And I was so looking forward to seeing Gavin Schmidt on the USA Olympic Hockey Team when they try to beat the Canadian.
From Reuters: Olympics-2016 Games could be the last, says Tokyo governor
COPENHAGEN, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara warned on Wednesday the 2016 Olympics could be the last Games, with global warming an immediate threat to mankind.
Tokyo is bidding to host the 2016 summer Olympics with Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid also in the running. The International Olympic Committee will elect the winning candidate during its session on Oct. 2 in the Danish capital.
“It could be that the 2016 Games are the last Olympics in the history of mankind,” Ishihara told reporters at a Tokyo 2016 press event ahead of the vote.
“Global warming is getting worse. We have to come up with measures without which Olympic Games could not last long.
“Scientists have said we have passed the point of no return,” said Ishihara.
Tokyo has put considerable emphasis on staging a green Games with the planned Olympic stadium the first to be fully powered by renewable energy, including solar power.
“Tokyo is prepared to do everything to create the best conditions for the athletes,” he said.
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It could get nasty in the rifle shooting if the lights go out.
That just means that Churchill, Canada will host the 2020 Summer Games 😉
You can’t make stuff up this good….
Yes, we know it. Every time it is worse than we expected…!
I am surprised some press corp from north of the USA -wink, wink- has not yet picked on this renowned climatologist comments… LOL
Wow, are the AGW scaremongers getting desperate or watt? 😉
Are people really this stupid? Or are they pushing political correctness ( gotta believe in global warming catastrophe theories or be called a blasphemer) too far.
Brent in Calgary
So the planet gets “warmer” and the seas rise,(maybe measurably), the rain patterns shift (maybe) so people start farming with different crops in different areas, more food is grown so there is more to eat, and becuse of all this, we can’t hold the olympics?
I’m not seeing the correlation here.
Little help please??
Matt
Ken Hall (08:14:04) :
It could get nasty in the rifle shooting if the lights go out.
Or the javelin…
or the 110m hurdles…
Cheers
Mark.
Steve & Gavin, at center ice & they drop ’em. Well Steve would drop the gloves, Gavin would do his best interpretation of a triple toe looped sauerkraut as a distraction and then run for the dressing room.
My money is on Steve. Hockey, real hockey is in our DNA and some wussy yankee “scientist” hasn’t got a chance.
Stunning!
Really… truly… stunning!
I am in awe at the sheer power of fear marketing. For the most part, these are the same people who whined and complained at anyone being worried about terrorists!
Ignorance and fear, shaken with ice and served straight up, make for a powerfully intoxicating elixir.
And people think Starbucks has a lot of storefronts …
‘“Scientists have said we have passed the point of no return,” said Ishihara.’
Is this science or drama? I clicked on the article expecting to get a chuckle, but instead I got depressed.
Did you know? That USA-AGW Olympic Hockey Team is the only hockey team to play with a broken stick? yes, it’s true.
> “Scientists have said we have passed the point of no return,” said Ishihara
If we have passed the point of no return then surely there is nothing we can do so why cancel them ? It will make no difference.
when they >TRY< to beat Canada…
When political figures make statements like these, it makes me cringe. I heard on C-SPAN a couple days ago, Dianne Fienstein claim that the Northwest Passage was open ALL YEAR, with no ice. That was on the floor of the Senate, too. They do a great disservice to their constiuents by being so ignorant.
This is part of Tokyo’s bid for the Olympics. “See, we take Global Warming seriously, unlike the US”. They went a trifle overboard, unless they really think we’ll have a runaway-Greenhouse Venusian planet by 2020.
Makes sense, no more hockey sticks!!!
Not too worry–the folks in Dubai already have it figured out: http://www.skidubai.com
😉
Well, l look at the good side of it.
I do not worry about my pension anymore, because in the year 2037 (when this will be the case) the world has ended anyway.
Budget deficits? Who cares!
Health? Who cares!
Let us all pray and then watch the apocalypse.
“Global warming is getting worse. We have to come up with measures without which Olympic Games could not last long.
“Scientists have said we have passed the point of no return,” said Ishihara.
The debate certainly is over. These charlatans continue to pretend that they follow the science closely then lie about something as simple as temperature.
And they cannot be let off the hook any longer. People who now say the planet is warming are KNOWINGLY LYING. They should be called liars. They should be mocked. They should be publically ridiculed. And they should be thrown out of office for peddling this lie.
How much more evidence do you need to convict these conmen of pushing a lie? The AGW team will never admit to this BECAUSE THEY ARE LIARS.
Are we supposed to let government tax us based on a hoax?
Are we to starve ourselves of energy and prosperity because liars have intricate ponzi schemes in place.
Scream at your congressmen that the hoax is over. And do not be afraid to call a liar a liar. (No lectures on civility….not when people are caught lying and wanting to have you pay them for “climate protection.” )
Shintaro Ishihara is everything but politically correct. In fact it is a far right wing nutcase.
The boy who cried wolf, as well as the emperor’s new clothes, comes to mind.
Oh, please let Tokyo get the nod. After all, with all their prostrations at the feet of AGW (green games!) how can the IOC not select Tokyo?
Chicago needs to focus on its myriad of problems rather than chase this money pit project. Unfortunately, the IOC will probably be starstruck by the rock star salesman-in-chief representing Chi-town, award the honor to Chicago, and rename the games in honor of “The Won”. Maybe he’ll come home from Copenhagen with a gold medal.
BTW, is anyone quaking in their shoes over the imminent “last Olympics in the history of mankind”?
Not that my rant has anything to do with broken hockey sticks. Thanks for indulging my need to vent.
The stick is dead, long live the stick!