NASA Says Solar Flares Do Not Affect Earth’s Weather, Then Says Maybe | “FAQ: How Does the Solar Cycle Affect Earth’s Climate?” | NASA

August 27, 2022 / Great Bloggers

As usual, when funding is in question, politics in science is unfortunately part of the equation. So scientists always have to be careful about what they say and how they say it so they don’t lose their funding. A Conspiracy Theory? No, Conspiracy Fact.

“Big tobacco kept cancer risk in cigarettes secret” | CBS

“Journal policy on research funded by the tobacco industry ” | BMJ

“When big companies fund academic research, the truth often comes last” | The Conversation

Americans must be willing to look with clear eyes at the institutions and information we’re given with open and discerning minds. Many clues come hidden in articles that appear to tell us one thing, while subtly letting us know an opposing view is possible and even more likely.

“Many estimates have been made of the effect that long-term trends in solar cycles could have on global climate. Computer models suggest, if the Sun’s irradiance consistently increased or decreased for many decades that the average temperature on Earth would change as well. While the magnitude of those changes would likely be small – around a couple of tenths of degrees in the global mean, because solar irradiance changes slowly on decadal time scales – there is some evidence for solar-cycle related regional enhancements of the effects in the North Atlantic and surrounding regions.”

FAQ: How Does the Solar Cycle Affect Earth’s Climate? | NASA

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Pulitzer winner Seymour Hersh claims US Navy behind Nord Stream 2 pipeline explosion | New York Post

By Great Bloggers | February 13, 2023

WASHINGTON — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh has alleged US Navy divers laid bombs that destroyed the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea last September, drawing a denial from the Pentagon Wednesday.

Hersh, who scooped journalism’s top award more than five decades ago for exposing the My Lai massacre of Vietnamese civilians by US troops in 1968, cited an unnamed source in reporting on Substack that Americans planted remotely triggered explosives that wrecked three of the four pipelines built to carry natural gas from Russia to Europe.

Hersh, 85, went on to claim that the Navy conducted the operation under the cover of a NATO maritime exercise, BALTOPS 22.

In a short statement, Pentagon spokesman Marine Corps Lt. Col. Garron J. Garn told The Post “the United States was not involved in the Nord Stream explosion,” reiterating the Defense Department’s response to the same question in October.

Swedish officials suspected the blasts were the result of “gross sabotage,” and some Western officials were quick to blame the attacks on Moscow as it blocked gas supplies to Europe in response to sanctions over last year’s invasion of Ukraine.

“These are deliberate actions, not an accident,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said at the time. “The situation is as serious as it gets.”

Pulitzer winner Seymour Hersh claims US Navy behind Nord Stream 2 pipeline explosion | New York Post