SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:58 P.M. ET: 

MORE EMBARRASSMENT – From wattsupwiththat.com:  "Antarctica continues to defy the global warming script, with a report from Meteo France, that June this year was the coldest Antarctic June ever recorded, at the French Antarctic Dumont d’Urville Station.  According to the press release, during June this year, the average temperature was -22.4c (-8.3F), 6.6c (11.9F) lower than normal. This is the coldest June ever recorded at the station, and almost the coldest monthly average ever – only September 1953 was colder, with a recorded average temperature of -23.5c (-10.3F).  June this year also broke the June daily minimum temperature record, with a new record low of -34.9c (-30.8F)."  The global warmers are investigating whether the French use a different numbers system.

FANATIC – From BBC – "Climate change is 'the biggest crisis our civilisation faces,' says former US Vice President Al Gore.  Mr Gore sat down with the BBC's Jon Donnison in Australia, where his organisation, The Climate Reality Project, was holding training sessions to educate future leaders in the fight against climate change.  Australia's conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott is viewed by many as a climate change sceptic and once described the science behind human-induced global warming as 'absolute crap.'"  No matter what developments continue to show, Gore pushes the party line.  This is now a religion, and enormous damage can result.  I fear that the "climate change" religionists will distort the face of science.  I am neither a denier nor a believer, but I am certainly a skeptic.  There are too many problems with the "science," too many predictions that have fallen apart.  But the demands increase for huge checks to be written.

SIGN OF THE TIMES – From Fox:  "New York police arrested two men for operating two small drones over the George Washington Bridge that nearly took out a police chopper on Monday.  The Aviation Unit helicopter was on patrol around 12:15 a.m. when it spotted one of the unmanned aircraft near the bridge. The drone continued to circle the bridge, forcing the chopper to swerve to avoid it.  Police said the drones, which were operated by remote control, came within 800 feet of the police chopper."   Well, it's a new day.  But I'd hate to see some great kids who build a remote-controlled model plane fall into the sights of the law. 

July 12, 2014