tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post661304992653801073..comments2024-03-28T16:48:18.088+11:00Comments on loon pond: From fifty shades of blue to fifty shades of reptile science in the lizard Oz ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-64343175353314758932015-02-17T19:22:05.541+11:002015-02-17T19:22:05.541+11:00Note the PM of Denmark is an attractive, slender b...Note the PM of Denmark is an attractive, slender blonde. Will we be treated to praise for her sterling qualities from Dame Janet?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158673564017581517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-32351346114429024832015-02-16T19:08:44.620+11:002015-02-16T19:08:44.620+11:00Table of Contents: Responding to Climate Change h...Table of Contents: Responding to Climate Change http://www.ploscollections.org/article/browse/issue/info:doi/10.1371/issue.pcol.v02.i36<br /><br />Why Do Some People Do “More” to Mitigate Climate Change than Others? Exploring Heterogeneity in Psycho-Social Associations http://journals.plos.org/ploscollections/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0106645<br /><br /><i>..Yet, the exclusion from the analyses of environmentally inactive respondents should be acknowledged as a significant methodological and practical limitation that cautions against generalizing the present study's findings to environmentally inactive people—around 40% of EU-27 citizens [10]–[11]; this is important because environmentally active vs. inactive population segments are likely to differ in what drives extra (i.e., broader and greater levels of) mitigation behavior... Concluding Remarks 8.The study has implications for promoting more ambitious behavioral responses to climate change, both at the individual level and across countries.</i><br /><br />Voluntary Climate Change Mitigation Actions of Young Adults: A Classification of Mitigators through Latent Class Analysis http://journals.plos.org/ploscollections/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0102072<br /><br /><i>..It is a remarkable challenge to engage the Inactive in climate change mitigation. This group possibly includes individuals who have negative environmental views, low level of knowledge, non-environmental priorities, and a perception that their behavior does not contribute to climate change... According to our results, campaigns could be particularly targeted at single or divorced men and women without tertiary degree.</i> <br /><br />Understanding Libertarian Morality: The Psychological Dispositions of Self-Identified Libertarians http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0042366 <br /><br /><i>..Political and social psychologists often study ideology on a unidimensional liberal-conservative spectrum, but the real world is clearly more complex. As psychologists advance in studying the personality traits associated with liberalism and conservatism, our findings confirm the value of this approach and extend its reach by describing a heretofore-neglected yet politically important group – libertarians.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-24925199832304988342015-02-16T16:52:30.691+11:002015-02-16T16:52:30.691+11:00I don't know. The Gooderer Government/Abbott 3...I don't know. The Gooderer Government/Abbott 3.1/Master and Commander of His Destiny rerererererererererererereboot seems to be going very well.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5c7EH-a_QoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-67267617156399877242015-02-16T13:20:10.200+11:002015-02-16T13:20:10.200+11:00What a fantastic, wonderful quote. At last the Cat...What a fantastic, wonderful quote. At last the Caterist lets out the inner pseud ponce poseur, and what a wanker it is ...<br />The pond liked it so well that we googled it, and thus far it's only on the Graudian and here, thanks to you Anon, but the pond would love to know the source. If there's a nugget like this to be found, maybe there's a gold mine of drivel nearby!dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-44660369771151748032015-02-16T13:15:09.329+11:002015-02-16T13:15:09.329+11:00The pond has a deep affection for all the loons at...The pond has a deep affection for all the loons at the top of the page. It would be a desecration, heresy, or at least unseemly to conflate these likeable characters with tawdry images of Chairman Rupert or the pugilist. Besides, is it fair to elevate such rogues into the pantheon? How would Tony Perkins feel jostling cheek to jowl with the pugilist? Of course, he'd feel slighted, maybe even defamed ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-21457668060288609502015-02-16T12:15:49.286+11:002015-02-16T12:15:49.286+11:00Yeah I know. It should be Aretha. But her parents...Yeah I know. It should be Aretha. But her parents are to blame.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-68995998213471872572015-02-16T12:04:56.140+11:002015-02-16T12:04:56.140+11:00DP do you know the divine Arethra's cover of &...DP do you know the divine Arethra's cover of "It ain't necessarily so"?<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1eSiso7VZs<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-9427273162637726882015-02-16T12:02:52.157+11:002015-02-16T12:02:52.157+11:00DP, knowing your ongoing interest in Caterism, I h...DP, knowing your ongoing interest in Caterism, I have to share this gem quoted by Jeff Saprrow in the Grauniad today (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/16/it-took-two-decades-but-anti-elitist-posturing-is-finally-out-of-fashion):<br /><br />"This is not a musical masterclass but hot, sweaty manual labor; by the end one senses it is not so much applause that Tognetti craves as an ice cold Victoria Bitter. […] That is not a bow in Tognetti’s hand but a blade, for he does not play his Guarneri del Gesu, he shears it. This is music as Tom Roberts would have painted it; cotton sleeves rolled up, dirt under the fingernails, a clay pipe in the back pocket; there will be no interval in tonight’s performance, just a twenty-minute smoko."<br /><br />I just hope this does not come to the attention of the company carrying the insurance on the Guarnerius.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-71351837732249749812015-02-16T11:39:06.858+11:002015-02-16T11:39:06.858+11:00Anon, quite so. I used to live next to the main Ne...Anon, quite so. I used to live next to the main Newcastle-Sydney rail line and every hour day and night coal trains rumbled down the line, leaking dust and waking us up with their infernal diesel rumble which actually shook your stomach.<br /><br />http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2687017/trains-stir-up-coal-dust-epa-tells-hearing/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-78614337644243274982015-02-16T11:33:30.485+11:002015-02-16T11:33:30.485+11:00A severe dent in Bond's, Smiley's etc. ima...A severe dent in Bond's, Smiley's etc. image.<br /><br />"MI5 accused of covering up sexual abuse at boys’ home"<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/15/mi5-kincora-childrens-home-northwen-ireland-sexual-abuse<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-49890272774546293112015-02-16T11:33:00.582+11:002015-02-16T11:33:00.582+11:00" Six people living in three nearby houses ha..." Six people living in three nearby houses had complained about headaches, ringing ears and chest pressure they said was caused by the 29 turbines."....<br /><br />Six people in three houses, all no doubt in agreence with each other...all within sight of the turbines, or at least in complete knowledge of their operations...SIX people!!??...that isn't a thorough survey, THAT's a cluster opinion!<br /><br />No doubt those same six people would agree that it is stiff-shit for those hundreds of thousands living down-wind from a coal-fired power station.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-34143981829792600422015-02-16T10:54:27.686+11:002015-02-16T10:54:27.686+11:00Cathy Wilcox is brilliant. She has a recent great...Cathy Wilcox is brilliant. She has a recent great cartoon show crying kids behind razor wire with Abbott outside the fence screaming at them "Stop this nonsense! You're just trying to embarrass me!"<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-48371410502763115952015-02-16T10:16:57.997+11:002015-02-16T10:16:57.997+11:00Abbott: ""We are a free and fair nation....Abbott: ""We are a free and fair nation. But that doesn't mean we should let bad people play us for mugs, and all too often they have. Well, that's going to stop,"<br /><br />Abbott's nightmares are not reality. Who are the "bad people" that are playing "us for mugs"? He should perform the following test: http://bit.ly/1AG5MdMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-24348033805613894102015-02-16T09:55:19.926+11:002015-02-16T09:55:19.926+11:00do you mean the prime loon? The one who came here ...do you mean the prime loon? The one who came here with his parents to make themselves a better life and bugger the rest of us? The one who took us all for mugs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-46121183408075912142015-02-16T09:35:28.866+11:002015-02-16T09:35:28.866+11:00Hey Dot, do you think it's time you updated th...Hey Dot, do you think it's time you updated the banner at the top of your blog? I can think of a sterling new addition to you rogues' gallery of loons.<br /><br />Now for a suitable pic...<br /><br />mercAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-83391664256112836862015-02-16T09:34:46.959+11:002015-02-16T09:34:46.959+11:00Hounding, hounding!
Media Watch is almost as bad ...Hounding, hounding!<br /><br />Media Watch is almost as bad as News of the World. But never fear, the Murdochians will keep an eye on that sort of thing.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-76656884688785742432015-02-16T08:48:01.278+11:002015-02-16T08:48:01.278+11:00http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2015/02/05/tony-abbott-h...http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2015/02/05/tony-abbott-has-to-go/<br /><br />The first few comments sound like paid trolls. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com