From the “all’s fair in love, war, and climate science” department comes this opportunity.
On Facebook, Dr. Roy Spencer made a comment related to a post on the original website calling for scientists to “March on Washington” to…
…take a stand for science in politics. Slashing funding and restricting scientists from communicating their findings (from tax-funded research!) with the public is absurd and cannot be allowed to stand as policy.
They add (bold mine):
Who can participate:
“Anyone who believes in empirical science. That’s it. That’s the only requirement. We will both have a diversity committee and a diverse steering committee that represents people of many backgrounds and identities. Science is done by POC, women, immigrants, LGBTQ, indigenous people, people of all beliefs and non-belief. We hope that this diversity is reflected in both the leadership of the march and the march itself.”
Dr. Spencer commented:
It is ironic that they emphasize “empirical science”, since that’s what argues against global warming being a problem. It’s the “theoretical science” they have to invoke to scare people.
But the comment by Dr. Spencer that motivates this post is this one:
Since *everyone* is invited to a “scientists march”, I’m reminded of the time Anthony Watts had his dog join the Union of Concerned Scientists. https://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/10/07/friday-funny-the-newest-member-of-the-union-of-concerned-scientists/
adding:
Kenji might need a white lab coat though.
Long-time WUWT readers may recall that I put UCS to the test. Here’s excerpts:
Be a “concerned scientist” – valid credit card required
Reader DJ writes in Tips & Notes:
Since becoming a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists when I found out all you needed was a valid credit card, my curiosity about who and what they really are has spiked.
I decided to put that theory to the test. I am very proud to announce that a member of my family has been accepted into this prestigious organization. With pride, I present new UCS member, Kenji Watts:
Yes, Kenji is our dog. Apparently, the claim is true, all that is required to be a member of the illustrious group of “concerned scientists” is a valid credit card. No discerning questions were asked of me when I prepared Kenji’s application and no follow up check after the application was done. I simply put in his name, address, and provided a valid credit card that matched the address.
Here is his letter of acceptance:
Kenji is a Japanese Chin, hence the name. Read the full post here: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/10/07/friday-funny-the-newest-member-of-the-union-of-concerned-scientists/
I replied to Dr. Spencer’s comment on FB with:
Kenji does believe in empirical science, why just the other day he sniffed out some empirical evidence of change on the lawn. Yeah, I figure if those protesters in SFO at AGU(16) can wear white lab coats, (see below) Kenji certainly can. UCS might even have to put out a press release “denying” his membership.
and…it tuns out that cyber-criminal Dr. Peter Gleick who admitted he took on a fake identity and used it to steal documents from the Heartland Institute, has announced his intentions of going in a Tweet:
So, it’s settled (the science march, not the science). If these clowns can go “stand up for science” (on the steps of a Catholic church in downtown San Francisco no less) then the only canine member ever accepted by the Union of Concerned Scientists can certainly go.
And it gets better, the march name and website have been changed….
….and now there’s no requirements to attend listed on the new website at all!
It gets better:
Someone should warn Washington that the "White Coats are Coming!" We march for freedom, then for Congress! #LabCoatParty
— Willow ✍🏻 (@MindOverMuses) January 28, 2017
Well, OK then.
To do this, Kenji and I will need to fly from California to Washington DC. I’ll fly coach, probably Kenji will fly doggie carrier under the seat, which Southwest airlines allows for a $100 fee each way. Also, he’ll need to get a health certificate from the vet to fly. We’ll need to get a dog-friendly hotel for a couple of nights at a minimum, transportation to/from the hotel/event and I’ll need to make a sign to carry, get a custom white lab coat for Kenji, plus do some training with Kenji to get him acclimated to large crowds. Since he is so small, and could easily be stepped on, or kicked on purpose, I’ll likely get a chest carrier for small dogs like this one.
We’ll have a two-sided sign, one that shows support for science, and on the reverse, a picture of the worst climate monitoring station ever found by the surfacestations project at the University of Arizona with the question “If you measure climate in a parking lot, is it still science?”
Help Kenji go!
Estimated costs by the time this is all done is about $2000-2500. Since Kenji is still waitng for the #BigOil check, or a grant from the #KochBrothers and has no funds of his own, he’s asking WUWT readers to kick in some pocket change ($10-25 or set your own level) to help get there and “March for Science” (whenever that is they haven’t got the date set yet).
Of course, we’ll have pictures, commentary, and probably some hilarious reactions by people to this.
Captions for the other side of the sign are welcome. Right now, “My Dog is a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists” is the leading message.
SEND KENJI TO MARCH IN WASHINGTON DC!
Kenji has his own Twitter account, so be sure to follow him for updates.
Also, if we don’t get enough donations to make it happen, they will be refunded. Thanks, Anthony
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Since CO2 is such a planetary emergency, I assume they will all be traveling to Washington without burning fossil fuels, such as via bicycle, or maybe on a magic carpet powered by pixie dust and unicorn farts?
Trump has his faults, but at least he does not appear to be bullied by hypocritical liberal professional agitators or their biased media co-conspirators.
who let the dog out ? who ? who ? who who ?
Kenji looks picked-on in the photo. Heartless humans.
Yea, I got a “get that camera outta my face” vibe from it.
Anthony,
Please keep your dog safe at that white coat march. I’m afraid I’ve been watching first hand what happens when academic liberals melt down at the “Not Even Wrong” physics site over the 90 day travel ban. Peter Woit has commented a military coup is completely understandable when one doesn’t get their way in an election, and others on his site are talking about ‘extra-constitutional’ methods of protest. Be careful.
Kenji should be able to fly for free as your “personal emotional support animal.” Just get him a Service Dog vest and you are all set.
PMK
I think you need a letter from a real doctor for that. So, likely, that won’t happen.
MY doctor would give me a letter to have a support dog, or support hamster, or support monkey: Doesn’t everyone have a doctor who says “Sure, whatever you want…”?
I did, until Obamacare came along, now I’m lucky to see a Nurse Practitioner.
I’m lucky to see the receptionist, sometimes.
I like the Go Pro idea to catch reactions, but it might be nice if someone (Marc Morano?) could record the march and interview the participants. Ask their name and occupation and why they’re marching. Chances are most are NOT scientists and have only vague idea of why they’re marching. The resulting video would be entertaining.
Ideas for the other side of your sign:
“Science is NEVER settled”
“IPCC Ignoring data since 1988”
“Fight green smog”
Other suggestions?
In keeping with Anthony’s paper (did it ever make it into print?)
“Who uses bad data to adjust good data? Only Climate Science”
Freedom for Greenland – away with the ice!
Wear a “Vegan for Truth” shirt, or sign, and you will have front row access, like a VIP Pass.. Shake hands and take names..
Here are a few zingers i came up with years ago:
They duck [from debate] like a quack
Climatologists [My favorite, due to its brevity]
Snakes on a Gravy Train
CliSci—Good enough for government work.
Cloudy science
The Overweening majority
A lab coat is the emperor’s new clothing.
Omni in verba. (On our say-so.)
Climate connivers
Freak and ye shall fund.
97% WRONG
A lab coat is the emperor’s new clothing.
I like it! Slight modification
“Lab coats are the emperor’s new clothes.”
Some more suggestions…
“Consensus is antithetical to science.” (Remember that the next time someone hits you with the “97% of scientists agree” meme.)
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” – H.L. Mencken (Best description of “climate change” BS you’ll ever hear, and penned long before anyone ever uttered that phrase in the context of human “contributions” thereto.)
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” –Upton Sinclair (Or, why the climate scientists pushing the supposed “consensus” point of view will never admit they’re wrong.)
“I know that most men—not only those considered clever, but even those who are very clever, and capable of understanding most difficult scientific, mathematical, or philosophic problems—can very seldom discern even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as to oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions they have formed, perhaps with much difficulty—conclusions of which they are proud, which they have taught to others, and on which they have built their lives …” (Tolstoy) (Again, perfect description of why the climate scientists pushing the supposed “consensus” point of view will never admit they’re wrong.)
“On the one hand, as scientists we are ethically bound to the scientific method, on the other hand, we are not just scientists, but human beings as well. And like most people, we’d like to see the world a better place, which in this context translates into our working to reduce the risk of potentially disastrous climatic change. To do that, we need to get some broad-based support, to capture the public’s imagination. That, of course, entails getting loads of media coverage. So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of the doubts we might have. Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest.” – Stephen Schneider (So a “climate change” or “global warming” promoting scientist reveals how he thinks playing fast and loose with the truth is OK when you’re promoting “the cause.”)
“None of the models used by the IPCC are initialized to the observed state and none of the climate states in the models correspond even remotely to the current observed state.” – Kevin Trenberth (Reality revealed, behind closed doors of course (Climategate e-mails). Wonder why this didn’t make the front page of the NY Times or Washington Post?)
“I’m sure you agree–the Mann/Jones GRL [Geophysical Research Letters] paper was truly pathetic and should never have been published. I don’t want to be associated with that 2000 year reconstruction.” – Raymond Bradley (Contributing author to the original “Hockey Stick” fiasco – More truth you didn’t read on the front page of the NY Times or the Washington Post)
“If you think that [Yale professor James] Saiers is in the greenhouse skeptics camp, then, if we can find documentary evidence of this, we could go through official [American Geophysical Union] channels to get him ousted [as editor-in-chief of the Geophysical Research Letters journal].” – Tom Wigley and Kevin Trenberth (How “consensus” is achieved – (a) bully and exclude the viewpoints of those who don’t agree, and (b) remove editors of journals if they don’t agree, to ensure (a) can be achieved.)
“I can’t see either of these papers being in the next IPCC report. Kevin [Trenberth] and I will keep them out somehow—even if we have to redefine what the peer review literature is.” – Phil Jones (Why “publishing in peer reviewed journals” – or IPCC reports – is not a meaningful measure of what “scientists” think.)
Lost a big list to message board purgatory, but here’s the best short one:
“Consensus is antithetical to science.”
“…or kicked on purpose”
This sounds like conspiracy theory to me…
Watch out for the Soros funded paid protestors. They will not act like the climate cowards.
Bring a cattle prod or two (two are twice as much fun) with you to take care of the Soros protesters. Applied to the correct area a prod can produce instantaneous spectacular results, good for the giggle in you. Just what you need after a day dealing with a bunch of SJW’s. /sarc
Leave Kenji at home. Get a Rent-a-Doberman or Rent-a-Rotweiller. Much fun will be had by all. And get some extra camerafolks for the chewfest.
Kenji is a member so should go…..with his 6 personal Rotweiller bodyguards.
Anthony,
I’m in for a C-note. If you don’t go, please keep the donation to your most wonderful site!!!!
Also, please be careful out there. Some of these crazies are getting violent. Protect Kenji (and yourself).
Greg
If I were one of these “scientists” I wouldn’t call attention to myself. What ever list they sign will be sent to the personnel Department. What they produce has been garbage. A lot of good can be done by redirecting their salaries to more productive uses.
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Smoking Gun #22: Climate “Science” isn’t science at all. Some described it as “Politicized” science, but in reality, it is just cleverly disguised politics.
https//co2islife.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/climate-science-on-trial-the-forensic-files-exhibit-u/
Smoking Gun #28: The Global Warming Inquisition; documenting the Climate Bullies and their unhindered workplace harassment
https://co2islife.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/climate-bullies-gone-wild-caught-on-tape-and-print/
Smoking Gun #30: The Consensus is more Con and NonSense than Science
https://co2islife.wordpress.com/2017/01/29/climate-science-on-trial-the-consensus-is-more-con-and-nonsense-than-science/
Smoking Gun #32: Data Chiropractors “Adjust” Data
https://co2islife.wordpress.com/2017/01/29/climate-science-on-trial-data-chiropractioners-manipulate-data/
Smoking Gun #27: The Climate Slush Fund; wasting other people’s money, tracking where it goes, and finding better uses for it
https://co2islife.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/just-how-much-does-1-degree-c-cost/
I love the “Stand Up for Our Communities” and “Ice has no agenda” sign. That picture just reeks of left-wing politics.
Exhibit W: The costs of fighting climate change are astronomical, and the benefits are basically immeasurable.
https://co2islife.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/climate-science-on-trial-the-forensic-files-exhibit-v/
co2islife January 30, 2017 at 9:39 am
If you did not catch it look again at Khwarizmi January 30, 2017 at 7:14 am copy of said “picture”
michael
“Stand Up for Our [Gated, Elite] Communities”
‘Ice has No Agenda [but We Do].”
Love it. “Spending Other People’s Money…That’s What We Do.” Entitled “Scientists,” I can’t think of anything worse. IMHO, these Government Scientists should be forced to work in the private sector before ever getting a Government Job. They simply don’t have the needed perspective.
What someone needs to do is show up with a “It’s ACCUMULATING at the SOUTH pole, idiot” sign and stand right next to the “Ice has no agenda” dope for a photo op. ;-D
Bravo, absolutely Genius.
Have to say that the claim that they use empirical data etc. is simply outrageous.
Cheers
Roger
http://www.rogerfromnewzealand.wordpress.com
So let’s check the flow of funds here. If there is a 30 percent increase in protests and crowds in DC this year, that would boost domestic travel expenditures and presumably cut into foreign travel spending, mainly to Europe. Such shifts in discretionary spending will lower the trade deficit, increase domestic sales tax receipts, and lower the carbon emissions compared to jet excursions. Keep it up.
Their slogan should be “Scientist Jobs Matter.” The conflict of interest is a complete joke. They aren’t about “science” they are about self interest and self preservation. Tax Payers should not fund this kind of unprofessional, unscientific and unethical behavior.
Climate Bullies Gone Wild; Caught on Tape and Print
https://co2islife.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/climate-bullies-gone-wild-caught-on-tape-and-print/
Another sign idea:
“97% of climatologists agree:
Keep my funding going!”
Or
“I’m Kenji. I’m marching because someone is carrying me!”
Perfect. I wouldn’t mind if they keep their salary, and just stop pushing such expensive nonsense.
Smoking Gun #27: The Climate Slush Fund; wasting other people’s money, tracking where it goes, and finding better uses for it
https://co2islife.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/just-how-much-does-1-degree-c-cost/
I like to keep it simple
Latest Science:
Not Manmade
Not Dangerous
and
Not Important
Let’s make it more descriptive – and accurate:
“97% of climatologists agree – Keep funding the bullshit I peddle as “science.””
I still haven’t figured out why any “climate scientist™” needs a lab coat..
Its not as if they are doing any actual science. !
It’s to keep the sh*t off of themselves.
They’re like Zero candy bars. White on the outside, brown on the inside.
I hope they all spend down their travel budgets on this trip and don’t get the opportunity to crowd up the Shawnee Nat. Forest during the total eclipse in August.
Ditto out west! Want to enjoy the total eclipse in Oregon on Monday, August 21, 2017!
Not looking forward to this event unless I can escape town. Hopefully will get out to my cabin and away from the crowds. I hadn’t thought of the Science March using up all the travel budgets, but we always hope!
You know, everyone that believes science is invited to march! It’ll give the impression that you support their cause, regardless of your actual views which no one which no one will ever ask for or hear. Just or more body stumping for Big AGW whether you believe in it or not.
+1
Anthony likely will draw a lot of media attention if Kenji is along.
Lindzen has the correct approach. One can forget about tinkering type reforming of those in the Climate “Sceance” field. One needs a creative destruction approach. The people who have been feeding at the trough and are so vested in the ideology will never reform themselves.
Fortunately for them, the Pope has openings in the Clergy. It’s an obvious fit for the talents of the displaced Climate Clergy :: ))
MIT Climate Scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen urges Trump : “Cut the funding of climate science by 80% to 90% until the field cleans up
http://www.climatedepot.com/2016/12/30/mit-climate-scientist-dr-richard-lindzen-urges-trump-cut-the-funding-of-climate-science-by-80-to-90-until-the-field-cleans-up/
Pope Francis Laments ‘Hemorrhage’ of Priests and Nuns in the Catholic Church
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/01/30/pope-francis-laments-hemorrhage-priests-nuns-catholic-church/
Don’t all these marches and demonstrations actually boost the service sector economy around D.C. and its neighbors, not to mention the national transportation industry?
Maybe some will be good enough to get arrested and help fund the local law enforcement groups too.
Written like a true master of the language. Join in and be an “accomplice”. Be part of our agender.
How about a march on (against) parallel construction? Or on (against) Good Taste? Or just a march on (for) “PC”?
Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I am under the impression that most people who know they are “intersex” do not broadcast it.
Did they seriously use the term “accomplices”? Either this is one of those scientists who cannot write, or somebody is finally being honest.
This wordsmithery could have been written by the Monty Pythons.
“At the March for Science, we are committed to … acting as accomplices with black, Latinx, Asian and Pacific Islander, indigenous, non-Christian, women, people with disabilities, poor, gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, trans, non-binary, agender, and intersex scientists and science advocates.”
What is it with these people??
Why are they being so racist, genderist…… putting everybody into their own special pigeonholes ??
Somewhere the ghost of Martin Luther King is in mourning.
The Left is putting everybody into their own special pigeonholes because that’s what they do, divide people into groups, and then pit one group against another for possible political advantage. The Left claims to support all these groups, and claims the Right hates all these groups.
Balkanisation, its not a process for bonding rubber and cloth.
These “marches” are weird. I’ve attended a few at the state capitol…some to soeak, some to provide support, some to see what the cranks are about and be there like a graphite rod to quell signs of rioting.
Sometimes a totally twisted cause will have a tiny turn-out and be ridiculed everywhere but the local media, which will use image-framing and made-up numbers to make the lemmings believe it is wildly popular (50%-200% mote than actually showed up). And I’ve seen them do the opposite — frame images and fabricate numbers — to make the gullible readers/viewers believe the turn-out was much (30%-50%) smaller than it was. Sometimes, they do both, when there are counter-demonstrations. If you see close-ups, with empty space behind, that side was a bust even though it looks like a big crowd as the image flicks by on the evening propaganda.
Union of Concerned Pseudo-Scientists is closer to the mark. Then again, some of the other science associations, and engineering and computing associations have become a lot more divided over the last few decades…in time with falling professional ethics, and increasing credentialism, come to think of it.
I believe the Park Service stopped giving crowd estimates because some groups were mad that their low turnout was being exposed.
Yep, the “million man march” organizer threatened legal action when US Parks Police/Park Service reported their numbers as 120,000 back in ’95. Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam was highly irate over the reporting of accurate of crowd size. I was there that weekend, at The Wall along with a bunch of other vets. We figured it at around 200,000.
At the state level it is the capitol police. The same incentives are in play, though. They will usually give a rule-of-thumb range, based on area and density. The cage-liner, OTOH, has definite political biases.
I hear barking poodles when global warming advocates start yakking so I think Kenji will fit in perfectly.
In my case it’s barking german shepherds. An auditory defect called “Rin-Tin-Tinitis”.
In my case it’s sheep, for reasons that are probably obvious.
Well. I’ve made a donation but please be very very careful – I have to say I hope Janice et al aren’t right but …. .