Michael Mann: Harper's War on Science

mentalfloss

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So now that you guys have blown your wad and failed, how would you like to reconcile this?

The Harper administration has made it clear that all research related to Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), even that conducted with the help of outside parties, is “deemed to be confidential.” According to its new policy, no involved party “may release such information to others in any way whatsoever without prior written authorization of the other party.” Silently released behind the doors of the DFO, the new protocol only came to light after an anonymous researcher published the document online.
 

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Colpy, climategate was debunked a looooooong time ago.

What the Hell are you talking about?

Michael Mann is a liar and a fraudster.




The above is the infamous "hockey stick" graph.



This is the actual temperatures over the last 15 years.

Mann is at least incompetent. Considering his legal attempts to shut up anyone that points that simple fact out, one is hard pressed to take him seriously.

The GLOBAL WARMING fraud has been a HUGE success. It has made Al Gore $200 million, and propelled con artists like Mann and Suzuki to academic fame.
 

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The Harper administration has made it clear that all research related to Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), even that conducted with the help of outside parties, is “deemed to be confidential.”
As it should be.
 

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You're right, by the people who wrote the emails.

Climate Gate, East Anglia University, the fraudulent application of the Peer Review system (as it applies to AGW) will forever be remembered by the entire globe.

The outright criminal fraud by these groups will not be forgotten anytime within the next 100 generations

So now that you guys have blown your wad and failed, how would you like to reconcile this?

The Harper administration has made it clear that all research related to Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), even that conducted with the help of outside parties, is “deemed to be confidential.” According to its new policy, no involved party “may release such information to others in any way whatsoever without prior written authorization of the other party.” Silently released behind the doors of the DFO, the new protocol only came to light after an anonymous researcher published the document online.

Nothing stopping Mann or any of the other ecotards from putting up the cash to do their studies.

Fact is, he who pays the piper on this is the one that makes the decisions related to ownership and confidentiality.

I suggest that you call up Mann, The IPCC and the rest of the ecotards and see how much money that Flossy will need to front for the 'studies'.

Then you'll be in the position to publish it until your heart's content
 

mentalfloss

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Cap'n, that information was well known before this Mann article.

If your argument is tinfoil hatting then you'll need to raise the bar.

Btw, 2009 came and went and the climategate thing was an enormous failure.
 

captain morgan

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Cap'n, that information was well known before this Mann article.

If your argument is tinfoil hatting then you'll need to raise the bar.

The premise remains.

If you want that info and/or studies to be executed, put up the cash.

As it is the Canadian Feds that are paying the freight, they make the rules.

You don't like 'em? Great, take you ball and go home
 

mentalfloss

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What premise?

That there is a conspiracy?

The clamp down on information and cuts to science are already known.
 

captain morgan

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What part of "the Canadian gvt owns that info and can do whatever the hell they want" is confusing to you?

I don't give a rat's a$$ about cutting funding, it really has little to do with the premise that they (gvt) owns that info
 

mentalfloss

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Well that obviously depends on the government in question. There are plenty of governments that allow for transparency, especially in this domain.
 

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What the Hell are you talking about?

Michael Mann is a liar and a fraudster.




The above is the infamous "hockey stick" graph.



This is the actual temperatures over the last 15 years.

Mann is at least incompetent. Considering his legal attempts to shut up anyone that points that simple fact out, one is hard pressed to take him seriously.

The GLOBAL WARMING fraud has been a HUGE success. It has made Al Gore $200 million, and propelled con artists like Mann and Suzuki to academic fame.

The first graph goes back 1000 years and the second, 15 years. There's no basis for comparison there.