Monthly Archives: June 2015

Governments can no longer sit and just watch this eco-fascism take over.

Looking at the news coverage, a very profound realisation has occurred and it is this: most governments will be horrified by at least some aspect of this encyclical. Basically it is nuts. And to be frank it seems many governments … Continue reading

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Enclyclical: a totally scandalous and immoral betrayal of the people the world

There is a fundamental rule of politics that you try to unite people. But reading the Reuter’s article released a few minutes ago, I see so many red flags to so many bulls that many who never paid any interest … Continue reading

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The relationship between "denier" journalists in the media and reader comments

There’s been a whole raft of articles on the web preceding the pope’s proclamation. Unfortunately, a small but obvious minority have resorted to the same childish name calling of “denier”. However, as I tried to comment on these articles and … Continue reading

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A sceptic's view of climate

A while back I published a consensus document called “the sceptic view“. With so many new journalists now coming to the issue of climate as a result of the encyclical, I started thinking: “what would I want them to know … Continue reading

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An Encyclical too far?

There’s a general rule that anyone with any sense doesn’t make predictions based of very short runs of data. So it would be crazy for me to start getting excited on what is after all just the first day of … Continue reading

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What would like to say to the Pope: Thank you!

Pope-gate** has started to get the feel of the Eurovision song contest. We’ve already had a series of monotonous contributions and now there’s some dreadful singer dressed in an appalling costume singing a song that no doubt was humorous in … Continue reading

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Pope-gate: an insider job?

Pope-gate** the “heinous act” of leaking a daft sorry draft copy of the Pope’s proclamation may have been an insider job according to “Newser“. “[it] may have been designed to steal some thunder from Thursday’s official launch, Vatican observers say—and … Continue reading

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pope-gate reveals catholics split on climate

The first serious comment has started to arrive – so serious that I can’t actually discern the personal views of some of the journalist on climate (how refreshing!!). As they seem to come from a Reuters source, it’s likely to … Continue reading

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Pope-gate: Vatican reels from Climate leak

Vatican City — There’s something of a whodunit going on in the Vatican to discover who leaked Pope Francis’ environment encyclical to an Italian newsweekly, deflating the release of the most anticipated and feared papal document in recent times. The … Continue reading

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Reaction to Pope – yawnn..

As I regularly check news stories on global warming I have a fair idea of the press interest and yes, there have been a few idiotic “POPE BLASTS CLIMATE DENIERS” articles – but generally the response has been pretty mute … Continue reading

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