I have proof of global warming! ItÂ’s August and the weather here is completely out of control. ItÂ’s been raining off an on for 4 days straight and now today the temps were in the low 70Â’s. At 6:00 PM this evening it was already 64 degrees. In fact as I am writing this, the temp is dropping. ItÂ’s already down to 63 degrees.

There is only one thing that could cause these freakishly cold temperatures, Global Warming. I mean, it falls into the all the other theories IÂ’ve heard of late. Last year we were in a draught, due to global warming, this year we are above average, due to global warming. Last year there were 11 Hurricanes/tropical storms by this time. We were told that was due to global warming. This year there arenÂ’t as many, and again Global warming is being toted as the culprit. Based on this, I figure these freakishly cool temps in August are again a result of global warming, last year they said the unseasonably hot weather was proof of it.

So there you go all you non-believers, proof.

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I love hack science.

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1 Here's a gem of hack science that Fox News reported yesterday:

The polar ice cap may not be the only thing shrinking in the Arctic.
The genitals of polar bears in eastern Greenland are apparently dwindling in size due to industrial pollutants, a new study finds.
Scientists report that this shrinkage could, in the worst-case scenario, endanger polar bears on Greenland and elsewhere by spoiling their love lives and causing their numbers to peter out.


Our tax dollars at work, I'm sure
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,210444,00.html

Posted by: Shadoglare at August 28, 2006 07:33 PM (Z+WbQ)

2 Damn - I just got home and was gonna "weather blog" but you beat me to it.

And to add to what you said - the wind this afternoon while smoking a cigarette was down right brisk!!!

Posted by: Tammi at August 28, 2006 07:33 PM (3UQTn)

3 "The genitals of polar bears in eastern Greenland are apparently dwindling in size due to industrial pollutants, a new study finds."

I don't think it's confined to just polar bears. Bet global warming has something to do with that too. That would explain alot.

Posted by: Sticks at August 28, 2006 07:42 PM (EIBMv)

4 I wonder how many millions of dollars were spent to determine the size of polar bear genitalia? Sounds like the $80,000 study to figure out which ketchup actually poured the slowest. For no particular reason except to test advertizing claims. Or the great hack scientist from, I believe, Syracuse who published "research" that Monarch butterfly populations were being devestated by chemicals. Only to later be exposed as a fraud for falsifying and lying in his "research."

But I still have one question. How did they get the data to show that Polar Bear Genitalia are shrinking?

Posted by: Petey at August 28, 2006 08:39 PM (YB/Wv)

5 Probably talked some idiot into going out and getting a feel for the situation.

Posted by: Contagion at August 28, 2006 08:48 PM (0m/ho)

6 Sadly, I read most of the report. It cost a LOT more than $80K. And they determined the size by measuring dead ones, so the live ones didn't even get a cheap feel. Then again, how much would someone have to pay YOU to go around grabbing a friggin BEAR by the balls?

Posted by: Ogre at August 29, 2006 01:27 PM (oifEm)

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Some of you may have noticed that my wife hasnÂ’t been posting much over at The Reality Ranch. First off before any rumors come around let me set the record straight, I have not killed her. She was not left in Tennessee. She was not abandoned at a re-enactment. I definitely did not sell her as a sex slave on the black market. Although with the price of gas being the way it is and the amount I can get for pretty blonde, the thought never crossed my mind.

SheÂ’s just being lazy. She says sheÂ’s working a lot, but I see what she does after she gets home from work. ItÂ’s just plain neglect. If any of you want to hear from her, I think you should go over and make a comment to voice your concern!

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Rumor has it that my blog daughter, Virtue of The Rantings of an Indentured Servant, done gone and got herself engaged. When she comes up this weekend to baby sit, IÂ’m going to have a long talk with her.

Congratulations Virtue, I expect the wedding to NOT be on a re-enacting weekend!

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I know I said I was going to quit posting about our vacation, but I forgot to tell you about a place we almost went to, but opted not to. While watching Clone when Ktreva and Boopie went horseback riding, I saw a sign that at first I thought I had misread. Upon a closer look I had not. The Golgotha Fun Park.

The place was closed, and by closed I mean permanently. It looked like it had not been open for many years. Maybe it was their advertising campaign:

Golgotha Fun Park: More fun then an execution.

Golgotha Fun Park: You donÂ’t need nails to be put up for the night.

Hang around a while, Jesus did. Golgotha Fun Park.

Even Barabbas came away grinning from Golgotha Fun Park!

It makes me wonder if the owners knew what Golgotha was, or if they just like the sound of it. Either way it looks like it was a bad idea.

Yea, I know, IÂ’m going to hell.

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ItÂ’s 11 o PM my timeÂ… too late to do some drunken dialing?!?!? I have the urge to call and talk to people. Yea, you read that one right.

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1 Man, you've got to be pretty messed up to actually WANT to talk to people...

Posted by: That 1 Guy at August 04, 2006 10:31 PM (d2V9K)

2 thank you for NOT calling and wishing me a happy birthday personally.

Posted by: vw bug at August 05, 2006 05:00 AM (4cj0N)

3 Between your Jack D and my Jim B we could have had some jim dandy conversations

Posted by: BloodSpite at August 05, 2006 06:52 AM (i81Vx)

4 Shows where I rate. All I got was drunk emails....

;-)

Posted by: Tammi at August 05, 2006 01:46 PM (3UQTn)

5 So are you still coming to the Galesburg Vou? Maybe us girls could break in your JD dispenser properly with a dice game. So how many bottles does that thing hold? I think the most bottles we have emptied during a really good drinking game is 4, 5, ? Took drunk to remember for sure!

Posted by: Red at August 05, 2006 08:09 PM (qeobF)

6 For only a small monetary consideration, your long-distance service can offer you one or both of these new services:

Booty-Call Blocking: prevents drunken or horny ex- or soon-to-be-ex boy/girlfriends from calling you late at night for sex; and/or

Booty-Call-Disabled: prevents you from making "booty calls."

Posted by: Consul-At-Arms at August 06, 2006 05:39 PM (JBFWV)

7 What is this "talk" of which you speak?

Posted by: Ogre at August 08, 2006 07:25 AM (/k+l4)

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Jealous?

Yea, I would be too.

October 8th Green Bay, Wisconsin. I'm already excited. If anyone wants to meet for a drink or two before or after the game, let me know!

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