IPPC wrong again?

Surely not? I was going to headline this post as Bangladeshgate but it's too much of a mouthful for anyone to pronounce.

it would appear that for all the much hyped part of the IPCC, on rising sea levels which would swamp Bangladesh are not quite correct.

Now comes a study from the Dhaka-based Center for Environment and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) that says the IPCC forgot to factor in the 1 billion tons of sediment carried by Himalayan rivers such as the Ganges and the Brahmaputra into Bangladesh every year.

CEGIS director Maminul Haque Sarker told AFP that "studies on the effects of climate change in Bangladesh, including those quoted by the IPCC, did not consider the role of sediment in the growth and adjustment process of the country's coast and rivers to the sea level rise." Even if sea levels rose according to IPCC predictions, Sarker says, natural sediment deposits would cancel the effect of any rise.

And

Apocalyptic changes forecast by climate change alarmists, according to Swedish geologist and physicist Nils-Axel Morner, former head of the International Commission on Sea Level Change, are not in the cards. Despite fluctuations down as well as up, "the sea is not rising," he says. "It hasn't risen in 50 years."

If there is any rise this century it will "not be more than 10 cm (four inches), with an uncertainty of plus or minus 10 cm."

He also states that in Tuvalu which was supposed to be inundated in a few years, the sea level has actually fallen.

They really should give up with this global warming shite before it's too late.

Then again there is the money.............

 

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Bigotted

 

 

Our Gordon's sly remarks after being asked about East European immigration.

Now I do like a bet. But......

 

I had to laugh when I read this.

Bookies opens sponsored confessional

WTF!

Must be April 1st over again I thought. But no.

A firm of bookmakers today opened the world's first sponsored confessional box in a church.

Paddy Power has paid £10,000 to have its name on the box — now called a sin bin — in Our Lady and St Etheldreda Catholic church in Newmarket, Suffolk.

Jockey Frankie Dettori, who was married in the church, performed the opening ceremony.

The deal was arranged after the priest contacted the bookmakers. The firm's communications director, Paddy Power, said: “We hope people might pop in on their way to a race meeting here. Perhaps their prayers will help them pick a winner.”

At least they could have told me before I went to the races last saturday.

H/T to the London Evening Standard.

I've become a reactionary.

Well almost.

Since last year I have written more letters to my MP in one year than I have written in the last thirty years. (Alright,three).

Each reply I have received has been bland or just plain passing the buck. The usual "They had the majority".

Anyway.

John Stanley. MP for Tonbridge and Malling. You have lost my vote.

Reason 1.

Voted strongly for the smoking ban.

Reason 2.

Moderately voted to stay in the EU.

Well then "John". I'm voting UKIP. I would say, put that in your pipe and smoke it. But see reason 1.

A plague on all of them.

*frustrated voter*

The Lurgie struck.

Apologies to the many one readers who flock to this blog for enlightenment.

I have just been struck down recently with Bird, Swine, Asian, flue, a cold.

The ramblings of this madman may get better when I recover. If I don't make it through I bequeath all my wordly goods to no-one in particular.

Somali pirates move hostage Britons

Militants from Somalia's al-Qaida-linked insurgent group have moved into the northern region where Somali pirates operate, forcing the gang that is holding a kidnapped British couple to flee, a self-proclaimed pirate chieftain and residents said.

Paul and Rachel Chandler were bundled into a car early on Monday after militants neared the town of Haradhere, said Maslah Yare, who leads the pirate gang that is holding the Chandlers............

Pat Condell says it all.

He's right. You need to vote for a candidate who will further your interests rather than a large party wanting power for power's sake.

A day at the Races.

No foxes were killed in writing of this article.

A simple pleasure in my household is the spring pastime of going to a Point-to-Point. This is amateur Horse racing run by the local Hunt.

I've always found these quite quaint, considering the people who frequent these venues.

Started of by me having to dash to the supermarket to get french bread for the Lunch. Came back with French Bread, beer, copious bottles of wine, and a bottle of whisky. (Needed the whisky for the evening, like now).

As usual we met up in a State enforced antismoking  pub. After we had all obeyed the drinking laws we drove off to the course.

The weather couldn't have been better. Sun was out with not a cloud in the sky. (It must be that damned global warming).

Apart from one race when my jockey parted with his horse at the first jump, the afternoon went well. FE made a slight profit over the course of the day.

A simple tale of country folk.

The Leaders debate.

Turned it off before I threw something through the screen.

UPDATE:

Turned it back on.

Did anyone notice that Nick Clegg was allowed more time than the other two?

Contingency planning.

I read with interest, stories of people caught out by the ash cloud that  partially enveloped us.

I travelled the world for over forty years and the one thing that was drummed into me was, SHIT HAPPENS.

My three rules of travelling are:

Have $100 of cash in your wallet. Everywhere will accept dollars.

Keep a credit card in your wallet that is empty. Only use it occasionally to keep it extant.

Make sure that you have at least a dual band mobile phone.

All these have got me out of trouble either singularly or all together. Don't rely on other people. Be prepared for the worst.