Josh of Cartoons by Josh wrote to me via email today of his latest cartoon about Mike Mann’s book. He writes:
With Mike Mann’s book still getting good coverage in various corners of the media I felt another cartoon was needed. Especially as another Mike, Mike Daisey, gave us such a brilliant quote: “I stand by it as a theatrical work” speaking of his made up story about the conditions at a Chinese factory which makes Apple products ( you can read the whole retraction here).
Mike Mann is not totally happy with all the PR, though, as we know from his Twitter reaction to reviews by Anne Jolis and Miranda Devine. He is probably going to be really teed off when he see this poll on the Daily Kos.
The article’s title is ‘Michael Mann is a Modern Hero and we need to acknowledge that!’. To date around 97% of readers do not agree and think he is either distorting evidence or should be fired from the University. That number sounds like a consensus to me.
And ‘Game of Thrones’? It’s an HBO blockbuster of a series based on George R R Martin’s books ‘A Song of Fire and Ice’. If you haven’t seen the series you might not have the foggiest clue what I am referring to… but, never mind, even the title ‘A Song of Fire and Ice’ couldn’t be more apt. And guess what the show’s slogan is: “Winter is coming”.
The book is currently ranked #3,695 on Amazon.com
Throne of hockey sticks… classic. Worth remembering that in the books, the Iron Throne was designed to be uncomfortable to sit upon, I wonder how comfy Mr Mann’s seat is right now.
I consider him more of an Illyrio Mopatis, a fat money grubber who sees his own profit as most important.
Or maybe an Aerys Targaryen (the Mad King) who spent the last hours of his life repeating “Burn them all” about the rebelling forces of Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark… (ok, holy snip I know too much about these books off the top of my head… !)
Couldn’t happen to a nicer chap
I thought the Kos poll had gone higher than that? Yep – just checked – 98.2% now disapprove of Mann one way or another
Andi
Love the ‘tree rings’ atop the throne! Or, are they turkey feathers?
The poll —– 97%.
Familiar consensus? Irony? Message? Cosmic? Something for sure!
Ha ha ha, I despise that Mann.
Am totally against remote text-based psychiatry but If I were a friend of Mann’s I’d be very worried about his mental state having read some of his tweets (despite the idiot blocking me).
The guy is on a quest to save our children. I’m on a quest to save our children too, from him and people like him that is.
The poll picture made me chuckle – thank you.
Behold another excellent cartoon by Josh.
My take on the poll numbers at KOS is there are 69 regular readers at the site and WATTSUPWITHTHAT threw them an additional 3670 hits or a temporary increase on the order of 5000%.
Reblogged this on Climate Ponderings and commented:
Processed cheeseseseses……:)
Is the back of that throne made of a TURKEY fan?
Is that throne made out of bristlecone pine?
Is Mann stowing thrones?
I always had Mann down as a bit of a drama queen. Infamy,infamy, they’ve all got it in for me!
If you add the votes in the top 4 categories, you actually reach less than 2% of the total votes, so Mann’s opposition actually accounts for more than 98%. Well deserved.
Yep, Fire him.
pity we cant vote for BOTH the last options:-)
The guy is on a quest to save our children. I’m on a quest to save our children too, from him and people like him that is.
Maurizio: So with you on that, such a dysfunctional mental outlook is not something I wish to see my children ever exposed to without adequate supervision to educate them as to that being not the way to behave if you ever wish to really contribute to society over the long haul. For that and that alone, Mann is the perfect example.
Propaganda, as ruthlessly practiced By Fox News and others, has succeeded in demonizing Dr. Mann. His work stands, however, and the conditions he expertly describes, are real. The global temperature is rising and we all need to do something to remedy this problem.Mann, and the legion of practicing climate scientists, have given us the information we need to “fix the problem” and the longer we delay this effort the more expensive and difficult it will be.
Hugh – obviously Murdoch is some kind of Lord of the Flies then as I must’ve been heavily affected by Fox News despite having watched perhaps 10 minutes grand total of it during the whole of my life.
Ah, and your statement about “the information we need” certainly qualifies for the Annals of Cretinhood.
Hugh Pepper says: March 22, 2012 at 3:56 am
[Propaganda, as ruthlessly practiced By Fox News and others, has succeeded in demonizing Dr. Mann]
That combined with the measured data from nature have really been a problem for the mann.
Hugh Pepper, you have no shame. You have been shown to be a liar right here, and yet you continue to post your verifiable nonsense.
Global temperatures have been rising along exactly the same long term trend line since the LIA, whether CO2 levels were 280 ppmv or are 392 ppmv. There is no difference in that naturally rising trend line, therefore CO2 has no measurable effect. It seems that everyone but you knows that.
Michael Mann is only a part of a small clique of climate alarmists who are greedily feeding at the public trough. Mann fights tooth and nail to keep any federal grant money from going to skeptical climate scientists. He is an entirely self-serving climate charlatan, and credulous fools like you who know nothing of the subject ignorantly fall into line. If Mann believed the anti-science nonsense he emits, he would have no hesitation about defending it in scientific debates. Instead, he hides out, hoping that his ignorant followers take potshots from the sidelines. That is not science, that is propaganda. And you are an enabler of his mendacity.
You still have not provided the [non-existent] citations to your seven (7) mythical papers that you repeatedly claimed confirm Mann’s debunked MBH98/99 nonsense. Until/unless you provide those [non-existent] citations, your baseless opinions are nothing more than dishonest talking points that you get from incredible sources like RealClimatePropaganda and Pseudo-Skeptical Pseudo-Science.
If I’m wrong about any of this, provide those seven mythical citations we’re still waiting for. The gauntlet is down. Put up or shut up.
Ha ha hah, Hey Hugh Pepper, you forgot the sarc. Always remember the sarc button otherwise someone might accidentally think you seriously believe that drivel! You got me laughing so hard my eyes are watering.
Universetoday interview climate researcher Michael Mann
about his recent book,
and what it’s like to be on the front lines of climate change research.
“We can not play by the rules” – Michael Mann at 38:43
Hugh Pepper: LOL! You pegged the needle on my sarcasmometer.
Soren Bundgard: thanks for this link and the note on Mann’s remark. To me it is very telling that, filled with enthusiasm, he gets careless and lets us all see that his cause justifies breaking the rules. His approach to things like science is unstable and I think it is now sliding uncontrollably toward patent, florid sociopathology. But IANAS (I am not a shrink) and I can’t even play one on the Interwebz. Still, watching Mann is a cause for wonder, and maybe a little wisdom, at how fools rush in. Pass the popcorn.
A warmista coat-of-arms would go well with that throne. On the left would be Gleick and on the right Mann, both wearing flame-proof armour, a fiery earth between them and something about integrity in the motto.