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Reality Has Just Caught Up With You
2007-09-06 17:43:00 Blacksun was kind enough to link to me so I’m returning the favor, but this is no frivolous tit-for-tat. What does the pretty picture mean? Head to Black Sun Journal and find out. More About: Reality , Caught , Ality , With You
SiteMeter Made a Bad Call
2007-09-06 16:49:00 Well, I had to remove SiteMeter from the site this morning. It seems that the company decided to start placing third party cookies from dg.specificlick.net onto my visitors browsers via their stat counter app. This is annoying. Couple that with this: I found out about dg.specificlick.net because I’ve had some load-time issues and one of ... More About: Made , Call
No Explicit Denial?
2007-09-05 15:56:00 I’ve noticed that a few– and I’m sure there are more– blogs on the right have been jumping for joy over a recent survey of research papers that, to quote the Daily Tech, “Of 528 total papers on climate change, only 38 (7%) gave an explicit endorsement of the consensus. If one considers “implicit” endorsement ... More About: Denial
Blogs for Attacking Iran?
2007-09-04 16:21:00 I’m tempted to start spreading the rumor that Mark Noonan has died and been replaced with someone significantly more reasonable. As for me, personally, I would eschew airstrikes until we’ve at least given blockade a try. Destroy Iran ’s one oil refinery and then prevent them from importing or exporting gasoline and oil - Iran’s economy is ... More About: Blogs , Attack , Atta
Support the Troops? Try this suggestion.
2007-09-04 15:26:00 One of the articles at the Move America Forward website talks about the ?Fight For Victory Tour? and how to drum up support for the war. Drumming up support for the war??? Here’s how you can do that: ENLIST, ASSHOLE!!! Soldiers are being sent back to Iraq again and again, sometimes for a fourth or ... More About: Support , Suggestion , Troops
Ray Evans? ?Nine facts about climate change?
2007-09-03 18:54:00 I came across ?Nine Facts About Climate Change (PDF)?, by Ray Evans , while working on my series about Bob Carter’s ?The Myth of Dangerous Human-Caused Climate Change (PDF)?. Evans begins with the brilliant observation that “1. Climate change is a constant.” Wow! Profound. This is the stuff of paradigm shattering legend. I mean, it is almost ...
CoG: Pulp Edition!
2007-09-03 17:45:00 Atheist FAQ has constructed a magnificent Carnival of the Godless. Thrown together by chance, kept together by a shared passion for truth, The Godless scour the globe to investigate, debunk, and confront issues of religion, belief, and atheism! Atheist FAQ: Carnival of the Godless #74, Pulp Edition ! addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hells-handmaiden.com%2F 2007%2F09%2F03%2Fcog-pulp-edition%2F'; addthis_title ...
The Humanist Symposium #7 - Bligbi
2007-09-03 00:55:00 The Humanist Symposium #7 - Bligbi addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hells-handmaiden.com%2F 2007%2F09%2F02%2Fthe-humanist-symposium-7 -bligbi%2F'; addthis_title = 'The+Humanist+Symposium+%237+-+Bligbi'; addthis_pub = 'blacktie'; More About: Society , Posi
Bob Carter?s Mythology: Dangerous Temperatures?
2007-09-02 19:08:00 ?The Myth of Dangerous Human-Caused Climate Change?, Bob Carter ’s frontal assault on the science of global warming, is one of the more cited sources in support of the claim that human caused climate change is nonsense science. I’ve read the piece, and I’ve written a string of posts on it. Part I is a fairly ... More About: Mythology , Ology
We didn?t know we?d go through all 500
2007-09-02 16:15:00 I’ve seen this billed as “The Film the Republican Party Doesn’t Want You to See”. It is, but only because the Republican Party set itself staunchly behind the President. The GOP, in general, is guilty only of two things– 1) complicity, like everyone else in the nation but especially in government, and 2) the much ... More About: Iraq , War
I pledge allegiance
2007-09-01 17:26:00 Well… we all know how the rest of that goes. Slam dunk proof that America was founded a Christian nation, right? The problem is that no one seems to remember that “under God” was inserted in 1954. Take a look. Godless on the Wasatch Front has a picture of old statue with the Pledge inscribed on ... More About: Allegiance
This I Not My Country: September
2007-08-31 17:03:00 Submissions for this carnival were near overwhelming– definitely not a bad thing. Strangely enough, most of them were relevant as well, which is a bit of a miracle. Thank you all for submitting. Largely due to the volume of submissions, I’ve adopted a very streamlined presentation this go-round and I’ve resisted the urge to comment ... More About: Country , September , Sept
Bob Carter?s Mythology: Global Average Temperature
2007-08-30 17:41:00 ?The Myth of Dangerous Human-Caused Climate Change?, Bob Carter ’s frontal assault on the science of global warming, is one of the more cited sources in support of the claim that human caused climate change is nonsense science. I’ve read the piece. This is part VII is a series devoted to its analysis. Part I is ... More About: Mythology , Temperature , Global , Ology
Bob Carter?s Mythology: Is Global Temperature Meaningless?
2007-08-28 18:05:00 Bob Carter published a paper titled ?The Myth of Dangerous Human-Caused Climate Change?, in which he purports to dismantle the so called ‘alarmist’ science of global warming. Part I is a fairly light introduction. Part II digs into Carter?s claim that we have no theory of climate and hence can’t deal with what climate information ... More About: Mythology , Temperature , Global , Ology
Bob Carter?s Mythology: Consensus My(cheal Crichton?s) A*%!
2007-08-27 17:28:00 Bob Carter published a paper titled ?The Myth of Dangerous Human-Caused Climate Change?, in which he purports to dismantle the so called ‘alarmist’ science of global warming. Part I is a fairly light introduction. Part II digs into Carter?s claim that we have no theory of climate and hence can’t deal with what climate information ... More About: Mythology , Cons , Ology
Foreign Policy?s Blind Eye to Human Nature
2007-08-27 06:46:00 Foreign Policy is pushing what I can only read as a tragically pie-in-the-sky analysis of world politics in an age of global warming. The point, summarized conveniently by the article’s author, is that “Corrupt, tyrannical governments?not changes in the Earth?s climate?will be to blame for the coming resource wars.” and again, “arguing that climate change ... More About: Nature , Human Nature , Human , Foreign Policy
Global warming? War?
2007-08-26 03:02:00 Not to blow my own horn but …. Many experts view climate change as a “threat multiplier” that intensifies instability around the world by worsening water shortages, food insecurity, disease, and flooding that lead to forced migration. That’s the thrust of a 35-page report (PDF) by 11 admirals and generals this week issued by the Alexandria, ... More About: Global Warming , Global , Ming , Armin
Football makes you a Good Man
2007-08-26 00:06:00 Once, long ago after playing Jr. High football for two weeks– a sport about which I cared little and for which I was just about in every way unsuited–, after suffering through hot afternoon of severe hay fever on the football fields, after two week of staying up to midnight to finish my homework only ... More About: Football , Good , Foot
Of monkeys and men
2007-08-25 18:32:00 I post this not as a joke, for those of you who might be tempted to laugh at sexual harassment. I point it out to illustrate how close we are to the rest of the animal world, and how close they are to us. “The monkeys grab their breasts, and gesture at us while pointing at ... More About: Monkeys
I knew this was Nugent
2007-08-25 17:37:00 I knew. I just knew. As soon as I saw the headline on my RSS reader, I knew that the ‘rocker’ in question was god-damned Ted Nugent. LiveLeak.com - Ted Nugent Goes Off On Obama And Hillary! Nugent makes great music, or he used to at least. I can’t help it. He sounds great. But he is ... More About: Gent
Bob Carter?s Mythology: Digital Fortune Telling
2007-08-25 06:45:00 Welcome to Part IV of ‘Bob Carter ?s Mythology ’, my analysis of Bob Carter’s oft quoted ?The Myth of Dangerous Human-Caused Climate Change?, in which Carter purports to dismantle the so called ‘alarmist’ science of global warming. Part I is a fairly light introduction. Part II digs into Carter?s claim that we have no theory of ... More About: Global Warming , Fortune , Digital
An Objectivism ? what, exactly?
2007-08-23 18:37:00 I haven’t read much of Ayn Rand, though I’ve been told on the rare occasion that I sometimes say things that sound like her. I’m not sure if that is true. I do know of elements of her philosophy that I can agree to, at least on a prima facia basis. And frankly, she looks ... More About: Objectivism
?Christians Aren?t Allowed To Be Jerks?
2007-08-22 17:47:00 I didn’t say it, a Christian did– one with some edjumacation too. I don’t understand how a Christian can talk about love, then feel he has complete liberty to be nasty, unpleasant, conniving or catty–a jerk, to put it simply. This happens with Christian leaders more often than I’d like to admit. I don’t understand how ... More About: Christians , Jerks , Allo
Foehammer?s Grey Matter
2007-08-22 16:59:00 Those of you who are repeat visitors might remember the exchange I had long ago with FoeHammer of Foehammer ’s Anvil, in which Foe repeatedly asserted his superior study and understanding of Islam. For example: My site is saturated with facts, hundreds of articles, many written entirely by me, with links to back up what I say. Instead ... More About: Grey , Matter
Bob Carter?s Mythology: Carbon Dioxide
2007-08-21 18:21:00 This article is Part III of my series on Robert Carter ’s, or R.M. Carter’s, or Bob Carter?s paper ?The Myth of Dangerous Human-Caused Climate Change.? Part I is a fairly light introduction. Part II digs into some of Carter’s talking points, notably his claims that we don’t have a theory of climate and hence, ... More About: Mythology , Carbon , Ology
Revelations of Heaven and Hell? Hallelujah!
2007-08-20 16:27:00 It seems that 7 Columbian youths were taken by Jesus up to Heaven and shown the glories of God. The first three of the six testimonies, the seventh having been lost due to technical difficulties, are the longest and best constructed. The last three strike me as having been thrown in to hit a couple ... More About: Hallelujah , Revelations , Hell , Heaven and Hell
Bob Carter?s Mythology: Some Talking Points
2007-08-19 22:08:00 This article is Part II of a series that begins with Bob Cart er’s Mythology : Introduction. Bob Carter paper “The Myth of Dangerous Human-Caused Climate Change” must be one of the most cited climate change articles on the net. Google returns more than 22,000 links. So I decided to take on the project of reading and ... More About: Talking , Points
Bob Carter?s Mythology: Introduction
2007-08-18 20:42:00 A lot has been made about R.M. Cart er’s paper, published by the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and presented at several conferences, titled “The Myth of Dangerous Human-Caused Climate Change“. I read Carter ’s paper. While it isn’t central to the point, it is interesting to note that Carter choose to kick off his paper ... More About: Mythology , Introduction , Ology
Bush starts another war
2007-08-17 18:11:00 Not content with the wars we are fighting and apparently not powerful enough to declare war directly, Bush has decided to do the next best thing and push “the other guy” toward declaring war, toward starting the fight, because– as we all know– picking and prodding and pressuring someone into starting a fight means that ...
I?m sorry! Really. I am.
More articles from this author:2007-08-17 17:17:00 I’ve been thinking about apologies, but not the kind in the headline. I’ve been thinking about apologetics– “the study of the defense of a doctrine or belief“. The term apologetics etymologically derives from the Classical Greek word apologia. In the Classical Greek legal system two key technical terms were employed: the prosecution delivered the kategoria ... More About: Ally , Sorry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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