As many might have guessed I've been following this news since this weekend. Everything I've been trying to convey regarding the manipulation of and outright bad data, fudged models, dodged legal requests (FOI) and corruption of the scientific process (ie peer review) is being exposed through a hackers posting of a data dump by the CRU.
Several climate blogs have taken up the cause including :
http://motls.blogspot.com/2009/11/hacked-hadley-cru-foi2009-files.htmlhttp://camirror.wordpress.com/http://wattsupwiththat.com/For less technical see:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/crus_source_code_climategate_r.htmlhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704888404574547730924988354.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_readNow there will be a number of lawsuits to FINALLY get the so-called "scientific" community to open up the damn data and their models. For years this has been the thrust of the FOI requests and they've resisted. Gee I wonder why? Oh wait I no longer have to wonder.
In spite of all the disasters that have befallen myself, my friends, my state and my country over the past year, this Thanksgiving, I'm thankful that these corrupt, thieving, conniving liars are being exposed and that the potential man-made disaster of economic suicide via "green" revolution shall be laid to rest.
Happy Thanksgiving all!
Wine is sunlight, held together by water - Galileo Galilei
Un jour sans vin est comme un jour sans soleil - Louis Pasteur
Water separates the people of the world; wine unites them - anonymous
Wine is the most civilized thing in the world - Ernest Hemingway
Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance - Benjamin Franklin