Author Archives: Steve Maley

The Real Shale Revolution #rsrh

Fracking has captured the imagination because it is controversial, sounds sinister and like an expletive, makes for good headlines . But that has obscured the far more important role played by horizontal drilling in enabling oil and gas to be … Continue reading

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The Craigslist Restaurant Letter is Bullshit

http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/food_dining/fork_lift/2014/07/nyc_restaurant_claims_cell_phone_fixation_ruins_dining Are you telling me a Manhattan restaurant figures out that its table turns are cut in half, but the first clue they have of it is when they start getting roasted on Yelp for slow service? And they can’t … Continue reading

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Ray Nagin gets 10-year sentence. #rsrh

http://www.wwltv.com/video/featured-videos/Nagin-sentence-handed-down-266311411.html Prosecutors asked the court to send Nagin to prison for a long time. They argued that he was found guilty of 20 of 21 counts in the indictment and that he participated in and orchestrated a years-long conspiracy to … Continue reading

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Note that Matt Yglesias can’t count. #rsrh @voxdotcom

At Vox.com, Matthew Yglesias takes two minutes or less to demonstrate that interpreting graphics is not his strong suit.* Map: The 25 cities nobody wants to live in Note that six of the unlucky 25 are in Michigan … Note … Continue reading

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A Government [in Contempt] of the People #rsrh

Thanks to 100+ years of Progressivism, our Government (you know, the one designed to be of the people, by the people and for the people) has morphed into one that is upon the people, between the people and in contempt … Continue reading

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North Dakota oil surge hits 1 million bbl per day milestone. #rsrh

WILLISTON, North Dakota (AP) — North Dakota has joined the ranks of the few places in the world that produce more than a million barrels of oil per day, due in large part to the rich Bakken shale formation in … Continue reading

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God Bless the Cheneys

Despite clear evidence of the dire need for American leadership around the world, the desperation of our allies and the glee of our enemies, President Obama seems determined to leave office ensuring he has taken America down a notch. Indeed, … Continue reading

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Greenpeace is a little less green. #rsrh

Greenpeace International said that one of its employees lost 3.8 million euros ($5,156,000) on rogue forex trades. The non-governmental environmental organization said the losses were "a result of a serious error of judgment" by one of its employees in the … Continue reading

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WTI rises to eight-month high on escalating Iraq conflict

World Oil Magazine MARK SHENK NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — West Texas Intermediate rose to an eight-month high and Brent surged as violence escalated across northern and central Iraq, increasing the prospect of a return to civil war in OPEC’s second-biggest … Continue reading

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It’s Hurricane Season. It’s Junk Science Season.

Pretty much the same things in these days of Anthropogenic Global Warming. Female-named hurricanes kill more than male hurricanes because people don’t respect them, study finds Female-named storms have historically killed more because people neither consider them as risky nor … Continue reading

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