https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2011/11/crowd-sourced-screening-of.html
Backseat driving: Crowd-sourced screening of abusive/misogynist comments for women bloggers
I've been reading more in the past few weeks about the type of garbage that women bloggers have to put up with, stuff I've never experience...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/09/and-on-personal-note.html
Backseat driving: On a personal note...
I got married on Sunday. Everything seemed to go very well, and it was fantastic to see everyone. In addition to registering for the usual ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2011/05/lessons-from-decimation-of-birther.html
Backseat driving: Lessons from the decimation of birther denialism
(Tangential suggestion: normally I don't approve of messing around with author's books in bookstores, but Swift Boat Liar Jerome Corsi is s...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2011/09/republican-climate-cladistics.html
Backseat driving: Republican climate cladistics
Might be useful to have some categories for Republican leaders: Genus: Science Believers Species: As good as typical Democrats examples: ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/10/score-point-for-dodd-last-night.html
Backseat driving: Score a point for Dodd last night
Dodd said at last night's debate that he supports legalizing marijuana, a position opposed by all other candidates. My usual favorite, Edw...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2013/04/hoping-history-rhymes.html
Backseat driving: Hoping history rhymes
Before Heartland Institute made real trouble, and maybe taking a more prominent role than the US Chamber in fighting climate action, the Glo...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/02/denialist-blogger-hired-on-to-hunter.html
Backseat driving: Denialist blogger hired on to Hunter presidential campaign
Duncan Hunter, a low-rent third-tier anti-immigrant Republican presidential candidate, has hired John Hawkins of Right Wing News to do some ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/06/score-one-half-for-governator.html
Backseat driving: Score one-half for The Governator
Seems that contrary to media reports, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger did NOT fill in a road pothole that had been created by road crews for...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2009/12/environmental-defenses-take-on.html
Backseat driving: Environmental Defense's take on Copenhagen
Environmental Defense has its Insider podcasts several times a year, a conference-call briefing of major donors on the climate issues that ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2010/12/judging-experts-on-arsenic-bacteria.html
Backseat driving: Judging the experts on the arsenic-bacteria pushback
Here's an angry pushback contradicting the implications of the recent Science article finding Mono Lake bacteria that could use arsenic ins...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/08/guest-post-on-fisa-mess.html
Backseat driving: A guest post on the FISA mess
(Below is a guest post by occasional commentor Jeff S., from a letter he sent to Senator Dianne Feinstein. -Brian) Senator Dianne Feinstei...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2008/10/local-candidates-for-office.html
Backseat driving: Local candidates for office
Some postings on local candidates for office (I did a post on propositions below ). Your comment, input and links are welcome. Disclosure:...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/06/prozac-politics.html
Backseat driving: Prozac politics
A speculation from a friend - does the fact that so many Americans take drugs that keep them from getting upset have an effect on our politi...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2008/02/looks-like-im-not-betting-dr-l-graham.html
Backseat driving: Looks like I'm not betting Dr. L Graham Smith
Ecomyths blog decided it had arrived in the blogging world because I emailed the climate denialist author, Dr. L Graham Smith, to see if he...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/12/omaha-killer-be-famous.html
Backseat driving: Omaha killer: "Now I'll be famous"
That was his motivation for killing strangers . So I'll just repeat this post from April 19th after the Virginia Tech killings: One small w...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2004/12/applying-biblical-morality.html
Backseat driving: Applying biblical morality
I've been meaning to post this for some time, a letter that's been circulating through the internets. (Thanks Mark and Melissa for the po...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/06/welcome-chris-mooney-readers.html
Backseat driving: Welcome, Chris Mooney readers
The bets I'm willing to make on global warming are here . My attempt to bet with a right-wing radio host is here , and climatologist James ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2009/07/mixed-bag-ny-times-article-on-whales.html
Backseat driving: Mixed-bag NY Times article on whales
Very long NY Times Magazine article on whales being sociable with humans, mostly our local gray whales in their non-local nursery lagoons i...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2006/01/
Backseat driving: 01/01/2006 - 02/01/2006
"Cheap, tawdry, and useless" - Tim Ball
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2013/05/live-blogging-jim-hansen-et-al.html
Backseat driving: Live blogging Jim Hansen et al.
I'm trying this out as an experiment, will expand as he and others talk. We're at the WEST 2013 Sustainable Silicon Valley Summit. I'll occa...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/08/winning-ohanlon-primary.html
Backseat driving: Winning the O'Hanlon Primary
Michael O'Hanlon is an unfortunate presence in the foreign policy establishment, someone who was an enthusiastic war promoter, and who argu...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2012/07/good-climate-news-bad-climate-news.html
Backseat driving: Good climate news, bad climate news
On the good news front, an excellent post from David Roberts on the amount of emissions the US has cut in recent years. Go read. Joe R...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/10/september-2005-iraq-casualties.html
Backseat driving: September 2005 Iraq casualties
Back to the monthly casualty report for September: Avg. daily military fatality rate (nearly all of them Americans): 1.73. August was 2.68....
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/09/legal-perspective-on-lomborgs-nonsense.html
Backseat driving: A legal perspective on Lomborg's nonsense
John Tieney gives lots of New York Times space to Lomborg's idea that we should do nothing about climate change and spend money on other st...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/07/paul-erhlich-on-climate-change-in-1968.html
Backseat driving: Paul Erhlich on climate change in 1968
While researching something else, I came across this on page 52 of The Population Bomb (published 1968): The greenhouse effect is being enha...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2015/09/weird-paper-claims-climate-change-helps.html
Backseat driving: Weird paper claims climate change helps biodiversity
ScienceDaily says a paper found that climate change has less impacts on biodiversity than land use has. My first thoughts were that it's pl...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/10/volokh-correction-number-wait-minute.html
Backseat driving: Volokh Correction, Number - wait a minute...
Hell freezes over as the conservative Volokh Conspiracy comes out in favor of reasonable environmental regulation , instead of being opposed...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/10/my-face-on-radio.html
Backseat driving: My face on radio
Okay, not my face but my voice - Bay Area public radio station KQED released a two-minute commentary by yours truly yesterday on the flawed ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2013/03/shameless-self-promotion-part-two.html
Backseat driving: Shameless self-promotion, Part Two
So the contest of Solutions for Planetary Stability continues, and both of the solutions I entered (former blog posts) have made it to th...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2006/09/
Backseat driving: 09/01/2006 - 10/01/2006
"Cheap, tawdry, and useless" - Tim Ball
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2013/05/rumsfeld-forgot-unknown-knowns.html
Backseat driving: Rumsfeld forgot the unknown knowns
I'm slogging my way through Steve Pinker's Better Angels book on the history of violence so I can finally write about how it's convincing an...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_backseatdriving_archive.html
Backseat driving: 06/01/2005 - 07/01/2005
"Cheap, tawdry, and useless" - Tim Ball
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/05/understanding-boreholes.html
Backseat driving: Understanding boreholes
The Open Mind blog has an excellent explanation of how underground boreholes work in recording temperature changes over time (very differen...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_backseatdriving_archive.html
Backseat driving: 06/01/2004 - 07/01/2004
"Cheap, tawdry, and useless" - Tim Ball
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2013/02/contest-for-planetary-solutions.html
Backseat driving: Contest for Planetary Solutions
Sustainable Silicon Valley has a contest for Solutions for Planetary Sustainability . Yours truly has taken the subjects of two Rabbet Ru...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2010/11/
Backseat driving: 11/01/2010 - 12/01/2010
"Cheap, tawdry, and useless" - Tim Ball
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2009/01/mashey-on-lomborg-and-virtual-mashey.html
Backseat driving: Mashey on Lomborg, and virtual Mashey
Via Rabett , John Mashey's guest post deconstructing Lomborg as someone arguing with sophisticated political tactics, where the truth of th...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/03/
Backseat driving: 03/01/2007 - 04/01/2007
"Cheap, tawdry, and useless" - Tim Ball
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/02/volokhs-off-again-on-environment.html
Backseat driving: Volokhs off again on the environment
I give the Volokhs' latest post on the environment a C-minus, an improvement over their previous environmental posts, all of which are far w...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2009/11/romm-roger-wrong-rabett-right.html
Backseat driving: Romm, Roger wrong; Rabett right
What Eli said about the obvious relevance of population control to the climate crisis. Call me crazy, but I suspect there's some kind of c...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-request-to-readers-give-us-your-rubio.html
Backseat driving: A request to readers - give us your Rubio climate rebuttals
I'd like to try a little experiment here - a little over a week ago, Marco Rubio graced the Internet with his nontheories regarding climat...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2008/08/
Backseat driving: 08/01/2008 - 09/01/2008
"Cheap, tawdry, and useless" - Tim Ball
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/04/energy-analysis-were-hosed.html
Backseat driving: Energy analysis - we're hosed
Great and pessimistic post on energy alternatives , reposted by Mark Kleiman. I think it's overly down on wind power which has some real if...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/10/hit-bush-on-pardon-issue.html
Backseat driving: Hit Bush on the pardon issue
Many bloggers have speculated that if indictments lead to convictions, Bush will just pardon all concerned after the 2008 elections. We can ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/02/biased-liberal-media-reports-on-gay.html
Backseat driving: Biased liberal media reports on gay marriage anniversary
Here in the San Francisco Bay area, media reports have covered the one-year anniversary of San Francisco's short-lived experiment in gay mar...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2015/04/its-okay.html
Backseat driving: It's okay
I've finally slogged my way through last week's Supreme Court decision on EPA regulation of some sources of greenhouse gases. For those w...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2015/04/ev-costs-at-tipping-point-for-un.html
Backseat driving: EV costs at a tipping point for un-American countries
Un-American developed countries, that is. See here: Bloomberg reprinted the above graph from a 2011 McKinsey report , and I added t...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2009/08/defending-whole-foods-from-john-mackey.html
Backseat driving: Defending Whole Foods from John Mackey and a boycott
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey wrote a shallow and unaware Wall Street Journal Op-Ed (are there any other kinds?) attacking real health care re...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/07/worst-argument-used-by-left-against.html
Backseat driving: The worst argument used by the left against tightening border security
I've heard both Arianna Huffington and Bob Scheer make this argument at Left Right and Center : there's no reason to worry about terrorists...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2010/05/even-skeptics-see-va-atty-general-as.html
Backseat driving: Even skeptics see the VA Atty General as another McCarthy
(I was going to write about rock-climbing in Yosemite, but I guess that'll have to wait.) Today a few people who might otherwise get the ter...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-nasa-space-conspiracy-theory.html
Backseat driving: My NASA space conspiracy theory
No, it's not that the Apollo moon landings were fake - everyone knows that.* My conspiracy theory is that many or most of the space scientis...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-working-with-not-against-peak-oil.html
Backseat driving: On working with, not against, the Peak Oil people
Below is an email I received from David Room of the Post Carbon Institute , a non-profit advocating for adaptation to a Peak Oil world. Spe...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-dark-knight-review-go-see-wall-e.html
Backseat driving: My "Dark Knight" review: go see WALL-E
The only semi-compelling reason to see the new Batman movie is to participate in the undergrad-level, shoot-the-breeze political analysis go...
backseat drivingdark knightgo seereviewwall
https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/12/november-2005-iraq-casualties.html
Backseat driving: November 2005 Iraq casualties
On to the monthly casualty report for November: Avg. daily military fatality rate (nearly all of them Americans): 2.87. October was 3.19, Se...
backseat drivingnovemberiraqcasualties
https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2012/02/steve-goddard-steals-pat-michaels-trick.html
Backseat driving: Steve Goddard steals Pat Michaels' trick of deleting inconvenient data
Pat Michaels got in trouble for repeatedly deleting data that is inconvenient to his denialist viewpoint. Now Steve Goddard is trying h...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-to-learn-from-edwards-idiocy.html
Backseat driving: What to learn from Edwards' idiocy
So John Edwards finally admitted paternity of his mistress' child, after previously saying the affair ended too soon for him to be the fat...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/08/republican-and-democratic-hypocrisy-on.html
Backseat driving: Republican (and Democratic) hypocrisy on homosexuality
There's an excellent post at the Volokhs on how conservative homosexuals are treated in the Republican party: First, nearly all the gay Rep...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2012/06/yes-carbon-taxes-can-work-in-theory.html
Backseat driving: Yes, carbon taxes can work in theory
I've argued a million times that some enviros shot and are shooting themselves in the foot by opposing cap-and-trade so they can get their-...
backseat drivingcarbon taxesyesworktheory
https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2009/10/still-more-companies-drop-chamber-of.html
Backseat driving: Still more companies drop the Chamber of Commerce
So Nike quit the US Chamber Board of Directors on Wednesday in protest of the do-nothing position on climate (although Nike didn't drop its...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/08/speciation-in-classroom-petri-dish.html
Backseat driving: Speciation in a classroom petri dish
Many creationists and some Intelligent Design types accept that "microevolution" occurs within a species, allowing for small, gradual change...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2006/09/not-betting-with-glen-raphael.html
Backseat driving: Not betting with Glen Raphael, apparently
(UPDATE: Glen says he is interested in betting - see comments.) Blogger Glen Raphael , another denialist of anthropogenic global warming, p...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2006/09/im-republishing-allegedly-defamatory.html
Backseat driving: I'm republishing the allegedly defamatory letter about Tim Ball
Via Deltoid , who's doing the same thing, I'm republishing here a letter that global warming denialist Tim Ball is suing over on the claim t...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2009/05/roger-samuelson-retreads-repeats-past.html
Backseat driving: Robert Samuelson retreads, repeats past mistakes on climate
Robert Samuelson got far more credit from me than he deserved until I realized he wasn't respected economist Paul Samuelson . Brad DeLong a...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/08/republican-war-on-science.html
Backseat driving: The Republican War on Science
The title of this post is the title of a new book by one of my favorite bloggers, Chris Mooney . I haven't had a chance to read it yet, an...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/03/murray-and-rp-jr-getting-overbroad-in.html
Backseat driving: Murray and RP Jr. getting overbroad in their critiques
Iain Murray, at the denialist/weaselist Planet Gore website , cites approvingly to Roger Pielke Jr.'s attack on the Climate Appraisal websit...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2009/06/review-hard-candy-is-so-much-better.html
Backseat driving: Review: Hard Candy is so much better than Juno
The girl whose over-praised acting got her an Oscar nomination for Juno did a much better job in an earlier, better, and very different movi...
backseat drivinghard candyso muchbetter thanreview
https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2014/01/yosemite.html
Backseat driving: Yosemite
Then: From National Geographic, via Buzzfeed . I wanted to see if that foreground tree is still there. Now: From Google Str...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2009/10/richard-freeman-1935-2009.html
Backseat driving: Richard Freeman, 1935-2009
My wife's favorite uncle, Richard Freeman, died last month. I only knew him for a few years, but he was a very nice guy. His online memori...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2009/02/computer-problems.html
Backseat driving: Computer problems
Have had trouble posting, among other time-sucking issues. For the meantime, check out comments at Stoat about wrong-headed attacks by Piel...
backseat drivingcomputerproblems
https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/08/mitt-romney-is-no-teddy-roosevelt.html
Backseat driving: Mitt Romney is no Teddy Roosevelt
Romney is catching heat for saying his sons' volunteer work on his campaign is more or less the equivalent of military service in Iraq . I ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2013/10/
Backseat driving: 10/01/2013 - 11/01/2013
"Cheap, tawdry, and useless" - Tim Ball
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2010/04/scientist-versus-denialist-defamers_25.html
Backseat driving: Scientist versus denialist defamers, part 2
( Part 1 here. , all about a defamation lawsuit by a climatologist filed against denialists.) Continuing through the writ : Writ page 20: t...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/04/maybe-tears-of-laughter-this-time.html
Backseat driving: Maybe tears of laughter, this time
My normal reaction to another blogger getting recognized is tears - bitter, jealous, tears. But I've got a slightly different response just ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2015/09/cascadia-quake-and-climate-correlations.html
Backseat driving: Cascadia quake and climate correlations
New Yorker's article on the exposure of the Pacific Northwest to a massive quake and tsunami is well worth the read. I used to live there ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2012/09/denialists-denied-by-judge-in-new.html
Backseat driving: Denialists denied by judge in New Zealand lawsuit
Via John Mashey, there's a blog post by Gareth on yet another attempt by climate denialists to muddy the record on climate change, this t...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/07/under-reported-global-environmental.html
Backseat driving: Under-reported global environmental problems
1. Ocean acidification . I've been hearing about how excess carbon dioxide is changing the PH balance in the oceans for about a year, we'll...
backseat drivingglobal environmentalreportedproblems
https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2008/04/cap-and-dividend-sounds-fine-to-me.html
Backseat driving: Cap and dividend sounds fine to me
Info here (via Grist ). As the website says: Cap and dividend is a simple, market-based way to reduce CO 2 emissions without reducing hou...
backseat drivingcapdividendsoundsfine
https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2006/03/abortion-different-from-ending.html
Backseat driving: Abortion different from ending pregnancy
William Saletan has an interesting Op-Ed in today's Washington Post , arguing that technology is making first-trimester abortions increasing...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/04/some-interesting-excerpts-from-supreme.html
Backseat driving: Some interesting excerpts from the Supreme Court global warming opinion
Massachusetts v. EPA : (Majority opinion) Notwithstanding the seriouscharacter of that jurisdictional argument and the absence of any confli...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2006/04/march-2006-iraq-casualties.html
Backseat driving: March 2006 Iraq casualties
(Sorry, missed doing the February report.) Avg. daily military fatality rate (nearly all of them Americans): 1.06. February was 2.07, Janu...
backseat drivingmarchiraqcasualties
https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/10/operation-yellow-elephant-and.html
Backseat driving: Operation Yellow Elephant and Afghanistan
A group of bloggers are performing a valuable service with Operation Yellow Elephant - encouraging Iraq war supporters, especially College ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/08/cooling-on-uranus.html
Backseat driving: Cooling on Uranus
While the "warming solar system is proof the Earth is heating naturally" claim is completely bogus , that hasn't stopped the support of idio...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2004/12/
Backseat driving: 12/01/2004 - 01/01/2005
"Cheap, tawdry, and useless" - Tim Ball
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2008/05/
Backseat driving: 05/01/2008 - 06/01/2008
"Cheap, tawdry, and useless" - Tim Ball
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2009/05/
Backseat driving: 05/01/2009 - 06/01/2009
"Cheap, tawdry, and useless" - Tim Ball
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2015/04/two-by-jq.html
Backseat driving: Two by JQ
John Quiggin has two good climate-related posts out from recent days. Tobacco International discusses the recent decision in Australia to ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/06/those-evil-environmentalists.html
Backseat driving: Those evil environmentalists
Did you know that one of the founders of the prominent organization Environmental Defense, Charles Wurster, said when it was pointed out to ...
backseat drivingevilenvironmentalists
https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2009/07/does-david-victor-study-condemn-most.html
Backseat driving: Does the David Victor study condemn most offsets?
Something weird is going on: all over the climate blogs you can read claims that Stanford's David Victor (sometimes together with Michael W...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/04/nisbet-and-copernicus-foreword.html
Backseat driving: Nisbet and Copernicus' Foreword
Not sure yet what I think of the Nisbet-Mooney framing science thing (see Stoat for a pithy writeup). I heard Nisbet asked on a public rad...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/11/volokh-correction-22-ignoring-self.html
Backseat driving: Volokh Correction #22: Ignoring "self-defense" as a derived principle
A UN report says (at point 20) that rather than being an independent, self-evident principle, self-defense should be derived from the right...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2015/09/climate-cognition-notes.html
Backseat driving: Climate Cognition notes
I attended the San Francisco Commonwealth Club's Climate One meeting yesterday, on "Climate Cognition" with George Lakoff, Kari Norgaard, a...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/04/amazon-replies-to-choosethebluecom.html
Backseat driving: Amazon replies to Choosetheblue.com
(See my post directly below this one. Doesn't really change anything from my perspective.) Thank you for taking the time to write to us. Am...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2013/07/climate-divestment-for-water-district.html
Backseat driving: Climate divestment for the water district
Below's my memo that I sent to the Water District Board yesterday - we'll decide Monday or Wednesday whether to move it forward. Many many t...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2007/06/lone-genius-or-quack-what-are-odds.html
Backseat driving: A lone genius or a quack - what are the odds?
Inel has a dispiriting report on Lindzen managing to confuse non-experts over climate change, even with an actual scientist there to correc...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2012/08/getting-romneys-culture-quote-just-right.html
Backseat driving: Getting Romney's culture quote just right
There may have been some confusion about what Romney actually said about culture and economic success, so I thought I would document it: ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2004/12/shocker-unocal-settles-human-rights.html
Backseat driving: Shocker - Unocal settles human rights lawsuit over Burma
Unocal reached a confidential settlement in principle over a human rights lawsuit alleging it benefited from government repression while bui...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2010/01/ticking-time-bomb-torture-and.html
Backseat driving: Ticking time bomb torture and Inglourious Basterds
Ticking time bombs are a topic again on the right , thanks to The Underpants Bomber. Could it have made sense to "harshly interrogate" the ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2009/08/geoengineering-jiu-jitsu-and-india.html
Backseat driving: Geoengineering jiu-jitsu and India
RealClimate has an interesting post on how the Copenhagen Cherrypicked Consensus ignores science that has inconvenient economic effects on ...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2012/09/useful-with-boulder-of-salt.html
Backseat driving: Useful with a boulder of salt
Shell has a good, simple explanation of a planned carbon capture and sequestration facility in Alberta: So the good stuff first: they'...
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https://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2005/10/carbon-storage-and-watermelon-litmus.html
Backseat driving: Carbon storage and a watermelon litmus test
There's been very little media coverage about the International Panel on Climate Change's recent report , regarding the role of carbon dioxi...
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