Sentences with phrase «flimsy evidence for»

You have to bear in mind that another NYC DA pursued a felony gang assault charge against Renzo Gracie on exponentially more flimsy evidence for the scuffle at One Oak several years ago with video evidence in existence to contradict the DA's witnesses» false statements which is the only reason it abandoned those charges for a misdemeanor assault plea.

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Some United Methodist bishops spoke up when two of its sons, George Bush and Dick Cheney, led the nation into war in Iraq on flimsy evidence and for questionable motives.

Whereas, in the case of the opposition especially the PDP members, even when the evidence is flimsy they will be visited with multiple harassment and intimidation for months and weeks without proper trial.

Melinda Moyer, writing for Scientific American, points out that the evidence linking salt to high blood pressure and heart disease has always been on the flimsy side, stating: 5

Unlike other acne supplements for which the hard evidence is flimsy (milk thistle, indole -3-carbinol), there are no real world stories of benefits to draw on.

Research shows that, on average, the proportion of pupils in grammar schools who are eligible for free school meals is less than 3 per cent, and the Labour MP Lisa Nandy (pictured top) warned today that the government's proposals could see it «inflict an experiment» on millions of children based on «flimsy evidence» in favour of grammars.

The evidence that he committed suicide to save his points, and the evidence that he was even killing for points, is flimsy at best, holding little water when examined from a logical viewpoint.

Scientific use of evidence would expose the flimsy nature of your association; for example, that to draw some line of association between Alex and Hillary is best explained by your own ideological orientation rather than anything inherent in who says «y ’ all»

UC San Diego atmospheric physicist Veerabhadran Ramanathan, for example, told us that the empirical evidence for the sulphate masking of warming is «pretty flimsy».

There is certainly nothing wrong with «denying» funding for expensive projects to supporters of political candidates based on the flimsy CO2 - climate evidence to date.

Its paradigm that the more alarming a prediction is, the flimsier the evidence required for it to survive, appeals directly to this geeky craving for the counterintuitive, and was a siren call for mediocre scientists doubtful of their prospects in the world of traditional scientific rigour.

When we point out that the burden really lies upon those who would toss aside centuries of history on short - term, flimsy evidence, who ignore the actual evidence of heavy consolidations with more to follow, who would saddle us with a change that would be irreversible regardless of how much harm it later engendered, who would risk so much of what the legal profession has stood for, who refuse to work anywhere near as hard on real solutions to real problems as they do on this pig - in - a-poke, then we are met with silence or insults.

We're not convinced by the supposed science of brain training - it's a sector that makes bold claims based on very flimsy evidence - but there's no doubt that spending time learning or practicing useful things is better for you than mindlessly swiping through trivia on Twitter.