An email arrives from the libel reform campaign: Dear Friends, I’ve had an idea – an unusual idea, but I think it might justwork. As you know, England’s chilling libel laws need to be reformed. Oneway to help achieve this … Continue reading
Sunny Hundal: People reading political blogs generally seem to hate nuanced positions, but I’m going to try anyway. For that it’s likely I’ll get slammed by both sides but that’s fine. I need to get this out of my system. … Continue reading
I just left this comment at John Graham-Cumming’s blog. The Neo-Nazi revisionist bit refers to his use of the term “denier”, which is always contemptible. The bit I’ve bolded is the important point: Noise and uncertainty simply exist, for scientists … Continue reading
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One of the areas of dissonance between right and left is the meaning of the word “cooperation”. For the right, it means something voluntary but also, and this is not a contradiction, involuntary. People harvesting rubber in Malaysia are doing … Continue reading
Monbiot and Plimer interviewed. An evasive Plimer simply refuses to answer a basic question. Not at all impressive: In Australia later today, Tim Lambert and Christopher Monckton will be debating the same subject.
Patrick posts the following on his blog: Patrick’s comment on this is exasperated rather than detailed – he has to teach this stuff. But what strikes me is that all four statements are true of all four appliances. That they … Continue reading
Strong coffee might increase the risk of heart disease. Within an hour of a single espresso, blood flow had reduced by an average of 22 per cent.But when the volunteers drank a decaffeinated espresso, there was little or no change. … Continue reading
My excuse is that I haven’t been blogging much. Normally, I do chip in when there’s a “We are all Spartacus” call on behalf of a blogger, and so do many people from left and right. Normally. For some reason, … Continue reading
I didn’t know this: … after 9/11, people came together to hold a candle light vigil on Mohseni Square in Tehran in solidarity with the American people. They came unfortunately under attack by the regime’s thugs for doing this. From … Continue reading