Isaiah 30: 12-14—“Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, ‘Since you have rejected this word and have put your trust in oppression and guile, and have relied on them, therefore this iniquity will be to you like a breach about to fall, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant, whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar, so ruthlessly shattered that a sherd will not be found among its pieces to take fire from a hearth or to scoop water from a cistern.’” SnyderTalk Commentary: Question. How do you interpret these words? “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me.” (Exodus 20: 2-3) Islamists have declared war on us for one simple reason: we are not Islamists. Moderate Muslims are under attack too, for the same reason. Dialogue is one thing, but compromise is another.

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Shalu shalom Yerushalayim: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. (Psalm 122: 6)

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Scripture of the day:

Isaiah 30: 12-14—“Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, ‘Since you have rejected this word and have put your trust in oppression and guile, and have relied on them, therefore this iniquity will be to you like a breach about to fall, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant, whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar, so ruthlessly shattered that a sherd will not be found among its pieces to take fire from a hearth or to scoop water from a cistern.’”

SnyderTalk Commentary: Question.  How do you interpret these words?  “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.  You shall have no other gods before Me.” (Exodus 20: 2-3)  Islamists have declared war on us for one simple reason: we are not Islamists.  Moderate Muslims are under attack too, for the same reason.  Dialogue is one thing, but compromise is another.

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“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4: 6)

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The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey: a lovely city, wonderful people, but a duplicitous hypocrite as prime minister.

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SnyderTalk Commentary:  The passengers on the first boats trying to run the Gaza blockade probably thought they were taking a joy ride.  I doubt the organizers of the cruise told them about the stash of weapons on board or that they hoped to garner world sympathy for the Palestinian cause and to ignite global hatred of Israel following a bloody confrontation.  The instigators probably told the gullible and idealistic riders that they were simply demonstrating solidarity with the Palestinian people.

After the unfortunate deaths during the first blockade-running episode, they weren’t willing to buy that risk free line any longer.  That says a lot about the limits to which they are willing to go.  The latest incident produced no casualties and no resistance.  The ringleaders finally agreed to do what Israel told them they could do before the hostility began.  All Israel wanted then and wants now is to make sure that no weapons are smuggled into Gaza.

There was never even a hint that humanitarian aid would be stopped or diverted.  Much of the humanitarian aid that actually reaches Gaza is diverted and sold.  The money is used to line the pockets of Palestinian political leaders and to pay for illegal activities.  Reports show that a huge chunk of the “relief money” going to Palestinian causes is diverted for sundry illicit purposes, and we know that Yasser Arafat, for example, died with an estate estimated to be worth about $1 billion.  Where do you think he got that money?  It’s possible that he had a roadside produce stand near Ramallah, but it’s not likely.

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Climate Change Update:

SEPP SCIENCE EDITORIAL #18-2010 (June 5, 2010) by S. Fred Singer, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project

The National Academy Lays a $6-Million Egg

The report of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences [Advancing the Science of Climate Change, May 2010] claims that the climate is warming and that the cause is human—http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/05/three-academy-reports-urge-clima.html?etoc.

The first claim of this federally funded $6-million exercise is meaningless and trivial, the second claim is almost surely wrong.  Their recommendation is that the United States should put a price on carbon to staunch emissions of CO2; it is pointless, counterproductive, and very costly.

The climate certainly has warmed considerably since 10,000 years ago (the end of the last Ice Age)—and much less since 1850, the end of the Little Ice Age.  No one disputes these facts.  But the climate has not warmed during the past decade—in spite of the steady rise in human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide.  According to a BBC interview of Dr Phil Jones, head of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia (CRU-UEA, of Climategate fame), there has been no warming trend since 1995.

The 2007 report of the UN-sponsored IPCC furnished no credible evidence for anthropogenic global warming (AGW).  None at all—see here the Summary of the NIPCC report: “Nature – Not Human Activity – Rules the Climate” http://www.sepp.org/publications/NIPCC_final.pdf.  The NRC-NAS panel did not add any new relevant information—nor did it have the expertise to do so.

The IPCC panel was made up of many qualified atmospheric scientists, active in research.  The NAS panel was politically chosen and listed among its ‘climate science experts’ a sociology professor and a professor of ‘sustainable development’—whatever that may mean.  That certainly doesn’t inspire much confidence in the NAS conclusions.

“This is our most comprehensive report ever on climate change,” said Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), at a briefing to discuss the effort, more than 2 years in the making and involving 90 scientists.  It “analyzes the reality of climate change and how should the nation respond….It emphasizes why the United States should act now.”

Ironically, this report comes at a time when the venerable and respected Royal Society (London) is having second thoughts about their past record of climate alarmism.  In the words of outgoing RS president Lord Martin Rees (May 28, 2010): “Science is organized skepticism and the consensus must shift in light of the evidence.”

Looking back, this may well have been a low point for the NAS, which will inevitably discredit all other NAS activities.  But it will provide a useful lesson to other scientific organizations that have uncritically jumped on the AGW bandwagon.

THIS WEEK by Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President, Science and Environmental Policy Project

After the Royal Society announced it was reconsidering its extreme pronouncements on global warming, several articles appeared discussing the proper role of science societies. As Philip Stott mentions in his comments, ‘Global Warming, The Royal Society, and William Hazlitt,’ for around 150 years the Royal Society published that the Society had as a rule to never give their opinion, as a Body, upon any subject.

This appears to be a good rule if the purpose of the science society is to encourage discussion on all topics of interest to intelligent humans with emphasis on their particular fields.

Unfortunately, in recent years, some societies have been taken over by authoritarian personalities who apparently believe the purpose of the Society is to issue opinions which, of course, correspond to those of the leaders. These opinions are often issued without consultation with the broad membership, and those who object are ignored. It is the duty of good troops to follow their leaders.

If the opinions are wrong, this practice will diminish the trust the public may have in the society to the harm of the society. Of course, if this occurs, the authoritarians will blame those who questioned their pronouncements. But they themselves are to blame for believing a science society serves to be a forum for the opinions of its leaders.

When the Royal Society issues its reassessment, let us hope that it recognizes the value of the rich diversity of opinion the study of science encourages; and that dissent is an important mechanism for self correction in the pursuit of scientific knowledge.

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