Some days, you get gifts from on high.
Dr. Michael Mann apparently still doesn’t understand how his own actions invoked the Streisand effect. So, he compares people asking questions to the larval form of insects.
Steve McIntyre tips us off to this and writes with the driest wit possible:
From time to time, we hear from climate scientists that they are limited in their responses by the dignity of their profession. The dignity to which climate scientists aspire is nicely exemplified by the following remarks of a prominent real_climate_scientist:
hey trolls who have been given marching orders to flood the comment threads here like an infestation of beetle larvae: Don’t bother! We’ve seen the mindless talking points before, and coming here to parrot them simply (a) pollutes the otherwise thoughtful discussion in the comment threads here, and (b) exposes the intellectual bankruptcy of your climate change denial zealotry.
Here’s the screencap:
I wonder, has Dr. Mann just libeled everyone whose comments he has been serially deleting? The best part is Steve McIntyre’s response, be sure to read it here.
In other news, it has now been 10 days since Mark Steyn wrote the article that ticked off Dr. Mann, and now the backlash has sent him scurrying for entomological comparisons for lack of any better arguments.
Since the Steyn article is still there, I suspect that NRO has told Dr. Mann and his attorney to “go fish”. Well, at least he’s having bait delivered.
I’m reminded of this quote from Dr. Roger Pielke Jr.:
“If Michael Mann did not exist, the skeptics would have to invent him.”
Stay classy Mike!
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[cross-posted with BH] Mann cannot dare to allow serious legal and public attention to his record. He’s not that crazy. He’s re-writing history with is book and book tour, but he would not dare to have to face legal discovery and cross-examination from a well-prepped attorney. Just remember how ridiculous the Penn State “inquiry” really was, Mann has skated free until now with pal reviews and cushy protections:
Clive Crook in The Atlantic on ludicrous Penn State “inquiry” on Mann (July 14, 2010)
Upset, is he? Oh.
To quote, quote, quote him,
Is to mock, mock, mock him.
And we do,
And we do,
And we doooooo.
pouncer says:
July 25, 2012 at 3:09 pm
And while we’re at it, what ever happened to Tim Ball?
The plaintiff’s claims were filed in March 2011. Surely there’s been discovery by now…
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I read here at WUWT that Mann is stalling discovery. The ball is now in the hands of the court.
30 years worth of scam is crumbling. Man has cracked and was a pillar of the foundation. How much albedo from the dust of the collapse of CAGW? There may be serious global cooling for years to come. Therefore, CAGW causes global cooling as a result of the collapse of global warming. See, it’s too complicated for us mere mortals to understand.
When the dust clears we may be in another ice age, and before I have finished contributing to CO2 increase by the results of my breathing.
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Hey, maybe Mann has a sense of humour after all. ;->
Well, in fairness, is is referring to facebook, after all.
When does he get a statue?
I heard that there was an opening.
If he doesn’t want to attract beetles he should stop secreting pheromones.
I’d say that as with another…public figure, the heat is getting to Dr. Mann. Again, as with other unnamed yet visible personas, being publicly questioned, then made fun of, doesn’t seem to compute. Are we approaching critical mass? Pop up the Redenbacher’s and see what happens next!
Mann comes across as rather an unpleasant person , the odd thing is his view the fellows in ‘the Team ‘ in little better light than he does AGW sceptics . When he falls the nature of the people lining up to kick him on the way down , I think will surprise many people .
Keep him in the spot light, keep him under pressure and watch him blow
Let’s not forget David Suzuki’s acidhead assertion that all of humanity are maggots. But some maggots are more equal than others.
How do I join the “Hair Grub For Mann”?
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/2010/10/06/news/economy/michael_mann_climate.fortune/michael_mann.03.jpg
I spend a fair bit of time on facebook. However , it looks like Mann spends a whole lot more time on there, judging by his number of posts. I guess when the science is settled, one need not do any more research. Instead, receive a long series of smug sycophants, if indeed such a thing exists.
As we say in Holland: ‘Hollow vassels sound the loudest’.
QED
So, finally some scientific use from Michael Mann!
Andrew30 says:
July 25, 2012 at 4:14 pm
When does he get a statue?
I heard that there was an opening.
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Perhaps they need a statue of Mann to replace this one
Mann has not filed suit yet.
Of course, in most jurisdictions, he will have up to a year before the statute of limitations will expire.
But sending a strongly worded demand letter, and then NOT filing suit does a certain amount of damage to the credibility of any future protestations.
Slightly, but not completely, o/t. Mann’s bahaviour reminded me.
I’ve seen a lot of poisonous stuff in the course of reading the climate science blogs, but never have I seen so much venom and false accusations packed into a short email, as one received today by a friend of mine, that implicated me.
What was most telling was the use of the phrase:
I’m thankful to WUWT for opening my eyes to the jaundice, bile, and gangrene going by the name of Green. Thankful, yet I still care about green values myself that also include courtesy, truth, justice, humanity, and compassion.
This is why scientists can’t be trusted with making policy determinations. Only professsional engineers, who can lose their licences, have the ability to see the big picture, or the balls to make the important calls.
The feeling is mutual, Mikey. All of your bluster and puffery isn’t going to keep you from the state pen, though.
pouncer says:
July 25, 2012 at 3:09 pm
And while we’re at it, what ever happened to Tim Ball?
The plaintiff’s claims were filed in March 2011. Surely there’s been discovery by now…
This link will bring you up to date.
http://johnosullivan.wordpress.com/
From the link…
(1.) The “Truth Defense” to Libel
Canadian courts offer the defendant in a libel lawsuit the unique opportunity to pursue the “truth defense.“ Ball has sagely opted to pursue that path rather than, for example, the “fair comment” defense. This is because the “truth defense” places a higher – more onerous – evidential burden on the parties. This means any and all evidence demanded by either party in the ongoing discovery process must be revealed. So effective can the “truth defense” be that some cynics refer to it as the “scorched earth” defense.
(2.) “Spoliation”: The Intentional Withholding/Destruction of Evidence
Since 2008 we can give thanks that Canada has beefed up it’s due process laws to punish litigants that intentionally withhold or destroy evidence (e.g. see McDougall v. Black & Decker Canada Inc.,[1.]). This means that Mann’s lawyer, Roger McConchie, cannot persist in indefinitely stalling over compliance with Ball’s motion to hand over those “hockey stick” r-squared correlation coefficient numbers.
He’s right, eh?!!
hth and Cheers
Maybe a Penn State Vindication will come into common use as a phrase like “whitewash,” or “sweep under the rug” or “turn a blind eye” as a synonym for a cover-up. Or perhaps “A PSV”? A “Penn Wash?” “A Nitany Nay-So”?
Climate debate
http://tinypic.com/r/9suon9/6
A doctor of: Dumb, Dumber or Dumbest?
coalsoffire says:
July 25, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Appears NOAA, worried about an infestation of their own, is hiring Mann as the exterminator.,