Daily Archives: July 26, 2011

I HAVE never been so frightened for our freedom of speech than I am right now. No, I’m not talking about my own legal troubles, with a court being asked to ban my published columns on how some people claim … Continue reading →

Antarctic Blast – Snow, ice, travel – full coverage Posted by wwadmin on Tue, 26/07/2011 – 10:00 Filed in:National News Bitter frosts this morning have followed the most widespread snowfall in New Zealand in 16 years. The MetService has lifted … Continue reading →

I am about to name my fourth rock of the summer “Don.” Satellite technology makes it very easy to find nameable rocks. In the 1970s, naming rocks was more of a challenge.

Prize goes to the first person to spot it. ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓

Who needs national governments any more? The Hague is now in control. The international criminal court has dismissed suggestions by Britain and France that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi could be allowed to remain in Libya as part of negotiated deal to … Continue reading →

The officers of Oslo’s elite Delta Force drove because police don’t own a transport helicopter, then were rescued by a civilian boat when their own broke down as it tried to navigate a 1-minute hop to the island. It took … Continue reading →

I’ve synthesized the Arctic data from the world’s leading scientific bodies. PIOMAS says the ice is the thinnest on record GISS maps consistently show the Arctic somewhere between red hot and pink hot (2-12C) above normal. Last year was the … Continue reading →