Immodest perturbation
Incurious and Unread in this comment talked about a “modest perturbation” and positive and negative feedbacks: I can’t help feel that Gaia is letting us down here. It seems that we keep on getting positive feedback effects on the climate [...]
Spotlight the Spin
Our weekly (mostly) look at media spin tactics: let’s dissect the PR and propaganda that aims to blow one’s own horn, bury one’s errors, resurrect the shambling zombie corpses of well-flogged deceased equines, and ooh look! A Big Distracting Thing!
Fukushima summary
I’ve been hesitant to post on what’s going on at the Fukushima nuclear plants. But, given the interest and the woefully uninformed reportage from the Australian online media (the Beeb and the NYT, to name two, have done a lot [...]
Lazy Sunday!
Since we don’t live by politics alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
Libya, the left and the no fly zone debate
I know Guy Rundle’s work isn’t all that popular with a lot of commenters here; but this is his latest dispatch on the Libyan mess: With Muammar Gaddafi’s forces now beginning to slowly beat back and possibly overwhelm the rebel [...]
Christopher Pearson: Julia Gillard needs a good sociologist on staff
I guess I should probably be flattered by Christopher Pearson’s contention that Julia Gillard’s chances of being an enduringly successful Prime Minister would be enhanced by taking more advice from sociologists. No doubt he’s right about that. Though I’m not [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Climate clippings 19
These posts include a brief mention of a number of news items relating to climate change. They don’t preclude treating any of these topics at more length in a separate post. They can also serve as an open thread so [...]
“Heart of the nation”: democracy is a bad thing
Elsewhere: Pure Poison, Grog’s Gamut, Loon Pond. Previously on LP: Discussion of Bob Brown’s Territories Bill which is wrongly alleged to be a sneaky way to establish same sex marriage.
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