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Friday, February 15. 2013

Genius quote of the day

“There is wide scientific consensus that the increased number and intensity of climate change induced natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcano eruptions, tsunamis and hurricanes, is of alarming concern,” said Ruppel, though adding that not all climate events lead to disasters.


Via Pirate. Somehow, the guy forgot to include meteors and solar eclipses.

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 11:11 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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Whacks on the left. So what if it has no rational basis, if you say it often enough , the sheeple will believe it.
#1 willy on 2013-02-15 11:15 (Reply)
Somehow, the guy forgot to include meteors.

CNN didn't - according to one of their talking heads, meteors are also caused by Global Warming.
#2 Tom Francis on 2013-02-15 11:20 (Reply)
Aha, now I understand how they get to the number that 97% of climate scientists agree that AGW is real: if you agree, you're a climate scientist.

I'm thinking a Jeff Foxworthy routine might work here.
#3 DrTorch on 2013-02-15 11:33 (Reply)
Something is a little backwards here. Volcanos can cause climate change, or at least drastic changes in the weather. Whatever that huge volcano was that erupted in Indonesia in the 1800's caused a yearlong worldwide famine. If you consider how the New Madrid fault changed the landscape in the Mississippi River valley it's possible earthquakes can too. I'm not sure how these tie in with man made climate change since both were over a century before Al Gore discovered global warming. Maybe you can blame them on all the horses and cows flatulating.
#4 dirk on 2013-02-15 11:47 (Reply)
"There is wide scientific consensus"
I was unaware that science was based on taking a poll. I can't recall any of my physics professors telling us students that there is wide scientific consensus that Newton's laws of motion are correct, therefore they must be valid and we should believe them.
#5 Ray on 2013-02-15 12:21 (Reply)
Jeez, everybody knows the consensus is that meteors and solar eclipses are due to the Pope resigning. Oh, and the sun has absolutely no effect on the temperatures on Earth.
#6 JKB on 2013-02-15 14:04 (Reply)
You're all wrong. We who know, know that it was BUSH!!!!111!!!1!!
#7 Sam L. on 2013-02-15 16:35 (Reply)
Z must have the night off. Otherwise we'd be hearing....
#8 XRay on 2013-02-15 21:48 (Reply)
... climate change induced natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcano eruptions,, tsunamis and hurricanes....

Repeat the mantra for an hour each day. Four hours a day would be even better. For the next 20 years. The truth of the statement will become obvious.
#9 Gringo on 2013-02-15 23:00 (Reply)

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