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Tim Lambert (deltoidblog AT gmail.com) is a computer scientist at the University of New South Wales.

Nexus 6 has a new cartoon

Category: Global Warming • funny
Posted on: August 16, 2007 2:51 PM, by Tim Lambert

Nexus 6 has a new cartoon making fun of global warming denialists.

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I was surprised that Sonja of Energy and Environment didn't jump at the chance for a merger with the sadly-now-defunct Weekly World News.

Posted by: Sock Puppet of the Great Satan | August 16, 2007 3:54 PM

HAHAHAHA!!! That was absolutely priceless!!!

Posted by: Stephen Berg | August 16, 2007 11:27 PM

As Fat Tony from the Simpsons would say, 'Its funny because its true'.

Posted by: MikeB | August 17, 2007 10:26 AM

Well it wasn't that funny, soe I'm going to change the subject. Hey Jeff, how do you like Chavez as president for life? Some "democracy"

Posted by: ben | August 17, 2007 2:46 PM

Trust me ben, if you are familiar with Energy and Environment it is funny.

Chavez is bonzer. I have a huge poster of him in my bedroom between the posters of Karl Marx and Noam Chomsky.

Posted by: Tim Lambert | August 17, 2007 2:52 PM

Hey Jeff, how do you like Chavez as president for life? Some "democracy"

The United States allowed Presidents to be re-elected any number of times until after FDR died. Some "democracy".

Thankfully, in today's United States, only Senators and Representatives can serve for life. That's democracy for you!

Now, Ben, how exactly does allowing someone to run for president as often as he or she wants make a country "undemocratic"?

Posted by: dhogaza | August 17, 2007 4:49 PM

"Now, Ben, how exactly does allowing someone to run for president as often as he or she wants make a country "undemocratic"?" It isn't. But declaring yourself above the Constitution (violating the "no-three-terms" amendment) is.

Posted by: Laser Potato | August 17, 2007 5:01 PM

Oh, CHAVEZ. Never mind. This thread's been derailed enough...

Posted by: Laser Potato | August 17, 2007 5:03 PM

Alright Tim, I'll take your word for it. On the other hand, I kinda like your poster arrangement. I think all my profs have the same ones :)

Now that you guys mention it, I'm all for term limits on congress critters. However, almost all of them eventually retire or lose their seat at election time. I doubt Chavez is going anywhere by defeat at the polls in his lifetime.

The thing about the American presidents that made them unique, up until FDR, was that even though there was no official limit on the number of terms they could serve, they self limited their terms to two.

AFAK, they were ready to make Washington King, but he would have none of that. I'd like to see Chavez turn down a similar situation.

Posted by: ben | August 17, 2007 5:52 PM

Shorter ben:

"Duh, what's wrong with Energy and Environment?"

Posted by: Chris O'Neill | August 17, 2007 9:31 PM

One could only hope Chavez becomes Venezuela's FDR.

Posted by: Sortition | August 17, 2007 10:01 PM