Bad Haircut comments

CNN has been garbage for years, and their last attempt at trying to revamp their popularity was a failure. All they're doing here is preaching to the converted and attempting to extract more money from fans. Can't wait to see how that will go.

At least when they still had little Brian Stelter there was a reason to watch his CNN clips for a laugh.

Quo PrimumToday  02:47 pm JST

Why must we be subjected to these fluff-and-puff "articles" about leftist politicians? Are we dealing with journalists here -- or political operatives?

What if everything about this story were the same, except Starmer was a conservative?

If he were, the media would probably be blasting him for wanting a soccer game update during a NATO summit.

Awfully lame, isn't it? Perhaps because leftists are thin-skinned so can't tolerate criticism of their dear leaders.

If Sunak had still been PM, we might have seen something like "Sunak risks millions of Ukraine lives by checking football score," with a photo of the hapless chap being scowled at by hostile journos.

What a difference a week makes.

Terrible misrepresentation of the actual situation, scientists disagreeing over things is normal part of science, but being fired in no way provides proof one opinion suddenly becomes more valuable. Ridd did not disproved the "narrative" he made terribly bad arguments against the available evidence and has been debunked many times, which is expected since he is no expert on marine biology, making him prone to accept invalid assumptions and mistakes in his work. Unfortunately part of the rebuttal of his work comes from willingly committing scientific misconduct that can't be explained by trying to work outside of his field.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X18301425?via%3Dihub

Claiming research is wrong by ignoring the available controls, cherry picking only old and less powerful studies (instead of the most important ones) and making up conclusions different from the ones the authors of the reports have is not just speaking against the consensus, is lying willingly in order to secure support from known antiscientific organizations.

As someone for whom deliberate misrepresentation is your stock in trade, your post has no value. You're not an expert in anything and are in no position to dismiss Ridd, so be on your way and cease and desist from behaving as if you're this site's science fact checker.

Prof. Peter Ridd dismissed for other reasons than a different view.

Sorry to speak out against your narrative.

No, the university came up with all manner of excuses to get rid of him, but the underlying reason was that he didn't toe the line with their position, academic freedom be damned.

The Great Barrier Reef regularly bleaches in various areas due to various reasons including water temperature changes, and then recovers, as do other reefs like this one in Indonesia. Prof. Peter Ridd inconveniently pointed this out and was excommunicated by his employer, James Cook University, for speaking out against the narrative.

Japan, stay out of entanglements you have no business being in. Just watch out for the threat in your own backyard.

kiwiboyToday  09:47 am JST

I started taking Mounjaro in January. 

At 171cm, I was 95.5kg, I was very round. High blood pressure (which I was on medicine for). Felt tired all the time. Had tried every diet, had tried swimming a few times a week without any noticeable results.

After a friend did it, I started taking Mounjaro in Jan, which killed my appetite. It was liberating. Cravings for bad food were/are gone. I now eat a banana, yoghurt and a protein shake for lunch, and a light healthy meal for dinner. I go to the local pool 3-4 times a week.

The drastic weight loss (I was down 3kg after the first month, 6kg after the 2nd month and 9kg after the 3rd month) gave me the motivation to keep going with my swimming. I would look down and be surprised my stomach was so small. Or my legs so thin. Definitely a great feeling to finally see results - which motivated me to keep going to the pool.

It's July 9th now and I'm 19.7kg down since Jan 15th. My blood pressure is no longer high (I've stopped taking blood pressure medicine) and have never felt better!

The medicine isn't cheap, at about 33,000yen/month, but I save at least 20,000yen on food as I eat less - most importantly, I eat out at restaurants less.

I'm a believer in this. Not because it's a shortcut - you still need to exercise and stay healthy. But it helps by taking away the bad urges, which let you build your new healthy habits.

That's good to see you've lost a lot of weight and are adjusting your lifestyle.

Does your doctor have a plan to wean you off it once you've reached your target weight, or is it a long-term thing? And does the doctor expect a bit of rebound once you're off it? And have you experienced any uncomfortable side-effects from it to date, or has it pretty much been smooth sailing?

Funny how the "far-right" got the most votes out of any party. But thanks to some dealing by Macron's lot, Le Pen's party missed out on getting the most seats. So claims by Scholz and his ilk are only valid to a certain extent. Anyway, let's see how France fares after "government" by a band of far-left crazies. Perhaps it'll be a catalyst for bigger RN gains in the near future as people finally tire of destructive left-wing policy.

Predictable in some ways, but the ‘alternative media’ types are at another level. 

Absolute perfection. Incredible level of discipline.

Seems that your tunnel vision prevents you from seeing the wider alternative media. You're aware that alternative media covers the entire spectrum, right? Alternative media is just basically whatever isn't government or corporate controlled. But it's hardly surprising you lack the insight to recognise that.

Clever avoidance anyway. As if minding one's own business is the business of anyone on this site. And telling someone to mind their own business sounds suspiciouly like authoritarianism to me under the misguided claim of everyone to their own (or everyone do as you are told). So, maybe too much machismo then.

LOL. But I do admire the mental gymnastics of conflating telling someone to mind their own business as authoritarianism.

I can’t think of another group so in lockstep.

Then you're not thinking very hard, but that's to be expected.

JimizoToday  12:06 pm JST

Ah, the shallowness of someone who think's he's the smartest guy in the room. But nothing other than a case study of the Dunning Krueger effect. You must be a lot of fun at parties. And that sneer of yours says more about you than it does your targets

I’m just observing the conformity. It’s incredible. I thought getting ‘free thinkers’ to agree would be like herding cats, but they are more choreographed than a Korean boy band. 

I can’t think of another group so in lockstep. 

You do see this conformity, don’t you?

You need to sharpen your powers of observation, son. You take snapshots in your mind of a few comments and think you have it all figured out. Do try harder.

It’s what they have been told.

I’ve never seen such discipline and conformity in a group of people on different matters - diet, climate, medical matters, politics etc.

Maybe it’s just a matter of convenience. A bit like booking a package holiday.

They must be really boring in conversations though. 

“So, what do you think on...Oh, I already know. Fancy another cup of tea?”

Ah, the shallowness of someone who think's he's the smartest guy in the room. But nothing other than a case study of the Dunning Krueger effect. You must be a lot of fun at parties. And that sneer of yours says more about you than it does your targets.

MoonrakerToday  11:16 am JST

What is the psychological connection between advocacy of meat and climate change denial? Is it an abhorrence of life? A severe conservatism? I am genuinely curious.

If you don't like meat, don't eat it and mind your own business. There does seem to be a strong link between cc alarmists and penchant for authoritarianism under the misguided claim of the "greater good".

The image orientation should be based on how it will look while the guitar is being played, not how it will look sitting in a stand.

Just cut some 80's hair metal moves.

virusrexToday  10:37 am JST

If you care about your health, eat real meat.

"Real meat" is a well described risk factor for heart problems, the recommendation is to avoid eating all kinds of meat and instead increase plant based food in your diet, obviously less processed food is better even when it is plant based (and a salad better than cakes) but there is zero evidence fake meat comes with more risk than real meat.

These comments get funnier by the day.

And it's going to cool off again from tomorrow. But best to panic, just in case.

Express sisterToday  08:49 am JST

Far-right poster: “Urgh, the left always whine when democracy doesn’t go their way! What babies!”

the far-right loses at the ballot box

Far-right poster: “Waaaah this isn’t fair it’s a fix!!! Israel and the left cheated by winning more votes waaaah”

Right-winger: Well, stuff happens, better luck next time. Very disappointed though, but the voters will get what they deserve.

Far-leftist: We didn't get what we want, so we'll smash stuff up and burn stuff down.

Hayashi was so alarmed he dropped his cigar.

People outside Reform, but obviously its supporters, have been digging into the background of the actor involved.

Ofcom have also looked into this and found no grounds for launching an investigation into Channel 4.

Ofcom, like the BBC, are ivory tower left-wing types who despise Reform, so it's a foregone conclusion that they would dismiss it.

Sounds about right.

Sounds like that sneer again. Thing is, how you yo manage to sneer upwards from your lofty position in the gutter?

Who says it was a scam pulled by Channel 4

People outside Reform, but obviously its supporters, have been digging into the background of the actor involved.

You said likely to.

Show me. If I did, then I did. No big deal.

I head my right-wing podcasters talking about it. Ya know, the ones you condescendingly sneer at with no justification whatsoever.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/coronavirus-youtube-creators/

Mother Jones? Give me 20 mins or so while I laugh. I guess you have no idea who Chris Martenson is or what he does. But keep the laughs coming.

Both of your new examples have also been found lying and repeating false information even when it was proven false to them, against your claim is not one or two rogue "scientists" but every single institution that is respected in the world in a related field, in every country. Pretending every single institution is "bought-and-paid for" is just another impossible excuse to avoid accepting the experts of the whole world are right and your claims are wrong.

This just keeps getting funnier. Keep up the good work. The faux angry tone adds a sense of authenticity to the act.

I thought the article on this page was satire, but you, my friend, leave it in the dust.

The experts on the other hand reference primary sources as evidence, studies with objective data, standardized methods and discussed conclusions that are peer reviewed before and after publication.

Which experts? The bought-and-paid for ones like Hotez, or honest ones like Vandenbosch and MacCullough?

LOL again. You can ignore facts, but that doesn't mean they're going away.

You were saying they were likely to be the main opposition party the other day. 

Who told you that? 

I said could be. Nobody knows until the results come in.

> Some Reform candidates dropped out due to what they described as rampant racism and homophobia in the party. A recent appalling comment about autistic people from a Reform member didn’t go down well either. Farage’s comments about Putin’s invasion were at best ill-advised.

Reform has cleaned out a few loose cannons, and the Tories seem to have gotten to a few candidates who weren't that committed to Reform after all. Maybe they fell for that scam Channel 4 tried to pull last week by getting an actor to say some unsavoury things in an attempt to discredit the party.

LOL

So no comment at all about the article or the quoted text, but you still thought this was somehow relevant?

It was a perfectly accurate and concise summary. No more to say.

Nothing to do, specially when you could not prove anybody was lying nor keeping quiet about something you would like to imagine is happening. 

Again, do you have any evidence the relationship found is spurious? no? that is because the professionals follow a method to validate their conclusions beyond any reasonable doubt.

Only for those wilfully blind or deliberately obfuscating what was really going on with respect to these jabs' safety and effectiveness.

As millions more are figuring out that we were lied to about this sordid affair - from the virus' origin to the jabs' safety and effectiveness, we get desperate acts from the faithful like this article, really reaching in an attempt to paint skeptics as victims of child abuse that rendered them incapable of making rational decisions. It's pathetic, but I suppose not unexpected since they're running out of ways to avoid assigning responsibility where it actually belongs: Fauci and Co for funding the gain of function research and then lying bout the origin; governments for enforcing jab and mask mandates based on fraudulent and misleading science, the jab makers for rushing through their product with minimal testing and running PR smear campaigns against existing treatments; and the mainstream media for acting as paid and willing mouthpieces for all of the above.

Face it, the game is up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5arKeyJx9J8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSkSVvtErEw

I know you won't be moved by evidence that contradicts your position because you're not open to changing your mind.

Raw BeerToday  11:20 am JST

Oh, so this is why many people distrust healthcare professionals, not because the latter did anything wrong...

Riiiight....

Yup. Absolutely nothing to do with certain professionals lying through their teeth or plenty of others keeping their mouths shut of fear of retribution. Just blame it on adverse childhood experiences instead to deflect the responsibility. Anything to deflect the responsibility.

I would like to see Reform pick up some seats, but worry that their votes may be spread too thinly across the population rather than concentrated in certain seats, which would increase their chances. I guess we'll have to wait and see, but in any case the utter contempt the Tories had for the public has condemned the country to at least 5 years of Labor rule.