It looks as if the Phil Jones University will have to be renamed, at least temporarily, since Phil himself is taking a short sabbatical while the decorators move in to do some heavy whitewashing. While we all have every confidence he will soon be back in charge of the CRU (Creative Research Unit), devising ever more inventive “tricks” to “hide the decline”, I suggest the interim title of The Piltdown Institute of Mann-made Global Warming.
Speaking of Michael Mann, the jolly hockey stick merchant himself is also undergoing investigation – not to worry, it is of the most grudging and perfunctory kind – at Pennsylvania State University. The University’s statement announcing the investigation is so complimentary to Mann, it almost reads like the press release of the verdict, published prematurely.
But there is a lot of this unhealthy investigative mentality manifesting itself in America. Today, on Capitol Hill, the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will question two top officials of the Obama administration: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren and Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
While these “consensual” warmists can expect a soft ride from Democrats, Republican Congressmen are expected to challenge them over the Climategate e-mails and computer data. Republicans are more than distrustful of Holdren since a book he allegedly co-wrote in 1977, supporting forced abortion, mass sterilisation via the water supply and Planetary Government to fight overpopulation, has been displayed on the Internet. It is the Planetary Government stuff that, on the eve of Copenhagen, is striking a particularly unhappy resonance.
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Updates:
12:28 pm EST, December 2nd, 2009 — Gingrich statement on Climategate
12:29 pm EST, December 2nd, 2009 – Climategate: it’s all unravelling now
12:31 pm EST, December 2nd, 2009 – Climategate: Dissent on ice
4:30 pm EST, December 2nd, 2009 – Obama’s ‘Prestige’ on the Line in Copenhagen
There’s an old saying about truth being stranger than fiction and Climategate is proving the adage correct. Perhaps Michael Crighton’s “State of Fear” might prove to be prophetic rather than entertainment…?
Is it possible that those working at CRU took the Creative in the title a little too seriously. They sure created a lot of false facts.
The brilliant Michael Creighton’s State of Fear was written in 2004 and is still very relevant. My take away on that book at the time was ..nobody knows. The subject is too complicated for science to come to a consensus yet. Until we figure it out , best to continue to probe with an open mind and be wary of the newly created Climate religion replacing the old utopian World Government movement that fell with the Berlin Wall.
Most people don’t have enough gravitas to have no religion. Therefore it’s best to choose a religion with some principles that have been shown to work; i.e. the separation of religion and state. Climatology and Islamofascism do not do that, they merge their religion with the state … hence State of Fear is relevant.
The specific reason the exposure is so serious is because it means nothing less than empirical research and evidence over a duration of at least 30 years, has been thrown under the bus. It’s a complete setback for all the scientific and technological progress of the 19th and 20th centuries.
I believe we’re looking at the waning of intelligence itself throughout Western Civilization — due primarily to unethical practices and pursuits of unearned dollars targeting illiegitimate taxation policy.
And the projection that AGW could bear double the original costs, only proves there’s no sense of shame over pursuing the targeted tax based dollars.
Last night and again this morning I can’t get the Munk Debate video to run, but let CBC and/or CTV play it out in full.
Also, this exposure is at the level of the Enron fiasco. Played out over years as well as the tip of the iceberg only shows up.
Motivating the next generation toward higher aspirations in studies should be the ameliorating benefit out of all of this. Indeed, it has to be more important than just and only money ventures (see Sandy’s excellent education article this site and her own).
As David Warren wrote when the story first broke, the fewer in number skeptics have been vindicated as they were targeted for supporting big oil only. The clear upside of this is that there are committed scientists who’ve risked their reputations and livelihoods (as Lorne Gunter points out the risk involved) to adhere to the scientific method
This is about unwavering support for a liberal progressive religion, but since some journalists, like Lorrie Goldstein for instance, have been shouting into the wind about global warming BS on a regular basis for years now, I also have to agree with Lorne Gunter that the supposed “consensus” on the science of anthropogenic global warming having already been “settled” is just as much about intellectual laziness. This determined support for the tenets of liberal progressive theology happens far too often, and on too many more subjects than just AGW, so while there is a cover up going on, as much as anything else, it is about left-wing journalists not wanting to admit that they always buy far too easily and uncritically into liberal orthodoxy. It is little wonder why so much of the MSM is locked into a downward spiral. Why should we accept most of our news coming from the intellectually compromised as they parrot liberal progressive theologists quoting directly from scripture?
Absolutely well said, Brian.
Check out Huffington Post blog into ‘full panic mode’ re the exposure.
I think there’s a problem associating the now ongoing AGW debate with the propagation of a religion. At its base, it’s evidently the head honcho money scam of the century. Of course, there’s huge potential for gleaning illicit dollars in both spheres of influence (religion and finance).
Breaking news on Fox, re stem cell research. Is it true or have these studies been fudged.
Every breakthru will now be questioned.
dora “Also, this exposure is at the level of the Enron fiasco.”
Oh it is much worse. It was only $ 60 billion out the window, chump change compared to Climategate. Plus Enron actually proves capitalism works. Poof , it’s gone.
But Al Gore is still here, the Fruitfly is still here, so are the Community Reinvestment perps: Barney Frank , Chris Dodd … all these apparatchiks carry on infinitely. But bad business models fail and die out because Darwinian rules apply to capitalism. Unless of course those bad models get propped up by politicians , because of their union base.
The bottom line is that business competes successfully or dies. But that does not apply to academia. Where the so called “peer review process” is not in fact about competing ideas. It is a club. Climategate proves that. Just as it proves the old legacy TV networks are a club. But the good news is that the televangelism of the high priests spouting the Climatology religion is dieing.
However, a big billion dollar point we need to stress to our MPPs and MPs is to review the government research granting process. It is a club. It is corrupt. That is not getting enough attention … whoops .. MaryT is onto it… LOL.
And it was working out so well. The financial market is in collapse, there is a looming environmental crisis, the MSM is advocating for, academia has adopted post modern ‘no right or wrong’, there is an empty suit in the Oval office. How can the leftist elites loose!!!
Some hacker spills the beans and the whole enterprise falls flat.
What we need is some old time cigar smoking, whisky drinking alcoholic journalists who cared about facts and cynical enough to not believe anything on someone’s say so without supporting proof ! Half joking but the point is that journalist grounded in common sense, with a good work ethic of digging for the facts and all the facts plus an incorruptable dedication to the 5 Ws of Who, What, Where, When and Why.
Yes, Nom, the dollars far exceed Enron’s numbers. But the good news now, is that even Forbes is onto and reporting the implications of alleged fraudulent science hacks as per the link above.
Enron was also poised to make a comeback on the so called ‘green technologies’ which also need review as in carbon sequestration, wind turbines,etc.
Lord Moncton’s put up a summary report as to what’s unravelling across the scientific ‘community club.’ Time for actually independent think tanks to kick into high gear especially since millions of jobs are at stake. And some efficiencies employed in sorting out the mess would be helpful.
Jean, I had the express good fortune to have known and worked for a newsman such as you describe. Since, gleaning the facts as closely as they can be reflected has been my second religion, if you will. There were daily chuckles when he asked me to remind him to tuck in his shirttails as he was a hundred percent preoccupied thinking about ‘just the facts’ and committing them to print. But I maintain we must appreciate the many newsmen and business execs that still operate with that kind of authenticity.
Now, the great halls of learning right down to the public schools have to put a halt to the propaganda and warm-mongering. That’s the first oreder of business, imo. Curriculums should see major content adjustments in the time ahead.
Here’s a pretty accurate description of who qualifies as a journalist today…..
Slice your average environment correspondent through the middle and you’re going to find a left-leaning liberal arts graduate who is utterly out of his/her depth. Their world view is being swept from underneath them and they are being shown—in ways that they do not really and have never had to understand—that the guys they thought were the goodies are in fact “at it” and that those they have spent a decade disparaging as deniers were in fact spot on.
I would find that hard to report too.
http://www.devilskitchen.me.uk/2009/11/crudgate-why-this-cant-be-swept-under.html
How many times have the public been duped by experts-Dr Spock, expert on child raising and his son commits suicide. Woman who was responsible for getting prayer out of school is murdered and body found years later, and her son becomes a minister.
Would be interesting to see how all the data on second hand smoke was handled.
And in QP today a female liberal MP stated as fact that some detainees had been electrocuted, whipped, had fingernails and toenails removed. Proof showing these horrors not provided.
The journalist just released is still being shown in Muslim dress and really shows no signs of months of torture. All limbs working, face not scarred.
Are canadians falling for all this.
If I worked for CBC or CTV, I could not face myself in the morning. It is beyond belief that they have continue this BLACK OUT on reporting about Climategate.
I say Bravo to the National Post and the Toronto Sun for reporting the truth and thank God for the Radio talk shows. The rest of the MSM are crawling around the basement!!!