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THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Hurricane activity likely to reach record low in 3 days; 'a forecast bust'

MIAMI (Reuters) - The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, which forecasters had predicted would be more active than normal, has turned out to be something of a dud so far as an unusual calm hangs over the tropics.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: WSJ: The perils of a carbon tax and other lessons from Down Under

There are lessons here for conservatives in the U.S. and Europe.

One lesson is to beware the faddish politics of climate change.

Bitter Aussie in Guardian: ‘Voting while the planet burns’ | JunkScience.com

Democracy is so yesterday when the Left loses.

Economist: Failure to ax Aussie carbon tax would hurt investor confidence | JunkScience.com

Any move by Labor or Greens senators to stop the coalition from repealing the carbon tax could hurt investor confidence.