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But I thought the Antarctic ice is melting? A team of scientists have been rescued from a ship that’s been stuck “unusually thick” Antarctic ice for ten days. Funny, just yesterday I saw a WWF commercial telling me how thin the ice was and that polar bears are going to be dead in 50 years. I don’t understand. How can both things be true? Oh, wait, I see. The polar ice caps are growing. So yes, the polar bears are going to die. Because it will be too cold or something. Wait for it.

Update: You know what I didn’t get from that CNN article, even though I read most of it? The information in the last four paragraphs. Which is where CNN tells you the scientists were studying climate change.

Turney’s expedition to gauge the effects of climate change on the region began on November 27.

Oh, the irony.

Building the narrative early: Palestinians are using the peace talks as a cover to restart their terror war with Israel. Because if the talks fail–as they surely will, since the Palestinians have said time and again they will not agree to recognizing Israel as a Jewish state or leaving the IDF in the Jordan Valley–they’re going to start killing Israelis again. And blaming Israel for it. Because the world will go along with this farce yet again. Besides, Kerry gave them an excuse when he asked Israelis if they were ready for a third intifada if they didn’t make peace with the Palestinians.

More lies from the media: The Palestinians claim an 85-year-old man died from a tear gas canister that wound up in his home during a protest in his neighborhood. Every other supposed death by tear gas has been debunked. But don’t let that stop Reuters from publishing more lies. What I don’t understand is why the Israeli press passes along this crap.

Of course they do: Hamas rejects Egypt’s classifying the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists. Well, duh. Hamas is an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood. And they’re not terrorists. Just ask them.

Israel releases convicted murderers, most of whom killed civilians, and the world downplays the Palestinian celebrations of their crimes.

The 26 inmates had been jailed before the signing of the 1993 Oslo accords, which formally launched the Middle East peace process, and served 19 to 28 years for killing Israeli civilians or soldiers.

The 18 men taken to Ramallah were warmly embraced by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in his presidential compound, a correspondent said, before laying flowers on the grave of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

This is buried deeply in most of the stories, if it makes it in at all:

Abbas pledged to the prisoners and their exuberant families that “there would be no final agreement (with Israel) until all prisoners were in their homes.”

And by “all prisoners” he means every single Palestinian in Israeli jails, including more mass murderers of civilians. And what have these prisoner releases brought Israel?

Nothing.

Abbas appealed to the U.S. to block the latest round of Jewish settlements, warning the move could jeopardize the U.S.-led peace effort.

Kerry has urged the Israelis to show restraint, and recently said the construction of new settlements raises questions about Israel’s commitment to peace. The European Union has also urged Israel not to announce any more construction, saying it would hold Israel responsible for any breakdown in the talks.

Because the world equates the building of apartments in Jerusalem suburbs with the release–and lionization–of murderers. So obviously, when the Palestinians are stating quite clearly that they will never agree to the proposed terms, the world blames Israel. Because settlements. They don’t respond at all to statements like this:

“They will participate in a special torch-lighting to celebrate the beginning of the new year,” Palestinian Minister of Prisoner Affairs Issa Karak said in an interview. “We are very happy for the release of our prisoners, who have spent 20 years in jail, and see this as a step towards freedom for all our prisoners.”

And neither John Kerry nor the EU will remonstrate with Abbas for this:

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas greeted the men at his headquarters in Ramallah. “We promise you this will not be the last time and there will be more groups of heroes coming to us frequently in the near future, God willing,” Abbas said.

Go down the list and you’ll see what these “heroes” did.

Hero.

Kamil Awad Ali Ahmad was arrested on September 29, 1993 and convicted of murder for the killing of a total of 16 people, including soldier Yoram Cohen and 15 Arabs suspected of collaborating with Israel.

Hero.

Damara Ibrahim Mustafa Bilal was arrested on June 6, 1989 for the murder of Frederick Rosenfeld, 48, a New York native. Rosenfeld was stabbed with his own knife by a group of shepherds while hiking near the Ariel settlement.

Hero.

Taqtuq Lutfi Halma Ibrahim was arrested on March 3, 1989 for taking part in the killing of IDF soldier, Binyamin Meisner, in Nablus. Was convicted of luring Meisner into an alleyway where accomplices waited for him and stoned him to death with rocks.

Heroes, all of them. If by “hero” you  mean “murderer”. Because that’s the Palestinian definition of the word. As for the peace plan? It will fail. Abbas has gotten the Arab League to back him up in refusing to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, and refusing to allow Israel to keep troops in the Jordan Valley. So basically, Israel is releasing 104 murderers for nothing. The world will continue to blame Israel–especially Netanyahu–and ignore the Palestinian refusals. And of course, settlements.

Because that’s what’s preventing peace. Building homes for Israelis. Not celebrating murderers and calling for a Palestinian state “from the river to the sea”.