Saturday, February 18, 2012

The Real Employment Data Are Bleak And Don't Look Good For An Obama Re-Election - Investors.com

The Real Employment Data Are Bleak And Don't Look Good For An Obama Re-Election - Investors.com: "CBO report: "The share of unemployed people looking for work for more than six months — referred to as the long-term unemployed — topped 40% in December 2009 for the first time since 1948, when such data began to be collected; it has remained above that level ever since.""

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

White House Underestimated 2012 Deficit By 138%... - Deficit - Fox Nation

White House Underestimated 2012 Deficit By 138%... - Deficit - Fox Nation: "the White House does not have a good record in estimating what the federal deficit will be in future years.

In February 2009, Obama submitted his first budget to Congress. It boldly predicted that the federal deficit would decrease dramatically during Obama’s term, dropping from an estimated $1.841 trillion in fiscal 2009 to $557.4 billion in fiscal 2012."

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Friday, February 10, 2012

The best article on wind farms you will ever read – Telegraph Blogs

The best article on wind farms you will ever read – Telegraph Blogs: "Have a look at this debate between pro-renewables campaigner Jonathan Pyke and Mark Duchamp of the European Platform Against Wind Farms in The Earth Times and you'll see what I mean:
Q: How accurate is the argument that wind turbines have to be 'backed-up' by alternative sources of power, eg nuclear or coal, due to the irregularity of wind?
Jonathan: It's not accurate and I think it stems from a misunderstanding about what wind energy is for. It's better to think of wind as the back-up for gas, allowing us to make much better use of our existing fossil fuel power plants than relying on gas alone. "

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'Germany's George Monbiot' turns climate sceptic – Telegraph Blogs

'Germany's George Monbiot' turns climate sceptic – Telegraph Blogs: "One of the fathers of Germany’s modern green movement, Professor Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt, a social democrat and green activist, decided to author a climate science skeptical book together with geologist/paleontologist Dr. Sebastian Lüning. Vahrenholt’s skepticism started when he was asked to review an IPCC report on renewable energy. He found hundreds of errors. When he pointed them out, IPCC officials simply brushed them aside. Stunned, he asked himself, “Is this the way they approached the climate assessment reports?”"

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RealClearPolitics - The Galileo of Global Warming

RealClearPolitics - The Galileo of Global Warming: "Those who have followed the global warming controversy over the years may recall that cloud-formation is one of the major gaps in the computerized climate "models" used by the consensus scientists to predict global warming. They have never had a theory to explain how and why clouds form or to account accurately for their effect on the climate. Svensmark has smashed through this glaring gap in their theory."

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