Another Manntastic event, these flyers were being distributed at AGU yesterday.
Note the “lab coats and signs provided”. Much more sciency with labs coats, fer sure.
Here are some pictures and video from the rally. I wasn’t much impressed with the quality of the arguments:
The guy in the lab coat with the red glasses (front, center), the only one not holding the sign, seems to have been drinking
Here’s the video. Michael Mann and Naomi Oreskes speak, along with a cast of acolytes. You’ll see lots of hand-waving and feelings of persecution, such as “it struck me to my core” and..”the nightmare continues, and its getting worse every day”. Ironically, there were no comments regarding their fossil fueled airline flights to get here to wail about the uses of fossil fuels. My favorite is when Mann says he’s “shocked, shocked, about the politicization of science”….riiiiight. He pushed his most recent book, snore.
I’m not sure what, if anything they accomplished, except to put on a show. I don’t think serious people paid much attention to it. I surely didn’t, because science and clown-like theatrics really don’t mix.
UPDATE: I forgot to mention that this rally was conducted on the steps of a Catholic Church, St. Patricks on Mission Street, which is right across from the Jessie Square/Yerba Buena gardens. Seems a perfect place to pitch a religion, doesn’t it?
Lab coats and pre-manufactured signs provided, scripted speeches, plenty of extras. The only thing missing to complete this episode of street theatre was the strips of duct tape over their mouths indicating that they are being “silenced” somehow. I guess that would have cut down on the free beer consumption, however, so that would not do.
/snark
Science Justice NOW! (Whatever that means).
At least one of those guys in the front in the middle at the beginning was drunk and they kept the camera angle of him afterward. That is why the camera angle in so awkward throughout the vid.
Pathetic
Remember when Bill Clinton was impeached by the House. The democrats gathered on the steps at the Capitol for a photo op to show to solidarity.
Where did is this gathering together come from.
These brilliant bulbs chose the right type of property on which to hold their rally. Couldn’t have chosen a more fitting place myself. Why didn’t Mann or Oreskes lead them in prayer…..?
….One other thing: To the guy in the back holding up the “Ice Has No Agenda, It Just Melts Sign”—- The Antarctic ice probably hasn’t had an agenda for the past few decades either—-it just kept growing……
I’ll be looking forward to hearing Willis’s impressions on this whole charade in San Francisco…
Ice has no agenda, it just melts. LOL
Two gals, Liza & Caroline, happened to meet in town one day.
Liza excitedly began, “Oh, Caroline honey, you would not bee…lieve what I’ been up to…”
Liza then launched into a monologue of how she had become a millionaire’s maid with all sorts of ‘perks’ and ‘privileges.’
Caroline politely and every so often responded with, “That’s jus’ faannn…tastic (fantastic)!”
After completing her 5 min. rant to Caroline, Liza asked, “By the way honey, what’ch y’all been up to?”
Caroline responded, “Oh, I’ jus’ been goin’ t’ Charm-School…”
Liza interrupted, “Oh, what’ch y’all been learnin’ in Charm-School?”
Caroline replied, “Well, right now we learnin’ how to say FAANNN…TASTIC! instead o’ BULL-SHIT!!”
[You too, now know the Charm-School definition of FANTASTIC!!…] 🙂
Science and Naomi Oreskes in the same phrase?
The mind boggles.
The guy in the red glasses is the most important person there. What’s science without beer review?
My Lab’s coat is black. But, I’m not a smart scientist.
And the building adjacent to St Patrick’s is the Contemporary Jewish Museum, so lots of ideologies all round the square. BTW, the CJM is usually a very interesting place to visit.
Imagine what would happen if all Climate Scientists went on strike to protest about Trump. No one would even notice their increase in productivity.
When you have to have a science rally, with signs, slogans and megaphones, you know it’s not about science.
Agree with you, except on Bruckner.
You know, if they did less political grandstanding and more actual science with the scientific method we wouldn’t be at such loggerheads on the causes and nature of climate change.
The Lab Coat as a Status Symbol.
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They say that the data is tortured, but now I see they are kidnapping it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/13/scientists-are-frantically-copying-u-s-climate-data-fearing-it-might-vanish-under-trump/
They should be protecting the data from NOAA/NASA.
First: Who paid for the lab coats and signs? Second: Are all of them, in the lab coats, scientist?
What do we want?
“Lab Coats!”
When do we want them?
“NOW!”
S-C-I-E-N-C-E
It’s not what it used to be!
Tenured Lives Matter!!!
LOL I am impressed that AGU seems to always pick locations for there conferences that are friendly for there demonstrations.
Lab coats and pre-printed signs, check. But who forgot the clown shoes?
Bill Nye was using them all at a bow tie convention.
I wouldn’t get too excited about Trump. His Secretary of State is a climate change proponent … like John Kerry…not good
Rex Tillerson a climate change proponent? More a climate realist. He’s certainly no John Kerry on climate.
You wait and see…
“You wait and see”.
Yep. I consider it the logical thing to do rather than rushing to judgement.
Anything a CEO of an energy company has to say on that subject I wouldn’t take at face value. Companies don’t “stand up for science,” they take advantage of the political situation as best they can. Aligning themselves with the prevailing green dogma and getting in on the business of subsidy farming seems more promising than stubbornly clinging to the unpopular truth that oil isn’t going anywhere, especially if the “Exxon knew” hucksters are already nipping at your heels.
Yea, but they are appealing to you from the steps of a church. Doesn’t that make you believe ? The new robes of the priests are white, how interesting. ( Part sarc, and part factual)
Thanks Mr. W., interesting stuff.
Funny they all are now condemning the things they themselves have been doing for the last 8 yrs+
Why didn’t they have that rally in Minneapolis or a point farther north?