Cops Gone Wild, Fighting Back, -and- Auschwitz Wear

Cops Gone Wild - troopers ran "100 Club" for DWI arrests
Fighting Back - concealed weapon keeps man safe in attempted carjacking
Auschwitz Wear - online shopping site offers Holocaust apparel

On this day in history: December 7, 1941 - Oahu bombed by Japanese planes.

Born on this day in history: December 7, 1956 - Larry Bird (1956 - ____) basketball player, coach. He was a forward for the Boston Celtics, 1980-92 and three-time NBA MVP; coach for Indiana Pacers.

Today's Video: Submitted by Frank. Ferrari Terrorizes Paris

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McDonald's is closing its outlet in a town known for quality food and healthful, local produce. The fast food chain in Tavistock, Devon, simply was not being used enough by locals. So after seven years struggling to make ends meet in a town that has won many accolades for the quality of its food, McDonald's will finally shut up shop on Saturday.

Spam!, To Tell the Truth, -and- Fighting Back

Spam! - 9 of every 10 emails is unsolicited junk email
To Tell the Truth - NY rejects transgender birth certificate law
Fighting Back - woman stabs attacker with his own knife

On this day in history: December 6, 1969 - A concert by the Rolling Stones at Altamont ends in the death of a fan at the hands of the Hells Angels, who were hired for security.

Born on this day in history: December 6, 1955 - Steven Wright (1955 - ____) comedian. He has been a stand-up comic since 1979; films include "Desperately Seeking Susan," 1985.

Today's Video: Submitted by Katherine. Bad Morning

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Obviously, CATS RULE! Click to enlarge.

Good Dog!, Slippery, -and- Imagine

Good Dog! - dog tunnels through snow to save owners
Slippery - petroleum jelly escapee captured when he steals bugged car
Imagine - drug in cough medicine hallucinogen for some

On this day in history: December 5, 1933 - Fourteen years of prohibition end when Utah ratifies the 21st amendment.

Born on this day in history: December 5, 1901 - Walt Disney (1901 - 1966) movie producer He pioneered animated cartoons; creator of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Disneyland.

Today's Video: Basket Girl

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Recommended Web Site: Family Watchdog - a mapping database that shows location, name, and convictions for sex offenders throughout the U.S. By entering your address, a map displays sex offenders in your area. You may also search by name.

I drove to the beach this morning on the way to my office to do a bit of fishing. Imagine my surprise when I saw the beach strewn with hundreds of bags of Doritos tortilla chips! I decided to fish another day and joined the chip gatherers. Click to enlarge.

Community Disservice, Road Rage, -and- Seasick

Community Disservice - AZ cop had black men rap away ticket
Road Rage - 14-year-old boy killed over egg toss
Seasick - hundreds ill on world's largest cruise ship

On this day in history: December 4, 1978 - Dianne Feinstein named mayor of San Francisco after the assassination of Mayor Moscone, jump-starting her otherwise pathetic political career. She is now a US Senator and carries a handgun for protection while campaigning to prohibit others from doing so.

Born on this day in history: December 4, 1976 - Amie Comeaux (1976 - 1997) country singer. She was a promising young country singer who died tragically in a car accident; her first album was "Moving Out."

Today's Video: Submitted by Chris. Hello, Stranger!

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I am testing Firefox. Thus far, it seems to be a very capable Web browser. I am a bit disappointed with having to add so many plug-ins, however. Click to enlarge.

Can You Hear Me Now?, Amen!, -and- Jaws of Death

Can You Hear Me Now? - woman assaulted over cell phone while getting hair done
Amen! - court rules against ACLU over San Diego cross
Jaws of Death - man on crack when alligator attacked

On this day in history: December 1, 1947 - Aleister Crowley, the wickedest man in the world, dead in Hastings England, aged 74. He wrote that "for nearly all purposes, human sacrifice is best," and taught the Law of Thelema, "do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." Crowley also appears on the cover of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album.

Born on this day in history: December 1, 1945 - Bette Midler (1945 - ____) singer, actress. "The Divine Miss M" starred in "Beaches," 1988; "For The Boys," 1992; and "The First Wives Club," 1996; winner of two Grammys, a Tony, and an Emmy.

Today's Video: Submitted by Laura. Fantastic Machine

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It would be a relatively simple matter to consider "An Inconvenient Truth" a comedy. Real climate scientists, however, are not laughing. This is not just because Al Gore commits numerous basic science errors. They are also concerned that many in the media and public will fail to realize that this film amounts to little more than science fiction.

Gore tells the audience that, by simply looking at Antarctic ice cores with the naked eye, one can see when the American Clean Air Act was passed. This is pure fantasy, unless Gore is able to detect parts per billion changes to chemicals in ice. Air over the United States does not even circulate to the Antarctic before mixing with most of the northern, then the southern, hemisphere air. This process takes decades.

Gore repeatedly labels carbon dioxide "global warming pollution." Carbon dioxide is no more pollution than is oxygen. CO2 is plant food, an ingredient essential for photosynthesis--without which Earth would be a lifeless, frozen ice ball. The hypothesis that human release of CO2 is a major contributor to global warming is just that--an unproven hypothesis, against which evidence is increasingly mounting.

The correlation between CO2 and temperature that Gore speaks about so confidently is simply non-existent over all meaningful time scales. Over geologic time, the two are not linked at all. Over the intermediate time scales Gore focuses on, the ice cores show that CO2 increases do not precede--and therefore do not cause--warming. Instead, they follow temperature rise--by as much as 800 years. Earth actually cooled between 1940 and 1980, when human emissions of CO2 were rising at the fastest rate in our history.

The fact that water vapor constitutes 95% of greenhouse gases by volume is completely ignored by Gore. Humanity's three-billion-tons-per-year net contribution to the atmosphere's CO2 load is actually less than half of 1% of the atmosphere's total CO2 content. Our CO2 emissions are also dwarfed by the 210-billion-tons-per-year emissions of the gas from Earth's oceans and land.

But Gore persists, labeling future CO2 rises as "deeply unethical" and lectures the audience, "Each one of us is a cause of global warming." Not satisfied with simply warning of human-induced killer heat waves, he then uses high-tech special effects to show how human-caused climate changes are causing more hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, floods, infectious diseases, insect plagues, glacial retreats, coral die-outs and the flooding of small island nations due to sea level rise caused by the melting of the polar caps. One is left wondering if Gore thinks nature is responsible for anything.

It is a miracle that "An Inconvenient Truth" exists at all. A movie with a scantily clad Jessica Alba presenting a computer slideshow on climate science is implausible enough. With Al Gore as producer, the credibility factor drops even lower. The movie can best be classified as science fiction nerd porn.