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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
With the wind in her hair and TV cameras pointing at her, Swedish teenager @GretaThunberg began a trans-Atlantic crossing in a racing yacht
2019-08-15
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Posted by:Fred

#17  If you are born with a “serious and concerned” look on your face, might as well take it to the bank.
Posted by: Grunter    2019-08-15 20:53  

#16  Joan of Ack! looks like an utterly miserable little thing.
Posted by: charger   2019-08-15 20:34  

#15  Well, it's quite a stretch to call what she does "working".
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-08-15 14:38  

#14  "Greta's father is arrested when he arrives in the US for violation of child labor laws." Heh, virtue signaling could cut both ways.
Posted by: Snavimble Bucket1794   2019-08-15 14:31  

#13  Fun fact, To bring the yacht back to Europe (without Greta), five sailors will be flown in from Europe. The current skipper will fly back to Europe as well.

Had Greta and her father taken flights, that would have been 4 flights total, not 6.

It's not even clear yet how Greta will return to Europe. If she has to take a flight (with her father), the total of flights increases.

It's all BS

Posted by: European Conservative   2019-08-15 14:14  

#12  It's good she's starting a career shilling for gerbil worming... she's never gonna make the Swedish Bikini Team.
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-08-15 13:40  

#11  I'm with #7
Posted by: Frank g   2019-08-15 13:21  

#10  Maybe Iran could tow them away if everyone gave them a lot of coverage ? What if they meet any of the cousins/suitors of Illhan along the way ?
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-08-15 12:30  

#9  Do not attack Saint Greta (and of course do not say that she needs a sound spanking) or face death by Twitter.
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-08-15 12:16  

#8  IIRC, she is just a passenger; an exclusive Norwegian Cruise Line package.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-08-15 11:18  

#7  What this story needs is a giant squid attack somewhere in the mid-Atlantic. Release the kraken!
Posted by: SteveS   2019-08-15 10:12  

#6  And she "hears voices." The voices sound like Al Gore, George Soros, Tom Steyer and Bill Nye...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-08-15 10:11  

#5  She can see the 0.02% of the atmosphere that's co2 allegedly.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-08-15 09:25  

#4  It's a good sign when this is the left's idea of a charismatic...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-08-15 08:58  

#3  The yacht has no toilet. I'm sure young Greta doesn't sling her own weight. clever shitty pun Greta only poses for the cameras, while publicists take care of the rest. Her parents are examples of 'the elite' of the Ewww. An actor and an opera singer, who are to be commended from a business pov here.

She was unknown outside of her family and school until she started a climate strike last August. She has been diagnosed with Aspergers and has at various times experienced depression, anxiety and selective mutism. Today, however, she has become the spokesperson for the global climate movement and its most recognizable face.

Her Fridays for Future campaign which incites children to skip school strike on Fridays and take to the streets, obstruct traffic and take the brat tantrum to news lows has now mobilized more than a million students across the globe.

Breitbart's scathing critique.
Also , on shameless exploitation of a mentally challenged child, here.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-08-15 01:50  

#2  solar powered yacht so it makes for good virtue signaling

of course the components of this 60 ft vessel were made using fossil energy not magic pixie dust
Posted by: lord garth   2019-08-15 01:30  

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Posted by: Skidmark   2019-08-15 00:35  

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