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Public Health Terrorism

I spend much of my time these days using equations of heat flow to construct elaborate models of the surface of the Earth. To be precise, I’m using this equation: If gives the heat flow Q through a column of … Continue reading

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Fake News

I’m looking after my brother’s house and cat for a few days this week, and so getting a reminder of what TV is like. As far as I could see, it was mostly quiz shows, Celebrity Come Dancing, and something … Continue reading

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Mounting Chaos

ZeroHedge: Before Las Vegas Police unveiled the latest “narrative change” during a Monday press conference, it was believed that Campos had been shot after the rampage, not before. With this news, we have learned that the police investigation has descended … Continue reading

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Lone Gunmen

There seem to be, very broadly, three accounts of the Las Vegas shooting emerging. In the first one, favoured by the mainstream media, it was all the work of a lone gunman, Stephen Paddock. In the second one, favoured by … Continue reading

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One Way To Count Las Vegas Gunmen

Continuing with Las Vegas, there is – in principle at least – one way to determine whether there were multiple gunmen involved. It is that much of the shooting consists of prolonged bursts of gunfire. And each of these bursts … Continue reading

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Rambo

On the disputed matter of whether there was violence by the Spanish Civil Guard, this from Breitbart: Commenting on widely-criticised police violence during the referendum, Rajoy said that “some mistakes were made” but that the fundamental error had been committed … Continue reading

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Angry White Men

Even Donald Trump has a problem with fake news. (CNN)On Thursday, President Donald Trump escalated his ongoing one-sided war with the media. He did it, of course, via Twitter. “Why Isn’t the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News … Continue reading

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72 Minutes

Yet another mass killing, this time in Las Vegas, with 58+ dead. But this one is a bit puzzling. They’re almost always carried out by Muslims shouting “Allahu Akhbar!” But not this time, it appears. It’s being reported to have … Continue reading

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Another Day, Another Bomb

Another day, another bomb. In the Guardian report on it today, there was no mention of either the words “islam” or “muslim”. Although the Telegraph did include a mention: ​Islamic State supporters celebrate Manchester attack online It has all the … Continue reading

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Junk Food Is The Best Food

I was looking after my brother’s house last week, and I didn’t want to cook anything, so I ate what’s called “junk food” all week. Cheeseburgers, donner kebabs, Chinese roast pork fried rice, and lots of biscuits. And I loved … Continue reading

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