From lost in tarnation

Carbon man shuns Washington trip:

Dr Larch Maxey: I would encourage everyone to think about their carbon emissions

"If I had flown it's more than my share of carbon emissions for a couple of years."

He said he had been avoiding flying for around 15 years and those conferences he could not reach by rail, bus or boat he turned down.

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The first writing on global warming (see David Goodstein, Out of Gas):

Svante August Arrhenius, "On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground," Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, April 1896

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Q - How much of our 'civilization' will survive our collective stupidity.

A - Probably not much.

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And, the 'oldest musical instrument' yet found'

Scientists in Germany have published details of flutes dating back to the time that modern humans began colonising Europe, 35,000 years ago.

here

There is an audio clip played from a reconstruction. The notes are of a pentatonic scale in E flat major sixth.

In other words, the pianos' black keys in G flat (F sharp) transposed.

The most ancient mode (yet), we can only guess at their tunes.

Was this the cop that raided the gay bar on Sunday?

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1015/115512629...

I'm sure after he showed up, all the patrons were suddenly claiming to be bad boys.

08:26 Evet: So you've partied with cops too.

Lost in Tarnation:...

► ► ► ► From the CATO Institute: ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄

"The few remaining limited-government types are
Hunkered down at Washington's Cato Institute."
—Bloomberg News, December 18, 2008

Dear Friend,
It's true that the Cato Institute is leading the tight against the explosion of federal government growth in Washington. And it's hard to deny that there are "few remaining limited-government types" in Congress and in the White House. But those of us who disagree with them are hardly "hunkered down." Indeed,I have never seen our side more energized and clear-eyed in its commitment to reclaim our liberties and our government from the statists and big-government advocates of ever, stripe who now infest our nation's capital.

Far from 'hunkering down," we're fighting back—most recently with the enclosed two full-page ads in dozens of major newspapers across the nation. Those ads led with the challenging headline:

"With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true."

The first ad dealt with President Obama's claim that there is `no disagreement" about the need for trillions of dollars of federal spending to get us out of the recession and financial meltdown. Turns out, there is plenty of disagreement. Nearly 400 top economists, including several Nobel laureates, signed our ad taking exception to the president's claim.

The second ad cites President Obama's assertion that "the science is beyond dispute": the threat of climate change is `urgent" and demands immediate, radical action. Again, hundreds of top scientists, including the highly respected Richard Lindzen of MIT, signed on to our ad, making the point that "the case for alarm regarding climate change is grossly overstated." There is plenty of scientific dispute over climate change hysteria—enough not to rush headlong into crippling our economy in a costly attempt to stop an unproven threat.

What is truly frightening about the Obama White House is its apparent unwillingness to even admit that there is a debate over these important issues, much less engage in that debate. But as the great, late Nobel laureate (and Cato Distinguished Senior Fellow)
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