tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post4186779143941280255..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Jolly Hockey SticksEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-7052098680633414382011-12-11T16:42:14.790-05:002011-12-11T16:42:14.790-05:00CB,
Bathtubs are side issues. Talking about Mexi...CB,<br /><br />Bathtubs are side issues. Talking about Mexicans is not enough. Here's the secret recipe to regai prosperity:<br /><br />> COSTS are rising everywhere for American corporations, from energy to employee health insurance premiums. Yet in their drive to cut expenses, most notably by moving factories and call centers to other countries, they are overlooking the escalating cost of the executive suite. It's time to apply market logic to this disturbing trend and begin outsourcing chief executives. This measure would unlock tremendous value for shareholders.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/opinion/09orlow.html<br /><br />This is the only rational conclusion. And yet Reason magazine never mentioned it. And yet our good DOCTOR Cadbury prefers moralism to this secret recipe.<br /><br />Let's wonder why.willardhttp://neverendingaudit.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-62764572239166406762011-12-08T16:46:29.154-05:002011-12-08T16:46:29.154-05:00Williard,
DOCTOR Cadbury has so easily eviscerat...Williard,<br /><br />DOCTOR Cadbury has so easily eviscerated your arguments. <br />All that money she is spending on a bathtub is creating JOBS. And important ones. The skills involved in making the crystal bathtub, - the shipping jobs and installation. And think of the carving and polishing. Why the next Hubble telescope lens can be tidied up by these mexican workers at a HUGE savings if we replace those technocrats with these guys. Mexicans are hard workers I am told, not like those lazy scientists.<br />If the GOVERNMENT had stolen that money from her just think of how it would likely have been wasted instead of the great productive use she put it to. Imagine the loss of quality of life if she had had to suffer with one of these. http://www.mostexpensiverecords.com/general/4-most-expensive-bathtubs-in-the-world.html<br /><br />CB (Cadbury's bulldog if you don't remember)tonylearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168161576867493109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-72939830085891814212011-12-08T14:16:01.792-05:002011-12-08T14:16:01.792-05:00Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.
@Willard
Poor Willard, all...Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.<br /><br />@Willard<br /><br />Poor Willard, allow the good doctor to smack you in the head with his trust boomerang of honesty. <br /><br />"But there was something the series didn’t tell us: how much of this you helped to pay for."<br /><br />-ho ho ho, the article never answered this question, so for all we know, Tamara paid for it all herself. Furthermore, you didn't account for the massive transfer of wealth she engaged in:<br /><br />"This endeavour was not wholly successful. Channel 5 showed her supervising the refurbishment of her £45m home in London, in which she commissioned a £1m bathtub carved from Mexican crystal, an underground swimming pool complex, her own nightclub, a lift for her Ferrari, a bowling alley with crystal-studded balls and a spa and massage parlour for her five dogs, to save her the trouble of taking them to Harrods to have their hair sprayed and their nails painted.<br /><br />Let's just start from the top, the million pound bathub made from Mexican crystal: I suspect the crystal had to be imported from Mexico, so you would have guys in Mexico shaping and polishing it, let's be conservative and say that only took 2 people. Next, it has to be shipped via truck to the coast or an airport by somebody. Then, it comes to England by plane or by boat, where it has to be again put onto a truck, and you figure it takes at least 2 people to load the bathtub onto the truck. Finally, it gets to the house where we can presume at least 2 people were installing the bathroom...I'll stop here. <br /><br />Maybe you should quit crying about other people's success and try to make something of yourself. Envy is worse than greed, Willard. I can promise you this, if you spend the rest of your life posting complaints on the internet you're going to earn what you deserve...0!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-37645932070007392712011-12-08T11:30:32.444-05:002011-12-08T11:30:32.444-05:00Yes, but decarbonization.
Oh, and speaking of Wel...Yes, but decarbonization.<br /><br />Oh, and speaking of Welfare State, here's one for you, CB:<br /><br />http://www.monbiot.com/2011/11/21/the-corporate-welfare-state/<br /><br />Is this the same Matt Ridley quoted on the cover of our good Bishop's book?willardhttp://neverendingaudit.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-8454414434540287362011-12-08T10:15:16.556-05:002011-12-08T10:15:16.556-05:00Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.
@Bernard
The good doctor d...Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.<br /><br />@Bernard<br /><br />The good doctor does not deny that many of the people here are smarter than he. However, the good doctor believes he has a superior sense of right and wrong. Furthermore, the good doctor alleges that Eli, Lucia and Gambino have wasted a tremendous amount of time learning about models that have failed. The good doctor is not only skeptical of climate models but almost all models in general. For example, an agent from our health provider tried to convince me to go on a high deductible plan where you pay up to $1500, and after that, everything is covered. My other option was to pay as I go, which I did. The good doctor is happy to report that his medical expenses for the year are at $900. Now, of course the health agent told me that I could get in a car crash tomorrow and the plan I chose would be bad...but who ended up being right? The good doctor's brain crushed the model.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-54185937782304389412011-12-08T05:56:44.509-05:002011-12-08T05:56:44.509-05:00Well there ya go.
Refreshing would have answered ...Well there ya go.<br /><br />Refreshing would have answered my question - it is just some tosser pretending.<br /><br />So, JC pdh is name for the killfile. Well noted.<br /><br /><br />Bernard J. Hyphen-Anonymous XVII, Esq. (with lashings of whipped cream)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-11568854716637492362011-12-08T05:50:33.305-05:002011-12-08T05:50:33.305-05:00"Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd."
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Seriously, ..."Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd."<br /><br />?!<br /><br />Seriously, WTF?!<br /><br />What sort of tosser would sign his posts <i>at the beginning</i>, using a tautological affectation of his claimed qualifications (and incorrectly cased, in the process), when he is completely surrounded by folk as qualified as is he, and very likely more so?<br /><br />And the purile crap that always follows is just as unbelievable. If the "phd" wasn't simply bought from an internet 'school', the granting institution should be alerted so that they can immediately review the serious deficiency in their postgraduate program that permitted one such as the chocolate bar to graduate.<br /><br />Or is this simply a very earnest attempt at Poe...?<br /><br /><br />Bernard J. Hyphen-Anonymous XVII, Esq. (with lashings of whipped cream)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-57669126875556223022011-12-06T13:38:50.965-05:002011-12-06T13:38:50.965-05:00Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.
hahaha, alright, your are h...Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.<br /><br />hahaha, alright, your are hereby known to me as Cadbury's bulldog. In case you were wondering, Jay Cadbury arose from some jerk over at realclimate named ray ladbury and my love of the cadbury egg, but I suspect you already knew that anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-7086287961992366932011-12-06T13:28:09.234-05:002011-12-06T13:28:09.234-05:00Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.
@tonylearns
Okay fine. I h...Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.<br /><br />@tonylearns<br /><br />Okay fine. I have 30 different allergies, Tony and I now demand that they be covered. Anyone who opposes this is a heartless individual and likely pro pollen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-36015348251566262032011-12-06T13:27:00.096-05:002011-12-06T13:27:00.096-05:00the REAL DOCTOR would have called me CB in solidar...the REAL DOCTOR would have called me CB in solidarity. I am NOT wasting anymore of my time with you until I see that picture!tonylearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168161576867493109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-33838080234015733692011-12-06T13:16:52.563-05:002011-12-06T13:16:52.563-05:00DR,
I am a little offended. i was AGREEING with yo...DR,<br />I am a little offended. i was AGREEING with you and you took it all the wrong way. those scientists have plenty of time and i clearly said that they are likely purposefully keeping the accurate info from you personally. BTW don't get down on yourself, your questions are GREAT, that is what made me see the light!<br /><br />I CAN'T BELIEVE you looked at those graphs. Don't you know what curiosity did to the cat (but then it hunted fewer bunnies I bet Heh Heh). But I am glad you once again pointed out the truth. Crayons, REALLY?<br /><br />And now that you have outed the enviro gyro (hey it rhymes!) whackos. Of course I once tasted crude and I can understand why they would hate it -just sayin.<br /><br />Horatio, he nailed you there. Greed and giving the finger to the future is NOT a moral belief, just Darwin duking it out with the universe baby!<br /><br />Can anyone deny Bush didn't raise taxes for the war? NO, you can't. And look at what good shape we are in economically now. All the people who make a lot of money have WAY more and can now spend it so we can have jobs/ And those silly soldiers thinking that they wouldn't enter combat. All of them are liberals, so they deserve to fight their friends the Mooslims. And then Obama comes along and he forces us to pay for grandma's death panel, when I already pointe out the other option is MUCH cheaper (river's are self cleaning for those who say it would cause more pollution)<br /><br />And Bowers. the government doesn't need to take ANY of our money. They can just print whatever they need, and there is no need for taxes at ALL! Taxes don't originate in the government. they come from us ( I was going to write "you idiot" but I refrain from hominid attacks on people).<br /><br />And how Dare this Kathleen Syphilis character (Ok one hominid) make WELLNESS free, unless she is having the government print out the money for each visit and that seems like an inefficient way to do things.<br /><br />Wait a second. I am starting to Wonder if somebody stole the DOCTORS identity. Is this new guy SPOOFING the DOCTOR? that would be unfair, because that would make my job much harder. <br />I am not going to write any more until you post a picture of the REAL DOCTOR holding todays newspaper<br /><br />CD (Cadbury's Bulldog, in case you skipped my previous post)tonylearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168161576867493109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-20179375003356178112011-12-06T12:47:35.895-05:002011-12-06T12:47:35.895-05:00Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.
@Tonylearns
You know its f...Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.<br /><br />@Tonylearns<br /><br />You know its funny you mention that OWS is angry about social security, if that's the case why aren't they protesting the democrat party? There the ones who won't allow the retirement age and the benefits to be changed. And as mayor Bloomberg said, most of their protesting is unfounded, 0-1% of those people actually had money in the banks they are protesting, and the mortgage crisis was largely a result of government forcing bad loans and then guaranteeing the loans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-79530284860515935152011-12-06T12:38:11.063-05:002011-12-06T12:38:11.063-05:00Dr Cadbury ( I am thinking of renaming myself Cadb...Dr Cadbury ( I am thinking of renaming myself Cadbury's bulldog, since you have so effectively turned me around). I am rather horrified at the impoliteness of the commenters not Referring to DOCTOR Cadbury. I only have a high school degree so my first name is fine.<br /><br />Once again the DOCTOR eviscerates the entire post. HAH. What OF social security or pensions? What hypocrites you all are. Can't you see the howling millions of protesters demanding their money back for these programs? Isn't that REALLY what OWS is about? Why we would ALL be rich if we had just dumped our parents into the river when they couldn't work anymore. "what have you done for me lately". Argue THAT one you red rabbits you.<br /><br />And I see Bowers has not dared to correct DOCTOR Cadbury's research exposing him for a Soros funded pasrasite.<br /><br />And Susan is left quivering in frustration unable to counter the devastating argument that John Cook is a crazy activist! Proof in itself being banning the penetrating analysis of the DOCTOR!<br /><br />And NONE of you will dare deny that current temps and CO2 levels show a DEVASTATING downward trend when you don't CHERRY pick arbitrary points like the last 50, or 200 years or even the last millennia. <br />I have just found that original temperature of the planet is over a THOUSAND of degrees K (that means Kelvin. Kelvin is some guy who counted the temperature ALL the way down to nothing and then stopped there). So no matter HOW you slice or dice it temps are heading south and this temporary blip is meaningless.<br /><br />And Susan how DARE you demand money of a DOCTOR! Shame!<br /><br />Following the DOCTORS advice, when I just bought gas I told the guy to give an extra five to Mobil, so they can give it to my descendant, but I think he just put it in his pocket<br /><br />To be fair to the rest of you (and apologies to the DOCTOR) his was not the best run on sentence, so I don't think he should get an award for that.<br /><br />So, DOCTOR Cadbury, do you think if I keep writing really good comments like this I can be banned at Skeptical Science as well, or do I have to actually write something on that site to get banned? I got banned at Goddard's site (twice in fact), but that was for using facts. Would you put in a good word for me with John?<br /><br />Cadbury's Bulldog (decided not to wait and see if you all think this is a good moniker).<br />P.S. If I had known how much easier it is to be a denier, I would have switched sides AGES ago!<br />P.P.S. Really, it's fun, you guys should give it a whirltonylearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168161576867493109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-25937583037929163632011-12-06T12:34:37.886-05:002011-12-06T12:34:37.886-05:00@tonylearns
precisely, Tony. You can't find i...@tonylearns<br /><br />precisely, Tony. You can't find it either. Instead of complaining like me, you chalk it up to busy work and defend the scientists by claiming the information is not important. Oh well, none of you should wonder anymore why global warming is questioned, we ask questions and are told the questions are bad or not worth responding to. <br /><br />@Susan Anderson<br /><br />Susan, curiosity got the best of me and I had to check out John cookin the books' Cook's graph. Are you kidding me? 2 pictures of the globe colored in with crayons? hahahaha, those pictures lay out the case pretty straightforwardly if you're smashed. <br /><br />@Horatio<br /><br />Horatio, apparently nobody gave you the memo. None of this is about reducing emissions or stopping temperature rise. This is a war between enviro-gyro whackos and the rest of the public. The enviro-gyros hate fossil fuel period and want to impose their moral beliefs on everybody else.<br /><br />Consider the wars Bush started versus liberal policies today. For example, in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Bush did not raise taxes and joining the war effort was FULLY optional. Military personnel already enlisted who opposed the war were not very smart people because if you sign up for the military and don't expect to enter combat your just an idiot. Now, some of the hackers like J Bowers are going to respond that Bush increased spending by reducing the taxes on those making 250k+. Unfortunately for J Bowers, I have a brain and telling me that allowing people to keep more of their money that was theirs in the first place is a spending increase sounds very stupid. The next thing Bowers will say is that Bush lowered the taxes relative to the rate they were at under Clinton. Doesn't matter, might point still stands because that money never originated in the government either way. It's not Bush's fault the stupid congress chose not to cut government expenditures in other places. <br /><br />On the other hand, we ALL will have to pay for stupid Obamacare and we ALL will have to pay for a stupid carbon tax. For example, Kathleen Sebelius said women's contraceptives and wellness visits are now free. Eli, I have no control over some random lady's sexual endeavors, why in the hell should I have to pay for it? And let's not get into the other areas where this applies like social security because my opinion on it is the same, I shouldn't have to pay it and the idea of social security in the first place is wrong because you can't pay somebody not to work. I know of someone's grandfather who actually returned his social security checks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-19244246803276783212011-12-06T11:56:18.759-05:002011-12-06T11:56:18.759-05:00I must admit I had been feeling bad about not resp...I must admit I had been feeling bad about not responding to Dr. Cadbury after his very polite comment on my comment, so I am glad his current insights have inspired me.<br />Frankly, I was embarrassed at how wrong I was and how right he was. How DARE these scientists not have running averages of temperature or CO2 concentrations or sea level rise to the level of accuracy that Dr. Cadbury insists on. All of the dozens of graphs I found on the internet apparently are imperfect. <br /><br />He IS a PH.D, and I can see is rightfully offended to the sloppy reconstructions. Of course the most likely explanation is that they purposefully have botched it all up, hiding inclines, declines and levelclines, so that climate scientists can get away with their crazy assertions about CO2 and the greenhouse effect (did you carrot munchers know that the human contribution of CO2 is ONLY .0000something of the ENTIRE atmosphere?)<br /><br />Ok. I am reading for more questions Dr. Cadburytonylearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168161576867493109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-58022718314565839022011-12-06T11:30:10.324-05:002011-12-06T11:30:10.324-05:00Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.
@Gaz
"will quite happ...Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.<br /><br />@Gaz<br /><br />"will quite happily argue that the environment can be degraded for future generations (who can't be parties to the transaction, even involuntarily, because they aren't born yet)"<br /><br />Well HO HO HO! Right, and you know what else this applies to! SOCIAL SECURITY and UNION benefits and pensions baby! And wasn't around when those deals were reached, so I shouldn't have to honor any of that squat! Gaz! You have been caught! The standard of doubles, my friend!<br /><br /><br />@Bowers<br /><br />you are paid by media matters or another far left hack group.<br /><br />@Susan Anderson<br /><br />I refuse to look at your graph because John Cook is a crazy activist and has banned from his site. Additionally, we're still below global average temperature and below average atmospheric co2, so you still have no comparison for human attribution of climate change. Of course, you can call me a liar and a denier...but the fact remains. Plus, I think your moral compass is broken or warped, either way I think it is extremely selfish of you to demand my money and I think you should pay more money to use fossil fuels oh that's right your a huge hypocrite and aren't willing to do any of the crap that you preach. <br /><br />This should put me in the running for best run on sentence, and the good doctor requests a carrot from Eli as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-42130569306444477122011-12-06T02:12:13.947-05:002011-12-06T02:12:13.947-05:00Well, actually Eli recycles. EBay can be a bunny&...Well, actually Eli recycles. EBay can be a bunny's best friend (esp if the Rabett knows what the stuff is and the seller don't).EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-50974111536465985972011-12-06T01:30:09.059-05:002011-12-06T01:30:09.059-05:00It's amazing that people who would rail agains...It's amazing that people who would rail against the idea of taking money from the rich and giving it to the poor today, on the basis that intperpersonal comparisons of utility are invalid and therefore the only way of knowing a transaction increases what economists refer to as "welfare" is if the transaction is a voluntary one, will quite happily argue that the environment can be degraded for future generations (who can't be parties to the transaction, even involuntarily, because they aren't born yet) on the assumption that they will be so wealthy that they won't notice as much, which is not just an interpersonal comparison of utility, but an intertemporal one as well.<br /><br />There, I broke the record for the longest sentence on the Rabett blog!<br /><br />I think I deserve some lettuce and a carrot for that!Gaznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-76389712970937644652011-12-05T22:57:47.139-05:002011-12-05T22:57:47.139-05:00Little Mouse appears correct.<b>Little Mouse</b> appears correct.David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-3530799075058515972011-12-05T15:31:35.336-05:002011-12-05T15:31:35.336-05:00How to tell a society that is collapsing; decreasi...How to tell a society that is collapsing; decreasing returns on prettty much everything. Oh dear that is us. Have we even reached peak science, Look at the cost of Prof Rabett's lab compared to one of twenty years ago, or Edison's or Newton's. Eli has advanced science, but today's costs are so much greater for smaller advances. How much more again would the lab that Eli lusts over cost. <br /><br />Our massive increase in wealth over the last two hundred years has been energy driven, or should I say cheap energy driven. That cheap energy has almost gone, what is left is so much harder to get to. We are not drilling for oil at 40,000 feet because of an abundance at 100 feet. New coal mines are removing much more overburden.<br /><br />The last ten years has overturned a two hundred year trend of reducing commodity prices (in real terms). That we have entered the end game of this society is already in the numbers. We are like that coyote, running on air.<br /><br />So no, the world will not be richer in the future.<br /><br />Little MouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-52608064702541942272011-12-05T11:17:16.368-05:002011-12-05T11:17:16.368-05:00Remind Horatio again why CO2 will only pose a sign...Remind Horatio again why CO2 will only pose a significant problem if economic <i>growth</i> continues (as some seem to assume).<br /><br />Horatio could be wrong (has been before on a couple occasions) but it sure seems like the atmospheric CO2 level would continue to go up (by about 2ppm per year) <i>even</i> if world economic activity were somehow "frozen" (maintained) at it's current level (ie, same total emissions each year)<br /><br />At that rate of increase (~2ppm per year), atmospheric CO2 doubling (over the preindustrial level of ~280) would be reached by the end of this century.<br /><br />So, even with "zero economic growth" (zero <i>growth</i> in yearly emissions), future generations will still end up with a 2-4C increase in temperature (depending on climate sensitivity). <br /><br />Why is the latter scenario <i>not</i> a problem?<br /><br /><br />And RE <i>"one reason that Ayn Rand never gave children to any of her main characters"</i><br /><br />Maybe cuz then should would have had to title her book "Atlas Hugged", which doesn't have quite the same bite.Horatio Algeranonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988805467080448954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-49042007469317508872011-12-05T10:36:51.298-05:002011-12-05T10:36:51.298-05:00Aside, this one's good:
http://thesnufkin.blog...Aside, this one's good:<br />http://thesnufkin.blogspot.com/Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-85185307227747704182011-12-05T10:07:32.743-05:002011-12-05T10:07:32.743-05:00> one reason that Ayn Rand never gave
> chi...> one reason that Ayn Rand never gave <br />> children to any of her main characters. <br /><br />She did, but they ate them.Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-13688390879714005322011-12-05T09:06:54.365-05:002011-12-05T09:06:54.365-05:00"It's the old perfect intergenerational p..."It's the old perfect intergenerational problem that economics cannot equitably deal with, a situation where current generations impose costs on future ones, if the future is far enough away."<br /><br />I wonder too if this is one reason that Ayn Rand never gave children to any of her main characters.Antiquated Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08727187247287268014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-12050455236937420372011-12-04T21:29:42.963-05:002011-12-04T21:29:42.963-05:00Can't eat a book.
A carrot now...Can't eat a book.<br /><br />A carrot now...David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.com