CLIMATEGATE IS NOW OFFICIAL

Late on the night of November 19, news broke that a large amount of data had been stolen from one of the major climate research institutions by an unknown hacker and made available on the Internet. The hackers released about 172 megabytes of data, and we can be sure examining it closely will take some time. But after a few days, certain things are beginning to become clear.

•The data appears to be largely, perhaps entirely, authentic.
•The emails are incendiary.
•The implications shake the scientific basis for AGW, and the scientific reputations of some of AGW’s major proponents, to their roots.

Some of the emails are here; and a searchable database of all of emails is here. Expect to see much more as bloggers continue digging.

Charlie Martin comments on the computer codes.

And, finally, because of the media's lack of interest, should it be called CLIMAQUIDDICK?

IT WAS PEACEFUL!

Sarah Palin drew a crowd of over 4,000 on Monday to her book signing at Fort Bragg.

"It was just a peaceful crowd -- orderly, no one making any strange comments that I know of," a Fort Bragg official told FoxNews.

Oh, my. Don’t these tea-bagging conservatives know that they’re uneducated, racist, bigoted, violent, neanderthal thugs?

JUST IN THE PAST OF TIME

The swine flu epidemic may have already peaked. Vaccine for the general public may be available in December.

Remember this when you vote for ObamaCare.

On a personal note, it’s mildly amusing to see Congress trying to spend something on the close order of one-and-a-half trillion dollars to bring health care to the same standard it was 60 years ago when I was a child.

I SEE BY YOUR BUTTON THAT YOU ARE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER

Get yourself a button and be a community organizer too.

With apologies to the Kingston Trio.

MAGNIFICENT WARBIRDS

Photos from the 2009 Edwards AFB Open House.

THE PATIENT OR THE STATE?

There will be money for bureaucrats; just not for patients.

A NEW RECORD

The Obama Approval Index from Rasmussen just hit -15 for the first time.



Hope is fading fast. T-shirt is available here.

THE VALUE OF A LIBERAL EDUCATION

Via Frazz.

IMMIGRATION INSANITY

”Illegal immigration is a problem, but it can only be solved by overhauling our dysfunctional immigration laws, not by demonizing or scapegoating illegal immigrants. Those immigrants didn't come here in order to be lawbreakers; they broke a law in order to come here. That's a distinction with an all-important difference -- one that sensible and principled conservatives should be able to understand.”

Jacoby is right.