Stephen Colbert Mentions Chemtrails on Colbert Report (Dec 9th, 2013)

38  2013-12-10 by n0xin

While interviewing David Keith regarding his book "A Case for Climate Engineering" on December 9th, 2013, Stephen Colbert mentions chemtrails in a serious manner. The interview centers around a concept in Keith's book where he suggests we might consider releasing tonnes of sulfuric acid vapor into the stratosphere from commercial jets in an attempt at geoengineering.

Here's a transcript of the relevant portion of the interview:

Colbert: "Maybe it's happening already. You ever look at those planes up there? They have contrails behind them. Maybe all those planes with contrails; maybe they're actually spraying chemicals up in the atmosphere right now and Uncle Sam isn't telling us."

Keith: "That seems extremely unlikely…"

Colbert: "That the United States is not telling something to its citizens? That seems extremely likely to me. Read a newspaper. I think they might have your idea already."

And that's how the interview ends. No sarcastic last word. Just that.

I will edit this to link to the clip when it becomes available on colbertnation.com.

Edit: Link to clip on colbertnation.com. Scroll to 5:45 for the relevant section.

And for everyone who's saying that Colbert is just being Colbert, I understand your point of view. At the very least, it's interesting that chemtrails are being mentioned on such a popular show. Very probably this might have been the first time a lot of the people in the audience had even heard of the idea. People can make up their own minds after reviewing the material for themselves.

20 comments

8  craigdevlin 2013-12-10

He wasn't being serious, his humour is just very dry.

10  n0xin 2013-12-10

I understand what you mean; I watch The Report all the time. For some reason, though, that ending struck me as very different from normal.

4  Coach_Louis 2013-12-10

There are times when he does get serious, I'd have to see the clip but I know what you mean, he's great at keeping character but some times he does get real

1  n0xin 2013-12-10

Here's a link to the clip. Scroll to 5:45 for relevant portion.

2  Coach_Louis 2013-12-10

Colbert's responses kinda seems like "you're fucking kidding me right!? Shake my hand and get the fuck off my stage."

3  TimmayTheTurtle 2013-12-10

Just watched the rerun this morning, I also watch a lot and that was a bit off.

2  wingbatwu 2013-12-10

plausible deniability: it was a joke!

7  thinkmorebetterer 2013-12-10

That's the character he plays. It's inherently a parody/satire.

1  computer_d 2013-12-10

I don't subscribe to this conspiracy.

It seems to me chemicals in the air would be extremely easy to detect. If chemtrails were true no doubt someone, somewhere would have done some tests by now.

5  offmyrocker 2013-12-10

im sure people have

2  [deleted] 2013-12-10

Indeed there have been many tests. I don't really have any opinion on them, but I can say that most of the "chemtrail" guys are looking in the wrong areas for toxicity concerns.

Then you have worries that they might be chemically spraying us. Well, what about your food? I'll spare everyone the cryolite fluoride issue this time because I know it's getting old, but we can talk about other forms of pesticide:

So those are verified cases of aerial spraying of toxic substances. If you want to call those "chemtrails," go ahead. That is basically what everyone is afraid of, correct?

Additionally, how many of these people paranoid of aluminum being sprayed eat an antacid every day? We should first tell them to stop eating the antacid, then they can worry about geoengineering.

6  yellowsnow2 2013-12-10

I'm more afraid a greedy corrupt incompetent government will kill the planet trying to play God. They will outsource the work to the lowest bidder. And execution will end up like the obamacare website. And bam, earth is dead for a couple thousand years.

7  [deleted] 2013-12-10

I completely agree with you, but some perspective on this issue would be nice. Maybe attempting to define "chemtrail" in a more precise manner and using another phrase to describe this issue. Also including these links in the debate would be nice:

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/apr/21/uk.medicalscience

http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB1003703226697496080?mg=reno64-wsj

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/339573/3/I-Team-The-Armys-secret-Cold-War-experiments-on-St-Louisans-

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_112

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Vegetarian

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Popeye

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dew

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Stormfury

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/02/navy-research-p/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/east/series10/week9_aerial_spraying.shtml

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7415082/French-bread-spiked-with-LSD-in-CIA-experiment.html

http://m.waaytv.com/mobile/news/local/redstone-arsenal-yes-it-was-chaff/article_af2e9118-cef2-11e2-bffc-001a4bcf6878.html

If there is any chance that any kind of oversight can be achieved, this would be a good start, no?

4  [deleted] 2013-12-10

I predict the one comment with relevant information proving chemtrails are real will be the most downvoted. As usual.

edit: so far so good! downvotes and no comments contrary. shills are fucking cowards.

2  jumbouniversalremote 2013-12-10

Thank you!

2  [deleted] 2013-12-10

I don't subscribe to this conspiracy.

Then your comment here is pointless.

-3  yahoo_bot 2013-12-10

Because its not really that they are spraying additional chemicals, its in the fuel mix.

I think they might be spraying through the fuel mix, I mean they stage all sort of false flag operations, they spy on everybody without any accountability, they wage unconstitutional wars, they drone innocent children and blow up weddings, CIA uses domestic propaganda even though they are strictly forbid from doing so, Medeline Albright said that half a million dead children in Iraq is worth it, they sprayed agent orange, they have set up the TSA and are constantly expanding into random check points, you name it. If its bad, evil, terrible enough they are doing it.

So just by the fact that they are absolute liars, that they are already engaged in all sort of criminal activity, this is proof enough for me that they probably are spraying certain chemicals in the sky.

0  cberrycrunch 2013-12-10

Exactly! It's always curious to me when someone understands the horrible atrocities our government has committed and the covert operations its participated in (and admitted to!) and yet can't seem to believe that the government would "do that to us" when it comes to chemtrails. It's kind of like - well, duh, of course they would.

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-1  NGC_224 2013-12-10

....Have you ever watched Colbert before?

-3  Purimfest_1946 2013-12-10

You know what's really in those chemtrails? Reptillian demon jizz. That's right.

2  [deleted] 2013-12-10

Indeed there have been many tests. I don't really have any opinion on them, but I can say that most of the "chemtrail" guys are looking in the wrong areas for toxicity concerns.

Then you have worries that they might be chemically spraying us. Well, what about your food? I'll spare everyone the cryolite fluoride issue this time because I know it's getting old, but we can talk about other forms of pesticide:

So those are verified cases of aerial spraying of toxic substances. If you want to call those "chemtrails," go ahead. That is basically what everyone is afraid of, correct?

Additionally, how many of these people paranoid of aluminum being sprayed eat an antacid every day? We should first tell them to stop eating the antacid, then they can worry about geoengineering.