tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323283192024-03-19T10:00:50.269+00:00punkscienceorganized greed always defeats disorganized democracypunksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.comBlogger1439125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-20990450784943731662020-11-17T08:40:00.003+00:002020-11-17T08:40:27.430+00:00The Glinner Update~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Having been suspended from Twisogyny (geddit?), just like I have, Graham Linehan is now posting from his own blog on substack. This is excellent as Graham is a strong and defiant campaigner in support of women's, gay's and trans' rights and should be given a national platform instead of being censored. I punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-77813862717917067952020-10-16T12:07:00.002+01:002020-10-21T11:40:12.437+01:00punkscience got suspended by the twatter misogynists~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yeah, I got suspended. Probably for repeatedly pointing out that women don't have penises, gay people are allowed to be same-sex attracted and that queer culture is enabling nonces. The deep irony is that I've spent ten years pointing out that Tories are lying pieces of scum-sucking shit without punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-74693246832658773002015-03-25T08:54:00.001+00:002015-03-25T09:45:39.185+00:00explaining accelarating economic growth~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eric Crampton is an economist who co-wrote an essay arguing that economic growth is New Zealand's panacea. I pointed out this was Growth Porn.
I also tweeted Eric a couple of links to arguments which laid out reasons why. His response to this one was:
Eric Crampton @EricCrampton 2h2 punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-36788185116042012982014-03-06T08:43:00.000+00:002014-03-06T08:56:55.485+00:00population does matter
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Green types have a difficult relationship with issues of population so I wanted to lay a few thoughts out here that I've been playing with for the last year.
Whilst I respect the editorial independence of magazine editors to choose whose adverts to publish I must argue that just because 'rich' punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-53066349737696067742013-12-18T10:05:00.001+00:002013-12-18T10:05:22.988+00:00are insect spy drones real?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I called this image a fake. Someone disagreed. I was going to tweet a response but there's numbers and evidence and shit which gets drawn out and needs a blog post. So here I am.
I think its fake because its too complicated. Machines are simple. They do not approach the complexity of even the simplest cell. punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-40939164216223735452013-10-23T11:16:00.000+01:002013-10-23T11:16:16.540+01:00why is Auckland such a fucking awful place to get around?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I ride a motorbike. I drive 20km to work and back every day. There is a train station 300m down the road from my house. One of the twenty or so in the entire city of a million people with just two train lines. But I don't use it. I ride my motorbike to work. There are many reasons why I choose to do this overpunksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-36924628564464754082013-06-16T12:36:00.000+01:002013-06-16T12:36:12.101+01:00the vicious circle of pseudodemocracy~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An exchange on twitter with @PhilRandal led to the following summary of the vicious circle of pseudodemocracy. Any attempt to effect genuine democratic change within a pseudodemocracy such as the UK will ultimately be thwarted by a dysfunction in one or more of the elements of this circle.
There punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-13077132011435507862013-03-05T08:34:00.000+00:002013-03-05T08:48:28.304+00:00new header~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-75900951652821254622013-03-05T07:24:00.000+00:002013-03-05T07:34:29.024+00:00are the Tory Scum mining Westminster contact records for their propaganda spam?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I received an email from Theresa May. This surprised me. I've never met Theresa and if I did I don't think I would ever give her my email address. I'd probably have a struggle on my hands to resist spitting in her face. Here's what it says:
Really what it says is irrelevant. I would never listen punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-18362381988665425112013-02-20T09:11:00.004+00:002013-02-20T09:11:58.241+00:00Eastleigh byelection~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chris Huhne is gone. Good riddance to Tory Scum. Now to look to the future: There isn't a Green Party candidate standing in the constituency, which is a jaw-droppingly naive move. How can the Party claim they represent anyone if they don't run a candidate? Even though the UK's dismally pseduodemocratic punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-56432115777137677182013-02-04T10:11:00.000+00:002013-02-04T10:39:16.974+00:00Marx, Rand or Keynes? Fuck all your economic prophets
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A post on Twitter from Derek Wall drew my ire. Up front admission of judgment: I only read the first couple of pages of the preface from the linked document. But just read it for yourself. Regardless of what follows the author (note: not Derek) apparently lives his life from the perspective that all punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-22745847270043335582012-10-22T09:52:00.002+01:002012-10-22T10:25:33.093+01:00#NeoliberalScum
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This is one of my favourite hashtags on Twitter because I can apply it to so many public figures. David Milliband is a prime example of the term, as exemplified by this superb polemic. Lets be frank: the ideology of neoliberalism is utterly bankrupt. It is an absurdity and an offence to modern society. Thepunksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-44414494236331053292012-03-31T11:57:00.002+01:002012-03-31T12:17:13.704+01:00Green Party results in Bradford West~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I want to briefly record a comment about the Bradford West by-election result. I am utterly nonplussed about George Galloway's "Bradford Spring" (a description which instantly earns him a nomination for this week's Most Arrogant Prick On The Planet). What I am concerned about is the region's Green votingpunksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-46035664199275012632012-01-08T08:26:00.000+00:002012-01-08T08:26:35.849+00:00hiatus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I just started writing a blog post and then deleted it because it was meaningless self-centered and personal. It felt like I was trying to blog just to fill space here. I just don't feel the urge to expound upon events at any great length these days, unless some moron declares something so punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-58661775711054229732011-11-11T09:46:00.003+00:002012-02-08T08:23:03.020+00:00okay Sunny, you're not an oik but you're still a sociopath~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Correction 08-02-12: Corrected "pedagogy" to "demagogy" in 1st para. Idiot.
When I read this reply from Sunny to my earlier crowing I had a moment of genuine contrition because he's done some really good work at Liberal Conspiracy building a forum for thinking people and there's some really punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-92051596950858669412011-11-09T05:37:00.002+00:002011-11-09T05:38:45.373+00:00on the use of the term "technocrat" as an epithet~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I've seen this many times from people I respect and admire (eg)and I want to complain about it to the internets. This is where I do stuff like that so if you don't like it fuck off.
Lets see what the word means:
"Technocracy is a form of government where technical experts are in control of decision punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-35633485856903850422011-11-04T18:05:00.005+00:002011-11-04T19:52:43.332+00:00here's why we're utterly fucked~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No, not this. Well. Yes, that too, but also this:
@Nouriel
Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Cyprus, Italy, Spain will all be insolvent unless growth is rapidly restored. Risk of Breakup http://bit.ly/udQ5uE
What you've got there is groupthink from someone who is lauded across the internets for his objective visionpunksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-31704063652130593262011-10-31T07:54:00.004+00:002011-11-01T09:02:25.249+00:00how do unions justify using dues to fund the UK Labour party?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Addition 01-11-11: John B commented that unions are legally obliged to offer an opt-out on donations to political funds, however see my comment in reply for an example of how this law may be abused.
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I caused offense on Twitter the other day (shock, horror) by engaging in the hideous crime of being astonished at the fact that Labour supporters had reacted with hostility to the OccupyLSX protest. I don't know who this wart Dan Hodges is and I don't care. Anyone who works under the flag of the UK punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-9341363833696935882011-10-07T22:08:00.003+01:002011-10-07T22:23:59.506+01:00a note on language~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I get really annoyed by having to frequently use different terminology to describe the same phenomenon. If you follow my ravings for more than a day or two you'll notice that I often throw around terms like plutocracy, corporatocracy, pseudo-democracy, etc. etc. When I use these terms I'm very aware that they punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-42223327207611058232011-10-07T21:30:00.000+01:002011-10-07T21:30:53.511+01:00plutocracy~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Plutocracy is rule by the wealthy, or power provided by wealth.
The US and the UK, being fundamentally similar in their social- and power-structures are both plutocracies, as revealed here.punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-61488546717728327392011-10-05T06:26:00.000+01:002011-10-05T06:26:38.957+01:00trollgasm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm trolling this guy's post on the alleged absence of lefty alternatives to neoliberalism. I'm really quite proud of my work.
I rule.punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-29165459311736702312011-10-01T10:47:00.001+01:002011-10-01T10:51:37.296+01:00LOLgasm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This Venn diagram is pretty much the most concise summation of the challenges faced by Western society that I've yet encountered:
punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-74327955112250108512011-09-27T10:33:00.003+01:002011-09-27T23:23:18.280+01:00from the horse's mouth~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is the most blatant exhibition of corporate sociopathy I have ever seen.
I have transcribed the words of the participants so as to really hammer home the message to anyone who might develop temporary deafness when confronted by the brutal truth of this man's words.
Trader: [The euro?] is gonna crash punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-53861077532887256142011-09-08T12:13:00.001+01:002011-09-08T12:17:32.224+01:00on turnout and the franchise~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Whilst penning the previous post to this I looked up some numbers on the number of UK residents eligible to vote. We all know voter turnout is alarmingly low: 65% last election and 62% the one before. However, those numbers only represent those registered to vote. There remains a multitude of people in the UK punksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.com4