September 4, 2010 – 7:53 am
Half the harm that is done in this world Is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm — but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it Because they are absorbed in the endless struggle To think well of themselves. [...]
By Legal Eagle
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Posted in Environment, Politics, Skeptics, Society, Technology, The Left
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Also tagged class, climate change policy, clive hamilton, Environment, environmental concern, financial modeling, George Monbiot, holocaust denial, Insight, Jenny Brockie, left wing, noel pearson, public policy, right wing, risk analysis, Science, scientific method, Simon Niemeyer, skepticism, Skeptics, Stephen Schneider
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The more I see, the more I’m disappointed with KRudd’s government. I confess that I had high hopes at the start, which was probably a mistake. One should never invest politicians with hope. There were a few things that really worried me from the start about the government – the love of “spin” over substance [...]
By Legal Eagle
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Posted in Politics
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Also tagged australia, Australian Labor Party, Australian politics, cynicism, ETS, insulation, Japanese whaling, kevin rudd, opinion polls, political advertising, scientific whaling, spin
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February 14, 2010 – 3:14 am
Sir John Houghton, who played a critical role in establishing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), was roundly condemned after it emerged that he was an apparent advocate of scary propaganda to frighten the public into believing the dangers of global warming. “Unless we announce disasters, no one will listen,” Sir John was supposed [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Environment, Funnies, Media, Politics, Science, Skeptics, Technology
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Also tagged bennie peiser, christopher booker, christopher monckton, global warming, john houghton, piers ackerman, roger helmer
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December 2, 2009 – 9:02 pm
There is a lively debate going on among members of the skeptical listserv I frequent about Senator Fielding’s call for a Royal Commission, with one poster commenting: I always thought that Senator Fielding was a dill, but his latest call for a Royal Commission into climate science really takes the cake. The notion that lawyers [...]
November 21, 2009 – 7:13 pm
Clive Hamilton wrote a piece for Crikey earlier this week in which he likened those who deny climate change to those who deny the Holocaust. He said: We think of Holocaust deniers as being immoral because we suspect them of being motivated by anti-Semitism or a desire for political advancement through stirring up racial hatred. [...]
November 12, 2009 – 7:16 pm
Australia’s koalas could be wiped out within 30 years unless urgent action is taken to halt a decline in population, according to researchers. They say development, climate change and bushfires have all combined to send the numbers of wild koalas plummeting. The Australian Koala Foundation said a recent survey showed the population could have dropped [...]
November 5, 2009 – 8:27 pm
Okay, I’m probably going to get in trouble for putting my oar in here. But I’m cranky about this suggestion by Lord Stern that we should all go vegetarian to stop global warming. Ken Neilsen has already done a good post at the Cat on how climate change politics seems to cause some people’s brains [...]
