tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post1631692593937109283..comments2024-01-02T22:01:12.976+00:00Comments on Avedon's Sideshow: Even slower glassAvedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-49936153442665625732014-09-21T02:46:57.936+01:002014-09-21T02:46:57.936+01:00Tony Blair did, Avedon. I'm not sure anything...Tony Blair did, Avedon. I'm not sure anything has changed since then, either.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-30201187082358754172014-09-19T05:24:45.070+01:002014-09-19T05:24:45.070+01:00THE more information people have in the run-up to ...<i>THE more information people have in the run-up to the independence referendum, the more likely they are to vote Yes, a new study has suggested.<br />...<br />Researcher Davide Morisi, from Italy, helped with the research involving 300 voters – 70 per cent of whom said they were undecided when the experiment began.<br /><br />He said: “Since independence is related to more uncertainty than keeping the status quo, reading convincing arguments has a stronger effect on a Yes vote, because it contributes to reducing these uncertainties to an ‘acceptable’ level.”</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.scotlandnow.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/independence-referendum-more-informed-people-4182392" rel="nofollow">scotlandnow.dailyrecord</a><br /><br />Not my country, but I'd hate to think inertia and scare-mongering won the day.ksixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406854618914127269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-41496221333923251262014-09-17T06:17:50.733+01:002014-09-17T06:17:50.733+01:00Ah - I see. :-)Ah - I see. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-61034086366821032892014-09-17T05:23:39.168+01:002014-09-17T05:23:39.168+01:00I'm an American, but I'm only in the US if...I'm an American, but I'm only in the US if you regard London as a far suburb of Washington, DC.Avedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-29076000737533783922014-09-17T05:17:41.843+01:002014-09-17T05:17:41.843+01:00George Monbiot on media opposition to Scottish ind...George Monbiot on media opposition to Scottish independence:<br /><br />"There is nothing unusual about this. Change in any direction, except further over the brink of market fundamentalism and planetary destruction, requires the defiance of almost the entire battery of salaried opinion."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-72486229195575686302014-09-17T00:43:05.454+01:002014-09-17T00:43:05.454+01:00Your observations on the Scottish independence iss...Your observations on the Scottish independence issue are the best I've seen from someone in the US. There's plenty of arrant BS out there, very little good common sense. Thank you! I hope you will not mind, if I use your words on the Scottish issue in my own blog tomorrow - of course, giving a shout-out to your blog. (I'm an English ex-pat, now dual US/UK citizen)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-16820210268836349592014-09-15T17:37:32.691+01:002014-09-15T17:37:32.691+01:00I think there may be someone sane on the editorial...<i>I think there may be someone sane on the editorial board of The Washington Post, but they didn't have any input into this cheerleading for holy war. </i><br /><br />Fred Hiatt and Jackson Diehl would fire him or her, and replace with another Jenghazi Rubin.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com