Archive for category Climate Change
The Citizens Electoral Council: Attempting to indoctrinate at university campuses near you
Posted by jaysondcooke in Activism, Climate Change, Cons and Scams, Discrimination, Education, Equality, Politics, Racism, racism or just plain old ignorence?, unintentionally funny, Weird on October 24, 2011
A couple of weeks ago I wrote that I was preparing a story on the Citizens Electoral Council (CEC), but until today had posted nothing more on this subject. This was in no small part due to the vast amount of research I ended up compiling, but also because I had received correspondence from around the country regarding CEC activities. Among many concerning activities I’ve discovered is that cartloads of the CEC’s propaganda paper, The New Citizen , have been regularly appearing not just at Griffith University campuses and Bond University on Queensland’s Gold Coast, but on university campuses Australia wide.
Ideology vs. evidence: An example from a personal experience with climate ‘sceptics’
Posted by jaysondcooke in Climate Change on October 8, 2011
Late last year I was fortunate enough to attend a talk by Professor Tim Flannery hosted by my local public library. The only downside to a great presentation launching Professor Flannery’s latest book “Here On Earth“, were a couple of rude members of the crowd who loudly proclaimed (thankfully during question time) to all in attendance that they were climate ‘sceptics’. In addition to not relinquishing the microphone and speaking over the top of other audience members and the guest speaker, this seemed to distinguish them quite neatly from the rest of the crowd, who had not felt the need to express the ideologies by which they view the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Bolt: Smarter folk are more likely to be (climate change) sceptics
Posted by jaysondcooke in Agenda driven press, Bolt, Climate Change, Media mishaps on October 6, 2011
It’s hard to ignore the heated (pardon the pun) debate regarding climate change. Whether it’s the impact humans are having on our climate (if any), whether our climate is actually changing at all, or whether the consequences (again, if any) are positive or negative overall, certain sections of the Australian media are adamant there is very, very good reason to doubt the actual experts. Read the rest of this entry »
Think Inc bitches!
Posted by jaysondcooke in Activism, Climate Change, Events, Humanism, Humour, Where am I going again? on September 14, 2011
I’ll be in unpredictable ol’ Melbourne town this coming weekend for the inaugural (or first depending on level of literacy) Think Inc conference!
If you can’t make it to Sunday’s event, I’d seriously recommend re-prioritizing your life to avoid missing out. Read the rest of this entry »
Media and Democracy series brought to us by The Conversation
Posted by jaysondcooke in Activism, Agenda driven press, Bolt, Climate Change, Human Rights, Media mishaps, News, Politics on September 2, 2011
This week saw The Conversation launch a week-long series looking at how the media influences the way our representatives develop policy.
It was great reading so I’m providing the links to all 13 parts right here just for you. Yes you! Read the rest of this entry »
Abbott debates Abbott: When eschewing reason ensures hilarity
Posted by jaysondcooke in Climate Change, Crikey, Humour, News, Politics on July 24, 2011
Crikey‘s Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane, with the assistance of Crikey intern Nikki Bricknell, put opposition leader Tony Abbott’s biography ‘Battlelines and speeches, media transcripts and articles since mid-2009′ to good use earlier this year.
If you somehow missed this the first time around, simply click here!
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