Category Archives: satire

Climate Churnalism’s New Clothes

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

Josh is finding the FakeGate to be a target rich environment. The UK press is quite culpable in lapsed journalistic standards it seems, especially The Guardian.

Posted in Fakegate, Humor, satire | 28 Comments

Top Ten Things Heartland Institute Will Do With $6.4 Million in Funding

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

I couldn’t think of a way to easily excerpt this excellent piece of satire, so I’ll just repost it with apologies in advance and ask WUWT readers to go to wendymcelroy.com and give her props. -Anthony ============================================================== My hat is … Continue reading →

Posted in Fakegate, Humor, satire | Tagged , , , | 120 Comments

Friday Funny – carbonated drink stands in for Joe Romm in debate

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

We all know how the warmists like to avoid debating at all costs. In this case, the easily agitated to effervescence – blow your top Romm was aptly represented at a “Drinks and Debate” in Washington, DC by the perfect … Continue reading →

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Not quite Friday (but feels like it) funny

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Josh is moved by the revelations of the lack of Himalayan glacier melt in the last 10 years to do some voodoo cartooning.

Posted in Humor, IPCC, satire | 25 Comments

Friday Funny – how to do climate graphs

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

Let me preface this tutorial from Josh with a quote from my favorite television show.  – “Bazinga!”  

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Friday Funny – modeling double feature

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Josh of cartoonsbyjosh.com writes: There is a wonderful George Monbiot article here… http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2012/jan/26/weather-forecasters-daily-mail …on how the Daily Mail hired ‘Positive Weather Solutions’, a bunch of models,  to do their weather forecasting for them… very funny. But it is the kind … Continue reading →

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PEERs rush in: Climate Science Legal Defense Fund

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Andrew Revkin reports today on the engagement of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) to the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund created by Professor Scott Mandia, aka “Supermandia” as he sees himself in the photo below. From Scott Mandia’s blog-he … Continue reading →

Posted in FOI, Humor, satire | Tagged , , , , , , , | 67 Comments

Monday Mirthiness – dollars and sense

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Josh weighs in on this story, writing: What is it with the new measuring climate in terms of money? Just bizarre. As Carl Sagan* might say, “billions and billions”.

Posted in Alarmism, Humor, satire | Tagged , , , , | 27 Comments

Climate change invites aliens into Canada

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

From the Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press) Climate change invites alien invaders – Is Canada ready? Ottawa, Ontario – A comprehensive multi-disciplinary synthesis just published in Environmental Reviews reveals the urgent need for further investigation and policy development to … Continue reading →

Posted in Curious things, Environment, satire | Tagged , , , , , , , | 53 Comments

Comparing climate skepticism to “creationism” in the classroom

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Alternate title: Science education gets Gleicked From AAAS: “Is climate change education the new evolution, threatened in U.S. school districts and state education standards by well-organized interest groups? A growing number of education advocates believe so, and yesterday, the National … Continue reading →

Posted in climate ugliness, education, satire | Tagged , , , , , , , | 187 Comments

Friday Funny – salud!

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

Josh of cartoonsbyjosh.com writes: I did this because I liked the idea of falsifying the evidence that wine is good for you, I mean why not if it is 5 minutes to midnight on the doomsday clock, makes perfect sense … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, satire | 63 Comments

The climate science peer pressure cooker

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

Will Replicated Global Warming Science Make Mann Go Ape? By Patrick J. Michaels – from World Climate Report About 10 years ago, December 20, 2002 to be exact, we published a paper titled “Revised 21st century temperature projections” in the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate ugliness, Michael E. Mann, peer review, satire | Tagged , , , , , , , | 153 Comments

Embiggening the science

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

Josh of cartoonsbyjosh.com writes: See Judith Curry’s great post about what looks like an interesting new book by David Weinberger Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren’t the Facts, Experts are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the … Continue reading →

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I’ve been Lenfesteyed

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Sometimes you just have to laugh. This is one of those times. I’ve been put in my place by an “urban coyote poet” for daring to publish on this blog. Elmer (of M4GW, not M4CC), Chris Monckton, and I , … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Humor, satire | Tagged , , , , , , | 138 Comments

Be careful today and tonight, billions may die

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

UPDATE: January 1st, 2012 – still here, no reports of mass deaths at the last minute. – Anthony Global warming may go on a last minute rampage. Maybe best to just stay at home and lock your doors, bar your … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Climate FAIL, Humor, Methane, ridiculae, satire | Tagged , , , , , , , | 103 Comments

Friday Funny – New NOAA supercomputer “Gaea” revealed

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

From the Atomic City Underground Blog of knoxvillenews.com comes word that a big kahuna of komputing is about to go online. The Cray XK6 supercomputer is a trifecta of scalar, network and many-core innovation. It combines Cray’s proven Gemini interconnect, … Continue reading →

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The year in Josh – 2011

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

What would we do without the comic relief from Josh? So much hilarity.

Posted in Humor, satire | 10 Comments

Climate craziness of the week – the last one, really!

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

The Telegraph goes full stupid with this headline. The craziness is that this photo essay has to be done every year, a point apparently lost on both the Telegraph and the photographer.

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In where I get my own nuclear explosion for Christmas

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

It’s getting onto the time when we just let other cares fall away and focus on family and friends, and what holiday season would be complete without some fireworks when they all get together? ;-)

Posted in Humor, satire | Tagged , | 60 Comments

This is Glacial Tap

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

From McGill University , hmmm, where have we heard this water supply threat from receding mountain glaciers before? Children just aren’t going to know what glaciers are. Glacial tap is open but the water will run dry Retreating glaciers threaten … Continue reading →

Posted in glaciers, Humor, satire | Tagged , , , , , , , | 84 Comments

For “the team”, may the farce be with you

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

Fenbeagle pens a masterpiece in the theme of The Empire Strikes Back. I loved this one: After watching Mann’s TEDx presentation, I think the above is the scene right before he augers in to the surface of the Death Star. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, satire | Tagged | 41 Comments

Josh on the skeptic computer raid

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

In case you haven’t heard, UK skeptic blogger “Tallbloke” has had his computers seized by Norfolk police looking for evidence of the intrepid “FOIA” leaker. Josh at Cartoons by Josh can always see humor, even when things look dark. He’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, satire | 64 Comments

12 days of Christmas Climategate

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

WUWT reader “roh” writes: Well its the time of the year for celebration, joy, and festive mood. Climatology is no different too. Well enjoy 12 days of Climategate. On the first day of Climategate, The UN sent to me, A … Continue reading →

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Friday Funny – The Booker Prize for the biased BBC

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

Josh sketches up some humorous vignettes from the GWPF Report “The BBC and Climate Change: A Triple Betrayal” by Christopher Booker. Perhaps George Monbiot will award the “Booker Prize” to the BBC this year.

Posted in Humor, satire | 27 Comments

Friday Funny – Bonus Edition

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

Josh was amused by the caveman reference I made to the Geico commercial Hockey stick falsification – so easy a caveman kid can do it. Here’s his take on it:

Posted in Climategate, Humor, satire | 14 Comments