We usually attribute news blackouts about protests to totalitarian regimes with censorship cadres ( Read more... )

British soccer fan talking about threat of liquidation for Crystal Palace:

This is a club with a living heart and a beating soul.

Ah, you got so close to eloquence.

The NYT writes about this woman in reference to US student loan debt.

Our heroine has a degree in religion and women's studies. And after getting it, she has "nearly $100,000 in student loan debt". Not clear how much she borrowed exactly, because, following graduation, she spent 5 years deferring payments by enrolling in night school ( Read more... )

There's a classic quote that goes something like "You can ignore economics, but economics won't ignore you ( Read more... )

Among the many things that Patrissimo has to answer for, he got me interested in Crossfit. (In brief, workout mixing weightlifting, gymnastics movements and running/rowing, where the workout is usually scored, either by time to complete a task, number of reps managed or weight lifted ( Read more... )

An ambitious lawyer/politician from Virginia (as I write, the state attorney-general) has tried to climb the greasy pole of politics with a witch hunt investigation in Michael Mann, the scientist behind the temperature reconstruction graph widely known as the Hockey Stick ( Read more... )

The official response to the Climategate emails affair has been split into two "Independent" inquiries. The first was charged with investigating data release issues, and now the second has been announced, which will look at any issues related to the scientific output of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA ( Read more... )

A commenter suggested that I should read on the criticisms of Karl Popper, and that IPCC reports were a good place to look at for reliable climate science ( Read more... )

Sometimes I despair ( Read more... )

I proudly wear my adherance to skepticism as a badge of honour. Which means that I take a personal interest in a report of a discussion panel staffed by environmental journalists from major British newpapers.

One of the correspondents is reported to have said the following:

It’s someone who knows better and ( Read more... )