Random Rants
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Whilst sitting in the waiting room at a recruitment agency earlier, I flicked through a copy of The Australian. It's one of the main broadsheets down here, and part of the Murdoch stable.
I found an opinion piece on it in which the author first railed at any vaguely left-leaning politics, before claiming that global warming was part of a UN conspiracy based on inaccurate science to impose socialism on the world. OK, I'm probably paraphrasing a bit here, but that was the general gist.
The author, Maurice Newman, was a top banker, CEO, and all that, but came over like some nutter you'd find lurking on a badly designed website on one of the recesses of the net. And this was in a broadsheet paper!
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Whilst sitting in the waiting room at a recruitment agency earlier, I flicked through a copy of The Australian. It's one of the main broadsheets down here, and part of the Murdoch stable.
I found an opinion piece on it in which the author first railed at any vaguely left-leaning politics, before claiming that global warming was part of a UN conspiracy based on inaccurate science to impose socialism on the world. OK, I'm probably paraphrasing a bit here, but that was the general gist.
The author, Maurice Newman, was a top banker, CEO, and all that, but came over like some nutter you'd find lurking on a badly designed website on one of the recesses of the net. And this was in a broadsheet paper!
Raving sociopath like all of that ilk. If I had his bankroll I could have my left of Eugene Debs socialist rants published too. Then again if I had his cash I'd think he was right.
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@steelworker I think that there are two issues here.
The first is that the solutions to Global Warming tend to require government restrictions on behaviour. Those to the right of Attila the Hun consider any such impositions to be socialism. So I think that there's a cognitive bias towards decrying the research as being flawed.
Funnily enough, none of these critics ever seem to have a scientific background.
The second is that significant changes in society tend to hurt the rich disproportionally, as new groups are likely to make money off it, whilst old groups lose it. So they've got an interest in maintaining the status quo, and moving to a low carbon economy is likely to shake things up.
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@steelworker I think that there are two issues here.
The first is that the solutions to Global Warming tend to require government restrictions on behaviour. Those to the right of Attila the Hun consider any such impositions to be socialism. So I think that there's a cognitive bias towards decrying the research as being flawed.
Funnily enough, none of these critics ever seem to have a scientific background.
The second is that significant changes in society tend to hurt the rich disproportionally, as new groups are likely to make money off it, whilst old groups lose it. So they've got an interest in maintaining the status quo, and moving to a low carbon economy is likely to shake things up.
A thoughtful and reasoned opinion, Graeme. Damnit.
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Yes, but this is what the locals are like… :o
On a positive note the beer must be stellar!
On a negative-that's the worst hangover ever.
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This could also go into First World Problems. I come back from 2 weeks away, super-excited to see the Hoegh Osaka beached out in the Solent where I swim. I pop down today and the bastards have uprighted her and she is being towed to Southampton…..DAMN.
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Adding to the climate change convo…I think anyone with half a brain could observe noticed changes to the Earthly climate. Most scientific papers I have seen confirm this as fact. My issue is where should governance fall in tackling the issue and/or is there an issue at all? I am completely in disagreement with most models on Anthropogenic Global Warming as they fail to address some key factors.
Namely that the climate has changed and continues to change on this ball of dirt, including periods where it has been MUCH warmer on a global scale (taking away merit of the utter doom scenarios). Secondly, most ignore data that shows we are observing similar changes throughout our solar system, hinting that the causation is much more likely solar in nature than our impact on the planet. The proposed solutions are also very broad in nature focusing largely on fines, taxes, and penalizing a naturally occurring element.
We certainly should focus on cleaning up the messes we've made, and air quality should be a major concern. However imposing sanctions on what is a basic building block to life on this planet is dangerous, particularly when we look at the track records of world leaders and how prone they are to abuse methods of taking from the people.
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Yes, but this is what the locals are like… :o
Jesus Christ. Dude's from Darwin. Are you sure this isn't an Onion article?
Side-note, at the very least we are skirting dangerously close to prohibited territory in regards to political discussion in this thread.
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people posting the same stuff in loads of different threads is starting to grind my gears!
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1 day NY to Belgium
7 days (and counting) Belgian customs to… Belgian customs...January 19, 2015 , 6:53 am
Customs Clearance
BELGIUM
Your item is being processed by customs in BELGIUM at 6:53 am on January 19, 2015.
January 16, 2015 , 5:23 pm
Customs Clearance
BELGIUM
January 16, 2015 , 5:23 pm
Processed Through Sort Facility
BELGIUM
January 16, 2015 , 8:59 am
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Brussels, BELGIUM
January 15, 2015 , 6:09 pm
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January 15, 2015 , 10:23 am
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New York, UNITED STATES
January 15, 2015 , 7:46 am
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don't get me started on customs @Seul, they seem to work in a completely different time zone than the rest of the human race. I believe @501/IH can add to the customs woes with his horrific tales of his dealings with berlin customs. what is it that they do that takes them so long to confirm that the piece of IH clothing, or something similar, that they are inspecting, isn't concealing a 100 ton consignment of peruvian flake !!!!!
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Well yes, it's a topic that one better does abstain from getting me started on. Let me just put it like this here: they are my pet hate, it's a deep, profound, irreconcilable and oh so well-deserved hate !!!
