jump to navigation

FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG: ANZAC DAY April 26, 2014

Posted by wmmbb in DOG BLOG -.
add a comment

The days merge as they tend to do, and often I cannot remember one day from the next. When there is a record it can be noticed that “things” have occurred. I am not sure what Dexter and Hannah’s remembered experience is to them.
(more…)

WARMING OR COOLING? April 25, 2014

Posted by wmmbb in Australian Politics, CLIMATE CHANGE, Duckspeak, Humankind/Planet Earth.
add a comment

Good to see that Maurice Newman is holding to his position that dismisses the scientific theory of climate change caused by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in which Carbon Dioxide gas emissions play a critical role.

(more…)

FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG: EASTER April 19, 2014

Posted by wmmbb in DOG BLOG -.
1 comment so far

The tradition of Easter, including it pagan antecedents, does not make any real sense here in the Southern Hemisphere. We are in Autumn, heading toward Winter.
(more…)

ONE FELL SWOOP April 17, 2014

Posted by wmmbb in Australian Politics.
3 comments

Barry O’Farrell resigned suddenly this morning. He should have declared the $3,000 bottle of wine – or possibly returned it. And now the political game has been changed in NSW.
(more…)

SENATE COUNT April 14, 2014

Posted by wmmbb in Australian Politics.
add a comment

At Crikey, Casey Briggs, a mathematician suggest we need to focus on how the votes are counted. In summary, rather than giving a long quote, the transfer value of the largest blocs of votes depends on when they are counted.
(more…)

FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG: RAIN AGAIN April 12, 2014

Posted by wmmbb in DOG BLOG -.
1 comment so far

The rain does not seem to be going away. Of course, it is wise to be careful when wishing the rain away. However, Dexter and Hannah are not getting out as much as they would.
(more…)

WA SENATE BY-ELECTION April 7, 2014

Posted by wmmbb in Australian Politics.
6 comments

This election was always going to produce unusual results in detail, although it does not seem to have changed the post-July Senate. There are remaining 31.28% of first preference votes to count on the latest figures from the AEC.

(more…)

FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG: ROAD NOT TAKEN April 5, 2014

Posted by wmmbb in DOG BLOG -.
add a comment

There are virus enough for humans – and computers – to catch. Fortunately, neither Dexter or Hannah has been affected.
(more…)

INDIFFERENCE TO IPCC REPORTS April 4, 2014

Posted by wmmbb in CLIMATE CHANGE.
add a comment

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change fifth assessment report on Climate Change impacts Monday. The Second Working Group was concerned with impacts, adaptation and mitigation.

(more…)