Tag: syria

September 28, 2013 0

Old Dog, Old Trick: US, Saudis, Qatar Attempt "Arab Spring" Retread in Sudan

By News Desk

Al-Mahdi himself was Oxford educated, according to his official Club de Madrid biography , which also states [emphasis added]: Al-Mahdi was elected president of the Umma party in November 1964, and led a campaign to promote political activity, develop political Islam, and reform the party by expanding its base and promoting democracy behavior. Despite his efforts towards a democratic government, there was another coup d´état in 1969 that led to a dictatorship referred to as the May Regime.  He was soon arrested by the military government, exiled to Egypt, and detained in Sudanese prisons repeatedly until 1974. Later that year, he traveled abroad and toured Arab and African Capitals where he delivered a number of lectures

September 26, 2013 0

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

By News Desk

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.