Dead Cant Rant

From NOAA:

Other points:
Sunspots closely correlated with temperature change, and CO2 rises follow.

Global temperature changes over 2000 years:

And of course, the Goracle has to make an appearance here:

From the Times Online, a devastating critique of environmental hysteria run amok: Series of blunders turned the plastic bag into global villain.
The widely stated accusation that the bags kill 100,000 animals and a million seabirds every year are false, experts have told The Times. They pose only a minimal threat to most marine species, including [...]

The San Antonio Express-News published one of Kathleen Parker’s most recent columns that takes a position against illegal immigrants receiving driver’s licenses. They also carefully omit a single key word from one of her sentences, completely changing the meaning of the sentence and providing a beautiful soundbite for those who call those of us who [...]

Human race will ’split into two different species’
This story is so unbelievably incorrect that I must write this down, because I don’t know if they will even publish the comment I posted. Here’s the comment:
Wow. This story is unbelievably ridiculous, and the facts aren’t even right. Obviously the “reporter” has never read The Time Machine, [...]

Lone Star Times is laughing at Tom Cruise’s latest insanity:

Tom Cruise is planning to eat his new baby’s placenta.
The Age: Tom’s placenta plans

Unfortunately, it may not be that simple. As I commented:

I talked to my wife about this issue this morning, and she pointed out a few interesting things. Apparently, Tom Cruise was “only joking” [...]

Remember, it doesn’t matter that he cheated on his wife, or that she is famous for french kissing her brother and cutting herself open. It doesn’t matter that they are the latest poster children of a sick culture promoted by the near-soulless denizens of Hollyweird.
What matters is that they are “beautiful” and will obviously make [...]

True to my earlier prediction, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is beating the pants off King Kong.
Narnia sales so far are about to surpass the $100 million mark, while Kong has barely recouped 10% of its $300 million cost. To be fair, a more accurate comparison would be between [...]

I normally try not to get too worked up by the Express-News, but today I’ll make an exception. Here’s a few choice pieces from today’s edition.
Lead story, page one:
Air marshals kill traveler
Notice the headline doesn’t say “Air marshals defend 200+ innocent people” or “Air marshals kill crazed madman”.
The inside headline for this story, page 9A:
Marshals [...]

In [1990 and 1991] women in [seven Washington, DC-area jurisdictions] filed 1,842 rape reports, and police concluded that 439 were unfounded.
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[One] woman said she lied because she needed an excuse for having been late to work.
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[Lt. Dan Davis, Howard County (Maryland) Police Department, said] Our philosophy is that a woman who would file a false [...]