Comedy Gold part 2

Oh.. I feel a 'REVERSE TWINKLE' coming on..............

A MUST read, if you want to actually laugh hystericall........

From the Thames Valley Climate Action Group (found it via climate camp, my local group)
http://tvca.ox4.org/meetings.php

!!! Take a look at the 'twinkling hand' signal (with picture) to give when the meeting reaches consensus... !!!!

They have their own special hand signals !!!! (Follow the link for the diagrams!!)

"Raise one or both hands and wiggle when you hear an opinion that you agree with, wave a hand with your fingers pointing upwards. This saves a lot of time as people don't need to chip in to say "I'd just like to add that I agree with that point." This is sometimes called a twinkle. Some people use a 'reverse twinkle' (hands pointing down and wiggling) to show disagreement with the point being made."

I might be considered a 'block' and asked to leave....

•Blocks are where people feel so strongly that the proposal should be rejected that they would consider leaving the group if the proposal is passed. People that block will be asked why they are doing so in the hope that the proposal can be modified to address their concerns. Ultimately, if there is a block, consensus has not been reached and the decision will not be taken. If you find yourself blocking a lot it could be that you don't share the same values and vision as the rest of the group and you might think about leaving the group for one that does share your values.

•Stand-asides are where people do not actively support the proposal, but are OK for it to go ahead. As with blocks, people that stand aside will be asked why they are doing so that the group can understand the concerns people have and, hopefully address them. If lots of people stand aside the facilitator may decide that consensus has not been reached and look to reform the proposal. If only a small number of people stand aside the facilitator may decide to go ahead and check for consensus.
•Consensus is when people actively agree to the proposal and are willing to implement it. If you consent to the proposal, show this with the twinkling hands signal.

leaving of course a like minded 'consensus'
some consensus, asking people to leave....

Expect more of this:--------------- 16th Oct

The demonstration, which is being supported by a number of action groups including Camp for Climate Action and Plane Stupid, is part of a global week of action against the fossil fuel industry.l

Twelve female protesters have handcuffed themselves to lorries which had been parked to deliberately block the main road leading to an oil refinery.

Demonstrators drove the vehicles to the Coryton Oil Refinery in Essex in an attempt to stop traffic getting to and from the site which they accuse of exacerbating climate change, said a spokesman for the Crude Awakening demonstration.

He said a further 500 people were travelling from London to the refinery to join the protest.

Ooops. The WUWT url should be wattsupwiththat.com

Andrew Revkin posted Harold Lewis' letter resigning from the APS on DotEarth (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/climate-change) with a rather skillful leading away from the issues that Lewis raised into some psychobabble. WUWT picked up the discussion at dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/a-physicists-climate-complaints/

Some of your readers and posters may be interested in following this.

Pass me the hammer, there is another nail that needs putting to bed.

http://notrickszone.com/2010/10/15/climate-change-now-questioned-at-german-universities-professors-speaking-up/

Some nice juicy organograms for the Department of Energy and Climate Change:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_191590.pdf

Indeed not Dreadnought, I was just lax in not checking spelling - I had the word 'naught' in mind and was surprised to find the old battleship name spelt with the 'o'. As it turns out, I was born in Wales, so the epithet 'Cambrian Lad' fits just as nicely!

Following on from my earlier rant, I see Robert Watson takes home a shade over £135,000 for his labours.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11551683

I shall keep the uncharitable thoughts that surface to myself.

Cumbrian Lad

Was your dreadnAught a considered and measured response to my cAmbrian? I apologise for misspelling your handle in any case.

Dreadnaught, if that report is accurate, I'm flabbergasted. Stopping the guy's letters and treats unless they agree to be 'counselled'. Quite extraordinary.

When it comes to "apparently ‘molten, churning reservoirs of emotion are about to emerge from that mine’. And there’s no telling what this geyser of two months worth of repressed feelings will give rise to" I find myself considering my feelings this morning, contemplating the debts forced upon my kids before they can be educated, seeing the banking classes (spelt with a 'w') slicing more off the top of everyone elses efforts, and seeing the same 'bankers' angling towards gouging businesses and people alike over the carbon trading scam I can tell you that my reservoirs of emotion are very definitely molten and churning, and the next official that tries to put his hand in my pocket and relieve me of money that's due to feed the kids and pay the gas bill for the coming winter will get a full gushing geyser of repressed feelings straight between the eyes! And that's without having spent 68 days in a mine with a gang of loyal, hardworking mates, all fighting for the same thing. [Now that actually starts to sound attractive....]

Cambrian Lad

Let me through. I'm a therapist.

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/9785/

See. The therapists don't just hold conferences on the psychology of climate denial. When duty calls they can put on their hardhats and steel toecaps with the best of them.