Global warming delayed in Japan due to inclement weather

It appears that Japan is not exactly enjoying global warming this year. Tokyo has suffered from record snowfall this year that has stranded travelers and caused injuries. The severe weather is not limited to Tokyo:

Coastal regions have experienced Japan's deadliest winter in more than two decades, with at least 102 deaths recorded by Tuesday, with many of the victims crushed by snow or falling from buildings while clearing snow from roofs.

USA Today

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Pamela Geller from Atlas Shrugs endorses Mitt Romney

Rick Santorum endorses Romney on the Laura Ingraham show

Ronald Reagan at the von Mises Institute

I posted most of this as a comment at another blog. I liked it so much I am going to repeat it here. I have always been annoyed that so much of the national discussion has always focused on white noise, trivialities and ad hominem attacks. There are core values underpinning the Republican party and conservatism. These values go beyond the arguments of the moment.

Michelle Malkin posted a lengthy item the other day featuring extensive quotations from a 30 year old Reagan speech before the von Mises institute, in which he discussed the role of "profits" and how the left has misused that word. But read it NOT for the implied criticism of McCain. Forget about McCain and the primaries for a moment. Read the item just to rediscover what conservatism is all about. See what issues we SHOULD be talking about instead of ad hominem attacks. Reading the item should make you optimistic (as it does for me) because it will remind you of the potential that conservative philosophy really has. It will remind you that conservatism offers the kind of basic values, deep thought and core philosophy that transcend any one campaign or any temporary battle of insults.

Global warming seems to be delayed in China (and everywhere else)

China is undergoing the worst winter in five decades:

China's gridlocked transport system rumbled back to life Friday but millions of angry travellers remained stranded all around the country, unable to return home for annual holidays.
Passengers began to flow out of airports, train stations and bus depots but it was nowhere near enough to clear a massive backlog of travellers stranded for days after the worst winter in five decades hit at the busiest time of year.

emphasis added

Earlier this week, reports centered on heavy snowfall:

Hundreds of thousands of travelers are still stranded at rail and bus stations around the country because of the heavy snow as they attempt to make their way home for the Chinese New Year holidays, state media said.

H/T Breitbart:

China issued a severe weather warning on Monday for large swathes of the country already reeling from transport havoc and power shortages caused by the heaviest snowfalls in decades.

The weather has contributed to power shortages:

The power shortages have been blamed on a government freeze imposed on electricity prices in September in an effort to cool inflation. The freeze prompted utilities to curb losses by purchasing less coal, the price of which has risen to record highs in recent weeks.

Meanwhile, in the midwest, anti-global warming weather has created massive problems from Texas to St. Louis to Chicago to Kentucky. The storms headed east today, creating havoc in Pa, New Jersey and elsewhere.

All of this may seem boring to those of us who are used to it, but we will need something to reference next year when the MSM/DNC teleprompters tell us that 2008 was the "warmest winter on record."

Ann Coulter to vote for Hillary if McCain is the nominee

Here is recent video of Ann Coulter summarizing her reasons for opposing McCain not only in the primaries, but in the general election.




It will be interesting to look at this video in nine months (or in 4 or 8 years). I do not have a prediction as to how this will turn out, but if we review the events of this primary season prior to next primary season, we may be able to stay out of this mess in the future.

Quote of the day - Robert Novak

[T]he Clinton campaign may be drifting into encouragement of Hispanic vs. black racial conflict by condoning Latino hostility toward the first African American with a chance to become president.

Robert Novak - January 28, 2008