
Let me get this straight . . .
I've had a lot of fun recently with my tiny (and unofficial) slice of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). But, though I was one of thousands of IPCC participants, I don't think I will add "0.0001 Nobel Laureate" to my resume. [...]Link to John Christy
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 coincidence that changes in carbon dioxide and global temperatures have loose similarity over time. [...]
Mother Nature simply operates at a level of complexity that is, at this point, beyond the mastery of mere mortals (such as scientists) and the tools available to us. As my high-school physics teacher admonished us in those we-shall-conquer-the-world-with-a-slide-rule days, "Begin all of your scientific pronouncements with 'At our present level of ignorance, we think we know . . .'"<>
Name | Home Town | Offenses |
ALLEN, Verla Jean | Everton, Arkansas | False statements to agency of United States |
ALTIERE, Nicholas M. | Las Vegas, Nevada | Importation of cocaine |
ALTSCHUL, Bernice Ruth | Sherman Village, California | Conspiracy to commit money laundering |
ANDERSON, Joe, Jr. | Grove Hill, Alabama | Income tax evasion |
ANDERSON, William Sterling | Spartanburg, South Carolina | Conspiracy to defraud a federally insured financial institution, false statements to a federally insured financial institution, wire fraud |
AZIZKHANI, Mansour T. | Huntsville, Alabama | Conspiracy and making false statements in bank loan applications |
BABIN, Cleveland Victor, Jr. | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Conspiracy to commit offense against the United States by utilizing the U.S. mail in furtherance of a scheme to defraud |
BAGLEY, Chris Harmon | Harrah, Oklahoma | Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine |
BANE, Scott Lynn | Mahomet, Illinois | Unlawful distribution of marijuana |
BARBER, Thomas Cleveland | Hampton, Florida | Issuing worthless checks |