Grubergate Cont.
Here is some interesting perspective on Grubergate from The New Republic. I was going to be snarkey, but sometime it’s worthwhile to sit back and reflect.
Category: Politics / Law Stuff
From The “It’s Only Bad When Republicans Do It” File – Grubergate
What is it with academics, politics, and honesty? First we had Climategate – Now we have Grubergate! Grubergate? Grubergate???? What the hell is Grubergate? Well, just like Climategate, if you get most of your news from the MSM, you’ve never heard of it because they’re not reporting it and ignoring the story. It involves MIT […]
Tale Of Two America’s – Corporate Greed VS Government Need.
Remember when gas prices doubled and went up from $2 a gallon to over $4 a gallon, and the newsies threw a hissyfit? Here is the San Francisco Chronicle monitoring the situation as gas prices go above the then record of $3.36 a gallon. Fast forward a few years to 2010. The bay area subway […]
Global Warming Fixed! – Thank You Prince Charles UPDATE!
Ah, the prescience of Prince Charles. Headline, from the Telegraph UK, eighteen months ago: Prince Charles: Eighteen months to stop climate change disaster The Prince of Wales has warned that the world faces a series of natural disasters within 18 months unless urgent action is taken to save the rainforests. In one of his most […]
Friday January 8th, 2010 in Global Warming Hysteria, Politics / Law Stuff, Stupidity / Satire | 14 Comments »
What’s The Old Saying About Making The Same Mistakes Over And Over And Over Again?
From a write-up by John Fund: Democrats are reportedly busy devising a strategy as a firewall against a citizen revolt at the polls. Rather than emphasize their party’s accomplishments, they will attack Republicans for wanting to restore the discredited Bush era. “The Republican party in Washington today is no different than the Republican party that […]
Bloggers Beware: How Stupid Reporting / Editind/ Editorializing Can Distort A Story.
I come across this problem a lot, especially when blogging about politics or global warming. Based on This Story about an AC / DC concert being threatened because “their big sound poses a danger to rare birds” I started to write this post titled: Rock Band AC / DC Set To Kill Birds With Music! […]
Sunday December 27th, 2009 in Birds, Music / Video, Politics / Law Stuff, Stupidity / Satire, Throwd Off Drunk! | 3 Comments »
“This is not renaming the post office. Make no mistake — this bill will reshape our nation and our lives.”
That is the reaction from Senate Minority Leader, Republican Mitch McConnell, on the vote to pass the Senates version of Obamacare. The GOP leadership is licking their chops, as this as seen as a real opportunity to win more votes from the independents who voted for Obama and Democrats in 2008. At this point, it’s […]
Monday December 21st, 2009 in Politics / Law Stuff | No Comments »
Dopenhagen – Yep, It’s All About The Money!
U.S. to contribute to $100B climate fund to help developing countries. From the article: Emerging economies such as China, India, Brazil and South America must agree to be open to internal verification of international carbon limits under the plan. “If there is not even a commitment to some sort of transparency, then that’s kind of […]
Friday December 18th, 2009 in Climategate, Global Warming Hysteria, Politics / Law Stuff, Stupidity / Satire | No Comments »
What’s Wrong With Climate Science And Education?????
Could be the same thing. Hat Tip: Insta – P
Thursday December 10th, 2009 in Climategate, Politics / Law Stuff, Science / Teacher Stuff | No Comments »
Moutains Out Of Molehills…. Or Himalayans – The IPCC Strikes Out
One of the stated policies of the IPCC is to only use peer reviewed materials in their AR publications. Setting aside questions of peer review accuracy that have been raised due to Climategate, there are instances where they don’t stick to the stated goal. There was one instance where they used a no-peer reviewed graph […]
Tuesday December 8th, 2009 in Climategate, Global Warming Hysteria, Politics / Law Stuff, Science / Teacher Stuff, Stupidity / Satire, Tortured Logic | No Comments »