UPDATE: Josh catches the essence, see below.
It appears the mendacious Joe Romm has been given new marching orders by Center for American Progress Big Brother Blog: “Think Progress”. From what I make of it, it seems the management realized that CP just wasn’t holding much readership, as it looks like the same 30 commenters or so frequent the place. Sooo…the spin is on. Joe’s doing his best to make his forced merger under Think Progress look like a win.
“Prettier”? Heh. Me thinks this is Joe’s “lipstick on a pig” moment.
What is most strange though, is this:
Not only are comments disabled, they are gone, all of them, from the present to when the blog started in 2006. That may be a temporary condition, but we’ll see. When I moved from Moveable Type back in October 2007 to WordPress.com, everything remained in place, comments and all and is still there today.
You gotta love a guy like that that treats his user community like they don’t exist anymore.
Joe’s last post was about his vision of Memorial Day, 2030
That reminds me to remind everyone (and especially Joe) to be sure to fly your flag this coming Memorial Day, to honor those who gave so much, but have not been forgotten (nor disappeared).
I look forward to seeing more “high quality” climate articles on Think Progress, like this one:
ThinkProgress discussion of the tornado outbreak – click image for the full article
UPDATE: Josh captures the essence:
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I guess there’s always the Wayback Machine, should we wish to relive these heady days
Airbrush the pictures. Stalinist. Burn the books. [snip] Delete the comments. Progressive.
d(^_^)b
http://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/
“Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive”
Comments gone, huh? Just like the Stalinist era apparatchik who got airbrushed out of the picture with the Big S himself…
Hope his commenters like Cyber Siberia….
Comments are likely disabled during the move…however doesn’t the TP font look a bit too Cyrillic? Pravda nostalgia, anybody?
1… 2… 3…
AW-W-W-W-W-W!!
Thanx for playing, Joe, and Vanna has some lovely parting gifts for you on your way out. Mind the door.☺
Last available archive (front page) seems to be November 27, 2010:
http://web.archive.org/web/20101128031303/http://climateprogress.org/
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To better identify the style of Mr. Romm, “Climate Regress”, “Climate Suppress” and “Climate Hubris” should all be considered in the rebranding of the site.
If you don’t like the story the past tells, just destroy the records.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6936328.ece
From The Sunday Times November 29, 2009
Climate change data dumped
by Jonathan Leake, Environment Editor
SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based. …..
I don’t even own a flag. And I don’t think I need to fly one to show other people that I honor veterans (I’m one).
REPLY: Jeff, thank you, sincerely, for your service. My point is simply that many people forget, and get caught up in holiday planning and revelry. I’m just offering a reminder. – Anthony
Hmm, I wonder if all the comments are deleted, and the blog is moving, if all the bans Joe has issued to posters over the years will disappear as well? Maybe Joe’s PTB (Powers that Be) realized his readership was down because Joe had banned almost everyone from commenting.
“That reminds me to remind everyone (and especially Joe) to be sure to fly your flag this coming Memorial Day, to honor those who gave so much, but have not been forgotten (nor disappeared)”
Amen, Anthony. And take a moment to thank each vet that you know and meet, for their service to country and freedom.
With sincere humility, Thank You, US Military Veterans!
Most Americans honor our flag. But not all.
Jeff Alberts says:
May 27, 2011 at 7:14 pm
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Your site got a hit from me.
It will be the last.
Its a free country.
Sheese.
Like lipstick on a pig’s rear end.
Jeff Albert thanks for your service!
Anthony, thanks for the reminder. Life rushes past, too fast some times. I will be going up and checking out my flag and making sure it is flying on Memorial Day.
It is a good day to go to the range.
Take every opportunity to fly your flag. Remember that there are millions of Americans who hate the US flag. They are driven bonkers when Americans fly their flag.
Viet Nam <—[old timey spelling] vet here, one of the lucky ones. I fly the flag 24/7/365, and here’s a little story that warms the cockles of my heart.☺
What a shame. Romm was a good recruiter for the skeptics. Perhaps his paymasters finally recognized this.
BTW, Douglas DC, CYBERIA works better — Romm to Cyberia?
Did Baghdad Romm just jump the shark?
Cyberia, dang, wish I thought of that!
It’s all about controlling the message. I expect Jessie Lee to be involved more, and as John Podesta is involved directly with Think Regress, well it is just natural.
http://pohdiaries.com/new-position-at-the-white-house-unfavorable-online-media-czar/
Thanks for that little story Smokey. LOL.
My single experience of engagement on that site was so negative and anti-scientific it is not a surprise that it is merging with other ‘lessers’. Why would anyone hang out there? Certainly not to learn anything.
Did someone say, ‘Death Spiral’?
http://climateprogress.org/2011/05/19/arctic-sea-ice-volume-death-spiral/
Traffic => Volume => Death Spiral
I get it now….
Good riddance to boring AGW-catechism sites
devoted to slandering all who disagree,
where non-believers’ comments never get posted
yet viscious warmist diatribes have no word limit.