China to explore Mars with Russia this year
The new colonial movement: China to explore Mars with Russia this year.
Category: Points of Information
Very brief descriptions, with appropriate links, of current or recent news items.
The 97% “Consensus” is only 75 Self-Selected Climatologists
The 97% “Consensus” is only 75 Self-Selected Climatologists. Key quote:
Close examination of the source of the claimed 97% consensus reveals that it comes from a non-peer reviewed article describing an online poll in which a total of only 79 climate scientists chose to participate. Of the 79 self-selected climate scientists, 75 agreed with the notion of AGW [anthropogenic global warming]. Thus, we find climate scientists once again using dubious statistical techniques to deceive the public that there is a 97% scientific consensus on man-made global warming; fortunately they clearly aren’t buying it.
This winter is the Stalingrad in the ‘Climate War’
This winter is the Stalingrad in the ‘Climate War’.
“The right of the people to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated,”
A Charlottesville man was arrested for protesting airport security searches. Key quote, written on his chest and abdomen:
“Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.”
I wonder if liberal Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein needs someone to explain what this quote means.
China has unveiled the world’s longest sea bridge
China today unveiled the world’s longest sea bridge, stretching 26.4 miles and three miles longer than the previous record holder.
Wisconsin State Workers Fret as G.O.P. Takes Over
How The Cleveland Browns Told Off Annoying Fans In 1974
The right way to respond to a stupid lawyer letter.
Appeals court blocks EPA’s Texas takeover
Laws matter: The federal appeals court in Washington, DC, today blocked EPA’s takeover of Texas carbon-emmission regulation.
Snapped connectors led to Indian rocket failure
Snapped connectors led to the failure last week of India’s GSLV rocket.
Maine seeks exemption from Obamacare
Repeal the damn bill! Maine has asked the Obama administration to be exempted from certain provisions of ObamaCare.
Christians Are Casualties of 10 Baghdad Attacks
Tolerance from the religion of “peace”: Bomb attacks on fourteen Christians homes in Baghdad kill two and wound twenty. Note that though no one has yet come forward to claim responsibility for the attacks, an Islamic group had threatened to do exactly this one week ago.
Heading towards a Maunder Minimum
Though I have been saying that the Sun’s lack of sunspots the last two years suggests the possibility of that we might be facing an extended period without solar activity, I am not a solar scientist. Today, in a paper published today on the Los Alamos astro-ph website, a solar scientist says just that. Key quote:
One method that has yielded predictions consistently in the right range during the past few solar cycles is that of K. Schatten et al., whose approach is mainly based on the polar field precursor. The incipient cycle 24 [on-going right now] will probably mark the end of the Modern Maximum, with the Sun switching to a state of less strong activity.