Bishop Hill Climate cuttings 39
Oct 22, 2010 Climate: Cuttings 
Another round of Climate Cuttings to set you up for the weekend...
Vaclav Klaus rounds of his trip to the UK with an article in the Spectator: Thank Heavens for Bob Carter.
Carter himself is meanwhile telling the residents of Hong Kong about what we know (or not) about the climate. Buy Bob's book here.
Also in the Spectator, Rod Liddle says that Dellers has lost his sense of humour over the 10:10 video. Liddle thinks it was "quite funny, and nicely done and even self-deprecatingly ironic". Right.
McIntyre seems to have got hold of one of Ray Bradley's emails, in which Mann's lieutenant says he has offered to drop his plagiarism charge if Wegman requests the withdrawal of his report to Congress. Commenters wonder if this amounts to blackmail and interfering with the congressional record. More at WUWT.
Donna Laframboise notes the curious case of Richard Klein, who moved from Greenpeace campaigner, to MSc, to IPCC lead author, to IPCC coordinating lead author and finally to his doctorate, in that order.
Michael Mann et al try the ad-hominem approach to dealing with Nature's positive review of Pielke Jnr's book.
And lastly, Nature reports that space tourism will accelerate climate change.
Reader Comments (19)
I always thought Rod Liddle was a twerp.
It's been another good week. I'm sure there must be many cuttings you have missed.
You missed the latest climate lunacy at the beeb (a balanced article). A PhD student no less!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11601014
I think it was Eli Rabett that forwarded the part about Bradley's e-mails. Bradley is the source.
Donna has been ripping the IPCC credibility all week . . . amazing having Lead Authors - the best the world can find, who just have bachelor's of arts degrees.
And her fisking of the "thousands of the world' best scientists is perfect.
That last one should bring out the Branson
The most important is the Bradley blackmailing of course.
" besmirching the integrity of the climate-research community"
My word, did Pielke write that they practice black magic & child sacrifice?
Oh-oh. Over two hundred years of climate info and studies may be broken up or even lost -
http://joannenova.com.au/2010/10/rare-historic-weather-observatory-faces-closure/
Donna Laframboise has done some great investigative journalism, as has Jo Nova (loc. cit.). Canada and Australia - the spark and spirit still alight.
Shub I think has it right:
'The most important is the Bradley blackmailing of course.'
Oct 22, 2010 at 8:15 PM | Shub
No pressure.
Bishop Phil thinks that Bishy is merely another willing dupe that will find out that the central body of the solar system does not shine out of McIntyre's arris, no matter how far Stevie waves his arms about. And that Stevie and his think tank chums will very soon find themselves under Federal investigation.
Bishop Phil thinks that at some point very soon Bishy will realise that like others, he placed his eggs in the wrong Lawson-shaped transatlantic basket.
But then, Bishop Phil does take care to observe a kindly view of human nature.
I always thought Rod Liddle was a twerp.
How right you are. It was on Liddle's watch that the BBC messed up the Alistair Campbell/"Dodgy Dossier" story - the scoop of the decade. Among the effects of this incompetence were that the survival of the Blair regime (by no means certain at that point) was ensured and, soon after, vengeful nails were driven into the coffin of the BBC's political independence. For an interesting and IMHO pretty fair account, see Greg Dyke's "Inside Story".
That said, though I thought that Splattergate was grossly overblown, the film was at best dreadfully crass.
OTOH, can anyone explain why it's OK to call some warmists "eco-fascist" but it's bad form for warmists to call critics of AGW theory "deniers"?
Best all round to encourage a more mature approach all round - or am I missing something?
"Bishop Phil thinks"
An interesting concept. However, the proof of it is yet to be shown.
Out of curiosity, concerning Donna Laframboise's investigations, does anyone know if North American first degrees are still regarded as covering significantly less ground than UK first degrees, because of the different attainments on leaving secondary school? They certainly used to be. When she describes a Dutch student as lacking a master's degree, I don't think that's really how it works on this side of the Atlantic; masters degrees aren't regarded as a necessary progression and a Dutch first degree may itself be roughly equivalent to a US masters.
Don't get too cocky about the way the wind seems to be blowing, the Team have a fight back strategy organised, read this and you know why the Hockey Stick was suddenly not important to Gavin a couple of months ago.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/10/22/mike-manns-secret-meeting-on-the-medieval-warm-period/#more-26876
Don: As usual, you hit the nail on the head. But I think it is wasted on Bishop Phil, as he won't get it.
Re: Bishop Phil.
Is there a bunny under that mitre?
Just wondering.
I have always liked Vaclav Klaus. Infact, when I first lived in the Czech Republic, just when it became the Czech Republic, and I knew no Czech, his ironic, self deprecating smile won me, even though some of my slightly left friends, including my girlfriend of the time, saw him with suspicion. Of course, there were many who knew something of history and are still with Klaus. Nice to see him grand and still active and what a great article. To quote:
"Let me declare from the outset that I consider global warming dogma...to be one of the most costly and undemocratic mistakes in generations and try, therefore, to contribute to it's demolition." Hear hear. There speaks an old and wise cold war warrior!