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I wouldn’t be having a laugh at the intelligence of anyone who dares to disagree with your eco faith when the main premis you are supporting is that you can dial climate up or down depending on how much you tax carbon.

Cheeseburger Gothic » The sky is not falling! The sky is not falling! 2009

But all thats based on the premis that choppers are available, planes are available, no restriction on flying, the birds have been serviced and gee wiz ..

Cheeseburger Gothic » Gentlemen’s Club. 2009

To further clarify the premis – there is what most might consider a villain setting out to destroy the world.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Frank Murdock’s Review Forum 2009

It would also require a heck of a lot more work than bald assertion to support the premis that "Japan has become less innovative and more risk-averse" over the last ten years; have a look at i-mode mobile phones and tell me they aren't innovative.

Liquidity Trap or Statism Trap?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

I've debated with those types before with the premis being that I'll give up my guns when they give up their right to free speech.

What's Wrong with this Picture? 2008

I believe that sort of language pseudo intellectual right wing rhetoric which is either based upon a post hoc argument where they use the fact that one event proceeded another as sufficient evidence that one caused the other, a subjectivist argument or one of Begging the question in which they try to support a proposition with an argument in which that proposition is itself a premis.

Final Fantasy « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

Richard Dawkins is applying a line of logic that is scientific and has a wealth of empirical evidence to support it, however, to people of faith their premis and assumptions are located in the realms of philosophy and theology, once you have empirical evidence its no longer philosophy.

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

I think that this argument is again one of Begging the Question as its central proposition is based upon the premis that IQ is an accurate measurement of intellectual eminence.

Final Fantasy « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

If David Cameron decides to restate a simple premis that is the corner stone of conservative belief; considering that he is the leader of the conservative party, this hardly constitutes sacrificing your principles.

Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

For me, the pubs with the very best food, such as the Pot Kiln in Berkshire, the Kingham Plough in Oxfordshire and the Sportsman in Kent, wouldn ' t suffer a whit if you removed the bar and beer from their premis es altogether.

Taking None for the Road Bruce Palling 2010