Josh writes:
There have been a few tweets about this guy, John Oliver. He got Bill Nye to come on his show to debate a skeptic but then said he would need 96 other people alongside Bill to make it representative.
On the other hand, as we know, [http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/05/02/friday-funny-industrial-strength-skeptic-in-a-can/] the alarmist arguments are so weak Bill Nye probably does need that amount of back up.
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Ok, I’ll bite. What are Oliver’s scientific credentials? I’d like to know how funny it really is.
Our youth are getting their news from clowns like this guy, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher……etc. Makes one weep.
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It was funny, thanks Josh.
But I was halfway expecting the post to be a climate related dig at Hilarity Rodman Clinton.
John
Speaking of HRC, I might well be canned for being O/T, but do Americans really want somebody’s finger on that big red button who misremembered being under fire?
John Who?
“. . . 96 other people alongside Bill to make it representative.
One climokleptomanic fool is pretty much like all climokleptomanic fools. If there are too many on the stage speaking at the same time we wouldn’t know when to laugh.
“One climokleptomanic fool is pretty much like all climokleptomanic fools. If there are too many on the stage speaking at the same time we wouldn’t know when to laugh.”
Sure we would. If their lips are moving it’s time to laugh.
“…. the alarmist arguments are so weak Bill Nye probably does need that amount of back up.”
Bill Nye is a clown who job is entertaining children by dressing up as a wacky scientist with a silly tie. He probably needs that kind of back up to find his way to the toilet.
James Ard says:
May 28, 2014 at 12:49 pm
John Who?
What he said…
@John f. Hultquist –
“Climokleptomaniac” – PRICELESS!! And how true!
They always try to debate the straw man, never the man.
Yeah
He has become used to finding his humour by poking fun at the idiocies of the right. It is fertile ground for a humourist because lets face it, there are some really bizarre idiots lurking on the right. This leads to a certain lazy expectation that all fruitloops are to be found on the right and anything on the right is likely to be pure fruitloopery. However the right wing of politics does not have a monopoly on human idiocy and in the case of climate all the most bizarre things are happening on the left. Just go look at the twits on SkS amusing themselves by photoshopping themselves into nazi uniforms. You really couldn’t make this stuff up.
Gary Pearse says:
May 28, 2014 at 12:24 pm
Ok, I’ll bite. What are Oliver’s scientific credentials? I’d like to know how funny it really is.
Doesn’t really matter what his “science” creds are. What are his journalist creds?
Oliver was a contestant in the UK ‘Upper Class Twit Of The Year’. He’s wearing #5 and he is funny.
At least you can sometimes argue with a comedian. The people we can’t argue with (but need to convince) are the ones who listen to the comedian for one sound-bite, then turn off the TV.
Bit like the paranoid dyskeptic – kept thinking he was following someone.
Not paranoid if he was.
Oliver… just another Stewart, that is, a self-appointed sociologist, intellectual, economist, historian,… but comedian when convenient. After all, this is just standup (and not very good but for Colbert) that is shot in a newsroom-like studio to push a claim of credibility on the gullible.
Never heard of John Oliver and wouldn’t watch him even if he weren’t as big a fool as his 96 comment indicated. Bill Nye quite frankly wouldn’t know science if it came up and bit him on the behind. He’s essentially the court jester for the self annointed elite who dresses up in pretend [scientist] motley.
He wouldn’t need 97 people to balance it out, he would only need 33 because the ratio is actually….
oh never mind
AndyL says:
May 28, 2014 at 2:50 pm
He wouldn’t need 97 people to balance it out, he would only need 33 because the ratio is actually….
oh never mind
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LOL.
Good point.
another laugh:
“Years of Living Dangerously” fails to make the Top 100….again:
TvByTheNumbers: Cable Ratings Monday 26 May 2014
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/05/28/monday-cable-ratings-nba-playoffs-win-night-love-hip-hop-atlanta-wwe-raw-hit-the-floor-real-housewives-of-orange-county-more/267997/
I didn’t see this but I do know that the Now Show was a lot funnier before John Oliver left for the lure of the $US. He does have talent.
And if you think his wit is blunted by partisan, political close-mindedness… look up Marcus Brigstocke. (not a comedian – just a left wing shockjock without the fleetness of thought.).
btw some of the “Years” “celebrity” cast are off to the Caribbean next!
27 May: HuffPo: Climate Change: A Challenge For Our Times
by Ian Somerhalder, Actor
We are but two short weeks away from the UN’s global World Environment Day
celebrations on the 5th of June. This year, the theme focuses on the impacts
of climate change on Small Island Developing States, our “canary in the coal
mine” for what all low-lying and vulnerable areas will face in the not too
distant future.
I am really looking forward to heading to Barbados, this year’s WED host
country, to witness first hand the problems the island is facing and the
creative solutions it is coming up with to adapt to these challenge…
However, this small nation has taken big steps to reduce its climate
footprint and to provide clean, renewable energy, and opportunities for
green economic growth, to its people. Among other things, it has pledged to
increase the share of renewable energy across the island to 29 percent of
all electricity consumption by 2029. This would cut total electricity costs
by an estimated $283.5 million USD and reduce CO2 emissions by 4.5 million
tons, according to the government.
This year, I have been submerged, no pun intended, in climate change issues.
I care deeply about this because as a Louisiana native I spent my childhood
enjoying the beauty, wonder and delicate nature of the Gulf Coast…
***I was so fortunate to have also participated in the ground-breaking climate
change documentary series, Years of Living Dangerously, produced by James
Cameron…
When I found out about this series, my heart jumped out of my chest, because
I realized — finally — this needs to happen now. It is hands-down the most
important project I’ve ever been a part of.
What scares me the most about climate change is that by some predictions
half of all species on earth will be extinct within 50 years. We will be
experiencing floods and droughts that will prohibit agriculture and
fisheries. It’s going to be increasingly difficult for us to get food and
water. And within that lies the balance of our very existence…
It’s hard in these times to avoid eco fatigue, but fellow Goodwill
Ambassadors Gisele Bündchen, Don Cheadle, ***Yaya Toure and I have joined
forces to try to make taking action more fun. We are sending out an SOS to
the world on behalf of Small Island Developing States. Our “message in the
bottle?” We are all connected. The challenges faced by islands will face us
all…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-somerhalder/climate-change-a-challeng_b_5375276.html?utm_hp_ref=green
That was the dumbest video I have seen in a long time. They guy has a problem with numbers. What the heck is a mathematically correct debate, anyway? If you are right, you are right. I don’t think that 97% of any group agree on anything.