tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post1699079287670392890..comments2023-12-19T09:40:12.020-08:00Comments on The Emoluments of Mars: Kerry Cassidy—A second strikeexpathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-79387675584417728542018-05-22T20:21:35.740-07:002018-05-22T20:21:35.740-07:00There's nothing in the first amendment that me...There's nothing in the first amendment that mentions "qualified journalist". It mentions the word "press", but that meant (at the time) anyone with access to a printing press. The founders didn't say anything about the education, intelligence, or integrity of such people. Some (certainly Jefferson) saw them as partisan hacks who were never the less necessary for the functioning of a healthy republic.<br /><br />None of this means that Cassidy isn't bat guano crazy, she certainly is. What it does mean is that we have to be careful about excusing the silencing of someone just because we disagree with them. I'm not nearly as trusting as some here in the wisdom of the folks currently running big-tech. Some of these folks (cough-Zuckerberg-cough) are actually sociopaths. Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-71418701991704587062018-05-22T00:14:22.333-07:002018-05-22T00:14:22.333-07:00* off topic but on track *
"A perfect fit
A...* off topic but on track *<br /><br />"A perfect fit<br /><br />Astronomers first discovered the asteroid in question, which has the succinct name (413107) 2015 BZ509 (or Bee-Zed for short), back in 2015 using the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS). Though the initial discovery team noticed Bee-Zed had a very peculiar, yet stable orbit — it shares a nearly perfect one-to-one resonance with Jupiter, but travels in the opposite direction — they were unable to explain why the asteroid has this ‘retrograde’ motion. <br /><br />“How the asteroid came to move in this way while sharing Jupiter’s orbit has until now been a mystery,” said Fathi Namouni, the study’s lead author, in a press release. “If 2015 BZ509 were a native of our system, it should have had the same original direction as all of the other planets and asteroids, inherited from the cloud of gas and dust that formed them.” "<br /><br />"".....while sharing Jupiter’s orbit has until now been a mystery....""<br /><br />Mike the Cartman and the Hoagie are going to have a field-day with this one :-) :-)<br /><br />Adrian<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-38148213192049621032018-05-18T14:44:56.176-07:002018-05-18T14:44:56.176-07:00Nothing shows how much you value the work of a pro...Nothing shows how much you value the work of a professional lawyer quite like asking them to work for you for free to try and get you lots of money.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-19448176862973179422018-05-14T07:12:45.613-07:002018-05-14T07:12:45.613-07:00For the benefit of those who may not know, Liz was...For the benefit of those who may not know, Liz was the primary exposer of the paedophile activities of Jimmy Savile, as a reporter on <i>Newsnight</i>. However the BBC never allowed her exposé on the air.<br /><br />I would point out that she continued to do fine work until her untimely death last year.expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-44197685782456688222018-05-14T06:55:52.647-07:002018-05-14T06:55:52.647-07:00"Qualified journalists should investigate dil..."Qualified journalists should investigate diligently."<br /><br />I fully agree....but in some cases when they [ diligent investigative journalist's ] do so...they not always end up being praised for this qualification. Remember for instance Liz MacKean, a high profile BBC journalist. <br /><br />Oh and a list of names with truly diligent investigative journalist's could be made the length of a roll of toiletpaper...not ending up being praised for their quality work .<br /><br />AdrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-18674350059758030872018-05-13T06:47:31.974-07:002018-05-13T06:47:31.974-07:00No, George. Qualified journalists should investiga...No, George. Qualified journalists should investigate diligently. As they do. Kerry Cassidy doesn't investigate, she makes assumptions.expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-36125042859416551812018-05-12T18:35:32.958-07:002018-05-12T18:35:32.958-07:00Everyone should blindly trust those in charge. The...Everyone should blindly trust those in charge. There should be no one looking into whatever has happened.G-Zeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045778466138756755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-79813749117190242002018-05-12T02:35:29.947-07:002018-05-12T02:35:29.947-07:00She may have idiotic points of view and opinions.....She may have idiotic points of view and opinions...but nonetheless...points of view and opinions. There are good therapies for that in the psychological arena....but she has a point. If we allow and or find it necessary and or cheer at phenomenons like censoring and or discrediting people because one can not stand the fact that others might have an opinion as well, however ridiculous or off the grid...then call it for what it really is...fascism and nothing else. One can argue until one sees blue in the face...but if one cheers and adheres to the regulation of thought and opinion....again..one enters the arena of fascism. And if one needs the T-shirt version....If you are easily offended...now would be a good time to bugger off. And as for the elephant in the room...Nobody gave Google..Youtube etc etc...the legal right to play God, Judge, Jury and Executioner.<br /><br />AdrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com