* Microbes in Nice Warm Gulf Water Eat Oil: and that's making the oil disappear. And the storms that we're told result from global warming have churned the gulf waters so much that they have increased the evaporation rate of the spilled oil. As a result, Yahoo! News and the New York Times say the claims of environmental disaster in the gulf have been overblown.
* Other Global Warming Links:
- Hysterical List of Everything Caused by Global Warming
- RSR: That Fish has Shrunk
- It's the Sun, Not Your SUV
- Nat'l Geographic: Mars Warming is Evidence Against Man-made Global Warming
- 31,000 Scientists Sign Petition Against Man-made Global Warming (including 9,000 Ph.D.s)
- Antarctic ice increased by about 770,000 square miles (which slightly lowered sea level)
* Late-breaking news: UN panel: New taxes needed [to save the world]
BONN, Germany – Carbon taxes, surcharges on international air fares and trade, are being considered by a panel of the world's leading economists to raise $100 billion a year to fight [the boogeyman] climate change. British economist Nicholas Stern told [an international team of boogeyman experts] international climate negotiators Thursday that government regulation and public money also will be needed to create incentives for private investment in [this fight for the very survival of mankind] industries that emit fewer greenhouse gases. In short, a new industrial revolution is needed to [protect] move the world away from [the boogeyman] fossil fuels to low carbon growth, he said.
* Today's Resource: According to Brian Enyart, "My brother's best Bible study resource is Hermeneutics: Tools for Studying the Bible. Learn how to use tools of interpretation as you study the Bible. And as importantly, Bob will discuss the principles involved for prioritizing these hermeneutics and how to decide which tool to use in which instance. So you can join Bob's Hermeneutics Seminar via CD and it's almost like you are there. Just click on the CD image label (or here) to enjoy our Bible seminar including the same notes handed out to the attendees and see the slides Bob displayed during this great event at Denver's historic Brown Palace. So you're invited to try out Bob Enyart's Hermeneutics teaching just by clicking or by calling the BEL studio at 1-800-8Enyart (836-9278)!
* TONIGHT: Meet Walter Hoye: at the Amendment 62 event at Church in the City with pastor Michael Walker, 7 p.m. Friday August 6th at 1580 Gaylord Street in Denver (a block east of York on E. 16th Avenue). Also meet Leslie Hanks, A62 co-sponsor.
* TOMORROW: Every Saturday Lit Drop with Bob Enyart: Come on out Saturday mornings beginning this weekend on August 7th to have a great time passing out literature in a neighborhood. Meet Bob Enyart at 7:30 a.m. Saturday for coffee at the McDonalds on 58th Ave just east of Kipling (and north of I-70). Bob will have the Amendment 62 Personhood Talking Points fliers, door hangers, and precinct maps for each person. We'll divide the precinct into sections, and have a great time working as a team. Many hands make for light work. And if you'd like to have us help do a lit drop to cover your precinct, then join us for a couple weeks, and we'll put your neighborhood on the schedule!