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Aliens cause global warming
LyfLines —
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This is old, but I hadnt seen it until today. From the late Michael Crichton, a 2003 speech titled Aliens Cause Global Warming : Lets think back to people in 1900 in, say, New York. If they worried about people in 2000, what would they worry about? Probably: Where would people get enough horses? And what would ...22 hours ago -
Old Media Monday: Reviewing the Reviewers
Omnivoracious —
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New York Times: Leah Hager Cohen on Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro: "A quick tally yields all the elements of pulp fiction: violence,adultery, extreme cruelty, duplicity, theft, suicide, murder. But whilein pulp fiction the emotional climax coincides with the height ofexternal drama, a Munro story works ...2 days ago -
Climategate and the New Gnosticism
Behind Blue Lines —
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We’ve observed on several occasions that modern environmentalism is more akin to religion – a cult, really – than science. Many others have done the same, including Michael Crichton in his now-famous Commonwealth Club speech in 2003.While Crichton analogized environmentalism to the Genesis creation story of ...3 days ago -
The “Scientific” Fraud of Climate Doomsday Mongering
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With the Climategate revelations , momentum is definitely building against the credibility of the climate doomsday mongering, but will it be enough to derail the juggernaut for global warming statism? As the Wall Street Journal has noted in its November 27th editorial, “Rigging a Climate ‘Consensus’” : ...4 days ago -
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
A Bookworm Reads —
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The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate theres a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by ...5 days ago -
ClimateGate: What are the Alarmists So Afraid of?
Big Government —
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The alarmists’ reaction to CEI’s Notice of Intent to Sue NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) for withholding data–now for nigh on two years–has been particularly shrill, as regards my inquiry into the clearance and other deliberations over the non-official activities for the nasty, deceptive, ...5 days ago -
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A Large Regular —
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State of Fear It occurred to me that with the facts behind Climategate now coming to light - if Michael Crichtons book State of Fear was made into a movie - it could now pass the Hollywood smell test of "based upon a true story." It is too bad that Crichton died before seeing that in many ways he was right about ...1 week ago -
Crichtons Pirate Latitudes, Koontzs Breathless and More in New Books
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Filed under: Tasty Vittles Required reading from the week in books and comics. Michael Crichtons rip-roaring swashbuckler "Pirate Latitudes" was discovered among the late authors files after his 2008 death. Is Crichton on his way to becoming the literary worlds Tupac? ... Read more Permalink | Email ...1 week ago -
Ahead of his time: Michael Crichton on the global warming fraud
The Knight Shift —
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"F---ing pissed!" And that was one of the more polite e-mails that have come in since Friday afternoon when this blog and many others spread the news about the Climate Research Unit at University of East Anglia getting hacked. That 61-megabyte .zip archive has gone viral across the Intertubes and bunches of ...1 week ago -
The Privateers of Caribbean
Lazy Habits of Thinking —
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“ Pirate Latitudes ” reminds you more of “Eaters of the Dead” or “Timeline” (minus the time travel aspect) than Michael Crichton ’s more famous books like Jurassic Park, Prey. And, like many historical novels starring pirates, it is a bit cheesy in pieces. Port Royal, the lonesome British ...1 week ago -
The Original of Laura and 8 Other Unfinished Novels
Flavorwire —
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The wait for Nabokov’s unfinished novel, The Original of Laura, is almost over (countdown to November 17th, people). The story, if you hadn’t heard, is that before his death the grand master ordered his son, Dmitri, to destroy the notecards on which he had been crafting his newest novel. Dmitri, after much ...3 weeks ago -
A week in which I found myself defending climate sceptics by invoking John Stuart Mill’s “In Liberty”
Elemental —
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It was a funny old week, last week. First we have the Clive James kerfuffle, subsequent to his essay “ In praise of scepticism “. There was some dissent against James on Twitter (which I am increasingly becoming disillusioned with as a tool for proper discourse and debate – 140 characters is not enough space to ...3 weeks ago -
Johnston Talks “Jurassic” 4
Lonely Reviewer.com —
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Director Joe Johnston spoke with Aint it Cool News about the status of “Jurassic Park 4.” He said that an “great” idea is in place and that he is interested in being part of the project. “It’s nothing like the first three.,” says Johnston. “It sort of takes the franchise off in a completely ...3 weeks ago -
Book price wars: They fight. You win.
OC Deals —
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Price wars are going on right now among the biggest book retailers, who are duking it out hoping to get your book-buying dollars. Wal-Mart fired the opening salvo, lowering its prices on bestsellers to $10. Amazon.com responded by dropping its prices to $9, after which Wal-Mart lowered prices again, to $8.99. ...3 weeks ago -
The 13th Warrior Veronika In Terabithia
Dreamscapes —
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Note: Please read further coz this is an updated post to include two more book reviews. A way for me to keep record of the few books I have read.Veronika Decides to Die, a book I started late and finished soon. I picked up this book though I already had two books started and had [...]3 weeks ago -
Buzz Gift Guide: Dear Old Dad
BuzzSugar —
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Yes, you read that right: the holiday season is already upon us! Its time to pack up our scary Halloween decorations and start brainstorming ideas for the perfect presents. I know how daunting holiday shopping can be, which is why Im here to help you every step of the way for all the entertainment lovers in your ...4 weeks ago -
Giveaway: Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
The Tome Traveller's Weblog —
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From one of the best-loved authors of all time comes an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates in the New World, a classic story of treasure and betrayal. The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, ...4 weeks ago -
The Daily Habit: Business
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Yves Saint Laurent Richest Dead Guy http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_en_ot/us_forbes_richest_dead_celebs4 weeks ago -
A short review of Prey by Michael Crichton
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I recently finished reading Prey by Michael Crichton . I’m a big Crichton fan for nearly no other reason than because my first book that I ever read, on my own without the nagging of any teachers or parents, was Jurassic Park. That and he knows how to write a book that makes you want to keep reading until the ...5 weeks ago -
Michael Jackson Amongst Top-Earning Deceased Celebrities
Pop Culture Madness Blog Celebrity News and Gossip —
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Michael Jackson makes his debut on the Top-Earning Deceased Celebrities list. Jackson, who passed away earlier this year due to acute Propofol intoxication, placed third. The "Thriller" singer made an enormous amount of money this year due to heavy radio play, royalties from album sales, and from the rights to his ...5 weeks ago
