Friday, March 30, 2018
The Stunning Statistical Fraud Behind The Global Warming Scare | Investor's Business Daily
The Stunning Statistical Fraud Behind The Global Warming Scare | Investor's Business Daily
"Global Warming: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may have a boring name, but it has a very important job:
It measures U.S. temperatures.
Unfortunately, it seems to be a captive of the global warming religion.
Its data are fraudulent.
What do we mean by fraudulent?
How about this:
NOAA has made repeated "adjustments" to its data, for the presumed scientific reason of making the data sets more accurate.
Nothing wrong with that.
Except, all their changes point to one thing — lowering previously measured temperatures to show cooler weather in the past, and raising more recent temperatures to show warming in the recent present.
This creates a data illusion of ever-rising temperatures to match the increase in CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere since the mid-1800s, which global warming advocates say is a cause-and-effect relationship.
The more CO2, the more warming.
But the actual measured temperature record shows something different:
There have been hot years and hot decades since the turn of the last century, and colder years and colder decades.
But the overall measured temperature shows no clear trend over the last century, at least not one that suggests runaway warming.."
Read on!
"Global Warming: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may have a boring name, but it has a very important job:
It measures U.S. temperatures.
Unfortunately, it seems to be a captive of the global warming religion.
Its data are fraudulent.
What do we mean by fraudulent?
How about this:
NOAA has made repeated "adjustments" to its data, for the presumed scientific reason of making the data sets more accurate.
Nothing wrong with that.
This creates a data illusion of ever-rising temperatures to match the increase in CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere since the mid-1800s, which global warming advocates say is a cause-and-effect relationship.
The more CO2, the more warming.
But the actual measured temperature record shows something different:
There have been hot years and hot decades since the turn of the last century, and colder years and colder decades.
But the overall measured temperature shows no clear trend over the last century, at least not one that suggests runaway warming.."
Read on!
New judge taking look at evidence in Flynn case
New judge taking look at evidence in Flynn case:
"Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who has yet to produce evidence of Trump campaign collusion with Russia, has turned over all of the evidence regarding Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn to a federal judge, according to a report.
Investigative journalist Sara Carter reported two of her sources said Mueller’s office complied with a federal judge’s order regarding the former national security adviser.
Flynn pleaded guilty late last year to one count of lying to the FBI, even though former FBI Director James Comey stated the agents who interviewed Flynn did not believe he was lying about a conversation with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in December 2016.
However, the judge who was presiding over the case, Rudolph Contreras, suddenly was removed, and the new judge, Emmet Sullivan, ordered the material delivered from Mueller to Flynn’s lawyers and the court.
Sullivan had said: “The government is further directed to produce all discoverable evidence in a readily usable form. For example, the government must produce documents as they are kept in the usual course of business or must organize and label them clearly.”"
Investigative journalist Sara Carter reported two of her sources said Mueller’s office complied with a federal judge’s order regarding the former national security adviser.
Flynn pleaded guilty late last year to one count of lying to the FBI, even though former FBI Director James Comey stated the agents who interviewed Flynn did not believe he was lying about a conversation with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in December 2016.
However, the judge who was presiding over the case, Rudolph Contreras, suddenly was removed, and the new judge, Emmet Sullivan, ordered the material delivered from Mueller to Flynn’s lawyers and the court.
Sullivan had said: “The government is further directed to produce all discoverable evidence in a readily usable form. For example, the government must produce documents as they are kept in the usual course of business or must organize and label them clearly.”"
NOAH ROTHMAN: No One Is Saying That. Did you hear? They’re talking about repealing the Second A…
Instapundit » Blog Archive » NOAH ROTHMAN: No One Is Saying That. Did you hear? They’re talking about repealing the Second A…:
NOAH ROTHMAN: No One Is Saying That. (click link for more!)
NOAH ROTHMAN: No One Is Saying That. (click link for more!)
"Who you gonna believe — Chris Cuomo or yer own lyin’ eyes?"--Posted by Stephen Green"Did you hear? They’re talking about repealing the Second Amendment. It started with former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley. And it sure does seem like those calls prompted skeptics of American gun culture to echo their remarks. Turley and Stevens were joined this week by op-ed writers in the pages of Esquire and the Seattle Times. Democratic candidates for federal office have even enlisted in the ranks of those calling for an amendment to curtail the freedoms in the Bill of Rights. Of course, this is just the most mainstream invocation of anti-Second Amendment themes that have been expressed unashamedly for years, from liberal activists like Michael Moore to conservative opinion writers at the New York Times. Those calling for the repeal of the right to bear arms today are only echoing similar calls made years ago in venues ranging from Rolling Stone, MSNBC, and Vanity Fair to the Jesuit publication America Magazine.
Are you sitting down? You might be surprised to learn that none of this occurred.
History for March 30
History for March 30 - On-This-Day.com:
Vincent Van Gogh 1853, John Astin 1930 - Actor ("Addams Family"), Warren Beatty 1937 - Actor
Eric Clapton 1945 - Musician, Paul Reiser 1957 - Actor ("Mad About You"), comedian, Celine Dion 1968 - Singer
1842 - Dr. Crawford W. Long performed the first operation while his patient was anesthetized by ether.
1858 - Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patented the pencil.
1867 - The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars.
1909 - The Queensboro bridge in New York opened linking Manhattan and Queens. It was the first double decker bridge.
1939 - The comic book "Detective Comics #27" appeared on newstands. This comic introduced Batman.
1950 - The invention of the phototransistor was announced.
1964 - "Jeopardy" debuted on NBC-TV.
1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in Washington, DC, by John W. Hinckley Jr. Two police officers and Press Secretary James Brady were also wounded.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
IG will probe FBI abuses of FISA, after Trump surveillance - Washington Times
IG will probe FBI abuses of FISA, after Trump surveillance - Washington Times:
"The Justice Department’s inspector general said Wednesday that he is investigating whether the FBI overstepped its bounds when it conducted secret surveillance of a Trump campaign figure in 2016 and 2017, and whether the FBI bungled its handling of the anti-Trump “Steele dossier.”
Republicans last week revealed that the dossier played a significant role in getting the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court to approve wiretaps of Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign."
Republicans last week revealed that the dossier played a significant role in getting the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court to approve wiretaps of Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign."
Is It Time to Give Up on Fish Oil? - The New York Times
Is It Time to Give Up on Fish Oil? - The New York Times
"...I now suspect that those thousands of gel-covered capsules I’ve swallowed over the years may have done little more than enrich the pockets of supplement producers and sellers.
A number of extensive analyses have been conducted, some supporting and others refuting the value of fish oils to the cardiovascular system, along with studies of other purported health benefits that also have had mixed results.
...Enthusiasm for fish oils originated with reports decades ago that Eskimos, who consume lots of cold water fish, have surprisingly low rates of heart disease despite a diet very high in animal fat.
...“This idea has since been pretty discredited; we really don’t know if the Eskimos got heart disease or not,” said Malden C. Nesheim, emeritus professor of nutrition at Cornell University, who chaired an Institute of Medicine committee assessing the risks and benefits of seafood in the early 2000s.
...The question is whether the observed cardiovascular benefits often found among fish eaters is due solely to the oils in fish or to some other characteristics of seafood or to still other factors common to those who eat lots of fish, like eating less meat or pursuing a healthier lifestyle over all.
Whatever the answer, it does not seem to be fish oil supplements..."
"...I now suspect that those thousands of gel-covered capsules I’ve swallowed over the years may have done little more than enrich the pockets of supplement producers and sellers.
...Enthusiasm for fish oils originated with reports decades ago that Eskimos, who consume lots of cold water fish, have surprisingly low rates of heart disease despite a diet very high in animal fat.
...“This idea has since been pretty discredited; we really don’t know if the Eskimos got heart disease or not,” said Malden C. Nesheim, emeritus professor of nutrition at Cornell University, who chaired an Institute of Medicine committee assessing the risks and benefits of seafood in the early 2000s.
...The question is whether the observed cardiovascular benefits often found among fish eaters is due solely to the oils in fish or to some other characteristics of seafood or to still other factors common to those who eat lots of fish, like eating less meat or pursuing a healthier lifestyle over all.
Whatever the answer, it does not seem to be fish oil supplements..."
Why Does Sleep Become Disrupted in Old Age? - Neuroscience News
Why Does Sleep Become Disrupted in Old Age? - Neuroscience News:"Summary: Age related sleep disruptions are not due to alterations in activity of individual neurons as previously believed, researchers report.
...SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT
The biological significance of age-dependent changes in sleep is unknown, but may reflect either a diminished sleep need or a reduced capacity to generate deep sleep stages..."
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America doesn't have a gun violence epidemic. Democrat cities do.
America doesn't have a gun violence epidemic. Democrat cities do.:
"Democrat policies kill
America does not have a gun crime epidemic. There are, however, epidemics in many locales and cities. Who do you think runs the vast majority of those cities?"
"Democrat policies kill
America does not have a gun crime epidemic. There are, however, epidemics in many locales and cities. Who do you think runs the vast majority of those cities?"
U.S. Electric Grid Vulnerable to Unprecedented Waves of Attack
U.S. Electric Grid Vulnerable to Unprecedented Waves of Attack:
"The U.S. electric grid has become increasingly vulnerable to what the federal government is describing as an unprecedented wave of attacks that threatens to cripple the nation, according to a new investigative report that warns the energy industry is lagging in efforts to boost physical security of these critical sites.
Amid a wave of increasing attacks across the country on key power stations, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, or NERC, has been struggling to force the power industry to enact a series of security improvements meant to stop would-be attackers and terrorists from crippling the nation's infrastructure.
..."There is widespread belief that bulk power critical assets are vulnerable to physical attack, that such an attack potentially could have catastrophic consequences, and that the risks of such attacks are growing," according to the report..."
Read on!
Amid a wave of increasing attacks across the country on key power stations, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, or NERC, has been struggling to force the power industry to enact a series of security improvements meant to stop would-be attackers and terrorists from crippling the nation's infrastructure.
..."There is widespread belief that bulk power critical assets are vulnerable to physical attack, that such an attack potentially could have catastrophic consequences, and that the risks of such attacks are growing," according to the report..."
Read on!
How Often Do Citizens Use Guns to Stop Violence? - Just Facts
How Often Do Citizens Use Guns to Stop Violence? - Just Facts
"In a New York Times column entitled “How to Reduce Shootings,” Nicholas Kristof writes, “It is true that guns are occasionally used to stop violence. But contrary to what the National Rifle Association suggests, this is rare. One study by the Violence Policy Center found that in 2012 there were 259 justifiable homicides by a private citizen using a firearm.”
That statement grossly misleads by pretending that firearms only stop violence when they are used to kill criminals.
As explained by the National Academies of Sciences in a 300+ page analysis of firearms studies, “effective defensive gun use need not ever lead the perpetrator to be wounded or killed.
Rather, to assess the benefits of self-defense, one needs to measure crime and injury averted.
The particular outcome of an offender is of little relevance.”
...Contrary to Kristof’s deceitful claim, a range of credible data suggests that civilians use guns to stop violence more than 100,000 times per year.
,,,Anti-gun researcher David McDowall and others conducted a major survey of defensive gun use that was published by the Journal of Quantitative Criminology in 2000.
...the results imply that U.S. civilians use guns to defend themselves and others from crime at least 990,000 times per year.
This figure accounts only for “clear” cases of defensive gun use and is based upon a weighting calculation designed to minimize defensive gun uses.
Similarly, a 1994 survey conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] found that Americans use guns to frighten away intruders who are breaking into their homes about 498,000 times per year..."
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"In a New York Times column entitled “How to Reduce Shootings,” Nicholas Kristof writes, “It is true that guns are occasionally used to stop violence. But contrary to what the National Rifle Association suggests, this is rare. One study by the Violence Policy Center found that in 2012 there were 259 justifiable homicides by a private citizen using a firearm.”
As explained by the National Academies of Sciences in a 300+ page analysis of firearms studies, “effective defensive gun use need not ever lead the perpetrator to be wounded or killed.
Rather, to assess the benefits of self-defense, one needs to measure crime and injury averted.
The particular outcome of an offender is of little relevance.”
...Contrary to Kristof’s deceitful claim, a range of credible data suggests that civilians use guns to stop violence more than 100,000 times per year.
,,,Anti-gun researcher David McDowall and others conducted a major survey of defensive gun use that was published by the Journal of Quantitative Criminology in 2000.
...the results imply that U.S. civilians use guns to defend themselves and others from crime at least 990,000 times per year.
This figure accounts only for “clear” cases of defensive gun use and is based upon a weighting calculation designed to minimize defensive gun uses.
Similarly, a 1994 survey conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] found that Americans use guns to frighten away intruders who are breaking into their homes about 498,000 times per year..."
Read all!
Under 10 Percent Of Protesters Were Kids | The Daily Caller
Under 10 Percent Of Protesters Were Kids | The Daily Caller:
"University of Maryland sociologist Dana Fisher conducted a study of the demographics of Saturday’s march in Washington, D.C., and discovered that only less than 10 percent of those in the crowd were under the age of 18.
While Fisher tried to make it sound like these individuals were all potential voters, it is likely that many of those who showed up were simply run-of-the-mill liberal activists."
While Fisher tried to make it sound like these individuals were all potential voters, it is likely that many of those who showed up were simply run-of-the-mill liberal activists."
Do Not Sign A DNR Before You Read This
Do Not Sign A DNR Before You Read This:
"Patients, beware.
When you're admitted to a hospital, you're routinely encouraged to sign a Do Not Resuscitate order, also known as a DNR.
Don't assume it will be applied only in extreme circumstances.
New research shows having those three letters on your chart could put you on course to getting less medical and nursing care throughout your stay.
Fewer MRIs and CT scans, fewer medications or even fewer bedside visits from doctors.
A DNR could cost you your life.
Having a DNR means that if your heart stops or you can't breathe, medical staff will let you die naturally, instead of rushing to give you cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Correctly interpreted, a DNR bars just that one procedure — resuscitation.
But researchers are discovering that many doctors and nurses take DNR to mean you want end-of-life care only.
They misconstrue DNR as Dying, Not Recovering.
They even hesitate to put DNR patients in the ICU when they need intensive care.
No wonder patients with DNRs have worse recovery rates than patients with identical conditions and no DNRs..."
Read on!
When you're admitted to a hospital, you're routinely encouraged to sign a Do Not Resuscitate order, also known as a DNR.
Don't assume it will be applied only in extreme circumstances.
New research shows having those three letters on your chart could put you on course to getting less medical and nursing care throughout your stay.
Fewer MRIs and CT scans, fewer medications or even fewer bedside visits from doctors.
A DNR could cost you your life.
Having a DNR means that if your heart stops or you can't breathe, medical staff will let you die naturally, instead of rushing to give you cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Correctly interpreted, a DNR bars just that one procedure — resuscitation.
But researchers are discovering that many doctors and nurses take DNR to mean you want end-of-life care only.
They misconstrue DNR as Dying, Not Recovering.
They even hesitate to put DNR patients in the ICU when they need intensive care.
No wonder patients with DNRs have worse recovery rates than patients with identical conditions and no DNRs..."
Read on!
Alexander on Twitter: "From @MartinDaubney. Lowering math requirements for an engineering college. If this isn’t a sign of civilizational decline, I don’t know what is. Enjoy your future falling bridges and buildings, England! https://t.co/3GjQv2CySD… https://t.co/OyDbrScw8N"
From @MartinDaubney. Lowering math requirements for an engineering college. If this isn’t a sign of civilizational decline, I don’t know what is.
Enjoy your future falling bridges and buildings, England! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11452589/Have-young-men-become-the-new-educational-underclass.html …
Enjoy your future falling bridges and buildings, England! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11452589/Have-young-men-become-the-new-educational-underclass.html …
Fastest Manned Aircraft In History Blasts Past Mach 6 - How It Nearly Ended In Disaster - World War Wings
Fastest Manned Aircraft In History Blasts Past Mach 6 - How It Nearly Ended In Disaster - World War Wings:
X-15A-2.
X-15A-2.
There are many aircraft first stretched their wings at Ewards Air Force Base where The X-15 program was conceptualized in the late 1950s and kept improving its design until 1968.
At that time there were some wild rides on in the rocket that would later become known as the world’s fastest aircraft.
On October 3rd, 1967 Major William “Pete” Knight took the flight of his life into a modified X-15A-2 and made history. A B-52 Stratofortress hauled Knight’s X-15A-2 into the air and set off to do a speed test. The rocket engine ignited, consuming 12,000 lbs of fuel per minute and achieved the world record for fastest speed in a manned aircraft reaching Mach 6.72.
However, the troubles began when it reached the world record speed..."
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Did Facebook’s ‘favors’ for the Obama campaign constitute a violation of federal law? | Fox News
Did Facebook’s ‘favors’ for the Obama campaign constitute a violation of federal law? | Fox News:
"According to Carol Davidsen, the former media director for Obama for America, Facebook gave the 2012 Obama campaign direct access to the personal data of Facebook users in violation of its internal rules, making a special exception for the campaign. The Daily Mail, a British newspaper, reported that Davidsen said on Twitter March 18 that Facebook employees came to the campaign office and “were very candid that they allowed us to do things they wouldn’t have allowed someone else to do because they were on our side.”"
"According to Carol Davidsen, the former media director for Obama for America, Facebook gave the 2012 Obama campaign direct access to the personal data of Facebook users in violation of its internal rules, making a special exception for the campaign. The Daily Mail, a British newspaper, reported that Davidsen said on Twitter March 18 that Facebook employees came to the campaign office and “were very candid that they allowed us to do things they wouldn’t have allowed someone else to do because they were on our side.”"
History for March 29
History for March 29 - On-This-Day.com:
John Tyler (U.S.) 1790, Cy Young 1867, Eugene McCarthy 1916
Sam Walton 1918 - Founder of Walmart, Eric Idle 1943 - Comedian ("Monty Python"), Lucy Lawless 1968 - Actress ("Xena: Warrior Princess")
1847 - U.S. troops under General Winfield Scott took possession of the Mexican stronghold at Vera Cruz.
1867 - The British Parliament passed the North America Act to create the Dominion of Canada.
1882 - The Knights of Columbus organization was granted a charter by the State of Connecticut.
1951 - In the United States, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. They were executed in June 19, 1953.
1961 - The 23rd amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment allowed residents of Washington, DC, to vote for president.
1983 - Erno Rubik was granted a patent for his Magic Cube. (U.S. Patent 4,378,116)
1987 - Hulk Hogan took 11 minutes, 43 seconds to pin Andre the Giant in front of 93,136 at Wrestlemania III fans at the Silverdome in Pontiac, MI.
1992 - Democratic presidential front-runner Bill Clinton said "I didn't inhale and I didn't try it again" in reference to when he had experimented with marijuana.
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