Russian servers hosted the East Anglia CRU hacks, which – Russia being dependent upon hydrocarbon exports – neither mitigates the buffoonery of the Climategate scientists nor absolves the FSB from suspicion of acting as an interested party.
Shoot everyone involved. Start over.
Perhaps the ABSOLUTE BEST article I’ve found which describes the “madness of academic crowds” process by which this AGW movement all came about may be found @
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=40954
Be sure to read the extensive commentary–as enlightening as the main article and VERY lively!
Damn, they’ve moved it–just go to main page and scroll down to the 10 Dec purple-line “Cover Story” bar under which is the title “Beyond Debate?”
The take-away sub-heading is: “In which Martin Cohen argues that the consensus is less a triumph of science and rationality than of PR and fear-mongering.”
Re: Your conclusion. Dittos and heartily agree.
Another Dittos (Mega even) and very heartily agree!
Sorry I didn’t comment on Lex’s conclusion, Ron & Steve–thought THAT was intuitively obvious!
Can’t shoot ‘em, that would increase your carbon footprint. Bayonet sounds good though.
Or, some stakes, wet rawhide straps, and a few good ant hills.
Don’t forget to cut off their eye-lids if you’re going to go full-court “native” on us, Joe..
Nah, the bleeding and shock, minor though both would be, would just make them die a bit quicker.
I’d go for green hides, and Fire Ants.
What about staking & tying a rattler just out of reach of head–as wet raw-hide dries,shrinks, and tightens, body and head is drawn slowly but surely towards snake within striking range….
PS: I’ve seen ALL the old westerns….
I bet you had a Red Ryder BB gun too, didncha? Come on, fess up. I got mine from my Uncle.
If the victim moves too slowly, the snake won’t strike. Of course, as the hide shrinks, he’ll probably try to thrash.
I’d add more gruesome things we could do, but there are ladies present and wouldn’t want to gross them out too badly
Ah, memories. How about the Daisy Mod. 25? You know, the one designed after a pump shotgun. With that nice ‘grasshopper’ action that, if hand slipped would snap back and leave bone deep parallel cuts on the backs of your fingers. And drive the 3 in 1 oil deeply into the cuts too.
Ya got me Sheriff….yes, I had a BB gun. Funny thing, tho, can’t remember what make—although seems the reptilian part of my brain-stem remembers a certain amount of pain assoc. with it, so probably was a Daisey….
If you guys don’t watch it, “you’ll shoot your eye out.” It’s that time of the year and I have to watch that movie at least once each Christmas season.
Just wanted to be on the safe side Virgil.
Also, wanted to make sure that even though Mr. Lex is in weather conditions that are, by San Diego standards, arduous, that we appreciated his stating the obvious!
Embalm, cremate and bury. Take no risks!
In any particular order?
Reputedly it was Churchill’s response to the news that Stanley Baldwin was dead. I think it would be fair to apply it to all those climate fear-mongers. They’re a bunch of blood suckers so turnabout is fair play. Burn them and bury them and so we keep that nasty CO2 from entering the atmosphere and contributing to that minuscule .04% of the big world gasbag. Fair is fair.
My favorite Churchhill quote about Baldwin was: “Occasionally he stumbled over the truth but hastily picked himself up as if nothing had happened.” Very appropriate in describing the MSM and much of the left’s reaction to Climategate.
Obviously this article is crap. The AP had 5 reporters investigate, and they tell me there’s nothing there.
Heck, that’s almost half as many reporters as they had dig through Sara Palin’s book, so you know they were thorough.
“Shoot everyone involved. Start over.” Are we a little cranky here, dear friend? Maybe you had an unpleasant time with our globally warmed weather getting back to San Diego. Not that I don’t absolutely agree that “throwing the rascals out” is the best solution. But Mr. O has been working on his brownshirt ‘civilian militia’ for some time, getting them trained up for their aggressive “take the census” effort and similar stuff. Apparently, “Ve haff a 6-page questionnaire you must answer. Or else we vill make you sorry.” And they will be practicing their ‘sorry-making stuff’ when the census takers come to our doors.
I’m curious, as well as apprehensive here. What do your courteous and kindly commenters think would be the way to handle this? Surely we shouldn’t give out important personal information on ourselves to these temporary hires from who knows where. It would be an invitation to the theft of our identities. And believe me, that’s a major source of irritation and trouble straightening things out when that happens.
So what would you all do? Can we say ‘no comment?’The Constitution says we only have to tell the census-takers how many people live in the house.
Marianne
Marianne, anybody knocking on my door that I do not know is met with a friendly smile, one outstretched hand, and a gun in the other. If I’m not alarmed they never know about the gun part of the deal, which is my duty as a polite host.
I don’t really fear the census workers. They’re doing their jobs and dying isn’t much of a way to make a living, plus in small numbers they’re unlikely to insist upon conducting an investigation into how many bathrooms I have or my eating habits.
What I do whenever confronted by bureaucrats and their forms is lie. I lie like a rug. Government asking questions it has no need to know is like the guy at Radio Shack asking for my phone number when he knows darned well I’m married and he’s not my type. He doesn’t need the number, the form needs it, and any number will do. The main line for the Secret Service office in Sioux Falls works just as well as my personal phone number and has the benefit of not interrupting my Sunday dinner.
Somewhere, I like to think, there’s a computer program querying a database generating statistics that will have absolutely no meaning because enough of us have made the data unusable beyond how many people live at this house.
– Max
You are so correct that me need not give out information that is demanded of us on a daily basis. I like to give out fax numberswhen retailers request one, it diverts the calls away from me and really hurts the telemarketers ears when that number squeals in the ear. Sadly fax numbers are slowly going away.
Marianne, I once played a joke that turned out to be a godsend, perhaps you can use it too.
I purchased a used car from a dealer, and they came round with all the staff and a camera for to take my picture next to my used car. I’d just went round and round with the salesman, his Invisible Manager Who Offers Counter-Offers, the finance group, and did I mention all the paperwork?
I was not in a gleeful mood. I wanted nothing more than to leave and get back to productive things like work, or less painful things like a root canal.
So the camera dude shows up and I shove my hand in his camera and hiss “No pictures — I’m in witness protection!”
Time stopped. I think I could actually see him slipping his mental clutch as he processed this.
So the next time a census worker shows up, claim to be in witness protection and enlist the aid of the census worker in providing a false claim so those mob bosses you’re testifying against can’t track you down. Who knows, the census worker might be a creative type and help with making stuff up.
Try not to think of it as lying. Instead think of it as adding a bit of drama to what would have otherwise been a census worker’s very boring day.
– Max
Marianne, I am very much looking forward to a census taker stopping by my house.
I will ask them if they are affiliated with ACORN. If so, then get the hell off of my property.
The answer they are going to get is “One person, male, legally in this county.” If they have any problems with my answer, attitude or want more data, then come back with more people and with the piece of paper that they need.
Last time it was satisfactory, suspect that this year will be also.
V/R, and thanks again for the auditory experience (was much more than that actually).
When the form comes in the mail, (as it always has to me), throw it out. And, if they ever follow it up, (which they never have), tell them you filled it out and mailed it in months ago.
Humm, thinking on this further, if they actually come to your house, tell them the owner is away and you are there to feed the cat and walk the dog.
The real point to the census is for the benefit of the government. With the census they get to “fairly” divide up our money so as to better spend it to get re-elected.
My God you’re an idiot.
As a reductio of your usual quality of argument, this is pristine. As a recommendation to your further presence on this board, not so much. Work harder or work elsewhere.
“A Census taker tried to quantify me, once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone.” – Hannibal Lecter
Good 2 cents, Nozzle. And I LIKE “Obama-mao.” (I hadn’t previously seen that one–don’t get around enough, I guess.) And, like Mao, Obama attempts to make war on his “petty bourgeious opponents like small businessmen, middle-class, tea-party town-hall forum protesters, etc., by “organizing” student and union rent-a-thugs and using the DOJ to allow Red Guard-like Black Panther thugs to threaten the opposition at the election polls with physical harm.The only thing lacking are the re-education camps in the country-side.
Saaayyy, Nozzle, I LIKE YOU! (h/t, Yosimite Sam)
(Plus Obama-mao, with the addition of a single letter–Obama-mayo–has the dual advantage of being a term which can be used to reflect his whitebread heritage and undermine his “street-cred” with the “brothers.”
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OT: this article describing how Mr. King helped out the troops was certainly indicative of what I saw in many airports this year. A bit more generous than most of are able to do, but the gratitude from the troops is the same.
http://bit.ly/8E4xsi
Small deeds. A word here; a helping deed there; acts of solidarity here; a prayer there.
Thank You Mr. King.
Thank you, MaxDamage, Ron Snyder, Pixelkiller and other generous souls here for some really good ideas, and the encouragement of knowing that others rebel against the Busybody Brigade on a regular basis. I may not answer the door with my House Gun in hand, but I thought I might have a camera instead. [What's your name, sir or madam? I'm sure you won't mind my taking a picture of you.] I’ll probably use the Public Library number instead of the local FBI office number, because I don’t want the FBI to come to my house and ask boring questions. But filing the questionnaire in the ’round file’ is great. Fortunately, we have a covered front porch, so my brief statement, “two people live here,” can be delivered there. Sweet, vague smile, and “bye now,” will conclude the rest of the conversation.
I like Max’s advice: “Lie like a rug.” Once again. thanks to all of you.
Marianne
And, the problem is, as always, that nice phrase “in such Manner as they shall by Law direct,” which gives a lot of wiggle room. I waste their time. Anything that I can answer “other” I do, with copious notes about what “other” means. And since I will occasionally sponge off in the bedroom, or the spare room, or the garage, or the kitchen, that makes them ‘bathrooms’ right? If there are questions about ‘electronic devices’, will, just about every appliance has some sort of electronics, so those are all ‘electronic devices’ aren’t they? Gotta be creative.
When do we get to the “rewards for the uninvolved” stage?
You don’t. The failures get praise and honor. The innocent are always punished.