“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” John Maynard Keynes Almost to a man, the four main parties in UK politics -Lib Lab Con SNP- all repeat the following mantra with little deviation: “Climate change is the greatest threat faced by humanity and the most important political issue of ...
Hyperlinked from Guido: The body language might suggest they’re not on speaking terms; however it’s the man who is sending out the disgruntled, childlike signals whilst the woman plays the patient, adult role. More that that, it seems we cannot say.
By Motm Every day we are bombarded by adverts, hoardings, commercial breaks, product placements ,Google and online cookies to buy the latest things or follow the latest diet or medical advice. Add to all this the political propaganda not just from government but local councils and NGO’s etc. ALL telling us they know best and ...
Many years ago, Austrian-American economist Ludwig Von Mises coined the term “useful innocents”; and these words seem highly relevant to the events of the last few days up here. Von Mises claimed the term was used for liberals that von Mises described as “confused and misguided sympathizers” in his 1947 work ‘Planned Chaos.’ Unbeknownst to ...
Here’s a sock puppet spotted in the wild: And here’s where he claims to work: Ouch. If you need assistance with the term ‘sock puppet’ then google is your friend. I imagine the sockmaster -or sockpuppeteer- usually thinks of himself as a very clever person, but I can only assume it takes a lot of ...