So much of the debate surrounding climate change seems to hinge on questions of causation. In particular, the two principal causation questions of interest are: Is the anthropogenic emission of carbon dioxide the cause of global warming? Is the global warming the cause of the current incidence of extreme or environmentally damaging weather-related events? The …
Do you remember, back in the good old days, just over a year ago (6 months BC – Before Covid) when the mainstream alarmist media was breathlessly reporting two studies which showed that modern global warming was truly global and unprecedented in magnitude in the last 2000 years? I doubt you could have missed it; … Continue reading
According to Jeff Bezos’ paper, The Washington Post, he’s said he’s giving $791 million to 16 groups fighting climate change out of a $10 billion climate fund. The actual article is paywalled, but you can use the scroll bar for a couple seconds before the unremovable subscription pitch kicks in. Bloomberg has a post on … Continue reading
The mass hysteria surrounding the Covid pandemic has similarities to climate hysteria, with the difference that it has evolved over a period of months instead of decades, and its effects are immediate instead of hypothetical. The unrolling of events can therefore be observed in real time, with the decisions and behaviour of the main actors … Continue reading
We had a bit of a spat her not long ago about the use of Certain Terms of Abuse. I was deeply disappointed to see valued contributors and commenters threatening to leave and not come back because of mere words. The storm has blown over, but to avoid a repetition, I thought it would be nice if … Continue reading
The Great Reset holds no fears for me. As someone who has never owned a car and has been working from home since the sixties, I can afford to feel superior as the future tries hard to catch up with me. The private jet set at Davos can preach all they like about the need … Continue reading
When I noticed that a top-tier federal-state education body is providing lesson materials for teachers, I decided to take a look. The body is Education Services Australia (ESA), a company set up by federal-state education ministers. ESA provides free supplementary online materials for teachers via 20,000-plus pages on its Scootle portal. No mickey-mouse operation, it’s all keyed precisely … Continue reading
It’s a year since the founder of the White Helmets James le Mesurier took his own life by jumping from the third floor bedroom window of his Istanbul flat. The Daily Mail and the Guardian both have long articles this week on the subject, which is not surprising. The rightwing Daily Mail is naturally sympathetic … Continue reading
I can’t get this comment out of “pending” so I’m publishing it here. The Survey link worked for me. It may work for you. Engaging in a bit o’ resurrection here because I got an email this morning. You recently signed the petition “Hold a referendum to scrap the UK’s policy of Net Zero CO2 … Continue reading
Post-election Quiz: Joe Biden named four members of his family “Beau,” “Champ,” “Hunter,” and “Major”. Two were his sons, and two are dogs.Can you guess which are which? * An article by Diana Kimpton at Conservative Woman poses a good question and provides some pithy answers. Thank you Diana. She also provides a link to … Continue reading
Australia’s ABC rivals BBC as a projector of all things leftist especially global warming hysteria. This article attacks the ABC from another viewpoint: as massive hypocrites on feminism. In 2019-20, the team’s focus was to reach younger Australians, their families and their wider communities in a way that was both meaningful and beneficial. — ABC annual … Continue reading
As Cliscep goes deep into endorsing WW2 analogies, with Gove as Goebbels just the latest, I propose Jaime Jessop as Captain Mainwaring: Mainwaring sincerely believes he’s fighting the good fight but what he says is totally counterproductive. This applies to James Delingpole’s tweets I embedded two days ago as well, in my view. Persuasive not. … Continue reading
