Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for March 05, 2013

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    pouncingtiger  over 11 years ago

    That’s what happens when you turn on Fox News.

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    DrJKnows  over 11 years ago

    Love the kitten’s reaction to the question :-)

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    wndrwrthg  over 11 years ago

    It is a well known fact that cnn strives to emulate faux.

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    Agent54  over 11 years ago

    Does not really matter what the teachers said. All our teachers in grade K told us all the important things in life and to date I see no one over 12 seems to remember any of it. (Particularly on the highway)

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    Peabody-Martini  over 11 years ago

    To think there was a time when CNN actually had standards.

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    dataweaver  over 11 years ago

    @pouncingtiger: you’re aware that Global Warming isn’t the sort of thing that Fox News staff tend to believe in, right? Or are you just trying to push a stereotype of “if it was stupid, it must have been Fox”, no matter how baseless the claim?

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    Arianne  over 11 years ago

    Questions don’t “stupid” people, people “stupid” people!

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    bkybl Premium Member over 11 years ago

    The point isn’t whether global warming is real (which it is), but that it has nothing to do with asteroid encounters.

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    Varnes  over 11 years ago

    Who was the rep. that was afraid that if we put too much stuff on an island, it would tip over?

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    Varnes  over 11 years ago

    I’d love to see Bill’s reaction to that question….probably the same as the cat….

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    g.iangoodson  over 11 years ago

    Actually, the point is that this is what happens when you end up believing your own propaganda.

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    Ensoh  over 11 years ago

    @ Tucci: Yep, our teachers said there’s no such thing as a stupid question, and also that there’s no such thing as overthinking a question. Between the cartoon and your response, two myths busted in one stroke.

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    chazandru  over 11 years ago

    Does sound like a Wolf Blitzer question. Hope it wasn’t Cooper.

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    Coyoty Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Asteroids are a cause of climate change, not an effect.

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    tripwire45  over 11 years ago

    CNN is proof positive that there is no intelligence in the news media.

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    pcolli  over 11 years ago

    We’re not helping the situation.

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    Reppr Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Presidential voters in the last election proved there is no intelligence in a majority of the voting public.

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    dadenny  over 11 years ago

    Ha, ha, ha! That is very funny, although also a bit pathetic.

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    CasualObserver  over 11 years ago

    As Earth continues to warm it causes the surrounding air to rise leaving lower pressure near the surface into which asteroids plummet. There you have it!

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    Kaputnik  over 11 years ago

    I remember a Dilbert take on this from some time ago. If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they become smart just in time to ask the question?

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    orestm  over 11 years ago

    Tucci, solar output has actually been decreasing for the past 35 years, while global temperatures are increasing. So your theory doesn’t wash.

    Also, you wrote that solar energy output affects asteroid orbits? Do you mind clarifying? The gravity of the sun doesn’t change, and the only thing I could think of is a slight increase of solar wind. But that would be negligible for orbits.

    You called Bill Nye an AGW honker, but you do realize that the vast consensus of scientists is that AGW is real, don’t you? Which group is really the honkers? Or do you take the Don McLeroy approach that we non’scientists “have to stand up to those experts!”

    Citations: http://www.skepticalscience.com/solar-activity-sunspots-global-warming.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change

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    emptc12  over 11 years ago

    Sorry to be pedantic about this, but “stupid questions” are opportunities for teaching moments. Bill Nye gets them all the time. So did Carl Sagan, and any number of science writers. For science teachers, it’s part of their profession. . Bad teachers sneer at such questions; good teachers take delight in them. I used to ask stupid questions, was enlightened, and in tribute to those who corrected me kindly, I try to pass it on.

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    Varnes  over 11 years ago

    endvovelicus, thanks!

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    s.l  over 11 years ago

    http://wonkette.com/414589/georgian-congressman-worried-island-of-guam-might-tip-over

    5th graders are smarter than congressmen!!!

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    rnmontgomery  over 11 years ago

    Wait, wait, I’m waiting to hear the answer from Bill the Nye. Of course we already know that Global Warming and republicans can be blamed for everything – my bad.

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    wdgnas  over 11 years ago

    doesn’t the gravity of the sun have more to do affecting the orbits of planetesimals like asteroids, rather than the solar energy output?

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    Beleck3  over 11 years ago

    Repubicans deserve all the evil they reap.. problem is they take good American down with them. the ignorant, feeble, retarded, greedy, stupid, the venal, parasites, all that is wrong with human society can be attributed to Republican Values.

    now doesn’ that sound like Fox news viewers? lol you don’t have to be a Republican to be one of the above, but but.

    Republican values/ aka Neanderthal era values contaminating the gene pool.

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    NDeeZ  over 11 years ago

    Long ago, I amended that quote to read; “There are no stupid questions, just stupid people asking questions.”

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    jack fairbanks  over 11 years ago

    ever seen tavis smiley?

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    rugeirn  over 11 years ago

    Go listen to the video, which is easy to find on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObU7awpJctQ and I think you’ll agree that she wasn’t being serious. Of course, if you say something like that on TV, particularly cable TV, it’ll be all over the place in no time – which may be what you want. (“I don’t care what they write about me as long as they spell my name right.”)

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    echoraven  over 11 years ago

    “Except this was CNN, accto the footnote in Panel 4”.Don’t confuse him. He had his extra helping of the Kool Aid this morning so his neurons don’t fire.

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    dabugger  over 11 years ago

    Teachers predate everything today…..

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    daveoverpar  over 11 years ago

    Actually the anchor was serious. This is the type of journalism you get from the liberal education system.

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    stevetalley7497  over 11 years ago

    Kill your television!

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    Ernest Lemmingway  over 11 years ago

    @EveryoneWhat does this strip have to do with GCC? Quit reading into it and remember that it’s literally face value. If you want sociopolitical commentary and hidden messages, go read the editorials.

    .There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.

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    puddleglum1066  over 11 years ago

    No political point, just info:

    1) the primary factor affecting the planet’s temperature is continental drift. If there is a lot of land near the poles (as is the case today—half the northern land mass is above 45 degrees latitude, and there’s a big continent at the south pole), snow and ice can accumulate, leading to less solar heat being absorbed and cooler temperatures. When the land masses are concentrated around the equator, ice doesn’t accumulate, the ocean currents keep the poles warm, and the whole planet runs about 12 degrees C warmer than it is now. About 85% of the last billion years have been “greenhouse” time, with occasional “ice house” periods lasting 10-50 million years. We are in one such cold period now. Within that period, solar fluctuation, precession and wobble of the earth’s axis, and events affecting atmospheric carbon levels create interglacial periods. That’s the present situation. (Source: BBC, “In Our Time,” 14 Feb 2013)

    2) the sun does affect the orbits of asteroids in multiple ways. Solar wind and light pressure play a role. And the asteroid’s spin affects its orbit, strange as that sounds. The asteroid absorbs energy from the sun, and as it spins, the warmed surface radiates that energy back into space, creating a slight thrust. Depending on which way the asteroid spins, and how fast, that thrust can speed it up, slow it down, or shift its orbital plane. (Source: WBUR, “On Point,” 2/14/13 about 31 minutes in).

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    yimhere  over 11 years ago

    Validation of scientific data is dependent upon peer review. The vast majority of the scientific community, of which I’m part, would have to disagree with your assertions about the anthropogenic causes of global warming. Studies indicate that 99.84% of peer-reviewed literature on the subject support the tenants of global warming.

    see: http://thecontributor.com/why-climate-deniers-have-no-scientific-credibility-one-pie-chart#.dpuf

    The presumed “controversy” is political, misguided, and dangerous – and not the least scientific.

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    moderateisntleft  over 11 years ago

    yup, we get Fox on the right, MSNBC on the left, and just when you think CNN could hold the middle ground, they fire all their investigative journalists, get some really cool gadgets and deliver a juvenile attempt at reporting. Ther is no hope at all…….

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    DavidGBA  over 11 years ago

    No, the stupid question tells us all we need to know about his intellectual capabilities!

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    mistercatworks  over 11 years ago

    By the way, wndrwrthg, “faux” is pronounced f, long o sound. The way a deep South person will say “for”. It is not pronounced like “fox”.

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    WaitingMan  over 11 years ago

    As I’ve said before, the hundred-year storms are now coming just about every year. But climate change is a liberal hoax. Yeah, right.

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    Burnside217  over 11 years ago

    Does it seem like Mr. Miller enjoys poking the grumpy old bears just to see what looney stuff we will say… This is all too funny.

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    BloomCo  over 11 years ago

    Good old liberal news media. No brains.

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    rockngolfer  over 11 years ago

    Baseball player Jose Canseco says that the reason dinosaurs grew so big was because gravity was less back then. He said this on twitter.Bill Nye took the opportunity to set him straight.

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    fins59  over 11 years ago

    I taught electronic journalism for a number of years. See what happens when one retires?

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    phoenixnyc  over 11 years ago

    Stupid questions also predate cable news. Someone once asked me if they spoke American in London.

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    ccjune  over 11 years ago

    I would like to see a picture of Bill Nye’s face when he was asked this question.

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    Cat Hammer  over 11 years ago

    They should have asked Al Gore…the guy who pointed out that a picture of Earth taken from space was “upside down”.

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    geneboecker  over 11 years ago

    Of the CNN reporter, I think she must have skipped science in high school. . . .

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    bevgreyjones  over 11 years ago

    I wonder what those who aren’t completely convinced say about the 98% of glaciers that have been retreating at a fast rate these passed (sic) 50 years.

    They’re trying to get away from the Democrats? :)

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    pawpawbear  over 11 years ago

    I have to admit that climate change is occuring. I am not informed enough on the subject to discuss rates of change and such. However, I do know that these carbon exchanges and what all are just another way to pick my pocket and send money to countries that are polluting the air at a rate per capita that is far above our own.

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    Budman 2  over 11 years ago

    See “the Grizzwells”

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    hippogriff  over 11 years ago

    orestm: McLeroy is out of there as of the 2010 primary. Even Republicans couldn’t take him any more. I filed against him, but he wasn’t around for the campaign, which was just as well since my candidacy was totally censored by the corporate media and the Democrats didn’t even care enough to run.

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    Linguist  over 11 years ago

    Linguist said, less than a minute agoSome of my best teachers would often utter the most ridiculous statement and points of view and then dare us to disprove them – logically, not emotionally !While I don’t recognize trolls, sometimes their outlandish comment, illicit some of the most informative and erudite responses. I am often illuminated and grateful to Night-Gaunt49, emptc12, puddlegum1066, and too many more to list, for informing and elucidating the argument. Thanks to all of you.

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    Rickapolis  over 11 years ago

    If CNN hasn’t fired that woman yet they are failing in their mission to their viewers.

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    fixer1967  over 11 years ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObU7awpJctQ

    I though it a joke so I had to do some checking. Just how dumb can can she be?

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    chinds000  over 11 years ago

    Welll…If hot air expands it may have slowed the plantet on it’s journey through the galaxy, so did the meteor pass in front of us or behind? :P

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    ColonelClaus  over 11 years ago

    just remember one thang… Ya can’t fix stoopid!

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    scsurfer  over 11 years ago

    Nope. You can’t fix stupid, and nothing, not one damn thing is foolproof.

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    Corey Cohen  over 11 years ago

    Bill Nye “The Science Guy”!!

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    Pawyilee  over 11 years ago

    To be fair: the ability to DETECT asteroids before they hit, DOES require a global infrastructure that is, indeed, contributing to global warming.

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    primalcoach  about 11 years ago

    These are a few of some good ones my sister sent me recently:

    These are from a book called “Disorder in the American Courts,” and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.

    ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning? WITNESS: He said, ‘Where am I, Cathy?’ ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you? WITNESS: My name is Susan! ____________________________________________

    ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.____________________________________________ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?WITNESS: No, I just lie there.____________________________________________ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?WITNESS: Yes.ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?WITNESS: I forget…ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?___________________________________________ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?WITNESS: We both do.ATTORNEY: Voodoo?WITNESS: We do…ATTORNEY: You do?WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.____________________________________________ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?____________________________________ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?WITNESS: He’s 20, much like your IQ.___________________________________________ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?WITNESS: Are you s****ing me?_________________________________________ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?WITNESS: Yes.ATTORNEY: How many were boys?WITNESS: None.ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?WITNESS: Your Honour, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?____________________________________________
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    primalcoach  about 11 years ago

    It’s all hashed up — it wasn’t that way when it was in the workspace. Sorry.

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    Theo Emerson  about 7 years ago

    Fox News: Crappy news co with more bias than anyone on earth in favor of the right.CNN: Fox News of the Left

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    Squirrel Chaser  almost 2 years ago

    A heat-seeking asteroid?

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    phoenixnyc  over 1 year ago

    I was a public librarian before Fox News. There were stupid questions back then, too.

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