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Minds Have Become So Rotted By Global Warming They Listen To Naomi Klein

Two weeks Northern Michigan vacation and I still can't escape. Anti-capitalist activist, Vatican invitee, non-scientist, and authoress of extremist political tracts Naomi Klein said global warming will make Australia "meaner".…

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Trenberth Is Wrong About Global Warming: The PDO Is An Effect, Not A Cause

Kevin "Travesty" Trenberth had a peer-reviewed article in Science entitled, "Has there been a hiatus? Internal climate variability masks climate-warming trends." First, the word "hiatus" is wrong. Using it assumes…

Culture

Stream: No, Half of British Youths Aren’t “Bisexual”

Today's post is at the Stream: No, Half of British Youths Aren't "Bisexual". A survey by YouGov in Great Britain recently announced that "1 in 2 young people say they…

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Is Young Fatherhood Causally Related To Midlife Mortality? Wee P-values Say Yes!

The title of today's post is culled from the peer-reviewed paper "Is young fatherhood causally related to midlife mortality? A sibling fixed-effect study in Finland" by Elina Einiö and two…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God Knows Infinite Things

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. . Chapter…

Culture

The Banality of Evil Redux: Do Planned Parenthood Officials Sin? Guest Post by Bob Kurland

Reposted from Bob Kurland's site. The net effect of this language system was not to keep these people ignorant of what they were doing, but to prevent them from equating…

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Briggs Is Available To Speak. Update

You've seen the videos...You've read the papers...You know the blog...Now hire the man! For a limited time only---All men are mortal, Briggs is a man, etc.---W. M. Briggs is available…

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Having A Kid Worse Than Divorce Or Death? Wee P-values Say Yes

When I first ascend to Emperor, after throwing into the dungeon any within earshot who cannot speak a full sentence without using 'like', my first act will be to create…

Briggs on Viewer Asks: Why Do I Bother?October 1, 2026
All, Thanks for the kind words and inspiration, everybody. It means a lot to me.
Uncle Mike on Viewer Asks: Why Do I Bother?October 1, 2026
Megafires can, and sometimes do, start with a single spark. Don't underestimate the power of Truth. Therefore, (continue to) wield…
Tars Tarkas on Viewer Asks: Why Do I Bother?October 1, 2026
Well I for one appreciate your work. Thank you for all the time you put into this.
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Why does anyone put a message in a bottle, and toss it into the sea?
Rara Avis on Viewer Asks: Why Do I Bother?October 1, 2026
I asked myself the same question as your viewer, Bill, when trying to engage online readers about the logical (and…