Valleys and Troughs

Does east coast snow dispel Al Gore's "hysterical global warming theories" once and for all?

Global warming, like so many hot-button issues, just can't be simple. On the one hand we've just witnessed the close of the hottest decade ever recorded by man, while on the other it's winter and thus marginally cold outside, leading many to justly question the validity of all the climate change talk that folks just can't seem to ignore in peace. Incidentally in the past year North America was the only continent to actually experience cooler temperatures - which fact alarmists will try to manipulate to explain why so many Americans aren't willing to swallow the pill:

That is no doubt one reason why Americans — or at least conservative Americans — have grown in skepticism this year: They have been bombarded with anti-scientific disinformation on “global cooling,” while at the same time failing to personally experience a very warm year.

But is it really so wrong to be a skeptic? A decent-sized portion of the east coast of the United States has just been shaken to its core by record-setting snowfall. Surely you've heard of the snowpocalypse? Or maybe snowmageddon? True to form our elected officials are wasting no time in embracing the opportunity to take some long overdue pot-shots at - who else? - Al Gore. From CBSNews:

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, also got in on the fun. He and his family built an igloo in Washington and adorned it with cardboard signs reading "Al Gore's new home" and "Honk if you [heart] global warming."

Riveting stuff. We certainly understand the inclination to [heart] global warming, and don't feel as though one should be persecuted for one's beliefs. Climate change apologists will wring their hands and cite "facts" and "research" to impress upon us the idea that this event is essentially, utterly, indisputably meaningless, but certain among us remain unconvinced. Like Sean Hannity, the Voice of the People:

Yes. Al Gore and, moreover, the Kennedy's and their flying saucers, have for too long dominated American discourse on climate change with their hysterics and their theories. We can't speak for anyone other than ourselves, but we're thankful that this discussion is still ongoing. After all, it's not as if we're running out of time.

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Add some catastrophe to your glass with Titanic ice cubes.

We're always on the lookout for a novel way to spruce up an ordinary cocktail, and we may have found just the thing for the holiday season. The above ice cubes - sold as a tray, as ice-cube molds generally are, and shaped to resemble the titanic and the iceberg that sunk her - have been made available by a company in the UK to much hand-wringing and eyebrow-raising, and other things British people do to show they're upset without actually expressing any emotion.

Titanic historian Brian Ticehurst has gone so far as to suggest the product is akin to making light of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

'They are distasteful, hundreds of people died in the tragedy,' he said. 'How long will it be before this firm makes ice cubes of the Twin Towers to commemorate 9/11?'

First: there are still Titanic historians? Hasn't it been pretty much covered by now? Plus wasn't this like a hundred years ago? If James Cameron can move on, the rest of us should be able to do the same, and we personally feel that nothing can quite be defined as tasteless when it's sole purpose is to be consumed with alcohol. As for ice cubes shaped like the twin towers, we'll have to cross that bridge when we come to it.

Christ. Valley?

via dailymail.co.uk

And just to make you feel bad about yourself: bottled water will destroy the earth.

From the folks who brought the internet infographic:

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via onlineeducation