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Tim Lambert (deltoidblog AT gmail.com) is a computer scientist at the University of New South Wales.
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May 31, 2006
Category: Levitt
The LA Times publishes Jon Wiener on Lott's lawsuit: But Lott is not suing those who have said some of his pro-gun research was "invented," "faked" or "cooked." The lawsuit turns on the definition of "replicate," from the "Freakonomics" sentence...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 3:10 PM • 1 Comments
Category: Global Warming
Iain Murray, one of the masterminds who made the CEI ad that claimed that Al Gore produced as much CO2 as the state of Kentucky, discovers that Gore, on net, produces no CO2: Al Gore justifies his enjoyment of a...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 1:24 PM • 17 Comments
May 30, 2006
Category: Global Warming
One trouble with cherry picking is that you have to be very careful not to change anything or the whole thing falls apart. Dennis Avery picks up Bob Carter's "Global Warming stopped in 1998" cherry but fluffs it The official...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 2:26 PM • 12 Comments
May 29, 2006
Category: Global Warming
Roy Spencer takes a break from his parody writing with a new column at Tech Central Station. He has some questions for Al Gore. I think he should have just used Google to find the answers, but what the hey,...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 3:04 PM • 20 Comments
May 28, 2006
Category: Global Warming
After everyone laughed at their first two ads, CEI have made another one. This purports to compare Gore's CO2 emissions from flying around to give his presentation on global warming with that of an average person. This screen capture shows...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:13 PM • 40 Comments
Category: Global Warming
The Editors on Gregg Easterbrook: I was going to do a whole thing about how disingenuous Gregg Easterbrook has been about global warming, but I see that Media Matters has already done a very thorough job. I would like to...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 5:13 AM • 6 Comments
May 27, 2006
Category: DDT
Several days ago I described how the World Bank's Booster Program and Attaran et al both misunderstood an article published by Akhavan, Musgrove, Abrantes, and Gusmao. Since then, the World Bank has corrected the error while Attaran, even though his...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 2:46 PM • 15 Comments
May 26, 2006
Category: Global Warming
Roger Dewhurst, who is a member of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition, has sent a letter to NZ MPs: "I was appalled to see a one page propaganda sheet apparently put out by the Ministry of Education which made...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 1:10 PM • 8 Comments
May 25, 2006
Category: Global Warming
John Quiggin notes that Michael Shermer and Sir David Attenborough have now accepted that the evidence for global warming is overwhelming and that the skeptics now mostly consist of the deluded like Ken Ring and the shills like the CEI....
Posted by Tim Lambert at 2:04 PM • 57 Comments
Category: Skeptics Circle
Skeptico got a creationist guest blogger to put together the 35th Skeptics' Circle. Check it out....
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:04 PM • 0 Comments
May 24, 2006
Category: meta
Tim Blair is incensed at my conclusion that Steyn had stolen from a blogger. He calls me "the Lambot" and "a thief", searches for something to attack me with ... and comes up with an incorrect comment I made on...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 1:52 PM • 13 Comments
Category: LancetIraq
UNICEF reports: Despite the laudable efforts of the Public Distribution System (PDS) of food baskets, many of Iraq's poorer households are still food insecure, according to a Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis launched today, based on the most recent data...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:43 PM • 16 Comments
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Probable human to human to human transmission....
Posted by Tim Lambert at 10:32 AM • 2 Comments
Category: Ask a ScienceBlogger
This weeks ask a Science blogger question is: "If you could shake the public and make them understand one scientific idea, what would it be?"...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 5:27 AM • 16 Comments
May 23, 2006
Category: Global Warming
I think Exxon should be asking for their money back from some of the think tanks they are funding. I mean, these people are supposed to be slick professionals, well versed in the art of media manipulation, but they've completely...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 10:19 PM • 57 Comments
Category: Global Warming
Pinko Punko applied for a job at the CEI. The Editors award Ron Bailey the coveted Golden Winger. Ron Bailey comments on my earlier post: You invited me to come on down, so here I am a bit late (you...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:48 PM • 9 Comments
