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:
What is it they say about gift horses and mouths, seems MM gift to us is far more valuable than your calendar is to him.
Anthony, you surely have hurt Jim Hansen’s feelings by leaving him off of your Xmas list or did you really send him a lump of coal wrapped in a sock?
We all got way more than $15.84 worth of laughs — money well spent!
Mike clearly does not understand or appreciate the spirit of Christmas, i.e. the spirit of giving, which is characterized by generosity to loved ones, friends, associates and charity for the poor and downtrodden. He’s a true believer in that other religion–the one that demonizes humankind and asserts that man is changing the climate in ways that create a hell on earth. A modern version of original sin, you might call it.
Merry Christmas, Mike! If you don’t like your calender, donate it to someone less fortunate who can use it.
mpainter says:
December 22, 2012 at 7:10 pm
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.
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Stick around, it’ll get better after the holidays.
People stay warm and productive.
Ask for less.
Then what?
Ha, perhaps he just doesn’t believe in Christmas presents Anthony.
Ya know the politically correct climate crowd seems to assault all that is not polically correct in their eyes in the end.
Merry Christmas and or Happy Holidays to all!
Mann, this post brings back memories 🙂
Dennis Nikols says:
December 22, 2012 at 6:40 pm
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Hmmm … Maybe if you’d sent him an electric cleaver he could go back to Yamal and cut down a few more trees rings? Who knows how history would be changed!
Should have sent one to DR Lewandowski in Australia
Mann oh Mann – Mann sure got his nickers in a knot.
Merry Christmas to all.
Four people probably constitutes a consensus…lol!
Well Steve looks like a Steve; I would have missed completely on Mosh. Chasmod looks like he’s still sober; Merry Cristmas Chasmod.
And Anthony, you are having too much fun.
George
Well…from the cold white north Merry Christams Anthony
Tis the season for giving. You give a calendar to the gift that keeps on giving. And now he has a calendar to plan his future giving, day by day. So, you see, he is actually a most cheerful and jovial fellow, brimming with Christmas Spirit, and will go on giving and giving until he gives out.
Now, if he was the paranoid sort, brimming with suspicious malice, he would wonder why you chose to send him a calendar. Then….a light would go off in his genius brain. He’d remember the name of the fellow who worked with Keeling developing the “Keeling Curve” was named….”Callendar.”
Of course, of course! It’s all so simple, once you understand the devious subtleties of Anthony Watts……and his pack of wealthy oil tycoons. But he’s on to you now, fellows. Very soon he will figure out the mysterious code obtained by reading the calendar backwards, or upside down. So next year will find you blinking under the ruthless spotlight of his genius analysis….if he is the paranoid sort. (End Sarc.)
Have a merry Christmas, everyone! Into the darkest days there comes a bright light, called Truth. The tallest, darkest, most mighty shadow must fall away, even from the smallest light of that candle.
Love the social criticism Anthony makes when he ruminates on why Prof Mann doesn’t recognise the Costco photo centre production. You are 100% correct, Anthony, in my opinion. The well heeled Professor doesn’t shop where ordinary working people go to shop. These alarmists are the same in Australia. They all live in the best hip inner urban districts, have great, high pay, low stress government jobs and also, somewhat counter-intuitively, have the largest carbon footprints (Like Bongo from U2 or Lady Gaga).
Merry Christmas to all at WUWT
Merry Christmas Mr. Watts, you are a prince among men and a credit to your country. To paraphrase Winnie I think we are at the end of the begining. All the best for 2013 and best wishes to you and yours.
Prof. Mann needs to relax – and maybe see a therapist.
I can’t find an image for this calendar (3rd in a series) for the history of Hanna Coal but for just $12 you can send one to your favorite coal aficionado – what’s his name?
http://www.timesleaderonline.com/page/content.detail/id/543446/Hanna-Coal-s-past-recalled-in-calendars.html?nav=5010
The site does have one photo (looks to have been copied from an old newspaper).
What a sad wee fellow is this Mann. First he actually awards himself a Nobel Prize, no less, to boost his weeny ego, and now, like all paranoids, can no longer distinguish between humour and Big Persecution.
He’d be a whole heap of fun to be near at Christmas; probing the pudding for IED’s, checking the crackers for sarin, selecting the cherries of all one kind, and adjusting down the heating based on Sydney’s Christmas Day temp. .
Anthony,
You’ve done a superb job of spreading the cheer… I’m much more cheerful knowing that Mikey went off the deep end once again. And I agree with an earlier post… send him a bill!
Ya Anthony, I figure that you could start by contacting college republican groups and do group sales.
That’s sooo funny.
You could have been a Scrooge miser and posted him the calendar without postage stamps. If the US postal Service works similar to other countries, then the recipient of the post is supposed to pay for the unstamped mail.
Now what would have Mikey Mann tweeted then. LOL.
Steven Mosher says:
December 22, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Ya Anthony, I figure that you could start by contacting college republican groups and do group sales.
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Of what?
REPLY: The calendar, silly. See Mosh’s comment upstream – Anthony
This episode shows yet again how poor Michael Mann’s reasoning processes are. He is just a Desmog blogger with a PhD, an angry activist who wants to change the world to suit his own beliefs. What he is NOT is a careful, rigorous thinker.
He ASSUMES that the calendar must have been sent to some vast number of people for free (already a huge leap without evidence), and then ASSUMES that the evil (sic) Koch bros. must have something to do with it.
Everything I see of Michael Mann makes me think that he is merely Michael Moore with a PhD, another hot-headed propagandist with no respect for factual accuracy.
Maybe we need a thread on “The Two Michaels – Separated at Birth?”
In the US it would be returned to sender for insufficient postage.
Michael Mann sends his legions of warriors to protest at Anthony’s house
http://imgur.com/s6G8n
You know, leaving Mike’s address unblurred could have been your Christmas gift to all of us… 😉