Wildlife of Luton

Wildlife of Luton

>> TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Imagine David Attenborough’s version of Proud and Prejudiced. He’d most likely take the anthropologist’s view of the inhabitants of Luton. He’d examine Islamist Sayful, the dominant male, and peer at the female of the species, squawking as they flock together in their black head-to-toe plumage; the males, beards glistening luxuriantly, displaying. He might scrutinise the indigenous tribe, their dull appearance enlivened by the odd tattoo, and perhaps allude to its vigorous attempts to defend its miserable territory, driven by a fear that the invading species threatens to drive it to extinction.

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THERE'S SNOW BUSINESS LIKE ECO BUSINESS...

>> MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012

One of the great things about Biased BBC is the tremendous expertise we have on the topic of AGW - with Robin Horbury in particular dissecting much of the nonsense spouted by the BBC on this issue. I was amused by this latest headline from our dear friend, Richard Black.

Melting Arctic link to cold, snowy UK winters.

Say what?

The progressive shrinking of Arctic sea ice is bringing colder, snowier winters to the UK and other areas of Europe, North America and China, a study shows.As global temperatures have risen, the area of Arctic Ocean covered by ice in summer and autumn has been falling. Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a US/China-based team show this affects the jet stream and brings cold, snowy weather.

And for those who can't be bothered wading through the dross, there's a nice picture of a Greek city swathed in snow. Oh, and there's a picture of a Walrus looking sad. Do you think Richard wants us to really really believe in AGW perchance? Right, let's take this drivel from Black apart...

The BBC Celebrates WikiHacks Again

Check out how the BBC reflexively sides with WikiHacks and their publishing of stolen emails from Stratfor. Stratfor is not a government agency, and has not been accused of any crime, yet the BBC opens the piece by describing WikiHacks as a "whistleblowing website". Of course, anyone who is aware of boss Julian Assange's open declaration that his intent is toharm US geopolitical goals will know what his real agenda is here. In any case, in stark contrast to their treatment of the leaked CRU emails (there is still not a single scrap of evidence that they were stolen), the BBC sees nothing wrong - declines to editorialize against, really - with the fact that WikiHacks got the Stratfor emails from the hacker group, Anonymous, who admits to illegally obtaining the emails, along with credit card numbers and other data. Notice also the accompanying photo of a gently beaming, serene St. Julian. Selecting photos is an editorial decision, one which can influence the readers' interpretation of a story. St. Julian is on record, we're told, as stating that some of the far-left activist groups on which Stratfor was gathering information are "fighting for a just cause". So it's not so much whistleblowing as it is an attempt to undermine a political enemy. But never mind, he's still a hero to the BBC for doing it. To further cast aspersions on Stratfor - the victim of a crime here - we even get a quote from Barron's that the organization is a kind of "shadow CIA". Just so you all know who the real bad guys are here, and to re-inforce the false description of WikiHacks as whistleblowers. Then comes the outrageous bit:

Despite the new disclosures, Wikileaks is still facing difficulties on several fronts.

Despite? Despite releasing stolen information from an organization not of the Left, BBC? In other words, the Beeboid who wrote this - and an approving editor - believe that releasing stolen emails from Stratfor should go a long way towards rehabilitating WikiHacks in the public eye. This is the BBC taking sides against Stratfor and in favor of WikiHacks.

CASTLES IN THE AIR...

One of the big problems with the BBC is the bias by omission that singularly characterises much of the daily output. Consider this analysis put together by B-BBC contributor Alan; "Whilst the BBC is concerned about the deleterious effects on the democratic process that is being Trumped by wads of Yankee greenbacks corrupting the smooth progress and undoubtedly fair Scottish government’s imposition of windfarms upon the Scottish people it is less concerned about economies being destroyed by environmental policies that raise massive green taxes and make energy a cost that is ruinous to industry....as the Germans are finding out but which seems to have escaped the BBC’s notice...and it surely is a big story, one of great importance for every country....consider Britain has targets to reduce CO2 by 80% by 2050.....more than any other country in the world..... ‘Government pledges to cut carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. New climate change secretary Ed Miliband sets new goal.’ Thursday 16 October 2008 Miliband told MPs that the tough economic conditions were not an excuse to "row back" on the commitment to tackle global warming.’ "To meet it will require determined action from Gordon Brown and every one of his successors for the next four decades. Hard choices will be made that will touch every Briton, but it can and must be done." Four decades of green austerity then....on top of years of austerity to battle recession. Of course if you think perhaps the Tories are against this think again:

'Greg Clark, the shadow climate change secretary, also welcomed the announcements. He said: "The choice between aggressive and ambitious action on carbon reduction and a successful, powerful economy is, in fact, not a choice at all - they are one and the same." He welcomed the acceptance of the 80% target, saying: "We have always said that we should be guided by the science on that matter." '

So all round delusions.And this is what a Biased BBC commenter has drawn attention to:

'....a Cabinet Minister indicated – in effect, and with scarcely-concealed regret – that the party line set by David Cameron in response to various opinion polls, focus groups and other such artifices for identifying and following a consensus rather than setting a lead, and not the objective scientific and economic truth, was likely to remain the basis of UK climate policy.'

So UK policy has nothing to do with either science or economics.....Cameron has just decided that is the consensus of opinion amongst fellow politicians and the bien pensant and so has made his decision regardless of the harm to the national economy. Here is what the reality is away from the cosy political clubs(except ones where Labour MP's start a drunken punch up) and agreeable likemindedness of the politicians. Shouldn't hold your breath for Black to report this...and it is surely a big story with implications not just for Germany....not even on his Twitter feed that has infinite space for such links and which he uses in a highly selective way to control what you do and do not get to read and therefore think.