Guest essay by Eric Worrall
The victory of President Trump is a gift not just for America but for the world.
As WUWT recently reported, the last few days has seen a growing panic amongst the inner core of the Climate movement, currently partying at taxpayer’s expense in Marrakesh, about what they hoped was the unlikely possibility of a Trump Victory. Now their worst fears are realised.
Many years ago, Lord Monckton predicted America would be nation to lead the world to freedom from the anti-humanist greed of the green movement. Lord Monckton’s prediction has now come to pass.
In my native Australia, in Europe, across the world, in the bleak halls of the United Nations, the climate elite were gathering for one final great push to claim the future. Their plans are now in ruins.
God bless the United States of America. God bless the next President of the United States, Donald J Trump.
Update (EW) fixed a typo (h/t Dodgy Geezer)
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Reprise – for John MacDonald – looks like you got your wish John.
Best personal regards, and best wishes for America.
– Allan MacRae, P.Eng., Calgary
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/10/24/the-clintons-renewables-plan-would-create-green-jobs-but-would-also-destroy-real-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-2326086
Hi John MacDonald,
My serious comments in the above post were these, and they were very serious:
“A USA election is imminent. For most countries, I suggest that the question of a Hillary vs a Donald would come down to “who gets energy right (Donald), and who gets it utterly wrong (Hillary).”
Cheap, reliable abundant energy is the lifeblood of society, and our very cheap fossil fuel energy should provide our two countries with an overwhelming economic advantage, IF the greens would stop sabotaging our economies to advance their far-left political objectives.
Since the USA is a global power, there are more issues than just the domestic economy.”
I tend to agree with your comments John, regarding the risks to “liberty and freedom, the rule of law and the survival of the Constitution”. However, as a Canadian I do not think I should comment on these matters. The American people have a critically important choice to make, and you should understand these issues far better than I do.
[excerpted for brevity]
Regards, Allan
“This not the end. It is not the beginning of the end. It is the end of the beginning.” These words are as true now, in this circumstance as when they were first spoken. It is not yet, “Morning in America.” The struggle remains before us. We must finish the job!
I love those sub-headlines on the NY Times cover. “Our Unknown Country” Exactly! I love it! The press is completely out of touch with the struggles of the average person, and they don’t care. They can’t comprehend how a majority of voters could pick the person they tried so hard to demonize. They spent a sleepless night wondering “Does this mean the public isn’t listening to us after all? Do they not take what we say as the truth?”
The job market sucks, health care sucks, race relations in this country suck, Islamic terrorism is growing and the people know its because of Obama and would only continue with Hillary. It is so bad in fact right now in this country we are willing to put up with an obnoxious bullying jerk for a president because at least he understands what our problems really are.
The editors of the NYT remind me of that former publisher of some women’s magazine, right after Nixon won re-election with over 60% of the vote.
” I don’t understand how he could have won, nobody I know voted for him.”
NYC has become one huge left wing echo chamber, leftists spend their entire lives without ever talking to someone who doesn’t agree with them politically. As a result they have no idea how the other side thinks, and they start to believe the lies the tell each other about their political opponents.
“NYC has become one huge left wing echo chamber”
The left has become a huge left-wing echo chamber, where anyone questioning political correctness is cast out to the wolves.
This is why none of them can understand why Trump won. They literally don’t know anyone who would vote for him.
I have a word for you… intimidation. I suppose next they will want to be sure we are voting for the politically correct person.
MarkW writes: leftists spend their entire lives without ever talking to someone who doesn’t agree with them politically.
Remarkably, though off topic, that’s also why we now have an out of control wolf population expanding through the north western Rocky Mountains. It seemed like a good idea at the time? Folks in the NYC echo chamber you mention have no experience with wolves, who aren’t cute cuddly stuffed toys you give your children on birthdays. They don’t get that part.
Wolves are amazing animals. Can we live in peace with wolves? Probably not. Recent experience says no. Wolves aren’t zoo animals; they require a very large territory and they absolutely will kill (and sometimes eat) livestock. We don’t have a choice about wolves. We can create a very large refuge covering Idaho, Wyoming, N. and D. Dakota, all of Utah and parts of Nevada or we can give up. There’s no “peace” with wolves. We can’t negotiate with them.
But folks in NYC, who’ve never seen a wolf, would like to make policy on the subject and that is, without doubt, the entire problem.
Well said Steve. +100
Thank you email from The Donald:
Make America Great Again
“Chimp”,
They said we could never do it.
But last night you showed the world that America will once again be a country of, for, and by the PEOPLE.
You fought like a winner, you defied all odds, and history will forever remember the role you played in taking our country back.
I never could’ve done it without you, John. Your contributions, your sacrifices, and your unyielding commitment to our movement made last night possible!
Thank you
Last night we learned that America is still a beacon of hope where the impossible is possible.
For far too long, we’ve heard Washington politicians give the excuse that “it can’t be done.” They say we can’t balance the budget, we can’t stop corruption, we can’t control the border, we can’t bring jobs back to our country.
I REFUSE to accept that it can’t be done. This is the country that declared its independence, won two world wars, and landed a man on the moon. This is America. We can and we WILL get it done.
Now it’s time to start uniting our country and binding the wounds of our divided nation. I promise to be a president for ALL Americans. I will work for you. I will fight for you. And I will win for you.
You will soon remember what it’s like to win as an American.
Thank you and God bless you,
Donald J. Trump
It’s also an opening for a renaissance in science and science education free from political agendas and advocacy-based misinformation campaigns.
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Up until last evening Dewey had defeated Truman again …
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Heh.
Yup! 🙂
http://f.tqn.com/y/history1900s/1/W/Y/Q/1/DeweyDefeatsTruman.jpg
“God bless the next President of the United States, Donald J Trump.”
And God bless and keep safe said President, and the Secret Service protecting him. Considering the violence spouted by the Left, I suspect he’ll need it. >:-(
You saw that he called out in his victory speech his SS detail didn’t you. What a contrast to Hillary.
I am sure the men of the Secret Service will be “all in” protecting President Trump. To their credit, they tend to keep their mouths shut in public. But enough has seeped out to make it clear that they appreciate being appreciated. Trump (and very important, our new First Lady) will almost certainly treat the SS with respect.
Won’t that be a much-needed change.
Anthony for White House science adviser.
Nope, it won’t be Anthony. (although he wouldn’t be a bad choice)
Just a guess, but I’m saying Roy Spencer or Richard Lindzen as advisor of climate.
Ah…I’d love to see Willis….he knows – and he can kick arse. And he writes pure prose.
recently came across these prophetic words
“To vastly improve your country and truly make it great again, start by choosing a better leader. Do not let the media or the establishment make you pick from the people they choose, but instead choose from those they do not pick. Pick a leader from among the people who is heart-driven, one who identifies with the common man on the street and understands what the country needs on every level.” the rest may not be so to the point.
the extract is from a book by Ms. S. Kassem
Sort of reminds me of something I heard. What decided them to vote for Trump was looking at those who were against him.
I — AM — STILL — JUST — SO HAPPY!!!
So! Another song! This time, it is the Irish who are celebrating! 🙂
“Hallelujah”
(youtube)
WE won.
+a seraphim.
Whilst Trump is undoubtedly a supporter of a laissez faire approach to climate action, my concern is that he’s I’ll-informed and anti-science in general. He believes that vaccines cause autism, and his Vice President is a creationist. Science in general is going to take a back seat during his tenure, and that’s not good for the world.
Be interesting to see his approval ratings in a couple of years.
Jeef, regarding “science in general,” taking as a given your prediction that science funding in general will suffer, better science realism in a back seat on the bus than voodoo science in the driver’s seat.
Jeef,
How, pray tell, do you know that vaccines never cause autism?
Blind faith? In pharmaceutical corporations. . Seriously?
Show us the extensive double blind testing of all vaccines that could possibly demonstrate your unquestioning faith is warranted, or drop the fake scientific reasoning routine, I suggest.
JohnKnight – you prove it using epidemiology studies. Using the same definition for autism (be careful on that one. They have greatly expanded what is considered autism) you look at the normalized rate of autism in a population (eg., 0.075 cases per 100 children under the age of eighteen) before the advent of vaccines versus after. Also, do the same thing between two different population groups, one having been given vaccines, one not. When the studies show that in every scenario autism rates are the same, then vaccines could not possibly be a cause of autism.
And that’s just what they showed.
Pharmaceutical corporations need not be involved at all.
Jtom,
“And that’s just what they showed.”
Talk is cheap, and I ain’t buying.
The casual “worship” of Big Siants is foolishness to me. I would think that otherwise intelligent people would have learned their lesson with the CAGW fiasco . .
I wonder if Dr. Mann and crew are experiencing the same sinking feeling that Trofim Lysenko felt when Nikita Khrushchev seized power in Russia.
I doubt it – one thing Mann et al have in my opinion is overwhelming confidence in their ability to manipulate their way through any situation.
Mr. Worrall, your opinion is well justified. There is absolutely no downside for Dr. Mann and his ilk. His sinecure and pension are secure. History shows he has no shame. Watermelons will pay any of their legal costs or penalties.
Lysenko kept his position when Khrushchev took over, he didn’t lose it until Brezhnev replaced him. By which time he was 67 yo.
We need to be conservative about our out expectations that this “detour” of science will end immediately. I see last night’s victory as a sign which reads: “DETOUR ENDS 1 MILE”. We know the right road is close but there could be some traffic lights before we get there.
As seen from anti-Brexit Scotland
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/11/09/16/3A34614A00000578-0-image-a-18_1478707791510.jpg
Ha-ha! Hole in one, Vuk!
Nicola Sturgeon will be demanding that the Scotland has a veto on the result.
And what about Washington state, you ask. Did they pass the carbon dioxide taxation initiative?
Roundly NO. Yay!
Zeke – That is true – but lest we forget, Jay Inslee was just re-elected as Governor in WA State last night, and he has already directed the State Department of Ecology to complete a hidden Carbon Tax, a ‘Poison Pill’ stealth tax on large Carbon (Dioxide) emitters:
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/carbonlimit.htm
As you read through the regulatory text, you’ll see a few things: 1) The new tax will be invoked if and when the federal Clean Power Plan is not put into play (the ‘Poison Pill clause), and 2) Is justified by the EPA’s CO2 ‘Endangerment Finding’. So, the constituents of WA State are not out of the Carbon Tax Fog just yet.
Hoping that the EPA’s ‘Endangerment Finding’ is soon to be found as found-less, and only then could the State plan be deemed so as well.
I can dream big, can’t I
Regards,
MCR
One big thing the failure of the election pundits and Climate change have in common is the false reliance on unproven computer models. There was one moron on CNN who was lamenting on how he had gotten his projections completely wrong, and he had “RELIED ON DATA!”
HAH! He had relied on his predicative computer models. MODELS ARE NOT DATA. And, we all know how well models can be relied upon.
Maybe we can get NASA to “adjust” the data until his model is correct.
Is weepy Bill there? Now would be a good time to break out the ol’ tears routine. You know, “for the climate”.
Wikileaks released another batch today after the election…I can focus more on the climate ones now.
Here is one from Mann to Podesta
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/57201
“Global warming: Is there anything it can’t do.”
Homer Simpson
Use the Wikileaks dropdown search with Mckibben as the search term….I found this!
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/17086
And more protesters…. Funny thing though, between next week and jan 20th, they will need long johns as hell just froze over.
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/17086
WikiLeaksVerified account@wikileaks
According to Canadian press the US ambassador to Canada has stated that Obama will push for #TPP to passed before Trump takes power.
Trump was elected in 2016. There will be another election in 2020. The US is a federal system. Many states are enacting their own green laws. Trump has a chance to do what he said he was going to do. If it succeeds then, perhaps, there is a chance that it will persist. However, if things happen and Trump’s plans do not work out, then there are many ways that the supposed Trump revolution can be undone. Triumphalist talk often leads to disappointment.
Just suppose, just suppose that Trump’s new job’s plan by imposing new tariffs does not bring jobs but higher prices and more unemployment. Just suppose it triggers inflation and not just that but teh stagflation of teh 70s. Suppose inflation does rise and lots of trump voters see their purchasing power and life savings being eaten up by it. Will the Green Age be over then or will Trump just be another failed politician.
Time brings the Green Age to its final end. There is now a large body of research pointing to various cycles going in and out of phase resulting in the climate at any given time. By this concept, several cycles phase-matched over the last two decades to produce warming. The phases have been unsynching for several years and the warming will draw to a close. Next will come cooling.
With Trump in office, further investment in the Green Age will be stalled for at least four years. Quite possibly the world will cool significantly during that time, force researchers to change their models, drive the carastrophic warming fear out of the minds of most everyone, and the Green Age will be dead.
Concerns voiced in you last paragraph is completely irrelevant to the life/death of the Green Age. The success or failure of Trump on other issues only affects how long the funding of the Green Age is suspended. Regardless of when the earth cools, which everything suggests it will, we will be financing the Green Age for at least four fewer years. I hope that is sufficient.
So your whole climatic view is cemented to this idea:
“By this concept, several cycles phase-matched over the last two decades to produce warming. The phases have been unsynching for several years and the warming will draw to a close.”
…and if that is incorrect? You’d want to have your fingers crossed.
Are you familiar with the Interstate Commerce Clause? While states such as Ca or Ma can enact green laws that impact neighoring states, the ICC should be reviewed and modified to prevent such activities and pay the price themselves. No more welfare from adjacent states who had no say in such green laws.
My congratulations to Trump and the wisdom of the American majority elector.At last the wretched and unscientific scam of global warming is going to be dismantled.The real problem is a rapidly growing world population and our moral duty to deal with it in a humane and constructive manner .I met my first American in WW2 in Australia and I am proud of your nation.Lord Monkton once predicted America would save the world from the global warming scam.God bless America.
We see disrupters in business and technology and generally see them as positive in the medium/longterm About time the world saw a serious disrupter in the political space.
Trump is a fraud – look forward to seeing your comments in the years to come as he mismanages the USA as much as he has his own businesses. The fact is that someone investing in Trump when he started, would now be 300% wealthier by just investing in the equivalent of the S&P 500 index. He’s very fortunate to have inherited a fortune. This political post does not belong here on this blog. It should be about facts and this and Trump are a fact free zone.
…Yup, he mismanaged it so badly that he became a billionaire !!! D’oh !
The addition of an insulting “D’oh” proves that you are a moron. The point is that he started off with a good fortune, and I’m not saying he hasn’t built on it – but that over 30 years his performance is poor – actually abysmal – in comparison to the general market, let alone to someone with real smarts like Warren Buffet. What you don’t seem to understand is the concept of opportunity interest. Please get informed before posting insulting comments.
Ever hear of sour grapes, Richard?
Sour grapes? I’m not an American and I respect the right of the American people to vote in who they want, albeit, please note, the Hilary actually had more votes in total, so derision of her is not justified. But Trump has won under the electoral college system. But Eric is an Aussie like me, and this fact free, political post is not appropriate. Further, there is the implicit view here that Trump is good. I can make the comment that he may well be a rapist, hasn’t paid taxes for decades (not through being clever but not by making enough money) and has been bankrupted and probably would have been more times if he didn’t strip companies and not pay workers their fair dues. Those facts tell me that he’s not a good presidential choice. And by the way, I’ve never, ever heard “locker room” talk as he describes it and I’ve played rugby, cricket, tennis and numerous other sports. I think those comments are Donald “specials”. Hmmm, a nice piece of work! Good luck USA with him.
Very well put Richard.
Political opinions shouldn’t published on a blog that purports to blame political opinion as being at the core of it’s raison d’etre.
Unfortunately it is consistent with some guest poster’s largely opinionated navel fluff, most of which imho is unalloyed click bait.
Very well put too Tony! I come to this blog for scientific facts on a wide range of natural science phenomena, and do not want to see politics here – there are enough other blogs for that! Eric strays too often from fact in to politics and this post is one the worst. And then to top it off, I have to be subjected to Dave and Marcus’s inane comments! They have topped off a very bad post by Eric.
Richard, the whole subject of climate change is so intertwined with politics it cannot be separated, and the claims of the CAGW advocates they are just discussing “science” are risible. Your post comes down to “shut up, my sides losing”.
? Not sure what you mean about my side is losing? What “side” do you think I’m on!!!?? But Tom, you have a good point. Hard to separate all the time politics from science, but no harm in trying as much as possible? My view is that this blog is an excellent source of scientific fact, and one of the things I particularly like about it is the posting of papers and opinions across both sides of the argument. But to state it again. What has Eric contributed with this obsequious, purely political post? It’s a turn off. I’m not interested.
All seems pretty straightforward and clear to me-
https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/_landings/contract/O-TRU-102316-Contractv02.pdf
Any of you US ‘deplorables’ or ‘low IQs’ struggling with any of the wording or legalese like some?
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/blogs/tim-blair/live-tv-is-difficult/news-story/574155022dfee620c433d2127d72ec5a
In Australia the ABC is a joke and there is only a small number of Australians that tune in