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The physics of CO2 radiation absorption are indeed well established. Actually, any molecule that has a dissimilar collection of atoms in it will interact with radiation. Let me point out the remainder of my statement: Bottom line, alarmists are missing something. We just don't know what. Along those same lines, it is pretty clear we can't keep pumping 15GT of carbon into the atmosphere as a way of life for our species. We have time to change, and we should. Lisa Jackson is the WRONG person to be leading this. We are all engines of karma

The science that CO2 is a driving force is pretty clear. We, as a species, cannot keep pumping 15GT/year of CO2 into the atmosphere as a way of life. Saying that CO2 is the only driving force is wrong, as there are many driving forces in the earth's weather systems. The magnitude and timing of the warming change is not fully understood. It's unfortunate that alarmists are forcing poor choices, with massive economic consequences, as solutions to this issue. It's simply not called for. We are all engines of karma

Well, poverty at $75K/year doesn't cause crime... That's the new definition of poverty in America, BTW. We are all engines of karma

Merry Christmas to you and yours! We are all engines of karma

Those are some pretty disturbing videos. Those cops are not messing around. We are all engines of karma

aka, Lost Wages. We are all engines of karma

They keep saying that, but you never know. Agreed, it's a long shot, but it wouldn't surprise me. We are all engines of karma

Even though it's satire, +1 We are all engines of karma

I have to agree with kelpdiver on this one. Newt has alot of baggage, and it's going to be prime material for the Democrats to exploit. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Hillary emerge in the near future here. I think she would be a shoe-in at this point in time. We are all engines of karma

The money is in Europe... MF Global's London office used it for re-hypothecation. Be careful to read any documents you sign with brokerages and clearing houses. You'll find this, and other similar activities, are part of your agreement. MF Global and the great Wall St re-hypothecation scandal We are all engines of karma

From the WSJ today: Let's hope this doesn't fly. Someone needs to put the brakes on the EPA with this. Jackson's global warming concerns cannot justify the timing of this decision. If the Lights Go Out Regulators are letting EPA compromise U.S. electric reliability. Say what you will about Obama Administration regulators, their problem has rarely been a failure to regulate. Which makes the abdication of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission especially notable—and dangerous for the U.S. power supply. Last week FERC convened a conference on the wave of new Environmental Protection Agency rules that are designed to force dozens of coal-fired power plants to shut down. The meeting barely fulfilled the commission's legal obligations, but despite warnings from expert after expert, including some of its own, the FERC Commissioners refuse to do anything about this looming threat to electric reliability. The latest body to sound the EPA alarm is the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), which last Tuesday released its exhaustive annual 10-year projections. "Environmental regulations are shown to be the number one risk to reliability over the next one to five years," the report explains. NERC's forecasts are the gold standard for the U.S. power system because they are built from the bottom up, starting with finely grained data from individual plants. NERC has been doing this work since 1967, and since 2005 it has operated under the FERC umbrella as an "electric reliability organization" similar to Finra, the securities regulator with quasi-governmental duties. The threat is that the EPA is triggering what NERC calls "an unprecedented resource-mix change," with utilities switching to natural gas from coal. For the first time in U.S. history, net coal capacity is in decline. On top of the 38 gigawatts of generation that is already being run below normal levels or slated for early retirement, NERC predicts another 36 to 59 gigawatts will come offline by 2018, depending on the "scope and timing" of EPA demands. That could mean nearly a quarter of all coal-fired capacity. According to the report, "the nation's power grid will be stressed in ways never before experienced" and reliability depends on building new power plants to cover the losses. But the electric industry has only three years to comply under one EPA regulation known as the utility rule that is meant to target mercury and is due to be finalized soon, while many other destructive rules are in the works. Replacing power is not like replacing a lost cellphone. There are bottlenecks in permitting, engineering, financing and building a new plant and then tying it to the electricity network. Over this same three-year window, NERC estimates that between 576 and 677 plants will need to be temporarily shut down to install retrofits like scrubbers or baghouses. All of this has been obvious to anyone paying attention. In its draft utility rule the EPA itself warned that "sources integral to reliable operation" may be forced to shut down, before it sanitized these concessions from the final proposal. Twenty-seven states say their regional reliability is at risk, concerns echoed by FBR Capital, Credit Suisse, Fitch, Bernstein Research and several grid operators. FERC's own Office of Electric Reliability produced an alarming study, before its work was disowned by Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, as we reported in the September 26 editorial "Inside the EPA." Southern Co., the utility that covers states from Mississippi to Georgia, says the EPA's timeline can't be met "at any cost" and that in its region "reliability cannot be maintained without load shedding"—that is, rationing power to large industrial consumers. American Electric Power, which operates in 11 Midwest states, says that option may be a "last resort" as well. This is the kind of political overhang that harms economic growth. Keep in mind that the EPA estimates that the benefits to society from the mercury reductions in the utility rule max out at $6.1 million, total, while imposing $11 billion in compliance costs annually. That is a crazy tradeoff even if it didn't endanger the electric grid. The best option would be to kill the utility rule and put the EPA on probation, but second best is a longer phase-in to give utilities more time to comply. FERC could do some practical good by formally issuing a "215 finding" that the EPA utility rule endangers reliability. Or the White House budget and regulatory office could require the EPA to repropose the rule with more flexibility. Or President Obama could declare that the rule endangers national security. Or Congress could block the rule, though that would take more fortitude than Senate Democrats have shown so far. None of this is likely to happen because it would interfere with the larger Administration priority to kill as much coal power as rapidly as possible to serve the global warming agenda. But when the brownouts and cost-spikes occur, don't blame the utilities. Blame their regulator. We are all engines of karma

The whole concept of reparations stinks of "paying for the sins of your father". I thought our society was passed that. We are all engines of karma

My understanding is he's agreed to levy a tax in the US to fund them. We are all engines of karma

Delusional in Durban And Obama wants to give this people money, too... We are all engines of karma

My copy came in a couple of weeks ago: The Warming Papers Lots of deep stuff there. Arrhenius was the first to point out CO2's impact: "On The Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground", April, 1896, The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science 5th Series, Vol 41, no. 251. Seems like any molecule that doesn't have the same atoms in it (e.g. O2) will have an impact due to their dipole moment. Haven't read anything refining the magnitude of the impact of a doubling of CO2. Arrhenius predicted about 11 degrees, but that's been widely revised. Current estimate is about 2.5C, which is still alot. We are all engines of karma

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These are well put. We are all engines of karma

A friend sent me this email today. Thought I'd post it here. lawrocket, no offense intended! Enjoy! Attorney stuff...funny IT CAN BE HARD KEEPING A STRAIGHT FACE AS A COURT REPORTER These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.. ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning? WITNESS: He said , 'Where am I, Cathy?' ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you? WITNESS: My name is Susan! ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory? WITNESS: I forget.. ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot? ___________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning? WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam? ____________________________________ ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he? WITNESS: He's 20, much like your IQ. ___________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken? WITNESS: Are you shitting me? _________________________________________ (My Favorite) ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time? WITNESS: Getting laid ____________________________________________ (Another favorite) ATTORNEY: She had three children, right? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: How many were boys? WITNESS: None. ATTORNEY: Were there any girls? WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney? ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated? WITNESS: By death.. ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated? WITNESS: Take a guess. ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual? WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female? WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I'm going with male. _____________________________________ ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work. ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people? WITNESS: All of them... The live ones put up too much of a fight. _________________________________________ ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to? WITNESS: Oral... _________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time? WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished. ____________________________________________ And last: ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing? WITNESS: No.. ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor? WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law. We are all engines of karma

Not sure how we could figure that out, but I do think you're wrong. We are all engines of karma

Had to look that one up... LOL We are all engines of karma

The daughter would have gone to jail, I believe. We are all engines of karma

Having been raised in a family where that was all too common, I simply don't have words to describe what I felt while I watched that. My mother loved to feel Jesus, and beating me and my sister with a belt was a primary way for her to do so. What the girl went through was pretty tame by my experience. I think they should put the judge in jail for a very long time. We are all engines of karma

Keep using your cameras to take pictures of the bad guys. We've all seen how well that works. We are all engines of karma

Excellent site. Thanks for posting it. We are all engines of karma

Tried it again, and it worked this time. We are all engines of karma