Gosh, what does one do to become a “professional climate change denier”? Does Penn State offer that course? Heh.
He does look happy though. Plus, he has an interesting choice of wall art, I thought sure he’d frame his famous graph. Maybe he has a special room for that. Despite this “exoneration” that according to Sir Muir, didn’t examine the science, his hockey stick still doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
It’s dead. Jeff Id does a great review of what Muir missed, simple, basic, things that anyone who can read can see for themselves.
Here’s the link to the video interview, about 10 minutes long, if you can stand to watch that long.
About 6:45 into the interview Mann blames the current (east coast) heat wave on manmade warming. Of course we all know (because we are repeatedly beaten over the head with the phrase like we’re stupid or something) that “weather is not climate”. Me thinks it’s more about asphalt.
‘Scuse me while I go look for an antiemetic. (mmpf!)
h/t to WUWT reader Loodt Pretorius
Update: From WUWT comments (Philip Foster) we have this.
If anyone is moved to write to Sir Muir Russell, here is his office address:
Sir Muir Russell
Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland
38-39 Drumsheugh Gardens
Edinburgh
EH3 7SW
Scotland
Regardless of this video of this “vindicated” scientist, it is amusing to observe they needed at least 5 reports to exonerate the poor Mann.
If they wish to keep what’s left of their credibility -very little as we know- they should stop there…
In the time of World Cup Soccer, the Sir Muir report was the an antiClimatic Mannshaft…
“Mann’s biased and antagonistic comments are ok? ”
This is the dialogue you have fostered, Mr. Watts. It is a little late to begin playing the martyr or crying foul play. The scientists are gaining a voice in the media. You can backlash like small children or you can discuss. For many of us, your voice is the more blatantly provoking and unreasonable.
REPLY: Oh gosh, you don’t get around to some of the other sites much do you? Since you dodged it, I’ll repeat:
Mann’s biased and antagonistic comments are ok? And a bonus question: Is it OK to use your taxpayer funded position at a university to harrass the public? – A
The fortran code has not changed. It still manipulates the data.
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/hide-the-decline-climategate-song-m4gw/fa4836642edbc688d9b2fa4836642edbc688d9b2-169180726588?q=hide%20the%20decline%20video&FORM=VIRE6
I watched the original video again. None of these whitewash reports refutes a single claim in this simplistic video.
Jules says:
July 8, 2010 at 2:10 pm
“Gosh, what does one do to become a “professional climate change denier”?”
“I rate it an A++ for Alarmist bafflegab and for self-satisfied puffery.”
Many of us would take you more seriously, Mr. Watts et al., if you were not so obviously biased and antagonistic.
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Biased by science and fact; antagonistic when challenged on it.
I don’t see a surprise at all.
They investigated themselves for lying, cheating, and rigging the results…
…..now isn’t that odd
What I want to know is how do I become a professional “climate change denier” and start to collect my well earned stipend from the fuels industry that they surely must owe me.
But does it matter if I am not a climate change denier; after all, if the weather changes; and we know it changes every day and in every part of the globe; so how could climate not change. It’s me taking the blame for it that I am against. For the last time; no I didn’t do it; and no; nothing I could possibly do; would either do it; or undo it.
So get off my back; but I still could use that stipend than Professor Mann of Penn State, says I am due. He must be the second thing that Penn State is known for; don’t they play some sort of football there?
No: not the Copa Mondial kinda football; but that real “please don’t kick the ball” kind of football ?
Yes, well, i just had to watch it and I have to say that it didn’t disappoint.
Same old MM, same old collective nouns, contrarians, deniers, orchestrated professional big oil funded enemies of the people who have moved from lobbying about tobacco etc etc. This record is well and truly worn out. Michael Mann is a poor deluded soul who, (it appears to me) has totally lost touch with reality.
Sad really.
Mom2girls says:
July 8, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Wait till the Virginia AG gets done with him…
This week it is reported that Greenpeace is doing an all out personal attack on the AG. Just like Mann claims to be the victum of. You don’t want to attack a prosecutor and then try to win a case.
I watched the video and was blown over when she stated a question that included the phrase “given the global consensus” and he didn’t correct her.
There can’t be a global consensus regarding a branch of Science that’s only 10+ years old unless everyone is on to many meds or am I missing something important?
I couldn’t watch this pile of bullshits till the end.
I could only watch about six minutes of this crap. So much of the same arguments about the ‘skeptics/deniers’ , such as being funded by the fossil fuel industry,
I suggest we ALL write, phone, or e-mail him, and ask him to have a DEBATE with other prominent climate researchers, such as Dr. Spencer, Dr. Lindzen, Dr. Christy, et al. about this. And with no nasty comments or threats, just something simple as,
“Mr. Mann, I would like very much to see you debate your position on climate change with others in your field, such as Dr. Roy Spencer, Dr. Richard Lindzen, Dr. Christy. Would you please consider doing so. ”
This is from Mann’s website as to address, phone, and e-mail
523 Walker Building
University Park, PA 16802
Email: mann@psu.edu
Phone: (814) 863-4075
It is a stream of climate-consciousness!
Did he just say “Mother Nature”?
UPDATE, concerning e-mailing Michael Mann:
(ref posting of July 8, 2010 at 3:00 pm)
I just got an out-of-office reply from Mann’s e-mais that says:
“I will be away from my email through July 24, 2010.
Any email sent before then may remain unread and be discarded. If your message is important, you will need to resend after that date.”
. . how CONVEEEENIENT . . . ! ! !
A bit OT but below that video linked on Mann on the same page is also a video of how the spill is pushing the energy bill through congress.
The more that congressional action is pushed right now the more my suspicions grow that either the BP manager who OKed the flushing of the mud that caused that spill or someone even higher up in BP was possibly bought off to make such an asinine decision. It has come out that they knew that well was having trouble weeks, even months, before the blowout. I think a query for a possible criminal investigation into that explicit matter may be now be called for, something is starting to stink and it’s not from the oil.
I say, who was it that did these jolly old inquiries, eh old chap? Sir Humphrey Appleby? Sound fellow. Only asks questions where he thinks he knows the answers …
Penn State does produce first-rate linebackers. Given the he-gets-grants-ergo-he’s-innocent logic of the university investigatiors, they should appoint Mann to take over football recruiting. I doubt that Joe Pa would be happy in that valley.
“REPLY: Thanks, fixed. I was fighting nausea. -A”
Odd, after watching the video, I , too, became distracted by an overwhelming urge to purge. Is this an epidemic? Are other critical thinkers similarly effected?
I lasted just over a minute. I don’t care what the “investigations” say, I read the emails – I can read.
What they are doing here is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments
But some of us will not budge:
It doesn’t matter what the science is, and it doesn’t matter what Mann’s actions were. The University needed to exonerate him for the simple legal reason that finding otherwise would open the university to all sorts of lawsuits. That’s how it works in this country.
Whatever became of Mann’s threat to take the “Hide the Decline” parody folks to court? I haven’t heard anything of it as of late, but I’m glad it was posted above as it gave me a reprieve; I simply could not get myself to listen to Mann’s self-exoneration video–I’ve got a steel stomach but not for his ilk.
If we can win the house back this November, Inhofe may be able to serve some justice. Until then, there is no law.
Perhaps Mann can now help OJ find the real killer.
ZT says:
July 8, 2010 at 1:54 pm
So the “Hide The Decline” tune is back?
I love it! Thanks ZT!
Given the fawning at some other websites, next I predict we’ll see a YouTube video saying “Leave Mikey Alone!”.
Like this one:
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc ]
Chris Mooney would be good in that.
Jules says:
July 8, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Many of us would take you more seriously, Mr. Watts et al., if you were not so obviously biased and antagonistic.
“Us” meaning what, Alarmist trolls? You’re right, though there is a bias here, in favor of science, and the truth. But, I guess you wouldn’t know anything about that.
People tend to get angry when they are lied to by people they are supposed to be able to trust. Surprise, surprise.