2007: "The Year the Global Warming Fears Began to Crumble"

And it's about damned time too! I've been talked down to by pseudo-scientists and hypocritical activists for so long, I've actually increased my energy usage and look forward to surfing in the East Bay. I'm providing two clips for your amusement that I watched over at HotAir.com. I highly recommend them and the site.

The first of which is a great piece by 20/20's skeptic, John Stossel:



The second is where the title of this post comes from, Senator James Inhofe (whom I do not endorse in any way nor know much about his voting record) speaks on capital Hill about the Global Warming Alarmists and calls them out direct:



I'm a pretty, pretty, pretty big Larry David fan, and I know he was recently divorced from Laurie David, whom Inhofe mentions above. This season's first episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm started with a flood that forced the Black family (that's their last name :)) from their home and they end up coming and living with Larry. In that episode, he directly blames the flooding on "global warming" in a very comical and sarcastic way. Exit Question: I'm wondering if this was a little poke at his ex-wife and her beliefs?

Google Maps Technology Helping with California Wildfires

Here is a Google Map map of the San Diego areas affected by the wildfires. It also shows shelters, evacuation areas, and other helpful information.

If you look at the home symbol that represents the Del Mar Fairgrounds above Solana Beach, you'll see roughly where our close friends live and work, who've had to evacuate their home and business. We're just hoping for the best right now.

I'm working today even though my company's local offices in La Jolla are closed. It feels strange to work while you know some of your coworkers have lost their homes and others are in shelters. Sad.

California Wildfires

We wanted to send our thoughts and prayers to our friends and family back in the San Diego area. My wife and I used to live in some of the areas affected by the fires and feel as though our "second home" is on fire. Sadly, many people have lost everything and most have been uprooted in one way or another. We have friends whom are currently evacuated and several colleagues who have lost their homes. The company I work for is currently shut down to allow everyone to evacuate if they have to, as are most businesses in the area. Luckily, everyone is safe and sound and taking up shelter with their families. Right now, we can only hope for the best and pray for rain. Please stay safe everyone!

If you would like to donate to victims of the fires and stay in tuned with latest news and updates, you can go to www.cbs8.com.

Good News Rand Fans!

Being that it is the 50th Anniversary of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, I'm thrilled to have read this update on the movie. To this point, all I have heard so far was that Angelina Jolie was going to play Dagny Taggart, which rang huge alarm bells about who was going to direct the film and which direction this was going to go. Well, my fears were almost instantly quelled when I read that Vadim Perelman of House of Sand and Fog fame (and fellow Russian-Jew) will be directing. Yes, Angelina is still pegged for the lead role, but the producers and her representative assure us she loves and understands the book. Could I be wrong about her? Hmmm.

How do you say "Target Rich Environment" in Farsi-Spanish?

We've been watching the trend of leftist ideologies (ie. Marxism) converging with Fundamentalist Islamic theology since 9-11, though it has happened many times before. Most of the time, their mutual hatred for Western values (capitalism, freedom, and progress in general) and America and Israel converge into beautiful peace rallies the world over with demonstrations of love and unity, but sometimes, these useful idiots and their future Islamic overlords have ideas that do not reconcile so well. Poetic justice or just two thoroughly flawed ideas? (hat tip LGF)

On the whole Coulter-Jew thing...

When I was a young, angry anti-establishmentarian (and useful idiot to boot), this sort of thing would drive me nuts and I would use it as more proof that the worst people on the planet were White Christian Conservatives. Since then, I have come a long way in learning about my own religion as well as the (Evangelical) Christian perspective of Jews. At this point in my life, I'm hardly intimidated by that view and am positive that we have a lot more in common than differences and know who is a greater threat to our future.

As I was trying to post a comment over at Jewlicious, where WordPress consistently goes broke, I ran across this article from Omri Ceren at Mere Rhetoric from a link over at HotAir who sums up very eloquently how I feel on this subject.

Exit thought/question: Since when has it become a shock that one religion's adherents think their religion is the only right one? Lord knows, I think mine is everyday, and I don't even practice it!

James Oddo for President!

This guy is one of my heroes. Badda-boom-badda-bing! (Hat tip to Hot Air)

Here's the back story.

My favorite book turns 50!!

Atlas Shrugged turns fifty this year and Yaron Brook writes about "The Influence of Atlas Shrugged". Socialism may be dead, but unfortunately, socialists are not. Check it, check it out...

Old Clip: Holocaust Survivors Sing Hatikvah

I've been searching for this footage every since I first viewed it in a documentary somewhere. It is a short audio clip of Holocaust survivors in the Bergen Belsen death camp singing the Hatikvah immediately after liberation on the 20th of April, 1945. (Hat tip to Wejew.com)

Marry for the Money, Honey!

A great post over at Maggie's Farm on Dating Economics for those men and women evaluating the Cost vs ROI in relationships. It is a must read! (via Hot Air)

The Dishonest 101

Great article over at the American Thinker called Media Dishonesty Matters, speaks for itself. (Hat tip LGF)

In further media related research, Hot Air looks at perceptions of bias by political persuasion.