…and now for the pièce de résistance of this three course feast of Guardian Newspeak: Michael Mann and Bob Ward claiming that Donald Trump is the new Stalin: … a group of hardcore climate change deniers and contrarians linked to the administration is organising a petition in support of a new panel being set up by the National Security Council to … Continue reading
Author Archives: Geoff Chambers
Catastrophe Corner
… meanwhile, in another part of the Graun our old friend Adam Corner – he who broke the story of Lew’s Moon Landing paper to an astonished world, and who now psychologises at Climate Outreach – wants weather forecasts to “tell it like it is” and bring climate change into the picture. As he says: … … Continue reading
Invasion of the Transphobic Climate Deniers
We’ve discussed here the views of Jordan Peterson (on climate activism, among other things) and I’ve been developing a healthy paranoia about Cambridge University, where professors of history and computery stuff are involved in an international five year plan to get climate scepticism recognised as an official conspiracy theory, alongside invasions of aliens (the … Continue reading
Opinions are like Prosthetic Anal Sphincters: Everyone can be fitted with One
Via zerohedge.com, here’s an extract from this article from the American Institute for Economic Research: That Fake Poll on the Green New Deal Over 80 percent of American voters support the Green New Deal, or so claim its backers citing a recent survey by a group of academic pollsters. Furthermore, this public endorsement is supposedly bipartisan, with … Continue reading
The Great Climate Conspiracy Theory Conspiracy Theory
I’m currently reading “Conspiracy Theories and the People who Believe Them” edited by Professor Joseph Uscinski. There are thirty one chapters in the book, six of which appear to mention climate change conspiracy (I can’t be sure of the exact number until I’ve read the whole book.) Professor Lewandowsky has a chapter to himself, recounting the … Continue reading
Twat in the Hat Tweets Back
It’s difficult to write about George Marshall except in a tone of ridicule, so I won’t even try. He’s written a whole book – “Don’t Even Think about It” – about what it’s like to be a modern Ancient Mariner, mocked and ignored by family and friends, the unwelcome guest at the dinner party. from Paul Kingsnorth’s … Continue reading
Genetically Modified Journalism
Ever wondered where grubby old Guardian environmental editors go to pupate? James Randerson was the Guardian’s science correspondent and then environment editor for 10 years He’s now news editor at Politico (Europe), a very attractive, well-presented, well-informed on-line news source committed to selling us the Euro-kool Aid. At the Guardian, Randerson was responsible for their … Continue reading
