In light of the endless, droning, prevaricating monotony that has been the GOP debate season, I thought it was worth posting this gem. Via 22 Words:
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Showing posts with label climate debate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label climate debate. Show all posts
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Rules For Rational Debate
Dec 15th, 2011
In light of the endless, droning, prevaricating monotony that has been the GOP debate season, I thought it was worth posting this gem. Via 22 Words:
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In light of the endless, droning, prevaricating monotony that has been the GOP debate season, I thought it was worth posting this gem. Via 22 Words:
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Monday, November 28, 2011
If We Ran The World...
Nov 28th, 2011
This classic clip from The Kentucky Fried Movie somehow seems more relevant today. Admit it... wouldn't you like to see someone respond, just once, in this manner to one of the Fox News drones?
This classic clip from The Kentucky Fried Movie somehow seems more relevant today. Admit it... wouldn't you like to see someone respond, just once, in this manner to one of the Fox News drones?
Monday, November 14, 2011
There Aren't Different Versions Of The Truth, cont...
Nov 14th, 2011
As it turns out, the Koch Brothers are being forced to face the fact that some things just aren't for sale. Not even at any price. One of those things is empirical truth.
Via Raw Story:
"A prominent climate change skeptic told Congress on Monday he no longer doubts that global warming is real and caused by humans, and joined other scientists in urging action to stop it.
Physicist Richard Muller, director of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project, whose two-year research was funded in part by a foundation formed by the conservative billionaire Koch brothers, said he could find no bias in other studies.
"We confirm that over the last 50 years, temperature has risen 0.9 degrees Celsius, or 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit. This is the same number that the IPCC (UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) says."
Muller told the House Committee on Natural Resources that while he remains cautious about the extent to which humans have played a role, he now hopes other climate skeptics will come on board with his findings."
Muller, long thought of by climate change deniers as one of their own, simply couldn't deliver manufactured science. Funny how genuine science works that way, ain't it?
Via Raw Story:
"A prominent climate change skeptic told Congress on Monday he no longer doubts that global warming is real and caused by humans, and joined other scientists in urging action to stop it.
Physicist Richard Muller, director of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project, whose two-year research was funded in part by a foundation formed by the conservative billionaire Koch brothers, said he could find no bias in other studies.
"We confirm that over the last 50 years, temperature has risen 0.9 degrees Celsius, or 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit. This is the same number that the IPCC (UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) says."
Muller told the House Committee on Natural Resources that while he remains cautious about the extent to which humans have played a role, he now hopes other climate skeptics will come on board with his findings."
Muller, long thought of by climate change deniers as one of their own, simply couldn't deliver manufactured science. Funny how genuine science works that way, ain't it?
Monday, September 19, 2011
Charting Climate Awareness
Sept 19th, 2011
The Economist charts a recent Yale study which examined American views regarding climate change by political affiliation.
"Tea Partiers, unsurprisingly, tend not to believe in the phenomenon (the 53% who don't believe in global warming just outnumber the 52% who don't believe humans evolved from other animals) and are the most strongly opposed to all sorts of government action on the issue (yet quite keen, like majorities in all sorts of polling, on research into new energy sources). They also distinguish themselves in their assessment of their knowledgeability, with 30% considering themselves very well informed on the issue and a majority happy that it needs no more information on the subject."
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The Economist charts a recent Yale study which examined American views regarding climate change by political affiliation.
"Tea Partiers, unsurprisingly, tend not to believe in the phenomenon (the 53% who don't believe in global warming just outnumber the 52% who don't believe humans evolved from other animals) and are the most strongly opposed to all sorts of government action on the issue (yet quite keen, like majorities in all sorts of polling, on research into new energy sources). They also distinguish themselves in their assessment of their knowledgeability, with 30% considering themselves very well informed on the issue and a majority happy that it needs no more information on the subject."
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Quote Of The Day - Here and Now Edition
Sept 14th, 2011
"We have to weigh whether or not we will accept the judgment of every national academy of science of every major country ... or whether we'll instead take the advice of ExxonMobil and the Koch brothers and Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck."
-- Nobel Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore discussing the ongoing Republican war on science.
-- Nobel Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore discussing the ongoing Republican war on science.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Things You Can't Make Up - Galileo Edition
Sept 9th, 2011
Yes, Rick Perry said it. In defending his anti-science positions on, well, pretty much everything, he actually referred to the theocratic persecution of Galileo Galilei in the 17th Century to portray his irrationality as not only somehow reasonable, but steeped in tradition. Or something. It is very much worth noting that none of the audience laughed.
Yes, Rick Perry said it. In defending his anti-science positions on, well, pretty much everything, he actually referred to the theocratic persecution of Galileo Galilei in the 17th Century to portray his irrationality as not only somehow reasonable, but steeped in tradition. Or something. It is very much worth noting that none of the audience laughed.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Al Gore Calls "Bulls**t" On Climate Change Deniers
Aug 9th, 2011
Literally. At an Aspen,CO conference on climate issues this past Monday, Al Gore lashed out at climate change deniers (like, Rush who proudly took credit for successfully misinforming recently):
"They pay pseudo scientists to pretend to be scientists to put out the message: ‘This climate thing, it’s nonsense. Man-made CO2 doesn’t trap heat. It may be volcanoes.’ Bullshit! ‘It may be sun spots.’ Bullshit! ‘It’s not getting warmer.’ Bullshit!"
Literally. At an Aspen,CO conference on climate issues this past Monday, Al Gore lashed out at climate change deniers (like, Rush who proudly took credit for successfully misinforming recently):
"They pay pseudo scientists to pretend to be scientists to put out the message: ‘This climate thing, it’s nonsense. Man-made CO2 doesn’t trap heat. It may be volcanoes.’ Bullshit! ‘It may be sun spots.’ Bullshit! ‘It’s not getting warmer.’ Bullshit!"
This is great but the most amazing comment he makes is that there is, after so much pseudo-conservative propaganda, no longer "a shared reality."Indeed.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
The Great Climate Change Distraction
Feb 9th, 2011
by F. Grey Parker
The GOP continues to make good on it's promise to gut the Environmental Protection Agency and hopefully cripple and defund The Clean Air Act. There is every reason to believe they will succeed and it's because of semantics, not science.
by F. Grey Parker
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