In a bravura performance Tuesday, Ted Cruz crammed an astonishing number of lies about global warming into four minutes of a longer interview with Texas Tribune reporter Jay Root. It was really pretty impressive! Cruz asserted that "we should follow the science and follow the evidence" on climate change, and then proceeded to reel off a whole catalogue of distortions, half-truths, and outright lies that have been refuted again and again. He hit just about every space on the Climate Denial Bingo card; for the sake of our sanity, we won't refute everything he said, just some of our favorite stretchers.
Okay, here's the play: Cruz goes balls-out Bircher Society to energize the base. They throw money at him like never before because he speaks their truth. But he knows he'll never be president. He doesn't intend to win. He's just shilling for the war chest they're going to award Mr. Middle Of The Road that the wingnuts would never vote for. Cruz will keep taking donations, then bow out gracefully and endorse Jeb or whoever and give all that sweet sweet Bircher money to him.
They laughed at Galileo, and he was right!They laughed at Copernicus, and he was right!They laughed at Einstein, and he was right!They're laughing at me, so ... QED!!!1!!
I beheld a round head, with a mouth of about a foot or two in diameter, within a yard of my face. The head, with no visible eyes, was pale and flabby from lack of sun and exertion. Its mouth was lined with rows of pearly teeth, so I felt that if anything should fall into it (perhaps myself!), it would be instantly torn to shreds. The lower part of the mouth, going in to the throat, was red and slimy, and visibly curved upwards towards the rest of the ivory body.
Ancient Greek Sailors: But the Earth isn't flat. It's round because you see a ship's sails come over the horizon first, then you see the hull.
Bible Authors: Yada, Yada, Yada. Talk to the hand!!!!!
Well, he didn't!
- Francis 'Frank' Bacon- Christopher 'Chris' Marlowe- Edward 'Ed' de Vere- William 'Bill' Stanley
Griftzilla only knows how to speak gibberish
Okay, here's the play: Cruz goes balls-out Bircher Society to energize the base. They throw money at him like never before because he speaks their truth. But he knows he'll never be president. He doesn't intend to win. He's just shilling for the war chest they're going to award Mr. Middle Of The Road that the wingnuts would never vote for. Cruz will keep taking donations, then bow out gracefully and endorse Jeb or whoever and give all that sweet sweet Bircher money to him.
They laughed at Galileo, and he was right!They laughed at Copernicus, and he was right!They laughed at Einstein, and he was right!They're laughing at me, so ... QED!!!1!!
I beheld a round head, with a mouth of about a foot or two in diameter, within a yard of my face. The head, with no visible eyes, was pale and flabby from lack of sun and exertion. Its mouth was lined with rows of pearly teeth, so I felt that if anything should fall into it (perhaps myself!), it would be instantly torn to shreds. The lower part of the mouth, going in to the throat, was red and slimy, and visibly curved upwards towards the rest of the ivory body.
Voters in the 'lard is a food group' states would be all over that...
That was an excellent episode.
I can, however, see him being one of the guys who had the Dialogue banned.
I need a coping mechanism.
Not THAT fancy
Hey, global warming affects us too.
- the Deep Ones
I suggest we rename the guillotine to "The Poll-o-tine."
Polls include votes, see?! And if you pronounce it a certain way, Canadians will be drawn to it!
I see more resemblance to the blind idiot god Azathoth.
I could lend you my spare RPG-7?
Galileo was half-Canadian?