The story seems simple enough. First, on Wednesday a study came out that found 97% consensus on human-caused global warming in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. It was by our friends at Skeptical Science, John Cook and Dana Nuccitelli. Show More Summary
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is denying the reported existence of camera-phone footage showing him partaking in crack cocaine.
How is that video not online yet, you ask? Gawker's John Cook posted a story describing the video, but refused to pay the source the $200,000 he demanded for the file. Show More Summary
As you may have heard, Gawker EIC John Cook reported last night that he had recently been shown a video of eccentric Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack. This is hilarious for a number of reasons, but mainly because it gives us allShow More Summary
Proving that crap can flow uphill, yesterday, John Cook got what one could consider the ultimate endorsement. A tweet from the Twitter account of the Twitterer in Chief, Barack Obama, about Cook’s 97% consensus lie. I had to laugh about … Continue reading ?
Gawker's John Cook was contacted by a tipster who offered to sell him a video of Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack for $40K. As proof, the tipster provided a photo of Ford posing with Anthony Smith, recently murdered in a gang-style shooting. The tipster claimed that Ford buys his crack from a dealer who [...]
Gawker reporter John Cook says he's seen the video. The Toronto Star says they have too and promises that there is "much more to come." (Tipped by JMG reader David)
Bradley Cooper is in talks to lead John Wells’ (August: Osage County) Chef, which is one of two projects going by the same name, currently being developed by different studios. The other Chef belongs to Jon Favreau. The former comes … Continue reading ?
By Dana Nuccitelli and John Cook via Skeptical Science. A new survey of over 12,000 peer-reviewed climate science papers by our citizen science team at Skeptical Science has found a 97 percent consensus in the peer-reviewed literature that humans are causing global warming. Lead author John Cook created a short video abstract summarizing the study. [...]
By Dana Nuccitelli and John Cook via Skeptical Science. A new survey of over 12,000 peer-reviewed climate science papers by our citizen science team at Skeptical Science has found a 97 percent consensus in the peer-reviewed literature that humans are causing global warming. Lead author John Cook created a short video abstract summarizing the study. [...]
All you can do is laugh. Brandon Shollenberger writes at Lucia’s about the new Fuzzy Math consensus “proof” paper from the ever entertaining John Cook at Skeptical Science, rated with the help of 27 of the SkS kidz club. The … Continue reading ?
At the end of April, we learned that director Jon Favreau was getting back to his indie roots with a "character study" film called Chef. At the time, the cast included Sofia Vergara, John Leguizamo and Bobby Canavale, but a couple bigger names have also signed up in the past week. Show More Summary
You have to wonder how somebody can write (let alone read) the claims made here in the press release by Cook with a straight face. It gives a window into the sort of things we can expect from his borked … Continue reading ?
Via Tom Nelson Stranger than fiction: A little background on the cartooning and cricket blogging of John Cook of Skeptical Science, Al Gore’s Climate “Reality” drop partner. From this Wikipedia Entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sev_Wide_Web On February 17, 2010, Cook made the decision … Continue reading ?
Jeremy John on why men should consider taking responsibility for the cooking necessary: for health, hospitality, and justice.
Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) May 10, 2013 10:00 am ET Executives Ian M. Cook - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Andrew D. Hendry - Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary Liza LeAndre John T. Cahill - Independent...Show More Summary
Bill Cook – COO, Pivotal stopped by theCUBE on day three of EMC World to talk data leveraging with hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante. He shared some comments about the transition from Greenplum and how excited he is about … Continue reading ?
Guest post by Alec Rawls After finalizing a long post on John Cook’s crowd-sourced consensus-rating survey (to be titled “I take Cook’s survey so you don’t have to”), I submitted my completed survey to Cook’s website and received an automated … Continue reading ?
The Buccaneers are apparently content to let their existing defensive ends keep digging. According to Mark Cook of PewterReport.com, the Bucs have no interest at the moment in pursuing veteran defensive ends Dwight Freeney or John Abraham. The reports cites concerns about Abraham’s character considering the rush-needy Falcons let him go (though that seems an…
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner was recorded teaching Bloomberg's Peter Cook how to knot a tie.
When I was first contacted by Skeptical Science proprietor John Cook about his request to have WUWT host a survey, I asked him several questions because I had misgivings about the design. He refused to answer my questions, and now … Continue reading ?