April, 2009

Bolt employs the “but”: Yes, weather isn’t climate, but now: The news came as Mount Hotham recorded the coldest temperature for April in Victoria of minus 8 degrees. And: Melbourne also had it’s fourth consecutive April day under 15 degrees yesterday — with a top of 13.8 degrees — the first time in 60 years. [...]

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I started reading Janet Albrechtson’s latest article and thought I knew exactly where it was going. THE James Hardie saga continued last week with the public shaming of former chairwoman Meredith Hellicar, six other non-executive directors and three senior executives of Hardie. When NSW Supreme Court judge Ian Gzell found them guilty of breaching their [...]

Remember Andrew Bolt’s challenge to those who believed in the Stolen Generations? name just 10 of those 25,000 children Well, a new challenge has been issued to those who believe in human-induced climate change: Name just three clear signs the planet is warming… But there’s a catch. Chances are your “proofs” are in fact on [...]

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Andrew Bolt says that a new interview with ex-PM John Howard contains no spin. Watch it here and decide for yourself. I’ll only note the following: Twice Howard justifies the Iraq war by claiming that while Saddam Hussein’s regime was not involved in 9/11, it was possibly going to be involved in a future terrorist [...]

We’ll be hearing Andrew Bolt bash on about Barack Obama’s damning use of a teleprompter until the end of days (and Jeremy’s already declared Bolt and Blair the winners on that one) so it isn’t surprising to read yet another Bolt post about the pernicious autocue today, and how nobody teases Barack the way they [...]

Like a game of Where’s Wally for simpletons, it’s never hard to spot those on the hard left of politics. Janet’s right: some people just have no sense of humour. Janet’s wrong: it’s not just those on the “hard left” who lack it. Says Janet: But if you don’t much care for the philosophy, you [...]

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Reader Stanley helps Andrew discover a “surprising” study of media bias. But did Andrew stop to check the publication date before he copied and pasted? Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist By Meg Sullivan | 12/14/2005 5:36:31 PM Not only was the study published four years ago, but flaws in its methodology were [...]