The Sound Of Settled Science

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The Lukewarmer;

Short version-some people who were (mostly) not scientists and certainly don’t know how to do research properly conducted a series of studies that had foregone conclusions supporting their position on climate policy. For Prall, Cook and Lewandowsky the foregone nature of the conclusions was explicit-they wrote on various websites that they were conducting the studies with a predetermined end. For Oreskes it was implicit, but easy to see, as she structured her research carefully, not to show the breadth of opinion on climate change, but rather to conceal it.

h/t Don B.

Your Moral and Intellectual Superiors

Religion Of Submission The Tolerant Left 12 Comments

Recent events in France have finally put the nail in the coffin of the philosophical world view of anyone describing themselves as a “progressive” or a “liberal”. In this conversation (podcast) with Charles Adler, the CATO Institute’s Patrick Basham succinctly dissects the phoniness and all encompassing falsehoods that define Leftism in 2015. Here’s one, of many, brilliant things that Basham said (paraphrasing):

In today’s political climate throughout much of the West, the reaction to what one says is determined, not by the content of one’s words and the substance and significance of what one has to say, but rather by the colour of the skin or the religion that’s practiced by the person speaking those words.

What they’re talking about was the recent TV interview of Rotterdam mayor, Ahmed Aboutaleb, which you can watch here.

Great Moments In Socialism

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Fox News;

Rationing began in September when consumers were forced to register their fingerprints at PDVAL stores in order to limit the consumption of 23 basic goods ranging from milk to toilet paper–in order to prevent the resale and smuggling of goods, authorities said.
But since many public supermarkets didn’t get scanning machines, most shops registered identity card numbers instead.

Seems like a lot of trouble. Tattoos would be easier.
h/t Kevin B.

We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans

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A win for the good guys;

Cape Wind was supposed to be America’s first offshore wind project. Chief sponsor Jim Gordon labored since 2001 (14 years!) on his vision of 130 massive spinning fans sited in shallow federal waters off New England’s historic coastline (468 MW at maximum capacity). Mr. Gordon was the darling of environmental groups and green-minded politicos who pushed big wind at any price.
Last week, the project was dealt a fatal blow when utilities who contracted to buy the energy terminated their agreements. Cape Wind will never be built, and no amount of green-colored optimism will change that fact.

h/t Don B.

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