The recent release of a Pentagon report on “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” generated the expected flurry of hyperbole from the media and the usual gaggle of quacks and pseudoscientists. “Pentagon says UFOs are real!” they gibbered. Well, yes. “UFO” means, remember, Unidentified Flying Object. If they were identified, then they wouldn’
“When the facts change, I change my mind – what do you do, sir?” is the famous saying from John Maynard Keynes. But, as we’ve seen over the past 18 months, a great many people – especially in government and public health bureaucracy – will never, ever change their minds, facts be
The screeching ninnies of climate alarmism are forever shrieking about “the science”. Which is odd, because their millenarian rantings have sweet f.a. to do with the science of climate change. So what is the (actual) science? Physicist and former Obama science advisor Steve Koonin wrote a whole book, Unsettled,
Move over, ibises. The ibis may have been sacred to the Egyptians, but in Australian folklore they’ve long been derided as “bin chickens”. Using their long beaks to probe through human garbage, the birds have in recent decades adopted splendidly to urban environments. They’re not the only native
It’s as predictable as the sunrise: summer brings the climate alarmists crawling out of their winter hibernation. They’re a seasonal, migratory lot, the climate alarmists: their squawking flocks bounce backwards and forwards across the equator, following the sun. It’s in their DNA, after all: godfather of climate
Michael Snyder endoftheamericandream.com The plot thickens with each passing day, and I have a feeling that things are going to get very “interesting” in the months ahead. Despite all of our advanced technology, humanity remains highly vulnerable to outbreaks of disease, and I have often said that I believe
DaveOnTheWestBank For many years, we have been inundated with scary stories about how the world is in dire trouble due to our changing climate. Forty-seven years ago, on June 24th 1974, Time Magazine reported droughts in Africa, floods in Pakistan and Japan, unseasonal cold weather in Canada’s wheat
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet No doubt you have heard of “advance directives” – guidelines for your carers, guardians or doctors on what do to in the event that you are not competent to instruct them. Right-to-die associations often promote them as a
One of the biggest problems for the climate alarmists is that their scary predictions of climate doom just keep flopping. For at least 30 years, alarmists have been shrieking that we’ve got just ten years to save the planet. Yet, so far, we have yet to be drowned, desertified,
Some time back, The BFD reported on recent archaeological research on Britain’s Cerne Abbas Giant. The Giant is one of the most famous example of a geoglyph, massive figures carved into the chalk hillsides of southern England. As recent studies indicate, the Giant is much older than supposed. Previously,
We’re all familiar with the First Law of the Shed: never throw anything out — it might come in handy, one day. Science is a lot like a shed: you never know when some old, apparently useless thing will come in handy. In forensic science, for instance, evidence collected decades,
The BFD staff attended as many of the protests on Friday as possible. We ran and updated this post continually throughout the day in order to keep those that couldn’t be there informed in order to highlight the magnitude of unrest around the country, and also to provide a
The BFD is very supportive of the fledgling Groundswell NZ protest movement and we encourage everyone who supports our Farmers, Growers and Tradies to put in an appearance if possible. As an amateur movement in its infancy, info has been a little slow in coming out but there is now
Ronald Stein cfact.org Ron Stein is an engineer who, drawing upon 25 years of project management and business development experience, launched PTS Advance in 1995. He is an author, engineer, and energy expert who writes frequently on issues of energy and economics. Ancient tree stumps found under glaciers in
