As I’ve noted, he takes delight in trolling people, and many of them seem to enjoy being outraged.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Climate Activists Versus Skeptics
I know you’ll be as shocked as I am to learn that social media has failed to bridge the gap. Actually, though, they buried the lede:
…tweeters with climate sceptic views are no more likely to post offensive comments than those who accept the basics of climate science.
Sceptics have long been accused of trolling, but Williams said the study indicated their minority status meant they were just more likely to interact with users they disagreed with.
“We found a lot of negativity, but when you crunch the numbers you find out they are no more likely to be negative than anyone else,” he said.
“There is a popular perception that sceptics must be irrational or unreasonable but this study doesn’t support that at all.”
You don’t say.
Free-Range Parenting
Seven reasons why “we” hate it.
Society has gone nuts.
[Tuesday-morning update]
There’s something so disgustingly ironic about the fact that the only reason these “endangered” kids didn’t come home on time safely and their parents nearly had heart attacks is because the police and Child Protective Services decided to keep them from their parents for a couple hours without telling them. I wonder if someone thought they were teaching the parents a good lesson. Now, they’ll see what it’s like when their kids don’t come home. Good stuff, guys. There’s a word for this when anyone other than the state does it.
They are no doubt livid about this, but because they’re dealing with unpredictable people who have the power to take their children from them, they must stifle that anger and act in accordance with the state’s wishes. This includes never leaving their children unsupervised outside, which is antithetical to their parenting philosophy. Maryland law requires children be under the care of someone at least 13 years old, which would have made my babysitting of my brothers a punishable offense.
Tar. Feathers.
CBS’s New Host Of Face The Nation
…is just another Democrat operative with a byline. I actually heard him interviewed on the CBS evening news last night, and realized that I’d never heard of him. Which is a sign, I guess, of how seldom I waste time watching CBS “news.”
Hillary’s Server
The emails may be deleted, but that doesn’t mean they’re gone.
I’ve been saying this for weeks. The continued refusal to turn over the server to an independent third party is continued obstruction of justice.
The Architecture Of Fear
Thoughts from Sarah Hoyt, on the potential for preference cascades (though she doesn’t use that phrase).
The classic example is the Emperor’s New Clothes, but another is how a third party could win if enough people believed it could.
The Passion Of The Christ
…seems much more plausible today.
I’m not a Christian, or even a theist, but people who think we’ve evolved much in two thousand years are fooling themselves, as we can see on a daily basis in the “modern” Middle East. Civilization can have a very thin veneer, particularly when people don’t understand the basis for it, and reject it.
Birth Control
Is it creating a race of eunuchs?
I’m not sure, but I think there have been a lot of unanticipated consequences of screwing with womens’ hormones for decades.
The Social Justice Warriors
They’re not really. They’re social justice bullies. Treat them accordingly. Bullies hate when people fight back.
The Space Show
I’ll be on tomorrow evening, from 7-8:30 PM PDT. I’ll bet talking general space tech and policy issues, sort of a preview of what I’ll be talking about at Space Access, though it’s an ever-shifting situation.