American Thinker: Science Fiction, Global Warming & Universal Healthcare

Martian # 1: We must destroy the Earthlings. But how?

Martian # 2: Why not let man-made global warming do it for us?

Martian # 1: Are you kidding? We do not have 100,000 years.

Martian # 2: Why not just wait for Earthlings to pass their Cap and Trade Climate Bills?

Martian # 1: Great idea! That way the energies of the planet remain preserved while the Earthlings quickly tax themselves to death.

Martian # 2: I think it would be a win-win for us.

RealClimate: Friday round-up

...there is an atrocious paper that has just been published in JGR by McClean, de Frietas and Carter that is doing the rounds of the denialosphere.
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Nevermore let it be said that you can’t get any old rubbish published in a peer-reviewed journal!

EPW POLICY BEAT: BROKEN WINDOWS AND GREEN JOBS

With all of the talk these days about green jobs—or, more precisely, the Democrats’ version of taxpayer subsidized green jobs—EPW Policy Beat wondered whether they will usher in a “clean energy future.” They won’t. We came to this conclusion after reading Henry Hazlitt’s classic book, “Economics in One Lesson.”