As dodgy Dave sells out more of our sovereignty to the French, Indian scientists are off on a jolly jaunt to the south pole, no doubt with their expenses paid by our uncut international aid budget. To the BBC, there is only one purpose; to measure the unavoidable impact of climate change. Actually, the exact purpose of the mission is not clear, other than to establish an Indian research station in Antarctica. But the BBC signpost to the story says this:
India is to make its first expedition to the South Pole, in a mission focusing on the impact of climate change.
If that does not make it clear that ice is melting faster than a lollypop in a heatwave, when you arrive on the story page, right at the top is a picture of a fast-melting chunk of ice. To ram the message home further, there is then a quote from an expedition member that “everything is now linked to global warming”, a statement that sums up precisely the BBC religion. And if that does not get you to the correct propaganda point, there’s another subtle hint: it’s all about changes in the last 1,000 years, ie, when men began their evil industrial activities that are leading irreversibly towards destruction. Exactly in tune with this chilling kill-us-all-final-solution board game, which could have been devised by the BBC writer.
To round off this exercise in unbiased, fair, and factual reporting, the writer provides helpful links to five more Antarctic end-of-the-world fairytales, including that ice is breaking off from west Antarctica, and, from Richard Black, of course, when all the ice there does melt, we will all drown anyway.
There’s just one inconvenient truth that this alarmist claptrap does not take into account. Warmists have been trying to prove for 20 years that Antarctica is melting. But it isn’t – it’s stubbornly, unremittingly, colder than ever. Even when warmists go looking for confirmation of their bias.
Attaching that photograph to the article is fraudulent.
Antarctica is “……unremittingly, colder than ever.”
Really?
Yes –
Call me old fashioned, but ‘ever’ goes back before 1979! It goes back…well, for ever…including ices ages and back to the dawn on time. So saying ‘colder than ever’ seems a bit like the sweeping generalisations (“Hottest ever summer”) that do the Warmists’ credibility so much harm.
Bloody farmers! Of course you’re right. Sorry.
As we say when quaffing flagons of ale in Ye Jolly Felcher:
“Red sky at night,
Get your scientific assertions right.
Oo arr.”
The current southern polar sea ice levels are way above the 30yr mean, of course such a small timeframe is meaningless to normal rational people but as the ecofascisti whine constantly about 30yrs being the be all and end all then it really does show the BBC ecostooges for who and what they are.
The Antarctic expedition by the Indians is merely to lay claims and with a base they can do just that, just what an expanding super power wannabe needs to do to make a mark, but hey the UK is stumping up the cashola for nuclear subs, space programmes and a modern armed forces so what the hey.
In the words of Cameron does it not make you feel proud to be British as our billion a year goes to our future competitor?
No, it does not make me feel proud, bloody angry is closer. What would make me proud is if Cameron would tell Sarko to get stuffed, our Armed Forces are ours and will stay that way. Unfortunately he won’t.
All right, you are old fashioned – you know what he meant! And he’s right – the antarctic ice is way above “normal”, and on balance global ice is, well, in balance. So a whole lot of unnecessary fuss about nothing, as usual.
Anyone hear 13th century Fox getting the deluxe special VIP treatment this AM on the BBC toady show?
The toadies lavished the kind of special treatment usually reserved for labour politicians with Fox allowed to waffle and dissemble without challenge even when Mr 13th century tangled himself up with the issue of carrier use and permissions for unilateral actions.
Muppet Fox got all confused when the toady presented a scenario with what the French would do if we needed thier assets for a unilateral action and our action divereged or contradicted French interests, unsurprisingly the toady saw the quagmire and helped a by now desperate Fox out of the hole dug for himself, quelle surprise!
Of course the utter bollocks dribbled by Fox is so confused and counter intuitive was plainly a badly put together charade, no wonder the toadies chose not to invite a dissenting voice as that voice would have torn the bleating Fox to shreds.
Is it too much to ask for an unbiased full spectrum investigation of the coalition treachery? All we got from toady and Mr Quisling was a smearing of sceptics, all very smug together in a common purpose.
Still not convinced about the coalition euroslimes intentions?
Go visit the superlative EUREFERENDUM website for a full evaluation of Mr Quislings incoherent gibberish and a deconstruction of his pathetic excuses and weasel words.
Does Mr Fox think we are so dim and stupid we dont see the reality him and his kind are intent on delivering to their euroslime masters? Time to wake up to the cold wind a blowin in.
Of course 13 century Fox think he can con us, they’ve got away with it so far what is another mile or three. If, as he will, Camo gives away our Forces it will be an act of unspeakable treachery in anyones book.
Another aid recipient with antarctic interests and also an arch-rival.
Pakistan is maintaining a summer research station (Jinnah Antarctic Station) and one weather observatory in the vicinity of Sør Rondane Mountains. Pakistan is also planning to build a full fledged permanent base at Antarctica which will enable the programme to start operations in Antarctica throughout the year.
Fly the flag of ‘global warming’, but keep up with the strategic competition.
http://www.niopk.gov.pk/antarct.html
Why would India want a research station? Much problem with killer penguins in India?
Seven sovereign states had made eight territorial claims to land in Antarctica below the 60° S parallel before 1961. UK, New Zealand, France, Norway, Chile and Argentina. These claims have been recognized only between the countries making claims in the area. And some of them overlap. And some even Nazi Germany had a claim at one time.
If and when something of value (and I don’t mean a supply of CO2 imprisoned in ice for a million years) is found the rest of the world will be asking what right do these countries have to the wealth.
Being first to stick your flag in the snow doesn’t cut it nowadays. 😎
Slightly off this but Mr kirby has been showing his BBC wisdom again =
“Time and again in my early BBC environment days I would write a piece on climate and be told: “OK, now get a skeptic to provide balance.” Perhaps we’ve moved on. But those who deny the science still hold undue sway over many news desks.’ LOL
Link =
http://www.solomonstarnews.com/news/national/8796-journos-urged-to-keeping-climate-change-alive
Yes, I’ve already posted on this in the Open Thread.
Sorry missed that David the threads pile up so quick it gets a bit hard to keep up with everything lol!
True. I wonder if we should have a daily Open Thread.