Can We Buy Scientific Malpractice Insurance?

‘If we don’t see convincing evidence of global warming by 2015, it will start to become clear whether the models are bunk. And, if they are, the implications for some scientists could be very serious.’—the punch line from this interesting article, pointed out to me by the clever people at Climate Depot. 

Oops!

Let the piling on continue. This is payback for arrogance mixed with ignorance. Check out this website. The dopey climatologists couldn't read their thermometers right. Of course they may still seek our sympathy, but if they persist in their hoax we shall have to call them knaves.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

You know, of course, that this—the retreat of the snow and now its return—has nothing to do with climate change, don't you. From the excellent blogsite: Watts Up With That?

Who Says Climate Scientists Are Not Funny?

Check this guy out.

Forgive me dear readers if you have little tolerance for 'inside football' references.

And for those of you who are wondering why I have a picture of Sarah Palin on this blog, shame on you for not paying attention. I'll bet she has an NRA sticker on her car.

Never mind.

One Last Hail Mary Try: The Climate Reality Project

My favorite Florentine, Niccolò di Bernardo dei  Machiavelli (1469-1527)

Keep your eyes open for our friend Al Gore of An Inconvenient Lie fame. He may have been licking a few wounds but he and his friends of the Climate Hoax Consortium are coming out of the closet strongly on September 14, 2011, when they will try to persuade the rest of us to come over to their notion of reality. They must have tested that last word and found it resonating with us ordinary folks. So keep that date clear even if you would rather be at Yankee Stadium where the Big 4—Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax—are getting together to revive their careers. Or are these heavy metal bands the opening act for Gore's Merry Band? Wow, that would be impressive.

I saw something by T J Gilles  in the Billings Outpost a few weeks ago, headlined 'Scientists Give Bleak View of Global Warming': a collection of quotes from various speakers, not all on the same wavelengths it would seem, or maybe it was just difficult for Gilles to write so fast, but all had the same Chicken Little assumptions. The last two paragraphs had me a little worried:

"The conference was sponsored in part by the pro-environment Northern Plains Resource Council and MSU Billings’ Urban Institute, which is headed by former Billings Mayor Chuck Tooley.

Mr. Tooley was among those trained to present PowerPoint workshops based on former Vice President Al Gore’s film about global warming, 'An Inconvenient Truth.' Winning an Oscar for Best Documentary for 2006, the film was based on a slide show that Mr. Gore had been presenting prior to being asked to write the screenplay."

I thought Tooley was on our side. When he was Mayor he sounded reasonable. Perhaps I wasn't listening carefully enough. Watch out for former mayors with PowerPoint presentations. And then of course, if that is not enough to worry you, note the groups that sponsored the meeting: these sound like special interest groups that are supported by us taxpayers. Apparently they are not having budget problems. Is this what Stalin or maybe Lenin had in mind when one or the other opined that 'When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.'

Somebody Had To Stay Home

I could almost see it coming. I think I told my wife, "Hey watch this, global warming will be the cause of the tornadoes. I call BS. Now we know where our low-life politicians get their information on global climate change from.

Professor Talks on Climate Change

From the blog Climate Lessons, supposedly written for children, Professor Lindzen of MIT, chides the alarmists once again. Those who made the mistakes in the first place seem to be doubling down on their falsehoods when they are pointed out.

If Climate Science Were A Hockey Game . . . Oh Wait

Check out this amusing and probably true analysis of the climate wars.

Does This Look Like a Scam or a Hoax or a Fiddle?

I love these data plotting blogs. This start in 1800 and ends in 2010. A guy by the unlikely name of Smith says that the data from about 1990 onward looked a little 'fudged' to him, maybe there has been a little data tampering. The true believers will look first at his credentials. Be sure to look at the original here.

Anthony Watts to the Rescue of the PhytoPlankton

I should have been more skeptical in my previous post. Summary of his advice is:

'So we know that phytoplankton have survived for billions of years in a vast range of climates, temperatures and CO2 levels. Apparently they have become very sensitive of late – perhaps from all the estrogens being dumped in the oceans? Or maybe they have been watching too much Oprah?

The standard cure for hyperventilation is to increase your CO2 levels by putting a bag over your head.'

The whole article is worth reading. 

Where Has All The PhytoPlankton Gone?

Those Germans, my cousins, are always warning the rest of us about problems in their early stages, though this one appears to be surprisingly advanced. How come we find out about this now?

Go here.

Author of The Skeptic's Handbook Reports Almost Incredible News from Europe

On this website JoNova reports that the European Court of Justice may make climate change skepticism a criminal offence. Are these not interesting times?

Get Your Union Suits Early and Often

This splendid piece of propaganda was lifted from The BlogProf. I suppose I should mention that it is from the 1970s in case you are not paying close attention.