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Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Column - With climate scientists like this, no wonder we doubt | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog
Column - With climate scientists like this, no wonder we doubt | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog
A month ago, its Professor Chris Turney got his ship of researchers stuck in Antarctic sea ice he had claimed was melting away.
“Sea ice is disappearing due to climate change, but here ice is building up,” Turney’s expedition wailed.
In fact Turney’s team — planning to examine parts of the Antarctic
“highly susceptible to melting and collapse from ocean warming” —
apparently hadn’t realised sea ice there had grown over three decades to
record levels.
How we laughed.
A month ago, its Professor Chris Turney got his ship of researchers stuck in Antarctic sea ice he had claimed was melting away.
“Sea ice is disappearing due to climate change, but here ice is building up,” Turney’s expedition wailed.
In fact Turney’s team — planning to examine parts of the Antarctic
“highly susceptible to melting and collapse from ocean warming” —
apparently hadn’t realised sea ice there had grown over three decades to
record levels.
How we laughed.
Australia: more skeptics than believers, and few really care about “Climate change” « JoNova
Australia: more skeptics than believers, and few really care about “Climate change” « JoNova
First up, despite the endless repetition in the media that the science is settled and the evidence is overwhelming, the latest CSIRO survey shows
53% of the Australian population don’t agree that “humans are causing
climate change”. When the ABC gives 50% of its climate budget and time
to skeptical arguments we will know it is fulfilling its charter. Right
now, the ABC serves less than half the population.
Secondly,
even with 47% of the population agreeing that humans are “largely”
causing climate change, many of these people still don’t think climate
change will be that bad. The issue “Climate Change” ranks 14 out of 16
general concerns, and among environmental concerns a pathetic 7th out of
8.
It seems a large section of the 47% think the warming will be minor,
or even beneficial. The CSIRO has done another clumsy survey, the
fourth in a series, still not learning that inaccurate survey terms make
the results of most questions meaningless.
The unmistakable bottom line
from this is that only a minority of Australians think that humans are
changing the climate in an important way. Most Australians are more
concerned about their health, their income, their job, water shortages,
or real pollution.
They are more concerned about just about anything the
researchers can name. Somehow this confuses the researchers.
First up, despite the endless repetition in the media that the science is settled and the evidence is overwhelming, the latest CSIRO survey shows
53% of the Australian population don’t agree that “humans are causing
climate change”. When the ABC gives 50% of its climate budget and time
to skeptical arguments we will know it is fulfilling its charter. Right
now, the ABC serves less than half the population.
Secondly,
even with 47% of the population agreeing that humans are “largely”
causing climate change, many of these people still don’t think climate
change will be that bad. The issue “Climate Change” ranks 14 out of 16
general concerns, and among environmental concerns a pathetic 7th out of
8.
It seems a large section of the 47% think the warming will be minor,
or even beneficial. The CSIRO has done another clumsy survey, the
fourth in a series, still not learning that inaccurate survey terms make
the results of most questions meaningless.
The unmistakable bottom line
from this is that only a minority of Australians think that humans are
changing the climate in an important way. Most Australians are more
concerned about their health, their income, their job, water shortages,
or real pollution.
They are more concerned about just about anything the
researchers can name. Somehow this confuses the researchers.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Continuity Errors: Ship of Fools was a scripted event. In other words a "false flag" complete with pre-loaded lapdog media soundbites
Antarctic climate scientists finally return: ABC covers for the $2.4m failure. Speedy’s epic poem « JoNova
If there is anybody who is a customer/employee of the Commercial
Bank of Australia then they might want to have a word with them to spare
their blushes:
http://blog.commbank.com.au/your-bank/sub-antarctic-experience/
CommBank sponsored the Doodle-4Google prize expedition which was won
by Lisa Baddock. Proud Dad, Wayne Baddock accompanied his daughter to
Antarctica. According to the blog they interviewed Wayne just after he
returned. The problem is, they dated the article 17th January 2014,
several days before the ship returned.
An honest typographical error? Or the interview was done much earlier by internet or telephone? Well, when asked the question:
And they say you couldn’t make these things up….
***
Clear proof CLEAR proof that the Ship of Fools was totally premeditated, a false flag against the free peoples of the west who are the target of the UN depopulation and climate alarmism agenda to destroy our culture and steal our wealth.
The BBC and Guardian are accomplices in this conspiracy to defraud.
The original plan was to create a scientistic documentary on climate alarmism, pushed to the hilt by BBC and Guardian scum. Instead, due to the incompetence of climate alarmist profiteer Turney and his accomplices, the documentary was cancelled, the trip exposed too much about how the climate scam is working, and illuminated the sinister forces in the media who serve globalist masters.
And if that isn't true, where are all the lapdog media reports on the Ship of Fools scandal?
From here on out it will be "limited hangout" from the lapdog media and the event will go down the memory hole... So that the same marxist conspirators can try it again.
FIGHT THE FUTURE THEY WANT FOR YOU!
If there is anybody who is a customer/employee of the Commercial
Bank of Australia then they might want to have a word with them to spare
their blushes:
http://blog.commbank.com.au/your-bank/sub-antarctic-experience/
CommBank sponsored the Doodle-4Google prize expedition which was won
by Lisa Baddock. Proud Dad, Wayne Baddock accompanied his daughter to
Antarctica. According to the blog they interviewed Wayne just after he
returned. The problem is, they dated the article 17th January 2014,
several days before the ship returned.
An honest typographical error? Or the interview was done much earlier by internet or telephone? Well, when asked the question:
‘The unknown’ is often the core of adventures. What surprised you most about your trip?Wayne is reported as replying:
“The isolation from the rest of the world. It really
gave us the opportunity to connect with the environment around us. We
didn’t encounter another vessel throughout the expedition.”
And they say you couldn’t make these things up….***
Clear proof CLEAR proof that the Ship of Fools was totally premeditated, a false flag against the free peoples of the west who are the target of the UN depopulation and climate alarmism agenda to destroy our culture and steal our wealth.
The BBC and Guardian are accomplices in this conspiracy to defraud.
The original plan was to create a scientistic documentary on climate alarmism, pushed to the hilt by BBC and Guardian scum. Instead, due to the incompetence of climate alarmist profiteer Turney and his accomplices, the documentary was cancelled, the trip exposed too much about how the climate scam is working, and illuminated the sinister forces in the media who serve globalist masters.
And if that isn't true, where are all the lapdog media reports on the Ship of Fools scandal?
From here on out it will be "limited hangout" from the lapdog media and the event will go down the memory hole... So that the same marxist conspirators can try it again.
FIGHT THE FUTURE THEY WANT FOR YOU!
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Update on the AAE - DoC requests that logo be removed | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Update on the AAE - DoC requests that logo be removed | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Further to our questions about whether or not DoC is a supporter of
the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (the scientific expedition that
got stuck in the ice recently), yesterday we received another letter
from DoC confirming that DoC has not supported the AAE. It states that
DoC has now asked the AAE for its logo to be removed from the
expedition's website.
Further to our questions about whether or not DoC is a supporter of
the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (the scientific expedition that
got stuck in the ice recently), yesterday we received another letter
from DoC confirming that DoC has not supported the AAE. It states that
DoC has now asked the AAE for its logo to be removed from the
expedition's website.
New Details on the Ship of Fools « Climate Audit
The precise chronology of the Ship of Fools on December 23 has been a topic of interest on skeptic blogs, including my recent post demonstrating the falsity of Turney’s excuses. However, up to today,
this chronology had received zero media coverage, despite severalreporters from major media on the Ship of Fools.
Today, there are two stories (BBC and Sydney Morning Herald , both of which contain damning information (especially the latter.) Note embedded link in latter article h/t Bob Koss, with important details not reported in the main article.
Here are new details on the day’s chronology.
New Details on the Ship of Fools « Climate Audit
this chronology had received zero media coverage, despite severalreporters from major media on the Ship of Fools.
Today, there are two stories (BBC and Sydney Morning Herald , both of which contain damning information (especially the latter.) Note embedded link in latter article h/t Bob Koss, with important details not reported in the main article.
Here are new details on the day’s chronology.
New Details on the Ship of Fools « Climate Audit
Chris Turney was given an award... for THIS.
Stuck in the Ice - smh.com.au
At 3pm an Argo carrying four people returned to the ice edge.
A passenger, who was standing near Turney when Mortimer
called the leader from the ship's VHF radio, recalled their
conversation: "Chris, [captain] Igor has just said we need to expedite
people back from the islands so we can get out of here," said Mortimer.
Turney, standing on the ice edge, repeated the message to confirm he had heard right.
"Affirmative," said Mortimer.
"If I take this lot out, how long can we stay?" Turney said.
Mortimer repeated that everybody needed to get back to the ship.
The passenger was stunned by the conversation, even more so when, a
few minutes later, Turney loaded an Argo with six passengers and drove
off towards the Islands.
At 3.30pm the second Argo, this time with only a driver, was sent to evacuate the remaining passengers.
While Mortimer's report said the plan was for passengers
to remain nearby the Islands and be closely supervised, several
passengers said they were not aware of this request.
***
"The anger on Greg's face when we arrived back was noticeable," said one passenger.
Chris Turney and Chris Fogwill, the expedition leaders, also declined to comment on specific questions regarding events on December 23.
At 3pm an Argo carrying four people returned to the ice edge.
A passenger, who was standing near Turney when Mortimer
called the leader from the ship's VHF radio, recalled their
conversation: "Chris, [captain] Igor has just said we need to expedite
people back from the islands so we can get out of here," said Mortimer.
Turney, standing on the ice edge, repeated the message to confirm he had heard right.
"Affirmative," said Mortimer.
"If I take this lot out, how long can we stay?" Turney said.
Mortimer repeated that everybody needed to get back to the ship.
The passenger was stunned by the conversation, even more so when, a
few minutes later, Turney loaded an Argo with six passengers and drove
off towards the Islands.
At 3.30pm the second Argo, this time with only a driver, was sent to evacuate the remaining passengers.
While Mortimer's report said the plan was for passengers
to remain nearby the Islands and be closely supervised, several
passengers said they were not aware of this request.
***
"The anger on Greg's face when we arrived back was noticeable," said one passenger.
Chris Turney and Chris Fogwill, the expedition leaders, also declined to comment on specific questions regarding events on December 23.
Guess who won an award for understanding Natural Phenomenon? « JoNova
Guess who won an award for understanding Natural Phenomenon? « JoNova
Chris Turney: beclowned.
But as a commenter said:
Chris Turney: beclowned.
But as a commenter said:
And here is the answer, the ABC, Fairfax and The Guardian couldn’t
possibly interview Professor Turkey as the leader of the SHIP of Fools.
But they’ll be all over the Winner of Frederick White Prize with no
mention of the tragic stupidity exhibited by this scientist.
It’s just a smoke screen to protect one of their own, and the GREEN
media will lap it up with more CAGW rubbish spewing forth at every
occasion. In 1993, Robyn was the first journalist elected as a Fellow
Member of the Australian Academy of Science. WTF.
They’ll wait for the ice to melt from The Ship of Fools story and
then he’ll be back in the spotlight. But we’re waiting for the Ice
Turkey.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Ship of Fools « Climate Audit
Ship of Fools « Climate Audit
Like many others, I’ve been intrigued by the misadventures of the Ship of Fools. Dozens of tourist vessels visit the Antarctic without becoming trapped by ice. So it’s entirely valid to inquire into why the one tourist vessel led by a “climate scientist” became trapped by ice.
The leader of the expedition, Chris Turney (also a secondary Climategate correspondent and co-signer of Lewandowsky’s multisignatory letter in the Conversation), claimed that the incident could not have been predicted. He said that they were trapped by a sudden “breakout” of multi-year ice (“fast ice”) that had previously been part of the ice shelf and that there was no way that they could have anticipated this. Turney’s claim has been uncritically accepted by the climate community e.g. Turner of the British Antarctica Survey here.
However, like other recent claims by Turney, this claim is bogus. In fact, Turney was trapped by sea ice that had been mobile throughout December 2013. This can be easily seen by examining readily available MODIS imagery (see MODIS here) leading up to the incident, as I’ll do in today’s post.
Like many others, I’ve been intrigued by the misadventures of the Ship of Fools. Dozens of tourist vessels visit the Antarctic without becoming trapped by ice. So it’s entirely valid to inquire into why the one tourist vessel led by a “climate scientist” became trapped by ice.
The leader of the expedition, Chris Turney (also a secondary Climategate correspondent and co-signer of Lewandowsky’s multisignatory letter in the Conversation), claimed that the incident could not have been predicted. He said that they were trapped by a sudden “breakout” of multi-year ice (“fast ice”) that had previously been part of the ice shelf and that there was no way that they could have anticipated this. Turney’s claim has been uncritically accepted by the climate community e.g. Turner of the British Antarctica Survey here.
However, like other recent claims by Turney, this claim is bogus. In fact, Turney was trapped by sea ice that had been mobile throughout December 2013. This can be easily seen by examining readily available MODIS imagery (see MODIS here) leading up to the incident, as I’ll do in today’s post.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Has Chris Turney lied about his support by institutions? « Whale Oil Beef Hooked | Whaleoil Media Whale Oil Beef Hooked | Whaleoil Media
Has Chris Turney lied about his support by institutions? « Whale Oil Beef Hooked | Whaleoil Media Whale Oil Beef Hooked | Whaleoil Media
Chris Turney and his now infamous Ship of Fools are looking more and more foolish as evidence mounts as to the real purpose and backing of their little trip of fancy to the ‘ice-free’ waters of the Antarctic.
When this debacle unfolded people started rummaging through their website. One page, that of their supporters, raised alarm bells.
It appears that taxpayers funds may have been used to promote this little warmist holiday camp on ice.
The Taxpayers Union followed up by contacting the New Zealand organisations listed and found some pleasant news…for taxpayers…and not so pleasant news for Chris Turney.
Following the well publicised case of global warming scientists being stuck in record pack ice in Antarctica (ironically the expedition was intended to study the dwindling sea ice) and the efforts to rescue them, the Taxpayers’ Union began enquiries late last year to find out precisely how much taxpayers’ money the NZ Government ”supporters” listed on the exhibition’s website had contributed.
It appears that thankfully New Zealand taxpayers’ haven’t forked out the huge amounts feared. In fact, it appears that the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) is claiming at least one ‘supporter’ it doesn’t have…
Chris Turney and his now infamous Ship of Fools are looking more and more foolish as evidence mounts as to the real purpose and backing of their little trip of fancy to the ‘ice-free’ waters of the Antarctic.
When this debacle unfolded people started rummaging through their website. One page, that of their supporters, raised alarm bells.
It appears that taxpayers funds may have been used to promote this little warmist holiday camp on ice.
The Taxpayers Union followed up by contacting the New Zealand organisations listed and found some pleasant news…for taxpayers…and not so pleasant news for Chris Turney.
Following the well publicised case of global warming scientists being stuck in record pack ice in Antarctica (ironically the expedition was intended to study the dwindling sea ice) and the efforts to rescue them, the Taxpayers’ Union began enquiries late last year to find out precisely how much taxpayers’ money the NZ Government ”supporters” listed on the exhibition’s website had contributed.
Game finally up for carboncrats
Illustration: John Shakespeare. Game finally up for carboncrats
It was promoted as the voyage to study the melting of ice sheets in the South Pole as well as to retrace Douglas Mawson's perilous expedition a century ago.
Yet the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, led by UNSW climatologist Chris Turney, has become a comedy goldmine.
Spirit of Mawson Expedition: the food situation – Shub Niggurath Climate
Spirit of Mawson Expedition: the food situation – Shub Niggurath Climate
The food situation highlights an important conflict. If this were a hardy science team, they could have waited out the freeze. Instead these were tourists under scientists’ care. By every conservative estimate, the tourists funded the bulk of the expedition. (If one hypothetically assumes $16,500 paid by each of the 52 evacuees, it comes to $858,000). The spectre of feeding their patrons mince beef rations for an indefinite length of time, which the Shokalskiy crew was happy to receive, must have weighed on the science team’s minds.
As predicted, the vessel freed itself when the winds changed. As the precautionary evacuation got underway, fate withdrew its hands. It instead followed the boarding party on the Aurora Australis, sending another storm her way.
From the the hasty diversion of the Aurora Australis to the dangerous helicopter missions, the moves made have been a reactionary mess. As Plazaeme notes, ‘fear and precipitation seldom come cheap’.
The food situation highlights an important conflict. If this were a hardy science team, they could have waited out the freeze. Instead these were tourists under scientists’ care. By every conservative estimate, the tourists funded the bulk of the expedition. (If one hypothetically assumes $16,500 paid by each of the 52 evacuees, it comes to $858,000). The spectre of feeding their patrons mince beef rations for an indefinite length of time, which the Shokalskiy crew was happy to receive, must have weighed on the science team’s minds.
As predicted, the vessel freed itself when the winds changed. As the precautionary evacuation got underway, fate withdrew its hands. It instead followed the boarding party on the Aurora Australis, sending another storm her way.
From the the hasty diversion of the Aurora Australis to the dangerous helicopter missions, the moves made have been a reactionary mess. As Plazaeme notes, ‘fear and precipitation seldom come cheap’.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Re-Writing Mission History? » Climate Resistance
Re-Writing Mission History? » Climate Resistance
Stephan Lewnadowsky has an article at The Conversation, saying that sceptics are wrong, in their pointing and mocking of the failed Spirit of Mawson expedition.
Now the expedition’s aims are outlined under a page called ‘Science Case‘, which indeed contains the reference to ‘fast ice’. But according to the Wayback machine, this didn’t appear until November, but the page in question wasn’t captured until January 2.
***
Notes
1. "fast ice" is being used by climate alarmists in an inappropriate way to somehow imply the fiasco was unavoidable because ice "formed fast". Whilst this moronic use of language is appropriate for the mouthbreathers of the lapdog media, it is pretty much the exact opposite of what fast ice actually is.
Fast ice is ice that is held fast. It is archaic nautical language meaning ice that has held fast or been fastened to the shoreline, the sea floor or a semi permanent glacier. Fast ice thus means ice that does not move and cannot move since it is stuck in place.
2. Turney was made a professor of geography. At some point he morphed into a professor of climate change, a nonexistent science. Like Flimflam Flannery and so many others, any qualifications he holds are tangential and irrelevant to the area of supposed expertise to which a professorship would logically apply.
3. No work was done that could possibly provide scientific data of any significance during the Ship of Fools Affair. In fact no work was done at all in most cases. It was a farrago of lies building up to a climate change propaganda documentary to be released by the BBC and pimped by the Guardian.
As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, and by now you might have seen dramatic images of passengers on stranded icebreaker Akademik Shokalskiy being rescued by helicopter last Friday after becoming lodged in Antarctica sea ice on Christmas Eve.Lewandowsky is, of course, the defender of the environmental narrative. Key to his argument that the sceptics are wrong is a page on the expedition’s website, which seems to claim that the mission anticipated the ‘fast ice’ which came to surround them:
If one goes to the expedition’s website, their first three scientific goals (there are nine altogether) are as follows:Says Lewandowsky:
- gain new insights into the circulation of the Southern Ocean and its impact on the global carbon cycle
- explore changes in ocean circulation caused by the growth of extensive fast ice and its impact on life in Commonwealth Bay
- use the subantarctic islands as thermometers of climatic change by using trees, peats and lakes to explore the past
In other words, the expedition is experiencing the very conditions it set out to study — namely the various kinds of sea ice that scientists know are increasing around Antarctica, while the icecaps on Antarctica are known to melt.However, there is no mention of ‘fast ice’ on the site’s ‘expeidtion aims’ page in July last year, according the Archive.org wayback machine.
Now the expedition’s aims are outlined under a page called ‘Science Case‘, which indeed contains the reference to ‘fast ice’. But according to the Wayback machine, this didn’t appear until November, but the page in question wasn’t captured until January 2.
***
Notes
1. "fast ice" is being used by climate alarmists in an inappropriate way to somehow imply the fiasco was unavoidable because ice "formed fast". Whilst this moronic use of language is appropriate for the mouthbreathers of the lapdog media, it is pretty much the exact opposite of what fast ice actually is.
Fast ice is ice that is held fast. It is archaic nautical language meaning ice that has held fast or been fastened to the shoreline, the sea floor or a semi permanent glacier. Fast ice thus means ice that does not move and cannot move since it is stuck in place.
2. Turney was made a professor of geography. At some point he morphed into a professor of climate change, a nonexistent science. Like Flimflam Flannery and so many others, any qualifications he holds are tangential and irrelevant to the area of supposed expertise to which a professorship would logically apply.
3. No work was done that could possibly provide scientific data of any significance during the Ship of Fools Affair. In fact no work was done at all in most cases. It was a farrago of lies building up to a climate change propaganda documentary to be released by the BBC and pimped by the Guardian.
Monday, January 6, 2014
The Blackboard » Trapped in Ice: CC story of 2013.
The Blackboard » Trapped in Ice: CC story of 2013.
My favorite bit is when he says his nickname will probably become “The Penguin”.
I welcome anyone who provides links to useful stories giving us details on:
My favorite bit is when he says his nickname will probably become “The Penguin”.
I welcome anyone who provides links to useful stories giving us details on:
- How this was funded. Was it 100% pre-funded, or are there going to be any remaining liabilities?
- Whether there might be any legal liabilities on the part of the organizers, particularly with regard to the eco-tourists. Hey. I’m American. I can’t help but think if this was an American expedition at least some of the eco-tourists would be trying to figure out if they could sue the organizers. Although, admittedly, each will have plenty of interesting stories to tell during upcoming cocktail parties and fundraisers or such like.
- Who paid for the rescue? Did the various ice breakers just head out for free? Or is someone going to pay the Russian, Chinese & etc. for their efforts? (Looks like the SnowDragon itself may end up needing rescue?!. The article I linked tells us
The cost of the rescue would be carried by the owners of the ships and their insurers, in accordance with international conventions on sea rescues, Young said.
So, does this mean whoever owns the ship Turney rented? ) - How this trip affected real research missions. Somewhere I read that some other Antarctic ice researchers were deprived of access to their equipment which remained on board the Aurora Australis when it was sent out on the higher priority live saving mission.
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Microwave that locks carbon in charcoal may be our best weapon in the fight against global warming, say scientists | Environment | theguardian.com
Microwave that locks carbon in charcoal may be our best weapon in the fight against global warming, say scientists | Environment | theguardian.com
Chris Turney, a professor of geography at the University of Exeter,
***
Geography, Climate Change -- whatever. They all pay the same.
Or do they?
Geography isn't getting the backing of the power elite and the lapdog media. Seems like a label change was highly recommended.
Chris Turney, a professor of geography at the University of Exeter,
***
Geography, Climate Change -- whatever. They all pay the same.
Or do they?
Geography isn't getting the backing of the power elite and the lapdog media. Seems like a label change was highly recommended.
Articles: 2014: Let's Change the Climate
Articles: 2014: Let's Change the Climate
Watching both ObamaCare and the good ship Akademik Shokalskiy crash on the shoals of reality, I think it would take a heart of stone not to laugh at the misadventures of Australian climate scientist Chris Turney, who headed that misbegotten adventure in Antarctica, and Barack Obama, whose signature legislation is proving a rolling, unending debacle. Two luftmenschen brought down to earth with a crash.
Watching both ObamaCare and the good ship Akademik Shokalskiy crash on the shoals of reality, I think it would take a heart of stone not to laugh at the misadventures of Australian climate scientist Chris Turney, who headed that misbegotten adventure in Antarctica, and Barack Obama, whose signature legislation is proving a rolling, unending debacle. Two luftmenschen brought down to earth with a crash.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
MemoryVault: Ship of Fools reality check
Can we please drop the misconception that this jaunt had anything to do with “science”?
It was, from beginning to when it went pear-shaped, a propaganda exercise designed to counter growing climate skepticism, run jointly by Twerkey, the University of NSW (UNSW), the BBC and the ABC, with backup from the Guardian and Fairfax newspapers.
The UNSW provided $1.5 million in seed capital. Twerkey provided the pseudo-scientific veneer, the ABC provided the technicians – camera operators and sound technicians, and the BBC provided one of their chief talking heads as “anchor” – one Andrew Luck-Baker. Given this guy is the BBC’s latest incarnation of Sir David Attenborough, you can safely assume he had his own hair stylist and make-up artist on board as well. Plus a twenty-something “research assistant”.
Also on board were journalists from the Guardian and Fairfax – more of them later.
There is never enough money for these block-buster extravaganzas – just ask George Lucas. Plus they needed some “extras” to be filmed doing “scientifical” things in the background, while Luck-Baker interviewed Twerkey in different locations, discussing dying penguin colonies and receding sea ice, and all manner of things that “proved” climate change.
So Twerkey hit on the idea of advertising for PhD students, science teachers and the like, to pay their own fares (or more likely, for their faculties to pay for them out of public funds), so they could be unpaid
Those lucky enough to be amongst the “Chosen Few” paid between $8,000.00 and $19,000.00 each, for the privilege, the amount depending on how much of the voyage they were partaking in – it was apparently broken down into “legs”.
The end result of all this was meant to be a BBC documentary on the “Effects of Climate Change on Antarctica”, which would be screened jointly by the BBC and the ABC. Obviously advance publicity would boost audience viewing numbers, hence the presence of the Guardian and Fairfax reporters, who were supposed to provide a continuous supply of articles for the print and online versions of their respective newspapers.
How do we know all this? Because the ABC, the BBC, the Guardian and Fairfax were running stories on this “largest and most expensive Australian Antarctic Expedition ever”, fully a month before it ever left. Only back then they were all “climate scientists”, not “passengers” or “tourists”.
To the best of my memory, this is the largest, most blatant, fraudulent misuse of public funds in my lifetime. That they were funds allocated from the Education Budget at a time when we are being asked to throw even more billions into that socialist-controlled cesspit just makes it even more astounding.
That this fraud was an attempt to use Australian taxpayer’s funds to produce a climate change propaganda film to be used by the ABC and BBC, both publicly-funded bodies themselves, just adds to the indignation. That the effort has now led to the ruination of not one, but three countries’ Antarctic research for this year, simply heaps on more shame. That the entire disgusting sham was hidden from public view by outright lies propagated as “news” by the ABC, adds a completely new dimension to the concept of dishonesty.
But as outstandingly disgusting as all those facts are, none of them represent the absolute bottom of the sewer. That place is indisputably reserved for the members of our duly elected “conservative” government, who individually and collectively have managed to remain totally silent as all this has unfolded. Ten days of drama and revelation of wrongdoing involving millions of dollars and with ongoing international ramifications, and not so much as a peep.
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So bring on your red thumbs, all you Liberal Luvvies. After this display of wanton cowardice any of you who still think this mob of gutless, lazy, corrupt trough-swillers are any different for the last lot of gutless, lazy, corrupt trough-swillers, is in serious need of psychiatric help.
http://joannenova.com.au/2014/01/australian-taxpayers-will-pay-400000-cost-for-climate-scientists-ship-stuck-in-ice-total-cost-millions/
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