Daily Archives: July 25, 2014

Excuse 14: Negative Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation phase

I’m running out of space for the graphic, going to have to increase its size (The Hockey Schtick) Matthew “say anything” England is back with a new paper which offers yet another excuse for the 17+ year pause in global warming: the negative phase of the natural Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO)  [excuse #14 by my count]. The […]

If All You See…

…is a world desertified by to much CO2, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Flopping Aces, with a post wondering why anyone defends Hamas.

Surprise: Subsidies Were Meant To Be Only For State Run Exchanges

Make sure to read the whole thing at Reason, here’s the gist Jonathan Gruber, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist who helped design the Massachusetts health law that was the model for Obamacare, was a key influence on the creation of the federal health law. He was widely quoted in the media. During the crafting […]

NY Times Writes Nuanced Editorial, Putting More Burden On Israel

Yesterday, we learned that the Washington Post editorial board put the blame where it belongs: on the terrorist group Hamas. But, you also had the LA Times printing a front page defense of Hamas terrorism against Israel. The Washington Post editorial was the outlier, as Leftists around the world seem to be of the opinion […]

Behind The Scenes Of A Modern Dictator

Hmm, Newsweek has an interesting expose by Ben Judah The President wakes late and eats shortly after noon. He begins with the simplest of breakfasts. There is always cottage cheese. His cooked portion is always substantial; omelette or occasionally porridge. He likes quails’ eggs. He drinks fruit juice. The food is forever fresh: baskets of […]

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