tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54654178943347152512024-02-09T05:36:18.793+11:00david ratnerTHE TIMECAPSULE OF MY MUSINGS AND BELIEFSDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-41399462297179338172010-01-18T14:00:00.003+11:002010-01-18T16:42:39.894+11:00Climategate - an analysis by John P. Costella<a href="http://www.assassinationscience.com/climategate/">http://www.assassinationscience.com/climategate/</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-34552981891958182282010-01-18T13:53:00.003+11:002010-01-18T14:56:01.560+11:00World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown<div align="justify">And so 2010 begins just as 2009 ended. More <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">AGW</span> myths being busted and the so-called "<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">consensus</span>" that the "<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">science</span> is settled" takes yet another beating.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">May 2010 be the year that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">AGW</span> is exposed once and for all as the greatest fraud ever perpetuated on mankind.</div><br /><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6991177.ece">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6991177.ece</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-69995115236575082212009-12-03T16:44:00.001+11:002009-12-03T16:47:36.678+11:00CAUGHT GREEN-HANDED!Lord Mocktons summary of the Climategate revelations so far.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/Monckton-Caught%20Green-Handed%20Climategate%20Scandal.pdf">http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/Monckton-Caught%20Green-Handed%20Climategate%20Scandal.pdf</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-32290459149991946992009-11-30T22:46:00.001+11:002009-11-30T22:47:57.234+11:00Climategate on ABC Radio National<div align="justify">If you have a genuine interest in climate change, please listen to this short interview with one of the expert reviewers of the IPCC reports broadcast today on ABC Radio National.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2009/2757619.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2009/2757619.htm</a></div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-48613078825488789482009-11-26T16:34:00.000+11:002009-11-26T16:35:40.129+11:00Climate doomsayers caught out<div align="justify">It only took a week, but even Faifax has begun to report it. The thing that I don't understand is that this should be great news for the world, with catastrophe perhaps not as inevitable as we've been told to believe.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/climate-doomsayers-caught-out-20091126-jsa7.html">http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/climate-doomsayers-caught-out-20091126-jsa7.html</a></div><div align="justify"> </div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-28124711752720359722009-11-22T10:42:00.000+11:002009-11-22T10:43:37.599+11:00The Skeptics Handbook IITimely.<br /><br /><a href="http://joannenova.com.au/globalwarming/skeptics-handbook-ii/the_skeptics_handbook_II-sml.pdf">http://joannenova.com.au/globalwarming/skeptics-handbook-ii/the_skeptics_handbook_II-sml.pdf</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-66128341561020275922009-11-20T23:23:00.005+11:002009-11-22T00:28:02.644+11:00East Anglia CRU HackedWhile it is not likely to be reported in the MSM, anyone with any interest in the "consensus" or "silence is settled" argument for AGW must be made aware of this: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Hadley-CRU-hacked-with-release-of-hundreds-of-docs-and-emails">http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Hadley-CRU-hacked-with-release-of-hundreds-of-docs-and-emails</a><br /><br />The head of the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit, Dr. Phil Jones, confirms the emails are genuine. Oh my.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.investigatemagazine.com/australia/latestissue.pdf">http://www.investigatemagazine.com/australia/latestissue.pdf</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-86679165163187103852009-11-12T11:28:00.001+11:002009-11-12T11:30:10.545+11:00Science cooks the books, driving sensible people to screaming pointYou know the times are changing when even <em>The Age</em> publishes opinion pieces like this one.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/science-cooks-the-books-driving-sensible-people-to-screaming-point-20091111-i9vo.html">http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/science-cooks-the-books-driving-sensible-people-to-screaming-point-20091111-i9vo.html</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-10056975017544607432009-11-11T17:35:00.001+11:002009-11-11T17:35:59.323+11:00Global Bully Rudd fights for foreign committee, against citizens<a href="http://joannenova.com.au/2009/11/global-bully-rudd-fights-for-foreign-committee-against-citizens/">http://joannenova.com.au/2009/11/global-bully-rudd-fights-for-foreign-committee-against-citizens/</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-30003962218367738382009-11-02T13:51:00.001+11:002009-11-02T13:51:50.337+11:00Panic, little ones, it's the Carbon Monster<a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26290477-7583,00.html">http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26290477-7583,00.html</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-54743964482513310102009-10-30T21:00:00.002+11:002009-10-30T22:40:22.055+11:00In praise of the sceptics<div align="justify">Chris Uhlmann defending sceptics on the ABC. I have always respected Chris as a journalist for his ability to present both sides of the story in balanced terms. Not sure Aunty will be pleased with this though. Gold star to you sir.<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.abc.net.au/offair/2009/10/in-praise-of-the-sceptics.html">http://blogs.abc.net.au/offair/2009/10/in-praise-of-the-sceptics.html</a></div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-9622298834758238412009-10-28T22:38:00.000+11:002009-10-28T22:39:21.869+11:00Atheists are good humans, too<a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/atheists-are-good-humans-too-20091027-hibc.html">http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/atheists-are-good-humans-too-20091027-hibc.html</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-16575493250780764392009-10-16T15:24:00.001+11:002009-10-16T15:24:54.036+11:00Obama tops Bush in troop buildup<a href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/oct2009/pers-o14.shtml">http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/oct2009/pers-o14.shtml</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-45503973345440581292009-10-14T16:35:00.002+11:002009-10-29T11:49:58.625+11:00Imagine no global warming, it's easy if you try..<a href="https://www.predictweather.co.nz/assets/articles/article_resources.php?id=154">https://www.predictweather.co.nz/assets/articles/article_resources.php?id=154</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-51006587720681328812009-10-14T15:34:00.002+11:002009-10-14T15:40:07.315+11:00Whatever happened to global warming? How freezing temperatures are starting to shatter climate change theoryFollowing on from an article on the BBC last week (see below), the Mail online is now asking the same question.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1220052/Austria-sees-earliest-snow-history-America-sees-lowest-temperatures-50-years-So-did-global-warming-go.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1220052/Austria-sees-earliest-snow-history-America-sees-lowest-temperatures-50-years-So-did-global-warming-go.html</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-40124573285400285442009-10-12T00:09:00.004+11:002009-10-12T00:16:27.258+11:00The Peace (Keepers) Prize<div align="justify">The best article I have read regarding Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize. A recommended acceptance speech for Barack from two time Pulitzer Prize Winner <em>Thomas L. Friedman</em>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/opinion/11friedman.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/opinion/11friedman.html?ref=opinion</a></div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-26353363264422391942009-10-11T19:43:00.003+11:002009-10-11T20:05:32.005+11:00Obama's Nobel FarceYou know there is a problem when even left-wing bloggers think it's absurd.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-09/obamas-nobel-farce/">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-09/obamas-nobel-farce/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-10/a-prize-too-far/?cid=hp:featureline">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-10/a-prize-too-far/?cid=hp:featureline</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-5577267032088941962009-10-11T19:12:00.001+11:002009-10-12T18:12:06.662+11:00What happened to global warming?<div align="justify">Another possible turning point in the climate change debate. The BBC over the last decade has, as much as any media organisation in the world, pushed the AGW argument that man made emissions are to blame for climate change. But now this, the first (and hopefully not the last) article that acknowledges that temperatures have in fact dropped over the last decade, that we may in fact be about to enter a 30 year cooling period, and most importantly, that CO2 emissions might not be the major cause after all.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">As the AGW case has been fuelled predominately by the media, I see this as hope that the debate that "never was" is about to begin!</div><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8299079.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8299079.stm</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-83693189704294128982009-09-11T08:10:00.001+10:002009-09-11T08:10:47.780+10:00Rudd demeans himself over history<a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26055356-7583,00.html">http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26055356-7583,00.html</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-71639607022861099232009-09-05T01:10:00.000+10:002009-09-05T01:11:37.789+10:00Obama, the Mortal<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/03/AR2009090302859.html?hpid=opinionsbox1">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/03/AR2009090302859.html?hpid=opinionsbox1</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-61980132229444261102009-08-27T21:48:00.005+10:002009-08-28T21:23:19.670+10:00More anti-AGW reading...<div align="justify">I will persist in posting anti <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">AGW</span></span> articles as I believe the more people read, the more skeptical people will become, and the more they will endeavour to form their own opinions as opposed to the current trend of simply accepting the misleading premonitions of those with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">ulterior</span> motives.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />Eventually I hope people will realise that CO2 reduction has nothing to do with the environment, and everything to do with Big Green and the finance industry.</div><p><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Global Warning Blues:</span></strong></p><p><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/global_warming_blues.html">http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/global_warming_blues.html</a> </p><p><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>Probability and Global Warming:</strong></span></p><p><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/probability_and_global_warming.html">http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/probability_and_global_warming.html</a></p>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-40932769411216144042009-08-26T21:57:00.002+10:002009-08-26T22:02:59.701+10:00Everyone's ABC? Only if you lean left<div align="justify">From my very first post on this site, I have made it known that it bothers me how left wing the Australian Broadcasting Network is. Whether it be local content, or documentaries first broadcast overseas, seldom do I think reports are balanced, never do I think they present a conservative opinion. <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><br />And so it was rather refreshing to read former Treasurer Peter Costello, now free to comment as he pleases, provide his insights into the bias nature of our ABC.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/everyones-abc-only-if-you-lean-left-20090825-ey0m.html?page=-1">http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/everyones-abc-only-if-you-lean-left-20090825-ey0m.html?page=-1</a></div><div align="justify"> </div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-20020591449637721942009-08-26T21:10:00.004+10:002009-08-26T22:04:08.745+10:00Reverend Tim Costello slams Nats over climate change<div align="justify">What drugs is the Reverend Tim Costello on? How can he claim 300,000 are dying as a result of climate change each year? And where, praise your god Reverend, is the proof that man made CO2 is the cause of such catastrophic events? And why does <em>The Age</em> continue to publish these outlandish stories? </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/costello-slams-nats-over-climate-change-20090826-ezov.html">http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/costello-slams-nats-over-climate-change-20090826-ezov.html</a></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />If you want an epiphany Reverend, have a read of this:</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/my_global_warming_epiphany.html">http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/my_global_warming_epiphany.html</a></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-15864420599723050682009-08-25T22:18:00.003+10:002009-08-25T22:46:02.240+10:00Senator Barnaby Joyce on the ETSIn Barnaby's words:<br /><br /><div align="justify"><em>"This is just another tax. It is a tax that is going to come to you from the power points. Every electrical appliance in your house will have a tax on it. The ironing will be taxed, the vacuuming will be taxed, watching footy on a Sunday will be taxed, turning the lights on will be taxed. Who will they be taxing, working families. Then you’ll want to go shopping and what will happen? All your food will be taxed. If you are sick of it and want go on a plane and go away for the weekend, it’s on aviation fuel, you’ll be taxed. Everything in this new world under Kevin Rudd is taxed. Kevin in the shopping trolley, Kevin at the ironing board, Kevin in the kitchen, Kevin on the plane, too much Kevin makes me feel very sick.</em></div><div align="justify"><br /><em>And what is he going to do this for? Because Kevin is going to change the climate. It is amazing, he is going to make that out there different. He told us so, it must be true. The reality is the ETS is not going to change the climate one iota. Not one thing will change in the climate because of this new tax. Metaphorically speaking, the difference Australia will make is the equivalent of a the breadth of a hair on the length of about a one kilometre bridge.</em></div><div align="justify"><br /><em>It is so infinitesimally small. So ridiculous, so pointless, yet we are putting our economy out to dry."</em></div><em></em><br /><a href="http://barnabyjoyce.com.au/Issues/Thisweekinpolitics/tabid/56/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/949/Senator-Barnaby-Joyce-Transcript-of-Speech-Nationals-Fed-Council-2009.aspx">Senator Barnaby Joyce - Transcript of Speech Nationals Fed Council 2009</a><br /><br />Makes we wish he was the candidate in my electorate. I'd certainly vote for him!Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465417894334715251.post-7183655094517053422009-08-23T21:44:00.000+10:002009-08-23T21:46:16.174+10:00The Branch Carbonian Cult<a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/the_branch_carbonian_cult.html">www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/the_branch_carbonian_cult.html</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10402567807581281332noreply@blogger.com0