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Stranded Polar Bear Hoax Uncovered
http://newsbusters.org/node/11879 ^

Posted on 04/07/2007 7:18:06 AM PDT by chessplayer

"Australian TV Exposes 'Stranded Polar Bear' Global Warming Hoax"

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; hoax; mediabias; polarbears
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Turns out that photo had been taken in August.
1 posted on 04/07/2007 7:18:06 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

Polar bears in their natural habitat aren’t stranded hundreds of miles out to sea.


2 posted on 04/07/2007 7:19:41 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
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To: chessplayer
Time for some polar bear pics...


3 posted on 04/07/2007 7:21:57 AM PDT by andyandval
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To: chessplayer

There was a thread about this a few weeks back. Seems the land/glacier (I forget which) was only a hundred yards or so away. It was cropped out.


4 posted on 04/07/2007 7:23:17 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: chessplayer

Shhhhhhhhhh!!!

Algoracle is depending on that photo to convince the world of how EVIL!!! EVIL I SAY!! it is!!!! that poor widdle animals are in trubble because of all us bad hooomans!!!


5 posted on 04/07/2007 7:24:40 AM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX (Bible Thumper and Proud!))
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To: chessplayer

“Associated Press in their caption to us told us that the picture was taken of melting ice caps and to do with global warming and that it was sent to them by a Canadian ice authority.”

The “ice authority” was the college-age photographer. Amazing proof of agenda all the way up the ladder (except for the photographer), saving that photo for two years and whipping it out on cue.


6 posted on 04/07/2007 7:26:42 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: chessplayer
Stranded penguins...


7 posted on 04/07/2007 7:28:37 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: chessplayer

With the rise in sea level my home in central Alabama will be beachfront property. I can’t wait!


8 posted on 04/07/2007 7:29:36 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
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To: chessplayer

L0L more proof that the MSM are charlatans peddling sensational tales


9 posted on 04/07/2007 7:31:13 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts-)
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To: chessplayer

That`s exactly what Al Gore does. He plays this hoax “Here are some mountains in Italy 25 years ago, here they are today with no snow.” But what he doesn`t tell you, the pic of the mountain 25 years ago was taken in winter, and the one with no snow was taken in summer.

How do I know I know this? My kid told me..”Daddy, that one is summertime” lol! And he`s right! Even a kid can see through the Gore hoax. (I no longer call it “global warming” I call it the “Gore hoax”...There is no global warming, there is only the Gore hoax and the suckers who believe it. So it`s not the “global warming debate”, it`s the “Gore hoax debate”.)


10 posted on 04/07/2007 7:34:12 AM PDT by Screamname (A ROBOT MAY NOT INJURE A HUMAN BEING)
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To: Screamname

I like it...from now on it will be the, “Gore Hoax”. Besides its easier to say than the global warming thingy.


11 posted on 04/07/2007 7:38:05 AM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: Always Right

DISPATCH from Global Warming101.com expidition on Polar Bears.......
Otherwise, the day seemed somewhat uneventful, as the ice stretched out before us, endlessly to the north Atlantic. The snow was deep all morning, and the sleds dragged with the added friction. Hoping to avoid the pockets of deep slush that lay hidden underneath the snow, we took to higher ground, following the line of a small pressure ridge. The polar bears must have been thinking the same thing as their tracks criss-crossed ours in many places.

We made camp out on the sea ice, preferring a 360 degree view of our surroundings. Dogs were staked out in u-shape and tents set up inside. I was just setting up the stove inside my tent when Stetson yelled “polar bear!” We all came out to see a young bear (judging by it’s size) about 50 yards from camp. It had managed to get that close without the dogs even noticing! We grabbed out flare guns (and cameras) watched to see what it would do. Seeming more curious than anything else, it slowly walked away from us, turning back occasionally to get second look. Lukie (much braver than I!) walked out to chase it off. Bets are on that the bear will be back for a closer investigation this evening. Fortunately he looked well fed and not too aggressive. And what a coat he had on him! It was beautiful sight (from a safe distance).

NOte that the same environmentalists who are saying the polar bears are in danger remark how many polar bears are in the area and how well fed they look. Certainly not the dire stories and pictures you see in the MSM


12 posted on 04/07/2007 7:39:28 AM PDT by milwguy
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To: Always Right
Stranded snowman.

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13 posted on 04/07/2007 7:41:26 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
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To: cripplecreek

What is it gonna take to get people to act? I am in tears seeing that poor snowman. To think now he might only be a pile of water is just too much. I am gonna have to go out and join the Death to Bush March to make me feel better.


14 posted on 04/07/2007 7:44:49 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: andyandval

That is funny.


15 posted on 04/07/2007 7:46:02 AM PDT by Popman ("What I was doing wasn't living, it was dying. I really think God had better plans for me.")
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To: Always Right

The 300 Penguins at Iceopylae

16 posted on 04/07/2007 7:49:10 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: chessplayer
Stranded Everest climber


17 posted on 04/07/2007 7:55:57 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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To: cripplecreek
"Stranded snowman."

Thank you for giving me my morning chuckle. :-)

18 posted on 04/07/2007 8:03:09 AM PDT by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: cripplecreek
Polar bears in their natural habitat aren’t stranded hundreds of miles out to sea.

And these polar bears weren't stranded and they weren't hundreds of miles out to sea.
19 posted on 04/07/2007 8:04:16 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: onyx; Txsleuth; Mo1; ohioWfan; DrDeb; DollyCali; NordP; mystery-ak; silent_jonny; sissyjane; ...
Some inconvenient bears.......... LOL!
20 posted on 04/07/2007 8:05:22 AM PDT by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: Calpernia

This looks like a rock formation I went to once near Santa Barbara, Eagle Rock or something? Just without the snow...

21 posted on 04/07/2007 8:06:52 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty: The Pendleton 8...down to 3..GWB, we hardly knew ye...)
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To: chessplayer

Liberalism is truly a mental disorder.

Watching the video, they go directly into another story on polar bears, this one a cub that got abandoned by its mother and was taken in and raised by a zookeeper - animal rights activists called for the cub to be killed, as it was cruel for it to be raised by a human and would be better off dead.


22 posted on 04/07/2007 8:06:57 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: pabianice

Funny!


23 posted on 04/07/2007 8:07:23 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
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To: Always Right

Wow, those penguins really pollute their environment. Though maybe it’s just natural to live in their own crap.


24 posted on 04/07/2007 8:07:36 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: Republican Wildcat

Oh, nevermind. The video had just stalled on me, had not gotten to the end - that too was another hoax being debunked by this broadcast. Very even-handed, it appears, in debunking myths.


25 posted on 04/07/2007 8:10:15 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: pabianice

Clever! LOL


26 posted on 04/07/2007 8:11:41 AM PDT by ko_kyi
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To: cripplecreek

ROFLMAO!


27 posted on 04/07/2007 8:12:00 AM PDT by Zechariah11
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To: andyandval

hahaha!

Very funny.

Probably posted many times here. But this is the first I saw of them.


28 posted on 04/07/2007 8:12:25 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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To: pabianice
The 300 Penguins at Iceopylae

LOL!!

29 posted on 04/07/2007 8:14:27 AM PDT by Zechariah11
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To: chessplayer

I don’t if anybody (at least anybody with an IQ over 60) ever fell for the ‘Stranded Polar Bear’ hoax in the first place. Most people have visited the local zoo and realize that polar bears are natural swimmers who thrive in frigid water and routinely swim many, many miles.

Of coarse, there are certainly enough people who have fallen for the “global warming” hoax.


30 posted on 04/07/2007 8:23:01 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

coarse = course


31 posted on 04/07/2007 8:23:59 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: cripplecreek

That poor snowman. He looks as if he is going to jump, commit suicide, because he is stranded all by himself. Don’t let the smile fool you, he is hurting inside, where his cold, cold, heart is breaking.


32 posted on 04/07/2007 8:37:15 AM PDT by irishtenor (Save the whales. Collect the whole set.)
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To: STARWISE


"Any more ideas on how to fool with humans?"


33 posted on 04/07/2007 8:37:29 AM PDT by Lady Jag (I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: irishtenor

Top of the world, tenor!


34 posted on 04/07/2007 8:38:12 AM PDT by Lady Jag (I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Lady Jag

You have to feel for the poor snowmen. All alone (you never hear about snowwomen, have you?)


35 posted on 04/07/2007 8:40:10 AM PDT by irishtenor (Save the whales. Collect the whole set.)
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To: txradioguy

ping


36 posted on 04/07/2007 8:40:22 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: Lady Jag

Bump.


37 posted on 04/07/2007 8:45:16 AM PDT by Rocko
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To: pabianice

LOL!!


38 posted on 04/07/2007 8:47:48 AM PDT by ken5050 (The 2008 winning ticket: Rudy/Newtie, with Hunter for SecDef, Pete King at DHS, Bill Simon at Treas)
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To: RaceBannon

OK, now we need to see mountaintop snowmen by Calvin & Hobbes.


39 posted on 04/07/2007 8:49:26 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Prevent Glo-Ball Warming ... turn out the sun when not in use)
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To: irishtenor
Why do you think he's shouting, "Top of the world!"?

It's for his girl. Sheesh!


40 posted on 04/07/2007 8:57:21 AM PDT by Lady Jag (I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: chessplayer

Obviously, more glo-baloney warming!!


41 posted on 04/07/2007 8:59:37 AM PDT by Skybird
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To: NonValueAdded

42 posted on 04/07/2007 9:00:42 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty: The Pendleton 8...down to 3..GWB, we hardly knew ye...)
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To: Lady Jag

Then why is he in the bra? HHMMM, a crossdresser?


43 posted on 04/07/2007 9:04:57 AM PDT by irishtenor (Save the whales. Collect the whole set.)
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To: Lady Jag

LOL!


44 posted on 04/07/2007 9:06:25 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: andyandval

Can somebody photoshop ManBearPig onto one of those polar bear photos?


45 posted on 04/07/2007 9:11:38 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: Always Right

“Stranded penguins...”

Is that a penguin reenactment of the battle of Thermopylae?


46 posted on 04/07/2007 9:32:43 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Life is too short to go through it clenched of sphincter and void of humor - it's okay to laugh.)
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To: irishtenor

You wouldn't know a boob
if it hit you in the face!


47 posted on 04/07/2007 9:40:45 AM PDT by Lady Jag (I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Screamname
That`s exactly what Al Gore does. He plays this hoax “Here are some mountains in Italy 25 years ago, here they are today with no snow.” But what he doesn`t tell you, the pic of the mountain 25 years ago was taken in winter, and the one with no snow was taken in summer.

BTW, those Kiliminjaro photos - that's exactly what they did. That's not to say that the snow isn't receding (apparently it's melting no faster than before, it just isn't being replenished), but rather that it is nowhere near as dramatic as depicted.

48 posted on 04/07/2007 10:09:44 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton

bookmark bump


49 posted on 04/07/2007 10:13:04 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: chessplayer

Enviro-whackos will just take the Tawanna Brawley line, “It doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is that it could have happened.”


50 posted on 04/07/2007 10:17:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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