Friday Funny: Al Gore's new science low – burning dolls

At least “Burning Man” has an art component to it, “burning dolls”, not so much.

This is so stupid, so inane, so grade B movie “Plan 9 from Outer Space” level that all you can do is laugh at it. It is the latest effort from Al Gore’s “Climate Reality Project”. I suppose after this exercise in child brainwashing, anything goes. Watch:

From the YouTube Description:

The science girl takes a comedic look at the differences of climate vs weather. Created for the live broadcast of 24 Hours of Reality: The Dirty Weather Report.

Even more bizarre are the comments from the faithful on YouTube.

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November 23, 2012 1:57 am

It is a well designed and artfully filmed ADVERTISEMENT for Al Gore’s message. Not even Al Gore’s acolytes would pretend it represents science of any sort. By all means criticise the message ( and I do!) but the medium is…. what it is.
People seem to be comparing it to the far more dishonest Al Gore “basic science” temperature experiment much ( and rightly so ) derided here.

November 23, 2012 2:03 am

Jaycurrie beat me to it, but indeed from the definition of IQ, half the population is below 100.

Ryan
November 23, 2012 2:04 am

Yeah, I’m pretty sure this is young actress Yara Sayeh Shahidi. She doesn’t nornally wear glasses – just part of the act. She starred alongside Eddie Murphy in the film “Imagine That” back in 2009. In the film she played the part of a young girl that lives in a fantasy world – look’s like she’s becoming typecast…..

Graham Green
November 23, 2012 2:09 am

[snip – a bit over the top -mod]

Guam
November 23, 2012 2:13 am

Pathetic and the best illustration of how low this man will stoop in some time.
To use children in this way is despicable in the extreme.

Alan the Brit
November 23, 2012 2:29 am

GeoLurking says:
November 22, 2012 at 9:04 pm
“Just thing about all the petrochemicals that were used for the plastic dolls, the paint, the sealant for the the aquarium tank, the energy used to process the silica and make the glass for it… for her glasses… which are probably actually polycarbonate. The industry that produced her clothings, the plastic in the Fresnel lens
Yeah, preach on you little brat”.
Much as I wish the young lady no harm, it would be ironic if in 20 years time she develops a lung condition that was traced back to breathing in toxic fumes in a confined space whilst performing her little well acted routine, she must have been rehearsing for weeks! She will go far I don’t doubt! I would also like to have had an opportunity to give her the third degree interrogation as to what she actually does know, & compare it to what she has spouted forth! Climate propaganda is the only political propaganda allowed in schools it would seem!

ALeBlanc
November 23, 2012 2:34 am

One word, Weak!

November 23, 2012 2:43 am

Where do these odnoxious brats come from? More pantomime than science.

Robert Millman
November 23, 2012 3:09 am

It is surely no accident that the 12 year old chosen to illustrate the evils of carbon is (a) a girl and (b) “a person of color” ( to use that political correct description). Academy Award-Noble Peace Prizes winners leave nothing to chance. A girl melting dolls! How delightful. rdmill

mfo
November 23, 2012 3:33 am

This film is an insult to those who have recently lost their lives and had their homes and businesses wrecked by Sandy.
The girl coughs after burning the plastic dolls (or pretends to). Apart from the obvious fact that children should not play with fire, burning plastic dolls releases toxic fumes in the form of dioxins and furans which, if inhaled, may be harmful to human health eg. carcinogenic.

Editor
November 23, 2012 4:01 am

HADCRUT is out for October.
UAH,RSS + HADCRUT are down or unchanged, GISS is up. No surprise there then.
http://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/global-temperature-updateoctober-2012/

Leo G
November 23, 2012 4:22 am

The shift of the mean temperature in Science Girl’s frequency distribution chart of summer temperatures is about 1.5 sd which in most temperate places would be more than 4º Celsius.

Doug Huffman
November 23, 2012 4:40 am

Daniel Kahneman tells of credulous and skeptical thinking in Thinking, Fast and Slow

P Wilson
November 23, 2012 4:57 am

I find it objectionable that children are being brainwashed in school to this extent

DJ
November 23, 2012 5:01 am

If “green energy” is so good, then why didn’t she have any examples??
Pathetic. Good production values, but pathetic in content.
(personally, I was offended at seeing the doll suffering a wardrobe malfunction while being burned alive)

November 23, 2012 5:07 am

Wow !!
Great parody !!

Bruce Cobb
November 23, 2012 5:37 am

It made me cringe. I felt badly for the girl and how she’s being used to promote propaganda. The parents should be ashamed. It comes from the same mindset the video “No Pressure” came from, albeit less gorey.

November 23, 2012 5:47 am

This piece was professionally produced for a specific purpose. I would like to know the producers and the actors and how much they were paid to promote the cause. Can someone do some research?

Gail Combs
November 23, 2012 5:54 am

Is this what we are going to be seeing after Al gets finished indoctrinated the kids?
Dozens of cars and a few houses were all vandalized by shooters
It reminds me of PETA and the the Animal Liberation Front. Where Peta presents the ‘clean public image’ to sucker people in.

…PETA occupies the niche of — in Newkirk’s own words — “complete press sluts.” …
In the past, PETA has handled the press for the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), a violent, underground group of fanatics who plant firebombs in restaurants, destroy butcher shops, and torch research labs. The FBI considers ALF among America’s most active and prolific terrorist groups, but PETA compares it to the Underground Railroad and the French Resistance. More than 20 years after its inception, PETA continues to hire convicted ALF militants and funds their legal defense. In at least one case, court records show that Ingrid Newkirk herself was involved in an ALF arson….
http://activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/o/21-people-for-the-ethical-treatment-of-animals

Indoctrinated young people can easily turn violent. History is littered with cases and you only have to look to the middle east today to see hatred indoctrination turning into violence today.
Or look at the USA.

John E. Lewis
Deputy Assistant Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington DC
May 18, 2004
The FBI estimates that the ALF/ELF and related groups have committed more than 1,100 criminal acts in the United States since 1976, resulting in damages conservatively estimated at approximately $110 million….
The escalation in violent rhetoric is best demonstrated by language that was included in the communiqués claiming responsibility for the detonation of improvised explosive devices in 2003 at two separate northern California companies, which were targeted as a result of their business links to HLS. Following two pipe bomb blasts at the Chiron Life Sciences Center in Emeryville, California on August 28, 2003, an anonymous claim of responsibility was issued which included the statement: “This is the endgame for the animal killers and if you choose to stand with them you will be dealt with accordingly. There will be no quarter given, no half measures taken. You might be able to protect your buildings, but can you protect the homes of every employee?”….
…In addition to the upswing in violent rhetoric and tactics observed from animal rights extremists in recent years, new trends have emerged in the eco-terrorist movement. These trends include a greater frequency of attacks in more populated areas, as seen in Southern California, Michigan and elsewhere, and the increased targeting of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and new construction of homes or commercial properties in previously undeveloped areas by extremists combating what they describe as “urban sprawl.” Eco-terrorists have adopted these new targets due to their perceived negative environmental impact
…..
…”Direct action” generally occurs in the form of criminal activity designed to cause economic loss or to destroy the victims’ company operations or property. The extremists’ efforts have broadened to include a multi-national campaign of harassment, intimidation and coercion against animal testing companies and any companies or individuals doing business with those targeted companies. Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) is one such company. The “secondary” or “tertiary” targeting of companies which have business or financial relationships with the target company typically takes the form of fanatical harassment of employees and interference with normal business operations, under the threat of escalating tactics or even violence. The harassment is designed to inflict increasing economic damage until the company is forced to cancel its contracts or business relationship with the original target….
In recent years, the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front have become the most active criminal extremist elements in the United States. Despite the destructive aspects of ALF and ELF’s operations, their stated operational philosophy discourages acts that harm “any animal, human and nonhuman.” In general, the animal rights and environmental extremist movements have adhered to this mandate. Beginning in 2002, however, this operational philosophy has been overshadowed by an escalation in violent rhetoric and tactics,…. But even more disturbing is the recent employment of improvised explosive devices against consumer product testing companies, accompanied by threats of more, larger bombings and even potential assassinations of researchers, corporate officers and employees
http://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/animal-rights-extremism-and-ecoterrorism

Testimony of James F. Jarboe, Domestic Terrorism Section Chief, Counterterrorism Division, FBI
Before the House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health February 12, 2002
“The Threat of Eco-Terrorism”
…During the past decade we have witnessed dramatic changes in the nature of the terrorist threat….
Disaffected environmentalists, in 1980, formed a radical group called “Earth First!” and engaged in a series of protests and civil disobedience events. In 1984, however, members introduced “tree spiking” (insertion of metal or ceramic spikes in trees in an effort to damage saws) as a tactic to thwart logging. In 1992, the ELF was founded in Brighton, England, by Earth First! members who refused to abandon criminal acts as a tactic when others wished to mainstream Earth First!. In 1993, the ELF was listed for the first time along with the ALF in a communique declaring solidarity in actions between the two groups. This unity continues today with a crossover of leadership and membership. It is not uncommon for the ALF and the ELF to post joint declarations of responsibility for criminal actions on their web-sites. In 1994, founders of the San Francisco branch of Earth First! published in The Earth First! Journal a recommendation that Earth First! mainstream itself in the United States, leaving criminal acts other than unlawful protests to the ELF.
The ELF advocates “monkeywrenching,” a euphemism for acts of sabotage and property destruction against industries and other entities perceived to be damaging to the natural environment. “Monkeywrenching” includes tree spiking, arson, sabotage of logging or construction equipment, and other types of property destruction. Speeches given by Jonathan Paul and Craig Rosebraugh at the 1998 National Animal Rights Conference held at the University of Oregon, promoted the unity of both the ELF and the ALF movements….
http://www.oocities.org/anarcores/fbionalf.html or http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress02/jarboe021202.htm

November 23, 2012 5:54 am

This little video will doubtless end up in the curricula of thousands of elementary schools. Unlike “Plan 9” it is deliberately ‘cute’, aimed at youngsters. And it probably will be successful. The melting dolls is an image they won’t easily forget.
The girl is a pretty good actress, actually.
/Mr Lynn

lurker passing through, laughing
November 23, 2012 5:55 am

The climate crisis manifests itself as a social crisis, not weather.
The crisis consists entirely of how the climate obsessed feel empowered to lie, cheat, steal and abuse.
Let us not forget the infamous 10:10 video

Anne
November 23, 2012 6:00 am

Well that’s one use for Barbie and Ken once you’ve outgrown them! 10 year old girl science – yup that’s about the right level for Al Gore and his acolytes!

Gail Combs
November 23, 2012 6:02 am

John F. Hultquist says:
November 22, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Burning plastic in a closed room – I wonder what could go wrong there?
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PVC is Nasty stuff when heated or burned. It releases HCl gas and other toxins. Barbie dolls are made of PVC (at least the old ones were)
I wonder if they were using an Asbestos mat under the exhibit to prevent the fire from spreading? (snicker)

November 23, 2012 6:10 am

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