http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/theskyisfalling/ en-us Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:37:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397096/posts Gibbs: Despite research dispute, 'climate change is happening' By Tony Romm - 11/30/09 03:21 PM ET The White House on Monday made exceptionally clear that it wants nothing to do with the furor over documents that global warming skeptics say prove the phenomenon is not a threat. Despite the incident, which rocked international headlines last week, climate science is sound, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs stressed this afternoon, and the White House nonetheless believes "climate change is happening." "I don't think that's anything that is, quite frankly, among most people, in dispute anymore," he said during Monday's press briefing. Climate change... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397096/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:37:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369506/posts I have reason to suspect that the "monetary transmission mechanism" is full of rocks (again), and we are about to have another instance of what could colloquially be called "fun." (Yes, that's sarcasm.) Here's what we know and what I can deduce from it: JP Morgan's "cash position" was analyzed by a writer who published on SCRIBD, which showed that actual cash held has deteriorated radically. By more than half in the last year. The deterioration is continuing, not slowing. I am hearing repeated anecdotes from multiple areas that foreclosed property held by banks with multiple full-price offers that include... The Market Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369506/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:40:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366531/posts ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Jack Bogle published "The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism" four years ago. The battle's over. The sequel should be titled: "Capitalism Died a Lost Soul." Worse, we've lost "America's Soul." And worldwide the consequences will be catastrophic. That's why a man like Hong Kong's contrarian economist Marc Faber warns in his Doom, Boom & Gloom Report: "The future will be a total disaster, with a collapse of our capitalistic system as we know it today." No, not just another meltdown, another bear market recession like the one recently triggered by Wall Street's "too-greedy-to-fail" banks.... Marketwatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366531/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:47:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355490/posts If you thought Washington—which already took over banking and autos, and is fast-tracking attempts to take over health care and energy—would leave the Internet alone, you were dead wrong. The Internet (perhaps our greatest free market success story in recent years) is squarely in the cross-hairs of the administration and it’s not waiting for Congress to act. The charge is being led by an eager, ideologically committed White House staffer named Susan Crawford. Officially, she is the Special Assistant for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy. Wired Magazine calls her, “the most powerful geek close to the president.” In recent weeks,... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355490/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:52:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350942/posts Two metre sea level rise unstoppable-experts 29 Sep 2009 17:39:53 GMT Source: Reuters * Several metres sea level rise almost unstoppable * Coast protection would save much land, homes, assets * Cost up to $215 billion a year by 2100 By Gerard Wynn OXFORD, England, Sept 29 (Reuters) - A rise of at least two metres in the world's sea levels is now almost unstoppable, experts told a climate conference at Oxford University on Tuesday. "The crux of the sea level issue is that it starts very slowly but once it gets going it is practically unstoppable," said Stefan Rahmstorf,... Alertnet.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350942/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:27:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349995/posts Could. If. Might. Take a look at almost any global warming alarmism story and you are likely to see a plethora of those speculative weasel words. It happens so frequently that your humble correspondent, in his previous global warming story about the "Modoki," labeled a new term incorporating those words: "Couldifmite." It was my recommendation that a mineral rock be given the name of Couldifmite. Any MSM reporter in the vicinity of of Couldifmite will be subjected to the uncontrollable urge to overload his global warming stories with "could," "if," and "might" along with the related speculative weasel words of... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349995/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:17:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348133/posts New Analysis Brings Dire Forecast Of 6.3-Degree Temperature Increase By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, September 25, 2009 Climate researchers now predict the planet will warm by 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century even if the world's leaders fulfill their most ambitious climate pledges, a much faster and broader scale of change than forecast just two years ago, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations Environment Program. The new overview of global warming research, aimed at marshaling political support for a new international climate pact by the end of the year, highlights... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348133/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:46:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346916/posts New satellite information shows that ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica continue to shrink faster than scientists thought and in some places are already in runaway melt mode. British scientists for the first time calculated changes in the height of the vulnerable but massive ice sheets and found them especially worse at their edges. That is where warmer water eats away from below. In some parts of Antarctica, ice sheets have been losing 30 feet a year in thickness since 2003, according to a paper published online Thursday in the journal Nature. Fox news - AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346916/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:51:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346584/posts David Letterman is not just wearing his political views on his sleeve, as a one of his shows production executives recently pointed out. Now he's allowing his show to be used as a platform for leading Democrats to advocate action on liberal causes. On Sept. 21, President Barack Obama appeared on CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" and used his show to promote his health care/health insurance reform initiatives. But the very next night on Sept. 22, he had former President Bill Clinton on to publicize the efforts of the Clinton Global Initiative, one of which is to give aid... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346584/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:53:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345581/posts WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama acknowledged the "doubts and difficulties" clouding progress on climate change in Congress, but said the U.S. is determined to tackle global warming at a year-end summit in Copenhagen. "We understand the gravity of the climate threat. We are determined to act," Mr. Obama told a United Nations meeting on climate change in New York. "And we will meet our responsibility to future generations." The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345581/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:08:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342939/posts Originally called geoengineering, this approach used to be dismissed as science fiction fantasies: cooling the planet with sun-blocking particles or shades; tinkering with clouds to make them more reflective; removing vast quantities of carbon from the atmosphere. climate engineering and it is looking more practical. Several recent reviews of these ideas conclude that cooling the planet would be technically feasible and economically affordable. There are still plenty of skeptics, but even they have started calling for more research into climate engineering. The skeptics understandably fear the unintended consequences of tampering with the planet’s thermostat, but they also fear the possibility... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342939/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:21:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315367/posts NASA needs more cash in order to meet its goal of finding nearby space rocks that could hit Earth in a devastating impact, a new report says. Congress ordered NASA in 2005 to find and track 90 percent of the large asteroids near Earth by 2020, but did not set aside the necessary funds required to do the job, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Academy of Sciences. Without that funding, NASA will not be able to build the new facilities and telescopes required to track potentially threatening asteroids down to the size of about 460 feet... SPACE.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315367/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:41:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2233578/posts The catastrophe, when it comes, will be beautiful at first. It is a balmy evening in late September 2012. Ever since the sun set, the dimming skies over London have been alive with fire. Pillars of incandescent green writhe like gigantic serpents across the skies. Sheets of orange race across the horizon during the most spectacular display of the aurora borealis seen in southern England for 153 years. And then, 90 seconds later, the lights start to go out. Not the lights in the sky - they will dazzle until dawn - but the lights on the ground. Within an... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2233578/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:23:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211627/posts The Permian Extinction: Good Science, Bad Assumptions by Brian Thomas, M.S.* Ninety percent of marine and 70 percent of terrestrial creatures perished suddenly in an event variously called the Permian extinction, the Permian–Triassic (P-Tr) extinction, or the Great Dying. The calamity’s cause, referred to as the K-T event, remains unknown, even though asteroid impact has been in vogue. At least, this is the account that has been repeated for several decades. Now, a recently-published study is showing that evidence of the Permian extinction is not limited to a single rock stratum.1 The whole story must be rewritten... ICR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211627/posts#comment Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:02:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2186016/posts OBAMA PLANS TO DESTROY AMERICA ORCHESTRATED CRISIS TO HASTEN FALL click here MUST READ!!! Anti Mullah http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2186016/posts#comment Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:40:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173136/posts reports coming in of major damage from 1-2 inches of ice over the area..its still raining with temps below freezing in many areas. information is sketchy but major damage to infrastructure are trickling in. Damage to houses from falling trees, multiple power poles down, and widespread power outages Travel is impossible in many area because of 100's of downed trees blocking the roads. Fires are reported in some area widespread state of emergencies issued Northern AR, SE MO and western KY seems to the the hardest hit so far..but things are icing up fast now in the Louisville/Lexington areas too various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173136/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:06:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159676/posts SEVERE SPACE WEATHER: The National Academy of Sciences has just released the results of a study entitled Severe Space Weather Events--Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts. The 132-page document examines what might happen to our high-tech modern society in the event of a super solar flare followed by an extreme geomagnetic storm. Such a storm did occur in the year 1859. It electrified telegraph lines, shocking technicians and setting telegraph papers on fire; Northern Lights as far south as Cuba were so bright, you could read a newspaper by their eerie glow." According to the report, "a contemporary repetition of that... Spaceweather http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159676/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jan 2009 17:22:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117599/posts In seven days, Americans will elect Barack Obama our nation's 44th president. For the past several weeks, I kept waiting for McCain/Palin to catch-up, and kept waiting for something about Obama to rise to the level of big news to change the election's trajectory, which has been very steady in pointing to a Obama/Biden victory for at least the last six weeks. However, nothing happened and in my opinion, the die is cast and onto 2012. I expect that next Wednesday morning, we will wake up to a Obama landslide that we haven't seen by a U.S. presidential candidate since... The GOPNation.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117599/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:52:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109603/posts One of the most frightening outcomes of the election will not be the possible internal changes. Last week O'Reilly said that regardless of who wins, the position will come with more challenges than any POTUS has ever had to faced from day one. But, he said that if Obama wins the election he will tested by a foreign dictator very quickly. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109603/posts#comment Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:25:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101981/posts ENOUGH!!! Can we just knock it off with all the doom-and-gloom in this place??? I swear I'm gonna bite my hand (or something else) if I see one more post about hoarding food and stocking on ammo. It's not the end of the world. Jesus is not coming yet. No Armageddon yet. It's just the market's response to years of greed, laxity, crookedness and all-around incompetence. Granted, times are tough, and livelihoods are on the balance, but we need to hang tough and ride the storm. I come from a place in which a decade ago the banking system actually... Yours Truly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101981/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:08:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2099228/posts AN asteroid discovered today will hit Earth's atmosphere over Sudan in a few hours but will burn up before it can hit the ground or endanger aircraft, astronomers say. The asteroid would create a large fireball about 10.46pm EDT (1.46pm AEST) as it burns up, a team at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said. "We want to stress that this object is not a threat," said Timothy Spahr, director of the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center at Harvard in Massachusetts. "We're excited since this is the first time we have issued a prediction that an object will enter Earth's... courielmail.com,au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2099228/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 02:17:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092132/posts The US stock market could suffer a devastating crash with shares losing a third of their value this week if Hank Paulson’s financial bailout plan fails, US Treasury officials have warned. ---- The financial system could face a meltdown of 1929 proportions unless US politicians succeed in their efforts for a $700bn rescue scheme, experts added. The warning came as Republicans and Democrats met in Washington for a rare weekend debating session to attempt to seal agreement on the contentious plan, aimed at preventing a long-lasting recession in the US. Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092132/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:31:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088672/posts (CNN) -- Summer is over in the northern hemisphere, but it's been another chilling season for researchers who study Arctic sea ice. "It's definitely a bad report. We did pick up little bit from last year, but this is over 30 percent below what used to be normal," said Walt Meier, a research scientist with the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. This past summer, the Arctic sea ice dwindled to its second lowest level. Arctic sea ice is usually one to three meters, or as much as 9 feet thick. It grows during autumn and winter... CNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088672/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:58:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080791/posts Antarctic winter ice gets bigger; Arctic shrinks 12 Sep 2008 13:56:24 GMT Source: Reuters By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The amount of sea ice around Antarctica has grown in recent Septembers in what could be an unusual side-effect of global warming, experts said on Friday. In the southern hemisphere winter, when emperor penguins huddle together against the biting cold, ice on the sea around Antarctica has been increasing since the late 1970s, perhaps because climate change means shifts in winds, sea currents or snowfall. At the other end of the planet, Arctic sea ice is... alertnet.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080791/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:38:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070025/posts Are we living in the last century of our civilization? Is it possible that all of our technology, knowledge and wealth cannot save us from ourselves? Could our society actually be heading towards collapse. According to many of the world's top scientists, the answer is yes, unless we take action now. This September, in Earth 2100, a dramatic ABC News 2-hour broadcast, the greatest minds across the globe will join together in a countdown to the year 2100 to tell us what we must do to survive the next century … And what may happen if we don't. ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070025/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:30:52 GMT