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Global warming still stalled since 1998, WMO Doha figures show 'We're looking into this thing which is NOT HAPPENING' Figures released by the UN's World Meteorological Organisation indicate that 2012 is set to be perhaps the ninth hottest globally since records began - but that planetary...

Evidence proves that the graph trumpeted by AP as evidence of Iran's nuclear weapons program is an obvious sham It's important to return to the story about AP's nuclear Iran "exclusive" which I wrote about yesterday. Although it was intuitively obvious that the graph trumpeted by AP as...

North Korea bristles as Canada ‘insults’ the country’s ‘supreme authority’ in human-rights resolution For the second time in as many days, Canada has sparked the ire of one of the world’s most brutal regimes. At a UN humanitarian committee meeting on Wednesday, the North Korean...

Al Monaco puts a brave face on the prospects of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline becoming a reality. “We’re in the middle of the regulatory process, so I don’t want to presume anything. But we’re optimistic and committed to it,” the company’s new chief executive said over breakfast in...

via sda: "Suicide Voters" Shamelessly filched from American Digest's Sidelines, this excerpt from Sal Traina's A Real Threat To America: Suicide bombers don’t care about the effects of their actions on others. They believe that their awful actions will be rewarded...

Data Suggests Climate Entering 30 Year Cooling Period, Perhaps Longer Ongoing sea temperature readings suggest that global heat content has stabilised over the past 15 years -- despite an 8.5% rise in atmospheric CO2 levels. Ongoing observations are diverging significantly...

via sda: ....McLeod has a salary and bonus package worth $1.18 million per year and a contract that ensures his employment until 2025. It didn't take too long for Tribal Councils Investment Group (TCIG) to make a name for itself as a rising star and model for First Nations wealth generation...

A decade. Anyway... via sda: What Would We Do Without Peer Review? A Decade of Misconduct A joint investigation carried out over the course of 2 years by the ORI and the UK found that Eric Smart, who studied the molecular mechanisms behind cardiovascular diseases and diabetes...

via Fark: Female military members sue for the right to earn coveted "Combat Sammich Maker" ribbon SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four female service members filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat, hoping the move will add pressure to drop the policy just as...

The clock is ticking. Via INN:Iran is planning to build a nuclear bomb with at least triple the force of the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in World War II, diagrams obtained by the Associated Press indicates.According to AP, the diagrams were first discovered by International Atomic Energy...

No rice for you! WASHINGTON — Susan E. Rice may have hoped that paying a conciliatory call on three hostile Senate Republicans on Tuesday would smooth over a festering dispute about the deadly attack on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, and clear a roadblock to her...

1910s America in Color ~ Kuriositas

Which CEOs Earn the Most? Executive compensation is a hot-button issue, particularly in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and reforms enacted under the Dodd-Frank Act . Increasingly, shareholders are asking whether CEOs are worth many...

The response to the Bank of England’s selection of Bank of Canada chief Mark Carney to be its next chief is being met with near universal praise. Given how explosive subjects of monetary policy are (at least in popular discussion) the lack of controversy is Surprising. A lot of attention has...

Seems like something Michael Palin should have tried for his travel series stuff. Anyway, here ya go (with bonus "Are You Smarter Than a Foreign Diplomat - Foreign Service Exam) A British adventurer has become the first person to travel to all 201 sovereign states in the world without flying...

Go about your business now. The Conservative Party won two of three federal byelections Monday night, holding on to its seats in Calgary Centre and Durham, Ont., while the NDP kept its seat in Victoria http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts_e.aspx?ed=1245 Tories and NDP hold on to...

Title lifted from another board: Liverpool Care Pathway: far-reaching independent review announced Norman Lamb, the care minister, has announced a far-reaching independent review of the Liverpool Care Pathway, saying it is “unacceptable” that people are being put on it without...

via Zip Then again, it’s not like the NYT’s anti-Israel bias is a secret. Via WFB: The New York Times has again attempted to negate the presence of terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Reporter David Carr claims that two senior Hamas terrorists killed last week in precision Israeli airstrikes...

Principia Scientific International Publishes Ground breaking Paper refuting the Greenhouse Gas Theory [Principia Scientific International] are adamant that they have compellingly debunked what a generation of government climatologists incorrectly assumed ie that the flow of radiation in...

via sda The things that make you go hmmm.... So here’s what concerns me: how was Maher able to contact these individual donors – indeed voters – when the only information Elections Canada publicly provides is the postal code? Update: Excellent points in the comments - if you insist on...