If you happen to discuss Islam or Jihad in this restaurant (as a non-Muslim of course) you will be ejected and not allowed to return.
This in response to a couple of Muslims who listened to the table conversation and complained. Without checking the staff kicked the talkers out. The Islamification sof the UK either through acceptance of just plain old fear, is complete.
George Restaurant, 114 Glengall Grove, Isle of Dogs, London, E14 3ND
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
District 9 - Why?
So I went to see District 9 and left wondering why I had been conned into parting with my money.
The first 60 minutes is a bad South African documentary. Then finally there is some gratuitous violence and an ending that leaves you with the impression that there will be a part 2 you will not want to see, except for the highlights.
If you liked Cloverfield you will probably like it.
The first 60 minutes is a bad South African documentary. Then finally there is some gratuitous violence and an ending that leaves you with the impression that there will be a part 2 you will not want to see, except for the highlights.
If you liked Cloverfield you will probably like it.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
ETS and Carbon Pollution
Thankfully the KRudd government's ETS bill was defeated first time around.
There are so many reasons why this bill should never be passed in any form.
1. To date no renewable energy source is either cost effective or can meet any reasonable demand.
2. So called Green energy jobs cost more and provide less jobs.
3. Carbon might be a pollutant but CO2 certainly isn't.
4. No cost benefit analysis has been carried out (independently) on the reasonableness of such a scheme
5. The whole concept only 'works' if everyone plays.
6. The evidence to date is that the major 'polluters' are not going to play.
7. Even if adopted the money spent could do a lot better elsewhere
8. Let's not even talk about the AGW issue.
There are so many reasons why this bill should never be passed in any form.
1. To date no renewable energy source is either cost effective or can meet any reasonable demand.
2. So called Green energy jobs cost more and provide less jobs.
3. Carbon might be a pollutant but CO2 certainly isn't.
4. No cost benefit analysis has been carried out (independently) on the reasonableness of such a scheme
5. The whole concept only 'works' if everyone plays.
6. The evidence to date is that the major 'polluters' are not going to play.
7. Even if adopted the money spent could do a lot better elsewhere
8. Let's not even talk about the AGW issue.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Science Losing Core Values
With all the reporting of Global Warming, the Consensus versus the Realists there is an issue that no one has addressed.
For anyone to want to be a scientist they would as a matter of course tend to pick up a set of basic core values that are normally assigned to the profession. One of these is for example openness to debate and criticism. A scientist will also allow time for ideas to grow to maturity. An example here would be Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity that continues to be tested even today.
Scientists must take the time to relate scientific knowledge to society in such a way that members of the public can make an informed decision about the relevance of research. This means that if they exist presenting both sides of an issue and explaining both in such a way that conclusions can be made based on evidence. So if evidence exists and it is withheld, undervalued and ignored this would be against the core values of someone calling themselves scientists.
Throughout history there are examples of scientists who have deliberately ignored these core values. Sometimes it was for political reasons, other times the other side of the information was simply not available until later. For the majority of scientists once the evidence is in they modify their positions accordingly.
Another key core value is that of allowing others to test results. This is the validation and verification process that is central to the scientific method. Sometimes there is a short period of obfuscation but when the data is available the truth will always out. A good example of this is the so called cold fusion results.
With global warming for the first time a large number of scientists seem to have abandoned their core values. Many claim that the “science is settled” and that no more debate or arguments can be held on the matter. Worse, result sets are not made available for verification, especially from those close to the IPCC. Scientists will attack others for claiming that results or conclusions are not valid. Not based on the data, but as general personal attacks.
This is then an attack on the very core of what science is. It brings into question both science and scientists, is a very deep way. Politics and money have for the first time influenced a large number of scientists, across multiple disciplines and the results have yet to be seen.
Throughout this time there are still many scientists who have kept to their core values but many of these have done so by keeping quiet. In some ways this is even worse. To know that something is wrong with your profession and keep quiet about it is just another way of tacitly agreeing with what is happening. As the interpretation of a quote from Edmund Burke says “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
The impact of all the good scientists keeping quite is for the future to reveal but at the very least once the truth of anthropogenic global warming is revealed to the general public science and scientists may be relegated to the same status as the Sunday horoscopes. This would be a pity because there is a lot of good science still being carried out in the world.
For anyone to want to be a scientist they would as a matter of course tend to pick up a set of basic core values that are normally assigned to the profession. One of these is for example openness to debate and criticism. A scientist will also allow time for ideas to grow to maturity. An example here would be Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity that continues to be tested even today.
Scientists must take the time to relate scientific knowledge to society in such a way that members of the public can make an informed decision about the relevance of research. This means that if they exist presenting both sides of an issue and explaining both in such a way that conclusions can be made based on evidence. So if evidence exists and it is withheld, undervalued and ignored this would be against the core values of someone calling themselves scientists.
Throughout history there are examples of scientists who have deliberately ignored these core values. Sometimes it was for political reasons, other times the other side of the information was simply not available until later. For the majority of scientists once the evidence is in they modify their positions accordingly.
Another key core value is that of allowing others to test results. This is the validation and verification process that is central to the scientific method. Sometimes there is a short period of obfuscation but when the data is available the truth will always out. A good example of this is the so called cold fusion results.
With global warming for the first time a large number of scientists seem to have abandoned their core values. Many claim that the “science is settled” and that no more debate or arguments can be held on the matter. Worse, result sets are not made available for verification, especially from those close to the IPCC. Scientists will attack others for claiming that results or conclusions are not valid. Not based on the data, but as general personal attacks.
This is then an attack on the very core of what science is. It brings into question both science and scientists, is a very deep way. Politics and money have for the first time influenced a large number of scientists, across multiple disciplines and the results have yet to be seen.
Throughout this time there are still many scientists who have kept to their core values but many of these have done so by keeping quiet. In some ways this is even worse. To know that something is wrong with your profession and keep quiet about it is just another way of tacitly agreeing with what is happening. As the interpretation of a quote from Edmund Burke says “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
The impact of all the good scientists keeping quite is for the future to reveal but at the very least once the truth of anthropogenic global warming is revealed to the general public science and scientists may be relegated to the same status as the Sunday horoscopes. This would be a pity because there is a lot of good science still being carried out in the world.
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