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still wasting daylight
Yet another example of the trail of stupidity and destruction
that follows socialist ‘New’ Labour.
Brown the Clown - friend of the environment.
Brown the Clown - protector of the people.
Brown the Clown - economic genius.
Brown the Clown - strong on the causes of crime.
Brown the Clown - man of courage.
Or otherwise...
“We've known about these benefits for a long time. In 1993,
Time for Change, a report by the Policy Studies Institute, concluded:
"It is rare in our experience for a policy proposal to combine
social and economic advantages in such an attractive way."
“So why has nothing happened? Politicians have consistently seen
it as "too difficult". and left it to MPs and peers to introduce
Private Members' Bills, but, despite the enthusiasm of parliamentarians
such as Tim Yeo and Lord Tanlaw, no Bill has made significant progress.
“It's time for change and if the arguments listed above are insufficient,
there's an extra dimension for 2008. The Government is focused on the
need to reduce carbon emissions as a key element of tackling global
warming. For the most part this depends on new and frequently expensive
technology and on encouraging or enforcing changes in lifestyles to
cut energy consumption. By putting the clocks forward an hour (to GMT+1
in winter and GMT+2 in summer) we would immediately reduce the need
for domestic, office and street lighting and save carbon emissions.
Research by Cambridge University engineers shows that more than one
million tonnes of CO2 a year now released into the atmosphere could
be avoided - at a stroke, and at no cost. Families struggling with high
energy costs would also find their bills reduced.
“The time for wasting daylight is over. We cannot go on condemning
450 people each year to unnecessary death or serious injury. We cannot
miss the opportunity to encourage healthier lifestyles and to take a
swift step towards saving carbon emissions. Reform has the support of
many not-for-profit organisations, of academics and, when polled, most
of the British public. Let's pull this back from the "too difficult"
pile. It's easy and long overdue.”
the web address for the article above is
https://www.abelard.org/news/behaviour092008.php#daylight_saving_231008
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brainwashing - how to destabilise a society
[interview in English]
This interview dates from 1985. Yuri Bezmenov, ex-KGB agent
crossed over to the West in the 1970s.
I think this interview is interesting and the problem is real, but I’m not that paranoid. Remember, socialism is in retreat
all round the world.
[Heads up from Stan Pierce]
the web address for the article above is
https://www.abelard.org/news/behaviour092008.php#brainwashing_191008
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the
hurricane, the meteorologist and the householder in the storm - more muses
on the financial gum-up
“This week, I spoke to Mr Ruffer again. He likes comparisons.
He made one with the weather. If you are in a hurricane, he said, you
are rightly extremely frightened - you may lose everything, you may even
die. But if you are a meteorologist, a hurricane, though extreme, is a
recognisable phenomenon. It is part of weather. It will pass.
“The same is true with a financial crisis. It cannot be avoided,
but people will suffer more or less, depending on how good was their
protection before it began, how quick was the emergency help when it
happened, and how well organised was the recovery. People felt so upset
about Hurricane Katrina not just because it was a terrible natural event,
but because the response was inadequate. So with the credit crunch.”
the web address for the article above is
https://www.abelard.org/news/behaviour092008.php#financial_gumup_111008
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delusions
linked to perceived lack of control
On pitying conspiracy theorists.
“Overall, the researchers found that the subjects who were made
to feel less control perceived significantly more illusory patterns or
connections.
“ "Having a sense of control has a wide variety of adaptive
advantages," Whitson told Discovery News. "Not only are people
who feel in control less likely to see things that aren't there and
end up chasing ghosts, but there are also a wide variety of health and
societal benefits." ”
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“ "Feeling secure is part and parcel of feeling in control,"
Whitson explained. "When people can affirm the self they are less
likely to underperform in the face of negative stereotypes, to act defensively
or aggressively or prejudicially." ”
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“ "Give a person a sense of security and control, and defensiveness
and obsessiveness melt away," said Whitson.”
the web address for the article above is
https://www.abelard.org/news/behaviour092008.php#delusions_061008
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why the left-wing media and politicans hate
sarah palin -
xavier
“… so mean a spirit of jealousy at superior
excellence …”
“He hated Eric at first sight, simply because his feeble mind
could only realise one idea about him, and that was the new boy’s
striking contrast with his own imperfections. Hence he left no means
untried to vent on Eric his low and mean jealousy. He showed undisguised
pleasure when he fell in form, and signs of disgust when he rose; he
fomented every little source of disapproval or quarrelling which happened
to arise against him; he never looked at him without a frown or a sneer;
he waited for him to kick and annoy him as he came out of, or went in
to, the schoolroom. In fact, he did his very best to make the boy’s
life miserable, and the occupation of hating him seems in some measure
to fill up the vacuity of an ill-conditioned and degraded mind.”
This quote comes from Eric, or little by little,
a story written by Frederic W. Farrar in 1858 which, as was often the case then,
had “…one single object—the vivid inculcation of inward purity
and moral purpose…”.
Yes, the book’s goal is priggish,
and was soundly laughed at in Rudyard Kipling’s excellent novel,
Stalky and Co. [1889]. However, it was the way for that period -
Little Lord Fauntleroy [1884] by Frances Hodgson Burnett,
being a similarly high-minded tale. Pollyanna, written by
Eleanor H. Porter and published in 1913, has a similar theme of goodness,
laid on thick and sticky.
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Eric, or little by little
by Frederic W. Farrar, 1858
Dodo Press, 2007, pbk
ISBN-10: 1406516864
ISBN-13: 978-1406516869
£11.39
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The complete Stalky and Co.
by Rudyard Kipling
Oxford University Press, USA/Oxford Paperback, 1999
ISBN-10: 0192838598
ISBN-13: 978-0192838599
£6.29
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Puffin Classics, 1994, hbk
ISBN-10: 0140367535
ISBN-13: 978-0140367539
£4.49
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Sterling , 2008, hbk
ISBN-10: 1402745788
ISBN-13: 978-1402745782
$5.95
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Pollyanna
by Eleanor H. Porter
Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1994, pbk
ISBN-10: 1853261459
ISBN-13: 978-1853261459
£1.50
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Tark Classic Fiction, 2008, pbk
ISBN-10: 1604501278
ISBN-13: 978-1604501278
$4.99
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the web address for the article above is
https://www.abelard.org/news/behaviour092008.php#eric_palin_051008
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what
a pain
“In marketing as in medicine, perception can be everything.
A higher price can create the impression of higher value, just as a
placebo pill can reduce pain.
“Now researchers have combined the two effects. A $2.50 placebo,
they have found, works better one that costs 10 cents.”
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“Previous studies have shown that pill size and color also affect
people’s perceptions of effectiveness. In one, people rated black
and red capsules as “strongest” and white ones as “weakest.”
Other information like the country where the drugs were manufactured
can also affect perceptions.”
Heavens knows why, but this research won an Ig Nobel Prize this year.
the web address for the article above is
https://www.abelard.org/news/behaviour092008.php#pain_placebos_041008
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self-reinforcing
market instability due to trader’s hormones!
A neat little article, it includes comment on herd
behaviour.
“The implications of this hypothesis are far-reaching, for if
traders become more risk-seeking during booms and more risk-averse during
slumps, then the markets may be inherently unstable and traders may
fail to seize on profitable opportunities.”
the web address for the article above is
https://www.abelard.org/news/behaviour092008.php#cortisol_effects_210908
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