June 10th is Hug a Climate Scientist Day

Hal Jordan, via the Submit Story feature submits this brief entry:

Apparently, Australian AGW advocates are not well liked.

Aussie climate scientists need random hugs from strangers to reassure them that they aren’t universally hated.

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apachewhoknows
June 8, 2011 7:21 pm

It is all so 1969 and quite dated in fact of the matter.

June 8, 2011 7:23 pm

Several of the scientists in Canberra have been moved to a more secure location after receiving [death] threats over their research. [source]
Then comes the kicker, in the final sentence:
The Australian Federal Police says it is aware of the issue, but there is no investigation underway.
Ah. “No investigation” = Bogosity.

June 8, 2011 7:48 pm

AT 5:16 PM on 8 June, fred nerk had written:

we don’t hate them we just ignore them which is everything they deserve

Speak for yourself, fred. I certainly hate them, and it’s not about us ignoring them. As long as the bureaucrats and the politicians don’t ignore their “research” grant applications and shovel out for them the billions upon billions of taxpayer dollars to fund their academic empire-building, we’ve got more than sufficient reason to hate them.
Every damned time one of them signs his (her) name to a funding application containing the knowing utterance of falsehoods in order to obtain government funding, he (she) is perpetrating theft of value by fraud. Might be a case for taking them on under the RICO statute, too. Or didn’t that evidence of coordination discovered in the Climategate e-mail communications cross your threshold of appreciation?

Randy Links
June 8, 2011 7:56 pm

Hug a climate scientist. They’re currently freezing their butts off in Canberra and they need all the warmnth they can get. Poor dears.

Sera
June 8, 2011 9:07 pm

“And we all know that without the humble ballpoint pen science would simply stop.”
Well, we did science with pencils and sliderules (and we would have been fired for gross incompetence).

Brian H
June 8, 2011 9:42 pm

I think I’ll designate a hunting polar bear as my proxy hugger. Should be able to accommodate several prey climate scientists!

wayne
June 8, 2011 9:45 pm

charles nelson at 5:23 pm, couldn’t agree more.

Noelene
June 8, 2011 10:08 pm

It’s satire.Very funny.Radio 2GB is where shock jocks(as the left love to call them)are.
http://www.2gb.com/index.php?option=com_homepage&id=1&Itemid=44
note the poll ,

noaaprogrammer
June 8, 2011 10:09 pm

Just come up behind ’em and give ’em a big heimlich maneuver! All of us deniers are stuck in their craws anyway.

Shub Niggurath
June 8, 2011 10:17 pm

Miken Mangan
Kick Hansen in the nuts…really?
I don’t want to kick Hansen in the ‘nuts’ . The guy is already drawing enough attention to himself by getting arrested etc.
No violence please. Only hugs! 🙂

SSam
June 8, 2011 10:21 pm

charles nelson says:
“I a reminded of when the Animal Liberation People in the UK ‘liberated’ the population of a mink farm so that the cute furry things would not be harmed….it simply didn’t occur to them that the mink would kill every living thing on the river system for miles around…”
*Blink,,, BUAHAHAH!!!! Oh that is classic. Pure classic.
Sort of a real life version of the WKRP (sitcom) Thanksgiving Turkey Toss.

AndyW
June 8, 2011 10:29 pm

Unfortunately some climate scientists in Australia are hated so much they have been getting death threats.
Reminds me of the Catholic church a few hundred year ago.
Very sad.

jorgekafkazar
June 8, 2011 10:33 pm

Pompous Git says: “I’m more than happy to hug an Australian climate scientist. Virtual hugs to Ian Plimer, Mike Pook, Garth Paltridge, Bob Carter…”
Best comment yet.

CodeTech
June 8, 2011 11:05 pm

Oddly enough, I’ve seen far more convincing evidence that the warmists and their supporters have uttered death threats to skeptics over the years. Including me. So their whiny little complaints have absolutely zero sympathy from me.
I’ve always avoided hugging stupid people, you never know what diseases they’ve exposed themselves to due to their ignorance.

Patrick Davis
June 8, 2011 11:40 pm

Too funny! I’m all out of hugs for these types, one hand on a computer simulation, the other in my wallet.

Pompous Git
June 9, 2011 12:32 am

jorgekafkazar said June 8, 2011 at 10:33 pm
“Pompous Git says: “I’m more than happy to hug an Australian climate scientist. Virtual hugs to Ian Plimer, Mike Pook, Garth Paltridge, Bob Carter…”
Best comment yet.”
Thanks Jorge. I read it as climate scientists, as distinct from climate “scientists”.
Randy Links said June 8, 2011 at 7:56 pm
“Hug a climate scientist. They’re currently freezing their butts off in Canberra and they need all the warmnth [sic] they can get. Poor dears.”
I suspect that like The Git, Mike and Garth are freezing their butts off in Tasmania. The Git is heading towards the kitchen where there’s a lovely CO2-emitting fire, a glass of red neddy and a nice curry to cook. ‘Night 🙂

June 9, 2011 1:37 am

If the poor abused lambs (who believe being sworn at is the same as death threats) want hugs then send them to the Amazon Rainforest they love so much. I suspect there’s a few anacondas that would be happy to oblige them.

Allan M
June 9, 2011 1:49 am

Some believe that AGW alarmism has been used to help polar bears. Perhaps Aussies could import a few for hugging purposes. Surely the bears ought to be grateful.

Ed Zuiderwijk
June 9, 2011 2:30 am

Some people mistake a hug for an attempt to smother. Maybe that’s the hidden agenda?

Latimer Alder
June 9, 2011 2:45 am

I live in Europe. Can I catch E.Coli from hugging a climie? And are funds available for the subsequent deep fumigation that I would need?

tango
June 9, 2011 3:31 am

they tell us today that the death threats where made a year ago a beat up from the news papers who are all far left in australia

Tim Fitzgerald
June 9, 2011 3:42 am

Isn’t Hal Jordon the Green Lantern?

RR Kampen
June 9, 2011 4:42 am

[Snip. Continuing to label other commentators as “denialists” will get you banned. Last warning. ~dbs, mod.]

June 9, 2011 5:00 am

I hugged a loved one..does that count 😛 Funny post. Just like hug a political student day.

klem
June 9, 2011 6:05 am

In Canada the environmentalists fight tooth and nail every year against the annual east coast seal hunt. They claim it is cruel and only provides seal pelts for rich folks.
However in Australia the environmentalists are promoting a camel hunt. It too will be cruel, but they say killing camels will save the planet from climate catastrophe so its ok.
How is a camel hunt really any different from a seal hunt?
How can environmentalists face themseves in the mirror every morning?