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Yanks start to catch on, will Abbott?
Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:06am

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Bloomberg Businessweek's cover story this week takes a direct approach to linking Hurricane Sandy and climate change.

As the storm approached the East Coast on Monday, many considered the link between the hurricane and climate change vital to its coverage. While the connection was broached on social media sites like Twitter, the discussion did not get noticeable attention on cable new networks that were continuously covering the storm.

Bloomberg Businessweek, however, made the connection loud and clear with its cover story. Above a photo of a flooded, powerless city street, the headline "IT'S GLOBAL WARMING, STUPID" appears in bold, underlined text.

Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel tweeted, "Our cover story this week may generate controversy, but only among the stupid."

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Dsmithy70 Gold Member Offline ire futuis vobismetipsis Posts: 13147 Newy Gender:	Re: Yanks start to catch on, will Abbott? Reply #1 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:07am "Our cover story this week may generate controversy, but only among the stupid." LOL come on down
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Swagman Gold Member Offline Beware of cheap imitations...... Posts: 15095 Illawarra NSW Gender:	Re: Yanks start to catch on, will Abbott? Reply #2 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:12am Dsmithy70 wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:07am: "Our cover story this week may generate controversy, but only among the stupid." It appears that it has....
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progressiveslol Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17029	Re: Yanks start to catch on, will Abbott? Reply #3 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:25am lol weather is now climate. Less cyclones mean global warming. It was cold where I am this morning, therefore global cooling. AGW credibilty is fast going out the door.
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Dsmithy70 Gold Member Offline ire futuis vobismetipsis Posts: 13147 Newy Gender:	Re: Yanks start to catch on, will Abbott? Reply #4 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:33am Extremes at both ends of the scale More frequent events But hey progs, I'm sure nothing other than 600 50degree days in a row would make you wonder, even then I wouldn't be surprised to see you write that off as a "Once in a Generation Event" Gee how often am I hearing that now days
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Re: Yanks start to catch on, will Abbott?
Reply #5 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:36am

Dsmithy70 wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:33am:

Extremes at both ends of the scale

More frequent events

But hey progs, I'm sure nothing other than 600 50degree days in a row would make you wonder, even then I wouldn't be surprised to see you write that off as a "Once in a Generation Event"
Gee how often am I hearing that now days Huh

More frequent. Yeh if you cut history out of the picture, sure.

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Reply #6 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:37am

Dsmithy70 wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:33am:

Extremes at both ends of the scale

More frequent events

But hey progs, I'm sure nothing other than 600 50degree days in a row would make you wonder, even then I wouldn't be surprised to see you write that off as a "Once in a Generation Event"
Gee how often am I hearing that now days Huh

Not only once in a generation but gillards fault!

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hadrian_now Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1041 Gender:	Re: Yanks start to catch on, will Abbott? Reply #7 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:41am As I understand it smithy - and you'll correct mewith a reference if I'm wrong - the past 16 years have been a cooling period not warming. How can they say then that this storm is due to global warming? I also understand that the east coast of the US has suffered more severe storms as long ago as the 1930s.
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Reply #8 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:44am

hadrian_now wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:41am:

As I understand it smithy - and you'll correct mewith a reference if I'm wrong - the past 16 years have been a cooling period not warming.
How can they say then that this storm is due to global warming?
I also understand that the east coast of the US has suffered more severe storms as long ago as the 1930s.

Large storms have become less frequent than in the past. The only difference is the population has grown, so there is more possibility for loss of life and of damages cost.

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progressiveslol Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17029	Re: Yanks start to catch on, will Abbott? Reply #9 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 10:02am Hurricane expert Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. says: The only accurate part of this Bloomberg BusinessWeek cover is “stupid”
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progressiveslol Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17029	Re: Yanks start to catch on, will Abbott? Reply #10 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 10:07am This graph shows why AGW credibility is going out the door fast and why Abbott is best to steer clear of the AGW loons and makes Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. correct
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Reply #11 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 10:10am

progressiveslol wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 10:07am:

This graph shows why AGW credibility is going out the door fast and why Abbott is best to steer clear of the AGW loons and makes Dr Rojer Pilke correct

http://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/screenhunter_142-aug-04-07-42.j...

So why has he committed 10 billion of TAXPAYERS MONEY to achieving the goal of carbon output reduction?

And isn't something paid for by taxpayer funds actually a tax?

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Reply #12 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 10:13am

Dsmithy70 wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 10:10am:

progressiveslol wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 10:07am:

This graph shows why AGW credibility is going out the door fast and why Abbott is best to steer clear of the AGW loons and makes Dr Rojer Pilke correct

http://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/screenhunter_142-aug-04-07-42.j...

So why has he committed 10 billion of TAXPAYERS MONEY to achieving the goal of carbon output reduction?

And isn't something paid for by taxpayer funds actually a tax?

Ask Abbott why. I am happy to be planting more trees and being that bit cleaner.

Read my lips 'no extra tax to be paid as it will come from the current tax take'

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Reply #13 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 10:14am

Are ppl still getting stupidly semantic about climate change? It was called global warming @ first because it was discovered that sea water temps were rising. Because so many stupid ppl didnt want to acknowledge it and kept saying "but its cold" the PC way of saying "climate change" was adopted since temperatures have all sorts of changes in all sorts of places.

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Reply #14 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 10:20am

hadrian_now wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:41am:

As I understand it smithy - and you'll correct mewith a reference if I'm wrong - the past 16 years have been a cooling period not warming.
How can they say then that this storm is due to global warming?
I also understand that the east coast of the US has suffered more severe storms as long ago as the 1930s.

Here you go

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