London Meteorological Office caught upping the temperature data – again
“The Met” – as it is known – didn’t bother to warn anyone that is had “updated” their temperature data for their HADCRUT4 and CRUTEM4 data…
Read articleGermany elite’s euro solution: tax the (other) rich
Some of the closest advisers to German Chancellor Angela Merkel – who is desperate top avoid hitting up her taxpayers again to prop up the euro…
Read articleData issues and errors spread from global warming alarmism to economics…and from left to right
Whenever I mention the statistical chicanery, data manipulation, and errors behind “global warming,” my friends on the left go into high dudgeon. They can’t fathom that such…
Read articleThe Fauxsterity Chronicles: Greece
At first read, the Examiner headline gives the impression that Greece is finally getting the message about what needs to be done – “Greek Workers to…
Read articlePortugal Constitutional Court rejects Fauxsterity Plan A, pushes Fauxsterity Plan B
The Portugese government, like just about every other deficit-crippled government in the Mediterranean, has responded to Brussels’ demands for belt-tightening with what I like to call big-government-on-the-cheap…
Read articleMargaret Thatcher, RIP
Do you think that Obama has “transformed America” permanently? That’s what Labour thought it had done to Britain, until the Iron Lady and her handbag came along.
Read articleHow the UN Covered Up a Cholera Epidemic in Zimbabwe
Title courtesy of The Atlantic, whose story (by Amin Rosen) details the how the United Nations chief official in Zimbabwe” decided that his own closeness with…
Read articleCypriot leader to EU: Thank you, sir! May I have another?
Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades is insisting that his country has “no intention of leaving the euro” – a clear sign he has refused to learn from recent events…and that his country is destined to repeat them.
Read articleDutch Finance Minister calls Cyprus fiasco “an approach” for other troubled European countries; markets tank (UPDATE: and now the Eurogroup is backing off)
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch Finance Minister, head of the Eurogroup of Finance Ministers, and Labor Party guy, is so happy with the “resolution” to Cyprus (see my…
Read articleHow bad are things in Great Britain? Bad enough to make Labour columnists look thrifty…
We were all told in 2010 that the newly-minted Conservative/Liberal Democratic coalition would pull its nation out of the debt doldrums; establish a model for civility…
Read articleFree press survives in Australia
The Labor government, unable to cobble together a parliamentary majority for its “media reform” fiasco, has shelved the entire thing (Andrew Bolt). So free speech is…
Read articleFreedom of speech mortally wounded in the UK, but may survive in Australia
The politicians have finally figured out how to regulate the press in the United Kingdom (Telegraph). No, that’s not a good thing. The entire political spectrum…
Read articleFOIA (the Climategate whistleblower) reveals what caring about the poor really means
Watts Up With That found in his inbox the password to a slew of Climategate emails, courtesy of the anonymous whistleblower (who took the pseudonym Mr.…
Read articleLaffer Curve no longer funny in Britain
The British Treasury revealed that increasing the top tax rate from 40% to 50% “actually cost the UK £7 billion in lost tax revenue” (Telegraph). The…
Read articleWhew! British government rejects Paul Tucker for Bank of England chief
British Chancellor George Osborne couldn’t find anyone inside Britain to run the central bank beside LIBOR-tainted Paul Tucker. Luckily for Britain, he looked to Canada instead.
Read articleEverything you need to know about “global warming”
An excellent rundown of the myths and their debunkments from Friends of Science (via WUWT). The only thing they missed was the past temperature data manipulation.…
Read articleThe Fauxsterity Chronicles: The Netherlands
The Dutch Liberals have agreed to start their nation’s own Fauxsterity file – agreeing to a tax increase they promised not to impose in elections two…
Read articleMeanwhile, in the UK…
The House of Commons fired a shot across the bow at Prime Minister David Cameron. His push for a real dollar freeze on the European Union…
Read articleMeanwhile, in Europe…
The European elite has been forcing the Mediterranean into crippling tax increases and impoverishment for the region’s citizens, all to protect the madness that is the…
Read articleThe European Union…where Communism is considered a faith
This photo (courtesy of the righteously furious Dan Hannan) is of a promotional poster for the European Union, which has – stunningly, maddeningly, infuriatingly – decided…
Read articleThe Fauxsterity Chronicles: Portugal (Part III)
The CDS party caves (Telegraph, 12:16, emphasis in original): … the junior partner in Portugal’s coalition government has promised not to rock the boat when it…
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