Today is the last day of the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change in NYC, made up of over 200 scientists from around the world who believe that — to make a long story short — Al Gore is full of polar bear doodies. Here’s how CNN’s Miles O’Brien capped off his report about the conference on last night’s Anderson Cooper 360°, which was the latest installment in their not-at-all-fearmongering “Planet in Peril” series (courtesy of Newsbusters):
“Even the Flat Earth Society didn’t fold its tent in 1493.”
That’s right: If you dare to be skeptical that WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE FROM GLOBAL WARMING!!!, you’re just like the people who still thought the Earth was flat a whole year after Columbus came to America.
Has O’Brien always been so convinced that WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE FROM GLOBAL WARMING!!!? Possibly not. Here’s what he had to say on CNN 15 years ago (courtesy of News Hounds):
“If the Gulf Stream were to shift again, the British Isles could be engulfed in polar ice and Europe’s climate could become frigid.”
Hot, cold, whatever! I guess I’m not smart enough to understand how Global Warming is going to plunge Europe into another ice age. O’Brien uses the movie The Day After Tomorrow to reconcile the two. I don’t really get that, but then, I’m no scientist. And even if I was, disbelief in Global Warming is heresy! Hey, man, that’s science for you. You gotta have faith.
Drew Barrymore told Oprah yesterday that being on the cover of Vogue was a total validation of herself, except that they clearly Photoshopped the hell out of her.
Like, is this even the same person?
The interview went as follows:
Oprah was like, “It’s some kind of validation that you’re a real woman.” Drew agreed saying, “It is. Especially if you’re someone who is so utterly yourself.”
Drew Barrymore is so free-spirited and her own person and blah blah blah, we get it. But in the Vogue interview, she excitedly talks about how she has exercised her way down to 110 pounds.
Yes, the notoriously fat-phobic Vogue is really validating you, Drew. They applaud you for getting skinny and then digitally altered your body to make you even skinnier. That’s definitely some version of reality!
Paris Hilton has been drawing new headlines by hiring a spiritual adviser to bring out her inner Buddha.
She went shopping in West Hollywood with her pet monk, and at one point she gave a $20,000 diamond necklace to a complete stranger after the guru told her it would be good for her spiritual health.
Right place, right time. Lucky stranger.
Of course, whether Paris knows it or not, the guy is a total fraud. Maxie Santillan is an actor who has appeared on My Name Is Earl and in the SpongeBob movie, and who has as his personal quote on his MySpace page:
“Burbank can kiss my ass.”
Burbank, of course, being the hotbed of moviemaking for the Walt Disney Company, NBC Universal, and Warner Bros. Looks like he’s moved on to moneymaking!
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