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This is both my personal learning project and my contribution in the struggle to confront the ongoing Republican/ libertarian assault on rational science and constructive learning, as manifested in their malicious strategic Attacks on Science ~ A collection of articles, scientific resources, plus my own essays and indepth critique of various presentations from unidirectional-skeptics ~ Hopefully a resource for the busy, yet discerning, student who's concerned about the health of our Earth

Monday, July 1, 2013

THIS IS WHAT GLOBAL WARMING LOOKS LIKE

It's another sad day for firefighters and the rest of us citizens.

The combination of drought, record heat, extremely dry wood and brush, dry lightening, erratic winds, conspired with fate to trap and kill 19 Hotshots - who within a few freak minutes found themselves trapped by a wall of fire, with no way out they reacted professionally and deployed their last-ditch emergency fire-shelters - but their bodies couldn't endure the minutes of smoke and heat - by the time the flames cleared out 19 young men and women (among America's best) had given their all in the service of others.

What's troubling is that while the media embraces another profound tragedy with Hollywood zeal - they ignore the real story - THIS IS WHAT GLOBAL WARMING LOOKS LIKE and we have just begun down this road that the Republican power-politics and their deceptive pet "Think Tanks" such as Marshall Institute, SPPI, Heartland and all their parrots such as Mr Anthony WUWT - with their irrational disconnect from what serious science is telling us about our planet's biosphere that seems little more than an "economic externality" to them - they have dictated a path for America's and the world's future - that will guarantee ever greater misery as these next years roll by.

All the while our "representatives" in Washington, Democrats as well as Republican continue to ignore the reality of what we have done to our atmosphere and how that is impacting weather patterns throughout the world. Meaning that actually confronting the issue seems as distant now as it was twenty years ago.

With that sad introduction let's take a look at the Republican state of mind - courtesy of DeSmogBlog and Chris Mooney "Science of Truthiness: Why Conservatives Deny Global Warming.

The Science of Truthiness: Why Conservatives Deny Global Warming (via Desmogblog)

These are notes for remarks that Chris Mooney gave recently at the Tucson Festival of Books, where he was asked to talk about his new book on a panel entitled “Will the Planet Survive the Age of Humans?” Video of the panel is currently available…

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{edited 12/11/2014}

I know there are too many typos, what can I say, eyes aren't what they were, I get rushed, and always did have a thing with transposing…{well, I also hated high school "english" classes... bad call that one.}. Doing the best I can with what I got. Embarrassing though it is, it's better than doing nothing. Besides, it's the issues and reasoning that we should be worrying about.

Though I'm in my own little world here, I'm also constantly learning and evolving and do get occasional feedback and when I reread stuff and find errors or omissions or garbage, I fix it. If it's major I'll acknowledge it with an 'edited' note, minor stuff I don't bother.

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I hardly keep track of Anthony's latest antics (besides, with Sou on the job why bother - can't beat her insights). It's just me over here and I have more important things to do with my precious hours - still now that Anthony's luster has been wearing thin he's put his energy into discovering and honing new fresh faces to carry on the public show of the Republican/Libertarian strategic attack on science.

He seems to have transitioned into a ring-leader, perhaps mentor/coach would be better, producer? At least that's how Mr. Steele and his antics of the past year has gotten me to think about it. So in that regard this blog remains about WUWT's brand of thinking and logic and my struggle to understand the anatomy of the fraud they've perpetrated against mankind. {December 2014}

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ok, now some recommended websites:

This blog was started in April 2013 and is written by an actual scientist so it has a refreshingly serious objective air to it, plus he does a good clear job of explaining complex issues.

And Then There's Physics.
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Sou has some of the best {readability and detailed} examinations of Watt's antics I've seen - and she does have fun with certain characters.

She continues be the best at keeping up with Mr. Watts' and pals and their many deceptions.

The recent dirty tricks and attacks she is enduring are acknowledgment of how good she is at it.

http://blog.hotwhopper.com

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Ben has been documenting Anthony's misdeeds longer than the rest of us.

http://wottsupwiththat.com

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Tamino, an acknowledged statistical/mathematical expert of the highest order, at Open Mind also does an excellent job of holding Anthony’s feet to the fire with clearly explained facts and math. Check it out:
http://tamino.wordpress.com
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And of course, there is the excellent, most up to date internet depository of climate studies and information for the non-expert public.

http://SkepticalScience.com

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Then there's RealClimate.org the scientist's commentary site. Run by working climate scientists intended to help the interested public and journalists sort through the complexities of the climatology. They provide "quick response to developing stories and provide the context" that is too often missing from public media's depiction. {But, you better be serious and have some real science education/understanding under your belt if you want to keep up.}

http://realclimate.org

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I remember back in da day, good websites/blogs were few and far between. But over the past years that's been changing to the point that it's impossible to keep up with them all. Here's an incomplete, and long overdue addition to my above list:

AGW Observer

Arctic Sea Ice Blog

IPCC

Variable Variability

new to the list

LucidPolitics.com