Unfortunately for Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and the Copenhagen crew, it looks like the people in…
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So That’s Why They Call It Climate Change

Unfortunately for Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and the Copenhagen crew, it looks like the people in charge of documenting the science that keeps the Left’s green ambitions in bloom have been cooking the books.  In emails and other documents hacked, stolen, and posted from Britain’s Hadley Climatic Research Centre several high profile climatologists discuss ways to “hide the decline” of global temperatures.

One of the first reports on the now publicized documents can be found here.

Update: Here's a helpful paper (PDF) from the Heartland Institute discussing the use of misleading charts and graphs in the global warming debate.  The reference to "Mike's Nature trick" in the smoking gun email from Phil Jones is to the famous "hockey stick graph" showing a dramatic uptick in global…[more]

November 20, 2009 • 02:32 pm
When Illegal Aliens Take Over the House, Courtesy of the U.S. Senate

When Illegal Aliens Take Over the House, Courtesy of the U.S. Senate

The fact that a majority of United States Senators cannot bring themselves to distinguish between American citizens and non-citizens indicates that the inmates are running the asylum formerly known as the public square.

President Obama’s Fictional Job Factory

President Obama’s Fictional Job Factory

U.S. taxpayers have ponied up a whopping $280,730 for each job supposedly "created or saved" from the "stimulus" bill...

Obama Administration Imitates Hugo Chavez on Internet

Obama Administration Imitates Hugo Chavez on Internet

It is increasingly clear that Obama seeks to extend his tentacles of nationalization to the Internet. Among other things, the FCC is deliberating whether to compel Internet service providers to share their networks with competitors...

The Obama Doctrine: Bend at the Waist

The Obama Doctrine: Bend at the Waist

If Barack Obama has had such a watershed at this early stage in his presidency, it took place in Tokyo last weekend, when the President grandly bowed from the waist upon meeting Japan’s Emperor Akihito.

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"A climate crisis of worldwide proportions is unfolding right before our eyes, and not even the most powerful world leaders can do anything to stop it. It looks like 2009 may very well turn out to be the fourth straight year of declining global temperatures at a time when carbon dioxide levels continue to rise - the opposite of what was predicted by vaunted climate models... For now, continuous falling…[more]
 
 
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