Bishop Hill notes:
Remember Jagadish Shukla, the American professor who called for racketeering laws to be used against sceptics? There was considerable interest when it was revealed that Prof Shukla appeared to be working full time for a charity he ran, as well as taking his university salary. This “double dipping” seems to have been brought to the attention of US lawmakers, who have asked auditors to investigate. It’s not looking good for Prof Shukla:
According to [House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith]’s letter, the audit “appears to reveal that Dr. Shukla engaged in what is referred to as ‘double dipping.’ In other words, he received his full salary at GMU, while working full time at IGES and receiving a full salary there.”
Mr. Smith cites a memo from the school’s internal auditor in claiming that Mr. Shukla appeared to violate the university’s policy on outside employment and paid consulting. The professor received $511,410 in combined compensation from the school and IGES in 2014, according to Mr. Smith, “without ever receiving the appropriate permission from GMU officials.”
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
What’s the problem? After Peter Gleick I’m no longer fazed by any criminal activity on the part of the warmists. They have the academic and political establishment on their side, so they can do no wrong. Or, more accurately, they can do any wrong they like, and they won’t get punished.
I’m just wondering how Shukla will be let off the hook. Perhaps, like Father Ted, the money will be found to be ‘just resting temporarily in his account’…
Izzat a typo up above ??
I thought the name of the show was Kukla, Fran and Ollie .
Never watched it though so I could be speling it rong.
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Kukla was the sock puppet clown, so in a way it was prescient.
Where’s a sock puppet sheep when you need one?
I bet DeSmog blog is all over this story.
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BA HA HA HA HA
Just a perfect day …but you’re gonna reap what you sow…
There are many forms of “Double Dipping” the biggest “Double Dip”in American history is tacking place right now.
I am sure that when the Constitution was written there would have been a “Double Dipping” clause, but those wise old men never thought that the American public would be so stupid as to even think about electing the wife of a former President, I seem to think that it is written somewhere that a President can only run for 2 TWO terms in office,?
As far as RICO prosecutions, it evidently takes a racketeer to pretend to recognise one 🙂
I remember seeing Jagdish, who went to Faber College in the 60;s at about 1:06 in this clip:
He must have gone on too even greater higher education after Faber…
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Beat me too it.
I thought that was Obama in the centre, but ok.
Ah, the old “stop thief!” syndrome that we see so often with those who brandish the “d-word”.
It would be so sweet for charlatans to receive their punishment in real time.
Amen.
The government should redirect his grant money to Anthony.
Never. This site must remain independent.
But he is a Climateer and a liberal, so it is allowed.
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Allowed?
Required, I think.
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The investigators will find nothing because surely the data, ie., his accounts, will be ‘homogenised’ and adjusted to hide the truth (and hence, the “decline” in propriety, morality, honesty… you name it). Once ‘homogenised’ his accounts will appear to the untrained eye to be pristine. I’m sure there’s a hockey stick in there somewhere… Shukla’s income plotted against time should do it.
A job that calls for Lord Stern’s mathematical prowess.
Shukla Shukla Shukla sounds like a train coming down the track!
Keep looking, there’s gotta be Shuklat Factory in there somewhere.
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“…off the track.”
I’m thinking a Crazy Train.
“In today’s post, I’ll make an attempt to follow the money.”
Shukla’s Gold
It’s not what you know, but who !
Dig deeper !!!!
As one who grew up with “Kukla, Fran, and Ollie” on the old black-and-white tube, I appreciate the play on words, Anthony. Made me smile
Glad you noticed that.
Chuckling, Pan and Jolly.
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The crime is actually much more serious than just double dipping. He diverted funds to a different charity of his in India; he hired his wife and daughter as management consultants for his climateering work and paid them hefty salaries for doing nothing. He received over $6million from the same guy at NSF (NASA?) and has none or meagre results of studies that were to be done. I think his NSF handler should also be given a financial proctology and his paper work and progress reports on the flow of the cash for these supposed projects. Show us the 6 million worth and who received what. The double dipping is probably a wrist slap punishment and repayment exercise – the the 6million doesn’t get investigated.
It’s amazing how much a shredder can cover up.
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/08/real-reason-sec-has-been-shredding.html
http://www.wired.com/2010/04/0413mk-ultra-authorized/
Gary
So if his wife and daughter (why not his dog, too?) actually did “nothing”, from my (skeptic) perspective, that’s actually better than doing “something” if you’re a warmer.
Ok, that’s about as much lipstick as I can put on this pig.
Ruh roh.
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Not a wrist slap. A Penn State prof did something very similar with an single NIH grant. Was charged with criminal wire fraud and sentanced to 41 months in federal prison plus restitution of $640k. If McIntyre’s audit is correct, Shukla and hismwife illegally pocketed over $6 million since 2001. Also, Shukla filed false outside interest disclosures to Virginia (as prof at GMU he is a state employee), which is a state criminal offense.
The Wall Street Journal commented on this today — needs further distribution.
here’s the WSJ link
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-climate-change-1-1456886481
This petty crook Shula (actually, not so petty) is the very definition of a self-licking ice cream cone.
Not to mention an ethics-free zone.
Shukla
This is good news about a cheating GW advocate. However, Shukla is unlikely to be alone in the world of make believe global warming where big money and greed leave principles behind. I think all sceptics (and genuine warmists) particukarly in the US, should now work on routing out those who might be seen as using GW funds illegaly thus providing them with the means to shout louder against a rational sceptic viewpoint, whilst at the same time providing them with a lifestyle above their status in life, especially if they are associated with any charity that has been specifically created to support the GW dogma.
They all pale in comparison to the Clinton Foundation. If you want to see the professionals in action, you have to start there.
Let he has not sinned cast the first stone.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Maybe in Indian culture they do not have equivalent expressions. Graft is the norm there, but at least an intelligent person would not start throwing mud.
Not to mention that those who live in grass houses should not store thrones. (A very old joke, for those who are not all that old.)
I’m sure you know about the boyfoot bear with teaks of Chan. Well, Shukla’s barefaced toy with leaks of mann.
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“People who live in grass houses should not stow thrones.”
Willis, you may find this interesting:
http://climategrog.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/co2_nh_ice_area_1985.png
https://climategrog.wordpress.com/co2_nh_ice_area_1985/
CO2 in the Arctic seems to be closely related to ice cover but flattens off once the ice freezes over in the winter. Probably tells us something about the importance of the Arctic waters as CO2 sink.
oops, wrong thread.
All he has to do is create a model of his salary , pass it onto NASA then get it sent to our BOM then resend back .
All completely legit and I’m sure the sums add up with at least 37 percent confidence .
Yeah, and I been thinkin’ it’s the coccoliths.
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The correct phrase is “Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy.”
He couldn’t see it coming? My, what a clear conscience he must have; a model for his fellows.
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The interesting thing is; not only did calling for a RICO make perfect sense to him and the other 11 signatories, but that he was double dipping, holding two full time jobs and sub-contracting both his wife’s and his daughter’s family business with nary a whiff of self awareness that this might be considered wrong.
They are truly lost people who should not be anywhere near power, money or children.
His mis-direction backfired.
Someone looked behind the curtain
well hes just following the glowing example set by so many medicos and uni bods who takes as much if not more than salary from the pharmas…seems its pretty endemic in american universities and ‘teaching” hospitals.
not really the sort of teaching/example Id want my kids picking up as acceptable behaviour
I do wish articles would not rely upon links which are behind a paywall as the WSJ articles are. This outlet is of no interest to me in the UK and as such I would never be a subscriber. I should not be presumed able to read any story of theirs that was linked to from here.
Edit:// my apologies to our host. The wsj link appears in the article at Bishop Hill. I misunderstood what was copied over from there.
There’s supposed to be an easy workaround, but it never works for me.
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WSJ is referring to Rep. Smith’s letter summarizing the results of his committees investigations (which confirm McIntyre’s) and referring the matter tomthe NSF IG for legal follow up (prosecution). Google will take you to several sites where the letter is reproduced or linked in full.
My thanks ristvan
“So Haman was hanged on the gallows that he had built for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger cooled down.”
Esther 7:10
Toff the tosh.
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er, ‘Doff the tosh’.
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Climate con man is becoming all too common
“Temarc! The river Temarc in winter!”
“Darmok…?”
“…and Jalad at Tanagra. Uzani, his army. Shukla, when the walls fell.”
Too true. Slain is the beast at Tanagra.
Famous last words: “CO2 made me do it”
Well, as Richard Nixon learned, you really should’t try to “get” people who have more on you than you do on them…
Many, many years ago…1957 to be exact…George Mason was a pretty good school. Even had a law school for those who could not get into Georgetown, GW or American. How is it ranked today?
According to US News & World Report (and Google):
Georgetown #14
George Mason #42
I also Googled “how many US law schools”: answer is 205 ABA-approved schools
But it’s OK, he will shortly be able to join his old buddy Pachauri in jail! They can talk all day about how they saved the world – I’m sure all the other inmates will be enthralled.
The latest on Pachauri:
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-rk-pachauri-sends-almost-6000-love-messages-to-former-colleague-2185698
What a racket!
If he gets out of this investigation he deserves a spot in the Hillary team like maybe WH science adviser or EPA director. He may have what it takes, at least from the key Teflon test used by dear leaders.
Now stop and have a think about this. Here we have a staunch supporter of the AGW meme schlepping money from the warmistas into his back pocket. All of this money was already thrown away anyway…………”studies” related to a problem that doesn’t exist.
I’m sorry, but I just don’t have a problem with relieving fools of their money. Even if that money is our tax dollars. Remember, all of this money was earmarked to study a non-existent problem. This money was a “total loss” the very moment it was so earmarked.
So, from that perspective, does it really matter whose back pocket it ended up in? Had it been spent as intended, it would still have ended up in the back pockets of many other scam artists. So, does it really matter all that much if it ended up in one scam artist’s back pocket or many?