In November 2020 the UK government published its latest edition of the National Risk Register. The previous edition was published in 2017. There is an obvious before-and-after-Covid comparison to be made here, and so I sat down with both documents in front of me to compile some notes. This is some of what I came … Continue reading
Of all the mainstream media the Guardian is probably the most fervent in its espousal of the cause of catastrophic climate change, (or “Global Heating” as its journalists are obliged to call it) and, since its conversion into an international on-line medium covering the US and Australia, possibly the most influential. And the person who … Continue reading
Please forgive the title: an oxymoron as blatant as Military Intelligence, Fun Run or “We’re from the government and we’re here to help you.” And yet the UK government really seems to be helping, at least to a significant, if transient, percentage of voters: Definitely time to listen to some cynical comedians then. Note the … Continue reading
The Capitol invasion was foreshadowed in 1996 by an invasion and riot at The Australian federal parliament in 1996. Media handling of each – very similar – event is enlightening. What a mystery! Pundit Laura Tingle on the government-financed Australian Broadcasting Commission TV’s 7.30 program last night (January 11) showed 13 seconds of clippage from 1996 of a crowd … Continue reading
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse… Well, when I say ‘not a creature’, I mean to exclude those that were stirring over governmental impotence in the face of an international crisis. I think I may also be ignoring those who were stirred … Continue reading
We’ve had some fraught discussions on this blog as to when, if ever, it’s justified to call extra-legal authoritarianism “fascism.” I don’t want to open that painful discussion again, except to make the trite observation that context is important, and an angry comment on your own blog made by a private individual is not held … Continue reading
Cliscep has been criticised (and lost readers) for deviating from the path of climate sceptical righteousness to consider other subjects apparently far removed from climate. At the time of the election of Trump and the success of the Brexit referendum, the levels of hatred and lack of self-awareness exhibited by a ruling caste, who were … Continue reading
Guest Post by Jit The following was a recent comment posted at my Birdageddon article. It is reproduced here in full, since it serves as a worthy article in its own right. —— The story goes like this. Puffins are stubby little cute things. They eat tiny fish called sand eels. The eels are declining … Continue reading
In keeping with much of the country, our neighbourhood had a goodly fall of snow last week. Of course, to maintain my climate denial persona, I should now be saying, ‘So much for global warming’. But the reality is that it hasn’t been particularly cold for the time of year. I’d say instead that it … Continue reading
Escandalo! Among Hollywood’s Trump-hating and climate-doom celebrities, actor Alec Baldwin stands tall. I’ve enjoyed his Glengarry Glen Ross movie several times, but he’s a nasty person with sadistic impulses. Plus he’s another of those Hollywood hypocrites, splashing his $US60 million wealth on big houses and big toys in New York, while telling the plebs to catch buses and … Continue reading
