Left, Right, and Centered

If I were the Colts or the Vikings I would be worried.

This is a must read for anyone trying to understand the issue and the dodges of the UK FOIA that CRU has been doing.
One of the foundational components of the scientific method is the idea of reproducibility (Popper 1959). In order for an experiment to be considered valid it must be replicated. This process begins with the scientists who originally performed the experiment publishing the details of the experiment. This description of the experiment is then read by another group of scientists who carry out the experiment, and ascertain whether the results of the new experiment are similar to the original experiment. If the results are similar enough then the experiment has been replicated. This process validates the fact that the experiment was not dependent on local conditions, and that the written description of the experiment satisfactorily records the knowledge gained through the experiment. From Rand and Wilensky 2006

CRU’s decision to withhold data and code from public inspection is not only against the scientific method, given the impact their work has on governmental policies and taxpayer funded programs, it is, in my opinion, unethical. – Anthony Watts

Now that Bush is gone?
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there will be plenty of football to be played this season. Let’s wait before drawing any broad conclusions.
Coming next week. Likely Super Bowl champ.

New Orleans v. New England
Two of the four best quarterbacks in football.
Two teams that could be in the Super Bowl (Altho I do not think the Patriots defense will take them there)
Go with New Orleans in a close game

Vietnam – The Graveyard of Analogies

By the way someone pointed out that it’s a good thing that Tiger Woods isn’t a baseball player.
Wouldn’t want to have Elle have to extricate him from the car with a baseball bat.

doesn’t like cap and trade.
Unfortunately his alternatives don’t sound too palatable or too plausible.

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