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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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Democrats’ Appalling Budget Wishcast
Update No extra charge for today's initially misspelled headline. It is a logical fallacy to say that it OK for John to lie, cheat and steal because Mary lied, cheated…
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Should We Punish The Religious More Harshly?
Philosopher Daniel Dennett does a Q&A column at the Washington Post. He was asked, "Is there widespread media bias against Christianity?". Here are his answers, interspersed with my comments. There…
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Climategate Predictions: The Aftermath
The aftermath isn't yet upon us. We are still in the in situ-math. But I thought it would be fun anyway to make some definite, testable predictions of what will…
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The University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit Hacking
Be sure to also see this story! And this story a follow-up See also see this story on proxies I often write emails to pals of mine that are in…
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England, Where Everybody’s a Paedophile
Potentially. Everybody's a paedophile potentially. That slogan has been adopted lustily in Merrie Olde England. The beauty of it, as I have often maintained, is that it is a true…
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Mental Magic and Psychology
I say, Thank God Penn & Teller reveal the workings of their magic tricks. We're all used to it now, but when they first got going they caused a lot…