Problem data (for warmers)

It seems that so called scientists at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) and other institutions might be finally willing to properly respond to Freedom Of Information (FOI) requests. Not surprising, now that the genie is out of the bottle and it is going to be increasingly more criminal to claim that data related to FOI requests doesn’t exist or can’t be released due to some excuse.

No wonder the “warmers” — to give them a name, as “scientist” clearly fails to describe what they are — were manipulating data, as their precious models don’t match actual observations unless data is discarded, ignored and manipulated.

Special appreciation for bringing this matter forward goes to Mr. David Holland, who has for years taken on the warmers, the inconsistencies in their published data, and their so called conclusions.¹

It will be interesting to see how the new — hopefully more accurate and complete — data impacts the predictions. Perhaps it’s time to get ready for that next ice age, as predicted in the 1970′s by the then-coolers-now-warmers…

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Wry Heat

No matter what side of the issue one might be on, this is serious stuff. And the debate is now turning from how badly the public has been misled, to whether or not someone should face criminal consequences. This isn’t surprising, as it would seem quite logical that actions taken knowingly to deceive for financial gain would be covered by fraud statutes.

Some commentaries on the unraveling ClimateGate scandal:

• Wry Heat
• Congress May Probe Leaked Global Warming E-Mails
• Climategate e-mails sweep America, may scuttle Barack Obama’s Cap and Trade laws
• Obama faces delicate balancing act on climate
• Climategate: five Aussie MPs lead the way by resigning in disgust over carbon tax
• How to Forge a Consensus
• Pretending the climate email leak isn’t a crisis won’t make it go away
• EDITORIAL: Hiding evidence of global cooling
• Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of ‘Anthropogenic Global Warming’?
• Climategate: sack ‘no longer credible’ Michael Mann from IPCC urges climatologist

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Global Warming for Idiots

Interesting development in the continuing saga of the Church of Man Made Global Warming (CMMGW).

It seems that some of the most vocal proponents of the concept of man made global warming were adding quite a thick layer of lipstick on their statistics and numbers to make them fit what they would like to say about the climate.

While this has been long recognized by those who are rightfully critical of the claims made by global warming advocates, it is only now that some leaked emails provide detail into the process by which the lipstick was applied, and the number of layers that some thought were needed.

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