{"id":11024,"date":"2015-01-28T13:30:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T21:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11024"},"modified":"2015-01-28T14:10:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T22:10:53","slug":"dinesh-dstupid-intellectual-wing-of-the-conservative-movement-on-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11024","title":{"rendered":"Dinesh D&#8217;Stupid: &#8216;Intellectual Wing of the Conservative Movement&#8217; On Global Warming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As our friend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/digby56\/status\/560538127840710656\">Digby noted<\/a> after re-tweeting this genius\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/news_and_politics\/politics\/2014\/05\/republican_leadership_conference_the_gop_s_speakers_lineup_is_a_problem.html\">grifter<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/03\/us-usa-politics-dsouza-idUSKBN0GY2EW20140903\">federal felon<\/a>: &#8220;I just wanted to share some thoughts from the intellectual wing of the conservative movement&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p>According to liberal reasoning, the true and obvious cause of massive snow blizzards is&#8230;global warming!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dinesh D&#39;Souza (@DineshDSouza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DineshDSouza\/status\/560086099049992194\">January 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>If hot summers demonstrate global warming, why don&#39;t cold winters demonstrate global cooling? <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/R0QIZdGZlt\">pic.twitter.com\/R0QIZdGZlt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dinesh D&#39;Souza (@DineshDSouza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DineshDSouza\/status\/560099245156347904\">January 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I had retweeted him as well. With comment. Those comments, and one from an actual scientist, follow below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p>U really that dumb? RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DineshDSouza\">@DineshDSouza<\/a>: If hot summers demonstrate global warming, why don&#39;t cold winters demonstrate global cooling?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brad Friedman (@TheBradBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBradBlog\/status\/560533922103033858\">January 28, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p>Coincidentally, scientific reasoning too. RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DineshDSouza\">@DineshDSouza<\/a>: Accordng 2 liberal reasoning, cause of massive snow blizzards is global warming!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brad Friedman (@TheBradBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBradBlog\/status\/560539438208393216\">January 28, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For a less snarky response, from actual <i>climate scientist<\/i> Dr. Michael Mann, there&#8217;s this&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomtomorrow\">@tomtomorrow<\/a> Global temperature trends for all seasons via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IPCC_CH\">@IPCC_CH<\/a>. Sorry <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DineshDSouza\">@DineshDSouza<\/a>, winters are WARMING: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/NpsbRZlXP4\">pic.twitter.com\/NpsbRZlXP4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelEMann\/status\/560542720033574913\">January 28, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Since D&#8217;Souza, who the Rightwing regards as one of its smart ones, may have trouble with the scientific &#8212; I mean &#8220;liberal&#8221; &#8212; chart posted by Mann above, here&#8217;s a hint: &#8220;DJF&#8221; on the bottom right globe stands for &#8220;December January February&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As our friend Digby noted after re-tweeting this genius\/grifter\/federal felon: &#8220;I just wanted to share some thoughts from the intellectual wing of the conservative movement&#8221;&#8230; According to liberal reasoning, the true and obvious cause of massive snow blizzards is&#8230;global warming! &mdash; Dinesh D&#39;Souza (@DineshDSouza) January 27, 2015 If hot summers demonstrate global warming, why don&#39;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[543,741,200],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-11024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-change","category-dinesh-dsouza","category-environment","bb-type-bradblog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11024"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=11024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}