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January 21, 2014 0

Did anyone else pick up this Pielke prediction?

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From November 11, 2011, RPJr says : The Obama Administration has put off a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline until immediately after the 2012 election. At that point a newly elected Republican president will be able to quickly approve it or President Obama can do the same without concern for an upcoming election. Responding to enviro claims that rejecting the original Keystone application was a victory, RPJr continues: Let’s return to this February, 2013 and see if "victory" still smells as sweet — when plans re-emerge for crude oil flowing south, regardless of who wins the election.

Thailand: Regime Cites Own Terror Campaign as Pretext for "Emergency Decree"
January 21, 2014 0

Thailand: Regime Cites Own Terror Campaign as Pretext for "Emergency Decree"

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Just the day before the first deadly grenade attack, TIME Magazine would report in its article, " Bangkok Shutdown: Yingluck Supporters Prepare to Fight for Democracy ," that:  As Thailand’s anti-government protests enter their fourth day, observers say prospects for violent confrontation are increasing,  with reports of government supporters stockpiling weapons in case of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s ouster.  According to the Bangkok Post, radical members of the Red Shirts — diehard champions of Yingluck and her notorious brother Thaksin Shinawatra —  are readying a cache of arms  in case the 46-year-old premier is forced from office by either military or judicial intervention.  The paper quoted a Red Shirt source as saying  “There are strong anti-coup and anti-court sentiments among the red-shirt mavericks who are familiar and experienced with weapon use.†Police loyal to the regime have also made overt threats,  claiming they were preparing an armed campaign against protesters  if elections were delayed in a systematic pattern of violence that have become the notorious hallmarks of Thaksin Shianwatra’s regime – leaving no doubt as to who is behind recent attacks.  Astonishingly, after conducting a concerted campaign of terror against Occupy Bangkok protesters, the regime is now issuing an "emergency decree" prohibiting gatherings and inviting in draconian tactics to deal with those who defy the decree. Thailand’s English paper The Nation would report in their article, " State of emergency announced ," that: The caretaker Cabinet announced the state of emergency for Bangkok and some parts of nearby provinces, which will last 60 days.  The state of emergency was announced on TV by caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung

Thailand: Tearing Apart TIME Magazine’s Propaganda
January 21, 2014 0

Thailand: Tearing Apart TIME Magazine’s Propaganda

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The New York Times admitted in an early 2013 article titled, " In Thailand, Power Comes With Help From Skype ," that:  For the past year and a half, by the party’s own admission, the most important political decisions in this country of 65 million people have been made from abroad, by a former prime minister who has been in self-imposed exile since 2008 to escape corruption charges.  The country’s most famous fugitive,Thaksin Shinawatra, circles the globe in his private jet, chatting with ministers over his dozen cellphones, texting over various social media platforms and reading government documents e-mailed to him from civil servants, party officials say. The NYT piece would also report:   “He’s the one who formulates the Pheu Thai policies,†said Noppadon Pattama, a senior official in Mr. Thaksin’s party who also serves as his personal lawyer

U.S. Postal Workers’ Union Criticizes Staples-Run Post Offices; French Air Traffic Controllers Strike Again; PATCO Solution
January 21, 2014 0

U.S. Postal Workers’ Union Criticizes Staples-Run Post Offices; French Air Traffic Controllers Strike Again; PATCO Solution

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Via translation from Les Echos , please consider Air Traffic Controllers Strike Again in Late January Air traffic controllers are on strike from January 27 to 31, with a black day 29. They oppose a proposed Brussels lower royalties. Three months after strike against the plans of the European Commission for the "Single European Sky", the French air traffic controllers will strike again, for the same reasons, from 27 to 31 January

Curry vs. Curry
January 20, 2014 0

Curry vs. Curry

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In Prof. Judith Curry’s testimony she claimed that However, several key elements of the AR5 WGI report point to a weakening of the case for attributing most of the warming to human influences, relative to the previous assessment Lack of warming since 1998 and the growing discrepancies between observations and climate model projections Evidence of decreased climate sensitivity to increases in atmospheric CO 2 concentrations Evidence that sea level rise during 1920 – 1950 is of the same magnitude as in 1993 -2012 Increasing Ant arctic sea ice extent Permit the Rabett to start at the bottom.  Eli and the Weasel previously noted Prof. Curry really does not believe that increasing Antarctic sea ice extent casts any doubt of the AR5’s conclusions because she knows why the sea ice in Antarctica has been increasing (or perhaps not increasing as much, that may be another interesting tale of whom do you believe, theory or observation, as a recent preprint casts doubt on the magnitude).  In a 2010 PNAS paper, Accelerated warming of the Southern Ocean and its impacts on the hydrological cycle and sea ice Prof

French Banks Face €285 Bn Capital Shortfall, Germany €199 Bn, Spain €92 Bn; Mish French Fine Update
January 20, 2014 0

French Banks Face €285 Bn Capital Shortfall, Germany €199 Bn, Spain €92 Bn; Mish French Fine Update

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French Banks Face €285 Bn Capital Shortfall, Germany €199 Bn, Spain €92 Bn; Mish French Fine Update At the risk of incurring another nonsensical fine for quoting someone on leverage and capital ratios of French banks, please consider European Banks Face $1 Trillion Gap Before Review . European banks have a capital shortfall of as much as 767 billion euros ($1 trillion) before the European Central Bank’s probe into the financial health of the region’s lenders, according to a study. French banks show the biggest gap of 285 billion euros, followed by German lenders with as much as 199 billion euros, Sascha Steffen of the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin and Viral Acharya at New York University said in their study dated Jan.