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Climate Change Scientist Told to Resign

November 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The Director of  Climate Research Unit at University of East Anglia was asked to  resign after the scandal of hacked e-mails from CRU placed on mirror websites and leak to the media including The Drudge Report. Professor Phil Jones who ran the unit was asked leave by George Monbiot a leading environmentalist. Jones allegedly in these e-mails said to suppress scientific data supporting their theory of  Global  Warming.

More e-mail released today, in one e-mail in particular an American Climatologist  lamented that science  could explain away the recent temperature declines.

Daily Mail has the rest of the story.

Categories: Nature · Silly /stupid stries · religion · science · weather

Critics of Global Change Are Charging Collusion Among Scientists

November 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Critics of Global Climate Change are charging  collusion among scientist who support this scientific theory.  Critics hacked into computers at UK’s  University of  East Angila where they discovered  hundred of documents and e-mails that exchanged between scientists. The hackers released the docs online.

Skeptics say the documents are “the smoking gun” that scientist colluded by manipulating data support climate change is real  and caused by humanity. The docs placed on the web site the Air Vent.

The emails were accompanied by the anonymous statement: “We feel that climate science is, in the current situation, too important to be kept under wraps. We hereby release a random selection of correspondence, code and documents. Hopefully it will give some insight into the science and the people behind it.”

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Categories: Crime · Nature · Silly /stupid stries · weather

Parents in Balloon Boy Saga Pleads Guilty

November 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The parents of  “Balloon Boy” admits guilt on Friday  in phony call to 9-1-1   reporting their  6-year-old son was in runaway balloon to create publicity for a potential reality television show.

Richard and Mayumi  Heene were in at Larimer County Courthouse in Ft. Collins. Heene pleaded guilty to a felony count of falsely influencing the sheriff on the 50 mile manhunt for their son Falcon in the skies over Northern Colorado.

Mayumi Heene plead  guilty to a  misdemeanor charge of knowingly filing a false report with emergency services . Mrs Heene has cooperated with law enforcement which led to lesser charges.

Richard Heene could serve 90 days in Jail, probation and fines. Mayumi could receive 60 days in jail possibly in a work release program and  probation.

If the Heenes’ did not take the plea bargain Richard would have faced two to six years in prison  and fines of a half  million dollars. Mayumi  would face up to six month in jail and $750 in fines.

AP via Yahoo News

Categories: Crime · Media · Relationships · Showbiz / entertainment · Silly /stupid stries

Minneapolis Bound Plane Miss the Runway by 120 Miles

October 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

A San Diego to Minneapolis bound jet miss the runway by oh I don’t know by 120 miles. A Northwest Airlines flight 188 got off track  in Eau Claire Wisconsin with a military jet escort  sent back to Minneapolis and Federal Aviation Administration Police waiting the Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport.

The pilots said the were engaged in spirited conversation about airline policy and miss the twin cities. In addition when landing FAA Police had guns drawn. The flight crew told passenger to sit down. Then the flight crew  left the plane to be  interviewed by the FAA.

FAA officials has military jets on standby after the Flight 188 didn’t respond to FAA commands and out or radio communications for more that 75 minutes.

“When you hear that fighter jets were ready to scramble, that just gets you really mad,” said passenger Scott Kennedy.

Some passengers thought the flight seem to drag on and on and the pilots updates were not given, and the flight attendant “unusual comment”  make some sense. When a passenger asked a flight attendant a when will the plane land and the attendant answered ten minutes later,”‘I have no idea when we’re going to get to the terminal,’” he said.

The flight crew announced they were landing soon but nothing happened    said Anne Kroshus of Woodbury. “It was bizarre,” she said. “It certainly didn’t feel like we were circling.”

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Categories: Silly /stupid stries · transpprtation · travel

Schwarzenegger To Sign Enviromental Exemption Bill to Build LA Football Stadium

October 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will sign an Environmental Exemption that will allow construction of a new football stadium in the City of Industry. The exemption would nullify a lawsuit by the projects neighbors in Walnut a town just east of Industry and the site based on the the project environmental impact report.

The project will provide 6,700 new jobs (mostly construction) $21 million in tax revenue and over $750 million in economic activity.

KNBC-TV/DT “Channel 4 News”

Categories: Showbiz / entertainment · Silly /stupid stries · Sport · consumers/ the public · economy · employment · finance

Louisana Judge Denies Interracial Couple Marriage Licence

October 17, 2009 · 1 Comment

Here’s a story that sound like it belong in the 1970’s and earlier not 2009. A justice of the peace in Hammond Louisiana in Suburban New Orleans has denied a interracial couple a martial licence  out of concern for the children.

Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell of Tangipahoa Parrish says from his experience with interracial couples that the marriage don’t survive. Neither Justice Bardwell nor the couple in questions returned calls from the AP.

But Bardwell told the local paper in Hammond the Daily Star he was not a racist. He has in the past married blacks in his home.

“I do ceremonies for black couples right here in my house,” Bardwell said. “My main concern is for the children.”

Bardwell have talked to both blacks and whites have conduced that black community and saw  interracial black society has accepted children of these relationships and neither does white society .

“I don’t do interracial marriages because I don’t want to put children in a situation they didn’t bring on themselves,” Bardwell said. “In my heart, I feel the children will later suffer.”

The couple 30 year old Beth  Humphrey and her fiancee 32 year old Terrance Mc Kay both of Hammond, are considering filing a complaint with US Justice Department. Humphrey has told the Daily Star that she contacted Bardwell on October 6 about obtaining a marriage license. When the justice of the peace refused to grant the marriage.

The ACLU of Louisana has commented on the case.

“It is really astonishing and disappointing to see this come up in 2009,” said American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana attorney Katie Schwartzman. “The Supreme Court ruled as far back as 1963 that the government cannot tell people who they can and cannot marry.”

The ACLU will ask the Louisana Supreme Court to investigate Bardwell and remove him from office if necessary.

Breitbart.com

Categories: Silly /stupid stries · race

Colorado Balloon Boy Story Hoax

October 16, 2009 · 1 Comment

A story  about a 6 old boy from Ft. Collins drifted away in a balloon turns out to be a hoax. The story  of Falcon Heene who was allegedly climbed in the basket of the UFO  shaped balloon and floated away. The truth the boy was in box in attic above the garage of his family’s home.

The boy’s parents Richard Heene said Falcon’s brother Brad has seen his brother climbed the basket of the balloon and the rope mysteriously untied and the balloon floated away around  11:00AM.

Heene said the family was in the backyard tinkering with balloon when Falcon climbed in. The father chastise his son for climbing into the balloon.

The family  contacted authorities. The authorities say the balloon floated as high 15,ooo ft in the air and landed some 50 miles away near Brighton, Co.; in suburban Denver.

The boy’s family contacted Larimer County Sheriff Office which then put out a manhunt for the child. Military helicopter searched and followed the U.F. O. shaped balloon while the story is became an international sensation.

After the balloon crashed officials searched the craft and the child was not found the the hunt for Falcon Heene intensified. There were reports that basket attached to the balloon came apart and crashed to the ground thankfully that wasn’t the case.

Two hours later word came that little Falcon Heene was at home safe and sound.

“He’s been located. He’s alive. He’s at the house,” Larimer County Sheriff Alderden told reporters, giving a ‘thumbs-up.’

Apparently, Falcon was hiding in a box in the attic in the garage.

The Heene family held the press conference later.
“It was in the really early stages of the invention,” Richard Heene said of the experimental aircraft, holding Falcon in his arms. “This little guy got inside of it…I thought he did anyway, according to Brad.”

“He videotaped it and we watched it back and, sure enough, he got in,” He said. “But obviously he got out.”

“I was in the attic and he scared me because he yelled at me,” Falcon said. “That’s why I went in the attic.”

“I yelled at him. I’m really sorry I yelled at him,” Heene said, choking up and hugging Falcon to him during the news conference.

Heene said the balloon wasn’t tethered properly, and “it was a mishap. I’m not going to lay blame on anybody.”

Fox 31 News/ KDVR-TV

Categories: Crime · Good News · Silly /stupid stries

Democratic Congressman Grayson Goes off Again

October 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment

In his latest tirade, US Representative Alan Grayson,(D-Fl) chastise Republican colleagues  because they won’t sign on health care.  He said.. If Barack Obama somehow bring about world peace, they would some how say he destroying the defense industry  if Barack Obama had a BLT Sandwich tomorrow, They(The Republican)would ban bacon.

Orlando Where did you find this guy? I expect, New York, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, even the Presidents Home town of Chicago or even Miami. Central Florida come on please I thought you all were moderate Republicans or Conservative Democrats not looney liberals sheesh!

Gateway Pundit via The Young Turks

Categories: Nanny State · Politics · Silly /stupid stries · health care

Saturday Night Live Mocks Obama’s Nobel Prize

October 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Saturday Night Live was at it again, this time it was the awarding the Nobel Peace Prize  on Friday to President Barack Obama.

I’m just waiting for CNN to fact check SNL again for the accuracy. What funny is that the satire is true Obama won because he was not former President George W. Bush.

Categories: Showbiz / entertainment · Silly /stupid stries

Pres. Obama World Apology Tour has benefits: President Wins Noble Peace Prize

October 9, 2009 · 1 Comment

Breaking News: Who says bashing your own country hurts? Not the Barack Obama, who just won the Nobel Prize for Peace.  The Norwegian Nobel  committee said “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”.

The president who calls for nuclear disarmament, and restart the middle peace talks.

The Irony is that Obama may order 40,000 troop deployment to Afghanistan. Still have soldier in Iran. Also he never spoke with pride with about the United States and American Exceptionalism and the greatness of People. Plus making friends with our enemies and treating our friends as enemies.

Congratulations Mr. President!

UNBELIEVABLE! FRICKEN UNBELIEVABLE!

Sky News

Categories: Good News · International events · Nanny State · Polls/Surveys · Silly /stupid stries