Polar bear populations are increasing

Please read the whole article, but the money quote for me is this:

Puls: Climate change is normal. There have always been phases of climate warming, many that even far exceeded the extent we see today. But there hasn’t been any warming since 1998. In fact the IPCC suppliers of data even show a slight cooling.

                          

I’m not bragging, but I didn’t need a study to tell me this. From the article at Professorbainbridge.com:

Outside the world of trial lawyers, Democratic congressmen, and their ilk, anyone who’s looked at the problem knows that the vast majority of cases of sudden unintended acceleration are the fault of the driver applying the gas pedal when s/he thinks s/he’s pressing the brakes. Efforts to prove otherwise have proven to be frauds or failures.

                          

Peterbilt for sale-orders have slowed for new equipment

Another sign that the “recovery” is not all it’s been cracked up to be. From the article:

While profits have increased at Echo Global Logistics Inc. (ECHO) as the Chicago-based arranger of freight shipments takes market share and boosts rates, freight demand shows an economy that’s “still soft,” Chief Executive Officer Doug Waggoner said.

The economy is “recovering, but a lot less so than you would hope,” Waggoner said in a telephone interview. “We’re still stagnating.”

                          

This must explain why most of my spam e-mails mention this “SEO” thing. I really would like to have a “digital strategy”, or any strategy, for that matter.

                          

You have to love R.S. McCain’s headlines. It is astounding that hacks like Rachel Maddow can continue to cover for the utter incompetence of Barack Obama. What he said, in essence, is that once the election is over, and he feels that he no longer has to answer to American voters, Barack Obama will be more than happy to sell out U.S. national security interests in order to make “peace” with Russia. There is no real way to defend such a statement.

                          

I’m sure this will come as a shock to the tens of viewers of Olbermann’s show on Current TV.

                          

From ABC News, no less!

                          

Zero Emissions, Really?

You just can’t say it often enough, “there ain’t no free lunch“. I am very happy that Nissan has chosen to build the Leaf in Middle Tennessee, but facts are stubborn things. When any Tennessean needs to “fill up” his or her Leaf, Chevy Volt, or any other plug-in electric car, the chances are great that the battery will be recharged by one of the TVA’s big ol’ coal-fired electric plants.

The reviews for the Leaf have been mixed, but overall positive. Individuals I have spoken to who have test driven the Leaf give it good marks for acceleration and handling. However, as the Edmunds. com review points out, anyone who purchases a Leaf will have to be able to live with some compromises. Among these are the tiny trunk for even a small hatchback, and the fact that the owner must buy and install a home charging station.

I think I can speak for the majority of Americans when I say that, even though I appreciate the ingenuity that has gone into the latest generation of electric cars, I am just not ready to give up the gas hog. Maybe when gasoline finally crosses the five dollar per gallon level, I may rethink my position. That doesn’t mean that I want GM or Nissan to falsely claim that these cars produce zero emissions, because the energy to power them has to come from somewhere.

                          

Warren Buffett’s investment in the Obama administration seems to be paying dividends.