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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-28-11 05:43 PM
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19. The Heartland Institute. LOL...
Funded by Exxon-Mobil and Phillip Morris, among others..

The author certainly seems alarmed about something.

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  -New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole In Global Warming Alarmism The Straight Story  Jul-28-11 05:28 PM   #0 
  - "alarmist?" fucking bullshit agenda much?  enki23   Jul-28-11 05:29 PM   #1 
  - No shit...  haikugal   Jul-28-11 05:31 PM   #5 
  - LOL. "the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing"  Cetacea   Jul-29-11 04:05 PM   #46 
  - why 'nuff said?  Bosonic   Jul-29-11 07:44 PM   #52 
  - Removed to post below.  enki23   Jul-29-11 08:08 PM   #53 
  - I wonder if the wording of that article could be any more slanted.  FiveGoodMen   Jul-28-11 05:30 PM   #2 
  - Here's who wrote it (link):  FormerDittoHead   Jul-28-11 05:45 PM   #21 
     - Thank you, FormerDittoHead!  Octafish   Jul-28-11 07:33 PM   #32 
     - SourceWatch for the win, yet again.  Ignis   Jul-28-11 08:08 PM   #40 
  - This is how cynical I've become:  snappyturtle   Jul-28-11 05:30 PM   #3 
  - Note Yahoo's headline about "alarmism" was written by Forbes, whose version they run  villager   Jul-28-11 05:31 PM   #4 
  - ...which was written by a "senior fellow" at "The Heartland Institute"  foo_bar   Jul-28-11 05:33 PM   #11 
  - That is some slanted-ass reporting. It says "alarmist" 13 times. Agenda driven much?  bullimiami   Jul-28-11 05:31 PM   #6 
  - Amazing. We are all synchronized.  bullimiami   Jul-28-11 05:32 PM   #7 
  - I've noticed an obvious slant to the right on yahoo news. Who owns them?  Cannikin   Jul-28-11 05:32 PM   #8 
  - Here is some info:  The Straight Story   Jul-28-11 05:37 PM   #16 
  - Dr. Spencer is roundly criticized by his peers  Vinnie From Indy   Jul-28-11 05:33 PM   #9 
  - +1  Johonny   Jul-28-11 05:42 PM   #18 
  - Thanks. I've heard of Roy Spencer and I figured this would be debunked. - n/t  Jim__   Jul-28-11 06:18 PM   #28 
  - Thanks - Joe Romm has more  bananas   Jul-29-11 04:18 PM   #47 
  - I have to say  drm604   Jul-28-11 05:33 PM   #10 
  - I haven't seen the paper but it strikes me that there are two ways to look at those data....  mike_c   Jul-28-11 05:34 PM   #12 
  - Three things:  lumberjack_jeff   Jul-28-11 05:35 PM   #13 
  - No thanks...the use of the word 'alarmist' qualifies the article as BS  Rex   Jul-28-11 05:35 PM   #14 
  - Yahoo running a hoax  gratuitous   Jul-28-11 05:37 PM   #15 
  - Instead of Googling it, just go to the journal's page...  JHB   Jul-28-11 07:54 PM   #36 
  - I scanned through the report, it's a bit dense for me...  arcane1   Jul-28-11 05:41 PM   #17 
  - Dense is a good word to describe the authors  izquierdista   Jul-28-11 06:42 PM   #30 
  - The Heartland Institute. LOL...  SidDithers   Jul-28-11 05:43 PM   #19 
  - Bookmarking for responses...  silverweb   Jul-28-11 05:43 PM   #20 
  - Boys what you are talking about is Albedo  nadinbrzezinski   Jul-28-11 05:46 PM   #22 
  - Sourcewatch.org  Gormy Cuss   Jul-28-11 05:50 PM   #23 
  - Fuck those assholes.  PeaceNikki   Jul-28-11 05:55 PM   #26 
  - Is this article some kind of a joke??  Dappleganger   Jul-28-11 05:51 PM   #24 
  - I knew the ice isn't melting...those polar bears  WhiteTara   Jul-28-11 05:54 PM   #25 
  - The worst part is the comments section  AmericaIsGreat   Jul-28-11 05:59 PM   #27 
  - It's the "boiling pot" spin!  sofa king   Jul-28-11 06:28 PM   #29 
  - I'm glad you posted this article so I didn't have to! Thanks. LOL eom  Purveyor   Jul-28-11 06:57 PM   #31 
  - I hate to say this but given a choice between a computer model and actual data ...  spin   Jul-28-11 07:36 PM   #33 
  - Oops. Gaia's gonna get you for that. n/t  cherokeeprogressive   Jul-28-11 07:59 PM   #37 
  - I believe in global warming but I am not a member of the religion ...  spin   Jul-28-11 08:16 PM   #43 
  - believe in the scientific peocess not in scientists  Johonny   Jul-28-11 08:14 PM   #42 
     - To be fair we will have to wait for other reputable experts to voice their conclusions ...  spin   Jul-28-11 08:23 PM   #44 
        - not really  Johonny   Jul-29-11 07:35 PM   #50 
  - Well........  AverageJoe90   Jul-28-11 07:36 PM   #34 
  - But the Polar Ice Caps and Major Glaciers ARE melting.  bvar22   Jul-28-11 07:37 PM   #35 
  - Solar Cycles  DreamSmoker   Jul-28-11 07:59 PM   #38 
  - Nope, sorry  Motown_Johnny   Jul-28-11 08:03 PM   #39 
  - Noticed something peculiar....  JHB   Jul-28-11 08:12 PM   #41 
  - Probably because the author was on Coast-to-Coast Radio last night  bananas   Jul-29-11 04:21 PM   #48 
     - It was happening even before then. n/t  JHB   Jul-29-11 07:29 PM   #49 
  - Here's a little of what you need to know about Mr. Spencer  NickB79   Jul-29-11 04:00 PM   #45 
  - Loss of habitat and subsequent extinctions and narrowed DNA pool is more significant than  PufPuf23   Jul-29-11 07:40 PM   #51 
  - There is an unbelievable amount of ignorance about what a "computer model" is, even here.  enki23   Jul-29-11 08:09 PM   #54 
  - What a ridiculous headline...  ljm2002   Jul-29-11 08:19 PM   #55 
  - Spencer's books are published by the Koch brothers.  FloridaJudy   Jul-29-11 08:21 PM   #56 
 

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