Politics at play – vote X, get Y This post explores the notion, coined by the Conservative chairman, that voting for Reform in the 2024 General Election will put Labour in power. I would counter that it’s a ridiculous and desperate lie. To be precise, Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden told Sky News that “It’s […]
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Rushi Sunak is getting “tough” on immigration? Or lying through his back teeth, desperate to retain voters as the Conservative party sinks ever lower in the polls. Rishi Sunak making bold claims on Facebook What (I think) Rishi’s ACTUAL message is: “We paid Rwanda a stack of money to take maybe 200 illegal refugees and
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The Lie Behind Plastic Pollution Is That We’re Responsible This posts was a reply to an article by Gizmodo, with the above title. Citing the article, it was written by Michaela Barnett, a PhD Fellow at the University of Virginia, where she researches the perceptions and politics that drive waste management solutions. In makes sombre
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Giz mode I intended to approach this from another angle, but this one will suffice! An article in Gizmodo (shared on Facebook) began by decrying: “On Tuesday night, Brazil’s president demanded that governors end quarantine measures, falsely claiming that “90 percent” of the population will show no symptoms from covid-19 and bragging he wouldn’t even
A friend shared this on Facebook, and I’m sharing it too, there, and here. Because it matters. It raises a question that has been bothering me since this manufactured hysteria over the coronavirus started. It also raises darker questions, but those are for another day, or for history to examine. For now, this is a
I was with WordPress.com, a few niggles I was never happy with, but fast, secure, reliable, just… expensive. For a third the price WordPress(.com) asked, I can have unlimited WordPress(.org) sites. So I moved. Again. Currently with Bluehost, who are a sister company to Hostgator. Not sure how I feel about that, but I’ll give
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I’ll expand this when I have more time, but it serves as a starting point. I really should get round to writing an article on denialism, notably including global warning. For the moment though, the main focus of this post is on the plastic aspect of it all. In parts of the world’s oceans are
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It had been snowing all night. So at … 8:00 I made a snowman. 8:10 A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn’t make a snow woman. 8:15 So, I made a snow woman 8:17 My feminist neighbor complained about the snow woman’s voluptuous chest saying it objectified snow women everywhere 8:20 The
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