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Mark Wadsworth
http://markwadsworth.blogspot.co.uk/
Politics, economics, humour, cow-attacks and Land Value Tax.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )
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Climate Change Confusion
From the BBC: "Climate change: Rising sea levels threaten 200,000 England properties". The picture nicely illustrates the point that they have clearly (and... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2022 DEBATE -
Another Big, Fat Lie
Unless you are a prepper living off-grid in the Alaskan wilderness, you will have noticed that fuel is costing more than it has ever done before. Read more
Posted on 21 June 2022 DEBATE -
Don't Let That Bubble Deflate!
Faced with the spectre of reducing loan to income (LTI) rates as interest rates start to climb and thaus causing house prices to drop as borrowers are faced wit... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2022 DEBATE -
1. What Percent of the Atmosphere is Water Vapour? 2. The Lapse Rate and Latent...
There are many sources that say it's on average 2 percent. I had long assumed this was correct, it turns it out that it's complete rubbish, and it's actually... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2022 DEBATE -
Classic Shroud-waving
For anyone who remembers the post war Rent Acts, the government's latest proposals on tenancy reform appear to be fairly mild. Read more
Posted on 17 June 2022 DEBATE -
NewsThump Explains BitCoin
From NewsThump: "Look, if you want to invest in crypto, go for it. Personally speaking, I think fireworks are a much more entertaining way of setting fire to... Read more
Posted on 16 June 2022 DEBATE -
Home-Owner-Ism - Guardian and NewsThump on Top Form
Firstly, from the Guardian. A good summary of the overall catastrophic outcomes, the interesting bit is this: Boris Johnson’s latest proposal to expand home... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2022 DEBATE -
Putin - the CEO of an Oil and Gas Company with Its Own Armed Forces
Most of the reasons bandied about as to why Putin invaded Ukraine are clearly nonsense, unless he is insane. Denazification? Reclaiming lost Russian territory? ... Read more
Posted on 10 June 2022 DEBATE -
A Very Sensible Woman
The Daily Mash ran another article about [people like] me: A WOMAN carefully plans every car journey she makes around not having to do any right-hand turns. Read more
Posted on 06 June 2022 DEBATE -
Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (493)
Under an LVT-supporting article in The Guardian: acornishfarmer average farm 213 acres ...worth £2M... average income per acre £66 (2019... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2022 DEBATE -
The Long History of Diagonal Comparisons
Bayard in the comments linked to Eunice Newton Foote, the Forgotten Pioneer of the Greenhouse Effect: In her brief study [in 1856], entitled Circumstances... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2022 DEBATE -
Scientific Approach
This just about sums up Alarmism, which is somewhat ironic, as the author of this particular strip is a True Believer. Read more
Posted on 28 May 2022 DEBATE -
Thou Shalt Neither Mock nor Question the Holy Scriptures.
From the BBC: HSBC has reportedly suspended a senior executive who accused central bankers and other officials of exaggerating the financial risks of climate... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2022 DEBATE -
Price Cap Bollocks
The "energy price cap" is forecast to rise by almost half as much again in the autumn. This article explains why. A little investigation reveals this about the... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2022 DEBATE -
Could Go Either Way - Make up Your Own Mind.
From Euronews: What role does climate change play in Germany's severe flooding? How is climate change affecting flooding? The likelihood of flooding is... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2022 DEBATE -
'Impossible' GSCE Maths Question?
See e.g. The Daily Express. 1. Here's the basic question. Let's assume side length is 10, for sake of argument. 2. Draw the overlapping bits (dotted outlines)... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2022 DEBATE -
Skateboard Upgrade (3)
I decided that I didn't like the old deck. Having designed the perfect deck on paper, I was researching what materials I need to make my own custom deck when I... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2022 DEBATE -
Classic Head and Shoulders Formation
In techincal analysis, which means recognising patterns in price charts - of quoted shares or commodities, one of the most powerful signals is the head and... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2022 DEBATE -
Skateboard Upgrade (2)
Continued from here. Ebay told me that my new truck bushings wouldn't be here for a fortnight, so I went back to the shop and bought some Independent medium sof... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2022 DEBATE -
Skateboard Upgrade
Her Indoors bought The Lad a £30 all-in-one skateboard on holiday a couple of years ago. The deck was fine - they are all the same nowadays; nice 7.5"... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2022 DEBATE