http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pseudoscience/ en-us Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:57:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101277/posts While the highly charged debate on climate change and global warming ensues, Obama wants kindergarten children to be taught climate change science in the classroom. On May 14, 2007, Obama introduced in the Senate, a bill called, the “Climate Change Education Act,” which authorizes “the National Science Foundation to establish a Climate Change Education Program.” Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101277/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:57:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088223/posts No one, including Gov. Sarah Palin, questions that Alaska's climate is changing more rapidly than any other state's. But her skepticism about the causes and what needs to be done to address the consequences stands in sharp contrast to the views of her running mate, Sen. John McCain, and place her to the right of the Bush administration and several other Republican governors. Although Palin established a sub-cabinet to deal with climate change issues a year ago, she has focused on how to adapt to global warming rather than how to combat it, and she has publicly questioned scientists' near-consensus... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088223/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:55:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085984/posts Fierce individualists, Americans figure that we choose our own political beliefs — but actually it could come down to biology. Individuals who are more easily startled by threats are more likely than others to support protective policies, such as military spending, the Iraq War and the death penalty, finds a new study. ... The researchers measured levels of skin moisture as indicators of stress and anxiety for each participant as he or she looked at threatening images, including a large spider on the face of a frightened person, a dazed individual with a bloody face and an open wound with... LiveScience http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085984/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:34:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074000/posts Terry Moran from "Nightline" -- Funniest goof ever! http://www.tmz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074000/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:22:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068561/posts Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama’s two daughters, Malia, 9, and Sasha, 6, are big fans of Hannah Montana – and maybe there’s a reason why. Teen star Miley Cyrus, known as Hannah Montana in the Disney Channel TV series television of the same name, is now crusading for global warming alarmism. But she admits she isn’t really sure what it means. Disney, conveniently owns ABC, a network that often hypes climate change alarmism. On the 15-year-old singer’s recently released album “Breakout,” she sings that she wants America to wake up and deal with global warming. The song, “Wake Up... businessandmedia.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068561/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:52:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060700/posts SCIENTISTS have been stunned by the discovery of a shark that had eaten a polar bear. Part of the jaw of a young polar bear was found in the stomach of a Greenland shark in Svalbard, northern Norway. Kit Kovacs, of the Norwegian Polar Institute, said: "We've never heard of this before. "We don't know how it got there. We can't say whether or not the shark took a swimming young bear or ate a carcase. The Scotsman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060700/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:45:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060129/posts Scientists have developed two light-warping materials that takes them step closer to cloaking devices that could render people invisible. Wormholes could end messy wiring and speed up computers Scientists create the sound of silence Harry Potter invisibility cloak 'within five years' In recent years, several teams around the world have shown with mathematics how a cloaking device could work in principle, by making light waves flow around an object - just as water in a river flows undisturbed around a smooth rock. Telegraoh.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060129/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:06:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060123/posts ORLANDO, Fla. — A team of psychic detectives is assisting Orlando police in their search for missing three-year-old Florida girl Caylee Marie Anthony, according to local news reports. The group, known as "Body Hunters" and lead by psychic detective Gale St. John, is "blind driving" around Central Florida in search for the toddler who was last seen June 16, Local6.com reported. "We will not even look at street names," psychic detective Gale St. John told the TV station and its Web site on Monday. "We drive and go completely on feeling instinct, chasing down what we call a person signature."... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060123/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:51:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056100/posts The ships' logs of great maritime figures such as Lord Nelson and Captain Cook have cast new light on climate change by suggesting that global warming may not be an entirely man-made phenomenon. Scientists have uncovered a treasure trove of meteorological information contained in the detailed logs kept by those on board the vessels that established Britain's great seafaring traditition including those on Nelsons' Victory and Cook's Endeavour. Daily Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056100/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:18:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056062/posts Religions thrived to protect our ancestors against the ravages of disease, according to a radical new evolutionary theory of the genesis of faith. Prof Richard Dawkins the atheist and sceptic, has condemned religion as a "virus of the mind" but it seems that people became religious for good reason - actually to avoid infection by viruses and other diseases - according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences. Dr Corey Fincher and Prof Randy Thornhill of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, come to this conclusion after studying why religions are far more... Telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056062/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 05:04:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054280/posts Almost 50 percent of British adults believe in captive space aliens, and topping the list of such generally-held truths is a secret plot to harbour aliens at a remote military base in a desert in the United States, says a new survey. The online poll was conducted to coincide with the UK cinema release of 'I Want to Believe', the second X-Files film, which aimed to uncover the most popular conspiracy theories. The survey uncovered that almost fifty percent of respondents believe there is some truth in the legend of Area 51, which holds that Groom Lake, in Nevada, was... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054280/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:59:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048851/posts Bureaucrats at the American Physical Society (APS) have issued a curious warning to their members about an article in one of their own publications. Don't read this, they say - we don't agree with it. But what is it about the piece that is so terrible, that like Medusa, it could make men go blind? It's an article that examines the calculation central to climate models. As the editor of the APS's newsletter American Physics Jeffrey Marque explains, the global warming debate must be re-opened. "There is a considerable presence within the scientific community of people who do not... The Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048851/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:54:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2047649/posts Al Gore today called for replacing all carbon based electric power generation with alternative forms, primarily wind, solar, and geothermal in the next ten years...I pulled up these Intellicast wind maps a few hours after he delivered his speech. They cover the entire eastern portion of the country at 10PM EDT. Seems to be a problem. It’s night (no solar) and there’s no wind. It happens! Island Turtle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2047649/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:41:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046525/posts It was supposed to be a healthy snack. But a bunch of cut-price supermarket grapes became poisonous after they were infested by a pair of false widow spiders. Ceri and Rose Williams suffered numbness, head aches and high blood pressure after eating the fruit they purchased in Tesco. Mr Williams, 52, and his 45-year-old wife had already started munching on the two £1 bags of fruit when they noticed that something was moving inside. A quick rummage revealed that two spiders, one alive and one dead, had already made a meal out of the Moroccan-grown grapes. Mr Williams also spotted... The Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046525/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:50:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042482/posts July 08, 2008, 6:00 a.m. WikipropagandaSpinning green. By Lawrence Solomon Ever wonder how Al Gore, the United Nations, and company continue to get away with their claim of a “scientific consensus” confirming their doomsday view of global warming? Look no farther than Wikipedia for a stunning example of how the global-warming propaganda machine works. As you (or your kids) probably know, Wikipedia is now the most widely used and influential reference source on the Internet and therefore in the world, with more than 50 million unique visitors a month. In theory Wikipedia is a “people’s encyclopedia” written and edited... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042482/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:45:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041814/posts All new vehicles on sale in California will soon have to display their green credentials. This is a new scheme implemented by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). From January 1, 2009, stickers like the one seen here will carry information about the environmental performance of every vehicle they’re pasted into. There will be a ‘Global Warming Score’ (based on greenhouse gas emissions from driving and fuel production) and a ‘Smog Score’ (pretty much self-explanatory), both rated on a one-to-ten scale, with ten being the cleanest. And, similar to warnings on cigarette packets, they will say: ‘Protect the environment, choose... The Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041814/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:03:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029349/posts In Charles Krauthammer's May 30 must-read column, "Carbon Chastity," he rightly lambastes environmentalists as resurrected communists/socialists who have latched on to the environment and climate change as a means to advance their anti-people social agenda. The specific occasion for his justifiable outrage is a recent proposal by a British parliamentary committee to institute a personal carbon ration card for every citizen. The plan would place limits on food and energy consumption in the form of credits not to be exceeded — except through the potential for heavy-carbon users, often the wealthy, to purchase credits from lower-carbon users, often the less... Fox News | http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029349/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:21:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026580/posts LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Could "green" become a new watchword in TV programming? While the media companies have long been touting everything they're doing behind the scenes to become more environment-friendly, the message increasingly is seeping into their programming. On Wednesday, Discovery Communications launches the first 24/7 eco-friendly network, Planet Green, which will take over the space occupied by Discovery Home Channel. That follows NBC Universal's second companywide "Green Week" in April -- featuring 100 hours of green-themed content airing across 42 NBC Universal brands and 28 Web sites -- with two more already planned for November and April.... Rooters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026580/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:09:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025170/posts WASHINGTON - The Senate began what is expected to be a weeklong, contentious debate Monday over legislation to combat global warming by mandatory reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Senators voted 74-14 to proceed to the bill, but immediately it became clear Republican opponents were not going to make it easy. A request by Democrats to begin considering substantive changes in the bill was blocked by GOP opponents until Wednesday at the earliest. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada promised a thorough debate that will probably last through the week, if not longer. He said it's clear... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025170/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 05:19:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024730/posts RALEIGH, N.C. -- Each April, weather wizard William Gray emerges from his burrow deep in the Rocky Mountains to offer his forecast for the six-month hurricane season that starts June 1. And the news media are there, breathlessly awaiting his every word. It's a lot like Groundhog Day -- and the results are worth just about as much. ''The hairs on the back of my neck don't stand up,'' ho-hums Craig Fugate, director of emergency management for Florida, the state that got raked by four hurricanes -- three of them ''major'' -- in 2004. When it comes to preparing, he... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024730/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:42:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022911/posts Climate scientists Robert Allen and Steven Sherwood from Yale Universitry have used a new technique to show temperatures changes in the upper troposphere (7.5-10 miles up) since 1970 are clearly in sync with most of the climate change models in showing a general warming of 0.65 degrees celsius per decade. Over the past two decades, temperature data directly gathered by satellites and balloons had showed little or no increase in upper troposheric temperature during that period, but researchers suspected these discontinuities with the model projections were due to unknown changes in instrumentation and data processing. By tracking radiosondes attached to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022911/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 12:48:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2021688/posts The wife and I were wondering to day whatever happened to ozone depletion? I am still terrified by that and have not been able to move on to be afraid of global warming. I was wondering if anybody has heard anything about that in the last year or so. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2021688/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 01:16:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2013088/posts Nazis! It’s all about Nazis. In a parallel universe even crazier than our own, Ben Stein is making a documentary about how the Nazis utilized the controversial theory of gravity to make bombs that fall from the sky to the earth, and so the theory of gravity must be wrong. But we are here, and here, Ben Stein is telling us with a straight face that because the Nazis thought it would be a good idea to breed people like people breed animals, the theory of evolution must be wrong.... The Flick Filosopher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2013088/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 16:12:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005297/posts It goes without saying that climate realists around the world believe Nobel Laureate Al Gore used false information throughout his schlockumentary "An Inconvenient Truth" in order to generate global warming hysteria. On Friday, it was revealed by ABC News that one of the famous shots of supposed Antarctic ice shelves in the film was actually a computer-generated image from the 2004 science fiction blockbuster "The Day After Tomorrow." Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005297/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:34:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2002533/posts The truth is finally out there about the new "X-Files" movie title. The second big-screen spinoff of the paranormal TV adventure will be called "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," Chris Carter, the series' creator and the movie's director and co-writer, told The Associated Press. Distributor 20th Century Fox signed off on the title Wednesday. The title is a familiar phrase for fans of the series that starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI agents chasing after aliens and supernatural happenings. "I Want to Believe" was the slogan on a poster Duchovny's UFO-obsessed agent Fox Mulder had hanging in... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2002533/posts#comment Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:42:20 GMT