tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post5149716701216911530..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Anthony Watts throws Nicola Scafetta to the wolvesSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-61313170992377112652019-09-04T07:27:23.589+10:002019-09-04T07:27:23.589+10:00He really does. Doesn't he.
And..doing an int...He really does. Doesn't he.<br /><br />And..doing an interview at Infowars? What's that about judging people by the company they keep?Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-74224210511641997002019-09-04T05:17:18.360+10:002019-09-04T05:17:18.360+10:00I was directed to the Infowars video page, and a r...I was directed to the Infowars video page, and a recent interview with Monckton. He kind of looks ill ...<br /><br />https://banned.video/watch?id=5d699e59eb6ae100131fc9edWilliam Scott Scherkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481476585908252323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-55673743392669672612014-03-15T10:35:43.759+11:002014-03-15T10:35:43.759+11:00Watts once declared anathema on the Sky Dragons an...Watts once declared anathema on the Sky Dragons and denial of the greenhouse effect, but he backtracked fairly rapidly. We may see much the same here. Could WUWT really cope with a full-on faction fight? I doubt it, and I'm pretty sure Watts himself couldn't. Those things get ugly. Or hilarious, depending on one's perspective.<br /><br />I suspect Watts could be about ready to bail. Advancing years, fading sight, creaking joints and the unkindness of Sou - it must all be getting a bit much.Cugelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-17141005623747176222014-03-15T06:01:05.845+11:002014-03-15T06:01:05.845+11:00Do people still remember Kremlin watchers?
This S...Do people still remember Kremlin watchers?<br /><br />This Scafetta post got 3.5 stars (from 5 stars; 22 votes), 170 comments and 8 bloggers like it.<br /><br />The current most read post on Steyn has a solid 5 stars, 99 stars and 15 bloggers like it.<br /><br />Looks like the Death blow to Barycentrism is not yet settled science according to the average WUWT reader.<br /><br />Maybe Watts was thinking a bit of controversy is good for the number of readers. And he can still make up again and have another emotional post. His comments about stuff going on in the background suggest that maybe people were simply not sufficiently respectful to him, the Biggest Blogger on Climate. At least I would be surprised if scientific merit was the real reason. That would be untypical.Victor Venemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842816166712285801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-45167667715463361402014-03-15T02:18:35.093+11:002014-03-15T02:18:35.093+11:00My personal interpretation is that Watts feels he ...My personal interpretation is that Watts feels he has to burn all bridges with Scafetta since the Pattern Recognition fiasco. After all the diatribes about "pal review", "the Team", etc., he could not allow to seem friendly with someone who really did that sort of things. Therefore, crucifixion of Scafetta - not that hard, the level in wackiness was very strong in this one. <br /><br />Notice however that his choice of terms shows that he is kinda embarassed : on one end, use of derogative terms like "wonky" and the not too nice description of Tallbloke's group ; on the other end, this gem "Some years ago I thought the theory had some merit"<br />Seriously. Climastrology. Some merit. Either he's very dense, or this is a way for him not to cut ties with the most delirious part of his fanbase. I would think it's more the latter. <br /><br />BratislaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-42779395594687128652014-03-14T22:10:17.749+11:002014-03-14T22:10:17.749+11:00Its ironic that omitted variable bias has been men...Its ironic that omitted variable bias has been mentioned at WUWT: the entire history of climate change denial is omitted variable bias writ large: the omitted variable being CO2 sensitivity, something too inconvenient for fossil fuel profits for it to be allowed to exist.<br /><br />I am surprised that dbstealey did not perform a drone strike on the errant dikranmarsupial in retaliation for such boldness.Millicentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-81072892431685940842014-03-14T16:00:58.977+11:002014-03-14T16:00:58.977+11:00Regardless of how bought, I cannot recommend Earth...Regardless of how bought, I cannot recommend Earth Transformed strongly enough. It makes sense of the Holocene, although most turns out to really be the Anthropocene.John Masheynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-53217160936776334902014-03-14T09:44:57.698+11:002014-03-14T09:44:57.698+11:00Thanks for your thoughts.
Katy D - fair point, ...Thanks for your thoughts. <br /><br />Katy D - fair point, though it's a long way from being slave labour :) I have mixed feelings about Amazon myself for a different reason, but like it that they often offer an electronic version.<br /><br />(I don't know the work practices of all the various publishers and booksellers or from where they get their paper :-o.)Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-63144071247737894422014-03-14T04:04:12.258+11:002014-03-14T04:04:12.258+11:00Sou, I'd welcome any reviews you find time to ...Sou, I'd welcome any reviews you find time to write. <br /><br />Katy D - link to Ruddiman's publisher's website for <i>Earth Transformed</i><br /><br />http://www.whfreeman.com/catalog/Product/earthtransformed-ruddiman<br />BBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687930416706386215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-44637680991233343632014-03-14T01:56:50.068+11:002014-03-14T01:56:50.068+11:00I believe that - for UK residents - the WH Smiths ...I believe that - for UK residents - the WH Smiths website offers similar prices on books and takes the unusual approach of paying UK taxes.Millicentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-82290121803547937942014-03-14T00:48:00.805+11:002014-03-14T00:48:00.805+11:00A truly magnificent CV there, John.
I think my fa...A truly magnificent CV there, John.<br /><br />I think my favourites are the multi and non extensive diffusion entropy analysis investigations into Texas teen pregnancies in the period around 2003/4. The highlight being that Afro-Americans are less likely to give birth on a weekday than Hispanics and whites thus affecting health outcomes... Beats dog astrology any day..<br /><br />R the Anon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-64479297554223374972014-03-13T22:51:23.410+11:002014-03-13T22:51:23.410+11:00That's OK for recommending books, but could yo...That's OK for recommending books, but could you add a note suggesting people might like to go straight to the suppliers rather than using Amazon to buy? Their ethical track record is rather dubious! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25034598 - it sometimes takes a little more effort to click through to the supplier but they can usually be found, eg. the Mann book is actually from http://www.betterworldbooks.co.uk/the-hockey-stick-and-the-climate-wars-dispatches-from-the-front-lines-id-9780231152549.aspxKaty Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-83026644139687471992014-03-13T21:00:02.173+11:002014-03-13T21:00:02.173+11:00That's fine by me. Some time ago I thought I ...That's fine by me. Some time ago I thought I might try to cover some costs by using the Amazon affiliate program. I've put a test in the sidebar, with a link to Amazon's US site for William Ruddiman's book.<br /><br />I was going to write occasional reviews of climate books. Still might do that, figuring it's inoffensive, not "in your face" and might help out the authors as well. If anyone has strong views about this one way or another let me know.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-52469123442626891832014-03-13T19:27:43.035+11:002014-03-13T19:27:43.035+11:00UK readers - finally **at last** Earth Transformed...UK readers - finally **at last** <i>Earth Transformed</i> gets released here, as of yesterday.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1464107769/ref=pe_152101_44675231_nrn_lm<br /><br />[Sou - hope you don't mind the amazonUK link - I have nothing to do with this commercially in any way at all - but kill the link if you don't want it here]BBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687930416706386215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-68420808199575541672014-03-13T15:50:53.635+11:002014-03-13T15:50:53.635+11:00+1.+1.Bernard J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-19912244305460798772014-03-13T14:08:11.682+11:002014-03-13T14:08:11.682+11:00See Scafetta @ Duke U
Duke must be proud to have s...See <a href="http://people.duke.edu/~ns2002/" rel="nofollow">Scafetta @ Duke U</a><br />Duke must be proud to have such an active researcher.<br /><br />Dikean of course is exactly right, but but more: as per Bill Ruddiman's Earth Transformed(2013):<br /><br />CO2 (CH4) patterns stopped being entirely natural ~8000 (5000) years ago; the higher CO2/CH4 of the MWP was at least part human-caused, and most of the 9ppm CO2 drop into 1600CE was human-caused: add volcanoes and Maunder: LIA.<br /><br /><br />John Masheynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-72481711016801882582014-03-13T11:01:33.671+11:002014-03-13T11:01:33.671+11:00Pretentious guff, very much Monckton's forte. ...Pretentious guff, very much Monckton's forte. His rhetoric is straight out of the classical handbook, and why not? The plebs lapped it up then and they lap it up now. "Ooh, dunn 'e sound clever? And he'll stop them carbon taxes, he says."<br /><br />Despair of the species, look to your family and friends, that's my take on things. I want my nepots to have every advantage, fair or unfair, when it comes to coping with AGW and all the other disruptions that are coming in their lifetimes.<br /><br />Also I try not to be part of the problem. I'm not having the finger pointed at me when everything goes to pot.Cugelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-26731956900970036372014-03-13T09:19:13.147+11:002014-03-13T09:19:13.147+11:00Like most of Monckton's emissions, 'near-i...Like most of Monckton's emissions, 'near-infinitely' is meaningless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-45302940924879033322014-03-13T04:42:39.330+11:002014-03-13T04:42:39.330+11:00Finally, a single sentence from Monckton with whic...Finally, a single sentence from Monckton with which I thoroughly agree...<br /><br />"In science, an open mind is of near-infinitely greater value than an open mouth."<br /><br />Quite so...<br /><br />http://tamino.wordpress.com/?s=monckton<br /><br />Tamino will be pleased.idunnonoreply@blogger.com