September 28, 2013

Climate Debate Confusion

There seems to be a large dose of confusion in some circles as to what the climate change debate is really about. Firstly, no one doubts that climate change is happening. The climate is in constant flux. Temperatures are up and down like, well, the Assyrian Empire. Secondly, there is no doubt human activity has …

8tracks ..

Just discovered this wonderful little app. If you have a Windows, Android or IOS based device, you can download and listen to music mixes compiled by people from anywhere in the world. Just search for 8tracks in the app store. It’s free. Many of them are just brilliant. If you have a PC you can …

Dishonest or Incompetent ..?

Emma Alberici and Julian Burnside must have read the same strategy book, one in which distorting your opponents’ views and values is perfectly acceptable. What Tony Abbott actually said: The last thing anyone should want is to have Australia’s relationship with Indonesia defined by this boats issue, which I am sure will be but a …

The Nastiness of the Compassionate Elite …

I am often horrified by the easy assumption of moral superiority made by people on the green/left side of politics. It is as if they are so sure that they are intellectually and morally superior that it never occurs to them that they should actually check what the people they think they disagree with are …