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Peer Review and Proof
Suppose that I today, below, in this post, prove to you a certain mathematics theorem, say, "The Symmetry of Individual Constants." Is that theorem true? Before you answer, consider that…
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2000 Scientists Demand Climate Action! Part II
Read Part I Cap & Trade & Tax & Spend is not dead. It was never even ailing. It's healthy and alert and standing in the corner, unnoticed. It has…
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2000 Scientists Demand Climate Action! Part I
Let's suppose everything you have heard about global warming is true. It really will warm by a half-degree Centigrade by 2050, or even by three-quarters of a degree, or whatever.…
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Obamacare Predictions: Part II
Read Part I. I'll be away from the computer a large portion of today and will be slow in answering comments. Your health care will degrade Since the deficit will…
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Carbon Neutral Dining
We meet four Ladies Who Lunch in an Upper West Side New York bistro. "Martha!" cooed Sarah. "Sarah!" cooed Martha. "Janet and Catherine late as usual, I see." "Never mind…
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Pajamas Media: The Inevitable Failure (by Design) of Cap and Trade
Today's post is at Pajama's Media: The Inevitable Failure (by Design) of Cap and Trade. The editors David Steinberg and Aaron Hanscom generously supplied the title and tag-line, which is,…
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Al Gore Turns Purple
I am not sure how to classify certain global-warming proponents. As I have said many times, the majority of climate scientists are honest, hard working men. Some are more prone…
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Phil Jones, I accept!
The other day, I asked Phil Jones and other climate scientists to rebuke some of their foaming-at-the-mouth colleagues for their inappropriate use of language. While I'm still awaiting a response---it…