Category Archives: Facts Matter

Global Warming: Take Off My Sweater?

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Jacques Delacroix

There is a new UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report . It contains nothing but bad news, of course. But I am busy with my real life; I have obligations to others; I have to feed myself and shower; … Continue reading →

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Shares of Income – Common Left Delusions

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Jacques Delacroix

Two big conceptual mistakes are hidden in one small graph that help the leftist delusion. 1. I do not contest the data. I have not checked them. They may be correct. I don’t know; I have another purpose. 2. People who use … Continue reading →

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Legal Immigration Into the United States (Part 8): Legal Immigration in Quantitative Historical and Cross-National Perspective

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Jacques Delacroix

Note: here is Part 7 The total number of people who became legal immigrants to the US in 2016 amounts to fewer than five per one thousand American residents (US citizens and legal immigrants already inside the country). To assess the rough … Continue reading →

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Legal Immigration Into the United States (Part 7): The H-1B Visas Confusion and Controversy

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Jacques Delacroix

[Note: Here is Appendix 1, which follows the first six parts in the series] This is the right place for a painful digression. It’s painful because it’s about a program related to immigration that is both confusing and calculated, as … Continue reading →

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More on Radiations

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Jacques Delacroix

Here is what I found on Wikipedia under “Bikini Atoll.” My showing this here does not mean I am in favor of bombarding the human body with radiations. I am just against panics in general. I am hoping to help … Continue reading →

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Massive, shameless climate fraud

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Jacques Delacroix

From “Where Did ’97 Percent’ Global Warming Consensus Figure Come From?” in the Daily Caller: “Ninety-seven percent of scientists, including, by the way, some who originally disputed the data, have now put that to rest,” President Obama said last year … Continue reading →

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Rational Ignorance, Fairy Dust and Pissing Away the Future: Libertarians are Selfish and Stupid

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Brandon Christensen

Note: I did nothing to re-post or stop the re-posting of this old thing on my blog. It got to the head of my (short ) list today without any intervention from me. Its author is an adept engineer of … Continue reading →

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Climate Change Worse (no Matter How you Look at it)

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Jacques Delacroix

In some places, it’s much warmer than usual. That’s so many instances of climate change, of course. I some places, it’s much colder than usual. That’s also evidence of climate change. Good technical article in the Wall Street Journal of   … Continue reading →

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Feedback from a Reader of this Blog and Responses

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Jacques Delacroix

Below is rich feedback from a reader of this blog and one-time listener to my Sunday radio show (“Facts Matter” on KSCO Santa Cruz, 1080 AM, every Sunday 11am to 1pm). I reproduce it here without change by permission, in … Continue reading →

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One Hundred Million American Muslims Thank You, Mr President.

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Jacques Delacroix

“The US is one of the largest Muslim countries in the world, [if you count….],” President Obama declared to a French television network, June 2nd. Some falsehoods don’t matter much, others matter a great deal. It all depends on context. … Continue reading →

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