New Zealand Weatherman on Global Warming: 'It's All Going to be a Joke

The air continues to seep out of the global warming consensus balloon, ladies and gentlemen. Meet Augie Auer, the former University of Wyoming professor of atmospheric science turned New Zealand meteorologist who isn’t buying what soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore and his band of not so merry global warming alarmists are selling.As reported by the New Zealand Timaru Herald (emphasis added throughout):
Noel Sheppard
 

Weekend Captionfest

Original caption: "Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (R) [sic] appears on CNN's Larry King Live in New York April 19, 2007."
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Rosie's Sexist Remarks: 'View' Co-Host Doesn't Trust Male Nannies

Justin McCarthy
 

Portland High School Honors Student Takes on Al Gore’s ‘An Inconve

Here is a story that should make every parent proud, even those on the left side of the aisle.A high school student up in Portland, Maine, created a website for extra credit in her Honors Earth Sciences class. Called “Ponder the Maunder,” fifteen-year-old Kristen Byrnes took on the subject of global warming, and was eventually asked to examine the veracity of Al Gore's schlockumentary “An…
Noel Sheppard
 

Sky-High Gas Prices? Try 3,700 Percent Inflation

As gas prices are on a springtime upswing and the summer driving season is upon us, NewsBusters and the Media Research Center's Business & Media Institute have documented the media's persistent hype about gas prices.But if the media really want a story about an economy running on fumes, they need look no further than Zimbabwe, where socialistic thuggery has resulted in a starving nation…
Ken Shepherd
 

Post All But ‘Silent’ About Millions Killed by DDT Ban

Dan Gainor
 

NPR Featured Ex-Bush Aide David Kuo Ripping Falwell For Damaging Jesus

Tim Graham
 

Post Glosses over Deaths Linked to 'Silent Spring' Author

Paper marks 100th birthday of Rachel Carson by barely mentioning millions who died because of DDT ban.
Dan Gainor
 

Open Thread Friday

Matthew Sheffield
 

‘ER’ Goes Anti-Bush, Antiwar, and Anti-Counterterrorism in the Sam

A television program came out strongly against the war on terror and the war in Iraq Thursday evening, but Katie, Charlie, Brian, and Wolf weren’t involved.Video (1:42): Real (1.23 MB) or Windows (1.04 MB), plus MP3 (1.12 MB).In this instance, it was NBC’s hit series “ER,” and the show – about doctors, nurses, and patients in a hospital emergency room if you couldn’t guess – didn’t wait very…
Noel Sheppard
 

Chicago Sun-Times Writer: Jerry Falwell Was A Spiritual Bully, Like To

Tim Graham
 

CBS Producer: Media Were Wrong About Reagan

Ken Shepherd
 

AP Ignored Fact-Based Criticism of Islam in College Harassment Case

Lynn Davidson
 

Does Rosa Brooks Believe 9-11 Was 'Fictional and Entirely Implausible

Mark Finkelstein