tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post4403143978185246411..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: More Binge-Drinking FictionDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-50552874101268801012011-04-08T16:50:07.562+01:002011-04-08T16:50:07.562+01:00Thanks for the link FAV. Some seriously deluded pe...Thanks for the link FAV. Some seriously deluded people on that thread. Very good comments from you, I see. :)Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-61106139587060338472011-04-08T11:42:31.463+01:002011-04-08T11:42:31.463+01:00Dick, I trust the ONS more than most other departm...Dick, I trust the ONS more than most other departments. <br /><br />Of course they can't put a footnote saying "These figures are bullshit but Our Political Masters told us what results they wanted to see" so they put in coded messages like "Figures not directly comparable because of updated methodology" or somesuch, which to statistics aficionados mean "These figures are bullshit".Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-2144405202571058172011-04-08T11:25:42.389+01:002011-04-08T11:25:42.389+01:00Dick,
You may wish to read the comments in the fo...Dick,<br /><br />You may wish to read the comments in the following article:<br /><br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australias-cigarette-war-over-shocking-pack-rules-2264966.html<br /><br /><br />Hope you're well.<br />FAVFound A Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511818050872321121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-76446994239464273782011-04-08T08:22:09.187+01:002011-04-08T08:22:09.187+01:00Yep, just seen that TBY. And the whole thing relie...Yep, just seen that TBY. And the whole thing relies on the same big fat lie I wrote about yesterday. Incredible!Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-69708180301262681892011-04-08T08:12:33.294+01:002011-04-08T08:12:33.294+01:00Oh the are just getting started on drinkers DP:
D...Oh the are just getting started on drinkers DP:<br /><br /><b><i>Drinking more than a pint of beer a day can substantially increase the risk of some cancers, research shows.</i></b><br /><br />All hyped up by the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12999000" rel="nofollow">BBC</a> of course, it's relentless reporting on TV this morning nearly made my bring up my breakfast.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072165710888952465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-64151070127863000382011-04-08T05:11:29.592+01:002011-04-08T05:11:29.592+01:00I don't understand why they would report like ...I don't understand why they would report like this. If someone is reporting economic numbers, then usually they use a base-line year and keep it all adjusted to take out the effects of inflation and then one can see the true effects. If they showed a jump in the year they changed the factor they used to call something a "unit", then they should have used standardized units, all as the old, or all as the new, not mix the two together in order to show their "big jump". Either first grade math or first grade science classes would have weeded this out, unless maybe that's no longer discussed in those subject matters in school anymore. And aren't most of these politicians supposed to be "educated"? What have they been doing prior to starting out their political careers - sleeping their way through schools and never studied anything?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-65745944689021938942011-04-08T01:30:16.158+01:002011-04-08T01:30:16.158+01:00It just got worse Dick. The BBC actually published...It just got worse Dick. The BBC actually published this piece of turgid crap as headline news http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12999000<br /><br />It is as usual appalling rubbish and is totally politically motivated <br /><br />The conclusion reads:<br />“These data support current political efforts to reduce or to abstain from alcohol consumption to reduce the incidence of cancer. <br /><br />In other words, a bunch of politically motivated unqualified and unprincipled scumbags have secured their grant money for next year by doing nothing more than manipulating data to support whartever certain politicians want to achieve. No actual study or <br /><br />original research required. The BBC is now right up there with the Daily Mail when it comes to printing utter rubbish on cancerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-61021956833842574422011-04-07T22:25:08.571+01:002011-04-07T22:25:08.571+01:00*sigh*
You are absolutely right. And an excellentl...*sigh*<br />You are absolutely right. And an excellently written and well-presented post. Again.<br />But presenting the facts doesn't seem to cut any mustard.<br />*sigh*<br />You see, photos and reports of young women doing the sort of ordinary stuff that most young women do: like, er, chatting with their Mums, finishing an essay, washing their hair, working in a path lab, preparing the firm's year end accounts, watching a film on TV, worrying sbout the future, ... DOESN'T SELL PAPERS.<br /><br />And it DOESN'T SELL RESEARCH TO THE FUNDERS.<br /><br />No, we need images of drunk women with knickers round their ankles. THAT'S the way to get the money in.<br /><br />Honest research and truthful reporting? Oh, that's SO old-fashioned, DP. Dontcha know you have to be On Message nowadays to get anywhere?<br />*sigh*Lysistratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193876192173490810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-83796707831953984892011-04-07T21:01:29.462+01:002011-04-07T21:01:29.462+01:00Slack ONS, incompetent MSM??
Thank god for that, ...Slack ONS, incompetent MSM??<br /><br />Thank god for that, I was starting to think that it was some kind of behaviour modification technique based on insidious, subliminal brainwashing and lies.<br /><br />Thank you for the nudge back to reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com