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Inslee: SuperFreakonomics Is Guilty of (video)
Inslee: SuperFreakonomics Is Guilty of (video)
10/29/09: Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) assailed the authors of SuperFreakonomics for participating in the effort to deceive the American public on the science of g...
Scary Monsters (And superfreakonomics)
Scary Monsters (And superfreakonomics)
greenfyre.wordpress.com — Many of those who read Superfreakonomics are going to be left with the impression that they actually... learned something about climate change. In fact they would have learned more and better science from a kiddy site, but they won’t realize that. (more) Scary Monsters (And superfreakonomics)
Inslee Slams SuperFreakonomics For ‘Absolute Deception’ On Climate Science
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Today, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) rebuked the authors of SuperFreakonomics for participating in a “continuing effort to... deceive the American public” on the science of climate change. During an investigative hearing on forged letters sent by ... (more) Inslee Slams SuperFreakonomics For ‘Absolute Deception’ ...
Rep. Jay Inslee slams SuperFreakonomics:  “People are still trying to write books to deceive the American public” on climate science.
Rep. Jay Inslee slams SuperFreakonomics: “People are still trying to write books to deceive the ...
climateprogress.org — This is a repost from Wonk Room. Yesterday, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) rebuked the authors of SuperFreakonomics... for participating in a “continuing effort to deceive the American public” on the science of climate change. During an investigative ... (more) Rep. Jay Inslee slams SuperFreakonomics: “People are ...
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Rep. Jay Inslee slams SuperFreakonomics: “People are still trying to write books to deceive the American public” on climate science.
Climate Progress — This is a repost from Wonk Room. Yesterday, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) rebuked the authors of SuperFreakonomics for participating in a “continuing effort to deceive the American public” on the science of climate change. During an investigative hearing on forged letters sent by the coal industry to oppose climate action, Inslee condemned the industry’s effort to “hoodwink, defraud, and deceive the American public now to cover up the toxicity to the world environment” of global warming pollution. Inslee then turned to Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, criticizing ...

Ouch … more Superfreakonomic Uber-Pwnage (all sorts)
Greenfyre's — Jon Stewart, Pwned! (by Jon Stewart)BPSDB I was rereading Brad Johnson’s article about the Jon Stewart non-interview with Levitt of Superfreakonomics infamy when I realized that one of the links he provides is the Stewart interview on Crossfire… ...

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