Posts by andin
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We're a pretty accusatory culture at the best of times
So true, regretably, so true.
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Interesting perspective on things, there is probably some merit in it. My knowledge of british politics, like most people outside thr country, is scant.
Any way this article gives me more reason to not think highly of the Bob Gelfdof, Bono, U2 triumvirate. Read a couple of Ben Eltons books and thought they were crap.
One thing you do get wrong is Reagan and Thatcher bringing down the Evil Russians. Russia was collapsing under the financial strain of the arms race and too many comrades with their hands in the till. Gorby admitted this to Reagan who probably told Thatcher. Then as any lowlife politico would, they exploited it to their advantage, and a lot of people fell for it, including you it seems.
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While I applaud your sentiments, I must say about myself I feel as if I am of the Christopher Hitchens train of thought on the subject of religion. Specifically that it is a dangerous hangover from the infancy of our species along with tribalism and many other cult like groupings far to prevalent in present day society. And the sooner we are able to live without it the better.
The obvious caveat here is that it doesnt appear as this will be happening any time soon. And it seems that the likes of Bishop Brian have hides thicker than 20 rhinoceros' or is that called Faith.
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My father is still working at 82.
Whats his occupation?
Bricklayer.
I doubt if some now in their 20's will be able to lift a pen at 82.
Or whatever they will use to write with in 60 yrs. Perhaps spoken word recognition software will be all they will know.
Ah its so much easier to move the lower jawbone, brain engaged
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What a great idea close down NZ, apart from farms and turn it into Australia's food supplier, and move everyone to Perth to work in the mines. Hey, Why not build water tankers and ship all that wasted water in the Sth island in the sounds, fjordland etc to Aust as well.
Fuck buying a house in NZ sell sell sell.
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Well Im inclined to not having any regulation even self regulation just yet.
I guess eventually it may be the only way. Remember the internet is still young and growing. There are those who will never learn from reading what they or anyone else will write. And eventually they will go away, or die a metaphorical death. But this, well, explosion of writing by people who often can"t spell, or mouthing off by, mmm dickheads, is cathartic is so many ways it would be a shame to think about censoring it now, at this is (I cant stress it enough)** crucial** time in human history.
I hope there are very few more Kathy Sierra incidents, and I hope she can put it behind her. It all sounded as if it got out of hand I havent followed the whole incident closely, who said what about so & so, or whose book.
Chris Locke is a clever man though and I like his mysticbourgeoisie site.So I say not yet ride with it a bit longer if we can....
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Well Im inclined to not having any regulation even self regulation just yet.
I guess eventually it may be the only way. The internet is still young and growing. There are those who will never learn from reading what they or anyone else will write. And eventually they will go away, or die a metaphorical death. But this, well, explosion of writing by people who often cant spell is cathartic is so many ways it would be a shame to think about censoring it now, at this is (I cant stress it enough)** crucial++ time in human history.
I hope there are very few more Kathy Sierra incidents, and I hope she can put it behind her. It all sounded as if it got out of hand I havent fallowed the whole incident closely,who said what about whose book.
Chris Locke is a clever man though and I like his mysticbourgeoisie site.So I say not yet ride with it a bit longer if we can....
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http://inthegreen.typepad.com/blog/2007/03/deconstructing_.html
OK serious swindle debunking here with many links to sciencey stuff -
Refuting statistics is a long process, it is impossible unless fully acquainted with any stats presented, the methodology used to arrive at the stat, and the information to be conveyed. And if any of the calculations are wrong.. well you get the picture.
So it takes someone who knows a subject to refute stats but by then it is usually a few days later and 50%(a guess) of the people who watch a programme such as Swindle are back at work saying this Global warming thing is BS. Im buying a f**king SUV and running over (insert derisive words here).
So like most stats and their "truth" are something I rely on others to verify. But if I find out their figures are cooked well...
The thing that gave away that this programme was probably a load of s**t was the last segment on Africa.
One dodgy solar installation does not make a case. And after all that has/is happening on the African continent, I doubt if good solar/renewable energy source installers can be found readily in the phone book, then there's the problem of finding a phone.And I wondered if the much touted resources, and future financial gains that may come from them, would actually be used for the benefit of the mass of the population on the continent as the programme suggested, i.e. building power stations to run the electric stoves that are going to be installed in their mud huts.
If you get my drift.
[But what pisses me off is how those in the west ,e.g. a not very PC person crowing about "warmists" getting theirs. He may sometimes make sense (sort of) on other issues, but please give it a rest on this.]
So for the above reason and the lack of enough benchtop hotplates in Africa, or till someone clears up all the stats this Swindle would appear to have been cooked up.