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A site full of information on global warming can be found here. Some of this info is scientifically rigorous and some of it, not so much. But an interesting read nevertheless.

It’s back!! Here are a bunch of places to get it.

By all means, watch this movie. Especially if you have seen “An Inconvenient Truth”. You owe it to yourself to see both sides of this issue.

Kanata, ON — The much anticipated matchup of the full strength French Foreign Legion against the undefeated Irish Stout failed to live up to expectations as the titans clashed on a chilly day at historic Entrust Cryptography Field. The Legion had finally assembled their best lineup of the season, wily Peter Arseneau would quarterback a squad consisting of sure handed Hongrui Dong, blazing Louis Aubin, athletic Rami Al-Tayeche, and John (not the 49′er) Taylor. The team would have been even stronger if slotback Bogdan Nicolescu had not come down with a virus after having intimate relations with a rodent with a biohazard sticker on it. The league leading Stout lined up with rotund but accurate Paul McRae at QB, big tight end Dan Murdock, rangy Sean Hope, burly Bevan Watkiss, and perfectly coiffed Kirk Ireland, recently returned from the spa.

Nonetheless, even Colts-Patriots could not match the excitement of this one as the teams squared off. The Stout failed to score on their first possession and the Legion attacked right away. Lofting a long pass down the right side of the field, Arseneau had zeroed in on All-OFL receiver Louis Aubin. Aubin dove for the ball, but failed to haul it in. Worse still, he severely injured his knee on the play. Showing the gutsiness that has been his hallmark, Aubin cursed and swore his way back to the huddle to takeover playcalling and QB duties. It would be the Stout, however, that would score first as Kirk Ireland hauled in a McRae TD pass o lead 6-0. Sean Hope would score and convert to push the cushion to 13-0.

Not to be outdone, the Legion scored on a Aubin to Dong completion. Following this, McRae hit Hope again to bulge the lead to 19-6. On their next possession, McRae worked the ball down the field and after lining up at the 5 yard line, Ireland scored on a reverse.

In one of the most courageous moments in OFL history, Aubin hobbled to the line. Like Willis Reed of the 1970 Knicks, Aubin was not to be denied. Blowing by Murdock and hobbling down the field, Aubin pulled in an Arseneau throw to make the final score 25-12. Not a dry eye was to be found, but the valiant Legion could do no more and the Stout were victorious.

November 8, 2007
Stout 25, Legion 12

Receiving
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Hope        2 TD, 1 PAT
Ireland     1 TD
Dong        1 TD
Aubin        1 TD

Rushing
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Ireland     1 TD

Passing
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McRae       3 TD, 1 PAT
Aubin        1 TD, 1 INT
Arseneau   1 TD

Defense
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Ireland       1 INT

The Minnesota Vikings’ Adrian Peterson rushed for an NFL record 296 yards on 30 carries against the San Diego Chargers and scored three touchdowns in a 35-14 victory. The amazing rookie scored on runs of 4, and 46 yards and became the first rookie to rush for over 200 yards twice. He now leads the NFL with 1036 yards rushing through 8 games. This is turning into a very special season for the former Oklahoma star.

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Bjorn Lomberg has a new book about global warming entitled “Cool It”. What is interesting about his take on this issue is that he starts with the premise that humans are responsible for global warming due to CO2 emissions. There it is. No argument about the questionable science. No boring analysis of temperature data, just let’s assume that what the alarmists say is true — it’s getting warmer and humans are the cause.

He then goes on to show in meticulous detail and with copious footnotes (comprising about one quarter of the book, in fact), that the economic cost of trying to reduce CO2 emissions is not commensurate with the benefits. Simply put, it is not worth spending the resources to reduce our emissions to the extent proposed by Kyoto because the end result would be a negligible reduction in the warming. Instead, we should use our resources to directly address problems we have right now (hunger, poverty, disease) and then use those resources to deal with potential problems caused by global warming. For example, instead of spending trillions of dollars to prevent the planet warming half a degree, take a few billion and build the necessary levees and dikes to prevent your island nation from being overrun by waves when the oceans rise. Take another few billion and eliminate malaria (as has been done in Western countries) instead of worrying that rising temperatures will potentially expose more people to the disease. Lomberg clearly shows how directly addressing some of these problems directly rather than indirectly by trying to reduce emissions is hundreds and sometimes thousands of times more effective.

One factor that is always ignored by the media when reporting the dire consequences of global warming due to our mismanagement of the planet is the ability of humans to adapt. We should never underestimate the ingenuity of the human race to deal with problems that nature throws at us.

For those of you unfamiliar with Lomberg, you should check out “The Skeptical Environmentalist”.