Thought for the day - by Richard... Saturday, November 28, 2009

Thought for the day - by Richard... Saturday, November 28, 2009

The video on WUWT tells us that: 

"The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is that they end up being ruled by men worse than themselves." 

(Plato)

Mrs EU Referendum will attest to just how bad that could be.

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What a difference a decade makes - by Richard...

Nearly ten years ago, our hero Phil Jones (he of CRU "Climategate" fame) was writing by e-mail to his mate "Mike" Mann, telling him that he had "little regard for the Web." 

"I would ignore the so-called skeptics until they get to the peer-review arena," he counselled Mike, although he acknowledged that this was "harder for you in the US". However, he consoled his fellow worker with the view that: "I guess it shows though that what we are doing in [sic] important." With that, he concluded: "The skeptics are fighting a losing battle." One wonders whether he might now like to re-visit those sentiments.

Incidentally, it is snowing in North Wales today. The photograph (taken at 15:14 hrs GMT today) shows the view looking up Llanberis Pass - Snowdon (on right) - over Padarn Lake from Brynrefail. Yet, I seem to remember being told that global warming fraud was going to wipe the snow off the mountains.