Comments on: Cheap lolz http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/ Ben Goldacre's Bad Science column from the Guardian and more... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:55:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jiang http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-30343 jiang Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:18:26 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-30343 ed hardy <a title="ed hardy" href="http://www.edhardyplus.co.uk" rel="nofollow"><strong>ed hardy</strong></a> ed hardy clothing <a title="ed hardy clothing" href="http://www.edhardyplus.co.uk" rel="nofollow"><strong>ed hardy clothing</strong></a> ed hardy shop <a title="ed hardy shop" href="http://www.edhardyplus.co.uk" rel="nofollow"><strong>ed hardy shop</strong></a> christian audigier <a title="christian audigier" href="http://www.edhardyplus.co.uk/christian-audigier.html" rel="nofollow"><strong>christian audigier</strong></a> ed hardy cheap <a title="ed hardy cheap" href="http://www.edhardyplus.co.uk" rel="nofollow"><strong>ed hardy cheap</strong></a> ed hardy outlet <a title="ed hardy outlet" href="http://www.edhardyplus.co.uk" rel="nofollow"><strong>ed hardy outlet</strong></a> ed hardy sale <a title="ed hardy clothes" href="http://www.edhardyplus.co.uk" rel="nofollow"><strong>ed hardy sale</strong></a> ed hardy store <a title="ed hardy store" href="http://www.edhardyplus.co.uk" rel="nofollow"><strong>ed hardy store</strong></a> ed hardy mens <a title="ed hardy mens" href="http://www.edhardyplus.co.uk/ed-hardy-mens.html" rel="nofollow"><strong>ed hardy mens</strong></a> ed hardy womens <a title="ed hardy womens" href="http://www.edhardyplus.co.uk/ed-hardy-womens.html" rel="nofollow"><strong>ed hardy womens</strong></a> ed hardy kids <a title="ed hardy kids" href="http://www.edhardyplus.co.uk/kids.html" rel="nofollow"><strong>ed hardy kids</strong></a> ed hardy kids ed hardy ed hardy
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]]> By: Robert Carnegie http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21208 Robert Carnegie Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:57:53 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21208 Morphine is worth a bit to hospitals. A proposal to legalise Afghanistan's produce and reserve it for clinical use seems to have fallen on stony ground, and probably right. Morphine is worth a bit to hospitals. A proposal to legalise Afghanistan’s produce and reserve it for clinical use seems to have fallen on stony ground, and probably right.

]]> By: Robert Carnegie http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21207 Robert Carnegie Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:55:55 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21207 There was a Sergio Aragones strip cartoon in a series about cannabis, where the police found the field and burned it, then headed back downwind into town and found the population lying around giggling from the fumes. But this seems quite improbable. There was a Sergio Aragones strip cartoon in a series about cannabis, where the police found the field and burned it, then headed back downwind into town and found the population lying around giggling from the fumes. But this seems quite improbable.

]]> By: mikewhit http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21185 mikewhit Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:23:49 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21185 I do wish, when the press goes on about "... xxx drugs, worth £yM ..." they would go on to say, "... to a junkie. " Because it's not worth that to anyone else. I do wish, when the press goes on about “… xxx drugs, worth £yM …” they would go on to say, “… to a junkie. ”

Because it’s not worth that to anyone else.

]]> By: heavens http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21171 heavens Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:52:44 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21171 NuttyBat, The maximum payload weight for a space shuttle is only about 26 tonnes, so the volume of the cocaine doesn't matter: it would take at least three space shuttles to carry that weight to low earth orbit. NuttyBat,

The maximum payload weight for a space shuttle is only about 26 tonnes, so the volume of the cocaine doesn’t matter: it would take at least three space shuttles to carry that weight to low earth orbit.

]]> By: NuttyBat http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21164 NuttyBat Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:43:25 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21164 There'll probably be a follow-up piece on the dangers of GM plants to explain how cannabis can be turned into heroin. Does anyone know the volume of 80 tonnes of coccaine? Would it fit into a space shuttle? There’ll probably be a follow-up piece on the dangers of GM plants to explain how cannabis can be turned into heroin.

Does anyone know the volume of 80 tonnes of coccaine? Would it fit into a space shuttle?

]]> By: aimaz http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21156 aimaz Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:36:39 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21156 They have confused Columbia and Colombia as well. I wonder if they mean the spaceship. They have confused Columbia and Colombia as well.

I wonder if they mean the spaceship.

]]> By: D-Notice http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21153 D-Notice Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:52:46 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21153 Does this mean that Cannabis is a gateway drug to Heroin? Does this mean that Cannabis is a gateway drug to Heroin?

]]> By: chinaphil http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21147 chinaphil Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:28:04 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21147 Burning cannabis and dispersing it into the air? And we're meant to believe this is not psyops? Perhaps it's the new strategy: look Taliban, just chill the fuck out! Take some good deep breaths of nice fresh air, and chill. Burning cannabis and dispersing it into the air? And we’re meant to believe this is not psyops? Perhaps it’s the new strategy: look Taliban, just chill the fuck out! Take some good deep breaths of nice fresh air, and chill.

]]> By: Robert Carnegie http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21145 Robert Carnegie Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:14:31 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21145 It isn't contradictory (but may not be true) that the Taleban in the old days closed down drug farming, but now uses it to raise funds. In the old days they were funded by the U.S., or maybe armed... Incidentally, what was or is the IRA position on drugs, really? They too needed funds but could get them as U.S. donations - which -might- dry up if the same group was also in the drugs trade. It isn’t contradictory (but may not be true) that the Taleban in the old days closed down drug farming, but now uses it to raise funds. In the old days they were funded by the U.S., or maybe armed…

Incidentally, what was or is the IRA position on drugs, really? They too needed funds but could get them as U.S. donations – which -might- dry up if the same group was also in the drugs trade.

]]> By: adamlaughlin http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21144 adamlaughlin Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:49:12 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21144 At the end of my adolescence, I have spent the last half of my life learning about everything with the internet, and I can't believe lately how stupid your UK government thinks its subjects are. THEY THINK YOU ARE SO STUPID! ;_; I live in Canada, and I can tell you that the American media treats the YANKEES with more respect than the people who are barking on about skunk, mould and... alchemy? Please, Britons, I implore you, tell two friends to tell two friends to tell two friends to not believe anything they watch on tele or print for the next ten years. At the end of my adolescence, I have spent the last half of my life learning about everything with the internet, and I can’t believe lately how stupid your UK government thinks its subjects are. THEY THINK YOU ARE SO STUPID! ;_; I live in Canada, and I can tell you that the American media treats the YANKEES with more respect than the people who are barking on about skunk, mould and… alchemy?
Please, Britons, I implore you, tell two friends to tell two friends to tell two friends to not believe anything they watch on tele or print for the next ten years.

]]> By: germslayer http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21126 germslayer Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:17:50 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21126 Perhaps we should do something like this: http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/06/mcr_protest_photos.html every time the mail gets it wrong... (mind you, don't fancy being permanantly camped outside there!) Perhaps we should do something like this: http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/06/mcr_protest_photos.html every time the mail gets it wrong…

(mind you, don’t fancy being permanantly camped outside there!)

]]> By: rjmunro http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21123 rjmunro Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:08:08 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21123 See also this blog, that finds some more holes in the story, mainly over the values and quantities involved: http://thelawwestofealingbroadway.blogspot.com/2008/06/jump-jet-heroes-destroy-horror-drugs.html See also this blog, that finds some more holes in the story, mainly over the values and quantities involved:
http://thelawwestofealingbroadway.blogspot.com/2008/06/jump-jet-heroes-destroy-horror-drugs.html

]]> By: muscleman http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21122 muscleman Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:36:34 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21122 Has anyone else tried to comment on it? I have and it hasn't passed the moderators. They obviously cannot stand any sort of criticism. Has anyone else tried to comment on it? I have and it hasn’t passed the moderators. They obviously cannot stand any sort of criticism.

]]> By: used to be jdc http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21119 used to be jdc Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:35:05 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21119 Brilliant. They are clearly publishing stories without reading them. I love that someone eventually spots that the woman and two kids are not, in fact, a cache of drugs - but still fails to spot that an area is turning cannabis into heroin. Brilliant. They are clearly publishing stories without reading them. I love that someone eventually spots that the woman and two kids are not, in fact, a cache of drugs – but still fails to spot that an area is turning cannabis into heroin.

]]> By: seenoevil http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21117 seenoevil Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:51:10 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21117 Heh. Saw this yesterday, fantastic. Perhaps their Science & Tech section will do a follow up story about the actual process involved. Should be of interest to all the home growers out there. Heh. Saw this yesterday, fantastic.
Perhaps their Science & Tech section will do a follow up story about the actual process involved. Should be of interest to all the home growers out there.

]]> By: Squander Two http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21116 Squander Two Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:07:17 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21116 Oh, hang on. <i>"Officials believe the area - near to the Taliban stronghold of Quetta in Pakistan - was turning dried cannabis leaves into heroin."</i> It wasn't people turning the cannabis into heroin -- it was <i>the area</i>. Like, some weird geographic phenomenon. Well, that might be possible. Oh, hang on.

“Officials believe the area – near to the Taliban stronghold of Quetta in Pakistan – was turning dried cannabis leaves into heroin.”

It wasn’t people turning the cannabis into heroin — it was the area. Like, some weird geographic phenomenon. Well, that might be possible.

]]> By: Squander Two http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21115 Squander Two Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:01:56 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21115 One of the captions now mentions "236 tons of hash and 2.5 tons of opium". So some official probably did mention cannabis and making heroin in the same sentence and confused the poor reporter. Which I doubt was difficult. I have to wonder about the economics of destroying the drugs with Harriers. Apparently, they doused the remains with petrol afterwards and burned them. Why not just do that in the first place? One of the captions now mentions “236 tons of hash and 2.5 tons of opium”. So some official probably did mention cannabis and making heroin in the same sentence and confused the poor reporter. Which I doubt was difficult.

I have to wonder about the economics of destroying the drugs with Harriers. Apparently, they doused the remains with petrol afterwards and burned them. Why not just do that in the first place?

]]> By: martinr http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21114 martinr Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:55:43 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21114 Within the same short article: '237-ton stash', '236 tons of hash', '2.5 tons of opium', '5 tons of opium', 'six trenches', 'third of three drug caches'. I think 'Daily Mail reporter' has spent the afternoon smoking something. "Oh man that's like 20 busses .. what did I just say, oh yeah, that's like thirty double decker busses..wow" . i tried to comment but they must vet comments - probably by checking whether your IP address is within or outside of Buckinghamshire. Within the same short article: ‘237-ton stash’, ‘236 tons of hash’, ‘2.5 tons of opium’, ‘5 tons of opium’, ’six trenches’, ‘third of three drug caches’. I think ‘Daily Mail reporter’ has spent the afternoon smoking something. “Oh man that’s like 20 busses .. what did I just say, oh yeah, that’s like thirty double decker busses..wow” . i tried to comment but they must vet comments – probably by checking whether your IP address is within or outside of Buckinghamshire.

]]> By: outeast http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-21113 outeast Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:50:51 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/daily-mail-goes-for-the-win/#comment-21113 They've corrected the picture - but the cannabis is still being turned into heroin. Damnned clever chaps those sand-niggers. They’ve corrected the picture – but the cannabis is still being turned into heroin. Damnned clever chaps those sand-niggers.

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