tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post7055853072378147612..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: How to conserve energy by ignoring most news stories Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-37924963727148588332014-05-30T12:15:27.353+01:002014-05-30T12:15:27.353+01:00I agree with every word, Riley - especially regard...I agree with every word, Riley - especially regarding the appalling Just a Bloody Minute: I mean, why??? Next time you find yourself awake at 2.30, you might try Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos on iPlayer - worth it for Alan Yentob as Gollum and the Masterchef demolition (as James May put it, a programme which pretends that cooking pasta is difficult). Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-80501594853912890002014-05-29T02:27:58.365+01:002014-05-29T02:27:58.365+01:00Just to lower the bar a little: I switch off the w...Just to lower the bar a little: I switch off the wireless with the speed of a Cassius Clay jab whenever the BBC broadcasts You and Yours, Moneybox Live, anything whatsoever to do with Association Football, any programme, particularly the fatuous Just a Minute, whenever I hear the whining, swooping, grating, self-satisfied voice of Graham Norton. The tripe emanating from the main TV stations is alleviated by programmes on art history (discussed earlier this month) most documentaries and once in a while an unbiased news broadcast. Crikey, I forgot to pour scorn on the ghastly Greg Wallace of Master Chef and all the contrived excitement and suspense that makes even greater fools of the fools who watch.<br />As to the world of the printed media: people with tattoos; talent shows and all the drivel associated therewith; news of the failure of Giant Pandas to procreate in Edinburgh; commentary on the comings and goings of soap operas and their camera-hungry thesps struggling to justify their existence outside their world of make-believe.<br />In fact there is almost fuck-all out there in the modern world that doesn't cause my bile to rise but I do enjoy the postman's knock which signals the arrival of the The Spectator.<br />I haven't rattled my own cage and put under scrutiny the world of politics and the self-serving, sanctimonious, hypocritical practitioners thereof as it's nearly 2:30 in the morning and I need to rest....Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191599030795096843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-25168687206107822342014-05-28T10:22:29.031+01:002014-05-28T10:22:29.031+01:00Couldn't agree with him more - after all, comm...Couldn't agree with him more - after all, communist countries have always husbanded our precious, fragile ecosystem so tenderly and wisely.<br /><br />The top story in today's Guardian was "Racism on the rise in Britain", subheaded: "Exclusive: British Social Attitudes survey finds proportion of people in the UK who say they are racially prejudiced has risen since 2001".<br /><br />The top story in the Telegraph was about a proposal for taxpayers to pay for very fat people to attend Weight Watchers - on the basis I suppose that the very fat people will already have spent all their money on food.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-21728827127833650482014-05-28T10:16:12.921+01:002014-05-28T10:16:12.921+01:00I gave up reading health stories about five years&...I gave up reading health stories about five years' ago when I began to suspect they were being generated by a computer programme which, deopending on which day of the week it was, would spew out a story announcing that, for instance, raisins either cause or cure cancer, while another app came up with reasons why every single thing that happened or didn't happen in the world was the result of AGW.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-53550052034223614322014-05-27T22:58:49.734+01:002014-05-27T22:58:49.734+01:00I think you'll find this Telegraph article has...I think you'll find this <i>Telegraph</i> article has everything you're looking for.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/10859230/Prince-Charles-reform-capitalism-to-save-the-planet.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Prince Charles: reform capitalism to save the planet</b></a><br /><i>A “fundamental transformation of global capitalism” is needed in order to tackle climate change, the Prince of Wales has said</i><br /><br />By the way, Twitter is saying that Labour have lost control of Tower Hamlets.David Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345636878071983416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-32541065112785099022014-05-27T20:16:24.023+01:002014-05-27T20:16:24.023+01:00Agreed on all the above. I would respectfully add ...Agreed on all the above. I would respectfully add any story about nutrition of food. They are always pseudo-scientific claptrap of the worst kind.GCoopernoreply@blogger.com