Trudeau Meets Greta, Scorns Truckers
Canadian elites have declared war on ordinary people.
Meet Canada’s Trampled Lady
Police horses trampled two protesters in Ottawa five days ago. One suffered a broken collarbone. The identity and condition of the other remains unknown.
Trudeau Denies Truckers Fair Hearing: News Report from India
Indian news channel says public support for truckers is overwhelming, but Canada’s Prime Minister has responded with scorn and disrespect.
The Mechanic in the Freedom Convoy
Embedded with the truckers. Repairing their rigs. Telling the world what he sees and hears.
Canadian Truckers: Fighting for Freedom
Truck drivers have kept our supermarkets stocked & hospitals supplied during this pandemic. The Canadian government is now threatening their jobs.
Melbourne Filmmaker Battles Big Tech Censorship
Watch this trailer for Topher Field’s latest documentary, then tell others about it.
They DID Say Vaccines Would Stop Virus Spread
The COVID narrative is changing quickly. It’s important to notice how.
Awash in Big Pharma Funding, Expert Urges COVID Vaccines for Kids
Canadian doctor James Kellner receives $3 million from pharmaceutical giants, but is portrayed as a neutral, disinterested expert by journalists.
Day 18: Vaccine Voices Film Festival
From Israel: the Testimonies Project (1 hr, 7 min)
Toronto Star on Unvaxxed: ‘Let them die’
Canada’s largest newspaper foments hate & hysteria toward the non-vaccinated.
Doctor Resigns Over Lack of Informed Consent
Israeli committee decides pregnant women don’t need to be told COVID vaccine risk is wholly unknown.
Doctors, Lawyers & COVID
Hospital refuses to treat ICU patient with Ivermectin. Family hires a lawyer, secures a court order, and she recovers.
Doctors Shout from the Rooftops About COVID Miracle Drug
Accomplished, experienced ICU doctors say Ivermectin can end the global pandemic. But health authorities don’t want to hear about it, and journalists won’t report it.
Remember When N95 Masks Were Anti-Science?
Ontario, Canada began by properly protecting medical staff from COVID infection. Citing the WHO, it then reversed course.
Engineered Viruses: Not a New Concern
The pandemic may well be linked to lab experiments in China. A thorough investigation is warranted.
Natural Virus or Lab Experiment Gone Wrong?
Seasoned science journalist sparks new round of debate.
Facebook Fact Checks Are Rubbish: Reading List
The world’s largest censorship machine relies on partisan fact checkers. The results are absurd.
Reckless Journalism & the Uphill Battle to Correct the Record
Rather than behaving responsibly during a moment of crisis, the New York Times printed inflammatory, unconfirmed gossip. It fanned fear & fed hysteria.
Glenn Greenwald Clobbers the Mainstream Media
Watching journalists closely. Calling a spade a spade.
China: Land of the Anal Swab
Travelers to China are now subject to anal penetration by the authorities.
The Media is Now Malevolent
Democracy is not served by censorship, malice, derision, and denunciation.
Climate Assemblies: Faking Democracy
What colour dinner plate do you want your bread and water on?
The Climate Summit’s Fake Nobel Laureate
Chemist William Moomaw has never won a Nobel Prize. But advertisements for his speaking engagements say otherwise.
We Don’t Know if COVID Vaccines Are Safe
Let us be adults. Let us be honest. At this stage, no one knows what will happen when COVID vaccines are given to millions of people.
Vaccines, Legal Liability & Learning from History
Governments are shielding vaccine manufacturers from lawsuits.
Halloween Lynching of Innocent Family
Canada’s national broadcaster is careful not to prejudge French priest’s attacker, but denounces Halloween display as racist.
Nice Idea, Shaky Evidence
Media stories about Norway winters & positive thinking lack proper skepticism.
About That Sharp Rise in Climate Concern
Poll sponsors say climate attitudes have been ‘remarkably consistent’ over two decades.
Hydroxychloroquine & the Judgment of History
How a safe, well-understood malaria drug was demonized as a COVID-19 treatment. Because a politician said good things about it.
What Happened to ‘Without Fear or Favor’?
New York Times journalists want news stories vetted prior to publication. They want mandatory & ongoing newsroom sensitivity training. The Gray Lady is now a place where journalists fear each other.
WHO Now Says China Didn’t Report Coronavirus – Corrects Timeline
After implying for months that China followed international rules, the World Health Organization backtracks.
How the Ugliest Climate Fairy Tale Won
A preposterous climate yarn has taken center stage.
What Went Wrong in Massachusetts?
State hit disproportionately hard by the coronavirus.
Fantasy Wish List Masquerades as Climate Poll
Green lobby group invites public to endorse green fantasies.
Racism, Magical Thinking & the Coronavirus
Rather than quarantining travelers, our leaders chose a course of action that led to entire countries being locked down.
This Blog Will Return May 20th
In the interim, I recommend this brilliant essay on what the coronavirus has taught us.
The Legacy of UN Climate Activist, Rajendra Pachauri
Journalists spent years falsely calling the IPCC chairman a Nobel laureate and the world’s ‘top climate scientist.’
David Attenborough’s Fake News
Documentary films educate. They also misinform and manipulate.
Here’s Who Pressured the Medical Journal
Do we want to live in a world in which medical journals are afraid to publish certain conclusions?
Cancel Culture Hits Medical Journals
Anti-meat experts ask external bodies to suppress rival research.
Newspapers: Betrayers of the Public’s Trust
Journalists abandon professionalism, repudiate free speech.
Journalists: We Want Censorship
Official editorial in Canadian newspaper calls for climate skeptics to be silenced.
Decades of Public Opinion: Climate Change Not on the Radar
Vast majority don’t mention climate when asked about important problems.
Tipping Points: The Big Picture
The UN said we were at a tipping point in 2007. And in 2009. In a single decade, the media talked about climate tipping points 14,000 times.
10 Years Ago Today
Scientists have been making fools of themselves for some time. Yet they seem to pay no price.
Blaming Climate Change: Bogus Wildlife Videos
Nature videos from National Geographic, Netflix, and the BBC can’t be trusted.
The Great Global Warming Swindle
If we’ve heard only one side of a debate, we can’t claim to be fully informed.
Climategate: 10 Year Anniversary Reading List
Forget the shallow, conformist media narrative. There’s plenty of sound, perceptive analysis.
The Corals That Don’t Exist
Peer-reviewed science is contradicted by the real world.
William Ripple, Eco Activist on the Public Dime
Ecology professor’s political opinions published repeatedly in scientific journals.
Scientists and Their Petitions
Most of the Alliance of World Scientists 23,000 members DID NOT sign the climate emergency petition. But professional journalists didn’t notice.
Protecting Society From ‘Science’
Scientific research, published in influential places, can change the world. For ill as well as for good.
The UVic, Susan Crockford Story Continues
Refuse to talk to the reporter. Afterward, accuse her of ‘multiple factual inaccuracies.’ Isn’t academia grand?
The Myth of the Apolitical Scientist
It’s absurd to say scientists are only now speaking up. Reuters publishes egregious climate propaganda.
Greta, Germany & Green Energy
Germany has spent a ton of money. The result? Its previously robust electricity grid is now broken.
Astonishing Media Misinformation About the IPCC
We teach children that a summary should accurately reflect a longer document. But things are topsy-turvy in the land of the IPCC.
Smart Commentary about the Amazon Fires
There is no crisis. But there’s lots of melodrama, double standards, and cherry picking.
Fake News and Fires in the Amazon
Media outlets are supposed to be more reliable than your brother-in-law, but that seems less true every day.
Google, Groupthink & the Media
The media fosters intellectual conformity. Is Google taking the same path?
The Elites, the Media & the Little People
Google pampers the already pampered at $20 million climate extravaganza.
The Climate Curse: Reprogramming Our Moral Compass
The Aztecs practiced human sacrifice. So do we.
Failed Replication of Famous Research Rejected
When scientific journals decline to address their own fake news.
Censorship Canada Style
Justice Committee cleanses the record – not of hate, but of awkward ideas.
Extreme Politics: The Roger Pielke Jr. Story
Rabid dog climate enforcers will destroy you without conscience or regret.
Heat Wave Hysteria Coming Soon
You will be encouraged to believe things about weather-related deaths that are the opposite of the truth.
Refuting the Smear Machine – Part 1
When a journalist thinks for herself about climate change, insults & fabrications follow.
Defending My Honour
Anonymous allegations are republished by an allegedly respectable website.
Street Preacher Greta Thunberg
Don’t you listen to the street preacher. He ain’t nothing but a false teacher.
Peter Ridd vs The Dishonourables
A powerful bureaucracy bullies, berates, isolates & intimidates a lone critic.
The Splendid Peter Ridd Court Judgment
James Cook University took 28 separate actions against Professor Ridd. Each of them, including his termination, has been declared unlawful.
Mice, Medical Research & the Media
Reputable media outlets routinely mislead the public when reporting the latest scientific discoveries.
10th Anniversary Fundraiser
If I’ve helped you better understand the climate debate, the IPCC, the shortcomings of academic research, or that Borg-like entity known as the United Nations, please let me know.
Migrants prone to hatred & intolerance: UN
It’s April Fools’, but this is no hoax. Report commits the sin it condemns.
The Media & the WWF Torture Scandal
News organizations have turned their own journalists into WWF cheerleaders.
The WWF Expose, the Media & Earth Hour
A year-long BuzzFeed investigation accuses the WWF of horrific human rights abuses.
Journalist George Russell, Haiti & the UN
Journalists who specialize in the UN are rare; George Russell’s retirement is unhappy news.
Zombie UN Body Now Regulates Your Car
An obscure UN body established to rebuild WW2 Europe, is now determining international automobile brake standards.
Global Poverty Can’t Be Solved With Immigration
Economic migrants are distinct from refugees running for their lives. But the two are increasingly blurred.
Climate Skeptics: The Despised Minority
Vilifying climate heretics remains socially acceptable.
UN Migration Pact: Normalizing State Censorship
Which parts of this agreement do our governments intend to implement? Which parts do they repudiate?
Academic Journals: High Stakes, Few Safeguards
If a journal’s decision can make or break your career, its employees wield extraordinary power.
French Carbon Tax Protests
Yellow vests imposed on motorists become powerful anti-government symbol.
Competing Worldviews
Attempting to understand why people vote the way they do is more useful than sneering at half a country’s population.
IPCC: Redefining ‘Global Warming’ at the 11th Hour
On what planet is it OK for politically-determined definitions to supersede those written by actual scientists?
The IPCC’s Cynical Ploy
The latest IPCC report was a setup – a cynical ploy to produce alarmist media headlines that succeeded beautifully.
The Last Chance Climate Saloon
November 2000 and December 2009 were both supposed to be our last, best chance to save the planet from climate disaster. This week, the media is once again spreading this message.
Which Women Should We Believe?
Hundreds of women insist the current US Supreme Court nominee is tremendously supportive of female equality. Why doesn’t every news story offer us a chance to believe them?
Stories Versus Facts
Last week, in a sickening spectacle, grownups behaved as though a vague, wholly unproven story involving teenagers 30+ years ago is relevant to whether a candidate is fit to be a US Supreme Court judge.
Third Quarter Report
The most smug, most self-indulgent, least curious journalists in history.
BBC Ignores Widely Publicized IPCC Problems
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is essentially a law unto itself, an entrenched culture with no meaningful oversight mechanisms.
The BBC’s Naive View of the UN’s Climate Machine
The BBC is a huge bureaucracy. The geniuses running it have declared another bureaucracy – the UN’s IPCC – a font of scientific truth. How pathetic.
Fake School Shootings
A US government report about school shootings is riddled with errors.
Sweden Democrats: That’s Enough Now
How should women dress in public given the religious views of some immigrants? Jimmie Åkesson says men ‘who feel they can’t control themselves’ are welcome to wear blindfolds.
Fooling Canadians About Refugees
As a historic number of people were applying for asylum last year, journalists insisted nothing unusual was going on.
Evidence Free Journalism
The Swedish political party that has been shouting itself hoarse about anti-Semitism is the one journalists keep describing as neo-Nazi.
Beware Swedish Election Coverage
Every time the media mentions the Sweden Democrats, we’re reminded of sins decades in the past. But there’s no parallel, incessant reminder of the Green Party’s documented links to the Nazis.
The Earthquake About to Hit Sweden
Sweden’s population: 10 million. France and UK total population: 133 million. Sweden has accepted more asylum seekers than France and UK combined.
Trump, Censorship & Media Bias
Journalists can’t seem to help themselves. Every blessed thing gets twisted.
Public Trust & Press Freedom
There’s a world of difference between denouncing media bias and sending in the military to close television stations.
The Media’s War on the Public
When Donald Trump rails against fake news he speaks for millions of people who are tired of being silenced and smeared.
Media Memes
The covers of news magazines such as Time and The Economist used to tell the truth.
Polar Bear Dies, National Geographic Lies
Iconic magazine admits it published fake news. Makes no promise not to do it again.
Anthropocene: The Media’s Fake Geological Epoch
Journalists declaring something to be the case before it has actually happened is outrageous and unethical.
Hallucinations in High Places (More on the 1988 Hansen Climate Hearing)
Powerful people construct amazingly inaccurate narratives about their own lives.
Journalists Relied on James Hansen’s Say-So
The media’s climate frenzy was sparked by a scientist who’s research was still unpublished.
Polar Bears & the Sleazy New York Times
A gang of 14 scientists attack a lone scientist in an academic journal. Erica Goode justifies & amplifies the assault in the Times.
Forget Left/Right Politics, Read This Book
No thinking person should hold strong climate opinions unless they’ve carefully considered a range of viewpoints.
Muzzling the Tolerant, Celebrating the Intolerant
Journalists think their job is to shame ordinary people into silence lest they say something politically incorrect about the scale and pace of European immigration.
When Government Makes You Fat
After the high-carbohydrate Food Pyramid was introduced, diabetes shot through the roof.
Were Aerosol Spray Cans Really a Threat?
Politicians will pass laws – and regulators will issue bans – long before there’s strong evidence of harm.
The Harvey Weinstein of the Climate World
Some news outlets still haven’t reported on the 3-year-old sexual harassment allegations against prominent climate official, Rajendra Pachauri.
Dangerous Climate Change: No Smoking Gun
The claim that human activity is triggering a climate apocalypse is based on expert opinion and best estimates.
Climate Change is Normal
Insisting that ‘climate change is real’ is like insisting that blood is red.
Re-Launching January 1st
This blog is adopting a new format. Posts will appear every Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
Suddenly Sick: The Foibles of Medical Science
Climate science and medical science have things in common. Including suspect behaviour on the part of the United Nations.
Science Funding Misinformation
A headline on a news story falsely claims that ‘9 countries outspend the US on science.’ In fact, America spends more than all nine combined.
Bill Nye, Fake Facts & the New York Times
I’m aware of two occasions in which the Science Guy has misled the public. But the New York Times says he’s saving us from misinformation.
Trump, Stalin & Fake News
Australia’s chief scientist falls for a fake news story, compares President Trump to Joseph Stalin.
Politicizing Science at the US Dept. of Energy
How does encouraging scientists to criticize government policy enhance scientific integrity?
Obama’s War on the Media
After promising the most transparent government in history, President Obama sharply curtailed press access, aggressively prosecuted leaks, and spied on journalists.
Wind Turbines: Lots of Problems, No Free Energy
In the dying days of 2016, three serious wind turbine malfunctions occurred in a small corner of Europe.
Our Ignorance is Breathtaking – We Should be Humble
We humans consistently miss the big picture. The world is improving dramatically, but our brains are addicted to worry and fear.
Fake News: Not New and Not Rare
The fairy tale about Nobel laureate climate experts demonstrates that just because you hear it on the BBC or read it in The New York Times doesn’t mean it’s true.
Bob Carter: Scientist, Mentor, Extraordinary Human Being
A shining beacon of how to lead by example, I am fortunate to have crossed paths with him.
Power Transfer at Greenpeace
Why did Kumi Naidoo leave Greenpeace’s top job before a replacement was found? The Guardian prints clichés and asks no hard questions.
As the Paris Climate Summit Fades Into History, A Real News Story
A US Senate committee hears that climate science is so intolerant and close-minded, the integrity and reputation of science itself is threatened.
COP21’s Green Gibberish
The Paris climate summit is many things, including a cultural spectacle wrapped in lightweight media fluff.
The Climate Show Carries On
The Paris climate summit is a gigantic photo op – where ineffectual political leaders will pretend to be environmental superheroes.
(includes details of my Dec. 2 talk in Paris)
Journalist Philippe Verdier Terminated (No Climate Free Speech, Part 6)
French weatherman Philippe Verdier is a free speech hero, a heretic whose livelihood has been stolen by the intolerant Church of Climate Change.
Flagrant Climate PR from the Australian Associated Press
A polar explorer is falsely described as a climate scientist in a news story; his activist connections aren’t reported.
French Weatherman Taken Off Air (No Climate Free Speech, Part 5)
Government official urges television weather presenters to use loaded language to help the climate cause. When one writes a critical book instead, he’s suspended from his job at a government-owned station.
Hoesung Lee: New IPCC Leader
The new IPCC chairman is an economist who, ironically, began his career with oil giant Exxon.
Getting Serious About Climate
For 15 years, we’ve been scolded and cajoled. As the December climate summit approaches, global warming rhetoric has grown seriously threadbare.
The Future Isn’t Ours to Dictate
It is not the business of today’s politicians to decide which energy sources will be used 85 years from now.
Kofi Annan’s Infantile Climate Morality
The disgraced former head of the UN smears skeptics while ignoring the dubious motivations of green opportunists.
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele: The Activist Who Wants to Run the IPCC
A Belgian activist scientist seeking leadership of the UN climate panel flies to Pakistan – and is fawned over by the media.
The Nobel Lie That Just Won’t Die
The Guardian newspaper once again wrongly calls Rajendra Pachauri a Nobel laureate. For good measure, it publishes a photo of him looking pious – while neglecting to mention the serious sexual offenses for which he is being investigated.
The United Nations’ Fake News Machine
A UN official delivers a speech. An account of that speech is written up to look like a news story. It gets published on a website funded by the UN. Casual readers are unlikely to appreciate that this is 100% spin.
Asking the Wrong Question
The climate scare rests on predictions produced by mathematical modeling. Freeman Dyson, one of the world’s finest scientific minds, says prediction isn’t what those models do – and that the climate conversation is ignoring important facts.
My Interview with India’s Sify News
The Indian media is examining the wider implications of Rajendra Pachauri’s resignation while Western journalists pretend not to see the sex scandal.
An Open Letter to the Men of TERI
TERI women have summoned the courage to speak up about the nature of their workplace. Will TERI’s men step forward and do their part?
Mumbai Columnist: ‘Creepy Crawlie’ Pachauri
In his home country, the former chairman of the IPCC is being called ‘Dr. Lecherous.’ A female journalist says she was ‘repulsed’ by the vain, pompous Pachauri she once met in person.
When Journalists Question Catastrophe
Unlike most journalists, Matt Ridley has done PhD-level work in the sciences. He has served as science editor for the Economist. One would think his views on the climate debate deserve a fair hearing. Instead, he is pilloried by climate extremists.
Hottest Year Claim: Minuscule Change in Imaginary Number
The amount by which the global temperature record has allegedly been broken is minuscule. Two one-hundredths of one degree isn’t what the public imagines when reporters talk about surging temperatures.
Pointless Predictions
The climate crisis is the latest in a long line of predictions about how bad things are going to be in the future. Let’s remember that while scary headlines sell newspapers, journalists have a terrible track record.