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The Sky Is Falling! Climate Deniers Parachute Into COP17 In Durban

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
By Brendan DeMelle
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Whatโ€™s that falling from the sky? ย A bird? ย A plane? ย  No!ย ย 

Itโ€™s just crazy climate denier Christopher โ€œLordโ€ Monckton! Apparently trying to one-up himself after the โ€œHitler Youthโ€ debacle in Copenhagen inย 2009.

Monckton and his compatriots from the climate-denying, pollution-loving Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) skydived onto the beaches of Durbanย yesterday in another failed attempt to flog the dead โ€œClimategate 2.0โ€ horse.ย ย 

The image of Monckton dropping from the sky, eyes closed, destined to decry his well-worn โ€œU.N. world-domination conspiracyโ€ is just priceless. Witness the great non-Lord‘s descent unto the masses, assisted by a hunky โ€œparatrooperโ€ to guide him to dry land since he couldn’t bear to watchย himself:ย 

The Deniers of Durban sure picked a plucky way to drop in on the city hosting the UNFCCC negotiations, although their message is still stale and baseless – it’s really a shockingly desparate attempt to find a pulse for the completely lifeless and flailing โ€œClimategate 2.0โ€ corpse.
Demonstrating just how strained the effort was, Monckton couldnโ€™t bear to open his enormous eyes on the way down, according to footage posted by CFACT to YouTube.ย 
Apparently undeterred by the amateurish antics of the CFACT contingent, U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Denial) supposedly arrived in Durban today to deliver some message of importance to the denier squad. ย ย 
CFACT said in its post-skydiving delerium:
โ€œSecretary Figueras is telling the COP that she can obtain a new commitment period in Durban,โ€ ย said CFACT Executive Director Craig Rucker. ย โ€œAfter she hears what Senator Inhofe has to say, she may want to re-evaluate her wishful thinking.โ€
No word on whether Senator Inhofe will also parachute into Durbanย to join his denier dudes in action.ย Stay tuned for the details.
Somehow, we’re guessing that he’ll phone it in via videoconference, since no other U.S. Congress members are headed to Durban this year. If he does show up in person, Oklahoma taxpayers and the rest of us have to wonder how much tax money Inhofe is using to support his earth-defying stunt in South Africa. [Update: Inhofe did indeed video message from D.C., the Washington Post reports]
Speaking of wasted resources, here’s Monckton just before the jump, doesn’t he look thrilled to be there??!!ย 
Prediction: Expect many of the same lies and distortions that have marked the last two years of the โ€œClimategateโ€ nonscandal, in which climate scientists are dragged through the mud because their personal emails were illegally published to the world wide web, while the climate denialosphere clings to the vapid conspiratorial โ€œClimategateโ€ meme.
Despite the complete debunking of the original edition AND the โ€œtwo year old turkeyโ€ reprise they tried to dub โ€œClimategate 2.0,โ€ climate deniers will surely continue this charade as long as a gullible media will repeat it. Stay tuned for the next nonscandal, timed to pester the next attempt to deal with the ever-increasing climate disaster we face.

Thumbs up for flying blind and pretending climate change doesn’t exist! Way to go CFACT.
UPDATE: Maybe this is why Monckton had his eyes closed, check out this image of 2,000 Durban school children forming a lion’s roar for climate action this morning on the same beach CFACT landed on yesterday. H/T TckTckTck for the news, image courtesy of Shayne Robinson for Greenpeace and SpectralQ:

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By Brendan DeMelle
Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
Brendan is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a freelance writer and researcher specializing in media, politics, climate change and energy. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Grist, The Washington Times and other outlets.

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