Bjorn to Lose: First, Lomborg’s Movie Bombs, Then New Danish Government Says It Will Cut Off His Funding | ThinkProgress

About a year ago he flip-flopped his core belief, asserting “Climate change is undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today.” Presumably he did that to widen his appeal before the launch of his big effort at mass miscommunication, Cool It.

But the documentary still went down as one of the great box office bombs. According to Box Office Mojo, after grossing a whopping $58,179 in its debut month of December, it grossed $4, 534 from 12/1 to 12/24 before it was pulled from theaters. That would be $189 per day, or roughly $24 per theater.

Idiotic Comment of the Day: Clive Hamilton | Australian Climate Madness

Poor old Hamilton has missed the obvious irony of his desperate ravings, namely that “a politically motivated coterie of ragbags who manipulate the truth, endlessly repeat falsehoods and harass their opponents” is the perfect description of the IPCC.