I’m traveling today with Christopher Monckton, after being part of his lecture last night in Half Moon Bay, CA.
Today, we were on KSFO AM 560 in San Francisco with Brian Sussman.
Feel free to comment on any if the usual topics we cover at WUWT.
I’m traveling today with Christopher Monckton, after being part of his lecture last night in Half Moon Bay, CA.
Today, we were on KSFO AM 560 in San Francisco with Brian Sussman.
Feel free to comment on any if the usual topics we cover at WUWT.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/rex-tillerson-exxon-mobil-expected-be-named-trump-s-secretary-n694371
Rex Tillerson of Exxon Mobil Expected to Be Named Trump’s Secretary of State: Sources
What’s this going to do to the climate change alarmists who think Exxon is the Devil?
From the article above:
“Tillerson will be paired with former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton as his deputy secretary of state for day-to-day management of the department, one source added.”
Excellent! I would prefer that Bolton be the nominee for Secretary of State, but I will settle for him being deputy.
Let’s look at the Cannabis Generation’s plans to continue to flood this country with drugs. Short list of pathways to destroy sobriety in this country and develop a narco culture and a narco economy.
How can we get every single American on drugs?
1. Prescription psychotropics for children in schools — facilitated by Baby Boomer narco-philia and career benefits from public schools; provided by pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies– in all, a 9 billion dollar a year industry
2. prescription psychotropics for any symptom in the DSM– no physical test is possible for brain chemistry imbalances. Symptoms include shopping binges and overuse of the internet, along with anxieties, depression etc.
3. Cocaine supplied by Drug Cartels in Central America such as Zetas
4. Opiods supplied by Drug Cartels in South, Central America, and Afghanistan
5. Methamphetamines provided by Drug Cartels in Central America such as Knights Templar
6. Cannabis and synthetic cannabis such a K-2; now finding its way into candies, sports drinks and baked goods; dealers are attempting to proselytize for medical uses and cures in order to get new markets to vulnerable sick people and the elderly; head shops appearing in small towns because huge city populations in one to four counties forced it on the entire state
7. China’s production of W-18: for prescription drugs, and a cocaine and heroine additive, coming in through Canada to the US. 10 times more powerful than morphine, and very addictive, very deadly
I think that covers the entire population. Did I leave anything out? Now add to this the coming flood of cocaine and heroin into this country which is slated to aggressively recruit new users in urban and suburban America, and add to that the exponential rise in food stamp use and unemployment, and this is a very dire situation. All brought to you by the counter-culture Cannabis Generation, which never has to ask how people feel about drug houses in their nice neighborhoods, never asks how Americans — now trapped in substance abuse — are becoming less and less and less employable. And the Cannabis Generation never ever has to ask how drugs are linked to crime and never has to notice further descents down the second sexual-drugs-occult revolution involving children. If the question is, “How can we get every American on psychoactive substances?” I hope I have not neglected any of the methods now being used to that end.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/half-of-people-remember-events-that-never-happened/
Study: Half of people “remember” events that never happened
“The study highlights the slippery nature of human memory, and is just the latest in a growing body of research looking into how memories form and how they can be manipulated.
“The finding that a large portion of people are prone to developing false beliefs is important. We know from other research that distorted beliefs can influence people’s behaviors, intentions and attitudes,” Wade said in a press statement.”
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Then along comes the Leftwing Media pounding distorted beliefs into easily influenced people to fool them into supporting Leftwing ideologies that ultimately will make them poorer, more ignorant, and will take away their freedoms in the name of helping them.
When the Main Stream Media distorts the truth they become a danger to our free society. We cannot govern ourselves properly without accurate information.
This last election has exposed the MSM for what they are, partisan political liars, and this is a very good thing for freedom because the MSM has lost its credibility.
We should keep the focus on their dishonesty if we value our freedom and way of life. They are down and we should do everything we can to keep them down, where they belong.
Nice comment, TA.
A classic example would be the many people that remember Palin said “I can see Russia from my house.”
http://phys.org/news/2016-12-world-cities-bn-climate.html
World cities seek $375 bn to fight climate change
“The world’s big cities will need $375 billion of investment to curb climate change, a large gathering of mayors heard in Mexico on Thursday.
“It is a lot, but there is no other option. Together we will seek that money,” said the new president of the C40 network of big cities, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.
If that amount is made available “humanity will have a chance of surviving,” she told a gathering of C40 mayors in Mexico.
The mayors were meeting to plot strategy in the face of climate skepticism from US President-elect Donald Trump.”
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I would like to have a little of that climate change money myself.
Where do I go and who do I see to get my check? Answer: There is no place to go anymore. It used to be that Uncle Sucker would pay those bills, but there is a new guy getting ready to run the show and he says “America First” which means we are going to keep that money in the U.S. to help the people of the U.S.
If those cities need money for climate change, they should try to raise local taxes and justify doing so to their constituents. No more Uncle Sucker. No more giveaways.
http://phys.org/news/2016-12-nanoceramic-material-safe-economical-nuclear.html
Nanoceramic material for more safe and economical nuclear reactors
“The researchers anticipate that this unique material will be able to make next-generation reactors more safe and economical overall.
“It’s a paradigm shift in the field, because so far there has not been a material that actually exploits radiation,” says García Ferré. “With this new material, we benefit from a radiation environment to tailor the evolution of the mechanical properties of the material. In particular, we are able to have a material that, by the end of its lifetime, has similar mechanical properties as when it was first exposed to radiation.”
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http://phys.org/news/2016-12-antarctica-explorer-critical-ice-shelf.html
Antarctica has a new explorer testing the water along a critical ice shelf
“A short metal tube packed with scientific instruments parachuted into the ice-cold waters of Antarctica’s Ross Sea on Tuesday, marking a new frontier in polar research. This ALAMO float and five others being deployed over the coming weeks are the first explorers of their kind to begin profiling the water adjacent to Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf and sending back data in real time. Their mission: find vulnerabilities where warmer (but still near freezing) water from the deep ocean may be seeping in under the ice shelf and melting it from below.”
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/star-starved-galaxies-fill-cosmos
Star-starved galaxies fill the cosmos
“Not all galaxies sparkle with stars. Galaxies as wide as the Milky Way but bereft of starlight are scattered throughout our cosmic neighborhood. Unlike Andromeda and other well-known galaxies, these dark beasts have no grand spirals of stars and gas wrapped around a glowing core, nor are they radiant balls of densely packed stars. Instead, researchers find just a wisp of starlight from a tenuous blob.
“If you took the Milky Way but threw away about 99 percent of the stars, that’s what you’d get,” says Roberto Abraham, an astrophysicist at the University of Toronto.
How these dark galaxies form is unclear. They could be a whole new type of galaxy that challenges ideas about the birth of galaxies. Or they might be outliers of already familiar galaxies, black sheep shaped by their environment. Wherever they come from, dark galaxies appear to be ubiquitous. Once astronomers reported the first batch in early 2015 — which told them what to look for — they started picking out dark denizens in many nearby clusters of galaxies. “We’ve gone from none to suddenly over a thousand,” Abraham says. “It’s been remarkable.”
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They keep finding more and more dark matter out in the great beyond.
How can this be ??
our great & glorious infallible leaders told us science was settled… ages ago.
Are you a hairy tick ? (:-))
The science is definitely not settled. Not in astronomy and not in climate science, either.
@ur momisugly 1saveenergy
Really like your Due Diligence Today website. Its a great place to send people who are interested in knowing more about so called climate change and/or carbon polution that the MSM keep banging on about with such alarmism.
One suggestion. Maybe pick a unusual website name that doesn’t get lost in the ‘noise’ when Googled. It may make your site easier to find.
The current state of so-called skepticism is such that all the real scientists were driven out of it except the ones who believed in the scam or say they believe in it still.
Gas equations never permitted nor do they permit green house gases to warm the planet they are a refractory substance between a fire and object.
Fire blankets are refractory substances and there’s no such thing as a thicker refractory blanket, and a warmer object behind it. Bullsh** in the face of any man who says such is possible.
Prove it.
We in real science still throw that gauntlet FLAT into the FACE of ANYONE who even MUMBLES that ”the science is real” behind Green House Gas ”theory.”
It looks like the Democrats are going to try to create some sinister link between Putin and Russia, and Trump and his advisors. There is no credible sinister connection but that won’t keep them from pretending there is.
But the Democrats have some Russian problems of their own. Obama told the Russians, on a hot mike, he would have more flexibilty to deal with them after the election. And Hillary sold 25 percent of U.S. uranium to the Russians.
So if we are going to explore Russian connections, let’s explore *all* the Russian connections. Hillary probably ought to go to jail for her Russian connection. And she just might.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-and-cia-give-differing-accounts-to-lawmakers-on-russias-motives-in-2016-hacks/2016/12/10/c6dfadfa-bef0-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.6d2c058aeae0
FBI and CIA give differing accounts to lawmakers on Russia’s motives in 2016 hacks
“In a secure meeting room under the Capitol last week, lawmakers held in their hands a classified letter written by colleagues in the Senate summing up a secret, new CIA assessment of Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election.
Sitting before the House Intelligence Committee was a senior FBI counterintelligence official. The question the Republicans and Democrats in attendance wanted answered was whether the bureau concurred with the conclusions the CIA had just shared with senators that Russia “quite” clearly intended to help Republican Donald Trump defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton and clinch the White House.
For the Democrats in the room, the FBI’s response was frustrating — even shocking.
During a similar Senate Intelligence Committee briefing held the previous week, the CIA’s statements, as reflected in the letter the lawmakers now held in their hands, were “direct and bald and unqualified” about Russia’s intentions to help Trump, according to one of the officials who attended the House briefing.
The FBI official’s remarks to the lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee were, in comparison, “fuzzy” and “ambiguous,” suggesting to those in the room that the bureau and the agency weren’t on the same page, the official said.”
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To tell you the truth, I wouldn’t believe anything the U.S. intelligence community tells us right now under Barack Obama. The CIA Director is a shill for Obama. They’ve already lied about it claiming 17 different U.S. intelligence agencies have confirmed this Russian connection, when most of those 17 haven’t even looked into the issue because it is not in their purview.
This Russian connection the Democrats are trying to create is an attempt on their part to delegitimize the election of President Trump. It’s not going to work, and may backfire on them.
Now here is Senator Harry Reid complaining about the Russian/Trump connection. What he is really complaining about is that the truth came out because of the hacked emails. Harry is complaining about the truth being made available to voters.
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/12/10/reid-russian-involvement-in-election-a-hanging-chad-1000-times-over-trump-lost-the-election/
Reid: Russian Involvement In Election ‘A Hanging Chad 1,000 Times Over,’ Trump ‘Lost the Election’
http://www.wnd.com/2016/12/hacked-emails-erdogans-son-in-law-imported-isis-oil/?cat_orig=world
Hacked emails: Erdogan’s son-in-law imported ISIS oil
Contrary to his denials, the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is tied to the company accused of importing oil from ISIS, according to an archive of nearly 58,000 emails released by WikiLeaks.
“Berat Albayrak, who is Turkey’s minister of energy, has insisted he has had no involvement in Powertrans, the company implicated in ISIS oil imports to Turkey.
The archive, however, shows Albayrak wielded authority in Powertrans beginning in 2012, which was when the government gave the company the right to transport oil.
There are nearly 30 exchanges between Albayrak and Betul Yilmaz, the human resources manager of Çalık Holding, a conglomerate for which Albayrak served as CEO. The emails show Yilmaz seeking approval from Albayrak regarding Powertrans personnel decisions, such as who to hire and approval of Powertrans salaries.
Albayrak, in one email, discusses with his lawyer publicly denying any connection with Powertrans.
The lawyer proposes a statement saying “my client no longer has ties with Powertrans.” Albayrak “corrects” him, saying “what do you mean no longer? I never had ties with this company!”
Albayrak, 38, has been a member of parliament since June 2015, and minister of energy and natural resources since November 2015.
One year ago, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told journalists in Moscow that Erdogan and his family were “involved” in ISIS’ illegal oil trade and personally benefitting from it.
“Turkey is the main destination for the oil stolen from its legitimate owners, which are Syria and Iraq,” he said. “Turkey resells this oil. The appalling part about it is that the country’s top political leadership is involved in the illegal business — President Erdogan and his family.”
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This is a big problem for Trump and us. Turkey is a very important country especially in the situation the world finds itself in now, and Turkey is being run by a corrupt family. Turkey has the ability to cause serious problems for all of western Europe by opening the gates to millions of immigrants, and they have threatened to do so if Europe doesn’t go along with bringing Turkey into the EU. Blackmail doesn’t seem like a good way to start out a relationship.
Trump will probably get along better with Turkey than Obama but he will have to watch his step because it doesn’t look like Erdogan’s motives are altruistic.
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Markets/donald-trump-nuclear-energy-power/2016/12/10/id/763270/
Trump Team’s Asking for Ways to Keep Nuclear Power Alive
“President-elect Donald Trump’s advisers are looking at ways in which the U.S. government could help nuclear power generators being forced out of the electricity market by cheaper natural gas and renewable resources.
In a document obtained by Bloomberg, Trump’s transition team asked the Energy Department how it can help keep nuclear reactors “operating as part of the nation’s infrastructure” and what it could do to prevent the shutdown of plants. Advisers also asked the agency whether there were statutory restrictions in resuming work on Yucca Mountain, a proposed federal depository for nuclear waste in Nevada that was abandoned by the Obama administration.”
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http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/10/new-report-makes-the-case-for-why-we-shouldnt-let-nuclear-plants-shut-down/
New Report Makes The Case For Why We Shouldn’t Let Nuclear Plants Shut Down
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/10/polar-vortex-next-big-thing-climate-scaremongering/
Delingpole: Polar Vortex the Next Big Thing in Climate Scaremongering
“Global temperatures are plummeting at a record rate – but if there’s one thing even more likely than a white Christmas, it’s that the greenies will try to blame it on man-made climate change.”
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The polar vortex in not a new phenomenon.
http://realclimatescience.com/2016/12/forecasting-the-next-big-global-warming-scam/
“Experts who make their living lying about global warming are about to begin their next big scam, blaming the polar vortex on global warming and declining Arctic ice.
The polar vortex is a favorite target of climate scamsters, who 40 years ago blamed it on global cooling and expanding Arctic ice.”
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http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/10/sharp-youtube-videos-demolish-progressive-ideology-and-the-left-isnt-happy-video/
Sharp YouTube Videos Demolish Progressive Ideology, And The Left Isn’t Happy
“He believes what took the left 100 years to do in education can be reversed, harnessing the power of the internet in just ten years, perhaps. PragerU’s success demonstrates a growing hunger for the forgotten knowledge and values of America, he says — truth has a way of resonating like a starburst.”
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Well, maybe there is still hope for the education system and our young people. The Leftwing-brainwashing the kids get in school and in the media has to be countered with the truth.
Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask, but I have a couple of friends who are, at the moment, believers in global warming but due to my constantly bending their ears about the skeptics’ viewpoint are now on a knife-edge, not sure which way to believe. What would be very helpful is if I could point them to a single web page where all the main skeptics’ arguments are spelled out briefly with, say, an accompanying graph or diagram for each argument. I’m thinking of things like illustrating the medieval warm period, the lack of severe storms over the past couple of decades, the lack of acceleration of sea level rise, increasing antarctic ice, etc etc.
I know there are a few reference pages listed in the menu for WUWT, but they seem to present just the graphs with no accompanying commentary. As my friends aren’t overly scientific, a bit of interpretation of the graphs would be very helpful in converting them to the skeptical viewpoint.
Thanks for any links anyone can provide.
Here are a couple of good links, Glenn:
http://www.use-due-diligence-on-climate.org/
and realclimatescience.com
Cartoonist Scott Adams’ blog had a thread posted 12/11 (yesterday) called “Fake News Versus Misleading News” Commenter “froginthewell” posted:
I responded:
<blockquote A subtler version of that tactic is often employed in MSM reporting on climate change news. Quotations from the alarmist side will come from scientists, but quotes from the dissenters' side will come, not from dissenting scientists, but from an Oil & Coal Institute or a well-known conservative think tank. Screwtape-worthy!