“The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing.” Edmund Burke
"It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it." A.A. Hodge
Why the fukk did James Delingpole submit himself to this broadside, no dissrespect but all the sceptics appearing on mi tele seem a little Bonkers and anti soap. IGNFY tweed is out.
All joking apart the sad thing is that Graham Stringer is the only MP willing to make a stand on this issue when the deciet, prevarification and out right dishonesty of the UAE investigations is obvious to members of the lay public, but even Mr Stringer failed to press home his questioning of witnesses.
some good news. however, does BBC understand it's taxpayers' money whether it comes from the Foreign Office or the Licence Fee? doubt it. i never thought i'd be happy to read of such cuts, but World Service is, if anything, worse when it comes to CAGW advocacy than domestic BBC:
26 Jan: Guardian: BBC World Service forecast to lose 30m listeners as cuts announced Government accused of damaging Britain's reputation overseas by reducing funding by 16% From 2014 the World Service is to be paid for from the licence fee, rather than by direct Foreign Office grant, and the BBC has said it intends to reverse some of the cuts from that point... http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/26/world-service-cuts-will-cost-listeners
Your Worship, have you seen the TEQ energy rationing scheme commissioned by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil?!
I thought it was a joke, but apparently it's for real: carbon rations for everyone at some point in the future. They don't seem to have heard about shale gas or coal-to-liquid technology.
Another bubble about to go pop! How much is the BBC pension fund in for?
The Spanish and Germans are doing it. So are the French. The British might have to do it. Austerity-whacked Europe is rolling back subsidies for renewable energy as economic sanity makes a tentative comeback. Green energy is becoming unaffordable and may cost as many jobs as it creates. But the real victims are the investors who bought into the dream of endless, clean energy financed by the taxpayer. They forgot that governments often change their minds.
that I figured out at the time. I was just hoping that you'd continue with that great performance. It would be a nice comical companion to the cartoon. :)
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That's brilliant!
AWESOME!! And soooo true!
WTG Josh! :o)
Excellent - encapsulates it exactly!
“The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing.” Edmund Burke
"It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it." A.A. Hodge
Why the fukk did James Delingpole submit himself to this broadside, no dissrespect but all the sceptics appearing on mi tele seem a little Bonkers and anti soap. IGNFY tweed is out.
Josh,
Will you be making a 2012 calendar of your cartoons? I'd definitely buy one.
Andy, nice idea. And we could have a cooling trend going on throughout the year ;-)
Heh! That was my suggestion too!
http://www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2011/1/15/josh-66.html#comments
And get your pen filled for some upcoming Indian heros:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1106044.ece
Well done again Josh!
“The voice of reason is seldom heard
But fear and ignorance have their say”
Ron Sexsmith
"Every Passing Day"
Pharos, so you did! Nice link too.
All joking apart the sad thing is that Graham Stringer is the only MP willing to make a stand on this issue when the deciet, prevarification and out right dishonesty of the UAE investigations is obvious to members of the lay public, but even Mr Stringer failed to press home his questioning of witnesses.
some good news. however, does BBC understand it's taxpayers' money whether it comes from the
Foreign Office or the Licence Fee? doubt it. i never thought i'd be happy to read of such cuts, but World Service is, if anything, worse when it comes to CAGW advocacy than domestic BBC:
26 Jan: Guardian: BBC World Service forecast to lose 30m listeners as cuts announced
Government accused of damaging Britain's reputation overseas by reducing funding by 16%
From 2014 the World Service is to be paid for from the licence fee, rather than by direct Foreign Office grant, and the BBC has said it intends to reverse some of the cuts from that point...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/26/world-service-cuts-will-cost-listeners
Good job Josh.
Your Worship, have you seen the TEQ energy rationing scheme commissioned by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil?!
I thought it was a joke, but apparently it's for real: carbon rations for everyone at some point in the future. They don't seem to have heard about shale gas or coal-to-liquid technology.
http://teqs.net/report/media-coverage-and-launch-event/
World Service is reducing the languages its covers by 5, one of these was Carribean English !!!!
Nice one, Josh. You didn't put any firearm in the frame! Clever.
I'm curious what BBD will say with a smoking pipe dangling from the mouth. :)
Another bubble about to go pop! How much is the BBC pension fund in for?
The Spanish and Germans are doing it. So are the French. The British might have to do it. Austerity-whacked Europe is rolling back subsidies for renewable energy as economic sanity makes a tentative comeback. Green energy is becoming unaffordable and may cost as many jobs as it creates. But the real victims are the investors who bought into the dream of endless, clean energy financed by the taxpayer. They forgot that governments often change their minds.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/eric-reguly/austerity-pulling-plug-on-europes-green-subsidies/article1883888/
Note left-handed salute.
Is he saluting or is he trying to keep an eye open?
Or is he looking far into the future (which was my first impression)? Single frame, multiple interpretation.
sHx
Re earlier 'art criticism'. I wasn't being entirely serious...
;-)
BBD,
that I figured out at the time. I was just hoping that you'd continue with that great performance. It would be a nice comical companion to the cartoon. :)
sHx, glad you noticed the lack of weaponry. Saluting would be the other arm, so, yes, he is keeping a weather eye on things...