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Some good reading

Posted on January 19, 2012 by ret56fe

Three excellent articles I read today, that I would recommend to you: Tim O’Reilly’s contribution to edge.org‘s 2012 Question: 2012 : WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, OR BEAUTIFUL EXPLANATION? Tim talks about Pascal’s Wager, and how this famous proposition is a useful way … Continue reading →

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Incendiary stuff from Mike Carlton

Posted on March 26, 2011 by ret56fe

Mike Carlton is absolutely on fire in today’s Herald. First, the NSW election: Judgment Day. By sunset, Labor will have suffered such a crushing defeat that it can never rise again in its present form. And good riddance. Gone at long last … Continue reading →

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The parable of the garbage…

Posted on March 25, 2011 by ret56fe

And what about this great big garbage tax? Why do I have to pay to have my garbage collected when I can dump it in the bush for nothing? My little bit doesn’t make any difference to world garbage levels, … Continue reading →

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Rush Limbaugh continues to be a tool

Posted on March 17, 2011 by ret56fe

Radio host Rush Limbaugh host continued his controversial coverage of the devastating Japanese earthquake yesterday by mocking the country’s refugees – for recycling. On his show – the most-listened to in America – he laughed at survivors for recycling  their … Continue reading →

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Abbott v Abbott on climate change and carbon | Crikey

Posted on March 11, 2011 by ret56fe

Climate change cage match: Abbott debates Abbott by Bernard Keane As the Gillard government’s plan for a carbon prices sends Coalition stocks soaring, attention is increasingly focusing on what opposition leader Tony Abbott believes in about climate change and how to … Continue reading →

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A sensible view on carbon, from an unlikely source

Posted on March 7, 2011 by ret56fe

In 1990 Greg Hunt co-authored a university thesis entitled A Tax to Make the Polluter Pay. His conclusion: “Ultimately it is by harnessing the natural economic forces which drive society that the pollution tax offers us an opportunity to exert … Continue reading →

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Carbon debate generating lots of heat, and very little light

Posted on March 2, 2011 by ret56fe

Katharine Murphy in today’s Sydney Morning Herald: Politics need not bore the pants off everyone, but it should also have the wisdom and the restraint to respect some basic responsibilities: try to deal with facts, play the issue not the person, … Continue reading →

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Lies, damn lies, and statistics

Posted on January 14, 2011 by ret56fe

14 January 2011 Lies, damn lies, and statistics Stephan Lewandowsky When George W. Bush announced in 2003 that under his policy, ”92 million Americans receive an average tax cut of $1,083,” those numbers were not, strictly speaking, incorrect. However, they … Continue reading →

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If you only read one thing today…

Posted on November 5, 2010 by ret56fe

… you should take the time to read this piece from The Drum by Stephan Lewandowsky. It’s very hard to pick out a key paragraph or sentence that does the whole thing justice. So just go and read the entire article.

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