tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post4590172784936020410..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Things that scare Anthony Watts at WUWT: Air-conditioning, Oklahoma City, and rising seasSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-84133645936203931952015-08-07T13:27:11.145+10:002015-08-07T13:27:11.145+10:00I don't think there'd be many climate or e...I don't think there'd be many climate or earth scientists who've ever heard of Anthony or WUWT. Maybe the dozen or so he's targeted, and maybe the few who blog, but that'd be it. He's not all that well known among deniers outside of WUWT. (I've seen deniers refer to him as Andrew.)<br /><br />He regards himself as a <a href="https://twitter.com/wattsupwiththat/status/599205381882019840" rel="nofollow">hero to thousands</a>. Who in their right mind would boast about being a hero of deniers and conspiracy theorists?Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-65360901486873299212015-08-07T10:40:41.956+10:002015-08-07T10:40:41.956+10:00My own pop-psych analysis matches that. Watts gets...My own pop-psych analysis matches that. Watts gets attention through pretence but is terrified of being found out so limits his interactions to people who won't, and won't even want to.<br /><br />It must be a horrible way to live. I like to think so, anyway.<br /><br />Watts is big in his own little pond, but of course AGW denial cult think the pond is much larger than it is. There are those swathes of scientists too cowed to speak out against the concensusistas, for instance: they read Watts every day, you know, it's a beacon in the Stalinist darkness of their lives. Some say it's all that keeps them going, or would if they weren't too cowed, that's been statistically proved by Richard Tol, oh yes.<br /><br />I hope they don't sleep either. Or ever experience another moment's joy. There, I've said it.<br /><br /><br />Cugelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-81950895250775160092015-08-07T02:00:22.302+10:002015-08-07T02:00:22.302+10:00Can you do one on Jeb Bush? Jeb says he doesn'...Can you do one on Jeb Bush? Jeb says he doesn't want to overfund women's health care issues, but he has no problems overfunding penis shaped missles... Or Chris Christie, I believe him when he says he uses birth control, it's portion control that he has a problem with... and penis shaped missles enlargement<br /><br />I hope they didn't get any sleep last nightlooʞ oɹezhttp://arkansaswildlifephotography.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-37337003173834060342015-08-07T01:56:32.893+10:002015-08-07T01:56:32.893+10:00He ought to be thanking HW for extending his fame ...He ought to be thanking HW for extending his fame a tad. Anthony Watts is not known outside of denier and conspiracy blogs. If you asked anyone on the street 'who is Anthony Watts" you'd either get a "don't know" or maybe this if you're Australian:<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Watts_(rugby_league)<br /><br />Or one of these if you're a Brit:<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Watts_(biophysicist)<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Watts_(geologist)Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-29080620617906408882015-08-07T01:17:46.850+10:002015-08-07T01:17:46.850+10:00I suspect what Anthony is really afraid of is bein...I suspect what Anthony is really afraid of is being an unknown, out of the public's eye, of being ignored. He's insecure. He knows he doesn't have what it takes to even do high school math, is cowed by scientists and people who do have what it takes, which makes him angry, resentful, and prone to striking out, but only from the safety of his blog and not in person, where he keeps completely silent when surrounded by scientists, or behaves decently when having dinner. <br /><br />Of course, that makes him a coward, which he recognizes on some level which is why he, from the safety of his blog, goes after people who point out his errors but don't use their real names. (it's okay if you use a pseudonym to go after those big bad scientists though).<br /><br />It is sort of like those tv preachers who rail against homosexuality or immorality, but are then found to be having one-night stands with other men or with women in hotel rooms wherever they travel to preach the good word. They speak out strongly and express their disgust because it helps them put a distance between their actions and their perception of who they are: they're a good person, only bad people commit these acts and don't feel guilt, therefore I'm not a bad person as I feel guilt, and if I speak out strongly against these acts now, I won't fall into temptation the next time (until they fall into temptation the next time).<br /><br />So Tony lashes out at his "enemies" (i.e. anyone who points out he's made an error), and attributes to them the very qualities that he despises the most in himself (cowardice, hypocrisy, ignorance) because when everyone is a coward, a hypocrite and ignorant then you stand above the crowd when you call them out, thereby fooling yourself into believing you're not a coward, a hypocrite or ignorant. <br /><br />/end amateur psych analysis ;-) (should I send him my bill?)Dan Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732509347477810998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-79251203668762020492015-08-07T00:33:29.937+10:002015-08-07T00:33:29.937+10:00I was going to say that the CONservatives are prob...I was going to say that the CONservatives are probably going to win this thing over here because I've been listening to MSM but <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_sanders-5565.html" rel="nofollow">hey look, give 'em 'ell go Bernie go!</a><br /><br />I don't know if you folks have been over to <a href="http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/" rel="nofollow">Paul Craig Roberts' site</a> in a while but he's been a very prolific writer lately with lots of new material. Everybody should read this, <a href="http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/08/05/prescription-peace-prosperity-paul-craig-robert/" rel="nofollow">A Prescription for Peace and Prosperity — Paul Craig Roberts</a><br /><br />I usually give him a couple of Benjamin Franklin's and maybe Bernie soon...<br />I would add...<br /><br />With assistance provided by predator Wall Street banker (looters), the Waltons became the world's wealthiest family by decimating U.S. and world physical economies, applying ferocious austerity, flat lining wages and thus lowering living standards.<br /><br />The model caught on...<br /><br />The Waltons are now using their enormous leverage to carefully construct their own tightly controlled family banking empire.<br />They bankroll the vast neo-conservative political network. Example, John Walton, who is worth more than $25 billion, was the largest single individual contributor to Jeb Bush in Florida.<br />They are the principal financial force in the effort to privatize the public school system, through school vouchers, which wrecked public education. Essentially creating a Walton School~Mart.<br /><br />I voted straight Democrat for the first time during the midterm elections mostly just to spite Mr Godd (progressives are eeeeevil ad nauseum)... By the time I got back and turned on the radio in the truck the Reflubitcans had won everything. <a href="http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/luckovich/art_images/cg54530a888c450.jpg" rel="nofollow">Campaign ads work,</a> dummies.looʞ oɹezhttp://arkansaswildlifephotography.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-23675701399500819212015-08-06T12:49:07.467+10:002015-08-06T12:49:07.467+10:00This somehow escaped my attention (Goddard lying h...This somehow escaped my attention (Goddard lying himself to the media forefront), but that thread where Curry actually defends the lying, is wow. Yet again.<br /><br />I don't know which of the two is crazier.Nevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15413215743703093876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-65148478017178875362015-08-06T07:03:25.322+10:002015-08-06T07:03:25.322+10:00Oh heck, if I were to say Heller is a psychopathic...Oh heck, if I were to say Heller is a psychopathic puppet named Chucky it would be an insult to <a href="http://i.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/childs-play-5__oPt.jpg" rel="nofollow">Chucky.</a> Been there, done that... :]looʞ oɹezhttp://arkansaswildlifephotography.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-50627688089181171942015-08-06T06:07:17.355+10:002015-08-06T06:07:17.355+10:00"Anthony denies science not because of the sc..."Anthony denies science not because of the science, but because he's scared that it will mean he'll have to pay tax."<br /><br />That's not fair: Anthony is perfectly happy to pay the 'right' kind of tax. When do you ever see a climate change denier complain about his tax dollars being given away as a "fossil fuel industry subsidy"<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/12/us-taxpayers-subsidising-worlds-biggest-fossil-fuel-companiesMillicentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-25642431976538115192015-08-06T04:34:05.012+10:002015-08-06T04:34:05.012+10:00That's brilliant, because it is absolutely, pe...That's brilliant, because it is absolutely, perfectly accurate.palindromnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-47518768931469787382015-08-06T03:52:55.230+10:002015-08-06T03:52:55.230+10:00I am one of Anthony's proteges (until he threw...I am one of Anthony's proteges (until he threw me off of his blog), Steven Goddard.<br /><br />You are correct, the debate over climate science, especially in America, has nothing to do with science. For more on this, please see:<br /><br />https://tonyhellerakastevengoddardisnotasociopath.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/loud-and-proud-waving-the-tribal-flag-of-climate-denialism/Heller Exposedhttps://tonyhellerakastevengoddardisnotasociopath.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-74807910945242640482015-08-06T02:05:30.635+10:002015-08-06T02:05:30.635+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rattus Norvegicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449457204330125792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-27169279081900388512015-08-06T02:05:20.346+10:002015-08-06T02:05:20.346+10:00Sou, you forgot one other thing that scares Anthon...Sou, you forgot one other thing that scares Anthony: his own shadow!Rattus Norvegicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449457204330125792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-77330786842090767792015-08-05T23:50:31.965+10:002015-08-05T23:50:31.965+10:00Sou,
While you picked out some great quotes I thin...Sou,<br />While you picked out some great quotes I think this one has to be the winner for sheer cluelessness on a so-called climate blog:<br /><br /><b>J. Philip Peterson August 4, 2015 at 5:09 pm<br />“….achieve a comfort level of 65 degrees Fahrenheit…” Isn’t that a little cold? I thought 72 F – 22 C was the comfort level???</b><br /><br />Forgiveable on a general interest blog of some kind but sheesh!jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.com