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Must be “Global Warming”: Most Brutal Winter Weather in “Living Memory” Hits Middle East

January 12th, 2008 — Afghanistan, Iran, climate change, Jenn Sierra (author)

The National Geographic is reporting:

The heaviest snowfall in [Iran] in more than a decade has killed at least 21 people…Some died of the severe cold, some were buried under avalanches, and others died after their cars overturned on snow-covered roads…Heavy snow and cold weather has also affected Afghanistan, India, and several Central Asian countries.

Winter-related tragedies reported by the BBC hereand here by the Gulf Daily News (Bahrain) here and by Reuters here include:

Iran: eight people frozen to death after being trapped in their cars…snowfalls for the first time in living memory [in desert areas]

Kyrgyzstan: 50 homeless people froze[n] to death

Tajikistan: daytime temperatures as low as -10C and nighttime temps as low as -25C with power rationing

Afghanistan: 50 deaths caused by heavy snow, and food shortages due to closed roads

Ghor: Five people killed in an avalanche

Herat: eight members of the same family died after their roof collapsed under heavy snow

Pakistan: seven soldiers killed in avalanche

Mazandaran: unprecedented cold weather and gas shortages

Baghdad: first snowfall in “living memory”

Uzbekistan: coldest temperatures for almost four decades

India: more than 20 people killed by cold weather

Tehran: airports and schools closed

Die-hard members of the religion of Global Warming, however, are keeping the faith:

OSLO: Climate change is still nudging up temperatures in the long term even though the warmest year was back in 1998 and 2008 has begun with unusual weather such as a cool Pacific and Baghdad’s first snow in memory, experts said. “Global warming has not stopped,” said senior scientific co-ordinator of the World Meteorological Organisat-ion’s climate programme Amir Delju.

(hat-tip, 1389, also on FHK)

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California Fire News Updates

October 26th, 2007 — smiley, incident tracking, climate change, ecoterrorism, counterjihad, Twitter, trees, disaster preparedness, wildfire, drought

It’s No Accident

A significant number of these fires appear to have been deliberately set.

Obviously, in drought conditions, where plenty of dry fuel abounds, anybody who thoughtlessly discards a cigarette butt can start a wildfire. Lightning, or spontaneous combustion from rotting debris, can do the same.

But these fires show a suspicious pattern.

Despite the fact that there has long been evidence of al Qaeda’s plans to cause such fires, public figures are unwilling to go on record to warn about jihadist involvement in pyroterrorism!

For more about this, see Is there a terrorist connection with the California wildfires?

Nobody on the 1389 Blog team cares about being politically correct. We bring you all of the news that we can find, and we are not afraid to point out the obvious conclusions about what it means!

If you doubt that pyroterrorism is real:

Suspicious fires destroy forests in northern Lebanon
Suspicious Fires in Lebanon
Rampaging Through Brussels: Turks Set Cars Alight. Coming soon to a location near you!

Pelosi, Boxer, and the global warming contingent exploit fires for political advantage:

Pelosi plays politics with SoCal fires (Stein hoist to njdhockeyfan at LGF!)
San Diegans and pro-troop group condemn Barbara Boxer for politicizing fire with comments on Iraq
CNN demonstrates how fear-mongering works
CNN Predicts Possible “Century of Fires” Due to Global Warming
Steven Milloy of JunkScience.com: California Fire Smokescreen
Fox News Reports, Networks Ignore Consequences of Not Clearing Brush

Fox News, just as Glenn Beck previously, picked up on an observation that the rest of the mainstream media largely ignored: brush left in place under environmental groups’ pressure fueled much of the fires in southern California.

Twitter: A Great Disaster Preparedness Tool

Stein hoist to Jenn Sierra on FHK!

California Fire News and Information:

Anyone with information about the cause of the Santiago fire (Orange Co) is asked to call a tip line at (800) 540-8282. If you see something, say something!

Stein hoist to Bobibutu and Stuck-in-CA on LGF!

US Fire News and Information

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Today, we’re going to send you AWAY from our blog…

September 15th, 2007 — sites we like, geography, leftist-jihadist convergence, food and drink, Goose Creek, energy, climate change, Israel, humor, PSA, 1389 Message Blog, blog censorship, blogging

…To visit these other sites!

Antijihadist 24×7: We need a break, but we never get to take one.

Are you a blogger? Do you suffer from blogger burnout?

Blogging: Worse than transfats? has a funny PSA on what to do about it!
Here is the original, low-res version of this comical, yet oddly true-to-life, e-pamphlet. It appeared on the nonist, which is a beautifully designed art/photo/history site. But if you’re afraid of spiders, the nonist blog post for 9/15/07 is about a giant spider web!
Also see Are You a Blogaholic?

Hungry for inspiration?

Read Miracle in Lebanon - High Holidays with Aish, and you’ll see some of the reasons why we have so much respect for Israel and for the Jewish people. It’s an amazing story.

Just plain hungry?

The Fresh Loaf is a huge website all about bread and baking. Yum! They have a news aggregator, bread baking lessons, all sorts of things. Their email address is at the very bottom of their webpage.
Hmmm…that gives me an idea. Since The Fresh Loaf is a news aggregator, would any of you readers like to write to The Fresh Loaf and tell them about the problems with SonicWALL censorware on the Panera Bread WiFi?

Into geography? The Northwest Passage may exist after all.

The explorers of old searched for centuries to find the fabled Northwest Passage from Europe to Asia by water. They never found it, because no such passage existed at that time. But that’s about to change.

What we call “global warming” is part of a natural cycle, and it isn’t all bad. This article, Northwest Passage Ice Shrinks to New Low, explains that melting of the Arctic ice pack will soon allow ships to make the passage during the summer. It will also open up a potentially oil-rich region for exploration.

When that happens, be prepared for a showdown here in the US. You can expect that left-wing environmentalists will render aid and comfort to the jihadists by doing all they can to stop any exploration for oil that could lessen our dependence on sources in the Middle East.

Still keeping up on the counterterrorist beat…

“Jihad by Telecommute” shows evidence that e-jihadis are becoming more active all the time. Fortunately, the authorities are beginning to catch them. You can help by reporting anything suspicious that you see or hear.
Key Lockerbie witness admits to perjury - I wonder whether we will ever get to the bottom of this.
Michelle Malkin gives us an update on the Goose Creek pipe bomb boys, Yousef Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed, who were caught with explosives near a South Carolina naval base. Visit her site and find out what their bizarre plot was all about!
Good news: The DHS is investigating ways to strengthen bridges against attack.
Evil jihadist “allies” that the US and EU inherited from Bill and Hillary Clinton: This article offers massive evidence that the Albanian KLA/UCK - not the Serbs - were responsible for the tide of Kosovo refugees during the 1999 NATO bombardment. The KLA has used many names for itself, but it continues to be a savage jihadist/narcoterrorist mob that is also the local branch of al Qaeda.

Need something to write about for your own blog?

1389 Message Blog is 1389’s other blog. It’s a place where 1389 puts links to interesting articles and news stories, both for future reference and for everyone’s use. Raid those links to your heart’s content!

Freedom of speech in the blogosphere

If you are uncomfortable with the use of the word evil, be advised that there is a difference between good and evil. The attack on September 11, 2001, was, and is, evil. It is not “hate speech” to label evildoers and evil deeds for what they are.

Society can survive only as long as enough people know good from evil and protect that which is good. We are not motivated by hatred, but by love for the Lord and for all His creation, especially our family, home, neighbors, friends, and country. Refusing to recognize evil when you encounter it will only leave you defenseless against it.
Why do we have to explain such a simple thing? By choosing to go up against jihadists, we have made some enemies, exactly as we expected would happen. Our adversaries are trying to shut down access to this blog, and other antijihadist/counterterrorist blogs, by falsely reporting it to content-filtering or “censorware” vendors as containing “hate/racism/violence”. This sharply reduces the number of places from which our audience can access our sites.

But if you look at 1389 Blog, you will find that there is no hate speech on this blog. No trash talk. No incitement to violence. No mention of anything pertaining to racial issues. No ad hominem attacks. No bloody pictures. Comments are moderated, and we don’t even allow swear words.

Any site that does not go along with the prevailing left-wing “political correctness” - especially sites that expose jihadist acivities - is at risk for the same type of de facto censorship. Follow this category link to keep track of our efforts to preserve freedom of speech in the blogosphere.