Unstoppable

Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years (2007) by S. Fred Singer and Dennis T. Avery

Very impressive book reviews data from ice cores, tree rings, stalagmites, and other sources to document climate change over many thousands of years.

The authors conclude variable output from the sun causes a 1,500 cycle.

They raise some interesting questions about cause and effect, and many other topics.

Do rising temperatures cause rising CO2 levels because warmer water holds less gas in solution?

Will rising temperatures cause changes in precipitation that increase polar cap ice?

Will relative sea levels in parts of Scandinavia drop because rebound (from withdrawal of glacial ice) raises the land faster than sea levels are rising?

Are Al Gore and his cronies aware of the contradictory nature of the huge body of data regarding global warming and climate change? Are liberals ignorant, dishonest, or both?

Liberals are so politically invested in the doom-and-gloom scenarios that they either ignore or lie about any data that does not fit their preconceived notions.

Browser trends

http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat_trends.htm

Thanks to PC Mechanic for calling my attention to this interesting site with statistics on browser trends.

France

Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy greeted news of his election Sunday to a five-year term as France's president with a vow to serve as a leader for all people of France.

Sarkozy added that he wanted to tell his "American friends that they can rely on our friendship ... France will always be next to them when they need us."

- CNN (read full story here)

True friendship between France and the United States would be excellent.

But I am very skeptical.

Rapid Chess Improvement

Rapid Chess Improvement: a study plan for adult players (2002) by Michael de la Maza

According to the author, if I study hard enough (until my forehead bleeds) and long enough (equivalent to getting a college degree) I can significantly improve as a chess player.

The author feels that the two keys to improvement are chess vision and tactics. I am inclined to agree with him.

Today's plantings

(1) Globe Flower (Trollius hybrid 'Prichard's Giant')

(1) Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens 'Purity')

Today's plantings

(1) Flowering Fern (Incarvillea delavayi) pink

(2) Hosta ('aureomarginata')

(25) Gayfeather (Liatris spicata) blue

(25) Gladiolus (mixed)

McCain

His voice rising, the Arizona Republican [John McCain] recounted atrocities by suicide bombers who had blown up their own children and beheaded captives on videotape. "These are evil, extreme, terrible people that are bent on our destruction," he said.

- AP/Forbes (read full story here)

Once again, I agree with McCain.