Heard anything lately about climate change?

 

The bad news is that we are freezing in Texas. The good news is that we are blaming it on winter and not climate change.

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It'sfreezing down in North Texas. It's so cold that we've been locked inside for a few days. The only good news (knock on wood) is that our electricity is running. The second bit of good news is that I’m reminded that my wife can make some nice hot soup.

So stay warm wherever you are and remember that we will soon have 100-degree days around here.

Here is a funny one: Have you heard anyone blame any of this on climate change? I haven't, although I heard that former VP Al Gore was in Davos. I don't know why he was there, but I guess his predictions did not come true either.

What happened to the climate? The guys at the I&I editorial board have some thoughts. Let's hear from them:

Over the weekend, USA Today reported that northeast states were experiencing an unusual winter problem -- a shortage of salt.

It seems that there have been so many snowstorms this winter that even states like Michigan and Vermont -- which are quite accustomed to them -- are running short of the snow-melting chemical.

“An official from Monroe County, [Michigan] located between Detroit and Ohio, told the news station that local crews used more salt in December than in the past four Decembers combined,” says USA Today.   

But what’s curiously missing from this and other accounts of the winter storm is the obligatory mention of “climate change” as the cause. It seems that bad winter weather is just weather. Whereas bad summer weather is always -- always -- and prominently blamed on our burning fossil fuels.

 

Burning fossil fuels? Aren't we doing that anymore? Maybe not, because suddenly winter storms in January are just that, i.e. winter storms in January!

Where did climate change go? Maybe it was all a big hoax after all. I don't mean that the climate doesn't change. In fact, it's been changing since Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden.

The hoax was the hysterical reaction and stories of bears dying. That's when climate change, as the editorial points out, went from science to a pagan religion.

That's when people with reasonable doubts became heretics and the heroes vandalized works of art at museums.

Anyway, the bad news is that we are freezing in Texas. The good news is that we are blaming it on winter and not climate change. That's progress, as someone said.

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Happy # 79 John Lowenstein

We say happy birthday to John Lowenstein who was born in Montana on this day in 1947.

John was one of the most popular players in the Orioles teams that played in the 1979 and 1983 World Series.   He was not a superstar, like Eddie Murray, Jim Palmer or Cal Ripken, but he was a huge factor in the Orioles' winning ways.

John came to Baltimore just before the 1979 season and platooned in left field with Gary Roenicke.   His numbers were great, specially in 1982 when he hit .320 with 24 HR and 66 RBI in 122 games.   In 1983, or the year that Baltimore won the World Series, John hit .291 with 15 HR.

In the post season, John hit .308 in 10 games.   He also hit the 3-run homer to beat the Angels in extra innings of game 1 of the 1979 ALCS.

He was a real fan favorite.   I hope that he's doing well.   Thanks for the memories!

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1936-39: A look back at The Spanish Civil War with Barry Jacobsen

1936-39:    A look back at The Spanish Civil War with Barry Jacobsen.......click to listen

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1888: The National Geographic Society was founded

On this day in 1888, a group of geographers, explorers, teachers, lawyers, cartographers, military officers and financiers met in Washington DC.    They eventually founded The National Geographic Society.    

Nine months later, the Society started publishing the magazine that we grew up reading.

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The week in review with Bill Katz....

The week in review with Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda.   We will talk about the storm of 2026.....Minneapolis again.......Greenland......Bob Eucker (1934-2025).....plus other stories......

The week in review with Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda

The week in review with Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda.   We will talk about the storm of 2026.....Minneapolis again.......Greenland......Bob Eucker (1934-2025).....plus other stories......click to listen:

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Really, Chuck?

 

Chuck Schumer wants to shut down the government over ICE funding. 

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The latest from Washington D.C. is that Senator Chuck Schumer prefers a shutdown rather than continue funding ICE. Here is the story:

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Saturday that Democrats will not put up the necessary votes to advance a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of immigration agents shooting and killing a man in Minneapolis on Saturday. 

"What's happening in Minnesota is appalling -- and unacceptable in any American city. Democrats sought common sense reforms in the Department of Homeland Security spending bill, but because of Republicans' refusal to stand up to President Trump, the DHS bill is woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE," Schumer said in a statement. "I will vote no. Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included."

Really, Chuck? You want to shut down the government over ICE funding? Senator Schumer must be really scared of an AOC challenge in the next New York Senate race or totally misreading what the voters are really saying about immigration enforcement.

Yes, it's terrible that there are two dead in Minneapolis. ICE did not go into Minneapolis to kill a nurse or a mom. They are there to look for criminals and do not enjoy the local cooperation that they got in Memphis, New Orleans, or Texas. Instead, they have to look for criminals and fight interference from misguided citizens indoctrinated by demagogic politicians named Walz and Frey.

Senator Schumer may also be misreading these polls. What are voters really saying? Maybe the Senator should check what David Catron is saying:

The fact remains that President Trump was elected in significant part to secure the border and deport illegals. An overwhelming majority of the public still supports his immigration policies, including removing those who have violated our laws and have no right to be here.

No right to be here. That's what the public believes even if those images of dead citizens are on TV. My guess is that most Americans don't believe that protesters should interfere with police activities by using your car or carrying a gun.

Unfortunately, the Democrats are once again doubling down on making AOC happy. Such an approach will stop primary challenges but create problems when everybody else votes.

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We remember Paul Newman (1925-2008)

We remember Paul Newman, who was born in Cleveland on this day in 1925.      

He became one of the top movie stars of the 20th century, from "Somebody Up There Likes Me" (1956) to "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' (1958) to "Exodus" (1960) to "The Hustler" (1961) to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) to "The sting" (1974).      

It was a long and successful career.   Newman died in 2008.

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Paul Newman and "The Sting"........

We remember Paul Newman, who was born on this day in 1925.    

My favorite Newman movie was "The sting":

Happy # 65 Wayne Gretzky

We say happy birthday to Wayne Gretzky, a.k.a. The Great One!   He was born in Canada on this day in 1961.

In the late 1970's, it was Gretzky's success with the Oilers that got me interested in hockey.   

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