Monthly Archives: July 2014

The Senate voted 39 to 32 to axe the 24.15 Australian dollar ($22.60) tax per metric ton of carbon dioxide that was introduced by the center-left Labor government in July 2012. Conservative lawmakers burst into applause as the vote tally … Continue reading →

* PBEM – Policy Based Evidence Making

The White House has announced that the President Obama no longer wants to be a hypocrite. Effective immediately : The president is going to move 500 young dreamers into his oversized Washington DC residence. The President is going to give up … Continue reading →

The three switches control three light bulbs in another room. You are allowed one (and only one) trip to the other room, at which time you have to determine which switch controls which bulb. Punishment for failure to solve this, … Continue reading →

The graph below organizes US HCN stations into two groups. Those that took morning readings (i.e. reset the thermometer in the morning or night) on July 15, 1936 and those which took afternoon readings (reset in the afternoon) on that date. … Continue reading →

The graph below is another TOBS killer. It shows the difference in summer temperature between US HCN stations which took morning readings on July 15, 1936 and those which took afternoon readings on that date. The trend is down, indicating … Continue reading →

One of the funnier claims about TOBS is that the frequency of 100 degree temperatures in the 1930’s was due to double counting at stations which reset their thermometers in the afternoon. I put that to the test by identifying … Continue reading →

COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut You may recall that someone predicted a week ago that it was about to take a sharp turn towards the median.

Denying global warming is dangerous – Yuma Sun: Opinion

There are various different clans of idiots out there busy trying to discredit me among their fellow idiots. Here are some of them. People who believe the triple point of water is not a triple point People who believe substances … Continue reading →