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Killjoy Moral Crusaders
Taking :Liberties: A leading Labour-run council has banned staff from smoking at their desks if they are working from home, in what campaigners say is an emerging “moral crusade” by local authorities against tobacco lovers. Hammersmith and Fulham council, which … Continue reading
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New Scares For Old
Via Chris Snowdon: Smoking continues to be a problem in multi-unit housing, and while stay-at-home orders have helped to reduce transmission of COVID-19, they have also increased exposure to secondhand smoke from neighbors. My interpretation of this is that, ever … Continue reading
Strange Times
It’s all rather surreal. Tucker Carlson: WHO director Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: “The Covid-19 pandemic has given new impetus to the need to accelerate efforts to respond to climate change.” What the hell has Covid-19 got to do with climate … Continue reading
Scares and Counter-Scares
James Delingpole: Unless you live somewhere enlightened like Sweden, you’ll have had personal experience of this authoritarian lunacy – compulsory masks, extended quarantines, and so on. To anyone familiar with the nature of the pandemic it seems as if the … Continue reading
A New Wolf
Taking Liberties: ASH campaign grant slashed from £350,000 to £70,000 This looks like a large (and long-overdue) cut in funding for ASH. But perhaps it just reflects the fact that there’s a new kid in town: the coronavirus pandemic. And this … Continue reading
Inevitable Reaction
Telegraph: We must accept that junk food is the new tobacco The way I see it, this means junk food is good stuff, and I should eat more of it than I already do: But the way I look at … Continue reading
When Trust Has Gone
Headline 1: Covid vaccine: A QUARTER of Brits could refuse to take coronavirus jab as docs warn of ‘selfish’ delay to lockdown end Headline 2: ‘People think Covid-19 is political scheme or conspiracy theory’ Is anyone surprised? Is anyone surprised … Continue reading
Thunderstorms
We had the first thunderstorm of the year in Herefordshire yesterday, and I found myself wondering if this was supposed to be evidence of a “climate crisis” or even a “climate emergency”: in January 2020 issue of the scientific journal … Continue reading
Two Kinds of Climate Alarmism
It seems that the global reduction in economic activity over the past few months due to Covid=19 has had little or no effect on atmospheric CO2 levels. Jo Nova: Humans do Ultimate Paris Lockdown, CO2 hits record high anyway The new … Continue reading
CO2 matters because it’s not understood
Thinking about this If you look at the World Health Organisation’s list of health threats, number one is climate change. Pandemics were down in third place, behind ‘non-communicable diseases’ such as diabetes and obesity. …it seems rather bizarre, and a … Continue reading
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