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Source: The Guardian
Ex-Alaska governor promotes Climate Hustle film and calls for
intervention to stop the peer pressure as world leaders agree
global warming is a serious threat
Suzanne Goldenberg
Friday 15 April 2016 14.04 BST
Of all the causes Sarah Palin has embraced in her varied career as hockey mom, Alaska governor, Republican vice-presidential nominee, Fox television commentator and Donald Trump supporter, none perhaps may be as bold or as she still likes to say, rogue as trying to take down a much-beloved childrens television personality: Bill Nye the Science Guy.
But that was where hardcore climate change denial landed Palin on Thursday: a wood-panelled committee room in Congress where she disputed the credentials of a hugely popular science educator who has designed devices for Nasa and been awarded several honorary degrees.
Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am, Palin told the gathering. Hes a kids show actor. Hes not a scientist.
And that was not even the low point of the event.
The occasion was the premiere for the Climate Hustle, a film that dismisses global warming as an excuse for government takeover and makes the outrageously false claim that rising carbon emissions are beneficial.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/15/sarah-palin-bill-nye-climate-change-hustle-film
Grifters gotta grift...
katsy
(4,246 posts)maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)attack messengers, sow doubt, & spread bullshit that needs to be debunked. all to delay meaningful action, protect profits, dividends, and stock value. it's been going on for 2 decades now.
but, someone's going to catapult that propaganda. why not palin? american rubes are going to listen to her over Lord Moncton.
besides, it's a paycheck, and todd's got a long recovery in front of him. maybe not so much reckless snow machining anymore, though. no snow.
2naSalit
(86,779 posts)She is a waste of good air that should be put to better use by endangered species. Truly a poster child for mental health reform and ... I'd rather not be banned so I'll leave it there.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)This is something far too many people fail to grasp. Of course, Palin fails to grasp almost everything.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)tabasco
(22,974 posts)Is this an indictment of democracy, generally, or just the USA version?
SeattleVet
(5,479 posts)after all, didn't she get her start as a TV 'weather girl'?
MisterP
(23,730 posts)*massive fight breaks out over whether engineers are actually scientists*
Initech
(100,102 posts)Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!