The Blackboard

On of the fun things about reading Monckton’s writing is his love of florid language; with some frequency he uses fancy words correctly. However, I’m a bit puzzled by a new-to-me word in the following paragraph: I looked up “defalcations”, and found several definitions. This is Wikipedia’s definition of defalcation: A defalcation is an amount [...]

Josh of “Cartoons by Josh” and I have been discussing our theories about Monckton’s next step. Specifically, Monckton ended his Response to John P. Abraham, with a demand for an apology, removal of Dr. Abraham’s video from University of St. Thomas’s servers and donations from U. of St. Thomas and Dr. Abraham to a worthy [...]

Monckton has responded to Abraham. It’s long, long, long! I sent Abraham three questions. They are Do you plan to respond to Monckton’s “Response to John Abraham”? I notice your presentation is still hosted on U of St. Thomas’s server here. Has the University Administration exerted any pressure to persuade you to remove it? What [...]

As some of you know, I frown on blog visitors labeling “those who with whom they disagree” Goebbelian. As others know, when I become aware of a Nazi allusion spewed forth by any major player in the climate-wars triggers a post at “The Blackboard”. It is a rule: a promise to myself. Following my rule, [...]

Several of us chatted while watching the Monckton v. Lambert debate. I’ve edited lightly to take out the ramblings when I was trying to get the chat script sorted out and pasted into the blog. The narrative may make no sense without watching the debate, but it might give you a flavor of our reactions. [...]

Deltoid reports there will be a live feed for of the Monckton/ Lambert face off in Sydney. If you are already in Australian, here’s the time, date and location. Friday February 12th, 12:30 – 2:30 Grand Ballroom, Hilton Hotel, 488 George St Sydney Admission is $30 at the door; you can preregister by emailing cool@exemail.com.au [...]

Tim Lambert told his blog audience he will be debating Christopher Monckton (The Viscount); the title of the debate will be, “Does Anthropogenic Global Warming Endanger Mankind?” The moderator will be Alan Jones. Location: The Grand Ballroom at the Sydney Hilton Hotel Time: 12.30pm to 2.30pm on Friday 12 February 2010. Tim described the structure [...]

I was wondering when SPPI would finally figure out they need a blog. They started a sort of blog (no comments). Yesterday, in what appears to be the blog’s 12th post, Viscount Christopher Monckton of Brenchly posted Hitler Youth in Denmark – again, thus proving his earlier spoken words were not accidental. He really, truly [...]

Only 300 views so far. ( Sometimes the video doesn’t show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SWAytBHG90 )

Shhhssss… Don’t tell anyone. But I like to read the Viscounts writing just to learn new words. I finally got around to reading Monckton’s August report at SPPI. I was disappointed to discover it contained only one unfamiliar word! That word is: “seriatim“: “Latin for “in series,” is a legal term typically used to indicate [...]