April 22, 2011
Shrieking Ninnies Hit Hardest
— andy I'm pretty sure someone gave a nod to this earlier in the sidebar or on the main page, but the U.N.'s defective crystal ball has resurfaced just in time for the High Holy Day of the pagan religion of
This time it seems that there's a little problem with their scare story of 50 million climate refugees by 2010. A very small problem, really. The prediction still holds, other than the fact that neither the origin nor destination of any actual climate refugees can be located.
50 million predicted. Zero found. That's about par for what passes as climate science these days. Another hallmark: "hiding the decline", in this case by deleting the inconvenient truth of their asshattery from the Internet.
In 2005, the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) published a color-coded map under the headline "Fifty million climate refugees by 2010."...
Six years later, this flood of refugees is nowhere to be found, global average temperatures are about where they were when the prediction was made—and the U.N. has done a vanishing act of its own, wiping the inconvenient map from its servers.
And don't worry about all that noise you hear emanating from Turtle Bay. It's just the sound of the goalposts being shifted.
The program's spokesman tells us the map vanished because "it's not a UNEP prediction. . . . that graphic did not represent UNEP views and was an oversimplification of UNEP views." He added that the program would like to publish a clarification, now that journalists are "making hay of it," except that the staffers able to do so are "all on holiday for Easter."
Yeah. Right. The U.N. map on the U.N. servers didn't represent the U.N.'s views. You just can't make this stuff up.
I'm sure when they get back from "holiday" they'll correct the inconvenient typo by telling us we're all doomed. DOOMED. Just in 2020 now. In the meantime, we'll get to make fun of our favorite enviro-idiot, as Rush's AlGore Doomsday Clock stands at about 4 years and ticking.
On a related note, for all you gearhead morons (and anyone who likes production of massive amounts of CO2, really) Iowahawk's annual celebration of our favorite MILF is not to be missed.
Crap! As I was writing this, I noticed that Tim Blair had found some climate refugees. I'm still standing by my post, though, as I'm pretty sure the U.N. wasn't talking about fish. Maybe.
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Posted by: Bulldog in Kansas at April 22, 2011 07:58 AM (z1C58)
Oh noes the Rethuglicans made 50 million people completely disappear.!
Posted by: MBM
SEE!!!! They are all Hitlers and Eichmanns!!!!!11!eleventy!!
Posted by: todler at April 22, 2011 07:59 AM (fPOY0)
Did you hear why air traffic controllers are so sleepy?
Because in 1981 President Reagan fired them and never allowed them to unionize and collective-bargain for decent working conditions.
Heard it today from the imbecile Stephanie Miller.
Posted by: Soothsayer 6 of 8 at April 22, 2011 07:59 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: JayBee at April 22, 2011 08:01 AM (kX5hh)
Do you know why gas prices are so high?
i. It's not Obama's fault.
ii. It has nothing to do with environmental regulations
iii. DID YOU KNOW THAT EXXONMOBIL MADE RECORD PROFITS IN 2008???
Posted by: Soothsayer 6 of 8 at April 22, 2011 08:02 AM (uFokq)
They need another compromise bill in the House quick!
Posted by: Vic at April 22, 2011 08:04 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Sgt. Fury at April 22, 2011 08:04 AM (EFot6)
Fifteen Foolish Forecasts: How did environmentalists get it so wrong on Earth Day 1970?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 22, 2011 08:04 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: The new Gen. Patton at April 22, 2011 08:04 AM (sR/pE)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at April 22, 2011 08:05 AM (op4Bf)
Their profits to earnings ratio was THROUGH THE ROOF.
Posted by: Barak Hussein, Business Major, Boy Genius at April 22, 2011 08:05 AM (wOGfT)
Posted by: rockhead at April 22, 2011 08:06 AM (UV/FU)
Posted by: Hank Johnson (D, Umbass) at April 22, 2011 08:07 AM (BP6Z1)
Wisconsin Democrats have already filed recall petitions against four Republican state Senators. Today they announced they will submit signatures against a fifth Republican, and expect a sixth by the May 2nd deadline. Before this year only four state legislators had been recalled in Wisconsin history.
You know who made this happen? Thousands of volunteers. They took time off work, family and weekends to knock on doors in the snow (yes, it's still snowing in Wisconsin) gathering over 150,000 signatures in less than two months. No one ever paid them a dime, but they kept the fight going.
Today, I'm asking members of the Daily Kos community to send short thank you notes to the volunteers who gathered recall petition signatures against Wisconsin Republicans. You can write a note by clicking here. I've already been in touch with the recall organizers in Wisconsin and they promised your note will be sent to all of the volunteers.
This isn't like a normal petition that will be read by a low-level congressional staffer. These notes will go directly to volunteers on the ground in Wisconsin.
Can you imagine how good it would feel if thousands of people around the country sent you notes of thanks? Can you imagine how fired up this will make Wisconsin volunteers feel for the recall elections this summer?
Let those on the front lines know you support them. Please, send a short thank you note to the Wisconsin volunteers who gathered recall petition signatures.
Keep fighting,
Chris Bowers
Campaign Director, Daily Kos
Posted by: Soothsayer 6 of 8 at April 22, 2011 08:07 AM (uFokq)
My people have no choice but to congregate here. None.
Posted by: Manatee at the Outflow of a Power Plant at April 22, 2011 08:08 AM (rpIn6)
I had read about the missing 50 million a week or two ago and then a couple of days later I was listening over the inter tubes a live stream of Al Gore talking at some climate disruption conference and he made a similar climate refugee claim, but I want to say he said a higher number, 100 million or 200 million or whatever.
Of course he is the same person who predicted the artic would be ice free by now and we would be seeing more, bigger hurricanes. Problem is the rating for the amount of energy created by tropical storms is at an all time low.
Just waiting for the MSM to check out those claims versus reality and call him on it. Any second now...
Posted by: AndrewsDad at April 22, 2011 08:08 AM (C2//T)
Six years later, this flood of refugees is nowhere to be found
the staffers able to do so are "all on holiday for Easter."
We don't want to step on any toes and call the UN liars. So we'll just suggest that these 50 million people are on holiday. That's sure to make us look good.
Posted by: Republicans at April 22, 2011 08:09 AM (XdlcF)
/Collectively, have we lost our soul as a country? No, not yet, but too large a swath has. Pray it doesn't get worse.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 22, 2011 08:09 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Holger at April 22, 2011 08:09 AM (YxGud)
Posted by: UN Commission of Climate Something at April 22, 2011 08:10 AM (d6wkB)
Did you hear why air traffic controllers are so sleepy?
Because in 1981 President Reagan fired them and never allowed them to unionize and collective-bargain for decent working conditions.
Heard it today from the imbecile Stephanie Miller.
Posted by: Soothsayer 6 of 8 at April 22, 2011 11:59 AM (uFokq)
Yeah, that's it. And you'd be sleepy too if you hadn't slept since 1981.
Posted by: A Very Tired, Old Air Traffic Controller at April 22, 2011 08:13 AM (d6wkB)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at April 22, 2011 08:14 AM (cDRYC)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at April 22, 2011 08:18 AM (qIHlG)
Posted by: SplatticusFinch at April 22, 2011 08:24 AM (MwbMs)
Do you know how I show I am ecologically conscious? I drop the mopes that offend me on the shore with his feet in a bucket of concrete where they will drown from the rising ocean levels.
Posted by: Ecologically Conscious Mafioso Don at April 22, 2011 08:27 AM (d6wkB)
Posted by: curious at April 22, 2011 08:28 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at April 22, 2011 08:30 AM (op4Bf)
Posted by: pitythefool at April 22, 2011 08:31 AM (BjQSh)
Posted by: Havedsah at April 22, 2011 08:33 AM (pQJ1M)
Posted by: toby928™ at April 22, 2011 08:40 AM (GTbGH)
Give a Llama a fish and he will carry it for a day. Train Llama's to save fish from Global Warming and they'll carry them for a lifetime.
Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll sit on a river bank and drink beer for the rest of his life. - I can't remember who said it...
Posted by: todler at April 22, 2011 08:41 AM (fPOY0)
Earth Day co-founder killed, composted girlfriend
At least he was eco-responible with her remains
Posted by: todler at April 22, 2011 08:42 AM (fPOY0)
Posted by: CAC at April 22, 2011 08:42 AM (JEVge)
After candidates announce (should be soon) and debates are held (first may 5) the polls will start to become more meaningful.
But still, even the professional polls are not worth much until the last 3 months.
Posted by: Vic at April 22, 2011 08:46 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: CAC at April 22, 2011 08:47 AM (JEVge)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at April 22, 2011 08:50 AM (cDRYC)
Posted by: Cerebral Paul Z. at April 22, 2011 09:02 AM (cQhQZ)
Proudly doing my part for Earth Day, by registering 6mpg exercising the Toy.
Not to mention the rubber smoke.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 22, 2011 09:13 AM (ud5dN)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 22, 2011 09:16 AM (kMKjh)
The solution, as it were, entails adapting to the particular, thus surviving. Or failing to, thus expiring.
So the current flap is a bit moot, imho.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 22, 2011 09:26 AM (ud5dN)
Posted by: Lovedinthekeys at April 23, 2011 04:14 AM (k3sit)
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Posted by: MBM at April 22, 2011 07:57 AM (XdlcF)