Posts from the ‘Morons’ category

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…

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The 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…

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Marcott’s update to his global warming paper: never mind everything I said

Shaun Marcott – the latest fellow to claim he’s discovered “unprecedented” warming in recent years – made a stunning admission to Steve McIntyre over the weekend.…

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Cypriot 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.

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Dutch 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…

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Cyprus, Europe, and the nature of the political left

The fiasco that is Cyprus hasn’t quite reached the radar of the Virginia blogosphere (except for yours truly’s reports on another blog), but it is a…

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Steve McIntyre sends another hockey stick alarmist to the penalty box

Steve McIntyre is the mathematician who destroyed Michael Mann’s “hockey stick” graph (which supposedly proved global warming) in the last decade. This year, he takes aim…

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FOIA (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.…

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Another busted hockey stick

The latest attempt by the global warming alarmists to make the Medieval Warming Period disappear came into the crosshairs of Watts Up With That – and…

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About that sequester…

One of the amber-encased pieces of conventional wisdom regarding the sequester is that the Administration has no room to maneuver on what spending it can reduce.…

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Will Michael Mann never learn?

The latest desperate attempt by global warming alarmists to seize the political initiative fell apart once again – due to exposure to the outside world. Michael…

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Everything 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.…

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Million Muppet March Falls 999,000 Short Of Its Goal

The so-called Million Muppet March created to protest Mitt Romney’s call to eliminate federal funding for PBS, including the multi-million dollar merchandising juggernaut called Sesame Street,…

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ExxonMobil’s tax bill for 2011: $100 billion (twice its profits)

Every year, lefties rise as one to rip ExxonMobil for its “obscene” profits. How much ExxonMobil pays the governments of the world is usually never part…

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Biden Caught Lying — Voted FOR Both Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

Poor Dunkin’ Donuts Joe.  As if his bizarre uncontrollable laughter and smiling during serious issues in the debate while Paul Ryan was speaking wasn’t bad enough,…

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The Fauxsterity Chronicles: Portugal

This is becoming an epidemic – well, actually, it already was, but it’s getting worse. Portugal’s government, after setting off a massive populist rage over its…

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The Fauxsterity Chronicles: France

Note: this is a continuation of the “…and they call it austerity” series. OK, I’ll admit that this one hurts. I backed Francois Hollande for President…

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The Fauxsterity Chronicles: Spain

Note: this is a continuation of the “…and they call it austerity” series. Spain’s government revealed its FY13 budget today, one that it hopes will preclude…

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NASA gets caught fudging the temperature record

Randall Hoven (American Thinker, h/t SDA) caught NASA “adjusting” past data again: A funny thing happened on the way to determining how hot 2012 has been…

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Twenty years ago today, George Soros helped save the UK

Yes…that George Soros. Before he became one of the leading financiers for the Democrats, before he became a bête noir of the right, George Soros made…

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