October 15, 2012
(But The Green Jobs Layoffs Continue Apace!)
— Ace That second part first:
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas said the impending expiry of a U.S. tax credit had exacerbated a fall in orders for next year, forcing it to make more than 800 job cuts in the United States and Canada so far this year.With the Production Tax Credit (PTC) on renewable energy set to expire at the end of the year, Vestas Wind Systems A/S had previously said it could be forced to lay off a total of 1,600 employees in North America if the scheme is not renewed.
Hit the link -- Steven Chu was a big fan of the "economic opportunities" Vesta offered us (for $50 million in your money).
Meanwhile, there's no hiding the decline.
The world stopped getting warmer almost 16 years ago, according to new data released last week.The figures, which have triggered debate among climate scientists, reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012, there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures.
This means that the ‘plateau’ or ‘pause’ in global warming has now lasted for about the same time as the previous period when temperatures rose, 1980 to 1996. Before that, temperatures had been stable or declining for about 40 years.
he new data, compiled from more than 3,000 measuring points on land and sea, was issued quietly on the internet, without any media fanfare, and, until today, it has not been reported.
This stands in sharp contrast to the release of the previous figures six months ago, which went only to the end of 2010 – a very warm year.
Ending the data then means it is possible to show a slight warming trend since 1997, but 2011 and the first eight months of 2012 were much cooler, and thus this trend is erased.
Some climate scientists, such as Professor Phil Jones, director of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, last week dismissed the significance of the plateau, saying that 15 or 16 years is too short a period from which to draw conclusions.
Two points: The warming phase was only 16 years long; why was that enough to make very firm ("The science is settled") predictions into the future?
And this is delicious. In previous years Phil Jones has said he would only be "worried" about global non-warming -- that is, "worried" that his models and predictions were wrong -- only if the non-warming trend continued for a period of time.
That period of time? Fifteen years.
Yet he insisted that 15 or 16 years is not a significant period: pauses of such length had always been expected, he said.Yet in 2009, when the plateau was already becoming apparent and being discussed by scientists, he told a colleague in one of the Climategate emails: ‘Bottom line: the “no upward trend” has to continue for a total of 15 years before we get worried.’
Science (TM). Make a prediction, set a definite set of circumstances which would require you to adjust your prediction... then completely ignore that when it actually arrives.
By the way, if you want tip-top Science coverage, you really must watch MSNBC.
Felix Baumgartner, they inform us, broke the speed of light barrier.
Sweet.
MSNBC should change their slogan from "Lean Forward" to "Engage."
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Posted by: Welcome to Academia - like Macademia, but with more nuts at October 15, 2012 11:56 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: SH at October 15, 2012 11:58 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Malia in DC at October 15, 2012 11:58 AM (OiC7K)
Posted by: Niels Bohr at October 15, 2012 11:58 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Wiliam Jefferson Clinton at October 15, 2012 11:59 AM (Dll6b)
Stupid hippies do not understand these things.
Living in Wisco, I am all for it however.
Posted by: VW Zao at October 15, 2012 11:59 AM (I7O5y)
Posted by: Phil Jones at October 15, 2012 11:59 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 15, 2012 11:59 AM (oSFWF)
Here's the part I don't get: if CO2 drives global warming, and the CO2 partial pressure is increasing, how can the warming trend not continue?
Clearly the CO2 partial pressure is at best a minor factor if something else can bury its effect.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 15, 2012 12:00 PM (U+DUu)
Posted by: Wiliam Jefferson Clinton at October 15, 2012 12:00 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Phil Jones's wallet at October 15, 2012 12:01 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: meh at October 15, 2012 12:01 PM (W2qJe)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 15, 2012 12:01 PM (POGCP)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 15, 2012 03:59 PM (oSFWF)
One time in college we were all sittin around lighting farts. My buddy was either holding the lighter a little too close or didn't provide enough "thrust" ... singed the hell out of his ass hair.
Funny as shit.
Posted by: eastvalleyphx says fuck islam at October 15, 2012 12:01 PM (GRvW4)
Well.... global warming may have stopped.....but CLIMATE CHANGE is alive and well!!!! Save the planet!!! Fork the corporations!!! Kill the Rich!!!! ELEVENTY!!!!!!
Posted by: typical enviro-lefty at October 15, 2012 12:01 PM (C8hzL)
Instead of calling this a plateau, can we dub it "Hockey Stick Recumbent?"
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/b][/i][/u] at October 15, 2012 12:01 PM (4df7R)
It's actually quite an act of hubris to assume we can accurately measure "global" temperature. If you think about the volatile moment-to-moment and place-to-place variability you quickly realize the adjustments made are as important as the measurements.
Posted by: Beagle at October 15, 2012 12:01 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: slatz at October 15, 2012 12:01 PM (mE0Rl)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 15, 2012 12:02 PM (U+DUu)
Any prediction made about an event significantly far enough into the future ... will never be remembered to be proven incorrect.
Posted by: Nikola Tesla at October 15, 2012 12:02 PM (e8kgV)
(no it don't)
Posted by: dananjcon at October 15, 2012 12:03 PM (eavT+)
Science is really hard. Leave it to us experts.
Posted by: Michael Mann Via Twitter at October 15, 2012 12:04 PM (71LDo)
Posted by: Phil Jones at October 15, 2012 12:04 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: SH at October 15, 2012 12:04 PM (gmeXX)
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I like the pool cue graph better......
Posted by: typical enviro-lefty at October 15, 2012 12:04 PM (C8hzL)
After all, it's not every day that someone jumps from a balloon that floated 128,000 miles above the Earth.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at October 15, 2012 12:04 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Soona at October 15, 2012 12:04 PM (yuyki)
As for the wind turbine bullshit. All of that "green" shit is the same crap we see from Democrats every time they get power. The idea isn't to have wind energy. The idea is to mine federal dollars through crony corruption.
I recall the same shit happening under Crater for "synthetic fuel" from coal. Dow Chemical ran a plant in LA. As soon as the federal dollars ran out the plant was shut down, bull-dosed to the ground and covered up.
Posted by: Vic at October 15, 2012 12:04 PM (YdQQY)
17Wasn't it CNN who informed us that the Columbia was going 25 times the speed of light when it broke up on re-entry?
That's because the core of the earth is at millions of degrees. Yes, the core of the earth consists of a plasma of subatomic particles. Little known fact from the Goracle.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 15, 2012 12:04 PM (U+DUu)
Felix Baumgartner, they inform us, broke the speed of light barrier.
It's brilliant scientific coverage like this that explains why Chris Matthews spends weekends talking to the wormholes in the wood of his backyard picnic table in hopes of contacting the Prophets.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/b][/i][/u] at October 15, 2012 12:05 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Up, up with people at October 15, 2012 12:05 PM (kzFo5)
To all of the concerned global warming scientists out there: As far as I can remember, you don't vote on science, you prove your hypothesis.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 15, 2012 12:05 PM (FZnrK)
Posted by: IC at October 15, 2012 12:05 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 15, 2012 12:05 PM (XvHmy)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 15, 2012 12:05 PM (jUytm)
1998: Warmest Year on Record!
1999: Warmest Year on Record!
2000: Warmest Year on Record!
2001: Warmest Year on Record!
2002: Warmest Year on Record!
2003: Warmest Year on Record!
2004: Warmest Year on Record!
2005: Warmest Year on Record!
2006: Warmest Year on Record!
2007: Warmest Year on Record!
2008: Warmest Year on Record!
2009: Warmest Year on Record!
2010: Warmest Year on Record!
2011: Warmest Year on Record!
2012: Warmest Year on Record! (so far)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 15, 2012 12:05 PM (EWySI)
Posted by: backhoe at October 15, 2012 12:05 PM (ULH4o)
Huh. Too bad Jim Henson's dead. The guy with his hand up Andrea's ass is doing a bad job.
She should be the grand marshal in the million muppet march.
Posted by: © Sponge at October 15, 2012 12:05 PM (UK9cE)
Heh. "Scheme." Nice turn of a phrase there. It's more truth than truthy.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at October 15, 2012 12:06 PM (eHIJJ)
I have lighted a few farts in my day, but never was able to reach the thunderous and booming noise level of Ted Kennedy.
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 15, 2012 12:06 PM (lDWQr)
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Your Welcome
Posted by: Live Earth Concert at October 15, 2012 12:06 PM (SkyIE)
try to tell that to the hundereds of polar bears that are extinct becuase of it
the hony bees are also having a prolbems they dont not know why but
probally could because of golbal warming my girl friends step son got a
worse sun burn ever this summer but dont worry about it if some rich
buthole get a tax cuts nice going romeny way to think it through idiot
Posted by: Jose Canseco's Gristle Encased Head at October 15, 2012 12:06 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows 47% got a fever and Uncle Sugar is the only cure at October 15, 2012 12:06 PM (AZGON)
31Global cooling, Acid Rain, The Ozone Layer, Global Warming, Climate Change ... What can be next? I'm going with "Lunar Displacency"which is caused by an increasing earthly mass due to excessive obesity and leads to the moon being pulled closer to earth.
Leave Rosie O'Donnell out of this.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 15, 2012 12:06 PM (U+DUu)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 15, 2012 12:06 PM (oSFWF)
By breaking the light barrier, Felix was able to fall completly through the earth, make a circle, and watch himself fall until he popped his chute, at which time on the ground he shook his hand and congragulated himself.
Meanwhile, a stunned Einstien wept and muttered something about "red bull fucking with his math"
Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 15, 2012 12:06 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: SH at October 15, 2012 04:04 PM (gmeXX)
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If we we ALL shift to one side of the planet, will we offset the gravitation pull enough to solve that problem??
Posted by: Hanks Johnson at October 15, 2012 12:07 PM (eavT+)
Posted by: SH at October 15, 2012 04:04 PM (gmeXX)
December 21st man! It's gonna be big!
Posted by: Alex Jones being eaten by a goat-spider hybrid at October 15, 2012 12:07 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2012 12:07 PM (TMB3S)
Posted by: Al Gore, Counting the Green at October 15, 2012 12:08 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 15, 2012 12:08 PM (u5ozF)
Why are we pissing money away on this shit?
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 15, 2012 12:08 PM (wR+pz)
Think of all the victims in college studying "global warming scientist", racked with 100K in debt, just about to graduate into the burgeoning field of global warming scientisting suddenly finding this shit out.
Posted by: Up, up with people at October 15, 2012 12:08 PM (kzFo5)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 15, 2012 12:08 PM (8y9MW)
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Math...Do you know it muthah fuckah
Posted by: Samuel L Jackson at October 15, 2012 12:08 PM (SkyIE)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows 47% got a fever and Uncle Sugar is the only cure at October 15, 2012 12:08 PM (AZGON)
The son of a bitch should be strapped to a tree and horse-whipped.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at October 15, 2012 12:09 PM (vd7A8)
Posted by: meh at October 15, 2012 12:09 PM (W2qJe)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at October 15, 2012 12:09 PM (FMjlg)
42To all of the concerned global warming scientists out there: As far as I can remember, you don't vote on science, you prove your hypothesis.
No way to prove a hypothesis; it can only be disproven, when it must be modified or rejected entirely.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 15, 2012 12:09 PM (U+DUu)
All right now, together in chorus:
"We here in the media are infinitely better than those disheveled amateur bloggers. We are journalistic professionals, with _multiple layers of fact-checkers and editors_!"
Posted by: torquewrench at October 15, 2012 12:10 PM (ymG7s)
Obama's Real Unemployment Rate Is 14.7%, And A Recession's On The Way
http://tinyurl.com/996eo5z
Posted by: mallfly at October 15, 2012 12:10 PM (bJm7W)
70Steven Chu was a big fan of the "economic opportunities" Vesta offered us (for $50 million in your money).
I think the "economic opportunity" he's talking about is franchising a chain of rickshaws.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 15, 2012 12:10 PM (U+DUu)
Posted by: dananjcon at October 15, 2012 12:10 PM (eavT+)
Posted by: Capt. Tiberius Matthews at October 15, 2012 12:10 PM (/ZZCn)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows 47% got a fever and Uncle Sugar is the only cure at October 15, 2012 12:11 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 15, 2012 12:11 PM (feFL6)
I go to Weather Underground for my weather. They show lots of photos, especially weather photos.
They had snow near Canberra in Australia just last week.
Posted by: fluffy will stay warm at October 15, 2012 12:11 PM (O6q63)
They say you can actually see the difference in size of it now from a few hundred years ago.
Posted by: Vic at October 15, 2012 12:11 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 15, 2012 12:12 PM (B/VB5)
GE: Manufacturer of wind turbine parts and other fine Green products.
News: GE's screaming brat promotes news that helps GE sell its sh*t. It's like the contemporary soap opera of yesteryear.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at October 15, 2012 12:12 PM (eHIJJ)
That was always the goal. "Climate Change" (or whatever we're supposed to call it this week) was just the excuse.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 15, 2012 12:12 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: SH at October 15, 2012 12:13 PM (gmeXX)
How will the werewolves know when to change?
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 15, 2012 12:13 PM (POGCP)
Global Warming isn't over! Bill Moyers had an expert on his program yesterday!
And yes I changed the channel in less than 1 minute.
Posted by: Right Wing Chick at October 15, 2012 12:13 PM (y2Ojs)
The next "enviro-catastrophe" will be "specie preservation". It's started already.
Send us cash so we can save the critters.
Posted by: fixerupper at October 15, 2012 12:13 PM (C8hzL)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 15, 2012 12:13 PM (jUytm)
Why are we pissing money away on this shit?
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 15, 2012 04:08 PM (wR+pz)
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Not to mention the money pissed away on letters from Ryan, Ann and the Romney boys. Complete waste of money. Especially after they already got my donation.
Posted by: dananjcon at October 15, 2012 12:13 PM (eavT+)
Posted by: Clemenza at October 15, 2012 12:13 PM (zj3Rc)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 15, 2012 04:12 PM (B/VB5)
It's like their brains can't comprehend that the jihadis will take a moment to celebrate destroying the Jewish homeland, then set their sights on other hotbeds of infidel activity. The idiocy is stunning.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/b][/i][/u] at October 15, 2012 12:14 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows 47% got a fever and Uncle Sugar is the only cure at October 15, 2012 12:14 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: SH at October 15, 2012 12:14 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: manbearpig still in denial at October 15, 2012 12:14 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Right Wing Chick at October 15, 2012 12:15 PM (y2Ojs)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at October 15, 2012 12:15 PM (FMjlg)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra impact. at October 15, 2012 12:15 PM (VtjlW)
As I understand it, the only two options are for it to get closer, or for it to get farther away. In the later option (which is what is happening) it will, indeed, eventually break away from its orbit. That's a bad thing. In the former option, it will crash into earth, probably extinguishing all life. That's also a bad thing.
So, either way, we're screwed.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 15, 2012 12:16 PM (8y9MW)
After all, it's not every day that someone jumps from a balloon that floated 128,000 miles above the Earth.
What's really amazing is that he hit the earth. He could have totally missed and floated off to Uranus.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2012 04:07 PM (TMB3S)
Couldn't help thinking of the old B52 joke.
B52 carpet bombing is extremely accurate. The bombs ALWAYS hit the ground.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 15, 2012 12:17 PM (TIIx5)
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This an alternate timeline. Before Felix went back and fixed it, Al Gore won the 2000 election.
Posted by: WalrusRex at October 15, 2012 12:17 PM (Hx5uv)
Felix Baumgartner, they inform us, broke the speed of light barrier.
Sweet.
MSNBC should change their slogan from "Lean Forward" to "Engage."
Only beta male French pillow biters say "engage", you fapping geeks!
A REAL starship captain says "ahead warp factor 4, Mr Sulu"
Then again, a REAL captain has places to go and women to seduce
Posted by: Capt. James T Kirk at October 15, 2012 12:17 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 15, 2012 12:17 PM (EWySI)
The props and stage for my comeback tour are under construction right now. I got new songs, a rad bass player, and a show planned that gonna be killer...literally.
Posted by: The Next Ice Age at October 15, 2012 12:18 PM (zDIeS)
Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at October 15, 2012 12:18 PM (AZGON)
"
Character counts and issues matter. You know all about Professor Warren's elusive heritage, evasive answers and defensive double-talk that strike at the heart of her character.
Where she stands on the issues is just as important, and Elizabeth Warren always checks the box for bigger government and higher taxes.
Voters saw us side-by-side at the Springfield debate and saw that Elizabeth Warren's solution to every problem is higher taxes. If she wins, you lose because she's for new and higher taxes on Social Security, Medicare and small businesses. She talks about "investing," but what she means is taking your hard-earned dollars and spending them on new, big government programs.
I have added up her tax hikes and they will cost us $3.4 trillion over the next ten years. Talk about punishing taxes! They will hit you and our economy like a sledgehammer.
"
Posted by: mallfly at October 15, 2012 12:18 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: the sickening continues at October 15, 2012 12:19 PM (LpQbZ)
Best chuckle I've had all day.
Posted by: HeatherRadish has a sugar buzz at October 15, 2012 12:19 PM (/kI1Q)
No one's ever done the speed of light. That is when time compresses or something. E=MC2
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 15, 2012 12:20 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: polynikes at October 15, 2012 12:20 PM (m2CN7)
.... on s serious note.
The next "enviro-catastrophe" will be "specie preservation". It's started already.
Send us cash so we can save the critters.
Posted by: fixerupper at October 15, 2012 04:13 PM (C8hzL)
Save the American Gold Eagle Coins!!!!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 15, 2012 12:21 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 15, 2012 12:21 PM (wR+pz)
Felix reports he originally was frigtened to jump and had second thoughts. Luckily, after breaking the speed of light, he was able to give himself a push off from inside the capsule before breaking the speed of light.
Its turtles. Turtles all the way down.
Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 15, 2012 12:21 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 15, 2012 12:21 PM (ck76k)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at October 15, 2012 12:22 PM (FMjlg)
Posted by: IC at October 15, 2012 12:22 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: SH at October 15, 2012 12:22 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: WalrusRex at October 15, 2012 12:22 PM (Hx5uv)
They're still filling my mailbox and I have already donated plenty. It's starting to piss me off a bit.
Same here but we only have three weeks to go.
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at October 15, 2012 12:22 PM (R8hU8)
Experts say I can fix my server's power supply with a butterknife without turning it off, so I bid you adieu while I demonstrate my technical prowess
Posted by: Dr Charles Johnson, Scienceologist at October 15, 2012 12:23 PM (wwsoB)
So if climate warming has stopped where are my glaciers?
Posted by: Bob from Virginia at October 15, 2012 12:23 PM (SBjsJ)
Well, S.E. Cupp's an MSNBCer now ...
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 15, 2012 12:23 PM (POGCP)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows 47% got a fever and Uncle Sugar is the only cure at October 15, 2012 12:24 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: WalrusRex at October 15, 2012 12:24 PM (Hx5uv)
@119
The speed of light is the speed limit of Einstienien physics. It breaks down that as one gets closer to reaching the speed of light it takes more and more energy to incrementially accelerate so that it would take more energy than exists in the universe or something. I didn't take physics.
Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 15, 2012 12:24 PM (t06LC)
I thought those joos were the smart ones?
Alan must have fucked her brains out. ha ha.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 15, 2012 12:24 PM (wR+pz)
-- Got a pesky tree blocking your view of the sunset?
-- Has some annoying neighbor who's a HAM freak put up an unsightly 200' antenna?
-- Does that ramshackle old barn concern you that it might collapse and hurt someone?
WE. CAN. FIX. IT.
Call 1-800-FLATTEN
Posted by: Glaciers at October 15, 2012 12:24 PM (zDIeS)
Hey.....!!!
Me and my $100.00 a fill air conditioner want to know what the fuck happened the fucking hole in the fucking ozone!!!
Posted by: fixerupper at October 15, 2012 12:24 PM (C8hzL)
Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at October 15, 2012 12:24 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at October 15, 2012 12:24 PM (PH+2B)
Sort-of funny science story:
I bent a friend's mind when I explained that every picture he's ever seen of the Milky Way Galaxy is actually an artist's rendering. That we've never sent anything nearly far enough out to take a picture of our own galaxy. And if we did the signal would take hundreds of years to get here. All we have is a line of stars which suggests a spiral galaxy. It was like I ruined Santa for a fully grown adult.
Posted by: Beagle at October 15, 2012 12:25 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Huusker at October 15, 2012 12:25 PM (Vq7P1)
Posted by: Rep Hank Johnson at October 15, 2012 12:25 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: andrea mitchell at October 15, 2012 12:25 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 15, 2012 12:25 PM (feFL6)
Posted by: WalrusRex at October 15, 2012 12:26 PM (Hx5uv)
@131
Recordable history isn't that long. Weather history only lasts about 200 years. The vikings did alright without sea ice. Thats how they settled in greenland - less glaciers when they got there.
Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 15, 2012 12:26 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows 47% got a fever and Uncle Sugar is the only cure at October 15, 2012 12:26 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 15, 2012 04:24 PM (t06LC)
No one takes physics, it takes you. And the ride is pretty fucking hard.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 15, 2012 12:26 PM (wR+pz)
So if climate warming has stopped where are my glaciers?
Go South, hysterical Bob. Also, learn punctuation.
Posted by: fluffy at October 15, 2012 12:26 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: Cricket at October 15, 2012 12:26 PM (DrC22)
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 15, 2012 12:26 PM (hrAg/)
Posted by: The Soul Turtle on the fence post at October 15, 2012 12:27 PM (ejIsH)
Posted by: Bob from Virginia at October 15, 2012 04:23 PM (SBjsJ)
They are at the South Pole which has been growing in size.
Posted by: Vic at October 15, 2012 12:27 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 15, 2012 12:27 PM (ck76k)
I get a lot of those "Tell Michelle You're In" ads on the yahoo email.
I thought "Tell Michelle You're In" was three words. Damn homonyms.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 15, 2012 12:28 PM (U+DUu)
Posted by: torquewrench at October 15, 2012 04:10 PM
I'm LAUGHING at the "superior intellect"
Posted by: Capt. James T Kirk at October 15, 2012 12:28 PM (wwsoB)
I love Computer Models. I have at least a couple that tell me I saved the Earth from alien invasions.
Posted by: WheelmanForHire at October 15, 2012 12:28 PM (l8nIR)
That wouldn't take much.
I thought the same thing, since they probably haven't fucked in twenty years. She has been dumber than a rock for at least that long.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 15, 2012 12:28 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: WalrusRex at October 15, 2012 12:29 PM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 15, 2012 12:29 PM (zDIeS)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at October 15, 2012 12:29 PM (i2Lsf)
Gravitational drag will slow it until it's orbit approaches the point at which tidal forces rip it into chunks.
Earth then will have a swell ring around it.
Posted by: VW Zao at October 15, 2012 12:30 PM (I7O5y)
Posted by: WalrusRex at October 15, 2012 04:26 PM
They cleverly edited out his first words when he landed: "When are we gonna do this space jump thingy?" That was right after he shook hands with himself and gave himself an autograph.
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 15, 2012 12:30 PM (ZgX/g)
So if climate warming has stopped where are my glaciers?
Posted by: Bob from Virginia at October 15, 2012 04:23 PM (SBjsJ)
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You must get all your latest up-to-date AGW news from Current Tv.
Posted by: Soona at October 15, 2012 12:30 PM (yuyki)
I find the syntax interesting. "The no-upward-trend would have to continue for at least 15 years before we get worried."
Worried?
I thought global warming was going to bring about the extinction of all life on the planet. And SOON. As in, we have to halt all industrial production NOW or we are going to DIE.
Shouldn't he have said, "before we can begin to feel relieved?"
No. Because it was never about that. It was always about ego, money and control. Fuck Phil Jones. I'd like to slap that cocksucker with a baby otter covered in crude oil.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 15, 2012 12:31 PM (z7X0E)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2012 12:31 PM (GFM2b)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 15, 2012 04:29 PM
Just like getting your tires balanced!
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 15, 2012 12:31 PM (ZgX/g)
MSNBC should change their slogan from "Lean Forward" to "Engage."
I'm the thinking more along the lines of switching from "lean forward" to "squat". Fitting in that they are full are of shit and they don't know squat. I'm pretty sure their ratings are in the toilet as well.
Posted by: just a suggestion at October 15, 2012 12:31 PM (6AJ1R)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at October 15, 2012 12:32 PM (FMjlg)
Mind. Blown.
I blame the Midwest drought on the giant fans, too. They blew all the rain to England, which flooded.
Posted by: HeatherRadish, Crankypants at October 15, 2012 12:33 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Beagle at October 15, 2012 04:25 PM (sOtz/)
Did you tell him all the stars that he does see at night are at the least a 4 year old snapshot of what they looked like.
Posted by: polynikes at October 15, 2012 12:34 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra impact. at October 15, 2012 12:34 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: DaveA at October 15, 2012 12:34 PM (wcjj2)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at October 15, 2012 12:36 PM (FMjlg)
Heh. RT @mscottwhite: At #CNNPlantfest undecided voter Al Gore to ask questions about climate change @michellemalkin @TwitchyTeam
Posted by: Capt. James T Kirk at October 15, 2012 12:36 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at October 15, 2012 04:35 PM (vbh31)
Preach it sister! Tell them about Guam!
Posted by: The other idiot in the CBC at October 15, 2012 12:37 PM (wR+pz)
Narcissism.
There's a Calvin-and-Hobbes strip I don't have time to look for where Calvin believes his existence is the pinnacle of human achievement: everything that has ever happened in human history all leads to his birth. Al Gore et al--they BELIEVE that. But they don't have a wise tiger to push back and help them grow up and grow out of it.
And don't get me started on Goodell. I'm more and more certain he signed some sort of kickback scheme with Komen.
Posted by: HeatherRadish, Crankypants at October 15, 2012 12:38 PM (/kI1Q)
We're all going to die unless scientists are given more research money
Rinse and repeat
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2012 12:39 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Bob from Virginia at October 15, 2012 04:23 PM (SBjsJ)
Didn't you know? DASSAULT SYSTEMES has developed a way to TOW GLACIERS to various locations to provide fresh water for new towns.
They're only melting because we're moving them to warmer climates.
Posted by: © Sponge at October 15, 2012 12:40 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: JPS at October 15, 2012 12:40 PM (D3/Pv)
Posted by: polynikes at October 15, 2012 04:34 PM (m2CN7)
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Or if I really wanted to mess with him that the constellations are actually changing in shape. The universe can be disconcerting.
Posted by: Beagle at October 15, 2012 12:41 PM (sOtz/)
There's a Calvin-and-Hobbes strip I don't have time to look for where Calvin believes his existence is the pinnacle of human achievement: everything that has ever happened in human history all leads to his birth.
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If I remember correctly, every one of the Egyptian kings felt the same way.
Posted by: Soona at October 15, 2012 12:41 PM (yuyki)
We don't call him the Emperor for nothing.
Posted by: DaveA at October 15, 2012 12:42 PM (wcjj2)
Posted by: dananjcon at October 15, 2012 04:13 PM (eavT+)
Same here. Maxed out this summer, still getting letters. I think I stopped counting at 20. Total fail not to purge the lists. All I can figure is the addresses are different and they did not want to spend the money to do a relative purge.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 15, 2012 12:43 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 15, 2012 12:44 PM (z7X0E)
That's a good thing.
What they aren't is ignorance proof. No nukes!!!! Nukes are BAD!!!!
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 15, 2012 12:44 PM (zDIeS)
Posted by: duck dodgers in the 24-1/2 century! at October 15, 2012 12:45 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 15, 2012 12:46 PM (feFL6)
Fracking is great and so are pebble bed reactors. Given how litiguous sp? (sue happy) the world is nowadays nobody private would actually start something without being pretty damn sure nothing would happen.
Posted by: DaveA at October 15, 2012 12:47 PM (wcjj2)
CAC @ConArtCritic
Gallup's numbers being questioned by Obama team. I recall R's q on polling was "just because they were losing", so...
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2012 12:50 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Moron in a Rankin/Bass Snuggie
You are a very disturbed individual. Thank you for helping make the HQ the place that it is.
Posted by: fluffy at October 15, 2012 12:50 PM (O6q63)
I've been looking for some beers made of dead glaciers. I expect them to taste like hippie tears.
Mmmmmm-mmmmmm.
Posted by: HeatherRadish, Crankypants at October 15, 2012 12:53 PM (/kI1Q)
President Barack Obama warned his supporters about the threat of global warming and vowed that more money to subsidize green energy firms would prevent it.
“By the way, yes, my plan will reduce the carbon pollution that is eating our planet because climate change is not a hoax,” Obama said at a campaign rally at the Bank United Arena at the University of Miami. “More droughts and hurricanes and wildfires, that’s not a joke. That’s a threat to our children’s future, and we can do something about it.”
Posted by: Nikola Tesla at October 15, 2012 12:54 PM (e8kgV)
The toss the ice on board the boat, take it to some place that melts the ice for bottled water and vodka producers.
Check out the Penn and Teller episode on bottled water (available on YouTube). (Pixy won't let me link to YouTube.) Watch pretentious hipster douchebags make pretentious hipster assholes out of themselves. Hilarious!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 15, 2012 12:57 PM (U+DUu)
Don't want to jinx myself or the Bayou City but in my best sarcastic Edgar G. Robinson voice - Where's your hurricane messiah now?
Posted by: polynikes at October 15, 2012 01:05 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Zefram Cochran at October 15, 2012 01:09 PM (XZl6x)
Check out the Penn and Teller episode on bottled water (available on YouTube). (Pixy won't let me link to YouTube.) Watch pretentious hipster douchebags make pretentious hipster assholes out of themselves. Hilarious!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 15, 2012 04:57 PM (U+DUu)
Almost all bottled water comes right out of the city tap just like your water. Biggest racket ever.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 15, 2012 01:17 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 15, 2012 01:24 PM (BAS5M)
OR.
he would've gone right through the earth and we'd all be dead from the implosion.
OR
If a skydiver exceeds the speed of light can we see him burn up or do we just hear a loud "fuuu" *poof*.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 15, 2012 01:31 PM (Vh0f5)
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