My article on anarcho-primitivsm, written in May, has of late sparked some quite interesting debate. In particular, a commenter called Cecil Curry has posted a lengthy response which has also appeared on his blog, Mysidian Dreams. Especially as it claimed to put forward an argument I had failed to address, I thought that this deserved … Read more
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Climate Change Deniers, having long ago lost the argument of the science - have concentrated much of their energy on smearing the most prominent people associated with the IPCC: chair of the IPCC Rajendra Pachauri came in for loads of flack about him cashing in on climate change - serious allegations - except that none of it was true. So yet again the bastion of anti-science reporting, The
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We are always hearing hyperbole from climate change sceptics denialists telling us that 'people' are 'waking up' to the 'fraud' of climate change and will reject it - soon. Any day now. That this is an issue about freedom, liberty and all that. Well in Australia they had an election and climate change was a clear issue in the election - so clear that it was the emergence of a single issue
This is just gold. Cherry picking is taking on small bits of data that prove your case and ignoring other data that does not. Climate change denialists love to do this. Here's Monkton 'proving' that the ice at the Arctic is not melting...It's a slam dunk, yes? Lets plot those data points in Monkton's pretty pictures into a graph..And now fill in the missing bits of data Monkton decided not to
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- Poisoning of Gaza water puts population at risk | PCHR 11 August 2010
- 49% of Americans support repealing birthright citizenship: CNN poll | Raw Story 11 August 2010
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- Of 2,000 civil liberties complaints, Justice Dept. investigates one – Jeff Stein | WaPo 11 August 2010
- U.S. failed to plan for Guantanamo convicts: judge | Reuters 11 August 2010
- Czechs say they may trade North Korea’s debt for aphrodisiac | AFP 11 August 2010
- Japan debt safer than U.S. debt: China economist | Reuters 11 August 2010
- US dollar falls to a 15-year low against the yen | AP 11 August 2010
- \Iraq ‘needs US military support until 2020′ | AFP 11 August 2010
- HUD Offers Interest-Free Loans for Borrowers Facing Foreclosure | BusinessWeek 11 August 2010
- Blackwater guards indicted for murder | Raw Story 11 August 2010
- Huge ice island could pose threat to oil, shipping | AP 11 August 2010
- U.N. appeals for $459 million for flooded Pakistan | Reuters 11 August 2010
- WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Could Face Criminal Charges from U.S. Allies – Philip Shenon | The Daily Beast 11 August 2010
- America Is ‘Bankrupt Mickey Mouse Economy’: CIO | CNBC 11 August 2010
- Iran sanctions ‘strengthening Ahmadinejad’ – Karroubi | The Guardian 11 August 2010
- U.S. Economy: Trade Gap Jumped by Record $7.9 Billion in June | BusinessWeek 11 August 2010
- Fed Reverses Exit Plan With $2 Trillion Holding Floor | BusinessWeek 11 August 2010
- Is the Right to Strike Coming to China? | BusinessWeek 11 August 2010
- News Analysis: U.S. and Iraqi Interests May Work Against Pullout – Tim Arango | NY Times 11 August 2010
- Analysis Looks at Effect of Letting Tax Cuts Lapse for Rich | NY Times 11 August 2010
- Solar Projects Envisioned on Dry California Farmland | NY Times 11 August 2010
- Activists on Mavi Marmara Fired First, Israeli Military Chief Says | NY Times 11 August 2010
- State Dept. faces skyrocketing costs as it prepares to expand role in Iraq | WaPo 11 August 2010
- ‘US will not give armed drones to Pak’ | The Times of India 11 August 2010
- Indian prime minister calls for end to Kashmir violence | BBC News 11 August 2010
- In Mission With Afghan Police, Issues of Trust | NY Times 11 August 2010
- The Weak Case for War with Iran – Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett | Foreign Policy 11 August 2010
- The Permanent War System Rolls On – Gareth Porter | Antiwar.com 11 August 2010
- COIN Thinking on a Larger Scale Might Work – Ivan Eland | Antiwar.com 11 August 2010
- IDF troops beat up Haaretz reporter | Ynet 11 August 2010
- Omar Khadr, never given a chance 11 August 2010
- Israel’s Gaza blockade: Millions of dollars worth of aid piles up in warehouses | CS Monitor 11 August 2010
- Dictatorship, War and the Federal Reserve (Video) | Little Alex in Wonderland 11 August 2010
- Khadr Show-’Trial’ Blacked Out of NY Times, So Obamaphiles Won’t Care (Video) | Little Alex in Wonderland 11 August 2010
- Colombia opens door for talks with FARC rebels | WaPo 11 August 2010
- US announces 20 million dollars more in aid for Pakistan | AFP 11 August 2010
- Focus U.S.A.: Will Israel really attack Iran within a year? | Haaretz 11 August 2010
- Iran, Lebanon aid: Iran says it will make up for the cutoff of U.S. aid | LA Times 11 August 2010
- Colombia, Venezuela to restore diplomatic ties | AP 11 August 2010
- U.S. House Sends $26 Billion State Aid Bill to Obama | BusinessWeek 11 August 2010
- SAfrica’s ANC party wants tribunal for journalists | AP 10 August 2010
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There is a great post - it's about boiling down complex answers to typical denial schpeel into easy to digest introductions. For example:Denial: “It’s the sun” Answer: The sun’s output has barely changed since 1970 and is irrelevant to recent global warming. Denial: “Climate’s changed before”Climate reacts to whatever forces it to change at the time, which now is dominated by humans. Denial:“
I've heard the deniers go on and on about how the models used in climate prediction are wrong, or can't be right or are just models and don't mean anything in the real world. Problem is, they are right:Last January, the Met Office announced that it believed this year would, indeed, be a record scorcher. Given that Britain was then coated in thick snow, the prediction was brave.It was accurate
The climate change lobby loves to roll out S. Fred Singer to mount an argument form authority. He's a scientist and he says it all wrong, so it must be wrong. Except look at the issues he's been wrong on? All of 'em. He's a paid shill;One of my favorite Jerry Seinfeld episodes is the one where George Costanza tells Jerry that every decision he has ever made has turned out to be wrong. Jerry