NYT's Thomas Friedman Proves Rubio's Point: GOP 'Being Led Around By Extremist Tea Party' | NewsBusters.org

That was just the start of Friedman's attacks:

Today's G.O.P. has gone from espousing cap-and-trade to deal with pollution to espousing the notion that all the world's climate scientists have secretly gotten together and perpetrated a ''hoax,'' called climate change, in order to expand government -- all of this at a time of record heat waves and climate disruptions.

All the world's climate scientists? Shouldn't Friedman say, "All the world's climate scientists I agree with?

Any honest journalist - I know that's an oxymoron today! - would certainly be aware of the existence of thousands of prominent climate scientists around the world that either don't think carbon dioxide is a factor in the less than one degree Celsius rise in temperatures the past 160 years or believe it's a minor precipitant.

Carbon crims cop solar scolding | Tim Blair - thetelegraph.com.au

A new carbon cop will be given sweeping powers to enter company premises, compel individuals to give self-incriminating evidence and copy sensitive records under a carbon tax package that will force about 60,000 businesses to pay 6c a litre extra for fuel.

The Australian, July 29I can't tell you my name. Those are the rules. Besides, my name isn't important.

But I can tell you this. No filthy carbon dioxide molecules are going to take over this town while I'm on the beat. I'm a cop. A carbon cop. This is what I do.

MONDAY

A quiet morning. Too quiet.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: More settled science not needing debate: Direction of climate change in Antarctica unknown

A paper published last month in the journal Climatic Change reveals "the magnitude and even direction of recent Antarctic climate change is still debated." The paper states the Antarctic Peninsula is warming, but that "in continental Antarctica [where by far the most ice is located] a cooling trend was recently detected." Also confounding, the surface temperature of permafrost areas is warming, "although the air temperature was almost stable."