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Doomsday prophets warning that “the end is near” used to be rare and fringy; now they’re cutting-edge climate activists. On Friday, during the third set at the French Open tennis tournament as Norway’s Casper Ruud led Croatia’s Marin Cilic 4-1, the match was interrupted for fifteen minutes. Just as Ruud was about to serve, he instead watched incredulously as a “climate activist,” that is, a brainwashed lunatic, ran onto the court and tied herself by the neck to the net, to save the planet or something.
This comes just days after another “climate activist” at the Louvre in Paris jumped up from a wheelchair in front of shocked crowds and tried to smash the bulletproof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci’s renowned Mona Lisa, finally settling for smearing the glass with cake. With all this hardcore climate activism going on, how can the planet avoid being saved?
At the French Open, the protester, a young woman (not that I’m a biologist) who looked to be in her twenties sat stone-faced at the net until security personnel cut her loose. While the hysteria was in full swing, the tennis players returned to their dressing rooms, where there were no “climate activists” around to do insane things.
The woman was wearing a white t-shirt on which was handwritten in English, “We have 1028 days left.” As this happened on Friday, June 3, that would mean that the death of the world from global warming is set for Thursday, March 27, 2025, and I don’t mind telling you, I feel gypped. After all, it was in January 2019 that millennial sage Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Ditzville) told us that the world would end in twelve years, which would give us a good eight and a half more years. But it’s less than three years until March 2025; how did our time get cut?
It appears that “the science” is growing shriller and more apocalyptic. The Washington Post reported on May 20 that “in April, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said emissions must peak by 2025 to avoid catastrophic consequences.” But the West isn’t destroying itself economically and handing over global economic hegemony to China fast enough, and so “now this inaction is driving some scientists to engage in civil disobedience, while others are striking against the IPCC, calling for a halt of further reports until governments mobilize. It’s a dire situation that’s taking a toll on the mental health of scientists, and raising the question of what climate advocacy scientists should engage in as politicians imperil the planet.”
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Alex Lund says
I will tell you, what happens in 1028 days: NOTHING.
It will be a day just like every other day.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
It is generous of this tennis enthusiast to offer herself as an attractive target for the players’ serving practice.
Kepha says
Alright. Disclaimer. Uncle Kepha is a traditional, confessional, Evangelical Christian. He believes that one day, Jesus the Messiah will return to raise the dead and judge us all and the whole nine yards in the Thessalonian letters and Revelation. He also has taken to heart Jesus’ own warning that “Ye know neither the day nor the hour”.
The Christian world has experienced numerous disasters from well-meaning brethren who thought they’d figured out when the Lord will return, from some of the Medieval millenarians to the Adventists to the disciples of Hal Lindsay (Dispensationalists who cry that the sky is falling every time someone throws a rock in the Middle East). Yes, the time grows short, so we need to repent and believe while we can, but we don’t know when the Last Day is. Period.
But I also grew up with “scientific” apocalypses, too. Way back when, I was told we’re heading into a new ice age; I got a little older, it became global warming, and now it’s just “climate change”. My younger self was warned about standing room only, running out of oxygen by 1984, and mass starvation by 1990. There was the famous bet between Paul Ehrlich and Julian Simon. As the youngest of five, I felt very uncomfortable as a small kid when people told us that it was dangerous and immoral for anyone to have more than two children. Nuclear explosions and power would poison the earth (and never mind that the Chernobyl area has become a rich wildlife refuge). Entering middle age, I was warned of Y2K. More recently, I was warned of mass dyings from covid-19 and conversely, that the vaccines would alter my RNA and kill me. Well, I’ve been vaxxed, had covid (a pesky end of season cold plus bureaucrativ rigamarole), and probably got re-exposed many times.
All I can say is that science is tentative, and we might do ourselves a great favor if we took these “science says” apocalypses with a huge grain of salt.
Now, is this climate change enthusiast or Froeken Greta Thunberg giving up any 21st century material comforts brought to you courtesy of fossil fuels, nuclear power, modern chemistry, etc.?
gravenimage says
Fine post, Kepha.
Wellington says
Seconded.
somehistory says
born into a family that had five kids, and then after me, five more,…I agree with just about everything you said, except I haven’t been jabbed and don’t intend to be.
The “lawlessness” Jesus warned us about seems to be in full bloom and it has nothing to do with how cold or hot or warm or cool anyone is.
At least many in the past that called the time of doom, did so with a sign they carried around and didn’t threaten violence against disbelievers, nor tie themselves to things and make trouble for others.
That Day will come, “as a thief in the night,” not announcing when. We have the “sign.”
Anna A says
A good example of history of end times is “The Mass for the End of Time.” It was written about the year 1000 AD, and sung by Anonymous Four.
Enjoy, if you like that style of music
gravenimage says
Throw a Net Over Her: Climate Lunatic Ties Herself to Net at French Open
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Well, all I can say is that this is not as bad as trying to destroy the Mona Lisa–pretty low standards, I realize.
And what is supposed to happen in 1028 days? This probably refers to a recent United Nations Climate report that stated mankind only had a limited amount of time to act on the climate issue. It’s full of the usual stuff we’ve been hearing for decades now–coastal cities are underwater…actually, after that it gets pretty vague.
Never mind that “progressives” as still buying beach front property…
James Lincoln says
A good read – and unbelievably humorous book – regarding radical environmentalists:
“Eco-Bluff Your Way to Greenism: The Guide to Instant Environmental Credibility”
Paperback – April 1, 1991
by Paul Spencer Wachtel (Author), Jeffrey A. McNeely (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Eco-Bluff-Your-Way-Greenism-Environmental/dp/0929387228
gravenimage says
Sounds worth checking out, James. Thanks.
James Lincoln says
Perhaps they should have totally ignored the twentysomething woman, finished the game, and left her still attached to the net.
If she gets hit by a ball, racket, etc., it would be her own dang fault – she asked for it.
gravenimage says
Now *that* is funny.
Of course, her being tied to the net might have interfered with the match–which was this fool’s goal.
Wellington says
Environmentalism is one of the newest secular religions. It is pathetic and woefully short on facts (e.g., CO2 is not a poison and is actually food for plants).
But the more the West deviates from the models provided by the Judeo-Christian tradition, along with separating itself from what the ancient Greeks established respecting liberty, the more you will get nut-jobs like this young woman who probably would be the first in line to wear an hijab to show “solidarity” with her Muslim sisters
Self-hate and ignorance are a terrible combination. No better example is provided by history than the times we are living in. None.
James Lincoln says
Perfectly stated, Wellington.
My compliments.
gravenimage says
+1
Hindu American says
So, in 1028 days from now her resume summary will read ” Paid 100s of Euros to tie myself to the net at the French Open 2022 and accurately predicted the end of my career”.
OLD GUY says
Wait a minute are they sure “it” is a HER? Maybe the wrong pronoun, a nut is a nut no gender.
Why March 27, 2025?
The answer to her dream, we shut down all things that use energy and in about 1028 days the population of the earth will be reduced to where we can turn the lights and machines of modern man back on.
James Lincoln says
So this climate activist feels that “We have 1028 days left.”
Okay…
But I have one question for her:
Why are you wasting one of those days tied to a tennis net?
somehistory says
Good question, James. The usual thing is to spend every second making the most of the time left when one is given that kind of bad news. The movie industry has even made many about that very thing. Like the Bucket List. Making sure to fulfill all of one’s life’s wishes before the time runs out.