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Fifteen years later, Patrick Michaels finally makes a bet on climate change
September 26, 2013 0

Fifteen years later, Patrick Michaels finally makes a bet on climate change

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Tweet Via Tamino , I learned of a not particularly large, $250 bet with Scott Stupak over whether there will be statistically significant warming in 25 years starting in 1997 (details posted at Roy Spencer’s blog ). This is an update to a bet offer that Michaels’ newsletter made in 1998 for a 10 year period. James Annan learned of that offer in 2005 and tried to accept, but the new editor Chip Knappenberger pulled a Lindzen  (defined here ) and declined to keep that bet.

Europe Hooked on Easy Money Too: ECB President Draghi Threatens Another LTRO, Sings Praises of Excess Liquidity
September 23, 2013 0

Europe Hooked on Easy Money Too: ECB President Draghi Threatens Another LTRO, Sings Praises of Excess Liquidity

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Anyway, it’s liquidity full throttle in the Eurozone as well because Draghi Says ECB Will Offer More Long-Term Loans If Needed. “We are ready to use any instrument, including another LTRO if needed, to maintain the short term money markets at the level that is warranted by our assessment of inflation in the medium term,†Draghi said in response to questions from lawmakers in the European Parliament in Brussels today.