[LINK] Obama election technology. (It's too quiet.)

[tomk]

On 20/11/2012 11:54 a.m., grove at zeta.org.au wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, tomk wrote:
>
>> On 20/11/2012 9:20 a.m., Jim Birch wrote:
>>> "The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which 
>>> no good
>>> ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's 
>>> lack of
>>> rational conviction."
>>> -- Bertrand Russell
>>
>> Look at that,  we changed the topic to Global Warming and I didn't even
>> say anything....
>
> ...and bertrand would have something pertinent to say about that, 
> too.....
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_3aPkzHpT8M
>
> "...ask yourself only, what are the facts and what is the truth the 
> facts bear out....."

and in that one line we have the answer - he omits any mention of the 
anecdotal or the modeling of, insisting that we should rely on just 
"provable" facts. Yet Bertrand suggests that we should tolerate those 
with a different view.
Even if they are wrong because they are desperate for research funds on 
the only topic the Government will pay for and they have to feed their 
families.

So I declare, today is kiss a climatologist day. Bertrand said so.

> http://peerlesscynic.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/the-shocking-reality/
Shame - I liked Naomi Klein, but she has tasted the coolaid. I wonder 
how much coolaid is needed to turn the head of any sensible person that 
understands that empirical is merely a growing pile of the anecdotal and 
anecdotal can be purchased with lots of coolaid - I am sad for the 
nation where continuing Governmental fiscal irresponsibility towards 
it's peoples future generations education (not overseas students) have 
forced pro-vice-chancellors to steer academic institutions towards an 
invisible corporatism that can only end at the entrance to a dark world 
full of black booted, leather jacketed, cattle prod swinging, bullies.

> rachel
TomK