Annie Leonard argues in the presentation at the top of her site that the modern means of production and rates of consumption are fatally flawed. She backs up her assertions with some interesting (though US-centric) numbers. I particularly like how every time she refers to the “golden arrow” of consumption, there’s a little “aaah!” sound. Read more »
I’m still in semi-hiatus mode at the moment. I move a heap of my furniture next Monday and my ADSL should be connected later in the same week (although it may be delayed to the following week). Still have a bunch a paperwork to go though (AEC, automatic rent payment etc). I’d rather be blogging.
In the interim, I’ll give you some rolled gold from dominionist theology of a few years past.
Objective Ministries! The people who brought you sociological thought along the lines of… Read more »
Except of course, they aren’t. Our world is chemicals, our life is chemistry.
This rant is brought to you by yet another TV talking head rabbiting on about
“natural remedies, not those chemical ones” Read more »
...and asked you "Should Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes break up?", what would you say?Yes?No?Leave me alone you creep?Here is what one girl said: Read more »
Anyway, I couldn’t give a [profanity] whether a person calls himself a scientist. It doesn’t earn any extra respect from me, because it’s not as if science has covered itself with glory, morally, in my time. Scientists were the people in Germany telling Hitler that it was a good idea to kill all the Jews. Scientists were telling Stalin it was a good idea to wipe out the middle-class peasants. Scientists were telling Mao Tse-Tung it was fine to kill 50 million people in order to further the revolution. [Via Memeplex] Read more »
Kevin Drum points to this piece by Michael Gerson, denying the existence of a Republican War on Science. Read more »
But not just any old prayer. Langford is going to sponsor prayers of repentance by folks dressed in sackcloth and ashes – just like they did in Old Testament days. [. . .] To make sure everyone has appropriate attire, the mayor has reportedly ordered 2,000 sacks. (Presumably, one size fits all.) Read more »
The week in fundie: Read more »
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