tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post7640093452009649853..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Hell Hath no Fury like a Denier Scorned or The Only People who Accept Science are Paid Trolls? WUWT?Souhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-10661965309218375042015-02-02T12:15:23.307+11:002015-02-02T12:15:23.307+11:00Thanks, Jai, for filling us in. And for the youtub...Thanks, Jai, for filling us in. And for the youtube link.<br /><br />(Sorry for the delay. Comments to older articles go to moderation automatically, to help control spam.)Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-2232388914987601072015-02-02T07:55:23.099+11:002015-02-02T07:55:23.099+11:00Hi! I am Jai Mitchell and I was the one attacked ...Hi! I am Jai Mitchell and I was the one attacked so vociferously for revealing the obvious sociopathy of WUWT. For your information, while AW stated that he deleted my comments because of a reference to "tobacco" because he was so hurt that his parent's died from smoking. Well, the comment I made regarding tobacco was ancillary and an afterthought of a larger post regarding the strategy of institutional opposition to climate change science and policy.<br /><br />The real reason that AW deleted my post was because I posted this defining interview by Amy Goodman at DemocracyNow! That reveals the funding of 'sceptic' communities like WUWT.<br /><br />The interview that was deleted is posted here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrsnCR6TMJwJai Mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-12697063057047654262013-06-24T22:56:28.526+10:002013-06-24T22:56:28.526+10:00There are way too many Australians on the list. Ho...<i>There are way too many Australians on the list. How did that happen? ...</i><br /><br />It's from a lifetime of walking around upside down. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-36205185620351281452013-06-24T18:00:44.964+10:002013-06-24T18:00:44.964+10:00Wagathon seems a duplicate, 33 and 56
Wagathon seems a duplicate, 33 and 56<br />Martin Vermeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04537045395760606324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-10131225451572754292013-06-24T06:07:14.429+10:002013-06-24T06:07:14.429+10:00Yes, the larrikin theory is really about being a b...Yes, the larrikin theory is really about being a bully and trying to mock authority and pranking when it suits them. In Canada they call them hosers, and here in the USA we call them rednecks.<br /><br />I do understand lots of Australians such as Sou, and the gang at SkS, and Deltoid are not in the least showing these larrikin tendencies. It's likely a set of people tied to some cultural heritage.<br /><br /><br />BTW, If anyone tries to make a list for all the clowns at WUWT, it will be an encyclopedic effort.<br />@whuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297101284358849575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-44218691951368132602013-06-24T01:01:39.397+10:002013-06-24T01:01:39.397+10:00I found WHT's guide to the Climate Clowns at J...I found WHT's guide to the Climate Clowns at JC's an invaluable gazetteer. There are just *so many* of them it's initially quite difficult to sort them all out. I remain indebted to him for his efforts. <br /><br />WRT "way too many Australians", Web is (I think) the originator of the Larrikin Hypothesis of antipodean CC denial. BBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687930416706386215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-84336944516406885692013-06-23T19:29:00.630+10:002013-06-23T19:29:00.630+10:00Given Watts' enthusiasm for real names and kno...Given Watts' enthusiasm for real names and knowing who pays who to spread what where, it's probably worth pointing out that commenter Smokey is also moderator DB Stealey (a fact that dbs is now trying to cover up and, as with everything else, is doing so ineptly: DB Stealey's current gravitar; DB Stealey's original gravitar). Consequently, Smokey was often commenting on and moderating comments on the same article.<br /><br />Conflicts of interest is just one more area where Watts is happy to show brazen hypocrisy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255466542968249065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-57903814178739771792013-06-23T19:26:47.034+10:002013-06-23T19:26:47.034+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255466542968249065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-44587881900128527772013-06-23T17:43:42.048+10:002013-06-23T17:43:42.048+10:00Wonder how he tolerated a user ID of Smokey for so...Wonder how he tolerated a user ID of Smokey for so long.Catmandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12313870265499015076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-122059710080284082013-06-23T17:10:37.542+10:002013-06-23T17:10:37.542+10:00Ok looking down the thread, Watts snips Jai's ...Ok looking down the thread, Watts snips Jai's comment about smoking. Apparently Watts is touchy because his parents died of smoking related illnesses. Very sad, but it doesn't stop him from receiving money from the pro-smoking Heartland Institute. What a hypocrite. If only Watts was honest enough to admit that the anti-science PR tactics that convinced many Americans smoking was safe are still in use in the area of climate science by the same scientists and organisations. Obviously this shocking information is a bit too close to the bone for Anthony. Roy Mustardhttp://roymustard.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-76727960739903610062013-06-23T17:03:17.532+10:002013-06-23T17:03:17.532+10:00Anthony's blog has the distinction that you co...Anthony's blog has the distinction that you could post under your real name and he'd never believe you.Roy Mustardhttp://roymustard.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-58409820789864132042013-06-23T14:56:38.224+10:002013-06-23T14:56:38.224+10:00Wow. What an effort. Is that your work? It's v...Wow. What an effort. Is that your work? It's very good. There are way too many Australians on the list. How did that happen? Too much time on their hands?<br /><br />It's given me an idea of how to manage my articles about particular denier fantasies. I'll need to mull it over some more. (People are often looking to find what's wrong with what so and so said. They know it's wrong but may not know quite enough to know why it's wrong.)<br /><br />Another idea is to have an annual award for the most fantastical denier yarn. A bit like the Ig Nobels but without science. There could be specialist categories as well as generalist categories and an overall winner. Someone could be doing it already I suppose, but if not I reckon we could rouse up a panel of judges pretty easily :)Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-71414261317619612392013-06-23T14:15:20.301+10:002013-06-23T14:15:20.301+10:00Hot Whopper is always a good read. I look at WUWT ...Hot Whopper is always a good read. I look at WUWT regularly but the insanity is so dense there that you miss half the really crazy stuff.<br /><br />This is the crazy stuff at Climate Etc<br />http://tinyurl.com/ClimateClowns<br /><br /><br /><br />@whuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297101284358849575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-68226986080572923392013-06-23T14:11:12.014+10:002013-06-23T14:11:12.014+10:00Rachel, Anthony has a "tip" jar and who ...Rachel, Anthony has a "tip" jar and who knows what goes into it. Could be lots or little. He also has advertising I think and that can bring in a lot of revenue if you do it right. Not sure if a political blog like that would make all that much. Nothing like, say, a computer blog or a digital camera blog. Still he gets a lot of traffic so it's probably more than peanuts.<br /><br />Whether he has any other sponsors I don't know. He's often writing that he's gallivanting off to somewhere or other and for that he probably gets paid. His blog isn't a full time occupation. He does other stuff too. <br /><br />He does seem to be aiming for the nuttier end of town these days. Maybe his blog has grown into one big headache and he's given up on it. That might explain why he is so erratic in the blog articles and why he throws a tantrum every time someone writes anything that bears even the slightest resemblance to actual, real scientific fact.<br /><br />On the other hand, he might have always been a paranoid conspiracy theorising style of denialist. I didn't pay his blog much attention until a few months ago :)Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-56315152041659185452013-06-23T13:53:50.761+10:002013-06-23T13:53:50.761+10:00Just had a thought. Has Anthony ever revealed his ...Just had a thought. Has Anthony ever revealed his source of funding for his blog? It's becoming more and more common for news sources on the web to reveal any possible conflict of interest in a disclosure statement. I can't see one on WUWT but perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09129841408329015509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-78545660312666387002013-06-23T13:43:04.757+10:002013-06-23T13:43:04.757+10:00I can understand why someone would not want to rev...I can understand why someone would not want to reveal their identity on WUWT. Climate scientists get death threats from people who deny climate change so it would take a fairly hardened soul to reveal their personal particulars to those people. <br /><br />I thought Jai was very polite and did not deserve the rudeness and the bullying he received. Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09129841408329015509noreply@blogger.com