I’m pretty sure he’ll blame his blathering on the heat. You have to wonder if privately, many leading climate alarmists are saying quietly “shut up John you are blowing our argument“.
(CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State John Kerry told an audience in Mexico on Wednesday that temperatures in Europe and in Vietnam were “unprecedented” and broke “every record that’s ever been seen.” However, although it was hot that day, he was off the mark.
Speaking at an environmentally-friendly technology event in Mexico City, Kerry said he had just caught a CNN weather report in his hotel and “saw the temperatures around the world right now.”
“Thirty-four degrees centigrade [Celsius] in Vietnam today, in May. Twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-three in places all around Europe,” he said. “Unprecedented. Breaks every record that’s ever been seen.”
“What we are seeing around the world is what scientists have predicted,” Kerry continued. “They’re not telling us that we may see global climate change. We are seeing it, and we’re seeing the impacts now.”
Wednesday was a hot day in Vietnam, with temperatures rising at their highest to 36 degrees celsius (96.8°F) at Tan Son Nhut international airport in Ho Chi Minh City. But according to Vietnam’s foreign ministry, the highest temperature recorded in May is 39°C (102.2°F) in Ho Chi Minh City, and 42°C (107.6°F) in Hanoi. The Hanoi record was registered in 1926.
The hottest places in Europe in the heat of the day on Wednesday, according to weatheronline.co.uk included parts of Russia, Germany, central Italy and southern Turkey, all in the 29-32°C (84-89°F) range.
The highest temperature ever recorded in European Russia was 44°C (111.2°F) in 2010; in Germany was 40.2°C (104.4°F) in 1983 and 2003; in Italy was 48.5°C (119.3°F) in 1999; and in Turkey was 48.8°C (119.8°F) in 1993.
Read more here: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/kerry-says-wrongly-some-temperatures-week-broke-every-record-s-ever
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He goes on to cite the usual talking points, er tipping points. Meanwhile, real problems in the world exist and are getting worse. When one of those blows up while he’s off someplace preaching about non-existent all-time record highs, he’ll likely go down as the most incompetent Secretary of State ever.
Its a lot easier to complain about climate change than address real problems…….After all, he is actually doing something about nothing as opposed to doing nothing about something.
Kerry spoke for record temperatures before he spoke against them.
Tom O says:
May 23, 2014 at 8:11 am
I don’t think he has ever sounded educated or intelligent, although he did grow up speaking French.
He has always been two-faced.
The hottest places in Europe in the heat of the day on Wednesday, according to weatheronline.co.uk included parts of Russia, Germany, central Italy and southern Turkey, all in the 29-32°C (84-89°F) range.
The highest temperature ever recorded in European Russia was 44°C (111.2°F) in 2010; in Germany was 40.2°C (104.4°F) in 1983 and 2003; in Italy was 48.5°C (119.3°F) in 1999; and in Turkey was 48.8°C (119.8°F) in 1993.
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That’s not one or two degrees that depends upon how you pick your cherries. Damn it that a full 10-15 deg C.
Global cooling here and it’s happening now !
“They’re not telling us that we may see global climate change. We are seeing it, and we’re seeing the impacts now.”
So now that summer is here weather is climate again.
And to think in 2004, while running for the presidency, Kerry sounded like an educated, intelligent man.
You must have confused him with Jim Carey.
Tommorow he’ll remind us how he kicked Putin’s ass right out of Crimea, closed Gitmo and successfully negotiated a peace treaty between Israel and their prisoners in the occupied territories.
What a guy.
I am relishing the thought that Kerry is suffering the classic symptoms of ketchup poisoning.
Rud Istvan — I second that.
and successfully negotiated a peace treaty between Israel and their prisoners in the occupied territories.
And he’ll get the Arabs to apologize for wanting to drive the Jews into the sea. In ’48 and all subsequent years. Just for balance.
John Kerry can “see” climate change the same way Debbie Stabenow could “feel it when I’m flying”. No doubt, Believers can also “smell” and “hear” climate change, and some even sense it intuitively, via ESP.
Woe betide we unfortunates who demand actual evidence and facts in the face of sheer emotionalism.
Tom O at 8:11 am
And to think in 2004, while running for the presidency, Kerry sounded like an educated, intelligent man.
Well, there are a couple possible explanations for this.
First, he might have “sounded like an educated intelligent man” to you then. Since then you have gained more wisdom than has he.
Second, Kerry now having achieved his pinnacle of political power no longer needs to sound like an educated intelligent man, but can be his true self.
In either case, upon exit from office, he is destined to leave the world and this country in a worse place than it was when he entered.
It strike me that we could use a constitutional amendment. The Senate currently has the advise and consent duty to confirm those appointed to executive and judicial offices. The amendment should be to make that confirmation probationary, subject to a second vote of unreserved confirmation after 12 months. 9 times out of 10 it will be an near automatic vote to reconfirm. On that 1 time out of 10, it will be our insurance policy protecting us from The Peter Principle.
Somebody please fetch John his magic hat..
Wayne Delbeke says:
May 23, 2014 at 8:36 am
Has John Kerry been to Manchuria recently …(if too obtuse for the youngsters – search Frank Sinatra, 1962)
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John Kerry is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.
John Kerry should stick to playing to his strength, which appears to be marrying wealthy women..
Well, at least now he has left Israel alone.
The “fixing” this guy does are so catastrofic it is better he went harrasing some climate “worriors” elsewhere.
Dear Secretary Kerry,
Thank you for your valiant leadership in Vietnam, your principled defense of our country’s actions in that conflict, your decades of keeping the Jr. Senator’s seat from Massachusetts warm, your bungled and hilariously failed Presidential campaign (during a time when we really needed a laugh), your managing to make Joe Biden look smart (no mean feat), and now, finally, your clarion call for the world to rise up and take carbonaction in the name of fighting to preserve our very existence! I for one am very impressed. Keep it up sir. Let no one dissuade you!
C’mon folks, you all should know by now this administration gets all of their info from the news. Pick you topic or scandal and they have already told us they were unaware until they watched the news. Fact not sarc!
maybe his magic hat was on too tight ? or he thought he was in Cambodia ?
Jim Sweet says:
Shhhh…even his best friends don’t know about it…just ask him…
Rud Istvan says:
May 23, 2014 at 8:06 am
Kerry is not smart enough to know how dumb he sounds.
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Yes, but it’s Bush’s fault.
Politicians want to be politicians and to become one they must promise something. All the old reasons are time wearied. Preventing Climate change is the new promise (lie). If only people would see that.
Politics will destroy our civilisation, not climate change (if it ever existed).
John F’n Kerry coming up fast as Climate Duplicitist of the year, just behind his boss Baruq.
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Go ahead, make my day, cross them red lines if you dare and see what happens. OK, that didn’t work out too good, so guess I’ll go check out the latest temps on CNN.
“Hmmm, this one looks good: Abby Normal”.