Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'they control the weather' comment draws instant mockery online

Brad Reed
October 4, 2024 

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) (Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images)

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Thursday night wrote a cryptic tweet about unnamed persons being able to manipulate the weather -- and it drew instant ridicule.

"Yes they can control the weather," Greene posted just after 11 p.m. ET. "It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done."

Greene did not elaborate on the ways that "they" can control the weather, or even explain who "they" are.

But given her history of promoting conspiracy theories, including when she infamously hypothesized that the Rothschild family was using space lasers to start forest fires in California, many of her followers were quick to pounce with mockery.

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"This is so offensive and untrue," joked comedian and actor Patton Oswalt. "Mel Brooks, please send a thunderstorm to wreck her house."

"If this were true 'they' would’ve dropped a house on her already," observed author Dan Savage.

"This is a member of the Congress of the United States," marveled Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA). "For real. No joke."

Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA) expressed a similar sentiment.


"This person is in Congress," he wrote. "This ignorance, this lunacy, is why we have a government teetering and lurching. Her stupidity is a disease. She’s not alone either."

Anti-Trump attorney George Conway picked up on anti-Semitic currents in Greene's post.

"Your point is what?" he asked. "That Moses parted the Red Sea? Are you saying he had a space laser?"


And Trump biographer Tim O'Brien mocked Greene by reminding her of former President Donald Trump's mishaps in responding to natural disasters.

"Of course. With a Sharpie or by nuking hurricanes. 'They' should just do that," he joked.

 

 

International symposium for Moonshot Goal 8: Weather Controllability 2024

Can we reduce the loss and damage due to extreme weather with innovative ideas and technologies?

Japan Science and Technology Agency

 

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The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) will hold the International Symposium focusing on weather controllability from October 6 to 7 on-site and online.

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The Moonshot Research and Development Program launched by the Cabinet Office of Japan promotes high-risk, high-impact R&D aiming to achieve ambitious Moonshot Goals and solve issues facing future society such as super-aging populations and global warming. The theme of Moonshot Goal 8 is “Realization of a society safe from the threat of extreme winds and rains by controlling and modifying the weather by 2050.”

This symposium will explore the potential of weather control to reduce disaster risk, which is becoming more severe due to climate change. To advance research and development of weather control technologies, researchers from diverse fields such as meteorology, weather engineering, mathematical sciences, and sociology will discuss the prospects of weather control based on their expertise.

Date & Time: (Japan Standard Time(JST), UTC+9)

October 6, 2024  1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

October 7, 2024  9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Venue: Hitotsubashi University Hitotsubashi Hall, Tokyo

Online (Zoom Webinar, YouTube Live)

Participation fee: Free

Language: English

Registration: Please click here for registration

https://form2.jst.go.jp/s/ms8-intl-symp2024

Details of the symposium are available on the official website.

Official website: https://www.jst.go.jp/moonshot/sympo/20241006/index.html#ja

Program

October 6

1:00 p.m.  Opening Remarks  JST, CAO           

1:10 p.m.  MS8 Overview MIYOSHI Takemasa (Team Leader, RIKEN)

1:30 p.m.  Keynote Speech 1

                 Seon Ki Park (Professor, Ewha Womans Univ., Korea)

2:30 p.m.  MS8 Core Research Presentation

4:35 p.m.  ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Issues) for Weather Control

5:00 p.m.  Keynote Speech 2

                 Sarah Tessendorf (Project Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA)

October 7

9:30 a.m.  Special Talk

                  Thao Linh Tran (Research Fellow, Australian National Univ., Australia)

10:30 a.m.  MS8 Feasibility Study Presentation

12:30 p.m.  Panel Discussion on Science and Technology

1:45 p.m.  Panel Discussion on Social Responsibility

2:55 p.m.  Closing Remarks