Grossly Embarrassing Lecture on Global Warming
A reader offers this lecture delivered at Hillsdale College as proof that there is no scientific consensus that climate change represents a real threat to humankind. It begins:
In a recent survey of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries—i.e., all the rich countries in the world—about 60 percent of respondents said they believe that global warming will likely or very likely lead to the end of mankind.
I’d sure like to see the results of this “survey,” if it was taken at all. It purports that more than half of the people living in the developed world believe something that anyone, even the fiercest tree-hugger imaginable, couldn’t possibly accept, i.e., that global warming will probably put an end to humankind.
I’m not saying that the average German, Japanese, or American is completely up to date on climate science, but they’re not morons, either. Take the worst case scenarios, in which greenhouse gas emissions cause temperatures to rise by 5°C from pre-industrial levels, and the planet is ravaged by sea-level rise, storms, wildfires, etc. Is there any eventuality in which the human race is wiped out? Of course not. There will be huge losses in land mass, food and potable water. There will also be suffering at heretofore unseen levels.
If you want to be taken seriously by people who can actually think, why start your lecture by asserting something that couldn’t possibly be true?
We have to hand it to the Republicans’ political strategists. It’s impossible to understand how they accomplished it, but they have become the party of working class Americans.
Perhaps the greatest challenge to human civilization is how its leaders are chosen. We want selfless and honest people at the helm, whose ambitions lie no further than the well-being of the common man.
Regarding the Sons of MAGA shirts here, I have two observations for the company making the offering:
Pictured here are some Ron DeSantis supporters, backing the presidential candidate in his war against Disney and the LGBTQ community. That’s a “White Pride” sign in the back of the photo at left, and a “Make America Florida” sign below.
I agree with what Bertrand Russell said on the subject: Anyone who believes in eternal punishment for any crimes committed in this life cannot be consider to be completely moral.
Shown here is proof that Trump will continue to prey on his supporters until all but the most emotionally deranged have broken ranks and moved on with their lives.
From right-winger 
By definition, rhetorical questions are posed without any answer expected.
Just when we thought it was impossible for a Republican to make an honest statement, along comes Mitt Romney.
