Some days, you just have to laugh. As WUWT readers know, we’ve had the Josh 2013 Skeptic Calendar done independently in the UK via Bishop Hill, and of course we gauged interest here at WUWT. Josh sent over the artwork via email which I turned into the USA version. (Note: Dr. Mann probably doesn’t realize that Josh is a professional illustrator in the UK who gives his climate caricature services to skeptics free each week, just for fun.) Last week I sent out a few free copies to some folks that I thought could really use some Christmas cheer: Dr. Mike Mann, Dr. Gavin Schmidt, Dr. Peter Gleick, and Dana Nuccitelli.
Never beyond my wildest dreams did I think it would turn into a #Kochmachine conspiracy theory issue. But then again, there’s this strange pervading idea that skeptics are well funded and well organized. Here’s what Dr. Mann Tweeted today:
If four people is “widely distributed” well then I guess we all need to revise our world view.
It gets even funnier. Here is what he posted on Facebook:
The return label says COSTCO Photo Center, not Heartland, not Koch Brothers World Headquarters, and not “Skeptic Lair”. I guess Dr. Mann really is out of touch with the common man, because all he had to do was visit COSTCO photo center to see for himself that ANYONE can create and order calendars, and have them sent to friends or family, just like I did. No Koch Brothers credit card needed.
It is really easy. All you have to do is upload JPEG images (Josh’s artwork emailed to me) and use the calendar creator wizard.
Here’s what it looks like after completion in the COSTCO photo center website:
And in answer to the question of:
“Who paid for production and shipping costs for this flashy (apparently widely distributed) Anthony Watts WUWT climate change denial calendar?”
The answer is, me. I used my personal credit card, here’s the screen cap of the order to Dr. Mann. I’ve blurred out his address as a courtesy to him:
See the “did you know” sidebar item that allows you to send orders from COSTCO.
So, I spent a whopping $15.84 to send this, and about the same for the other three. Given the reaction, I’d say my plan to spread a little good humor just didn’t work on the humorless.
Merry Christmas anyway Dr. Mann, and to you too Gavin, Peter, and Dana. (Of course none of this would be an issue if the world had just ended yesterday like it was supposed to, but I’m an optimist).
If you want a calendar, you can get one here. For the USA edition, Josh and I split the meager profit, the Koch Brothers get nothing. If you are in the UK/Europe, you can get one at Bishop Hill’s place. Or at http://www.cartoonsbyjosh.com/
P.S. Oh, I should mention, I gave one to Steve McIntyre too. Here’s (Right to Left) Steve, Mosher, Charles the Moderator, and I at AGU in San Francisco at a private dinner at COCO500 (Steve and I split the check). Note the Josh calendar on the table:
UPDATE: 9AM PST 11/23 It seems Dr. Mann’s ploy has backfired. This article is now #1 on WordPress worldwide. See the screencap from the WordPress dashboard:
From his frothing and foaming reaction I think you definitely got $16 pleasure out of that gift. 😀 Oh Mickey Mickey.
Is Mann really such a Stooge?
An answer to Ina Warren from Mann’s response to your calendar.
“Put one in the time capsule. Anyone surviving the next century will need to see who sealed the fate on civilization.”
Maybe Ina will look like the fool when the warmist’s predictions don’t pan out in the next century!
In this particular Nativity scene MM seems to have grabbed the role starring as an Ass.
Still this does make some sort of twisted sense, and, if you think about it, completely in character for MM and the team.
MM gets a calendar, and comments about it by email to some close friends. Hey presto, Gavin Schmidt, Peter Gleick, and Dana Nuccitelli all reply – “We got one too.”
Being a good, nay great, Climatologist, Mann jumps to the only possible conclusion- it is an unmistakeable and sinister trend in the data.
Well done Anthony. Great site. Sending the Calendar was pure gold.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Actually….funny is not the word….paranoid schizoid is the word you are looking for. [snip – a bit over the top – Anthony]
They used to say about the Soviet leaders that they got confused and suspicious when anybody was nice to them. Mann seems to share a similar bunker mentality.
Ripper! Somethings you just can’t script. Obviously it would be impossible for Mann to have a cheery Christmas.
In the spirit of the season, I’ll resist (Mann), and send best wishes to the mugs in the portrait.
The bile,the venting,the rage and the tweets.
I suppose a simple `Thank you` or a witty `touche` would have been completely beyond him.
Is there a secret Groanpeace funded medical facility where these predictable,tedious,irredeemably unfunny berks have their sense of humour surgically removed?
Dennis Nikols says:
December 22, 2012 at 6:40 pm
. … WUWT’s readers, are truly eclectic and cleaver enough to do that for themselves and they do not need my attempts, so the concept is my seasonal present to all of you. Enjoy the moment.
Now I’m worried.
Can I recharge my eclectic cleaver from a windmill where the sun don’t shine?
Wit will I do if my eclectic cleaver isn’t sharpened?
Can an eclectic cleaver cut Y’mall pine trees, or only a select few of them?
REPLY: Note I fixed the spelling error in the original comment – Anthony
The title next year should be: The (widely distributed) WUWT 2014 Skeptic Calendar.
Flashy? Widely distributed? LOL.
Mann: “We know Anthony Watts received $44K/yr from Koch-funded #Heartland Institute (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2012/feb/15/leaked-heartland-institute-documents-climate-scepticism). Question is: Who paid for production and shipping costs for this flashy (apparently widely distributed) Anthony Watts WUWT climate change denial calendar?”
Hey, Mann, man up for once and enjoy the humor and Christmas spirit.
Michael Mann’s Christmases are now less joyful than at any other time in the last 2,000 years, according to Christmas tree ring data.
Spreading the truth with humor month-by-month via Costco! It doesn’t get any better than this! Thank you Anthony and a Most Merry Christmas to you!
I hope he received it on Dec 21, 2012.
$9.99 + S&H well spent!
Bravo!
(What is that old saying: “Pay them out enough rope and they will … themselves.“)
pat says: December 22, 2012 at 6:41 pm
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Interesting. This gives some insight into the global warming circus. Big Coal surplants Big Oil and so Big Arab joins the global warmers. Big Chuckle.
See it works, kind words and gestures to the Mann, yield great results.
Merry Christmas
What happened to “omanuel” who used to be one of the first to comment on every issue.
I hope he is OK.
REPLY: AFAIK He’s fine, but I had to give him the boot because he was thread bombing his iron sun theory on most every thread. He posts at Judith Curry’s place now. – Anthony
Ha ha! Brilliant that you sent him one! Even more brilliant he reacted!
In MasterCard terminology:
Personalized Calendar? $9.99
Shipping and handling $4.95
Mann’s over the top humorless response? Priceless!!!
Hey Anthony,
I’ll give you $25 for my very own copy. 365 laughs. Pretty cheap.
Ha,
I wonder if you could get student book store at his university to pick up the calender.
That would be a hoot.
Great idea Mosh! He’d probably go buy them all to keep them from being seen.
I just donated $15.84. Hope that clears up who is funding this. 😉
Mann doesn’t seem to realize that some people actually work for a living. Thus they are able to use their own funds to send presents to others.
Look, if Mike can deduce the earth’s temperature record from a few dodgy tree rings, I’m certain he can extrapolate an entire universe of conspiracy from the receipt of a simple calendar!
Why go to all the trouble of getting evidence when your ‘hunch’ is so reliable?