The new head of the House Science Committee is [a climate skeptic] | Grist

In 2009, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) made a funny joke.

“ABC, CBS and NBC Win Lap Dog Award,” a press release from his office touted. “The networks have shown a steady pattern of bias on climate change,” the funny “award” announcement (it was sarcastic!) read. “During a six-month period, four out of five network news reports failed to acknowledge any dissenting opinions about global warming, according to a Business and Media Institute study.” He was incensed that the networks didn’t cover the dumb, fake “Climategate” “scandal,” which they didn’t because it was dumb and fake.

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: euro snow for the next week ...

euro snow for the next week on GFS and 16 day temps. 4th winter in a row of severe outbreak into Eur. Get the hint? pic.twitter.com/JMuQ1ZIu

Another inconvenient truth – 2012 US tornado count well below normal | Watts Up With That?

Somewhere, weepy Bill McKibben is weeping and Al Gore is raging, because they won’t be able to say “2012, the hottest year ever, caused more tornadoes” So much for “dirty weather” Heh.

Finland snowstorm causes blackouts

“Snowstorms in Finland, massive blackouts,” says reader. “But not a word in the Dutch MSM.”

2012 Hurricane Season Ends: NOAA Prediction WRONG AGAIN!

Worse: FOIA Documents Revealed Today for the First Time Suggest NOAA May Have Cheated to Win "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" Hurricane Forecast "Bet" Against Elementary School Students in 2011