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Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log has the latest broad look at the state of Fusion. He discusses the state of laser fusion. The the $3.5 billion American National Ignition Facility seems to be doing well. But what excites me is that he has some indirect news on The Polywell Fusion Reactor experiments. The dark horse…

Auric Goldfinger? Not this time Mr. Bond. This time it is Climategate. Ah. Yes. Science Adviser to the President, John Holdren is a Climate Playah. Lift up a rock and another snake comes slithering out from the ongoing University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit (CRU) scandal, now riding as “Climategate”. Obama Science Czar John…

And what is that something that is rotten in Denmark? Climate data? Nope. (although that is a likely candidate). The rot stems from the CO2 trade. Denmark is the centre of a comprehensive tax scam involving CO2 quotas, in which the cheats exploit a so-called ‘VAT carrousel’, reports Ekstra Bladet newspaper. Police and authorities in…

The ITER fusion test reactor project is getting a schedule review [pdf] because the project is seriously out of whack. The scientific and engineering team building the ITER fusion reactor failed to win an expected endorsement from the project’s governing council last week. The council, which represents the seven international partners in the project–China, the…

I was reading the other day an article about the Angry Middle. Here is something I found in the article that rings true: It’s not a resurgent right wing that should trouble Obama’s party. Indeed, the stronger the right’s role in shaping the Republican message, the harder it will be for middle-of-the-road voters to use…

Lord Monckton, Viscount of Brechley, and Prof. Fred Singer are requesting that charges be filed against scientists and others involved in possible violations of Britain’s Freedom Of Information Laws. I can’t wait for the investigations to start in the USA. And don’t forget to order copies of this book: Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny…

The government is in essence a criminal organization. It can murder – through wars and punishment for crime. It can print money. It can make you a slave through taxes. (taxation is theft) It can make you a slave through imprisonment. It can kidnap you. (politely called arrest) It can demand ransoms. (fines) It can…

Climate scientist Judith Curry has a few words to say about scientific integrity as it relates to climate science given the recent revelations of Climategate. At the heart of this issue is how climate researchers deal with skeptics. I have served my time in the “trenches of the climate war” in the context of the…

Eric, my mate, myself, and a friend of Eric’s from Michigan had evening snacks at the Irish Rose in Rockford. We enjoyed swordfish and grilled zucchini. We enjoyed it very much. And instead of the usual blogger meet up crap (which I enjoy) we talked about our lives. A most enjoyable evening. Did I overuse…

Tom Ligon is going to be on the Space Show this Sunday from 12 to 1:30 PDT. You can call in or listen. Information at the link. You can also watch this interview with Tom. And for those of you even less familiar with Tom. He worked with Dr. Robert Bussard on Polywell Fusion Reactor…

Karl Rove is getting the message (from polls) that American voters are upset about reckless government spending. I guess he has never heard of Tea Parties. Better late than never. What seems to concern the president is not the problem runaway spending poses for taxpayers and the economy. Rather, what bothers him is the political…

The Briefing Room which helped break the CRU data dump story (Climategate): Verifying The CRU Files, has a new blockbuster out about climate “science” in New Zealand. NZ’s NIWA accused of CRU-style temperature faking. UPDATE 15:49 NZDT – NIWA’s news release in response to this story appears to have been delayed, and according to a…

Well not everything. But more than quite a lot. Eric at Classical Values was discussing that with respect to advertising and fads. Including medical and scientific fads. You know the deal. Trust but verify. Before seeing Eric’s post I came across Why Most Published Research Findings Are False. Summary There is increasing concern that most…

We have so much to be thankful for. Not the least of which is abundant energy which makes our lives so comfortable. At ECN Magazine I have reposted an idea I had from November of 2006. The idea is to develop a neighborhood energy source and storage unit along with communications facilities that could be…

And wouldn’t you know it. There is a book due out on 1 December called: The Real Global Warming Disaster: Is the Obsession with “Climate Change” Turning Out to Be the Most Costly Scientific Blunder in History? I think “blunder” is too nice a word. It is looking more and more like fraud. You can…

George Monbiot, one of the staunched supporters of the CO2 causes global warming belief, says that based on the ClimateGate revelations the science needs to be re-evaluated. It’s no use pretending that this isn’t a major blow. The emails extracted by a hacker from the climatic research unit at the University of East Anglia could…

By now you have all heard that a bunch of formerly secret e-mails and data relating to climate science have been revealed. It is casting serious doubt on the integrity of a number of the big names in the field and also adding to doubt about the size of the role of CO2 in climate…

I found a really interesting article on how thermodynamics affects political persuasion. Conservatives and Liberals. The Theory of Island Biogeography is a theory of species population distribution. There are major evolutionary implications in the ability of a species to distribute itself across space and time, not to mention the curious thermodynamics associated with this distribution.…

We constantly hear that only moderate centrist Republicans can win in some places. And that is true. But what kind of moderate? What kind of centrist? I think that it has to be a moderate with strong principles. A strange beast to be sure. At least in this day and age. The last time the…