Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly released… and here is the chart to prove it
- The figures reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012 there was no discernible rise in aggregate global
Month: October 2012
Superior compensation for inferior results
Banks err by confusing risk, uncertainty
Complex prediction models may have blinded financial institutions to looming meltdown
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/345625/title/Banks_err_by_confusing_risk%2C_uncertainty
…Annual forecasts of currency values from December 2001 to December 2010, which guided banks’ investment decisions, badly missed the mark nine out
That free speech will be a dollar…
Various items: free speech v ‘community’, lawlessness in Libya, sprawling surveillance state
The core western political liberty is being slowly eroded by a toxic combination of the worst human attributes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/14/free-speech-libya-drones
I talk about free speech from time to time …
Unbiased journalism
Martha Raddatz and the faux objectivity of journalists
Establishment journalists are creatures of a highly ideological world and often cause ideology to masquerade as neutral fact.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/12/raddatz-debate-objectivity
Poor Glenn. So much dysfunction, so little time to express outrage.
This was …
About face!
I have largely left off any comments here on my blog regarding doping in general and doping in cycling specifically (though there is at least one exception), but feel compelled to comment based on the USADA report (I am …
Am I just making excuses?
An earlier post outlines my interest and intent on creating an on-line game. I have been thinking steadily about this project since then, but, perhaps unsurprisingly given my past issues on earlier projects haven’t got a damn thing written (well, …
Your oligarchy at work…
For-profit inspectors allow toxic food
A Bloomberg Markets investigation shows dangers of food industry taking over from FDA
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/11/for_profit_inspectors_allow_toxic_food/
We don’t want no stinkin regulation! We can self-regulate no problem!
The ironic thing to me is that the ‘for profit’ …
This is America…
Congressman draws fire for calling evolution, Big Bang ‘lies from the pit of hell’
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/10/congressman-draws-fire-for-calling-evolution-big-bang-lies-from-the-pit-of-hell/?hpt=hp_t3
Broun, a medical doctor by training, serves on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
This is what he says, at least when he …
This is your brain on security…
Hacker cracks 4 million hotel locks with ‘James Bond Dry Erase Marker’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213849/Matthew-Jakubowski-Hacker-cracks-4-million-hotel-locks-James-Bond-Dry-Erase-Marker.html
I think people just refuse to realize how completely vulnerable they are to any number of exploits. I guess it is the same with con artists, no …
Yawn. More police state from the oligarchy…
US supreme court finalizes gift of immunity to the telecom giants
Yet again, the Congress, courts, executive branch and the establishment media work together to protect the nation’s most powerful actors
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/10/supreme-court-telecoms-win-immunity
I haven’t droned on about our police state…