DDP 31st Annual Meeting

Science and Common Sense v. Alarmism and Disaster July 12-15, 2013  –  CLICK HERE for speaker bios Houston Marriott South at Hobby Airport 9100 Gulf Pkwy · Houston, Texas Group rate $84/night CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR HOTEL ROOM or CALL (713) 943-7979 and mention DDP to get the group rate. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER … Continue reading “DDP 31st Annual Meeting”

DDP 30th Annual Meeting — July 27-29, 2012

Meeting Location: Long Island Marriott (Long Island, NY) 101 James Doolittle Blvd Uniondale, NY 11553 CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR HOTEL ROOM (note Sunday’s rooms are sold out at our group rate. We are working on getting a larger room block. Stay tuned.) CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR MEETING & TOUR Friday, July 27, 2012  Optional … Continue reading “DDP 30th Annual Meeting — July 27-29, 2012”

Endocrine Disruptors

DDP Newsletter Vol. XL, No. 3 A current invisible scary threat, impossible for people to verify for themselves, is endocrine disruptors (EDs) lurking in the water. This topic first appeared in the National Library of Medicine PubMed data base in 1995, reached a maximum of 1,088 citations in 2019, and still occurs almost 1,000 times/y, … Continue reading “Endocrine Disruptors”

COVID-19  POST-MORTEM

DDP Newsletter Vol. XL, No. 1 After a disaster, it is critical to do a “post-mortem” analysis for lessons learned—or the equivalent of an M&M (Mortality and Morbidity) conference for surgical outcomes. The COVID-19 emergency is officially over, although one sees occasional masks, and “booster” shots are constantly recommended. Already there is talk of “Disease … Continue reading “COVID-19  POST-MORTEM”

Climate Watch: Is Ocean Warming an Imminent Threat?

The Washington Post reports that “a rapid surge in global ocean temperatures in recent months is raising the specter of a climate pattern shift that could accelerate planetary warming and supercharge trends that already are fueling extreme storms, deadly heat waves, and ecological crises on land and sea.” There was a “spike” in global average … Continue reading “Climate Watch: Is Ocean Warming an Imminent Threat?”

Climate Watch: Are We Having Record Heat?

I hope you have electricity flowing to your air conditioner. It’s summer, and it is hot in Tucson. But as the graph shows, the summer of 2023 is cooler than usual. Nonetheless, the climate change chorus claims that this summer is worse “in profound ways,” and there are computer models about hypothetical climate “tipping points”—not … Continue reading “Climate Watch: Are We Having Record Heat?”

DDP 2023 – Speaker Lineup

Below is the current agenda and speaker lineup for this summer’s 41st DDP Annual Meeting in Tucson, AZ July 7-9. (Also available as printable PDF.) Friday, July 7 An optional group outing will be held Friday afternoon to the Asarco Copper Mine just south of Tucson. A morning group event may be added to the … Continue reading “DDP 2023 – Speaker Lineup”

Will Bank Dominos Fall?

DDP Newsletter Vol. XXXIX, No. 2 With the sudden collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), recently rated very highly, people are understandably nervous. This was said to be the second largest bank failure in history. Will your bank be next? SVB’s special features included administrators who were more concerned about being “woke” than about … Continue reading “Will Bank Dominos Fall?”