Sentences with phrase «as dubious»

This second angle is as dubious as the first and relies heavily on bombastic claims made by Chris Wylie — the pink haired ex-Cambridge Analytica employee pictured above.

A claim for an increased punitive damage award based on systemic wrongdoing may strike some lawyers as dubious on the basis that a plaintiff should not be able to claim damages for the harm done to others.

So you did see the claim in the IPCC report, and yet you, a science journalist, and someone who had spent 15 years researching water security, didn't think to investigate where the claim — that you had previously regarded as dubious, and controversial — had been substantiated, but decided to take at face value?

The criticisms of Mann and Trenberth are somewhat surprising to me, since I have seen them support papers that are at least as dubious as Hansen et al..

It seems to me that this dataset exhibits the same attributes as the SST data set that I wrote an article about, whereby the provenance of the original data can be as dubious or unlikely as is possible, but researchers seem prepared to disregard its accuracy in order to analyse and parse it and then make profound pronouncements.

Judith is right to characterize your posts, tamino, as dubious.

Environmental watchdogs are increasingly pointing out funds as dubious, because of investments in different energy companies.

It still strikes me as a dubious investment of so much money and attention.

Francesca Galeazzi is a self - described «nasty, evil woman» in this short video clip, shot in Greenland several days ago and aimed at pillorying so - called «carbon offsets» as a dubious justification for actions that release a lot of carbon dioxide, the main heat - trapping emission building in the atmosphere.

I noted that in the blog chain they are a part of, sites such as Dubious Quality and Giant Bomb kept reappearing, as if there are common ties.

Money spent on car repairs can be as dubious as investment fees.

Before late 2014, $ 99 would get you a 6 - inch monochrome e-reader or perhaps a slightly larger - screened Android tablet from an overseas manufacturer as dubious as three - day - old sushi.

However, the decision to ditch a manual gearbox in favour of what Abarth calls a «Competizione» semi-auto transmission with paddle - shift is almost as dubious, though not nearly as funny, as the PR blurb's description of the 595 50th Anniversary as «the world's smallest supercar».

If nothing else, the random cameos from unlikely appearances such as Ewan McGregor, Dennis Haskins, Ryan Reynolds (who didn't even have a speaking part), Gilbert Gottfried as the dubious Abraham Lincoln, and especially Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown, will certainly get you laughing.

The Academy could see that as a dubious move and he'd likely still collect some votes in Lead and siphon off any he gets in Supporting.

While once viewed as a dubious option for desperate singles, online dating is now the preferred dating method for most people who are serious about finding a good match.

I have always regarded hypnotherapy as a dubious science.

Through most of his career, he was as dubious about telepathy (mind reading) or precognition (seeing the future) as any of his colleagues.

And so it depicts any other interventions of government in the market as dubious on philosophical, not just empirical, grounds.

They had several chances against Sunderland last weekend, as well as a dubious disallowed goal, while they could of scored a handful against Man City in their opening fixture at Ewood Park where it not for some poor finishing.

They may use a 10 - or 20 - unit bet for most plays, but then make 100 - unit «locks» to inflate their results or as a dubious attempt to get back to even on the season for advertising purposes.

The penalty decision may be seen as dubious, but the club should point the finger at themselves rather than Lee Mason who, by letter of the law, did not put a foot wrong.

To have the consequences as a datum is then precisely as dubious an advantage as to have an immediate certainty; whoever takes the consequences immediately to his credit is deceived, precisely as one who takes the immediate certainty for Faith.

I confess I am one of that minority of readers who admire Kierkegaard more for his literary and satiric gifts than for his contribution to philosophy — which I regard as dubious — or his understanding of Christianity — which I regard as, in many significant respects, disastrously false.

Christians in places like Egypt and Palestine want to cast their lot with the others of their own societies; they don't want to be thought of as dubious citizens.

The Senate Finance Committee's top Democrat, Oregon's Ron Wyden, was just as dubious of Trump's plan.

I regard as dubious claims that going into a college classroom is one of the things that triggers entrepreneur genes.

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Additionally, such a reclassification of ISPs as utilities is «legally dubious,» Downes says, and is likely to be rejected by federal courts.

As they bulldoze their way to more job destruction, tax avoidance, and dubious penetration of our minds, hearts, guts, and genitalia - they dangle the keys before our eyes.

And as for watches, gender bifurcation is at least somewhat dubious.

While strict mortgage - lending laws were in place before he took office and they came at a cost — less home ownership and slower economic growth — the state's conservative rules, as WSJ notes, «largely prevented the state's residents from signing the types of dubious home loans written in other markets across the country.»

Snopes, for example, which has been fact - checking dubious Internet stories for over two decades, was dismissed by some as a «far - left group,» as was fellow verification site Politifact.

Green makes it clear that they're not in the same dubious business as the so - called «buy - here, pay - here» used - car dealers that were the subject of one of comedian John Oliver's recent televised rants — and definitely not in the same line of work as payday loan operators.

The global demonstration, planned in the wake of the Women's March on Washington, is aimed at countering the «mischaracterization of science as a partisan issue» — see climate change, vaccines, and GMOs — and the dubious policy that has arisen as a result.

So Watsa has added another dubious marketing decision to BlackBerry history, selling it as a national treasure.

As an alternative, investors should simply walk away from such dubious companies and look elsewhere for better investment opportunities.

Meanwhile Nix himself was suspended as CEO by CA last month, following a Channel 4 News investigation broadcast video footage of Nix talking to an undercover reporter and appearing to suggest the firm uses a range of dubious tactics, including front companies and subcontractors to secretly engage in political campaigns.

In fact, Comey did as much as anyone to get Trump elected with three ethically dubious decisions: He publicly lambasted Hillary Clinton for her handling of her emails, despite his decision not to recommend criminal prosecution.

This dubious promotion, wherein the account promises to send ten times as much Ether to participants, attempts to draw interest through a «limited» opportunity.

Why, in circumstances where Canada's security, policies and companies are already as fully protected as they can be, do we maintain a net - benefit test that does not show a bottom - line impact on Canada, imposes an unnecessary burden on investors and gives Canada a dubious (if generally undeserved) international reputation?

Piper Jaffray analyst Christopher Raymond said Regeneron's (REGN) agreement with Express Scripts (ESRX) to improve Praluent access and make it the exclusive PCSK9 on the latter's preferred formulary may «set a somewhat dubious precedent,» but he still sees it as a smart move that can reinvigorate Praluent growth.

«A smartphone might involve as many as 250,000 (largely questionable) patent claims, and our competitors want to impose a «tax» for these dubious patents that makes Android devices more expensive for consumers,» said David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer.

As our search narrows, leaders emerge... When we last left off, we had established that in our search for the perfect ICO platform we've encountered our fair share of dead ends and dubious options.

Initially, they were a bit dubious about using AdWords to grow their business, but they told me that as long as we could produce leads through AdWords at the same price as their current channels, they were willing to give it a shot.

Point 1 on maintenance was dubious as an expensive car may require none and / or have maintenance covered by the warranty.

Given that Japan declared cryptocurrencies as legal tender, the picture remains dubious.

He added that lawyers at some firms effectively enabled entrepreneurs to take this dubious route with their token sales — a point that SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has made as well.

I have watched in awe at the booming world of Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and the millions willingly thrown at dubious new ideas (just look at MatchPool a «dating» service that raised $ 6 million in 2 days) as well as the ease that new market indexes are built and get to dominate the crypto markets in days not years (see Iconomi buying 9 % of Byteball without spending a dime).

Since December, bitcoins can not only be traded at more or less dubious exchanges, but also as futures at the CME and CBOE.

Tenneplas, which sits about a 90 - minute drive south of Nashville in a town that has the dubious distinction of being the original home of the Ku Klux Klan, ships plastic parts to Mexico as well as assembly plants in Mississippi, Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana.