Ostracised online objicients...

Matt Ridley in the Spectator writes that journalists tend to complain that the current slow death of newspapers will mean a loss of investigative reporting and that this will be a disaster; it will. However what Matt points out is that despite their tales of woe and how - if we rely on the Internet - who will sniff out "the real story", re Climategate, "it was amateur bloggers who scented the exaggerations, distortions and corruptions in the climate establishment; whereas newspaper reporters, even after the scandal broke, played poodle to their sources."

Yet, this time round, despite 20 years of being told they were not just factually but morally wrong, of being compared to Holocaust deniers, of being told they deserved to be tried for crimes against humanity, of being avoided at parties, climate sceptics seem to be growing in number and confidence by the day.

Read the excellent article in full: "The global warming guerrillas" HERE. (opens in print mode to read on one page instead of six!)

Ostracised online objicients...

Matt Ridley in the Spectator writes that journalists tend to complain that the current slow death of newspapers will mean a loss of investigative reporting and that this will be a disaster; it will. However what Matt points out is that despite their tales of woe and how - if we rely on the Internet - who will sniff out "the real story", re Climategate, "it was amateur bloggers who scented the exaggerations, distortions and corruptions in the climate establishment; whereas newspaper reporters, even after the scandal broke, played poodle to their sources."

Yet, this time round, despite 20 years of being told they were not just factually but morally wrong, of being compared to Holocaust deniers, of being told they deserved to be tried for crimes against humanity, of being avoided at parties, climate sceptics seem to be growing in number and confidence by the day.

Read the excellent article in full: "The global warming guerrillas" HERE. (opens in print mode to read on one page instead of six!)

Obvoluting obloquies...

More bias from BBC (see P.S.) but also I didn't really mean to follow on from my post below about John Terry, it was just a laugh seeing him so heatedly involved on the pitch as off it! And I was pleased when led to THIS story in the Daily Mail (hat-tip James Forsyth in the Spectator) The DM reports that

"It took Fabio Capello just ten minutes to strip John Terry of the England captaincy yesterday.

The Italian family man and strict disciplinarian made it clear he would not be part of the dither and hypocrisy over the disgraced star"

Great, I thought, a decent man, back to basics etc...remembering the days when Tory sleaze was almost entirely the petty sexual indiscretions of a few MPs (yeah yeah, brown envelopes too...) - whereas for the last decade or so it's been downright full-on New Labour corruption - however, this Terry sacking was not so simple, as James Forsyth tells us: "[his] sacking as England captain tells us something interesting about what is considered a sackable offence in today's world and what is not.". i.e. it wasn't until the money side of Terry's indiscretions came up, [that I am now reading about: FFS!...does he need the money? Why not give it to mates of his or something?] that he was sacked! Well, maybe Fabio would have demoted him anyway...maybe.

Jeez, on that standard why are only 4 MP's facing the law? It should be more like 40, or even 400!

P.S. That last link from the BBC has ALREADY disappeared completely from their UK politics page (and related links) after only 8 hours and I presume this is because it's worse for Labour than the Conservatives. Clearly not important as THIS then, an "anti-Tory" story manages to say up for 28 hours and counting.

P.P.S. Photo is of French underwear model Vanessa Perroncel who's at the centre of claims surrounding England captain John Terry's alleged affair

Obvoluting obloquies...

More bias from BBC (see P.S.) but also I didn't really mean to follow on from my post below about John Terry, it was just a laugh seeing him so heatedly involved on the pitch as off it! And I was pleased when led to THIS story in the Daily Mail (hat-tip James Forsyth in the Spectator) The DM reports that

"It took Fabio Capello just ten minutes to strip John Terry of the England captaincy yesterday.

The Italian family man and strict disciplinarian made it clear he would not be part of the dither and hypocrisy over the disgraced star"

Great, I thought, a decent man, back to basics etc...remembering the days when Tory sleaze was almost entirely the petty sexual indiscretions of a few MPs (yeah yeah, brown envelopes too...) - whereas for the last decade or so it's been downright full-on New Labour corruption - however, this Terry sacking was not so simple, as James Forsyth tells us: "[his] sacking as England captain tells us something interesting about what is considered a sackable offence in today's world and what is not.". i.e. it wasn't until the money side of Terry's indiscretions came up, [that I am now reading about: FFS!...does he need the money? Why not give it to mates of his or something?] that he was sacked! Well, maybe Fabio would have demoted him anyway...maybe.

Jeez, on that standard why are only 4 MP's facing the law? It should be more like 40, or even 400!

P.S. That last link from the BBC has ALREADY disappeared completely from their UK politics page (and related links) after only 8 hours and I presume this is because it's worse for Labour than the Conservatives. Clearly not important as THIS then, an "anti-Tory" story manages to say up for 28 hours and counting.

P.P.S. Photo is of French underwear model Vanessa Perroncel who's at the centre of claims surrounding England captain John Terry's alleged affair

Observing ophelimity?...

Last week's revelations about John Terry's affairs and sexual exploits doesn't seem to have dampened him resolve: last night, despite a draw, he was hard to beat, a rod, showing another display of stiff competition, erecting a solid defence in front of goal - Didier looks impressed - or shocked - and yes, I shouldn't notice these things!

Observing ophelimity?...

Last week's revelations about John Terry's affairs and sexual exploits doesn't seem to have dampened him resolve: last night, despite a draw, he was hard to beat, a rod, showing another display of stiff competition, erecting a solid defence in front of goal - Didier looks impressed - or shocked - and yes, I shouldn't notice these things!

Oneiric omophagia...

MPs grill Gordon Brown - live. Hmmmm...well I guess it wouldn't be raw then. Golden brown (Gold gone Brown).

omophagia n. - eating of raw flesh.
oneiric adj. - having to do with dreams

Wakes up.

Anyway, Brownstuff cooked, probably tastes like shit; certainly full of shit in this death-bed conversion recall of pre 1997 promises. The ONLY way there should be an AV option for elections is if voting were compulsary.

Oneiric omophagia...

MPs grill Gordon Brown - live. Hmmmm...well I guess it wouldn't be raw then. Golden brown (Gold gone Brown).

omophagia n. - eating of raw flesh.
oneiric adj. - having to do with dreams

Wakes up.

Anyway, Brownstuff cooked, probably tastes like shit; certainly full of shit in this death-bed conversion recall of pre 1997 promises. The ONLY way there should be an AV option for elections is if voting were compulsary.

Older origins...

Groundhog Day: lots of snow and very cold; I'm sure all over the Midwest a groundhog has emerged and seen his shadow: according to legend that means six more weeks of winter. If they hadn't seen their shadows, an early spring could be expected. The day coincides with Candlemas and has the same meaning traditionally, "our ancestors predicted the weather according to the conditions on Candlemas day [Link]:

If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight; But if it be dark with clouds and rain, Winter is gone and will not come again.

So, if the sun is out the hairy guy will see his shadow but if it's cloudy he won't. And as that last link suggest both have roots in the pagan festival Imbolc which celebrated the beginning of Spring after the usually cold, dark Winter.

Older origins...

Groundhog Day: lots of snow and very cold; I'm sure all over the Midwest a groundhog has emerged and seen his shadow: according to legend that means six more weeks of winter. If they hadn't seen their shadows, an early spring could be expected. The day coincides with Candlemas and has the same meaning traditionally, "our ancestors predicted the weather according to the conditions on Candlemas day [Link]:

If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight; But if it be dark with clouds and rain, Winter is gone and will not come again.

So, if the sun is out the hairy guy will see his shadow but if it's cloudy he won't. And as that last link suggest both have roots in the pagan festival Imbolc which celebrated the beginning of Spring after the usually cold, dark Winter.

Outing obnubilation...

I read the other day that "if it's on the BBC it's real", a comment I laughed at as the BBC's real and mine aren't always quite the same. Anyway, some people may have realised over the last few years that the BBC have some pet topics that are "more than real". The EU and man-made Climate change are at the top of their 'push' lists; you may have noticed. Well, it has come to the attention of B-BBC via an "anonymous eagle-eyed B-BBC contributor" that there could be other, not entirely right and proper, reasons why some news is given favourable treatment: Fingers in pies.

Peter Dunscombe runs the 8 Billion quid corporation pension fund; he is also "a climate change fanatic... ... who addresses conferences about 'ethical investments', is also chairman of the Institutional Investment Group on Climate Change(IIGCC), which has 47 members and manages four trillion euros' worth of investments; yes, four trillion. Their goal is to find as many 'climate change' investment opportunities as possible."

So now we really know why BBC staffers are so fanatical about 'climate change'. It's naked self-interest. In 2008, there were 18,736 contributors to the BBC pension fund; every man jack of them benefits from climate alarmism.

Interesting to say the least!

Outing obnubilation...

I read the other day that "if it's on the BBC it's real", a comment I laughed at as the BBC's real and mine aren't always quite the same. Anyway, some people may have realised over the last few years that the BBC have some pet topics that are "more than real". The EU and man-made Climate change are at the top of their 'push' lists; you may have noticed. Well, it has come to the attention of B-BBC via an "anonymous eagle-eyed B-BBC contributor" that there could be other, not entirely right and proper, reasons why some news is given favourable treatment: Fingers in pies.

Peter Dunscombe runs the 8 Billion quid corporation pension fund; he is also "a climate change fanatic... ... who addresses conferences about 'ethical investments', is also chairman of the Institutional Investment Group on Climate Change(IIGCC), which has 47 members and manages four trillion euros' worth of investments; yes, four trillion. Their goal is to find as many 'climate change' investment opportunities as possible."

So now we really know why BBC staffers are so fanatical about 'climate change'. It's naked self-interest. In 2008, there were 18,736 contributors to the BBC pension fund; every man jack of them benefits from climate alarmism.

Interesting to say the least!