Nov

8

The $1.10 Canadian dollar

November 8, 2007 | 1 Comment

I suspect the USD is going to drop a fair bit yet. Certainly nothing that the Fed or the Administration has said suggests otherwise. And why not?
China has for its own excellent reasons refused to allow the upward revaluation of its tightly controlled currency. Which has made its manufactured goods strikingly cheap and pulled in […]

Nov

7

Climate Audit

November 7, 2007 | 1 Comment

If you have a chance pop over to the Weblog Awards and vote for Steve McIntyre’s Climate Audit.
http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-science-blog-1.php
Steve has created the best resource on the net for people who take their science and statistics seriously and demand accountability when bad, unproven or hidden science is used to justify massive policy shifts.
It would make a difference […]

Nov

6

5 years…

November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Actually I started my blog on October 14, 2002 over at the irritating Blogspot. You can read the whole thing…or not.

Nov

6

Hoisting the Blue Jack, Again

November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment

(On my old, and apparently resurrected, blog I posted the following on October 25, 2005. It seems to fit Remembrance Day as well.)
Hoisting the Blue Jack
Hoisting the Blue Jack
Nick Packwood at Ghost of a Flea has created the Red Ensign blogs, a collection of bloggers who recognize and celebrate Canada’s proud history in the […]

Nov

6

Let it Bleed

November 6, 2007 | 1 Comment

But Bloom is writing about rock music the way someone from the pre-rock generation experiences it. You’ve no interest in the stuff, you don’t buy the albums, you don’t tune to the radio stations, you would never knowingly seek out a rock and roll experience—and yet it’s all around you. You go to buy some […]

Nov

4

Surely not!

November 4, 2007 | 2 Comments

The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) blamed the miscalculation on “rebound effects” from energy-saving measures.
As people cut their bills by using more efficient devices, they tend to spend the extra money buying additional goods that cancel out some of the savings. bbc
Ya think?
So I buy a Pious (sic.) and drive twice as far, and LED […]

Nov

4

November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Sylvain Leclerc, spokesperson for the commission, said the majority of people who have spoken at the hearings are moderate. They are often against reasonable accommodations, especially for religious reasons, but they are not against immigration. national post
Assorted boffins weigh in on whether the Quebec Commission on Reasonable Accommodations is the right way to go. Unsurprisingly, […]

Nov

2

Humility…it’s a good thing

November 2, 2007 | 2 Comments

I’m sure the majority (but not all) of my IPCC colleagues cringe when I say this, but I see neither the developing catastrophe nor the smoking gun proving that human activity is to blame for most of the warming we see. Rather, I see a reliance on climate models (useful but never “proof”) and the […]

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