“no study has brought out any solid evidence that the death penalty deters crime. In fact, Amnesty reports that 'the murder rate in states which use the death penalty is twice that of states which do not, according to FBI statistics.” StatesFactsUseStudyCrimeEvidenceMurderRateReportsStatisticsPenaltiesDeath PenaltyFbiAmnesty Book:Choosing Mercy: A Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty Source: Choosing Mercy: A Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty
“The L.A. Times reports that al Qaeda terrorists have been traced to Iran, and President Bush is talking tough. In fact he said he will attack the minute he has evidence his approval rating is under 45 percent.” Has BeensSaidFactsPresidentTalkingMinutesPercentEvidenceToughTerroristReportsIranAlsApprovalPresident BushRatingAl QaedaApproval Rating Author:Jay Leno
“The aspiration of society is the flourishing of its members, this report gives evidence on how to achieve societal well?being. It's not by money alone, but also by fairness, honesty, trust and good health.” GivingWellsAchieveHonestyHealthMembersEvidenceWell BeingAspirationReportsFairnessGood HealthFlourishing Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“In April 1981, at my request, my mother went to a detective agency. She hired them to follow me, to report my daily activities, and to provide photographic evidence of my existence.” MotherExistenceActivityEvidenceAgencyReportsAprilRequestDetectivesFollow MeDaily Activities Author:Sophie Calle
“The report falsely asserts that global warming is causing more extreme weather events, more droughts, more record high temperatures, more wildfires, warmer winters, etc., when each and every one of these false assertions is contradicted by objective, verifiable evidence.” RecordsEventsEvidenceWinterExtremesObjectivesWeatherReportsGlobal WarmingEtcTemperatureAssertionDroughtWildfiresExtreme Weather Author:James Taylor
“The fanatical Communist refuses to believe any unfavorable report or evidence about Russia, nor will he be disillusioned by seeing with his own eyes the cruel misery inside the Soviet promised land. It is the true believer's ability to "shut his eyes and stop his ears" to facts that do not deserve to be either seen or heard which is the source of his unequaled fortitude and constancy. He cannot be frightened by danger, nor disheartened by obstacles, nor baffled by contradictions because he denies their existence.” BelieveFactsEyeAbilityExistenceSeeingHeardLandDangerSourceEvidenceDeserveEarsMiseryRefuseObstaclesDenyBelieverRussiaHis EyesReportsContradictionFrightenedCommunistSovietFortitudeConstancyTrue BelieverDisillusionedPromised LandBaffledDisheartened Author:Eric Hoffer
“He read reports, examined evidence, and poured more reports up the chain than the Pentagon could read. Nothing short of a human sieve. But in the end he was just one small piece on this game board called war. End of story” HumansWarEndsStoriesGamesPiecesEvidenceChainsBoardsJust OneReportsPentagonSmall Pieces Book:Bone Man's Daughters Source: Bone Man's Daughters
“Not according to this," Jazz said, taking the report. "No evidence of sexual activity or anything like it." "Well, there's that," Howie said, sounding relieved. Jazz wondered at that - was it really so much better to be unmolested, but still murdered in a horrible fashion? To die in pain and terror, stripped, left in a field, your fingers cut off? But as long as you weren't raped, well, that was alright, then? Did it really matter at that point?” WellsLongSaidStillsMatterPainDiesLeftCuttingFashionFieldsActivityEvidenceJazzFingersTerrorHorribleReportsAlrightRelieved Author:Barry Lyga
“But more than 15 sections in Chapter 8 of the report-the key chapter setting out the scientific evidence for and against a human influence over the climate-were changed or deleted after the scientist charged with examining this question had accepted the supposedly final text.” HumansEnergyEnvironmentInfluenceChangedKeysEvidenceScientistClimateFinalsClimate ChangeAcceptedSettingSettingsReportsChaptersSectionsExaminingScientific Evidence Author:Frederick Seitz
“After a lifetime in this subject, I have concluded that the extraterrestrial hypothesis is one reasonable tentative approach to putting the best-documented and most puzzling UFO reports into a scientifically defensible conceptual framework. By such reports I mean those with credible multiple or independent witnesses, instrumented observations, and physical evidence.” MeanSubjectsApproachEvidenceIndependentLifetimeObservationWitnessReasonableReportsMultipleHypothesisFrameworkUfoCrediblePuzzlingExtraterrestrialConceptual Framework Author:Jerome Clark
“Among the hundreds of so-called "UFO reports" each year, a sizable fraction of those clearly observed by reputable witnesses remain unexplained-and difficult to explain in conventional terms. There is a modicum of physical evidence, radar cases, residual effects, and some films-and photographs in support of the unexplained cases. Collectively, these cases constitute a genuine scientific mystery, badly in need of well-supported, systematic investigation.” NeedsYearsWellsFilmDifficultTermCasesSupportMysteryEffectsEvidencePhotographGenuineWitnessReportsInvestigationConventionalUfoFractionsSystematicRadarUnexplainedResidual Author:Richard Hall
“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) new Summary for Policymakers is a political document that downplays assessments of uncertainty from the scientific reports. It omits much contrary evidence. In several cases, it even disagrees with the reports on which it is based.” PoliticalCasesEvidenceClimateClimate ChangeContraryUncertaintyReportsGlobal WarmingDisagreeDocumentsAssessmentSummary Author:Steven F. Hayward