Bushfires and climate data

RealClimate has a guest post by David Karoly looking at the climate factors that contributed to the severity of the recent bushfires, and examining the evidence (or lack thereof) that global warming is a contributing factor in producing such conditions. Data, evidence, argument – the way an examination of causal mechanisms should be done.
On the [...]

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NOTHING TO SEE HERE

tim says, “the war is over and coalition forces have won.”
Victory!
No war should be forgotten.

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Prepare to be unimpressed

The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme White Paper will be released tomorrow, and the cynicism is palpable. Michelle Grattan discusses the political tensions pointing the Rudd Government toward a low target for 2020 emissions reductions. Peter Wood has a cartoon that illustrates the problem with that “sensible centrist” approach. And Robert Merkel notes a pre-announcement that [...]

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People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw winged monkeys

tim describing A-Loew:
for an audience eager to skim shallow views on fashionable issues.

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What a difference a continent makes

tim in the US of A.
tim upon his return home.
And here is the superlative post-election column that made the whole trip worthwhile.
Meanwhile, I hear Rupert is looking to reduce costs. Oops.

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EXPENSE UNACCOUNTED

The most obvious question for me about this 2008 election – did News Ltd. contribute to the cost of Tim Blair flying to Chicago to produce this shit?

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FACTS OVERLOOKED

Timmeh cuts, pastes and mocks satirises:
David Warren on constant changer Barack Obama:

A man who, should he win the election and serve one term, will have been President of the United States longer than he has held any steady job.

Until he gets bored and quits to sign up for macramé classes. Full column here.

A simple [...]

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Things I learned today from Tim Blair

Barack Obama is bad and even some sci/tech magazine thinks so.
Barack Obama is bad and so is his terrorist pal.
Barack Obama is bad and an enemy of Israel – and the media is covering for him.
Barack Obama is bad and you’d better vote against him or you’ll only have yourselves to blame.
Barack Obama is bad [...]

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FACTUALITY SYNTHESISED

The belittling of the facts continues. Of course, I use Tim Blair as the anchor-point for all of my facts, because he only ever speaks the truth. And if you put together all of the facts that tim points you towards, they make really begin to make much more sense.
On Timmeh’s blogroll is a site [...]

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FACTUALITY BELITTLED

Timmeh quotes approvingly:
Further from Fred J. Eckert:
What we are witnessing is something that has become a predictable pattern whenever any person emerges as a perceived serious threat to the Democrats and the left in general. If they lack facts and sound arguments for making a case against that person, there is an attempt to discredit [...]

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