Guest “How many non sequiturs can fit in two paragraphs?” by David Middleton
Non sequitur?
Definition of non sequitur
1: an inference (see INFERENCE sense 1) that does not follow from the premises (see PREMISE entry 1 sense 1)specifically: a fallacy resulting from a simple conversion of a universal affirmative (see AFFIRMATIVE entry 1 sense 3) proposition or from the transposition of a condition and its consequent (see CONSEQUENT entry 1 sense 1)
2: a statement (such as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously saidWe were talking about the new restaurant when she threw in some non sequitur about her dog.
Did You Know?
In Latin, non sequitur means “it does not follow.”
Merriam-Webster
How many non sequiturs can fit in two paragraphs?
Focus on the last two quoted paragraphs:
Pelosi: ‘Mother Earth Is Angry — She’s Telling Us with Hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, Fires in the West’
by JEFF POOR 10 Sep 2020
Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Reidout,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) attributed the wildfires plaguing her state and hurricanes that have batter the Gulf Coast to so-called climate change.
According to Pelosi, the natural disasters were a sign that “Mother Earth is angry.”
[…]
“Here we are, on the eve of 9/11, the 19th anniversary of 9/11, as we are filled with sadness, continued to be filled with sadness about those who lost their lives at that time and since from consequences of 9/11,” Pelosi said. “That was going to be our focus this week. We have these fires in California, and in the West, 16 people have died in Washington, Oregon, and California, including a firefighter and a 1-year-old baby. We — our firefighters have been so, very, very courageous.”
“Now, we’re, again, breaking records. Mother Earth is angry,” she continued. “She’s telling us — whether – she’s telling us with hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, fires in the West, whatever it is, that climate crisis is real and has an impact. I hear — I came over the weekend back to Washington. It was unhealthy and smoky, that was how they described the air then. Now, it has gotten much worse, and I’m hearing regularly on the ongoing from my constituents about the concern they have about the fires and the air quality, the loss of life, and over 34 million acres burned. That’s an historic number. Again, sadness over 9/11 complicated by our concern about the fires, at the same time as we’re dealing with a coronavirus and finding out that the president of the United States didn’t address it in the serious way that it needed to be addressed early on.”
Breitbart
How many non sequiturs?
These items do “not follow” from preceding statements:
- Linking 9/11 to “fires in California, and in the West.”
- Linking “16 people have died in Washington, Oregon, and California, including a firefighter and a 1-year-old baby. We — our firefighters have been so, very, very courageous” (or anything) to “Now, we’re, again, breaking records.”
- Linking “Now, we’re, again, breaking records” (or anything) to “Mother Earth is angry.”
- Linking “She’s telling us” with “hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, fires in the West, whatever it is” (or anything)… Although “whatever it is” is often cited as evidence for Gorebal Warming.
- Linking “sadness over 9/11” to “concern about the fires” to “dealing with a coronavirus”… A serial non sequitur.
- And the mother of all non sequitur fallacies… Linking “Here we are, on the eve of 9/11, the 19th anniversary of 9/11” to President Trump “didn’t address it in the serious way that it needed to be addressed early on.”
I had to read the passage several times to figure out what President Trump “didn’t address it in the serious way that it needed to be addressed early on.”
- 9/11? No. That lack of addressing was from 1995 to September 10, 2001.
- The “climate crisis”? It doesn’t exist.
It must be the Communist Chinese virus that she thinks President Trump “didn’t address it in the serious way that it needed to be addressed early on.”
Addressing the virus “early on”
President Trump, January 31, 2020
Proclamation on Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus
HEALTHCARE
Issued on: January 31, 2020
The United States has confirmed cases of individuals who have a severe acute respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus (“2019-nCoV”) (“the virus”) first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China (“China”). The virus was discovered in China in December 2019. As of January 31, 2020, Chinese health officials have reported approximately 10,000 confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV in China, more than the number of confirmed cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) during its 2003 outbreak. An additional 114 cases have been confirmed across 22 other countries; in several of these cases, the infected individuals had not visited China. More than 200 people have died from the virus, all in China.
[…]
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted entry into the United States of persons described in section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in section 2 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and that their entry should be subject to certain restrictions, limitations, and exceptions. I therefore hereby proclaim the following:
Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present within the People’s Republic of China, excluding the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States is hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2 of this proclamation.
[…]
The White House
Nancy Pelosi, February 24, 2020
Addressing the virus in a “serious way”
You can’t get much more serious than having one of the lowest case fatality rates in the civilized world…
Achieving one of the lowest case fatality rates while suffering less economic impact than most other western “democracies” might be one way to get more serious…
The Q2 2020 decline in US GDP was the largest on record, equivalent to a -32.9% annual decline – This made headline news.
The current forecast for Q3 2020 (+30.8%) would be the largest quarterly economic expansion since World War II – This won’t be mentioned by the lamestream media.
I suppose President Trump could have encouraged the states to lock their economies down even more tightly, but it doesn’t appear the the self-inflicted economic damage had any effect on the fatality rate.
“Mother Earth is angry”
This is an improvement over 8 years ago, when “Mother Earth” was dying…
If “Mother Earth” is angry now, she must have bee royally p!$$ed off in 1930.
NIFC states that pre-1983 data were not as well-documented as subsequent years. However, 2020 is very well-documented…
| 2020 (1/1/20 – 9/11/20) | Fires: 41,794 | Acres: 5,496,248 |
On the other hand, Nancy Pelosi is full of schist…
It was unhealthy and smoky, that was how they described the air then. Now, it has gotten much worse, and I’m hearing regularly on the ongoing from my constituents about the concern they have about the fires and the air quality, the loss of life, and over 34 million acres burned.
Breitbart
9/11
As I was writing this, it dawned on me that my ridicule of Nancy Pelosi’s trivialization of 9/11 might, in some way, also trivialize 9/11. This was not my intention.
Not a day goes my when I don’t thank God for the Thin Red Line and the Thin Blue Line.
Pelosi will meet mother earth up close and personal soon enough, well maybe not soon enough for some.
Well I would think she’s already met her. Mother Earth is her granddaughter isn’t she?
She already has a drive in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco named after her.
The park is well-funded, then. Remember KKK Bird and West Virginia monuments to him?
Both Mother Earth and Mother Nature cannot contain their anger at Nanci…and Janie Fonda….for failing to protect her interests….both breathe out 4% CO2 daily which shows their contempt for both Mothers. Just stop it Nanci…and you too Janie.
angry at 10k upright stainless dedicated freezers.
Just think – an (in)decent rolling blackout would melt all her ice cream.
Does her neighborhood experience rolling blackouts?
Pelosi wants to have the baby and abort her, too. Surely, she is playing with a double-edged scalpel. Time will tell whether Americans will stand or kneel on the divide.
That’s good.
**** BREAKING NEWS!!! ****
Science Discovers Densest Element Known!
by Rational Db8; Hillariumologist with a fellowship in Pelosium and related elemental studies, PhD Nuclear Politics
PRECAUTIONARY NOTICE: Pelosiphiles may become warped and bent out of shape from the activation energy of reading about Pelosium – proceed with caution!
A major research institution has just announced the discovery of the densest element yet known to science. The new element has been named Pelosium. The chemical symbol of Pelosium is Pu². Pelosium has one neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 224 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 311. These particles are held together by dark particles called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.
Pelosium’s mass actually increases over time, as morons randomly interact with various elements in the atmosphere and become assistant deputy neutrons within the Pelosium molecule, leading to the formation of isodopes. This characteristic of moron-promotion leads some scientist to believe that Pelosium is formed whenever morons reach a certain density in voting concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as Critical Morass.
When catalyzed with money, Pelosium activates MSNBCobnoxium and CNNadnausium, both elements that radiate orders of magnitude more energy, albeit as incoherent noise, since they have half as many peons but twice as many morons as Pelosium.
Since it has no electrons, Pelosium is inert. However, it can be detected chemically as it impedes every reaction it comes in contact with. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of Pelosium causes one reaction to take over four days to complete when it would have normally occurred in less than a second. In the presence of anti-morons, Pelosium can be extremely corrosive. Botox seems to distort and smooth it’s surface, without impeding it’s ongoing decay.
Pelosium has a normal half-life of approximately two years, at which time it does not decay, but instead undergoes a transmutation, appearing in a new location but displaying the same properties. In this process, assistant neutrons, vice neutrons and assistant vice neutrons exchange places. Some studies have shown that the atomic mass actually increases after each transmutation.
Research at other laboratories indicates that Pelosium occurs naturally in the atmosphere. It tends to concentrate at certain points such as government agencies, large corporations, universities, and anywhere there is news coverage occurring. It can usually be found in the newest, best appointed, and best maintained buildings. Researchers are now evaluating the possibility that this element’s proliferation was predicted by Einstein’s E=MC2 (Electability = Morons x Constant (the average IQ of isodopes) squared, which may have far reaching consequences in the field of physics.
Scientists point out that Pelosium is known to be toxic at any level of concentration and can easily destroy any productive reaction where it is allowed to accumulate. Attempts are being made to determine how Pelosium can be controlled to prevent irreversible damage, but results to date are not promising. One surprising recent discovery is that Pelosium in highly controlled limited quantities may be a useful substitute for laughing gas, but research continues into that possibility.
(h/t “New Chemical Element Discovered” short joke by William DeBuvitz about the horrors of “Administratium,” published back in the January 1989 issue of The Physics Teacher, which I transmogrified into Pelosium through a complex organic chemistry synthesis project and then added to as appropriate to generate the desired reaction product. Similar highly technical research led to the development of Hillarium (w/ Q&A session), chemical symbol Bs, and several other novel elements.)
Lovely!
Rational Dd8,
Have you heard about the exciting new compound formed from combining aluminum, oxygen and carbon? Early research indicates that this new substance, AlOC, may actually be denser than Pelosium! I hope you will take some time out from your work on Pelosium to investigate!
Is it true that Pelosium has been shown to cause maligNancy in most test subjects exposed to it? Please use extreme caution whenever handling these super dense substances as dropping even a minute amount can cause severe injury or death!
Nice one!
I bet the ‘test’ subjects were isles!
Thanks Abolition Man!! I will certainly have to look into it! I keep meaning to create a Q&A for Pelosium like I did for Hillarium: BREAKING NEWS!!!! Scientists Discover Hillarium, but haven’t gotten around to it. I do collect comments like yours to work in, however!
Regardless, thanks for the great suggestions – and I’m glad you got a kick out of Pelosium!
Many thanks, A piece of scientific discovery even the Dems will understand, except for Joe of course. Unfortunately, Joe is too busy with his little leaptons to have time to understand the new science…..
A new research project, into the strange dark matter impact on Pelosium will take place after the November election I hear.
Rational Db8,
I laughed so much I nearly suffocated! 🙂
A super-dense element is named after “The gargoyle of the house”.
Hairdresser’s are jealous saying ‘it’s a set-up’, while it is said that the ‘gargoyle of the house’ has celebrated by trucking in two more tubs of Strawberries Arnaud ice-cream.
Thats great.
CNNadnausium = CNNabsurdium
Thats similar to the RGHE the Regressive Gene [in] Humans Effect.
Some other elements:
Schifftium: Many times proof of its existence has been claimed but no evidence has ever been produced.
Aocimdum: Much evidence of its existence but no one has ever been able to make sense of it.
Bidenium: While it has no magnetic properties of its own, it has been known to shift its position to line up with the poles.
No beneficial use has been found for any of them.
How much nonsense should a non sequitur sense, if a non sequitur should sense nonsense?
(With apologies to woodchucks)
Two bright spots: 1) Nothing she said violated the constitution or U.S. House rules of behavior 2) Her hair looked terrific. Well the first one, anyway. The other is just what you say about a geriatric dementia patient.
The BBC has a good story that examines the different ways coronavirus statistics tell a story. link
One of the big problems is that different jurisdictions count the same statistic different ways. That makes it difficult to compare how different jurisdictions are doing.
The statistic I trust most is excess deaths. You just count deaths over the average for that time of the year. You don’t have the problem of which deaths to count. Given that almost all fatal diseases have comorbidities, how do you say if the death was caused by coronavirus or not? Excess deaths don’t have that problem.
With regard to excess deaths, America is doing very well in comparison with the rest of the world. link On August 30, America’s excess deaths were -20%. That means 20% fewer people died than average for that date. Pretty impressive.
CommieBob- Great links! Thanks!
Excess deaths – raw – are about as addlepated a measure as siting your weather station at the local major airport. On this day, nineteen years ago, the reported high for Tucson was 7 degrees (Fahrenheit) BELOW the “expected” number. Absolutely nothing to do with climate, or even weather – absolutely everything to do with Islamic terrorists.
There was a spike in excess deaths earlier in the year – partially due to CoViD as a contributing factor, but far more to do with political malfeasance. Suicides way up. Drug overdoses way up. Cardiovascular event deaths such as cardiac arrest and stroke (without any “influenza like symptoms”) way up. “Thanks” to the virus AND the over-blown hysteria over it, a large number of the vulnerable died earlier in the year than they would have otherwise. So it is no surprise that excess deaths are now lower than expected for this time of year. (Unless we do actually have a “bad flu season,” they’ll likely stay that way for several months.)
The reason you can make that argument for America is that America isn’t doing nearly as badly as you would expect given all the propaganda.
The excess death graph on the linked page is interactive so you can add other countries. Look at the excess deaths for Spain, England & Wales, and Italy. Coronavirus is the only plausible explanation for what happened in those countries.
American is doing well compared to many other nations that way. However, using the single point of Aug. 30 is pretty misleading. Aug. 16th we were still +3%, and it was notably high all before that during the pandemic. Still not as bad as many other nations, but far above the prior years average.
There is evidence that the fires have been set by arsonists in California, Oregon and Washington. Someone has already been arrested for it, but I do not have the name or which state. I think it was Washington. He was caught in the act of starting a new fire.
There is likely more to come on this, but do not expect any kind of reality-connected statements from the corner of the room in which Pelosi sits. She is, to put it bluntly, very opportunistic. Unfortunately, what she said in that public statement is baloney and easily disproved, as is shown here.
My opinion of it all is unpublishable. 🙂
Sara, I believe I saw a similar article about arson being the cause of many of the wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington. That is, many of the fires along the west coast are being investigated as arson. especially those that began along a certain highway. Sorry, I don’t recall which road. I also recall that someone had been arrested for one, as you had noted, and that the suspect was a member of Antifa.
Stay safe and healthy, all.
Regards,
Bob
Thanks, Bob. I’m just glad I live a great distance away from all of that strange stuff.
Sadly, Sara, CA is exporting “all of that strange stuff” to my state, Nevada.
You have my deepest sympathy, Dave, but it can be rooted out.
To my knowledge, two guys have been arrested for allegedly setting fires near Seattle. There is no evidence of arson in the Eastern Washington fires.
Errr, yes there is. Well Oregon anyway. Try here here here and here.
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2020/09/man-arrested-on-arson-allegation-in-wildfire-west-of-eugene-deputies-say.html
https://nbc16.com/news/local/man-seen-starting-fires-at-oregon-state-park-local-fire-chief-says?fbclid=IwAR0oZy___Y1f9W7R3oUpWPNWXnbYLmy8LuqD_tR_LNUk8H09mj1EqwAwr-U
Just some random facts. Totally not related. Kind of a non sequitur I guess.
US life expectancy female, 81.1 years
Nancy Pelosi will be 81.1 next May.
Similar but different
In Alberta, life expectancy is 82
Covid deaths average is 83, that is the average
Yeah, well, Nancy is going to be found at her desk, staring straight ahead into nothing, with that gavel gripped so tightly in her hand that it can’t be removed. She’ll take it to her casket with her.
There is so much money “watering” those roots that they are impervious to standard weed killers.
This is a response to a prior Sara comment.
She said she is a “Master Legislator,” Sara. That means she is so corrupt that she can’t discern corruption; it is just the legislative “process.”
Skellator is only 80. Egads, she look so much older.
Nancy knows its true, her hairdresser told her so.
Covid data only partially helpful.
It’s not just gdp drop, but also government spending.
It’s not just 2nd quarter. Here in Australia ( not listed) our lockdown and significant gdp drop will be 3rd quarter. Australia’s result will further screw the data.
Ari Fleischer, the former WH press secretary with with George Bush on 9/11.
Ari provides a good timeline and insight of what POTUS was doing. – check out his Twitter.
One image I will never forget was when George Bush was told about the second plane hitting the world trade centre while reading a book to children.
I never new he already knew about the first.
First tower = Bizarre accident.
Second tower = We’re at war.
Building 7: wait what?
Another 9/11 Truther comment. A reference to World Trade Center Bldg 7
As we all know, the renowned structural engineer, Rosie O’Donnell, confirmed this…
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a1539/4213805/
If fire didn’t melt steel, we wouldn’t have steel… But the fire didn’t have to fully melt the steel…
https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/faqs-nist-wtc-7-investigation
Building 7 was hit, badly damaged, and set on fire by the collapse of one of the other towers. It fully collapsed a few hours later.
Pretty sure no-one told the Bush about the Reichstagsbrandt. His granpa Prescott was a well known Hitler funder, and would have understood. Not the latter, though, learning to read a book.
The Constitution was almost erased, and full surveillance under NSA chief Hayden’s “Trailblazer” program. See NSA whistleblower Bill Binney on that.
So a failed Reichstagsbrandt, which means they will try something again.
This is a despicable comment. And made on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Shame!
The Reichstagsbrand (not Reichstagsbrandt) was the fire set in the German parliament in 1933 and used by the Nazis as a pretext to suspend civil liberties shortly after Hitler became Chancellor. It was blamed on a Dutch communist van der Lubbe, but may have been actually set by the Nazi paramilitary SA (Sturmabteilung).
Your cryptic raving here implies that George W Bush was involved in the 9/11 attacks and used them as a pretext to suspend civil liberties and prosecute wars against Al Qaeda and Iraq.
If that is not what you mean, then explain your comment.
Anthony and Charles- is this sort of comment tolerable on WUWT?
Pretty sure 9/1 Truther crap violates the rules here… When it’s couched in long-winded, rambling diatribes, most people don’t read it, much less, pick up on it.
It’s not, and I will discuss with Anthony.
However, with the current censorious nature of certain groups with power, I hesitate to censor much.
We could be like Facebook!
😎
Ok sure. It’s your call of course. I just don’t like to see it go unanswered and not repudiated. It risks having someone read it and think that the site advocates this rubbish.
The constitution was almost erased? Really?
Have your delusions been getting that much worse?
He’s a LaRouch disciple, I doubt his delusions can get any worse.
Slightly OT
Generation Z are just starting to become eligible to vote.
These are the children (now adults) who did not witness the shock and subsequent change of attitudes on their parents face.
The Chinchaga fire, also known as the Wisp fire, Chinchaga River fire and Fire 19,[1] was a forest fire that burned in northern British Columbia and Alberta in the summer and early fall of 1950. With a final size of between 1,400,000 hectares (3,500,000 acres) and 1,700,000 hectares (4,200,000 acres), it is the single largest recorded fire in North American history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchaga_fire
Pelosi is a classic example of a Democrat turned Progressive that doesn’t understand what the new party platform (oxymoron) stands for. Probably because there is no platform other than defeat Trump. All the recent riots prove where the Progressives are going…. anarchy followed by their saving the people with Marxism. Years of American apathy and easy life are wearing away and turning to protection so good luck with that.
David,
Is it just my imagination or is she starting to sound like Dementia Joe? I wonder if she lectures Gavin against working with Trump while enjoying her overpriced frozen treats?
The DemoKKKrats were responsible for the Russia Collusion Hoax, the hysteria over and politicization of the ChiCom-19 Virus and may be party to some Biden Loves Money rioters setting fires to push the global warming scam! What will those crazy kids think of next!?
After killing tens of thousands with their crazy ChiCom-19 policies I wouldn’t put anything past them!
Nancy should know. She and Mother Earth were in Pre-school together before Nancy’s parents took her out with the dirt kids and put her in private school.
Mother Pelosi holds seance to communicate with a very large rock.
“We have these fires in California, and in the West, 16 people have died in Washington, Oregon, and California, including a firefighter and a 1-year-old baby. We — our firefighters have been so, very, very courageous.”
“Now, we’re, again, breaking records. Mother Earth is angry,” she continued. “She’s telling us — whether – she’s telling us with hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, fires in the West, whatever it is, that climate crisis is real and has an impact. I hear — I came over the weekend back to Washington. It was unhealthy and smoky, that was how they described the air then. Now, it has gotten much worse, and I’m hearing regularly on the ongoing from my constituents about the concern they have about the fires and the air quality, the loss of life, and over 34 million acres burned. That’s an historic number.”
There is actually a word in the English language for her genius in these climate science attributions.
https://tambonthongchai.com/2018/08/03/confirmationbias/
this Twitter feed is following the various arrests of arsonist etc
https://twitter.com/KatieDaviscourt
behind paywall:
11 Sept: WSJ: California’s Wildfire Power Eclipse: Fires are adding to blackout risks as they strike solar plants
by WSJ editorial board
Renewables like solar only provide intermittent generation, yet they account for about a third of the state’s electricity. Democratic politicians have mandated that 60% of state power by 2030 come from renewables and 100% by 2045. As a result, California is starting to experience power shortages when the sun sets or is covered by a cloud—or smoke…
https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-wildfire-power-eclipse-11599864717
I’m unsure why they haven’t started quoting fires in square feet as the objective is to publish scarier numbers
This is why they started reporting oil spills in liters instead of Barrels or god forbid cubic meters (which is how the industry measures).
It’s all a game
Ms Pelosi’s pronouncements bring to mind the old Buddhist adage: do not speak unless you can improve on silence.
Pointing out hypocrisy, or is it dementia, doesn’t trivialize the tragedy of the day. It only shows how the hypocrites trivialize the significance of the significant in their treatment of events. You’ve spoken for those of us that clearly remember that day.
So the US has one of the lowest case death rates? Come on, you’re losing the competition! Good thing that the US has the highest case number, so Trump has something to claim as a ‘badge of honour’.
How could the US have one of the highest infection rates and one of the lowest fatality rates?
Are Americans physiologically superior to most other humans, enabling us to survive the disease more than others?
Is our healthcare system so superior to the rest of the world, that Americans are being cured at a higher rate?
Or is it that our per capita testing rate is much than most other nations, and we are reporting far more asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic cases?
We do have a much better health care system than do Brazil and India.
Yes we do… It’s as good or better than any other nation. But, I don’t think it explains our low CFR.
It is in the fact that our college students are going to party regardless, and we end up with more young people infected than any other place. The median age of new infections in Florida dropped from 65 to 39 from March through July. The death rate per case dropped without any medical assistance.
One thing’s for sure, them all commie inspired greenwash spraying politburo executives trigger master alarms on even the most insensitive and worn out BS radar.
The right question is how come they are still in business ?