Trump is already kicking the rubes to the gutter. Imagine that. The chumps were warned. They heard about all the other scams. They didn't listen. Instead, the marks danced on delighted tiptoe to the polls. And now, Mexico won't be paying for a wall that won't be built. Hillary Clinton will not be jailed or even investigated. The Paris climate accord might be a good thing. The coal industry will stay dead. Obamacare will survive. Syria and ISIS will remain intractable.
How are you feeling now, suckers?
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
On Matt Taibbi and Words
From a recent post by Matt Taibbi:
Many reporters, myself included, found themselves thinking about this film [Idiocracy] when we heard voters saying they were literally incapable of understanding the words coming out of Hillary Clinton's mouth.My God, it really is time to use the s-word. Voters are too stupid to understand simple declarative sentences and grade school vocabulary. What gives? How is it possible for people to reach voting age without absorbing enough information needed for the smallest amount of critical thinking? How do they manage to dress themselves in the morning or tie their own shoes?
"When [Trump] talks, I actually understand what he's saying," a young Pennsylvanian named Trent Gower told me at a Trump event a month ago. "But, like, when fricking Hillary Clinton talks, it just sounds like a bunch of bullshit."
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Global Warming Science (Part 1)
Global warming is real, is caused by people, and its consequences are likely to be catastrophic.
The deniers favorite lie is that climate scientists are greedy nerds spreading a false alarm in order to get grant money. You don't have to know anything about science or scientists to pop that bubble: the denialist side pays much better for almost no work. Real easy money for anyone with have Prof in front of thier name or PhD after it, and a middling talent for lying.
Thanksgiving is coming and will be an angry time around many US dinner tables. In preparation for the arguments about climate change, I am posting information about the basic science of global warming. The science is not new. It started in the 19th century and ended fifty years ago with a series of measurements that proved global warming's inevitability. Those results have been validated again and again.
The deniers favorite lie is that climate scientists are greedy nerds spreading a false alarm in order to get grant money. You don't have to know anything about science or scientists to pop that bubble: the denialist side pays much better for almost no work. Real easy money for anyone with have Prof in front of thier name or PhD after it, and a middling talent for lying.
Thanksgiving is coming and will be an angry time around many US dinner tables. In preparation for the arguments about climate change, I am posting information about the basic science of global warming. The science is not new. It started in the 19th century and ended fifty years ago with a series of measurements that proved global warming's inevitability. Those results have been validated again and again.
Global Warming Science (Part 1)
Global warming is real, is caused by people, and its consequences are likely to be catastrophic.
The deniers favorite lie is that climate scientists are greedy nerds spreading a false alarm in order to get grant money. You don't have to know anything about science or scientists to pop that bubble: the denialist side pays much better for almost no work. Real easy money for anyone with have Prof in front of thier name or PhD after it, and a middling talent for lying.
Thanksgiving is coming and will be an angry time around many US dinner tables. In preparation for the arguments about climate change, I am posting information about the basic science of global warming. The science is not new. It started in the 19th century and ended fifty years ago with a series of measurements that proved global warming's inevitability. Those results have been validated again and again.
The deniers favorite lie is that climate scientists are greedy nerds spreading a false alarm in order to get grant money. You don't have to know anything about science or scientists to pop that bubble: the denialist side pays much better for almost no work. Real easy money for anyone with have Prof in front of thier name or PhD after it, and a middling talent for lying.
Thanksgiving is coming and will be an angry time around many US dinner tables. In preparation for the arguments about climate change, I am posting information about the basic science of global warming. The science is not new. It started in the 19th century and ended fifty years ago with a series of measurements that proved global warming's inevitability. Those results have been validated again and again.
Global Warming Science (Part 1)
Global warming is real, is caused by people, and its consequences are likely to be catastrophic.
The deniers favorite lie is that climate scientists are greedy nerds spreading a false alarm in order to get grant money. You don't have to know anything about science or scientists to pop that bubble: the denialist side pays much better for almost no work. Real easy money for anyone with have Prof in front of thier name or PhD after it, and a middling talent for lying.
Thanksgiving is coming and won't it be a angry time around many US dinner tables. In preparation, I am posting information about the basic science of global warming. The science is not new. It started in the 19th century and ended fifty years ago with a series of measurements that proved global warming's inevitability. Those results have been validated again and again.
The deniers favorite lie is that climate scientists are greedy nerds spreading a false alarm in order to get grant money. You don't have to know anything about science or scientists to pop that bubble: the denialist side pays much better for almost no work. Real easy money for anyone with have Prof in front of thier name or PhD after it, and a middling talent for lying.
Thanksgiving is coming and won't it be a angry time around many US dinner tables. In preparation, I am posting information about the basic science of global warming. The science is not new. It started in the 19th century and ended fifty years ago with a series of measurements that proved global warming's inevitability. Those results have been validated again and again.
A Question from the new SAT
Try this. "Global warming denier is to EPA as _______ is to _________." 10 points. Right now, my best shot is, "...as flat Earther is to NASA." It catches the parallel of buffoons leading science-based government agencies, but misses big time on smugness, cruelty, and real damage to real lives. Flat earthers may be anachronistic. Global warming deniers are criminally insane.
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