World News: Stage collapse kills 5 at Belgium festival - thestar.com

Be it an unfortunate chain of coincidence or the scary new reality of mounting festivals in the age of global warming, the Pukkelpop festival disaster marks the fourth time this summer a major concert event has been marred by a stage collapse.

Limit greenhouse gases or extraterrestrials may destroy us say Penn State scientists - Wry Heat

So, it will be greenhouse gases rather than the nightly news that will alarm the aliens. Doesn’t Michael “Hockey Stick” Mann work at Penn State? It seems there is no limit to the contrived, scary scenarios global warming alarmists will proffer. Earlier this week I wrote an article titled “Girthic Warming” in which I said the subject research took the prize for stupid associations. That was before I saw the Penn State paper.

Snow on Cuba Mall in central Wellington (HD) By Ro Tierney | Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.

This video shows the joy and surprise in people in Wellington New Zealand who have never seen snow before.

Burning up food prices: More corn going to ethanol production now than food production

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in its most recent Crop Production and Supply/Demand report for this year, said for the first time ever more of the American corn crop will likely wind up in our gas tanks rather than in the bellies of our livestock.

Rage against the dying of Labor’s light | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

So why the hell don’t these people rage against the dying of light? Block the carbon dioxide tax. Get in a hardheaded new leader. At least go out with pride.

The true cost of this tax will freeze you | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

There has been nothing mentioned in the media about the “Carbon Tax’s” effect on refrigerant, so I feel compelled to inform you as a refrigeration wholesaler, that the impact of this useless tax will be massive.

In a nutshell, the price of refrigerant, which keeps all of Australia’s food fresh, will rise a minimum of 300% at the wholesale level.