Bipartisanship Rules

We rule again (as we should have been the last eight years) so in the spirit of bipartisanship: get used to it and keep your mouth shut! We know what is best.

Out for a Sunday walk in the era of climate change

Camera battery conks out

and with that the camera battery gave out until it was thawed out inside the house.

Don't worry. It is not what you may think

No. This blog has not reached a new level of depravity. This is a pile of wood shavings from creating a cherry bowl. The lathe is fixed so from now on there will be more boring bowls and less bull (yea right).

More information on secrets released below

TWW forgot to mention earlier that when he was in training for working in intell one of the first things the trainer told the neo-spooks was the only way two people can keep a secret is if one of them is dead. TWW flipped a coin and you lost. TWW is sorry if this causes you any inconvenience.

No longer a secret

Since you can read secret government information in the New York Times TWW thought it was time he released some secrets from his military intelligence days of 35 years ago. Now you can say you know a secret.

As people in the local area hunkered down last night to read their local newspaper and hope the pipes did not freeze they got to read TWW's latest crackpot letter to the editor. (Mrs. TWW wants everyone to know she did not approve this letter). This letter was sent to the newspaper as people in the local area were reacting to an announcement by Wal-Mart that it was not going to build a store opposed by some local activists in the area

Text of letter:

The recent conflict between economic growth (as in Wal-Mart) and the anti-capitalists is really a clash of last century values. As the federal government gets the auto industry to finally build the cars America wants with good gas mileage and limited cargo hauling capacity the tourist industry will change. With fewer trailers hauling toys coming to the area and people visiting having less gear to play with, it's time to find a way to put xxxxxxxx (name of local city withheld for security reasons) on the map as an innovative area to attract some of the green businesses sure to arise during the coming President Barrack Obama era.

Here is an example of the new thinking we need locally. How about a new winter festival called the Global Warming Days festival (GWD for short)? GWD would have events like electric snowmobile races, ice fishing from solar heated shacks, SUV smashing contests, new foods like ice cheese and beer freezes, a parade with no carbon footprint and ice melting contests where high school kids rubbed blocks of ice with tooth brushes. GWD could also be educational if it invited global warming skeptics who are so desperate for platforms they would gladly join the festival and stand on platforms above dunking tanks to vent their skepticism while people threw snowballs at the release levers to dunk the deniers into water heated by solar water heaters. Of course the festival would mean mass transit using biofuels to get people here from the big city. This letter is only scratching the surface of possible events for a GWD festival. There is no reason a GWD festival could not get more national media attention in the winter than the skinny ski race up the road.

Will the experts ever get it right?

It was -28 F this morning falling short of analyst's expectations.

Life enrichment through a Staycation

To help save the planet by lowering her carbon footprint, Mrs. TWW bought a vehicle to use on her staycations (a vacation while staying home or near home). As she sits and pedals she does not have to worry about eyestrain from the scenery whizzing by and she can feel smug with the thought she is helping save the planet.

Now they are coming after your TV set

quoted from another blog:

"Plasma TVs: The SUVs of the Living Room

By Saul Hansell

That sleek flat-panel TV may look small, but it could well be a big power hog.

When the Australian government wanted to create a six-star system to rate the energy efficiency of television sets, it found that most of the big plasma sets wouldn’t meet its minimum requirements. They could be banned as a result."

see the complete blog entry at: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/plasma-tvs-the-suvs-of-the-living-room/

Global Cooling: The latest communist conspiracy

(Earthweek.com picture from the article)

Writing in Pravda Gregory F. Fegel says: "While concern over the dubious threat of Anthropogenic Global Warming continues to distract the attention of people throughout the world, the very real threat of the approaching and inevitable Ice Age, which will render large parts of the Northern Hemisphere uninhabitable, is being foolishly ignored."

source: http://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/106922-2/

TWW can only conclude from this, that the global warming skeptics are communist stooges or useful idiots (though it is also possible Fegel works for the big Russian oil company and is on the take like the skeptics in the US who have been bought out by Exxon).

Life enrichment at 10 degrees below zero F

Global Warming Days

Times have changed. Local areas need to stop being last century with their festivals designed to attract tourists. With this in mind the Garbin Moraine Foundation is planning a new festival to draw tourists to GM. We are calling it Global Warming Days. Right now this is a germ of an idea so we are asking your help with ideas (please leave them as comments).
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So far this is what we can tell you:

• We need a global sponsor and are thinking of asking Exxon for help (If that does not work we will lobby Washington to get some of the bailout money)
• Possible events include: a fishing contest using solar heated ice houses, snowmobile races with electric snowmobiles, a ducking pond where global warming skeptics can preach their blasphemy and people toss snowballs at the lever to dump the skeptics into the solar heated pond, and ?? (be creative)
• There will be methane collecting privies with fuel cells to light the event
  
• There will be solar battery charging stations at the bars so people can recharge their sleds as well as their bodies
• Mass transit bio-fuel powered buses to bring people up from the city
• Local business will keep their establishments at 60 degrees to show support for the festival
• There must be other ideas you can help out with. Thanks
  

Do you really want to tell 'them' ?

As mentioned in the December 26th post, TWW is going to stop giving money to charities and start whining for the government to take care of everthing (the federal government is making lots of progress in that direction lately but more is needed). So the question is how to whine and be heard. Here is a great solution. You can become part of the sample of people who get asked by Zogby.
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See:

• http://interactive.zogby.com/index.cfm
  
• click on Join Now.

Loyal followers

Here is your chance to show your loyalty to this blog. There at least 3 of you out there who have not signed up as followers yet. Look at the left hand side of the blog to learn how. Please do not assume TWW is a leader if you are a follower. TWW thinks you are on your own.

One repairman short of a lathe

At least we got the parts.

The Gore Effect Explained

"The so-called Gore Effect happens when a global warming-related event....is marked by exceedingly cold weather or unseasonably winter weather." - Politico article

Chaos Theory to the Rescue: "The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado or delay, accelerate or even prevent the occurrence of a tornado in a certain location. The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale alterations of events. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different. While the butterfly does not cause the tornado, the flap of its wings is an essential part of the initial conditions resulting in a tornado." Wikepedia article on Butterfly Effect

So there you have it. When cold weather totally out of the ordinary happens when there is a global warming event, you now know it was caused by Al Gore flapping his gums in Tennessee thereby setting up initial conditions in the weather system impacting the weather some place else. Computer models and scientific consensus agree with this statement in case you were wondering.

Source of photo and quote: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15931.html

Almost time for Rembrandt to start painting

Light progress at the BANANAs

More good news for Bush-haters

There are thousands of shoes along a highway in Florida for throwing at Bush before he leaves office. Get yours today.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/image.php?id=app-e682d0ee-c0e0-404e-809a-65eb026a2136&show_article=1&article_id=D95F75R00