Climategate, mostly links, in the cut below.

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This morning I drove to Santa Ana to the Orange County Health Agency to get my H1N1 (Swine Flu) shot. For all my complaints about government, this was handled quite well. I had a 9am appointment. I got there at about 8:50am. I filled out the paperwork, waited in a very short line (about 8 individuals), checked in (it's all by appointment), waited in another short line (about 7 individuals), and got the shot. I was on my way at 9:01am.

Climategate continues to rage, with plenty to discuss...below the cut.

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On Thursday I'll be getting my swine flu shot. Buried in today's Orange County Register is the notice that anyone in a risk group can now make an appointment to get a shot at the Orange County Health Care Agency. The County received 50,000 doses--enough for anyone in a risk group. My doctor still doesn't have the vaccine and has no idea when he'll get it....I made my appointment (I was on hold for 32 minutes, but speaker phones have their place), and could choose any time on Thursday.

The claim that if you exercise during the day, you will sleep better at night. Well, I went to the gym and worked out this morning...we'll see if I sleep well tonight because a recent study says the claim is true.

Lots more on Climategate and healthcare...with numbers that will make a Democrat cringe.

Warmists have posted that the data that was fudged, er, changed, is only 5% of the media. Not true, per Roger Pielke, Sr.:

On the weblog Dot Earth today, there is text from Michael Schlesinger, a climatologist at the University of Illinois, that presents analyses of long term surface  temperature trends from NASA, NCDC and Japan as if these are from independent sets of data from the analysis of CRU.  Andy Revkin is perpetuating this myth in this write-up by not presenting the real fact that these analyses draw from the same  original raw data.  While they may use only a subset of this raw data, the overlap has been estimated as about 90-95%.

"The data is cherry-picked and the science is settled. It's not a trick...it's a mathematical solution. Global warming is real. It's settled. There's an established consensus...it's not terribly important. The last decade is the hottest decade in history [not true, btw]." That's some of what environmentalists said about Climategate in this video from PJTV.

Basil Copeland on What Do We Really Know About Climate Change?

Clive Crook from the Atlantic, hardly a hotbed of conservatism:

In my previous post on Climategate I blithely said that nothing in the climate science email dump surprised me much. Having waded more deeply over the weekend I take that back.

I'm also surprised by the IPCC's response. Amid the self-justification, I had hoped for a word of apology, or even of censure. (George Monbiot called for Phil Jones to resign, for crying out loud.) At any rate I had expected no more than ordinary evasion. The declaration from Rajendra Pachauri that the emails confirm all is as it should be is stunning. Science at its best. Science as it should be. Good lord. This is pure George Orwell. And these guys call the other side "deniers". [emphasis added]

An excerpt from an interview with James Hansen: Not cutting CO2 emissions by 50% is akin to slavery and Nazism.

Shock: The head of the IPCC says, "The processes in the IPCC are so robust, so inclusive, that even if an author or two has a particular bias it is completely unlikely that bias will find its way into the IPCC report."

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There's a Czar for that:

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Gallup noted that the disapproval rate on healthcare legislation is almost at 50%: "Americans currently tilt against Congress’ passing healthcare legislation, with 49% saying they would advise their member to vote against a bill (or they lean that way) and 44% saying they would advocate a vote in favor of the bill (or lean toward advising a yes vote)." Meanwhile, Rasmussen notes that 71% of voters are angry with the current policies of the federal government. Rasmussen finds that voters reject the healthcare proposal by over 50%: 53% are against versus 41% in favor. Republicans now lead Democrats on eight of ten issues, including the economy, taxes, and national security.

Well, I just won a satellite for the Sunday million. I'm probably not going to play, though; I've got a lot of work to get done today...and the Bears are on this afternoon (I'm a glutton for punishment....)

Politics and Climategate in the cut:

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Lots more on Climategate, all below the cut.

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FIRE is on the case of the University of Minnesota's mandated beliefs.

Remember the beating of the Black conservative in St. Louis? Charges have been filed against the SEIU thugs who allegedly did the deed.

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I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Shayna Minnie Grossberg, 19.5 inches, 6 pounds, 4 ounces.

I'll get to the latest in Climategate in a few moments.

First, remember the Kentucky census worker who was supposedly killed by conservatives? Well, he died from a very different cause: suicide. At least one person made a comment on my blog about this; feel free to comment on this post.

Climategate below in the cut:

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For those who are friends of corey_m, make sure you read this post. I'm convinced it's spot-on in regards to what's happening right now with the economy.

I'm shocked, shocked to find out that ACORN mismanaged money. A report issued last Friday shows that Acorn mismanaged grants from the DOJ.

Meanwhile, BigGovernment.com continues its looks at ACORN. Last week, they found more ACORNites willling to help prostitutes get a home (and they did report on one ACORN employee who wouldn't). This week, they find ACORN dumping documents, including those with Social Security Numbers. There also appears to be voter fraud exposed.

Jesse Jackson: If you're black, you can't be against the healthcare bill.. I suppose, then, if you're white, you can't be for it. Sheesh--such racial sayings are horrible. No matter what you're skin color, we live in a free country. People are allowed to be for or against anything. I may disagree with, say, jpmassar's view on healthcare, but he's entitled to his view as much as I'm entitled to mine. And I'd defend his right to have his opinion (and I'm certain he'd defend the right for me to have my view, too). The Reverend Jackson's view belongs in the trash can.

Chris Matthews: Is Obama making Carteresque signals? Well, duh.

Remember the Terry Schiavo case? Well, there's a man who sort of lived it in the UK for 23 years. "A car crash victim has spoken of the horror he endured for 23 years after he was misdiagnosed as being in a coma when he was conscious the whole time."

Let's it hear it for the University of Minnesota! A program at the home of the Golden Gophers appears, to my eyes, to belong buried in the sands of time. Per Katherine Kersten:

The report advocates making race, class and gender politics the “overarching framework” for all teaching courses at the U. It calls for evaluating future teachers in both coursework and practice teaching based on their willingness to fall into ideological lockstep.

The first step toward “cultural competence,” says the task group, is for future teachers to recognize — and confess — their own bigotry. Anyone familiar with the reeducation camps of China’s Cultural Revolution will recognize the modus operandi.

The task group recommends, for example, that prospective teachers be required to prepare an “autoethnography” report. They must describe their own prejudices and stereotypes, question their “cultural” motives for wishing to become teachers, and take a “cultural intelligence” assessment designed to ferret out their latent racism, classism and other “isms.” They “earn points” for “demonstrating the ability to be self-critical.”

So everyone is bigoted?! Perhaps if you don't follow the viewpoints of their leaders you're not bigoted? This sounds like something out of a dictatorship....

Earlier today I reported on this, but it continues to make news: Wave of Debt Payments Facing US Government. You cannot borrow to get out of a debt-induced recession. As painful as it is, you must let the balance sheet recover. It's basic economics, something flubbed (as usual) in Washington.

Politics, cooling, and lots of stuff, all below the cut. This is a long one...

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