22 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  5. So even when they’re happy, (to be bringing on some sort of reaction), they’re unhappy:
    “The idea is to do a highly aggressive and threatening act in public yet make it look like an act of piety, so that any response to it other than total submission to the subversion of public space to Islamic purpose, appears to be an aggressive and anti-freedom act, as well as a breach of their rights to freedom of religion and making the Muslims be both the aggressor and victim at the same time.”
    http://vladtepesblog.com/2014/02/15/germans-fight-back-to-classic-provocation-tactic-at-last/
    ~ posted at BCF this morning.

  12. Science has lost its way, at a big cost to humanity
    Researchers are rewarded for splashy findings, not for double-checking accuracy. So many scientists looking for cures to diseases have been building on ideas that aren’t even true.
    October 27, 2013| Michael Hiltzik
    In today’s world, brimful as it is with opinion and falsehoods masquerading as facts, you’d think the one place you can depend on for verifiable facts is science.
    You’d be wrong. Many billions of dollars’ worth of wrong.
    A few years ago, scientists at the Thousand Oaks biotech firm Amgen set out to double-check the results of 53 landmark papers in their fields of cancer research and blood biology.
    The idea was to make sure that research on which Amgen was spending millions of development dollars still held up. They figured that a few of the studies would fail the test — that the original results couldn’t be reproduced because the findings were especially novel or described fresh therapeutic approaches.
    But what they found was startling: Of the 53 landmark papers, only six could be proved valid.
    “Even knowing the limitations of preclinical research,” observed C. Glenn Begley, then Amgen’s head of global cancer research, “this was a shocking result.”
    Unfortunately, it wasn’t unique. A group at Bayer HealthCare in Germany similarly found that only 25% of published papers on which it was basing R&D projects could be validated, suggesting that projects in which the firm had sunk huge resources should be abandoned. Whole fields of research, including some in which patients were already participating in clinical trials, are based on science that hasn’t been, and possibly can’t be, validated.
    http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/27/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20131027

  14. Neo-AGW Progress Report.
    Our AGWar correspondent reports from the Front.
    “Russian Organizers answered the challenge with batteries of snow cannons, careful planning and chemicals to keep the pistes and courses up to Olympic par.
    “The number of snow cannons concentrated on one single resort is unique,” said Rosa Khutor resort representative Sergey Belikov on Monday.”
    …-
    “Sochi weathers warm temperatures but struggles with fog”
    http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/17/us-olympics-weather-idUSBREA1G0HY20140217

  15. “*Elsewhere I have said that often theory seems to make us stupider than we would be without the theory.”
    …-
    “CRISES IN CLIMATOLOGY”
    “Guest essay by Donald C. Morton
    Herzberg Program in Astronomy and Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada
    ABSTRACT
    The Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released in September 2013 continues the pattern of previous ones raising alarm about a warming earth due to anthropogenic greenhouse gases. This paper identifies six problems with this conclusion – the mismatch of the model predictions with the temperature observations, the assumption of positive feedback, possible solar effects, the use of a global temperature, chaos in climate, and the rejection of any skepticism.”
    http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/02/17/crises-in-climatology/#more-103402
    …-
    “*Taleb, Mystery and Conservatism”
    “Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Greek Orthodox Christian from Lebanon; the Levant. In the course of his book Antifragile, he promotes skepticism, theism, tradition, the writings of the stoics and seeks to restrict the claims of theory and “naïve rationalism.”
    Elsewhere I have said that often theory seems to make us stupider than we would be without the theory. This is particularly true when theory says something is not possible.”
    http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/5121

  16. Da Skerry Page.
    H/T AGW’s Ende Stupid&Stupider Times.
    Read all ’bout the SHTF scenarios.
    …-
    “Gold price signals China credit bubble bursting as investors seek safety”
    “Uncertainty is growing over China’s ability to sustain the rapid rates of economic growth it has seen over the past decade”
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/commodities/10642184/Gold-price-signals-China-credit-bubble-bursting-as-investors-seek-safety.html
    …-
    “Is it time to join the ‘preppers’? How to survive the climate-change apocalypse”
    “The floods and storms that have wreaked havoc across Britain this winter could be just the beginning, and now a growing number of people are making preparations for the end of the modern world. Here’s what you’ll need to do to stand a chance”
    “We are getting close to what might be called The Noah Scenario.”
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/17/time-to-join-preppers-survive-climate-change-apocalypse

  18. AGW Kills Update.
    …-
    “Roof of South Korean resort collapses at university orientation, killing 9”
    “South Korean media reported that the heavy snowfall was believed to have resulted in the collapse, but the cause was still being investigated.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/3-students-dead-several-feared-trapped-in-south-korea-building-collapse/article16920750/
    …-
    “Senators to Host Climate Change Slumber Party”
    “A group of U.S. Senators is planning a slumber party to discuss climate change. So, bring your sleeping bags, pillows, and blankets because Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D- Rhode Island) told activists at Organizing for Action that these plans are a go!
    And, don’t forget to bring an extra alarm clock for a congressman you think needs to “wake up” to the threat of climate apocalypse:”.
    http://www.cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/matt-vespa/senators-host-climate-change-slumber-party

  19. I put this up near the end of yesterday’s ‘ reader tips’ , but I think it needs to be seen by as many as possible.
    On yesterday’s CTV “Question Period”, Gerald Butts, Justin’s chief strategist was being interviewed by Bob Fife, CTV’s chief political reporter.
    Butts was speaking about how ‘ Justin walks the walk as well as talks the talk’ unlike Stephen Harper. Mr. Butts then said this as an example; ” He just didn’t say that he was going to have his caucus disclose its expenses once elected. He did so as soon he made the announcement “.
    The top Liberal strategist blatantly lied to insult the PM while pumping up his guy, and Fife let it slide.
    As of 10 minutes ago, the Liberal party’s ‘proactive disclosure’ is still a fine example of Justin ‘talking the talk, while admiring himself in the mirror.’
    Justin has two flights up, Ralphie has a return flight and a meal, some have nothing listed.
    The Libs lie, the media aid and abet their lies, the rest of us pay for it.
    http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=286888

  20. Forgot to put this in my comment above,and it is important;
    Justin announced his ‘ proactive disclosure’ scheme on June 5th, 260 days ago.

  21. “*The power grid is a jealous bitch, there’s not an iota of storage.”
    …-
    “*The Levelized Cost of Electric Generation”
    “In early 2013, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) released their new figures for the “levelized cost” of new power plants. I just came across them, so I thought I’d pass them on. These are two years more recent than the same EIA cost estimates I discussed in 2011 here. Levelized cost is the average cost of power from a new generating plant over its entire lifetime of service. The use of levelized cost allows us to compare various energy sources on an even basis. Here are the levelized costs of power by fuel source, for plants with construction started now that would enter service in 2018:”.
    http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/02/16/the-levelized-cost-of-electric-generation/
    …-
    “Snubbed by BC Hydro, small towns see opportunity off mainstream grid”
    “Some small communities that learned in December that BC Hydro would not be providing them with electricity as planned have curbed their disappointment, saying mainstream power might not be a good fit for them anyway. They’re now turning their attention to alternative energy sources.
    Residents of Wuikinuxv Village near Port Hardy and Hesquiaht near Tofino say renewable energy could be key to solving the problems that have long plagued their towns.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/snubbed-by-bc-hydro-small-towns-see-opportunity-off-mainstream-grid/article16923595/

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