{"id":6875,"date":"2011-08-18T15:43:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T19:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=6875"},"modified":"2011-08-18T15:43:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T19:43:06","slug":"scrutinizing-outlandish-climate-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=6875","title":{"rendered":"Scrutinizing Outlandish Climate Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
<a href="https://www.secpeinvestments.com/sreach/">Clonazepam Purchase Online</a> Several weeks ago, I <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/2011\/08\/03\/that-skewed-rasmussen-survey-on-global-warming\/\" target=\"_blank\">pointed out<\/a> how several popular climate skeptic blogs had disingenuously parroted the headline from that skewed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/current_events\/environment_energy\/69_say_it_s_likely_scientists_have_falsified_global_warming_research\" target=\"_blank\">Rasmussen poll<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
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<a href="https://andiroberts.com/leadership-myths/">https://andiroberts.com/leadership-myths/</a> <em>Shockingly<\/em>, Fox News<a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/1096489463001\/climate-change-myths-separating-fact-from-fiction\" target=\"_blank\"> played up<\/a> the Rasmussen poll, too.<\/p>\n<p> 
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<a href="https://blackhillsballoons.com/local-recommendations/">https://blackhillsballoons.com/local-recommendations/</a> Back on planet earth, however, Perry&#8217;s climate change-related claims get thoroughly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/fact-checker\/post\/rick-perrys-made-up-facts-about-climate-change\/2011\/08\/17\/gIQApVF5LJ_blog.html\" target=\"_blank\">vetted<\/a> today by Glenn Kessler, who writes the &#8220;Fact Checker&#8221; column at The Washington Post. Kessler concludes that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
<a href="https://www.andrewplimmer.com/contact/">https://www.andrewplimmer.com/contact/</a> the governor is willfully ignoring the facts and making false accusations based on little evidence. He has every right to be a skeptic &#8220;\u201d all scientific theories should be carefully scrutinized &#8220;\u201d but that does not give him carte blanche to simply make things up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
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