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Comment on Fox New’s Malleable Universe: Tesla Edition by joffan7

joffan7 — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:25:51 +0000

The mentality here, I think, is that they have two different messages and they don’t believe (or they wish to conceal) that they can possibly conflict. One is “government wastes money” and the other is “free enterprise is great”.

Comment on The Truth about the Anti-Wind Movement: A Tiny, Paranoid, Disinformed, Koch-Funded Fringe by charleszeller

charleszeller — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:06:04 +0000

The “Wind Turbine Options Analysis Process Final Report to the Falmouth Board of Selectmen – Falmouth, MA” is a quantitative case study for what to consider when sighting wind turbines in residential areas.

http://www.falmouthmass.us/energy/wtopreport.pdf

Comment on Why Coal and Nuclear Plants Kill Far More Birds than Wind Power by MorinMoss

MorinMoss — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:45:43 +0000

By the way, I’m curious as to what you know about Hammurabi’s Code as there are many things in it I find absurd and there is, by modern standards, a disturbing lack of equality in how the code was to be applied and the punishments meted out, which depended greatly on the social status of offender and victim.

And in your examinations of legal frameworks, you may have overlooked the concept of selective prosecution.

Finally, in your judgment, who among the nefarious slaughterers of birds should have their hands cut off and who should pay 2 shekels of silver?

Comment on Fox New’s Malleable Universe: Tesla Edition by prokaryotes

prokaryotes — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:37:08 +0000

FOX = Douchebaggery at it’s finest

Comment on Fox New’s Malleable Universe: Tesla Edition by prokaryotes

prokaryotes — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:35:43 +0000

Reblogged this on Climate Force.

Comment on Republican Reps: Terror in the Climate Closet by jimbills

jimbills — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:50:19 +0000

And regarding television in Germany:
http://www.ctnow.com/news/nationworld/ctn-public-tv-in-germany-its-no-pbs-20120912,0,5337124.post

And:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_broadcasting#Germany

There are some VERY good reasons why Gemany is different than the United States.

Comment on Republican Reps: Terror in the Climate Closet by jimbills

jimbills — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:32:16 +0000

And, btw, not unrelated:

The Exciting World of German Campaign Finance:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/09/the_exciting_world_of_german_c.asp

Party finance in Germany:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_finance_in_Germany

Comment on Republican Reps: Terror in the Climate Closet by jimbills

jimbills — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:52 +0000

The government is in the business of facilitating business (and special interests). It’s 99% of what they do. They are professional middle men. A Democrat is someone who likes money and a good conscience. A Republican is someone who likes money and friends.

Those are broad brush strokes, but it’s essentially true. Don’t hold your breath expecting government to reform itself. Anyone in power long enough gets to understand the real game and becomes a part of it.

This isn’t quite fascism, not exactly. And it isn’t democracy. We’re built from and operating on the love of money and selfish interests, and we’re institutionally allergic to long-term and voluntary sacrifice for the good of others – a less than promising formula for truly addressing climate change.

The ONLY way we can get to climate change is if we radically tackle campaign finance and lobbying reform first. Here’s what President Obama has done so far:
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-04-29/politics/38902141_1_president-obama-advocacy-group-fec

To get campaign finance and lobbying reform, we’d need a massive public outcry for change. To get that would require everyone turning off their TVs and starting to think for themselves instead of daily being brainwashed by moneyed interests – but that’s even harder to achieve than reforming government.

Comment on Republican Reps: Terror in the Climate Closet by Roger Lambert

Roger Lambert — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:58:38 +0000

Right on.

Comment on Republican Reps: Terror in the Climate Closet by junkdrawer88

junkdrawer88 — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:28:22 +0000

Phew…

I was getting scared there.