Hard hitting global and local news
Hard hitting global and local news
See more here: Merkel Reaffirms "Refugees Welcome" Policy Over Her Own Party’s Objections
Credit xkcd Eli’s attention in the comments has been drawn to a rather superficial analysis of the situation the world finds itself in by Steve Koonin whom the bunnies have met before. Koonin appears not to have taken Andy Lacis’ advice to spend time to understanding the physics of climate change better and that small changes in the wrong place are what brings prosperity to undertakers. As Lacis said about Koonin’s belittling the effect of small changes in global temperature
Tweet I want to follow up on Eli’s comment below that "There is a place between blogs, arXiv and Science for really speculative papers, but the authors need to strongly defend themselves." Yes, and Hansen’s paper is properly occupying that place, assuming it can stay defended. But then, think about a speculative paper that went for the mirror-opposite side of the spectrum, saying "what if we’ve been wrong about everything about climate change and here’s a negative feedback mechanism previously undiscovered that will safely limit things." Let’s further assume this turns out not to be a Galileus paper but a Bozo paper , as seems likely. The normal consequences of publishing something that’s wrong is bent, by denialism
Link: China Contraction Unexpectedly Continues Third Month
Tweet That’s my interpretation of Clinton’s carefully limited support for the death penalty .
As a guest post, here is the opinion of IMD Professor Carlos A. Primo Braga on on the economic, political and psychological drivers of Brazil’s currency slide.
Crain’s Chicago Business reports Emanuel Gets His Huge Property Tax Hike . The City Council has approved Mayor Emanuel’s bad-news city budget, including plans for a record $543 million city property tax hike over the next four years