Monthly Archives: January 2013
Apocalypse Close: chapter 10: Metamorphosis of a Moonbat
The Story so far: George Moonbat, investigative journalist and erstwhile green activist, is made to see the folly of his ways by his Guardian colleagues, whose efforts to subvert the environmental movement by ridiculing it from within finally seem to … Continue reading
Extinction: (guest post by Alex Cull)
In “Ten Billion” Stephen Emmott refers at least once to a dramatic increase in the pace at which species are becoming extinct, mentioning “a rate one thousand times faster than the normal evolutionary rate as we consume the planet’s resources” … Continue reading
Great Works of English Literature (2): “The Hockey Stick Illusion” (or: Bad Smell of the Melodystick Ballgamepole Songline)
I’m a big fan of Chinese rap music, of which more in a moment. But first: I was going to do a review of Andrew Montford’s book, which I read at Christmas. But then I lent it to my daughter’s … Continue reading
An Inconvenient Truth – The Opera
[It’s not just the consensus scientists, the committed environmentalists, the journalists in search of the catastrophic headline, the government in search of tax receipts, and the businessmen hoping to make a quick government-subsidised buck. Global warming hysteria is an ideology … Continue reading
Ehrlich’s Endarkenment, Emmott’s Ten Billion, and the War in Mali
[I can’t get the graph to work. Follow the link for a similar one] Professor Ehrlich and Professor Emmott are quite right. World population is likely to increase from its current 7 billion to about 9.5 billion in 2050 and … Continue reading
UKYCC: Tracking down the Poznan Ten
My mother always said this would happen. You start off visiting odd blogs, chatting with strangers, and you end up stalking young women on the internet. Some people point me to Agenda 21, Bilderberg, the 1001 club – the sinister … Continue reading
Blue Screen of Death and the Woodcraft Folk
I went commenting at Delingpole’s yesterday, in a cynical attempt to raise my hit rate. I always feel like a member of the ineffectual Ankh Morpork Watch over there, stepping into a tavern brawl between Trolls and Dwarves and trying … Continue reading
Winning the Climate Blog Wars (2)
Some commenters here have asked “Why bother with the hopelessly biassed Guardian?” but, even after getting banned from “Comment is free” for the 6th time, I still think getting sceptical comments up at blogs in the mainstream media is probably … Continue reading
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Classics of English Literature (1): James Delingpole’s “Watermelons”.
I like Delingpole. He makes me laugh. I like him too for the same reason I like Monbiot: he’s read lots of stuff I haven’t, which saves me the trouble, and he’s good at drawing interesting conclusions and laying them … Continue reading →