Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Migrant Mind: Salinger and Control of Peer Review
...after they squash any article which they disapprove of, they can turn around and whack the skeptic with the claim that his work isn't peer reviewed.
Price of global warming [swindle] may stop deal at U.N. meeting - USATODAY.com
How much would you pay to save the world from the threat of global warming? We might find out soon.
The voices of climate change sceptics | Environment | The Guardian
"I can say conclusively that the hacked emails are just blips of information that will have absolutely no impact whatsoever on the push to get policymakers to back the science," said Anne Kelly, the policy director at Ceres, a sustainable business network whose members include PepsiCo, American Airlines and Bloomberg. "One can't help but think of the reaction of buggy whip manufacturers in the early part of the 20th century when the horseless carriage was created. The consensus has transcended political boundaries. It has transcended sectors. It is not an environmental movement anymore – it's smart business and investors agree."
baghdad bob: Information from Answers.com
On April 7, 2003, al-Sahhaf claimed that there were no American troops in Baghdad, and that the Americans were committing suicide by the hundreds at the city's gates. At that time, American tanks were patrolling the streets only a few hundred meters from the location where the press conference was held. His last public appearance as Information Minister was on April 8, 2003, when he said that the Americans "are going to surrender or be burned in their tanks. They will surrender, it is they who will surrender".

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