MOAR?!?!

I spoke about this in length, back a couple of years ago when the first round of leaked emails hit the streets. Since then, the green communist movement (new color of the old RED communist movement) has backed off much of the global warming hype, largely due to the climate scientist email scandal appropriately named "CLIMATE-GATE." Now we're dealing with just CLIMATE CHANGE, as opposed to the more radical term "GLOBAL WARMING," leaving out the nagging belief that global climate fluctuations are somehow man made, out of mainstream circulation so as not to seem overtly insane.

Well, folks, here we go; Prepare yourself for CLIMATE-GATE 2.0!!!

A new batch of emails have hit the street and they appear to crush any shred of doubt that global climate research has manipulated data intentionally for the purpose of socialist political gain...

Climategate 2.0: New E-Mails Rock The Global Warming Debate
By James Taylor
Published: 11/23/2011

A new batch of 5,000 emails among scientists central to the assertion that humans are causing a global warming crisis were anonymously released to the public yesterday, igniting a new firestorm of controversy nearly two years to the day after similar emails ignited the Climategate scandal.

Three themes are emerging from the newly released emails: (1) prominent scientists central to the global warming debate are taking measures to conceal rather than disseminate underlying data and discussions; (2) these scientists view global warming as a political “cause” rather than a balanced scientific inquiry and (3) many of these scientists frankly admit to each other that much of the science is weak and dependent on deliberate manipulation of facts and data.

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Winter solstice lunar eclipse AND a meteor shower???

Seems like most everyone with a clear sky got to see a good show last night. For the first time in 456 years, the winter solstice coincided with a full moon and a lunar eclipse! But did you know that there was also a meteor shower? That's right, a meteor shower! Little did I know, the Ursid meteor shower was also taking place which added to the spectacle of the lunar eclipse. While I personally only saw a couple of "shooting stars" last night, I didn't take enough notice at the rest of the sky to realize what else was going on. It was blustery outside and bitterly cold here in the northeast. The temperature was a chilly 27°F and the wind chill made it feel like 17°F. I spent the focus of my time darting in and out of the house to re-adjust my camera and snap pictures every 5 minutes. Unfortunately, most of the pictures didn't come out all that great so I picked out the best four, centered and cropped them and posted them here for your enjoyment.

Got an iPhone? Launch it into orbit!

Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.

IMHO, that's about all they're good for.

I'm also thinking that if they added a little weight on the end of a tail underneath the iPhone, they would greatly reduce the amount of roll and sway they experienced. Holding the horizon steady would have improved quality of the video... just sayin'.

Ain't much of a secret NOW, is it?

Air Force Launches Massive, Secret Spy Satellite
Delta 4 Rocket Blasts Off With U.S. Spy Agency's "Largest Satellite in the World" - Believed to be 328 Feet Wide
(CBS) This story was filed by CBS News space consultant William Harwood.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Nov. 22, 2010

A powerful Delta 4 rocket roared to life and climbed away from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Sunday evening on a high-priority mission to boost a National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite into orbit...

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Well, at least it's not like it's going to be used to spy on our good friends over in Russia or China. It'd be much easier for us to just keep our focus on their proxy war comrades in Iran and North Korea respectively. *cough, cough* You see, to this administration, today's real threat comes from within our own borders from those fascist, racist, homophobic, and bigoted Tea Party terrorists. They'll probably just park the damned thing over the continental U.S. so as not to offend that all important global community. I mean, what's the sense in us having spent all those millions in tax payer dollars to have our wonderful President travel around the world apologizing to our enemies only for us to step on their toes again by sending up a spy satellite to keep an eye on them?

Besides, I'm sure they're much more concerned about those annoying pissants who are behaving like a bunch of babies because the TSA wants to take naked pictures of them, grope their junk or fine them $11,000 for disobedience. Yeah, that's probably the same ignorant bunch that opposed gubmint run health care earlier on. Go figure.