Alaska itself covers well over half a million square miles.
Doesn’t make it any less scary, though.
September 24th, 2007 at 4:12 pm“Penguins aren’t mammals…
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity ”
They’re MAN-imals. Cloned hybrids of bird and man, designed to catch fish, and attend proms. This is the real reason that bush is against stem cell research, and I for one, and proud.
September 24th, 2007 at 4:41 pmUmmm… we are all aware there are no penguins in the Northern Hemisphere, aren’t we? Auks, yes, penguins, no…
And no polar bears in the Southern…
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — September 24, 2007 @ 3:25 pm
Oh no! You mean we’re too late to save them?
DAMN YOU, EXXON-MOBIL!!!!
September 24th, 2007 at 4:44 pmRe #31
Who says facts have a liberal bias?
September 24th, 2007 at 4:46 pmWhy can’t we just tell the truth, realize it’s the COWS we eat, turn vegetarian and get this problem out of our way…
September 24th, 2007 at 5:01 pmThe Cattlemen’s Association would have a cow.
September 24th, 2007 at 5:20 pmThis is a very scary set of maps, and we all know that the alarm bells are ringing around the globe Except at the Bush White House, of course.
Have you heard that Bush will not attend the UN meeting on climate change — what could he possibly learn after all? Instead he will stage a “climate meeting” this week to usurp the credible work done by the UN. Wanna bet what the US Media will cover?
We must that the images shown here and video coverage of Greenland’s major melt this summer will jar Americans to demand action. I talked to a young college student yesterday who thinks global warming is a hoax. He can’t see the ice melting, so it’s not. He believes the “ice will come back.” Sad.
September 24th, 2007 at 5:36 pmIt looks like the old girl is gonna rid herself of this god-forsaken parasite called man once again.
September 24th, 2007 at 5:41 pm