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10:04:19 am, Categories: Life Views, Science and the Universe, Current Events and News, Kultcha, 1051 wordsThe Buffalo City Skeptics society has a good article on a pretty awful person.
Every now and again while swimming through the reams of information on the Internet you come across someone who is particularly nasty and evil. In this case, it is on James Delingpole from the United Kingdom. There are many ways to make money. If you are a failed journalist you can become a prostitute, a gang member, a drug mule or in the case of this person, a climate change “skeptic”. I put the word, “skeptic” in inverted comma`s, because no respected skeptics society or free thinkers society around the world would support James Delingpole`s views.
This is a self professed right wing extremist who swaggers around telling people that “he is always right” (a play on words that is meant to indicate his political ideology and his narcissistic self belief in what he writes).
James Delingpole’s contributions to human academia include such beautiful gems as, “365 Ways to Drive a Liberal Crazy”, “Welcome To Obamaland: I’ve Seen Your Future And It Doesn’t Work”, and “How To Be Right”.
The ideology he represents
He is a self professed libertarian. For those of you that do not understand your political ideologies, libertarianism is a rather extremist belief that a completely unregulated market is better, and that governments suck. Its the opposite side of the coin to communism, and like communists, libertarians claim their system works “perfectly in theory”.
Right wing Libertarians tend to ignore main stream economic theory and make up their own (quickly debunked) economic theory mostly prostrated by astro turfed institutions such as the Mises Institute. They quote Von Mises like other people would quote baby Jesus.
It’s a faith based economic ideological system with absolutely no science and very little main stream economics to support it (in fact, most main stream science and economics contradict what libertarian economists have spammed us with).
Libertarianism is to economic theory what creationism is to evolutionary theory. It’s pseudo-scientific, pseudo-economic word play. It has absolutely no practical use (hence why the closest country we can see to being a truly libertarian society is Somalia.) The most respected example you have of a libertarian is Ron Paul… and even he is a right wing racist joke to the rest of the world.
Libertarianism is supported by corrupt billionaires that want more profit, less taxation and less regulation. One of the regulations they hate so much is climate change regulation. It affects their profits and bottom line. This is the reason why astro turfed organizations such as the American Tea Party and dishonest writers like James Delingpole (directly or indirectly) get paid for their dishonesty by billionaires like the Koch Brothers. If you read this last link I posted you will notice what the Koch brothers want, and what James writes are almost identical. Right down to the Obama and liberal hating.
A good example of a Libertarian and their war against liberals can be seen in the recent tragedy in Norway where the Libertarian Anders Behring Breivik went on a massive killing spree, specifically targeting modern social liberals and more heinously, targeting modern social liberal kids.
Anyways, tabloid headlines for people with below average IQ`s aside, let’s concentrate on his work that is relevant to this website. Here at the BCSS we keep a close eye on all news climate-related so we are able to keep a close eye on all the bullsh*tters out there.
The pseudoscience James Delingpole punts
I think the simplest way to sum up this whole section is to quote James Delingpole himself, ‘it is not my job’ to read peer reviewed papers”. Yup, the chap that is so critical of scientific publications and climate change science is too lazy and stupid to read the actual source documents.
James Delingpole has a massive opinion on climate change, but could not be bothered to actually read the research. One has to ask oneself what is the political motivation behind someone that they are willing to take such a strong stance on such an important issue such as climate change, but is unwilling or unable to actually read the science behind it. To any thinking man or woman this is an affront to intellectual honesty. For James Delingpole it is just another days work.
So we know that James Delingpole knows very little about science, but has a very strong opinion on science. Earlier on I referred to James as being narcissistic with his “always right” comment. This is further shown in how he treats climate change scientists. Amazingly, James Delingpole (who has absolutely no scientific training or background) seems to think it’s his place in the world to tell people who have dedicated their entire lives to the field that they are wrong and stupid (Yup, he called them stupid).
James Delingpole is so confident in his “always right” motto that he believes he knows more than every single respected national and international scientific body currently in existence (remember, this is the type of guy who wouldn’t know scientific work if it walked up to him and smacked him on the side of the head with a particle accelerator).
When recently asked about the scientific consensus by scientists on climate change his response was, “the very idea of a consensus is unscientific”. No sh*t Sherlock. It’s a political consensus because people like James Delingpole who have absolutely no knowledge on scientific theory (and who are primarily sponsored by large corporations that that don’t want their bottom line affected) have made normal science a massive political issue. It’s no longer a scientific issue, hence the consensus is not based on the scientific method but on political need to educate people people who are being confused by dishonest journalists like James.
The science on climate change is pretty settled.
1) We know the earth is warming (this has been verified by many independent studies… unfortunately the type that James is unable to read and understand).
2) We know that CO2 causes the earth to warm.
3) We know we are producing the majority of the CO2 causing the warming.
Read the rest of the article on the "Dishonest James Delipole" here:
http://www.bcss.za.org/the-dishonest-james-delingpole/
Leetest form of linux there is. The primary OS I now use. Kubuntu, Dapper Drake, 6.06 LTS. I really think people should use this as their default OS
For those of you who dont know, I run Kubuntu OS as my desktop OS. With all the queerness of Microsofts Anti Piracy campaign, I have decided to completely leave the MicroSoft world. Sure, I loose windows media player and some gaming choices. However, you do get awsome games like warsow that are completely open source, and LOADS of fun to play. If you are in South Africa, there is a South African warsow server gracefully hosted by Web Africa. When in the game just type "connect warsow.webfafrica.co.za" And you will connect to the server to be able to jam with the rest of us.
This is a response to the writer of an opinion piece on Thoughtleader who goes by the name of Senteletse Diakanyo (a South African).
Read it here: http://karmicsangoma.blogspot.com/2011/01/response-to-xenophobic-writer-sentletse.html
I consider this a book that every South African should read to get perspective in their lives. Its honesty is most refreshing and Al Lovejoy`s ability to capture in words the essence of a culture and history of a generation of south Africans is amazing. Al Lovejoy has earned a lot of respect from a generation of youth who appretiate the truth. Thank you Al.
Other reviews:
‘Acid Alex is quite simply one of the most shocking autobiographies I have ever read. It is also well-written, addictive, excellent.’
– Sue Blaine, Business Day
‘Heartbreaking! Entertaining! Intelligent!’
– Erns Grundling, SL magazine
‘Nothing I have read has sketched the scorched social landscape of South Africa’s last half-century with such intensity and honesty. Read it.’
– Charles Thesen, Marie Claire
‘There are elements of Hunter S Thompson, Herman Charles Bosman, William Burroughs and William Wharton. But in the end it is an amazing story told in a unique voice. A voice moulded by pain, a voice honed by a government reformatory..., whetted by the SADF, and sharpened by Pretoria Central.
It is the story of a man who went to hell and came back, a morality tale, a Bildungsroman, the narrative of a f*ckup who found redemption, and the anthem of a lost generation.’– Caspar Greeff, Sunday Times
‘Truly, as Koos Kombuis says, this is “an astonishingly breathless story” … Besides being a great read, Acid Alex is an invaluable record of a type of mania that gripped a certain type of South African in the last quarter of the 20th century. It’s a book that’s going to appeal to many young South Africans who currently have to turn to the United States for their myths of pointless excess, and it’s going to inspire them. Not necessarily in a particularly savoury way.’
– Chris Roper, Mail & Guardian
This book is more than just a suggested read.
America has new super smart bullets and guns. Check it out!
http://karmicsangoma.blogspot.com/2010/11/americas-new-radio-controlled-smart.html
This blog post details some of the amazing advances in CGI graphics. Click on the link below to see the video and read more!
http://karmicsangoma.blogspot.com/2010/11/most-realistic-cgi-graphics-ever.html
http://karmicsangoma.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-favorite-world-of-warcraft-music.html
Brad Pitt is a freethinker and is not religious
View the video at: http://karmicsangoma.blogspot.com/2010/11/brad-pitt-on-religion.html
In what has to be a remarkable show of insight into the power of social networking, a British Indie band is offering their album free to download off their website. This is one band, that seems to have googled it. It looks like the older corporate models are failing and hopefully the world will not have to tolerate the insanity that is RIAA much longer.
I love artists with scope.
South Africa needs science and South Africa needs prominent scientific voices. Unfortunately, like the media in much of the rest of the world, South Africa's media is not nearly welcoming enough to the skeptical and scientific views of the world. Luckily, we have great examples from the United States and elsewhere of how self-publication through blogs can affect public discourse, promoting science and acting as a counterweight to indifference, ignorance, and gullibility. However, unlike our comrades elsewhere, South African science bloggers are unconnected and not organized. I propose to change that...Read More
For the new 4G CellC network and gaming information you need to check out this link: http://karmicsangoma.blogspot.com/2010/11/cellc-and-gaming.html
Really funny flash video depicting the end of the world as the result of a nucleur fall out.
John Stewart pretty much shows us why the hysteria around wikileaks is bad and why wikileaks itself is good. Read more at Karmic Sangoma: http://karmicsangoma.blogspot.com/2010/12/what-does-john-stewart-have-to-say.html
Copy and pasted directly from the Karmic Sangoma blog:
"Yeah its official. South Africa now has an official Wikileaks mirror. This can be accessed by the address http://www.wikileaks.za.org .
The site is currently hosted on multiple servers with hosting in the United States, South Africa, Sweden as well as two off the grid solutions. It will basically be impossible to take down the South African copy of the site for any extended length of the time.
The server and site is currently hardened against anticipated attacks from American secret services. A special thanks to the guys and girls at http://www.mybroadband.co.za for help in motiviation and support for getting wikileaks.za.org up. Please note that MyBroadband in no way endorses wikileaks.za.org and this is a private project by individual MyBB members.
We also recommend a special form of protest for those fighting against wikileaks and free speech. For the big detractors we are offering them white feathers.
Wikileaks is most likely the most important tool for Free Speech since the inception of the Freedom of Information act."
Read more at the original link: http://karmicsangoma.blogspot.com/2010/12/wikileaks-now-has-south-african-mirror.html
For those of you who dont know, I am South African. Im a born and bred white native african, and damb proud of it. However, I will often use words that you may not understand, local slag u wont pick up on. Click on this link to learn a little more about South African slang, aka, Safrikan!
This is a website setup to track the dangerous scammer known as Louis Los Fourie. Chances are when you google his name, this page will be the top Google result. Chances are you also lost money to this asshole. No worries, we are tracking this white trash and he now has an entire website dedicated to bringing him down: http://www.catchacon.co.za
Loyiso Mpumlwana of the ANC in Eastern Cape in South Africa acts like the local village idiot in the latest attempt by the ANC to waste money on more name changes.
Read the full story here: http://karmicsangoma.blogspot.com/2011/01/loyiso-mpumlwana-from-eastern-cape-anc.html
The entire catalogue of information from 1,800 courses at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will be available free online by the end of the year. Once uploaded, it will represent one of the internet’s most important resources.
MsDewey.com
I never have never used a search engine this cheeky before :) Its great fun for about 10 minutes.
Seaward.co.za for South Africa`s best coastal real estate.
In what has to be classed as bizare, a clash between a 6-foot (1.8m) alligator and a 13-foot (3.9m) python has left two of the deadliest predators dead in Florida's swamps.
I came across this site by Anup Shah that has a detailed look into the causes of poverty. I found some of the statistics he shows to be very embarrassing and a shameful reflection on humanity today.
* Half the world — nearly three billion people — live on less than two dollars a day.
* The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world’s countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined.
* Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.
* Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen.
* 1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day).
Anup Shah shows us the institutions, policies and people behind many of today's causes of poverty.
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty.asp
Haha, these poor lil bunnies. A bunch of pictures of bunnies trying to come up with imaginitive ways to kill themselves.
The Public Library of Science is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. A most excellent link for those of you wanting access to some amazing science.
A really nice Travian signature generator
Just to let you know that Wikileaks has an official South African mirror. http:///www.wikileaks.za.org . Share and link this url as many times as you can to do your bit to make sure wikileaks never goes down.
Ever wondered how many babies are being pushed out every day, or how many people are dying every minute? Well this is the place for you then! This meter currently records those tpes of things, and with a population of 6.5 billion, there are lots of interesting stats for you to check out.
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