Cavorting with Climate Deniers - redeyechicago.com

[Warmist Stephen Markley] It's not that any of the arguments put forth need rebuttal. Rock star global warming denier Lord Christopher Monckton of Brenchley trotted out the endlessly debunked claim that there has been no global warming since 1998. There has been no shortage of scientists laughing/ tearing their hair out every time this falsehood gets repeated, yet it still garnered knowing nods and applause from the crowd (Lord Monckton himself received a standing ovation and the old white people, who made up 97% of the audience, took pictures like Bieber had just crashed into the Chicago Hilton's Intercontinental ballroom; you can also find Monckton next to the dictionary definition of "tin god").

Yet as a sociological study, this conference is something that warrants observation. After all, no matter how much evidence overwhelms the denialists, no matter how many rebuttals the scientific community posts, no matter how many studies affirm we are going through man-made, potentially catastrophic climate change, it remains an unfortunate fact that a major American political party has completely stuffed its head up its own ass in regards to the greatest existential threat of our age.

McCain, Inhofe take arms against green military spending

The Senate Armed Services Committee as early as Wednesday may grapple with a largely partisan skirmish over a Republican effort to stymie the Obama military's green energy agenda.

Panel ranking member John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) are teaming up to try to trump military green funding during the panel's closed-door consideration of defense authorization legislation.

"Adopting a quote green agenda for national defense of course is a terrible misplacement of priorities," McCain told reporters Tuesday. "Priorities first is the defense of the nation, not a green agenda."