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Covid & The Cathedral — Guest Post by John Q Public
As the reader may know from my last guest appearance, I am entirely on the side of the COVID skeptics. I have never believed any aspect of the response to…
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Propagandists Boast Of Finagling Wikipedia: Here’s How To Have Wikipedia Revenge
It is good to take pride in your work. It is good, too, to show enthusiasm. And when a job has been completed in an exemplary fashion, it is sometimes…
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Yellen, Bankers Yellin’ ‘Bout $150 TRILLION To “Fix” Global Warming
After our government let us down with 9/11, some Congresscreature's lobbyist had the bright idea that became the Patriot Act. Named, as all things must be these days, for the…
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How The Money & Power Grab Of Global Warming (& Other Crises) Works
COP26 is upon, beginning this Sunday. The key metric for us is 26. The UN Climate Change Conference number 26. The first Conference of the Parties, or COP1, was in…
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That Bangladesh Mask Study Shows AT BEST A Population Seroprevalence Reduction Of 0.0026%, And Likely Smaller: Plus Four New Studies Showing Mask Mandates Are Useless
Some warm-up exercises, then we review the Bangladeshi paper. But first a reminder: I have no burden, no burden whatsoever, not even in the least degree, to prove mask mandates…
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New Climate Change Report Once Again Promises, As It First Did In 1990, We Only Have A Few Years Left
How many times can you be wrong about a matter of great importance and still be taken seriously and not be fired? Trick question! The answer is: you can never…
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Claiming To Be Able To Blame Weather Events On Global Warming
This is not a big story, but it's worth highlighting because of the pernicious effects of science journalism, which suffers from the same faults as political journalism. Emphasis on extremes,…
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We Will Never Really Know What 95 F Feels Like
Headline: "Newark, New Jersey, set a record at 102 degrees with a feels like temperature of 109 degrees." Thus are Newarkians (Newarkers?) denied the opportunity of knowing what a temperature…