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https://escapekey.substack.com/p/the-world-climate-conference
“About 15 years ago, I bought into the climate change narrative. Used to have discussion after discussion with my now departed father, who used to always laugh at my indoctrinated beliefs about the veracity of ever-changing models, only with a comforting, yet authoritative voice to ultimately state that this is about progressively milking people dry. I tried to ‘educate’ him by sending him books on the topic, of which one was on peak oil – which I similarly used to buy into – to which he sarcastically quipped ‘will there be a test on the subject at the end?’
And up until recently, questioning the topic did make me rest somewhat uneasily. Because all those people can’t be wrong, right? And although the message frequently does appear to be delivered somewhat speculatively ahead of empirical observation, one does fundamentally still prefer to ‘trust science’ – especially if one has a ‘hard science’ background as I do.”
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“You cannot ‘trust’ ‘science’ established on a fundament of pure horse manure. And those who disagree – please explain to me the validity of the ‘science’ relating to the alleged pandemic, as delivered in March, 2020. Because not only were we not allowed to question said ‘science’ either, but that was certainly complete and utter BS just as well, and further – along with the ‘carbon consensus’ established in 1979 – ultimately expressly delivered for sake of political expedience.”
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Its not so much that they are wrong but they are simply lying, or going along with a lie to run with the herd. Their priority is protecting income stream, maintaining positions of power and having their 15 minutes of fame.
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Sorry if someone has already posted this here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHtAHw1u15g Flat Out Like a Nation Sinking by Matt Barrie
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https://sanityunleashed.substack.com/p/the-economist-a-marketing-arm-of
“A friend of mine developed polymyalgia rheumatica from the injections commonly known as covid vaccines – (all inflammatory complaints are very common side effects of these products as they are pro-inflammatory by design).
So he is put onto a steroid.
Gets some stomach irritation (as is common) from those
So he is put on omeprazole to prevent ulceration by blocking stomach acid
But omeprazole causes calcium absorption, problems so he gets osteoporosis
So he is put on alendronic acid to counter than
This is part of the pharma-induced cascade. Now he is on a cocktail of drugs, the interactions between which are virtually impossible to predict.”
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Yes.
A pharmacist once told me that two drugs on my list were not compatible, and to inform my doctor because there were other drugs that could be used to avoid this problem.
The doctor didn’t appear pleased with this information. I can’t remember if he changed it.
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As a pharmacists once told me, drugs with contraindications are often prescribed by doctors. The pharmacist becomes the last line of defense to protect the patient from the resulting harm. As he said, “Pharmaceuticals is the gentle art of knowing by just how much you can poison someone.” This becomes even more important with a definite push from pharmaceutical manufacturers not to treat the condition, but to treat the symptoms. This way guarantees a revenue stream. The whole pharmaceutical industry seems to be shifting to a “you will die with it, not from it” philosophy – provided you keep taking the pills and giving us lots of your money.
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This is one of those fascinating charts-like the Debt clock. This one measures productivity
The means to becoming wealthier is to be more productive. Instead of that we have relied on “cheap” labour through mass migration which in the end is nothing of the sort. As regards productivity the US gdp per head is some 30% better than in the UK. Most of the developed European economies are in the same boat and the gap widens each year.
https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/uk/usa
If Our GDP per head was equivalent to the US our economy would be some £700 billion a year greater, annually. That buys an awful lot of things we might want. It would also help pay down our debt which is around the third largest of our financial commitments and is a real drag on or economy.
Australia does better than Britain on productivity and debt but is substantially worse than the US on productivity. Oz does badly on innovation which doesn’t bode well for the future. However the US debt is worrying and seems to be increasing rapidly.
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This is one of those fascinating charts-like the Debt clock. This one measures productivity
The means to becoming wealthier is to be more productive. Instead of that we have relied on “cheap” labour through mass migration which in the end is nothing of the sort. As regards productivity the US gdp per head is some 30% better than in the UK. Most of the developed European economies are in the same boat and the gap widens each year.
https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/uk/usa
If Our GDP per head was equivalent to the US our economy would be some £700 billion a year greater, annually. That buys an awful lot of things we might want. It would also help pay down our debt which is around the third largest of our financial commitments and is a real drag on or economy.
Australia does better than Britain on productivity and debt but is substantially worse than the US on productivity. However the US debt is worrying and seems to be increasing rapidly. Oz does badly on innovation which does not bode well for the future
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German electricity prices soar as the weather gods refuse to cooperate
https://rmx.news/article/germanys-policy-of-green-stupidity-sends-electricity-prices-soaring/
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Ruinables fanboy reckons nuclear won’t work, we will run out of uranium soon..
“Small modular nuclear power plants are still in development, by fewer participants. They might work one day; let’s hope it’s before Earth’s supply of uranium runs out in 80 years’ time. Wind, solar, and hydro energy are cheap and proven and they are being adopted on a worldwide scale. Cost reductions continue to happen. These investments should last, with maintenance, for four billion years. A good battery changes everything. Put your money on the vast amount of research achieving a battery breakthrough.”
of course one of these weird editors in the SMH just had to make a headline-
‘Folly of Fission Impossible exposed by the fiscal facts’
I think that’s the reason the letters were printed in the first place!
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/folly-of-fission-impossible-exposed-by-the-fiscal-facts-20241215-p5kygj.html
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“A new study has found a compound produced by the emissions of marine life in the oceans called methanethiol that reflects the sun’s rays and cools the planet far more than scientists realized.”
https://notthebee.com/article/climate-change-greatly-overestimated-oceans-cooling-earth-far-more-than-we-thought/
Full Source paper:
Marine emissions of methanethiol increase aerosol cooling in the Southern Ocean
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq2465
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Front page article in this morning’s Herald Sun with a “full report” on p4.
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If that’s what Joe and Joanne Sixpack think, then I’m pleasantly surprised.
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It will be 40C (104F) in Melbournistan today, after 4pm (according to the weather propaganda bureau, BoM).
The weak-minded are going out of their minds, as if this has never happened before.
And don’t forget, according to the BoM, temperature records before 1910 no longer officially exist and those after 1910 have been “homogenised” by a mysterious, unpublished (and hence unscientific) process which tends to cool the past and warm the present.
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President TRUMP said he’d end daylight savings.
I assume it’s less popular in the US than Australia because the majority of people in each country live in different lattitudes, although plenty of Australians don’t like it either.
Already, the states of Arizona and Hawaii don’t have DST and neither do the territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
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