tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post261569462988726985..comments2024-03-29T05:29:57.536-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: The Nonsense Fed College KidsDiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-59679942911772238892014-03-16T00:00:48.850-04:002014-03-16T00:00:48.850-04:00Anonymous is correct. I was looking at a view of ...Anonymous is correct. I was looking at a view of my hometown (Melbourne, Australia), made in 1855. From the same viewpoint today, you can hardly see a thing, because there are so many more trees. Mark Steyn has also written about how many more trees there are in his part of America now, as more efficient farming (i.e. smaller) allows once-cleared land to return to forest.cuckoonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-35204568829101913702014-03-15T20:58:11.150-04:002014-03-15T20:58:11.150-04:00Further down my valley is an area where the trees ...Further down my valley is an area where the trees were extensively felled for building materials in the later 19th century. Almost every site has now been reforested, not for harvesting but for soil conservation.According to photographic comparison from then to today there is between 20-30% more forest and aside from horse farms native wildlife is booming.Popular Frontnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-51223363276418627922014-03-15T19:10:16.126-04:002014-03-15T19:10:16.126-04:00T.H. Fehrenbach's "Comanches" is ano...T.H. Fehrenbach's "Comanches" is another good antidote; basically, once they got the horse, the Comanche turned into the Native American version of MS-13. They even kicked the snot out of the Apaches - how bad-ass is that?<br /><br />Another excellent antidote is Michno's "A Fate Worse Than Death" - an encyclopedia of 19th century captivity narratives, and not for the faint of heart or easily nauseated. So much for those peaceful, nature-loving pastorialists ...Celia Hayeshttp://www.celiahayes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-56274907903612638822014-03-15T15:13:11.590-04:002014-03-15T15:13:11.590-04:00Now, the New England animal lovers are over run wi...Now, the New England animal lovers are over run with deer and other critters. Mother Nature has a sense of humor.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-51443981143589061042014-03-15T15:02:51.886-04:002014-03-15T15:02:51.886-04:00"The easy oil, vast artesian pools of the stu..."The easy oil, vast artesian pools of the stuff"-essentially that is what the early "tar" sands of Alberta were. Before they were exploited they were leaking into the Saskatchewan River-Oh NO! mother nature was polluting the river.<br />By removing the petroleum products from the sand and organic material then replacing the cleaned sand, the site is like a huge remediation project, actually leaving the place "cleaner" than nature provided and reducing river pollution.<br />Newer extraction methods do not even require removal of the sands, and still the watermelons whine.<br />Cascadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-54198428729254228202014-03-15T13:57:20.345-04:002014-03-15T13:57:20.345-04:00SE New England has many woodlots bounded by stone ...SE New England has many woodlots bounded by stone fences - the farmers headed west to regions where you could grow things besides rocks. <br />Many years ago, when it was still worth subscribing, The Atlantic had an article on the reforestation of New England.chuckRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11116989548864110362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-79628564965626726862014-03-15T13:53:48.570-04:002014-03-15T13:53:48.570-04:00S.C. Gwynne's Empire of the Summer Moon is a g...S.C. Gwynne's Empire of the Summer Moon is a good antidote to the hoohah over the peaceful Native Americans pastoralists. chuckRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11116989548864110362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-46451591317566476972014-03-15T13:49:37.551-04:002014-03-15T13:49:37.551-04:00"One of the problems I've recently been d..."One of the problems I've recently been dealing with is the concept of credentials."<br /><br />Acquaintances of mine have been voicing such sentiments - for long enough I usually have "scheduling conflicts" when soirees are in the works. But I did notice this:<br /><br />http://maverickphilosopher.typepad.com/maverick_philosopher/2014/03/leiter-lambasted-a-case-of-the-left-eating-their-own.html<br /><br />ArkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-25944602405409646262014-03-15T10:53:09.111-04:002014-03-15T10:53:09.111-04:00Actually I have been doing further reading on this...Actually I have been doing further reading on this and it turns out to be the same in the US. There is now more land under forest than there was in the mid-17th century. The US forestry service apparently does not count private forests.DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-70615787920833344732014-03-14T21:46:15.974-04:002014-03-14T21:46:15.974-04:00Australia today has more forest than it did at the...Australia today has more forest than it did at the comencement of European settlement, Aboriginals nolonger annually set fire to vast areas of forrest in order to generate grassland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-43092494699304956162014-03-14T21:11:59.916-04:002014-03-14T21:11:59.916-04:00"Conservatives made a tremendous strategic er..."Conservatives made a tremendous strategic error when they focused on politics and left academia and popular culture for the left to conquer and distort."<br /><br />The draft and the Vietnam War filled universities with draft dodgers who just stayed on. I have read about lefties who went to work for the VA "counseling " kids returning from Vietnam. Major Hassan was doing the same thing for kids coming back from Afghanistan.<br /><br />My daughter, who graduated last May from U of Arizona was taught (I saw the "study guide") that the Silent Majority of the 60s were white people who refused to accept the Civil Rights Act of 1964. No mention of Vietnam and Nixon. She was also taught that western settlers were taught how to farm by "Native Americans." Those were the Plans Indians who were hunter gatherers. One of her textbooks was on "Whiteness Studies."<br /><br />It didn't take and she is more conservative than I am (if possible). We had dinner last weekend and decided we are libertarian.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-10001939888850773012014-03-14T20:45:19.965-04:002014-03-14T20:45:19.965-04:00Mandatory. Mandatory. DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-9753268546864683662014-03-14T17:15:41.544-04:002014-03-14T17:15:41.544-04:00Does her prof not know that Paul Ehrlich lost his ...Does her prof not know that Paul Ehrlich lost his bet with Julian Simon on resource scarcity? Sorry, stupid question.<br />The easy oil, vast artesian pools of the stuff, is found and on the way to being used up. That leaves 90% to get to and fracking gets us availability about the total amount of oil used in the last century - leaving a huge amount for the next tech advancement. President Bumbles will probably screw it up, but this is an opportunity to hurt two of our enemies - Russia and the (Wahhabi terrorist funding)Saudis.<br /><br />If she doesn't mind is flunking the course, perhaps your daughter could school the sociology prof on reality. You didn't mention why she is taking the course - mandatory distribution? chuckRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11116989548864110362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-62475845133499923302014-03-14T15:59:57.156-04:002014-03-14T15:59:57.156-04:00Ayn Rand said that the communists boasted that the...Ayn Rand said that the communists boasted that they'd be so efficient that one factory would produce a whole nation's shoes. When that failed, they'd be spruiking walking barefoot. See that sort of thing everywhere now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-67389840556831081702014-03-14T12:53:20.257-04:002014-03-14T12:53:20.257-04:00One of the problems I've recently been dealing...One of the problems I've recently been dealing with is the concept of credentials. My daughter reads nonsense on the internet and makes the assumption that the author is an expert on the subject matter. I've been trying to teach her that this isn't necessarily so and to ask about the education and background of the author.<br /><br />The Story of Stuff is a product of Annie Leonard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Leonard). Note that her bio doesn't indicate any science or economics background at all. Like most of the "activists" I've ever known, my guess is that Ms. Leonard is clueless...anenergygeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222528123087792766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-85204911107143893022014-03-14T10:29:56.523-04:002014-03-14T10:29:56.523-04:00Paul Ehrlich.Paul Ehrlich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-57850349661225469982014-03-14T07:55:13.591-04:002014-03-14T07:55:13.591-04:00Conservatives made a tremendous strategic error wh...Conservatives made a tremendous strategic error when they focused on politics and left academia and popular culture for the left to conquer and distort. It is almost impossible to fix the mess now, given the huge numbers of ill-educated, quasi-illiterate citizens we're left with.Keith Sloanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319879076978887933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-37386137624576257322014-03-14T05:57:59.359-04:002014-03-14T05:57:59.359-04:00I notice our daughter didn't hear anything abo...I notice our daughter didn't hear anything about the re-forestation of the northeast. Before the Midwest ate everyone else's lunch in terms of agricultural productivity, the area around Camp David in Frederick County, Maryland was small farms. It's now all secondary growth forest. There are lots of such places in the East. <br /><br />Further, don't believe it when they say the teak forest in Thailand is gone. Its problem is that after much exploitation (one of the things that keeps the Chakkri family (the royals) in money, all the trees are too small and young to be cut. But wait another fifty years...Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-12298247766131143712014-03-14T03:32:44.647-04:002014-03-14T03:32:44.647-04:00I recently underwent some corporate training for a...I recently underwent some corporate training for a major US company and this video was part of that course. Sadly, far too many of the other participants were nodding along with it and voiced their general agreement at the conclusion. There were only a handful of us who disputed it both in general terms and in the specifics.<br /><br />I'm afraid that when it comes to matters regarding economics and markets, the general public just cannot be won over. They've been so conditioned into believing all this nonesense over a generation or more that to suggest any alternative makes you some kind of fringe kook, who they can safely ignore.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-50988931441604561292014-03-14T01:48:14.652-04:002014-03-14T01:48:14.652-04:00Apparently this video has been around since 2008.Apparently this video has been around since 2008.DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-44417943379438289362014-03-13T23:30:20.730-04:002014-03-13T23:30:20.730-04:00How very wonderful. The old promise of communism a...How very wonderful. The old promise of communism and central planning was that it could create material prosperity for all beyond anything Capitalism could ever do. Communism is good because it generates prosperity. Capitalism is bad because it generates poverty.<br /><br />But after nearly a century of who knows how many communist regimes have appeared history seems to indicate that communism seems to produce poverty rather than prosperity, at least in contrast to Capitalism. But rather than abandon the ideal of Communism, they'e abandoned the idea of material prosperity as a good thing. Now its poverty (sustainability) that's good, prosperity is bad.<br /><br />Poor communism, she's an answer that's been trying to find the right question to hook up with for more than a hundred years, but all those questions have all turned out to be cads. Buts she's a idea, she cannot die, she'll always be looking for her perfect prince charming question to appear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-12699578750740927112014-03-13T23:29:37.325-04:002014-03-13T23:29:37.325-04:00He knowes how to make it but pisses it away...
To...He knowes how to make it but pisses it away...<br /><br />Tom Steyers, that hedge fund billionaire in San Francisco, will one day be looked at as the joke of his generation. He gloms onto whatever ridiculous liberal--excuse me, progressive--cause is out there.<br /><br />Politicians are lined up at his door to take his millions. Whatever stupid cause he supports is their mantra.<br /><br />He is a science denier in the extreme when it comes to global warming--excuse me, climate change--but it makes him feel powerful to be able to buy the servitude of Dem congressmen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-72154959761515406082014-03-13T23:03:12.670-04:002014-03-13T23:03:12.670-04:00Have a look at the costs.
ww.youtube.com/watch?v=...Have a look at the costs. <br />ww.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw5Lda06iK0<br />This an outstanding example of unintended consequences and unelected and elected government intrusion into your life and wallet.mumbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677063607278647695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-49852993410237096212014-03-13T22:37:24.375-04:002014-03-13T22:37:24.375-04:00"but I'm sure Bob Brown and his eco-loons..."but I'm sure Bob Brown and his eco-loons made it conditional for Green Senate support"<br /><br />PF I'd like to be as sure of winning the lottery.David from Oznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-30085922888803691722014-03-13T21:19:52.884-04:002014-03-13T21:19:52.884-04:00"They may not know how to create wealth ... &..."They may not know how to create wealth ... "<br /><br />Actually. <i>"They" do.</i> <br />________________<br /><br />Two positions at any American University come up on (admittedly I'm a little ungeeky) Mozilla or whatever stands in as a US University Level Professorial recruitment site.<br /><br />Albert Einstein and Vince Lombardi each send applications in for what were - before Lombardi's app appears - two "teaching" positions.<br /><br />(It occurs I'm plagiarizing Diplomad's "Hugo Chavez Schrödinger's Cat" post but then that was a while back, this is now & who knows now anyway.)<br /><br />Anyway, both Albert and Vince demand "half of whatever sum portends to whatever."<br /><br />Fortunately nowadays we've to hand the obvious solution<br /><br /><i><strong>Crowdsourcing.</strong></i><br /><br />ArkieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com