Maybe it’s best kids don’t go to school when education is an exercise in brainwashing
Benedict Brook, news.com.au, yesterday:
More than one month’s worth of rain fell in just two hours across Sydney this morning … (which) had its wettest day for three years and its wettest November day in 34 years.
ABC Lateline, June 11, 2005:
Maxine McKew: I’m going to ask you to rain on people’s parade because … your concern … is that, long term, our weather patterns are changing in quite profound ways.
Tim Flannery: Well, I’m afraid that the science around climate change is firming up fairly quickly and … depriving Australia of its rainfall.
McKew: So does that mean … we’re faced with … back-to-back droughts and continuing thirsty cities?
Flannery: That’s right.
McKew: Well, I’m not asking you to be alarmist … (but what) is a plausible worst-case scenario?
Flannery: Well, the worst-case scenario for Sydney is that … (it) will be facing extreme difficulties with water.
What’s the bet Veronica heard Flannery’s dire predictions that somewhat discredit climate catastrophists? Veronica Hester, The Age, yesterday:
I am Veronica, 15 years old, from Scott Morrison’s electorate. Despite our Prime Minister’s calls for students not to strike from school on Friday … we will be striking … to show we will not stand for our government’s inaction on climate change … In school, we have seen … videos of our dead … Great Barrier Reef … (and) forecasts of a worrying future.
Invisible hand. Andrew Clennell, The Australian, yesterday:
Former Coalition colleagues … (expressed) concern over the support (Malcolm) Turnbull has given (Kerryn) Phelps … (after it) emerged yesterday that (Julia) Banks … consulted with Dr Phelps for weeks before abandoning Scott Morrison’s government. A senior Liberal source said … (Turnbull’s) “hands are all over the Julia Banks” resignation. “He is consumed by bringing down the government.”
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean he’s not out to get you. Turnbull tweets, yesterday:
Attribution bias — blaming others for the consequences of your own actions — is a common symptom of paranoia. Imagining “invisible” people are out to get you is also a classic symptom.
Following does not imply support. Turnbull tweets, November 21:
It’s pretty obvious really but following someone on Instagram or Twitter does not imply support approval or endorsement — simply that you are for whatever reason currently interested in seeing the followed person’s posts in your feed.
Yes, but liking implies support. Sam Clench, news.com.au, October 18:
This morning Mr Turnbull raised eyebrows by mysteriously liking a tweet expressing support for Mr Sharma’s biggest rival, independent Kerryn Phelps.
All the ridiculous suggestions that are fit to print as Abbott has been endorsed for 2019. Latika Bourke, Sydney Morning Herald, November 28:
Liberal Party branch members and sitting MPs have privately urged Dave Sharma to oust Tony Abbott from parliament, as consensus grows in Canberra that the former prime minister needs to leave politics to let the Coalition heal from an expected election loss. But Mr Sharma … rebuffed the advances … “I’ve never considered it as anything more than a ridiculous suggestion,” Mr Sharma told Fairfax Media. Mr Abbott was re-endorsed as the Liberal Party’s candidate for Warringah in September.