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 | Posted by Scott on Monday 3 September 2007, 3:15 pm Categories: Environment, Media, Politics, Premature induction |
Andrew Bolt, a hardcore climate change denier, often argues his case by highlighting alleged examples of poor climate science and biased selection of statistics.
Then he comes up with this example of the flawless logic and scientific thought that makes Bolta one of the media’s leading commentators.
The global warming activists keep running into cold weather:
A week ago it was this:
More than 1000 people braved the rain in Brisbane today to join politicians and community campaigners in the annual Walk Against Warming rally.
Today it’s more of the drizzly same:
Four people have been arrested over a climate change protest at a Gippsland power station…
They broke into the site about 5:00AM and spent five hours locked to the equipment in cold rainy conditions before being taken away by police.
Brilliant stuff. And it carries on from a whole string of protests last year that met the same soggy fate, generating terrific news coverage like this:
Thousands of people have marched through central Sydney, ignoring wet and windy weather to protest against global warming.
At some stage people must surely wake up to the fact that the climate isn’t behaving as the warmists claim.
So, let’s get this straight. It’s cold and rainy on a given day in a given place so therefore global warming is a myth. Oh, and it’s autumn — a time of year that is never cold and rainy.
Is this man for real? As Bolta himself snorted above: Brilliant stuff.
UPDATE (4/9): After suggestions by Steve D and Bruce I have labeled this post ‘premature induction’ and will continue to highlight further examples of Bolta and Timmeh Blair’s premature induction.
Monday 3 September 2007, 5:58 pm #brokenleftleg
That column isn’t nearly as funny as his Gunn’s opponents are bullies column last week. that was comic genius
Monday 3 September 2007, 6:10 pm #Jeremy
Yes - it’s an old theme of theirs. Timmeh runs with it regularly. Strangely, although he portrays atypically cold weather as evidence against climate change, he doesn’t see atypically hot weather as evidence for it.
I don’t know what’s going on inside his head. Hamsters on a wheel?
Monday 3 September 2007, 6:14 pm #Tim Sterne
It’s actually spring…
Congrats on 1000 posts.
Monday 3 September 2007, 6:15 pm #The Editor
True, Tim. I missed a golden chance to use the word “cusp” there.
Atypically hot weather is nothing more than natural variation, Jeremy.
Monday 3 September 2007, 6:56 pm #Steve D
They make the same juxtaposition again and again and every time it gets a reponse. Get over it or give it a category.
IMHO you wasted your 1000th post on something that really didn’t need to be laughed at again.
Monday 3 September 2007, 7:48 pm #brokenleftleg
If climate change is occuring, abnormaly warm weather in winter can only be seen as a good thing which everyone enjoys and it helps the winter crops to boot.
Monday 3 September 2007, 7:49 pm #John Surname
Yeah, uh, Steve D, I think the more that they repeat it, the worse they look, so maybe they should think twice before posting it again.
Monday 3 September 2007, 8:28 pm #Bridgit Gread
“John Howard gave a speech about terrorism, however there were no terrorist acts today, therefore terrorism must be a myth.”
I can just imagine Bolta’s fury if someone ran that line or argument.
Monday 3 September 2007, 10:58 pm #Mikey
The “Warmists”! It’s like Islamists! Just add an Ist on the end and you change the dynamic.
Which means of course nuts’n'gum is a fuckstickist.
Tuesday 4 September 2007, 12:58 am #Bruce
Steve D,
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; there is a difference between global climate and local weather. It’s not just the one kind of Tim that can make this kind of leap of course, the other Timmeh is quite capable himself.”
That was me back in June. I’m going to keep beating these guys with the same stick as long as they keep handing me the stick to beat them with.
You are right though in that we do need a category/term for it. Define the category/term, then just post a link, quote their rubbish and then catagorise it. Insta-crank-debunk.
“Premature induction” seems apt to me given that it alludes to the fallacy they are guilty of as well as the orgasmic joy they seem to get out of repeating it.
“Premature inductulation” maybe? Almost sounds like a Bushism as well!
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