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2010-02-28 Science & Technology

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Posted by Fred 2010-02-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Sniff... sniff... Yep. Grade AA Bullshit.

Al, PROVE IT, dickhead. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. And its not a "two mistakes", its wholesale fabrication as well as suppression of contrary data, and a pile of data that does nto conform to the theory, as well sa flawed models that cannot explain the MWP, etc.

Notice how he diodges all that, and states his conclusions as if they are already proven.

Al, old buddy, thats a logical fallacy. Meaning your argument is completely invalid.

Go away, curl up and die someplace you fatassed fuckwit.

Posted by OldSpook 2010-02-28 01:46|| 2010-02-28 01:46|| Front Page Top

#2 I can't wait for Gore to go on trial for securities fraud and go down for 10 to 20 years.

Knowingly making false statements about any kind of investment you are selling is a serious crime.

Posted by phil_b 2010-02-28 02:25|| 2010-02-28 02:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Saw the headline and the author and assumed Al was telling the other carbon trading millionairs that they might as well come clean because the scandal isn't going anywhere.

Should have known he'll fight on until the flow of money really dries up.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-02-28 03:17|| 2010-02-28 03:17|| Front Page Top

#4 I'll believe what Al Gore's peddling once he and his fellow "climate professionals" (Prince Charles, Laurie David, etc.) give up their private jets, entourages, and glittering conferences to hold their meetings online via Skype or other electronic means.

(C'mon, guys, do it for the grandchildren. ^TM)

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-02-28 05:16|| 2010-02-28 05:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Photograph of Tucson Arizona "Climate Station"

Posted by Anguth Barnsmell2985 2010-02-28 05:53|| 2010-02-28 05:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Can't wish away unicorns. Al.

Posted by Bobby 2010-02-28 07:31|| 2010-02-28 07:31|| Front Page Top

#7 No shit, Al. If it weren't for the natural gas companies, who you tried to destroy, I'd be freezing my ass off in "the warmest winter in 50 years". The first winter in 10 years snow fell. The first snow I've seen here that did not melt in less than a day. Yep, climate change sure affected my lifestyle and budget.

Say, Al, have you cut down on your $30,000 yearly utility bill any so as to leave a few kilowatts for the "other America"?

Posted by ed 2010-02-28 07:37|| 2010-02-28 07:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Good point Bobby.

You don't have to wish away unicorns - or Man Made Climate Change - because they don't exist.

You have climate change - just has you have horses with no horns. But the Climate Change doesn't have the 'uni-corn' of being cause by human actions. Its perfectly Natural.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-02-28 07:41|| 2010-02-28 07:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Everybody's been wondering where he's been. Where ever that was, I'd wish he'd go back...

Posted by tu3031 2010-02-28 10:19|| 2010-02-28 10:19|| Front Page Top

#10 He is speaking up because its threatening something "important": his wealth making portfolio.

I think Soros went over to him and pulled the string in his back.

Love how he mentions our dependence on imported oil and neglects to mention his administration made it worse by preventing drilling and development here.

Posted by OldSpook 2010-02-28 10:36|| 2010-02-28 10:36|| Front Page Top

#11 You can however modify data to make it look like it's warming...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-02-28 11:30|| 2010-02-28 11:30|| Front Page Top

#12 Why is it every time I dance an Al Gore rhythm I end up with by nary a thought in my head?

Yesterday was golf. Tonight, snow angels. Know what I call it...February.

Great picture Anguth. Al G complaining about (the complete hubristic notion that humans can change the) weather is like Robert Downy Jr. complaining about hollywood lifestyles.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-02-28 11:33|| 2010-02-28 11:33|| Front Page Top

#13 Neither can we wish away the looming threat posed by ManBearPig...

Posted by Iblis 2010-02-28 12:39|| 2010-02-28 12:39|| Front Page Top

#14 Al Gore: I am here to educate you about the single biggest threat to our planet. You see, there is something out there which threatens our very existence and may be the end to the human race as we know it. I'm talking, of course, about Manbearpig. It is a creature which roams the Earth alone. It is half man, half bear, and half pig. Some people say that Manbearpig isn't real. Well , I'm here to tell you now, Manbearpig is very real, and he most certainly existsI'm cereal. Manbearpig doesn't care who you are or what you've done. Manbearpig simply wants to get you. I'm super cereal. But have no fear, because I am here to save you. And someday, when the world is rid of Manbearpig, everyone will say, "Thank you Al Goreyou're super awesome!" The end

Posted by Al Gore 2010-02-28 13:03|| 2010-02-28 13:03|| Front Page Top

#15 I have long suspected nationwide hanky panky with temperature readings, in that nowhere else in my area are temperatures the same as the official reading, taken in the middle of a concrete and asphalt airport, but they are very similar to each other.

The way to expose this is to get half a dozen people in the major metropolitan areas of the US to regularly submit two temperatures they have daily taken, at 6am and at 2pm. Then they just post them to a web site.

This way, a far more accurate temperature reading could be made.

Statistically, it should be more moderate than the official high and low reading, because 6am isn't the coldest and 2pm isn't the warmest times of day, regularly. However, they can show significant variation from the norm, if it happens over a period of time.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-02-28 18:08|| 2010-02-28 18:08|| Front Page Top

#16 'Moose, I know anecdotes don't equal statistics, but I can tell you that it's always about 5 degrees colder at my house than the "official" (airport) temperature is.

They say on the radio it's above freezing, but I've learned to be careful because I'll still have ice on my steps. :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-02-28 18:14|| 2010-02-28 18:14|| Front Page Top

#17 While we're investigating him for securities fraud, how about an investigation of the $529m loan awarded by DOE to Gore's electric sports car startup? The one which does not even have a prototype. Or a design. And which is in Finland.

Corruption on a scale not seen since Teapot Dome. Why is this man not in prison?

Posted by lex 2010-02-28 18:43|| 2010-02-28 18:43|| Front Page Top

#18 Law schmaw, he's got Fred Phelps on his side.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-02-28 19:08|| 2010-02-28 19:08|| Front Page Top

#19 This is one way of dealing with the carpetbagger.
UKIP would ban Al Gore film in schools
Al Gore's global warming film would be banned in schools under plans by the UK Independence Party (UKIP) to court the climate sceptic vote.

Posted by tipper 2010-02-28 22:53|| 2010-02-28 22:53|| Front Page Top

#20 Amazing. Virtually every sentence - nearly every word - is either spin via half-truth or an outright lie.

Posted by KBK 2010-02-28 23:25|| 2010-02-28 23:25|| Front Page Top

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