- Unfortunately, Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, continues to disapprove of China’s efforts to revalue it’s currency. As such, he and Chuck Schumer, the senior Democrat from New York, still insist on imposing a 27.5% tariff on Chinese goods. I have no idea what Schumer’s motive is. On the other hand, Graham just looks like a protectionist idiot. Many people in SC need to realize that they have been behind the technology curve since before 1860. That technological lacking didn’t help much in the losing effort of the Civil War. It hasn’t helped much in the 140 years since. And it sure as shit isn’t helping now. (previous post)
- Also, Dr. Michael Mann of the University of Virginia, the creator of the famed “hockey stick” graph which “demonstrates” global warming has finally relented to pressure to make his work transparent. Is his research right or wrong? I don’t know. I don’t know, in most part, because he published work in such a way that repeating (and thereby more thoroughly understanding) and the ability to duplicate his work was severely impaired.
Here’s what I know. Despite my “cow college” education, I was very clearly taught to write about results in a way which makes them repeatable. Furthermore, I have lately been very upset by researchers in the University of California system who published a process that is so vague that I wonder how they got a bachelors degree. What’s more, after repeated attempts to gain information from the corresponding authors, I heard jack shit. Apparently, a lot of people have a lot to learn about academics. (previous post)
7/28/2005
Evan Says:
http://www.swampfox.ws (helping the state of South Carolina catch up–so sign up for the email updates!)
Doug L Says:
The untold story of the Global Warming Fiasco:
“Barton Investigation Uncovers
Key Puzzle Piece In
Global Warming Mystery
(July 24 2005)
Howling yelps of protest are yipping: “Inquisition”! “Intimidation”!, and “Witch Hunt”! after the sending of some letters by Rep. Joe Barton Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to key figures in the Global Warming Mystery.
Concealed by the volume and hysteria of the biteless bark of protests by promoters of Global Warming Alarmism, was a quiet voice of caution displayed by key figures in the investigation and their most prominent supporters. Carefully hidden in their subdued message was a reluctance to support what once was a major pillar of Global Warming Theory, the claim that
“It is likely that the rate and duration of the warming of the 20th century is larger than any other time during the last 1,000 years”.”
continues===> http://www.geocities.com/poncedeleon_1/ClimateChange/Rsquared.htm
Not mentioned in the link, is that the House Science committee has been caught flat footed on this, so their response is to attack Joe Barton!
Also not generally understood is that this is not about AGW vs no AGW, it’s mainly about credibility.
Hide the women and children. Keep all firearms under lock and key. I think we may have unleashed the Incrdible Wookie known as Nobrainer and his clothes are begining to split at the seams as we speak.