dagblog - Comments for "New York Times: The truth, not so important after all" http://dagblog.com/link/new-york-times-truth-not-so-important-after-all-22404 Comments for "New York Times: The truth, not so important after all" en Climate science should have http://dagblog.com/comment/237295#comment-237295 <a id="comment-237295"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/237242#comment-237242">From what the Pulitzer</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote> <p>Climate science should have been left to experts in atmospheric science. Like other science issues like soil biochemistry and the disposal of toxic chemical waste.</p> </blockquote> <p>The same is true for Gynecology, Infectious Diseasees, Pediatrics (discussing guns with little children; vaccines, etc); and Health Care in General.  Many more areas of expertise have been co-oped by political lackeys, religious nuts, and grifters,</p> <p>Sad.</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 01 May 2017 19:28:10 +0000 CVille Dem comment 237295 at http://dagblog.com From what the Pulitzer http://dagblog.com/comment/237242#comment-237242 <a id="comment-237242"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/new-york-times-truth-not-so-important-after-all-22404">New York Times: The truth, not so important after all</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>From what the Pulitzer committee commended as a guy with unique 'contrarian twist', Bret's twist on climate change Vox <a href="http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/4/26/15413718/bret-stephens-new-york-times">interview</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A guy I know just had a baby and he’s a big global warming, climate change activist. If he thinks in 20 years we’ll be heading toward unsustainable climates and there will be tens of millions of people being displaced, presumably including himself, at the most apocalyptic level, then presumably he wouldn’t be having children.</p> </blockquote> <p>Absurd. "Presumably including himself" because right wing grifters and their crackpot mob cannot believe anybody acts for anything but self interest.</p> <p>Climate science should have been left to experts in atmospheric science. Like other science issues like soil biochemistry and the disposal of toxic chemical waste.</p> <p><span style="font-size:13px">It was a huge crime for the GOP, Koch brothers, $$ etc to turn it into another political football. </span></p> </div></div></div> Sat, 29 Apr 2017 21:19:31 +0000 NCD comment 237242 at http://dagblog.com You got me curious enough to http://dagblog.com/comment/237240#comment-237240 <a id="comment-237240"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/237239#comment-237239">Because they want a token</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>You got me curious enough to check out what pieces he got his Pulitzer for. Some are very interesting.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/bret-stephens">http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/bret-stephens</a></p> <p>I haven't seen any prize-worthy climate change skepticism in there yet. ;0)</p> </div></div></div> Sat, 29 Apr 2017 18:42:01 +0000 Obey comment 237240 at http://dagblog.com Because they want a token http://dagblog.com/comment/237239#comment-237239 <a id="comment-237239"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/new-york-times-truth-not-so-important-after-all-22404">New York Times: The truth, not so important after all</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Because they want a token right-winger, and he won a Pulitzer.</p> <p>Here's the link to the actual column: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/opinion/climate-of-complete-certainty.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/opinion/climate-of-complete-certainty...</a></p> </div></div></div> Sat, 29 Apr 2017 18:13:36 +0000 Michael Wolraich comment 237239 at http://dagblog.com