Wednesday, April 02, 2014

2 April - My Yahoo!

British House of Commons. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Prime Minister meets staff at UK Permanent Joint Headquarters, Northwood (Photo credit: The Prime Minister's Office)

Boris Backs Money In Deptford

The Evening Standard , aka London Daily Bozza , was in characteristic Mayor-cheerleading mode yesterday as

50 mins ago
PMQs – Itch-A-Sketch 11

Weekly bunfight time in the House of Commons has arrived once again: Young Dave will reel off lots of

2 hrs ago
Breitbart Clegg Russia Hypocrisy

The discovery that Nigel “ Thirsty ” Farage has been a regular guest on Russian state-controlled

4 hrs ago

U.S. factory orders surge in February

The Commerce Department said on Wednesday new orders for manufactured goods jumped 1.6 percent, the biggest

33 mins ago
Wall Street opens flat after private jobs data

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks opened little changed on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 near its record high

1 hr ago
U.S. private job growth accelerates in March: ADP

U.S. companies picked up the pace of hiring in March, signaling the dampening effects of harsh winter

2 hrs ago

Ryan's Budget Plan Takes Midterm Elections Into Consideration

Liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans both can find a lot to love in House Budget Committee

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Debate Over Repealing Health Care Law Is Over, Obama Says

Six months after a disastrous rollout, more than 7 million people had signed up for health insurance on the

5 hrs ago
GM CEO Pressed On Handling Of Ignition Switch Defect

GM CEO Mary Barra and the head of the National Transportation Safety Administration testified on Capitol

5 hrs ago

Key senator says U.S. office can lift part of oil export ban

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government office has the power to approve exports of an

4 hrs ago
Scandal-tainted Washington mayor loses Democratic primary

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - District of Columbia city council member Muriel Bowser swept to

8 hrs ago
CEO Barra calls GM's actions on deadly defect 'unacceptable'

After taking an oath at a House of Representatives panel, Barra kicked off the contentious hearing by

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ADB forecasts moderation in China's growth

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday that China's economic growth may further moderate in
Hainan's delayed announcement of illegal GM crops causes concern

The delayed announcement by southern China's Hainan province regarding the discovery of illegal
Tesla's new China head has a tough road ahead

At a time when US electric-car manufacturer Tesla had been making major inroads into the Chinese market

One Giant Bleak Against Mankind

I have an article over at Spiked , on the matter of that dodgy ‘NASA-funded’ end-is-nigh report

March 25, 2014
The GWPF, Crok & Lewis, and Positioning Sceptics

As we all now know, Marcel Crok and Nicholas Lewis have written a report on the IPCC’s treatment of

March 8, 2014
Lewandowsky Nails his Faeces to the Door

Over at Lewandowsky’s lair, Shaping Tomorrow’s World , the academic-psychologist-turned

February 21, 2014

Illegal Immigration Check Your Premises

All three branches of the US fedgov have come unmoored from representative democracy and are actively

8 hrs ago
Forecasting and Climate Change Both Overhyped

Good news. British scientists have discovered the way weather works and are able to predict it. Or so an

8 hrs ago
How America Was Founded

There is an ongoing debate afoot about America's founding. Basically, the issue is whether the country

8 hrs ago

My Name is Jesse Ventura, Ask Me Anything. (327 flags)

March 31, 2014
Breaking News: 8.0 Earthquake strikes off Northern Coast of Chile; Tsunami

PzFeed Top News @PzFeed BREAKING NEWS: 8.0-magnitude quake strikes off coast of northern Chile

14 hrs ago
Aging Successfully Reversed in Mice; Human Trials to Begin Next (37 flags)

Scientists have successfully reversed the aging process in mice according to a new study just released

March 31, 2014

Academics Citing “Experts”/Selves

Female academics and professors are worried that they are being left behind by their male colleagues, not

March 31, 2014
Union Derides Common Core

When a Democratic president can’t count on full-throated support from the National Education Association

March 25, 2014
China Abuses American Academy

The American universities pursuing cooperative relationships with their counterparts in Communist China are

March 25, 2014

Deadly explosions hit Cairo University

A police general was killed and others injured as three blasts strike outside university's engineering

8 mins ago
PLO asserts commitment to talks with Israel

Palestine's signing of 15 international conventions cast shadow on peace talks' future, as Kerry

9 mins ago
Massive earthquake off Chile sparks tsunami

Minister says five people are confirmed dead as 8.2 magnitude quake that also triggered a tsunami hit

6 hrs ago

Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

This is my last column for The Wall Street Journal, after 22 years of reviewing consumer technology

December 17, 2013
Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

Home medical devices, as opposed to fitness products like activity-measuring wrist bands, have too often

December 10, 2013
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

Q: I have a vacation home and I am paying for cable service at two houses. Is there a practical way to

December 10, 2013

Turkish military fires into Syria after rocket hits mosque

The Turkish military fired back into Syria on Monday in retaliation for mortar shells and a rocket from

17 hrs ago
Syrian Coalition: We Would Attend Geneva III If Russia Changed Its Stance

Louay Safi, spokesman for the Syrian Coalition, said that if Lakhdar Brahimi managed to convince

17 hrs ago
Israeli committee approves huge synagogue near Al-Aqsa Mosque

The synagogue will be located only 200 meters to the west of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and will consist of four

17 hrs ago

The Ghosts in Our Machine: Award-Winning Film a Life Changer

"The Ghosts in Our Machine" is an award-winning documentary directed by Liz Marshall. Voted one

April 1, 2014
Antarctic Whaling to End Because It Really Isn't Science

The United Nations court, the International Court of Justice, ruled against Japan in a case brought by

March 31, 2014
My Bionic Pet: A PBS Show on Disabled Animals and Saviors

In this inspiring and eye-opening documentary, you'll meet a wide variety of animals in need and

March 31, 2014

The Week Ahead March 31- April 5: GGE on the FMCT; Mine Action Day; 5th

The following are some of the key arms control dates and developments to watch in the coming week. For

March 30, 2014
Rubio Approach on INF Treaty Concerns Is Counterproductive

By Tom Z. Collina (UPDATED March 29) Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and other members of Congress are

March 28, 2014
The Mixed Message of the Senate Letter On the Iran Nuclear Talks

By Daryl G. Kimball (UPDATED 8:00pm) Clearly, Congress has an important role in implementing any

March 18, 2014

UWA closes ranks behind Lew – refuses access to data

Warmists hiding data? Who would have thought it possible? Steve McIntyre writes: I particularly take

March 28, 2014
Lewandowsky: UWA general counsel a Greenpeace supporter

Many complaints were filed at the University of Western Australia about the appalling research techniques

March 21, 2014
Lew Paper: Dana’s catalogue of excuses

LOL moment ahead! Dana is far more of a denier than any of those to whom he liberally applies that moniker.

March 20, 2014

Disaster declared after Chile quake

Chile declares two northern regions hit by a 8.2 magnitude earthquake to be disaster areas, with at least

2 hrs ago
Hollande ex-partner Royal in cabinet

French President Francois Hollande's former partner, Segolene Royal, joins the government after the

1 hr ago
Stolen art 'hung on kitchen wall'

Paintings by Paul Gauguin and Pierre Bonnard hung on an Italian factory worker's kitchen wall for

58 mins ago

Pollution to spread across England

Health warnings are issued by the government as pollution spreading across England is forecast to hit high

11 mins ago
Hillsborough police notes 'amended'

Police officers' accounts of the Hillsborough disaster were amended to remove negative comments about

55 mins ago
No evidence from PC murder accused

A man accused of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during the riots in Broadwater Farm in 1985 will "

2 hrs ago

Homeopathy: the solution to humanity's woes

OUR Economist Explains blog has just posted an article on why homeopathy is nonsense: The most

2 hrs ago
Barking up the right tree

MORE than 15 years have elapsed since America, the birthplace of the skyscraper, was last home to the

4 hrs ago
Bitcoins run hot and cold

ONE does not often find $100m in one's tatty old wallet. But that's just what Mt Gox, the shuttered

April 1, 2014

An Interview With Sam Dalton, Now In His Seventh Decade Of Criminal Defense

The year 2013 marked the 50th anniversary of two landmark Supreme Court cases in criminal defense law. In

December 30, 2013
Militarizing Santa Claus

A couple years ago, I wrote a story about efforts by citizens in the town of Keane, New Hampshire, to block

December 27, 2013
Dire Civil Liberties Predictions For 2014

As we come to the end of a year that saw revelations about massive government spying programs, horrifying

December 19, 2013

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People can now be forcibly drugged in their own homes in every state in the

The out patient forced treatment bill passed...people can now be forcibly drugged in their own homes in

2 hrs ago
We are not meant, in most cases, to lead separated lives…

We are not meant, in most cases, to lead separated lives… We require, natural solitaries or not, the

10 hrs ago
Health industry group: Replace psychiatrists with vending machines

A health care industry thinktank, US Health Insurance Consortium on Cost, advocates replacing psychiatrists

March 31, 2014

MIDWEEK OPEN THREAD

New thread. Now fill it up.

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“We are Muslims and proud to vote Marine Le Pen”

The BBC still seem reluctant to report this: France’s Muslims drawn to far

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Massacre Of The ‘Innocents’….“the worst crisis most people have never heard

When the bombs went off in London on 7/7 we were told that the real victims were Muslims&

7 hrs ago

Massive 8.2-Magnitude Quake Triggers Tsunami Off Chile

Warnings, including evacuation orders, issued for those living along entire Latin American Pacific coast

9 hrs ago
China Orders Big Banks to Close Bitcoin Trading Accounts

China's central bank has ordered the country's commercial banks and payment companies to close

9 hrs ago
Furious Russia Will Retaliate Over "Illegal And Absurd" Payment

While everyone was gushing over the spectacle on TV of a pro-HFT guy and anti-HFT guy go at it, yesterday

9 hrs ago

The Shift: The State of our Minds and the Mind of the State

Those who are plugged into reality are getting a sinking feeling in their gut; we’re

March 24, 2014
Obama The Prince: a tale of our unchanging power structure

The way by which power is realized and sustained has not changed. Today’s princes walk upon the

February 26, 2014
Questions for Statists

Imagine that you're living in a voluntary society with no government. Everyday for you is a

February 6, 2014

Small Businesses Causing Big Headaches for SOCOM Acquisition (UPDATED)

Body: By Stew Magnuson The head of U.S. Special Operations Command’s acquisitions organization, speaking

19 hrs ago
Aerospace, Consumer Tech Lobbies Join Forces to Push for Domestic Drone

Body: By Sandra I. Erwin Manufacturers and operators of small drones are becoming increasingly frustrated

March 27, 2014
Facing a Spectrum Crunch, DoD Solicits Ideas From Private Sector

Body: By Sandra I. Erwin The Pentagon worries that a dwindling supply of electromagnetic spectrum will

March 27, 2014

U.S. factory orders surge in February

The Commerce Department said on Wednesday new orders for manufactured goods jumped 1.6 percent, the biggest

29 mins ago
Wall Street opens flat after private jobs data

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks opened little changed on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 near its record high

1 hr ago
U.S. private job growth accelerates in March: ADP

U.S. companies picked up the pace of hiring in March, signaling the dampening effects of harsh winter

2 hrs ago

Proof of Turkish False Flag – Erdogan Hail Mary

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government was caught planning a false flag

March 29, 2014
Turkish PM Erdogan Bans Twitter – Usage Soars

“The international community will say this and that [about the ban], and it doesn’t concern me

March 22, 2014
TransEvolution: Homo predator, not Homo superior

By Rady Ananda COTO Report In TransEvolution: The Coming Age of Human Deconstruction, Daniel Estulin crafts

March 17, 2014

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Insanity is lurking on the other side…

Rock Band Bills Pentagon for Use of Music as Torture Just a couple of hours after uploading my recent

February 27, 2014
Shackled During Childbirth

What Would You Call it if Not Torture? My email inbox today included an online petition campaign from the

February 23, 2014
Refuge Documentary Now Available

REFUGE: Caring for Survivors of Torture The public launch of our hour-long documentary, Refuge: Caring

February 17, 2014

Gerald Celente – Vesti – March 24, 2014

*Note this interview is in Russian: Sane Americans are not ready to accept new orders

March 23, 2014
Gerald Celente – King World News – March 18, 2014

Coming cyber wars equivalent to Financial Nuclear War. Will bring down entire system 18

March 17, 2014
Gerald Celente – RTTV – March 17, 2014

Celente: Sanctions against Russia over Crimea are toothless. More than two dozen Russian

March 16, 2014

Statement by Robert Greenstein, President, on Chairman Ryan's Budget

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s new “Path to Prosperity” is, sadly, anything

18 hrs ago
Off the Charts Blog: Ryan Budget Again Proposes a Medicaid Block Grant

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Off the Charts Blog: Why Raising Health Reform's Threshold for Full

21 hrs ago

Seafloor Carpet Turns Surf’s up to Lights On

At the University of California, Berkeley, a team of engineers is pioneering ocean-source energy technology

March 25, 2014
Boeing’s SBRC Makes Biofuel from Agricultural Rejects

A decade ago, biofuels were considered the Holy Grail of combustion-engine fuels. Measurably cleaner than

March 10, 2014
Cliff Majersik, IMT, Identifies Efficiency as Energy’s Biggest Asset

The Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit working in the areas of

February 19, 2014

Freelance journalist: ‘Hijacked flight 370 passenger sent photo from hidden

Freelance journalist: ‘Hijacked flight 370 passenger sent photo from hidden iPhone tracing back to

19 hrs ago
The Truthseeker: Leaked US Regime Change Manual, Admits Ukraine’s its

Happy Xmas Ukraine! Openly pro-Nazi rioters ripping up paving stones for weapons and driving bulldozers

March 30, 2014
The Truthseeker: NGO documents plan Ukraine war

NGOs caught forging documents for war, insider warns all NGOs infiltrated; ‘Independent military

March 30, 2014

On Firefox and Wedding Photographers

The OK Cupid website is protesting the Mozilla CEO's past donations to anti-gay-marriage campaigns by

15 hrs ago
Climate Alarmism In One Statement: "Limited Evidence, High Agreement&

From James Delingpole: The draft version of the report's Summary For Policymakers made the startling

21 hrs ago
Ideological Turing Tests, Climate, and Minimum Wage

Yesterday I was interviewed for a student radio show, I believe from the USC Annenberg school. I have no

22 hrs ago

iSentia index: Knights, dames and boats

Prime Minister Tony Abbott was back at the top of the charts this week, with his latest announcements

12 hrs ago
Something’s rotten in the state of Treasury

Crikey readers talk Sophie Mirabella, what we should do about regulation and why Joe Hockey needs to do the

12 hrs ago
Morning Market Report

A big day for overseas markets, particularly in the UK.

12 hrs ago

How to look into the Solar interior

Researchers have proposed an underlying mechanism in the Sun that could be responsible for sunspots and the

10 hrs ago

Plant Trees Not Bombs in Afghanistan + Billions Being Wasted in Afghanistan

by Hakim Writer, Dandelion Salad http://ourjourneytosmile.com April 2, 2014 ourjourneytosmile·Apr 1, 2014

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How Americans Can Help World Peace by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from PressTV April 1, 2014 A first

16 hrs ago
Vladimir Putin: Rock Star Made in America by Cameron Salisbury

by Cameron Salisbury Writer, Dandelion Salad Opedinfo.com March 31, 2014 I was in Madrid in 2008 when CNN

17 hrs ago

PUSHING FOR STARVATION AT HOME AND WAR ABROAD: A TIME TO RESIST

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March 28, 2014
RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE NOW

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March 26, 2014
WHO MAKES UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY IN THE 21ST CENTURY (reposted)

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March 22, 2014

Former World Bank Senior Counsel Karen Hudes Says “Second Species” Controls

Are elongated-skull non-human creatures hiding amongst us? Via Collective-Evolution , about 21 minutes into

1 hr ago
What Oculus Rift Facebook Games Could Look Like

With public outcry over Facebook’s purchase of Oculus VR already at a deafening level, filmmaker Marc

3 hrs ago
A Songdream Fractal

Wiki Commons Jamie of The Nexian shares a DMT experience, with musings on the role bio-acoustics may play

9 hrs ago

Ghana: a Shining Democracy Without Accountability

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July 4, 2013
How Could Japan Offer $32billion In Aid To Africa?

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June 14, 2013
Why Are African Professors Becoming Politicians?

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June 5, 2013

Camus in the Time of Drones

by Jeffrey St. Clair . Reproduced by kind permission of Counterpunch . Lucien rises from bed in the

March 28, 2014
Defence Select Committee issues report on drones: PR trumps transparency

Click to download Three years ago today (25 March) four Afghan civilians were killed and two seriously

March 24, 2014
What’s wrong with drones?

On Tuesday 25 March the Defence Select Committee will publish the results of their inquiry ‘Remote

March 20, 2014

Scientists solve the riddle of zebras' stripes

Why zebras have black and white stripes is a question that has intrigued scientists and spectators for

17 hrs ago
Scientists ID genes that could lead to tough, disease-resistant varieties

As Earth's human population marches toward 9 billion, the need for hardy new varieties of grain crops

17 hrs ago
Self-healing engineered muscle grown in the laboratory

Biomedical engineers have grown living skeletal muscle that looks a lot like the real thing. It contracts

April 1, 2014

What Does a Future Without Nuclear Power Look Like for Southern California?

State wants renewables in the mix, but ultimately utilities will get to decide where most of the power will

23 hrs ago
Climate Change Report ‘Should Jolt People into Action,’ says IPCC Chief

UN science panel's chairman, Rajendra Pachauri, says report on impacts of rising temperatures should

March 31, 2014
Filipino Activist Carries Message of Urgency to Yokohama IPCC Meet

Look to the sun and save lives

March 31, 2014

Weather & climate change: how to interpret our past in order to prepare for

Summary: Nate Silver’s new 538 project has started with a bang by featuring Roger Pielke Jr telling

7 hrs ago
Auto loans are a driver of the expansion, but might be running out of gas

Summary: Modern history consists to a scary extent of boys with toys. Powerful tools used irresponsibly

April 1, 2014
The IPCC releases its advice on “Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability”. To

Summary: A draft has been leaked of the just-approved Working Group 2′s report to the IPCC’s

March 30, 2014

KBR’s Confidentiality Agreements Draw Congressional Scrutiny

Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

April 1, 2014
Washington Post Reports: SEC Investigating KBR

According to a March 11 report by The Washington Post , the Securities and Exchange Commission has opened

March 12, 2014
CA Supreme Court Upholds Physician’s Rights Under State Whistleblower Law

Last month the California Supreme Court issued a ruling in a case involving physician who filed a

March 7, 2014

Border province punishes Erdogan on Syria in polls

Supporters of Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan wave his portraits and Turkish and

March 31, 2014
Ukraine: Western Gangsterism and Propaganda

By Andre Vltchek As my plane left Dubai for Kiev, I began browsing through an endless pile of newspapers

March 31, 2014
Armenians Wake Up to the Truth: Turkey and NATO Behind Ethnic Cleansing in

Christof Lehmann ( nsnbc ) : The Syrian government stressed that Turkey has regularly facilitated the

March 31, 2014

And Now, Samuel L. Jackson's Slam Poem About Boy Meets World

Samuel L. M.F. Jackson dropped by The Tonight Show to put into slam poetry the emotions we all felt in the

21 mins ago
That Parent-Suing Cheerleader Just Landed a $56,000 Scholarship

Rachel Canning, the New Jersey high school senior who tried and failed to sue her parents for college

53 mins ago
Consumers Demand Artificial Food Without Artificial Ingredients

You, the American consumer, do not know any science, but you do know you want all of those "artificial

1 hr ago

PM: Climate Change Might Work In Our Favour

Iceland's Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, caused controversy yesterday when he said that
Icelanders Heading to Crossfit Regionals

Icelandic women and men represent 16% of those competing in the European Regionals for this year’s Crossfit
MPs Propose Examining Whaling

Nine members of Iceland's parliament have submitted a proposal calling upon the government to examine

Mission Compostable: Can Anyone Make Eco-Comedy Funny?

Why aren’t environmentalists funny? Because they recycle all their jokes. Luckily this year’s Eco-Comedy

16 hrs ago
Avocado-less Guacamole

Imagine guacamole without the avocado. That may be a reality we face in the coming years, either because

March 31, 2014
An Electric Car for Wheelchairs

Istvan Kissaroslaki was working in finance in Germany when he became sick -- sick enough that he had to

March 27, 2014

10 ways to hypermile and get the most energy out of your car

Under the hood of an electric car If you thought 2013 was a financially tough year, then fasten your seat

March 20, 2014
Teaching Tu B’Shevat in classrooms without borders

For many years Hebrew schools in North America barely related to the Jewish

January 16, 2014
Happy New Year Trees, and spiritual reasons for Tu B’Shevat Customs

Tonight marks the end of the Jewish holiday Tu B’Shevat. The Jewish New

January 16, 2014

Patient Volumes, Patterns Shifting

Reduced inpatient admissions and readmissions are having a corresponding effect on hospital and health

2 hrs ago
MSPB Adds Nuance to Readmission Rates

A new measure of healthcare efficiency, Medicare spending per beneficiary, is another pain point for

2 hrs ago
Senate Passes SGR Fix, Obama Likely to Sign

The vote marks the 17th time that Congress has provided a short-term fix for the formula that sets Medicare

April 1, 2014

2014 Worldwide Wave of Action: learn to prove corporate media as liars (7

The 2014 Worldwide Wave of Action (and here) begins ~April 4 on the anniversary of Martin King’s

March 31, 2014
2014 Worldwide Wave of Action: learn war law to end lie-began unlawful US

The 2014 Worldwide Wave of Action (and here) begins ~April 4 on the anniversary of Martin King’s

March 26, 2014
2014 Worldwide Wave of Action: 3 economic reforms worth $60+ Trillion (5 of

The 2014 Worldwide Wave of Action (and here) begins ~April 4 on the anniversary of Martin King’s

March 23, 2014

NSA Blows Its Own Top Secret Program in Order to Propagandize

Over the last 40 years, the U.S. government has relied on extreme fear-mongering to demonize transparency.

March 31, 2014
Der Spiegel: NSA Put Merkel on List of 122 Targeted Leaders

German Chancellor Angela Merkel uses her mobile phone in Berlin in 2011. (AP File Photo/Gero Breloer

March 29, 2014
US Takes a Break From Condemning Tyranny to Celebrate Obama’s Visit to

President Obama and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in June 2010 in the Oval Office of the White House. (

March 28, 2014

New Mexico’s Badlands

Pajarito Mesa is a tough place to live. Just 10 miles or so from downtown Albuquerque, N.M., it is 18,000

4 hrs ago
The ACA Could Be the Death Knell for Chicago’s Public Mental Health Clinics

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid, many more Chicagoans will have access to

17 hrs ago
The Scariest Things We Learned From the UN’s Climate Change Report

The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its latest report today.

18 hrs ago

Venue Change from Monument Valley to Kayenta: Screening of “High Power

Saturday, March 8, 2014 Venue Change from Monument Valley to Kayenta: Screening of “High Power

March 8, 2014
Fukushima to Four Corners Events in Arizona

Visit: www.nuclearfreezone.org MEDIA ADVISORY From Fukushima to the Four Corners: Communities

February 27, 2014
VIDEO Sakej Ward ‘Defining Warrior Societes’ – Originally posted at

Originally posted at Censored News. Sakej Ward in his video presentation defines a Warrior’s

February 20, 2014

Rural Costa Rican Women Plant Trees to Fight Climate Change

Olga Vargas next to the greenhouse with which the Quebrada Grande de Pital Women’s Association began to

1 hr ago
Africa’s Youth Not Lured by Unglamorous Farming

A farmer in Woliyta area of Ethiopia. Concern is growing that not enough is being done to engage Africa’s

4 hrs ago
Philippines Invokes Law to Fight Chinese Muscle

By Richard Heydarian MANILA, Apr 2 2014 (IPS) After a year of futile diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving

6 hrs ago

Malaysia Air Flight 370: Could Passengers Have Survived 777 Ascent To

By John Goglia With so much media speculation about the Malaysia Air Flight 370 Boeing BA +2.17% 777

14 hrs ago
Disappearance of MH 370 flight: The trillion dollar question to the US and

By Matthias Chang Malaysia is but a victim of this tragedy whose plane, MH 370 was used for a hidden

20 hrs ago
Diego Garcia: Philip Wood, IBM Engineer on Flight MH370, Posts Photo From

By Zachary Stieber, Epoch Times | March 30, 2014 One of the newest conspiracy theories about missing

21 hrs ago

Cold Revenge

"Meretz is a loyal old party, saying all the right things, unblemished by corruption. Unfortunately it
Military voyeurism or invasion of Syria?

"The ‘chemical weapons’ scenario seems to be the best cue for Washington and their western allies in
Men and Women: Their Contributions to the World

"Even in the area of warfare, for which men had been paying price in terms of loss of life and limbs

Roses and Rifles: Women from the FARC-EP

Peace Delegation FARC Published on 31 Mar 2014 Vilma Kahlo, director of Roses and Rifles: Colombia is a

March 31, 2014
MH 370: A Sinister Tragedy In the Fog of Coincidence

MH 370 – A Sinister Tragedy In the Fog of Coincidence? – By Matthias Chang (1/4/14) By Matthias

March 31, 2014
April 2014: News From Occupied Libya

It is our duty as well as our right to fight back against the forces of colonization and to hold their

March 31, 2014

DSEA

David Evans, Chairman of DSEA, joins our Education Board.

13 hrs ago
Nippon Coin Laundry

David A. Lloyd-Jones, Owner of Nippon Coin Laundry System K.K., joins our Futurists Board.

15 hrs ago
Effective Engineering Solutions

Louis C. Ares, VP International Business Development at Effective Engineering Solutions, joins our Business

March 31, 2014

‘Grass-Roots Army’

“There is this vast opportunity that I believe remains untapped.” Dan Senor Speaking at a

10 hrs ago
Taras Shevchenko

The Ukranian Institute of America is hosting a Taras Shevchenko Bicentennial Conference (March 28-29) in

March 27, 2014
‘Faith’ — in the Public Square

Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations in the UK, spoke at NYU’s Catholic

March 26, 2014

Hobby Lobby Is Making Liberals Foam At The Mouth. Liberals HATE Freedom Of

Hobby Lobby Is Making Liberals Foam At The Mouth. Liberals HATE Freedom Of Christian Religion It

17 hrs ago
Meet The Rabbit-Feeding Lady!

I’m still soooo tired, so no posting right now until I feel stronger……Anyway: This lady

23 hrs ago
Rita Hayworth In Color & Sepia

I love colorizing faces and hair… Miss Rita was a dynamic looking lady. They don’t make women

March 31, 2014

Big Solar: Big Gas (Ivanpah’s ‘dirty power’)

“It has been lauded as the world’s largest solar power plant, but the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating

8 hrs ago
“The Onion” Headlines We Would Love to See (some fun with fading

If a New York Times editorial can debunk the population scare (“ Overpopulation Is Not the Problem &#

April 1, 2014
Going on Offense: The American Energy Renaissance Act of 2014 (Cruz

“[The AERA] will prevent federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing, facilitate the expansion of domestic

March 31, 2014

Fox Touts Paul Ryan's New Budget Plan, Ignores Economists' Claims

Fox News' Sean Hannity lauded Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's latest budget, a proposal that
STUDY: CNN Largely Ignores Major Climate Report's Warnings

CNN devoted less than two minutes to a report by top international climate experts, who warned of

April 1, 2014
Study: Top NC Newspapers Miss Coverage Gap In Reporting On Medicaid

North Carolina's three largest papers by circulation gave little news coverage to the Medicaid coverage

March 31, 2014

New Report from the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change:

On March 31, 2014 the fifth in a series of scholarly reports produced by the Nongovernmental International

April 1, 2014
The Power of Marine Life to Cope with Environmental Change

Does it have what it takes? ... and what specifically is "what it takes"?

April 1, 2014
Evolution (Terrestrial Plants: Drought-Induced) -- Summary

One normally thinks of evolution as acting over very long spans of time. So can it do anything to help

April 1, 2014

World Bank will increase lending capacity by 100bn to 300bn in the next ten

The World Bank announced on Tuesday a series of measures to strengthen the bank

6 hrs ago
Venezuelan opposition lawmaker and supporters cleared from square with tear

Venezuelan troops dispersed opposition demonstrators with tear gas on Tuesday and

6 hrs ago
Malvinas bilateral sovereignty negotiations are 'inevitable'

Bilateral negotiations with the UK over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty

6 hrs ago

Foals return to 'stinkbox studio' to work on follow-up to 'Holy

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richard says:

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We could spend hours analyzing the new IPCC report about the impacts of climate change. Or we could just point out:

Everything in the Working Group II report depends entirely on Working Group I.

( see footnote 1 SPM, page 3).

Working Group I depends entirely on climate models and 98% of them didn’t predict the pause.

The models are broken. They are based on flawed assumptions about water vapor.

Even the IPCC admits in the fine print that the models don’t work. Water vapor in the tropics is the most important feedback, yet the models get it wrong. See Chapter Nine “Evaluation of Climate Models”:

Most, though not all, models overestimate the observed warming trend in the tropical troposphere over the last 30 years, and tend to underestimate the long-term lower stratospheric cooling trend. {9.4.1, Box 9.2, Figure 9.8}

“…In tropical regions, the models are too dry in the lower troposphere and too moist in the upper troposphere,” (p763)

“Most climate model simulations show a larger warming in the tropical troposphere than is found in observational data sets (e.g., McKitrick et al., 2010; Santer et al., 2013).”

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Konrad

April 2, 2014 at 1:55 pm · Reply

“Only the collectivists would try and house their beliefs in such an edifice”
And that is just what all the increasingly panicked shrieking is about. The global warming hoax is in full collapse and many members of the Professional Left have realised that in the age of the Internet the putrescent stain of global warming advocacy and the vilification of sceptics will never wash off.
Global warming was a global IQ test with results permanently recorded on the Internet.
No matter how the Professional Left thrash and flex, there is no escape. They were all so foolish they believed adding radiative gases to the atmosphere would reduce the atmospheres radiative cooling ability. That’s industrial strength stupidity. You can’t laugh that one off.

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April 2, 2014 at 1:01 pm · Reply

Have a look at this, from the SMH:
“Indeed, the panel calculates that food demand is rising at a pace of 14 per cent per decade. But it estimates that climate change is already reducing wheat yields by 2 per cent each decade – compared with where they would be in the absence of climate change — and corn yields by 1 per cent.”
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/is-the-world-going-to-run-out-of-food-20140402-35xf5.html#ixzz2xgqjf1cY
‘Compared with what they would be’… is not the same as what actually is, it’s also, most importantly, not verified. These people live in another reality. In other words, models supplant reality. Yields have been increasing for some time, which is spun to mean they are somehow decreasing based on a non-verified model, (or ‘decreasing’ based on what they would have been if…), .
‘what it would be without .’
Surely the world’s scientists and other bodies are going to start waking up to this nonsense from the IPCC and do something about it. Anyone can see there is a flaw in the reasoning.
Sceptical Sam

April 2, 2014 at 1:40 pm · Reply

Spot on Neville.
And to add to the IPCC’s stupidity the IPCC agrees:
“A large fraction of anthropogenic climate change resulting from CO2 emissions is irreversible on a multi-century to millennial time scale, except in the case of a large net removal of CO2 from the atmosphere over a sustained period. Surface temperatures will remain approximately constant at elevated levels for many centuries after a complete cessation of net anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Due to the long time scales of heat transfer from the ocean surface to depth, ocean warming will continue for centuries. Depending on the scenario, about 15 to 40% of emitted CO2 will remain in the atmosphere longer than 1,000 years. {Box 6.1, 12.4, 12.5}” P 26
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/docs/WGIAR5_SPM_brochure_en.pdf

Ross

April 2, 2014 at 1:09 pm · Reply

Well done Jo. I love it when I see problems/issues boiled down to the bare bones. It makes it so much easier for the average person to get to grips with it and much harder to argue against.
Information from Donna Laframboise I linked to yesterday allows a similar “boiling down” of the politics. Firstly in October 2013 the bureaucrats take the scientist’s Summary for Policy Makers to Stockholm and go line by line with it over several days to come up with a politically acceptable revision. The 10 pages of changes are sent back to the lead authors of the various chapters to alter the wording / data to align with the new Summary doc.
( remember the scientists have spent several years writing these chapters so it hard to see how they could make so many “errors” –or maybe they are not experts afterall)
Then we find out that the amended Summary is amended again by the UN bureaucrats due to pressure from probably anyone with a vested interest. This is again gone over line by line in Yokohama in a four day meeting, last week.
So how much “factual” data is in the final Summary and how much political spin is in it, is anybody’s guess.

scaper...

April 2, 2014 at 1:17 pm · Reply

Just listened to a podcast, Alan Jones talking to Miranda Devine.
What makes me angry, has been stated by Jo and mostly all here is the fact that this diversion has actually been a pause in science to serve humanity.
Certain warmists have stated that the sceptics should be jailed for a crime against humanity, democracy should be suspended and even worse.
I believe that the perpetrators should and will be pursued not long into the future for their crimes against humanity as the pause in real science will have unseen, as yet, repercussions on humanity.
So much could have been achieved for half the funding that has been soaked up in the name of AGW. Personally, I believe climate science at this time is not much further in understanding the complexities than when the wheel was invented.

TdeF

April 2, 2014 at 1:44 pm · Reply

You have to love the idea that the computer models were all completely wrong, but the IPCC now know precisely why they were wrong. Ha! You can fiddle a model to predict anything in hindsight, but that does not make it right either. Just add a plausible fiddle factor in a super complex system until things go down again, for a while.
So what is their certainty that their error is now corrected with water vapour? I would suggest their certainty has an uncertainty of 98%.
What is necessary is a model which predicts all the known past, the previous warming periods, the ones which were rubbed out and cooling periods and for good measure, El Nino and La Nina. It is one thing to come up with a great Spanish name for the events, but does that mean we understand enough to predict the biggest single events in world meterology? Nope. Get tomorrow’s weather right first and establish some credibility. In Melbourne we seem to get climate change every day, or is that the climate?

Konrad

April 2, 2014 at 2:26 pm · Reply

“Everything in the Working Group II report depends entirely on Working Group I.”
Jo,
This is exactly where sceptics should be focusing their attack, because the foundation hypothesis, the idea of a net radiative GHE, is the weakest link.
I understand you may be a “lukewarmer” like Anthony Watts, but the “warming but less than we thought” position only provides short term gain. Science is still wounded if the idea of a net radiative GHE persists in any shape or form.
Have a look again at the calculations behind the radiative GHE hypothesis and have a think what they really mean in terms, not of maths, but actual physics. The claim of the Church of Radiative Climatology is that radiative gases in our atmosphere raises the surface temperature by around 33C.
That would mean that the atmosphere is warming the oceans from -18C (255K) to +15C (288K). This is essentially claiming that the net effect of the atmosphere over the oceans is warming of the oceans. Given the oceans lose most of their absorbed solar energy via evaporation to the atmosphere, does the claim of a net warming effect of the atmosphere over the oceans sound even remotely plausible?
Could a non-radiative atmosphere provide the same cooling to the oceans? No, because such an atmosphere would have no way to cool itself.
To see how hideously wrong climastrologists are, have a look at solar pond storage technology. When water is prevented from cooling to the atmosphere, water temperatures can reach 90C.
Another sanity check. -18C would mean our oceans were a solid block of ice. Where is the “snowline” in the solar system? It’s out at 3AU.
The mistake is that climastrologists treated our oceans as a blackbody in their calcs, not as a transparent material heated at depth. They got the temperature for the oceans in the absence of atmospheric cooling and DWLWIR out by around 98C!
Our oceans need the atmosphere to cool them and our atmosphere needs radiative gases to cool it.
Yes, the “strongly positive water vapour feedback” thing is provably wrong, but there is actually a far greater error in WG1. Normal science cannot be restored until the very idea of a net radiative GHE is destroyed.

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