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Newsweek Legitimizes Idea Nuclear War Could Offer ‘Temporary’ Help for Climate Change
NewsBusters ^ | 10/17/2022 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 10/17/2022 11:58:28 AM PDT by JV3MRC

Newsweek wasted column space treating a claim that nuclear war could “solve” climate change as serious enough to warrant a fact-check, and ended up legitimizing the idea to an extent. Yes, really.

The insane article, headlined “Fact Check: Would Nuclear War 'Solve' Climate Change,” said that while it was “false” to say that a nuclear war would “solve” the climate crisis, “it is true that even a small nuclear war could have a global cooling effect.” The fact-check continued: “There is ample evidence to suggest that a nuclear war would have a temporary global cooling effect (at least on land), but this is not the same as solving either global warming or the climate crisis more widely."

This is like trying to seriously fact-check whether Thanos erasing half the universe’s population would actually heal it or whether the Death Star nuking Alderaan would reduce intergalactic congestion. Neither of those fact-checks need to be done. The Newsweek one also didn’t need to be done.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; china; climatechange; newsweek; nuclearwar; russia; taiwan; ukraine
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1 posted on 10/17/2022 11:58:28 AM PDT by JV3MRC
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They said the same thing about covid.


2 posted on 10/17/2022 11:59:51 AM PDT by marron
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To: JV3MRC

ROTFL. Those people at Newsweak are sick.


3 posted on 10/17/2022 12:00:56 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Veto Beto, FJB.)
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Newsweek Legitimizes Idea Nuclear War Could Offer ‘Temporary’ Help for Climate Change

Newsweak Loves Zelensky Ukraine, and Globo HomoNazi Great Reset.

4 posted on 10/17/2022 12:02:51 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: JV3MRC

OK, time to make a list of all the “pro’s” for nuclear war…


5 posted on 10/17/2022 12:04:54 PM PDT by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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To: JV3MRC

Cancer - Weight Loss fad, or miracle cure?


6 posted on 10/17/2022 12:04:56 PM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: JV3MRC

Now there’s a plan. Nuclear winter to counteract climate change. Homerun outta the park!


7 posted on 10/17/2022 12:05:03 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: JV3MRC

They also applaud anything that destroys 90% of the world population.....


8 posted on 10/17/2022 12:05:42 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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9 posted on 10/17/2022 12:06:46 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: BBQToadRibs2

Piece of cake, once you live through that 100,000,000 degree temperature


10 posted on 10/17/2022 12:08:22 PM PDT by digger48
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To: JV3MRC

Holy cow these people are satanic.


11 posted on 10/17/2022 12:09:01 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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Oh, FFS. Is this the new Dem talking point? Nuke war desensitization? Karine Jean-Pierre’s next stupid statement:”Duh, well look how well off Hiroshima and Nagasaki are today.”


12 posted on 10/17/2022 12:12:13 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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It seems that the human species has forgotten the destructive capabilities of nuclear weapons. Dr. Eric Weinstein (PhD, physics) suggests that we have a nuclear demonstration event to refresh our collective consciousnesses.

Bikini Atoll would be a good place. We can test the climate change hypothesis at the same time and put all of the climate scientists on the atoll to verify the results.


13 posted on 10/17/2022 12:12:16 PM PDT by fretzer
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To: Hodar

“Cancer - Weight Loss fad, or miracle cure?”

Leg amputation .
Amazing permanent weight loss solution .
And it’s great for climate change as well.
You only need need half the amount of shoes and socks now.
PLUS, your pants will need less climate destroying materials to make!

What’s NOT to like about this AMAZING new innovation??!!

Call now and get your super sharp leg amputation saw for just 4 easy payments of $29.99! Yes you can help the planet !!

Yeah they really are this ridiculous, liberals linking everything to climate change ..


14 posted on 10/17/2022 12:13:07 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: JV3MRC

Newsweek discredited itself in 2005 when it published a fake story about a Koran getting flushed down a toilet, causing more than a hundred people to die in riots abroad. Those who read Newsweek should be reminded of that.


15 posted on 10/17/2022 12:13:12 PM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: Hambone 1934

Didn’t these people ever see Terminator, Mad Max or The Book of Eli? They are such idiots.


16 posted on 10/17/2022 12:15:02 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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To: JV3MRC

Ok. Beijing Moscow and DC.

For Mother Gaia.


17 posted on 10/17/2022 12:15:21 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: JV3MRC

The people who control the Democrat party are thieving thugs.

The people who make the most noise in the Democrat party are insane and want to reduce the worlds population by any means.


18 posted on 10/17/2022 12:15:23 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: Berosus

Thanks for the reminder on Newseek’s fake Koran toilet story. I’d forgotten that.


19 posted on 10/17/2022 12:15:42 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Climate change, my big toe. These totalitarians are only interested in world domination. They simply think it will be easier to gain control after the nuclear cataclysm. They don’t care if the world population is 8B or 3, just as long as they are in charge.


20 posted on 10/17/2022 12:15:47 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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