CANs OF WORMS
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought." —Basho

"When you seek a new path to truth, you must expect to find it blocked by expert opinion." —Albert Guérard

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."
—Euripides (484 BC–406 BC)

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   I've asked sometimes — more for a bite than an answer — just WHO exactly owns 'the job'—?  Is it the person filling the position, or the person(s) who created it?Obviously it's...

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Fancy having a few hundred-trillion dollar notes — genuine — in your pocket? All your very own, for you to do with as you please, no questions asked?For a once in a lifetime genuine...

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Fancy having a few hundred-trillion dollar notes — genuine — in your pocket? All your very own, for you to do with as you please, no questions asked?For a once in a lifetime genuine...

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  "This," said Rick in the movie The Mummy, as hordes of bandaged-wrapped well-festered recently resurrected deceased ancient warriors were pouring upon him with hostile...

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 It's taken quite  a while and there are still die-hard AGW fanatics out there adamant that their view is the only correct one, that their 'settled science' forms the 'consensus' that...

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 It's taken quite  a while and there are still die-hard AGW fanatics out there adamant that their view is the only correct one, that their 'settled science' forms the 'consensus' that...

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 We humans are passionate about the moment.  We love fashion and we run with the herds, especially where thinking is involved.  We are lazy — why think for ourselves when the media...

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   Science. I think of science as being like firing a wee ball bearing out of a blunderbuss, it bounces off the sides all the way down the barrel and if lucky after exit it may just...

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   Since posting earlier I came across this (below). Interesting that the 'religious zealot' analogy is gaining ground in the public domain. Too obvious, really …India will of course...

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  If anyone is interested the great Global Warming Debate (scarcely a debate, though) is NOT over.I've mentioned before that global warming scare-mongers seem possessed of religious...

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  There are too many of us who believe in the Good Fairy.  So let's just take a brief look at what it's all about, shall we, after which we can re-ask the question:  can redistributing...

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 On my way in this morning I caught some sort of snippet about wharf development in Auckland in order to look pretty/whatever to impress the rugby people in a few years.Ho hum.Then...

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  I grab headlines as I pass through my emails and think about them while I'm doing other things (the ol' back-burner comes in useful) … such as the snippet below, snipped from The...

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  On tellyvee tonight one John Key Esq was cheerily defending what they called a 'flip-flop'. Apparently during the recent election nausea he ran with a "No increases in GST,...

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  In the interests of fair play towards the authors (and avoiding litigation for violating copyright) I settle for only limited quoting.  The guys I quote have done their homework...

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 In the 'psychic pets' department, what are we to make of this one?  A nursing home cat who is more accurate in predicting the deaths of terminal patients than medical staff.It could...

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 It wasn't until I came across headlines slanging him that I discovered Howard Zinn died recently.  I've read Zinn, not much, just enough to realise that here there lurked a kindred...

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In the beginning God(s) created Heaven and Earth, and all was peace and quiet until Cain biffed Abel on the bonce and then it was all on for young and old. Four thousand (or umpteen...

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On the way home tonight I caught yet another discussion group on radio pounding ears. The subject seemed to be "Are all men sex addicts?" or similar (and I gather that one prominent...

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On the way home tonight I caught yet another discussion group on radio pounding ears. The subject seemed to be "Are all men sex addicts?" or similar (and I gather that one prominent...

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Unlike real life, Conspiracy Theories have to make sense and be at least a little bit credible. I mean, who on earth would believe that an American president would actually lie to his...

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  If you will, consider this: Three policepersons outside the house having a quiet smoke (the cops, not the house) hear seven shots being fired at one per second. Briefly they...

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  In my news update from the NY Times tonight this snippet below made me ponder a point — but first, the magic snippet:=====China Says U.S. Criticism of Its Internet Policy Harms Ties...

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 And so it goes on. Inch by little inch, trickle by trickle, just one baby step at a time we approach the truth but already the damage is done.  Let's mix a few metaphors for effect,...

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 My NZH online this morning had a catchy wee headline:  "Strong support for big rise in minimum wage". http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10620765 I'll...

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I've often used — somewhat contemptuously — the expression "gone to war, killing and maiming over the name of God" but never really expected an article in the BBC to this...

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It's like shooting fish in a bucket, really it is.  I mean, did he call it, or did he not? (This is the imperial Caesar's ' I ', note).  Not that many read that particulare post, which...

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I have an uneasy feeling.  It can't be traced back to any single thing I've read recently, it's just one of those uh-ohs that arise unbidden from the miasma of my mind.  I have the...

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You're safe, aren't you?  Of course you are, we all know that.  Our system is democratic, which means that our rulers answer only to us so of course they have only our interests at...

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   This heretical swine should be dragged to the nearest Scientific Research Institute and suspended upside down over walls of flaming Bunsen burners until he recants! How dare he...