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On Journalism, Skepticism & a Lawsuit | NoFrakkingConsensus

I’ve not heard of Pardy before, but my goodness, this man is talking sense. Bravo for him, for reporter Brean, and for the National Post.

Wind investments blow Pickens off the Forbes 400 list | The Daily Caller

Businessman T. Boone Pickens was dropped from the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans after losing much of his fortune in the wind farming industry.

According to Forbes, Pickens’ fortune dropped below the $ 1 billion mark for the first time since 2005. His net worth once amounted to an estimated $2 billion, but now it sits at around $950 million.

He told the hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he had “lost [his] ass in the [wind] business.” He added, “the jobs are in oil and gas.”