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04 Dec 2019, 5:23 am

They must be even scarcer here in our tip-of-Africa neck of the woods.


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11 Dec 2019, 10:56 am

Greta Thunberg Is 'Time' Magazine's Person Of The Year For 2019

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Greta Thunberg, the activist who has quickly become a leading voice on climate change, is Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2019. At 16, she is the youngest person to earn the title in the magazine's 92-year history.

Time says the award is based on the idea that powerful individuals shape the world. It chose Thunberg, the magazine says, for raising the alarm on climate change and "showing us all what it might look like when a new generation leads."

Because of the clarity and energy she has brought to the discussion over climate change, Thunberg has been named as a contender for a number of international honors, including the Nobel Peace Prize. But she recently rejected an environmental prize and cash award from the Nordic Council, saying, "It is a huge honor. But the climate movement does not need any more awards."


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12 Dec 2019, 9:13 am

Trump criticizes Greta Thunberg after 'Person of the Year' win: 'Chill Greta, Chill!'

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President Trump criticized climate activist Greta Thunberg after the 16-year-old was named Time’s "Person of the Year," writing on Twitter that she need to “work on her Anger Management problem.”

“So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!” Trump tweeted Thursday morning, sharing another tweet from a user congratulating Thunberg on winning the title.

The president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., criticized Time on Wednesday, saying the publication chose to honor a teenager being used as a “marketing gimmick” instead of honoring anti-Democracy protesters in Hong Kong.


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12 Dec 2019, 9:34 am

Fair play to here I guess. She seems to have inspired a lot of people.



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12 Dec 2019, 9:56 am

In the UK everyone is going bonkers about excess packaging. Seriously, they are angry about it.


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12 Dec 2019, 10:26 am

If Trump wants Greta to "mellow out," Trump better look in the mirror.

Trump is in need of "going to a good movie" himself. And he needs to take a "chill pill," too.



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12 Dec 2019, 12:18 pm

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If Trump wants Greta to "mellow out," Trump better look in the mirror.

Trump is in need of "going to a good movie" himself. And he needs to take a "chill pill," too.

He needs a case of chill pills.


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12 Dec 2019, 3:18 pm

We don't know what she wants.


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12 Dec 2019, 3:39 pm

Pretty neat that globalists will take advantage of a child who doesn't understand science yet simply because she supports their message. There are people with decades of studies, PhD's who have a different opinion than hers but they get no voice. Those with education on the matter, and who aren't dependent on a government paycheck probably have more knowledge than she does...

Sad to me that people will take advantage of a naive child to promote their own opinion.



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12 Dec 2019, 4:02 pm

Roboto wrote:
Pretty neat that globalists will take advantage of a child who doesn't understand science yet simply because she supports their message. There are people with decades of studies, PhD's who have a different opinion than hers but they get no voice. Those with education on the matter, and who aren't dependent on a government paycheck probably have more knowledge than she does...

Sad to me that people will take advantage of a naive child to promote their own opinion.


The vast majority of scientists think climate change is a crisis...and you're being ageist, what other reason other than her age are you assuming she was brainwashed and not doing this of her own accord? Its not like the knowledge isn't out there I knew climate change was serious when I was 7 years old because I read about it. It does not require any brainwashing to be aware how serious climate change is...the effects are already quite visible in the arctic. 70 people died in Alaska due to a heat wave just this summer, the ice in the arctic is melting at an alarming rate and water is already rising.

Scientists aren't even trying to figure out how to 'stop' climate change at this point, they are working on how to address the changes that are already happening and how to stop it getting worse than it already is.

Also like it or not a little bit of globalism may be necessary to save the planet.


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12 Dec 2019, 4:08 pm

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Roboto wrote:
Pretty neat that globalists will take advantage of a child who doesn't understand science yet simply because she supports their message. There are people with decades of studies, PhD's who have a different opinion than hers but they get no voice. Those with education on the matter, and who aren't dependent on a government paycheck probably have more knowledge than she does...

Sad to me that people will take advantage of a naive child to promote their own opinion.


The vast majority of scientists think climate change is a crisis...and you're being ageist, what other reason other than her age are you assuming she was brainwashed and not doing this of her own accord? Its not like the knowledge isn't out there I knew climate change was serious when I was 7 years old because I read about it. It does not require any brainwashing to be aware how serious climate change is...the effects are already quite visible in the arctic. 70 people died in Alaska due to a heat wave just this summer, the ice in the arctic is melting at an alarming rate and water is already rising.

Scientists aren't even trying to figure out how to 'stop' climate change at this point, they are working on how to address the changes that are already happening and how to stop it getting worse than it already is.

Also like it or not a little bit of globalism may be necessary to save the planet.


I never ever said she was brainwashed.

The vast majority of "climate scientists" are funded by government. Their hypothesis keeps them employed and paid. I don't trust their studies at all nor has any of the studies actually ever produced a predictable model. You need that to call something "scientific law."

A scientist with decades of experience not on government payroll who may believe in climate change, but negate the human caused portion of it, deserves a much louder voice than an uneducated 17 year old.

I still stand very strongly behind my position. This is globalists taking advantage of a child simply because she happens to share their point of view. She's put less than 1% of the effort toward her hypothesis than so many others who are labeled as "conspiracy nuts." It's very sad to me.

The only way to "save the planet," which isn't actually what you're talking about. You're talking about "saving the human species," is to stop the exponential growth of the parasitic humans who can't stop procreating. If you want a globalist solution to that, I hope you enjoy genocide because there truly is no other way. The planet will be fine. It will be robbed of the resources, and the humans will be gone, but the planet will be fine.



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12 Dec 2019, 5:53 pm

They talk about scientists who dispute or debunk climate catastrophe who are being paid by the oil companies. But they seem to overlook the scientists being paid by the government and or the green industry. However when it comes to a scientist who is not dependent upon those sources, they say "not a climate change scientist" and dismiss anything the scientist has to say.

Although I think many are hoping climate catastrophe fear will being about a socialist government, so that's why they go along will it.



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12 Dec 2019, 7:51 pm

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However when it comes to a scientist who is not dependent upon those sources, they say "not a climate change scientist" and dismiss anything the scientist has to say.


This is a strange way to put a scientist who is either unaware or poorly aware of the research in the field of climatology or does not have education as a climatologist. "Not dependent upon these sources" is just such odd phrasing of that. Normally, we would just say that the person is unqualified.


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12 Dec 2019, 8:30 pm

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Greta Thunberg Is 'Time' Magazine's Person Of The Year For 2019
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Greta Thunberg, the activist who has quickly become a leading voice on climate change, is Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2019. At 16, she is the youngest person to earn the title in the magazine's 92-year history.

Time says the award is based on the idea that powerful individuals shape the world. It chose Thunberg, the magazine says, for raising the alarm on climate change and "showing us all what it might look like when a new generation leads."

Because of the clarity and energy she has brought to the discussion over climate change, Thunberg has been named as a contender for a number of international honors, including the Nobel Peace Prize. But she recently rejected an environmental prize and cash award from the Nordic Council, saying, "It is a huge honor. But the climate movement does not need any more awards."


That's very good news. I hope to hear more speeches from her in years to come. :D


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12 Dec 2019, 8:42 pm

Sweetleaf wrote:
Roboto wrote:
Pretty neat that globalists will take advantage of a child who doesn't understand science yet simply because she supports their message. There are people with decades of studies, PhD's who have a different opinion than hers but they get no voice. Those with education on the matter, and who aren't dependent on a government paycheck probably have more knowledge than she does...

Sad to me that people will take advantage of a naive child to promote their own opinion.


The vast majority of scientists think climate change is a crisis...and you're being ageist, what other reason other than her age are you assuming she was brainwashed and not doing this of her own accord? Its not like the knowledge isn't out there I knew climate change was serious when I was 7 years old because I read about it. It does not require any brainwashing to be aware how serious climate change is...the effects are already quite visible in the arctic. 70 people died in Alaska due to a heat wave just this summer, the ice in the arctic is melting at an alarming rate and water is already rising.

Scientists aren't even trying to figure out how to 'stop' climate change at this point, they are working on how to address the changes that are already happening and how to stop it getting worse than it already is.

Also like it or not a little bit of globalism may be necessary to save the planet.


I agree with Sweatleaf. Greta is a teenager, not a child and she probably knows more about science and climate change than most people will ever know in their life. I'm also on Greta's side. There are a lot harsh people who are saying horrible things about her. People who are very bad on life issues. This is why I'm going to give her all of my support. I don't know if it's her age, gender or Asperger's, but I think a lot of people are saying hurtful things because of it. One man at my clubhouse said that he thinks that Greta should have been aborted. I don't trust that man, anymore.


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