In one instance, we have a journalist blowing a couple of small discrepancies in the IPCC reports out of proportion in an effort to discredit the entire body of work. Fortunately, in this case, climate scientists have reacted as swiftly as one could expect, in providing substantial rebuttals, and putting the issue in its place:

Overall then, the IPCC assessment reports reflect the state of scientific knowledge very well. There have been a few isolated errors, and these have been acknowledged and corrected. What is seriously amiss is something else: the public perception of the IPCC, and of climate science in general, has been massively distorted by the recent media storm. All of these various “gates” – Climategate, Amazongate, Seagate, Africagate, etc., do not represent scandals of the IPCC or of climate science. Rather, they are the embarrassing battle-cries of a media scandal, in which a few journalists have misled the public with grossly overblown or entirely fabricated pseudogates, and many others have naively and willingly followed along without seeing through the scam.

This is actually a very good source for accurate information on the many misconceptions that have developed based on this misinformation. I highly recommend that it be bookmarked for anyone who is interested climate change.

Another recent development has been a series of misquotes by yet another “journalist”. In this case, several scientists have been interviewed, only to find out later that something entirely different than what they said was printed in the paper.

A great source of information on this has been Tim Lambert at Deltoid:

Deltoid can reveal that as well as misrepresenting Murari Lal and Mojib Latif, David Rose did the same thing to Roger Pielke Jr. Just as with Lal and Latif, no correction has been made.

Andrew Revkin at the New York Times has also been on top of this, and has even obtained an email from one of the misquoted scientists:

I am not a Glaciologist but a Climatologist and the statement attributed to me in “Glacier scientist: I knew data hadn’t been verified” By David Rose in UK Daily Mail on 24th January 2010 has been wrongly placed. I never said this story at any time and strongly condemn the writer for attributing this to me.

More specifically, I never said during my conversation with Rose the following statements being attributed to me:

(a) ‘it was included purely to put political pressure on world leaders.’

(b) ‘It related to several countries in this region and their water sources. We thought that if we can highlight it, it will impact policy-makers and politicians and encourage them to take some concrete action.’

(c) ‘It had importance for the region, so we thought we should put it in.’, and

(d) ‘We as authors followed them to the letter,’ he said. ‘Had we received information that undermined the claim, we would have included it.’.

Contrary to the claim by Rose that “Hayley Fowler of Newcastle University, suggested that their draft did not mention that Himalayan glaciers in the Karakoram range are growing rapidly,” the Asia Chapter does include this finding under section 10.2.4.2 on page 477.

What I said was “As authors, we had to report only the best available science (inclusive of a select few grey literatures as per the rules of procedure) which is “policy-relevant and yet policy-neutral” and that’s what we collectively did while writing the Asia Chapter. None of the authors in Asia Chapter were Glaciologist and we entirely trusted the findings reported in the WWF 2005 Report and the underlying references as scientifically sound and relevant in the context of climate change impacts in the region.

Regards,

Dr. Murari Lal

1006, Osimo Bldg., Mahagun Mansion-II
1/4 Vaibhavkhand, Indirapuram
Ghaziabad – 201014
Uttar Pradesh, INDIA]

Above all, it’s most disappointing to me to see how many people have whole-heartedly accepted this misinformation, without any attempt at thinking critically about any of it for a minute first. It’s unfortunate, but it’s par for the course these days.

I’m sorry, but this is just cool. This is a picture of the Rio Grande samba school in their unique costumes during the celebrations of the Rio Carnival 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

h/t: MSNBC Photo Blog

Michelle Malkin is A Mental Illness

There, I said it-

You know it’s true, so, why Beat Around the George W. Bush any longer?

Seriously, Fuck Her if she can’t take a Joke, which we Know She John McCunt, er…Can’t.

She’s Nuts.

Bonkers.

MoonBatShit Crazy.

Every time I hear her  Self-Ingratiating Voice I pray for the sky to rain down anvils or grand pianos.

Smart Bombs tracking a Dummy Target.

Maybe I am, and Maybe I am.

America, do you Hear It?

Do You?

Didn’t Think So, but if it’s any Consolation-…

No One is Listening

ENOUGH.

sometimes Nothing Makes Sense.

And how.

Man, oh, Man does it Evah!!

America is Teetering…Tweetering?

And in Wingnuttia, the Drool CoAGulAtes.

The Right Wing is DEAD.

Committed Suicide back in High School.

Senior Year, if I’m remembering correctly.

All that remains, is…

I don’t have to Say/Write anything I don’t Want.

Lately, I don’t Want-

Much.

As there’s not Much Worth Having these Days.

I’ll stick with what Works, and you…

No-

I insist.

Michelle Bachman says the Census tried to Steal her Favortie Gingerbread Man, and She’s-

Fucking “A” Pissed Off About It!!

Of course she overreacted.

She knows he Never Loved Her, anyway.

They (We) NeVEr Do.

Ah, but Michelle fell off, and There’s No Getting UP.

Not this Time-

Mother Fucker.

28 Pages!

28 Goddamn PAGES!!

You Deal with That.

You Look them In the Eyes and TEll them-

HE AIN’T COMIN’ BACK, You LITTLE ungrateful BASTARDS!!

An ex of mine recently asked her sister-

Is he SeeIng a Pee Sigh Chai Uh Trist?

Well, Of course Fucking Not.

What would be the Point?

He just seems SO much More Sane than He did when we Dated.

He’s a Genius, Don’tcha Know?

Maybe, At long Last, it Makes Sense.

But, you said-

Nothing. Makes. Sense.

It does, which fits My Original Hypothesis-

P   E   R   F   E   C   t   L Y.

Michelle Malkin is a Mental Illness.

She Really Is.

And She’s Spreading

Parenthetically

And-

Pornographically.

Her Nails are clawing Your Bach, Man.

She likes it ROugh.

Wants to Hear You-

Scream the Words.

Wants you To Flail in Agony.

Ecstasy.

Apathy.

She melts into you, and once Inside-

Burns like Drano.

Eats You Alive From teh Intertubes.

Leaving nothing But Sludge.

And.

A Permanently Disfigured Sense of Self.

Life. Altering. Injuries.

You fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye

I always see it MY WAy.

EYes WiDE OPEN.

Baby.

The Right Wing is Dead.

Some Lonely Highway.

Back in ‘81, ‘82.

Condoleeza Rice is/was Proud a Balkc man Got Electimuhcated to the White House.

(Do WE still have to Call It taht?)

She forgets, at times, her comings and goings.

Think she might be  One-HaLf Chameleon the way she

Almost Blends

into Her Background.

Who Knew?

No, I’m seriously ass King.

Who Knew?

She wanted to marry Glenn Close, but instead, They Gave Her-

Glenn Beck.

Fucking Faggots, anyway.

Ain’t it bad enough already?

Maybe she Can Consult for Others Trying to Pass in more Ways than

ONE.

This post is Rapidly Degenerating.

And

Soon

Will be nothing But a

Skull Fucking

Mess.

But I’m not apologizing to You.

and Why should I?

wait…don’t answer.

I got Sarah Barracuda on the line, and she sounds

Serious.

This.

Time.

She sayd-

Speakin’ uh Half Breeds, an’ Half Served Terms.

I don’t see Russia no More. I seas past’em, You Betcha.

All tha ways Round tha Whirled.

All tha way t’ 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

An iff’n ‘at don’t qualerfy me as Preznit-

I suppos’n we stop havin’ erecTions ever four yars, Don’tcha Know.

Winkety. Wink. Wink.

wInk.

Michelle Malkin is a Mental Illness
And.

There is no Reliable Treatment.

No cream or Solution for to Alleviate the Burning Itch.

Nope.

Ann Coulter Swears she hasn’t lost her

Lust

Er.

Eh.

umm.

But I’m not So Sure.

Like most Americans

I prefer Hate Speech to be delivered from the Buck Toothed Mouth of a

Faux

Asian.

Comes across as more Authentic.

I mean, let’s be Serious.

How believable is a 6′,blonde haired, blue eyed woman?

What, is she a Nazi?

Oooooooo, I”m so Scared.

Nah, paint her Geisha White, and Wrap Her in Silk.

I always say.

I do.

Well, not really, but that’s what I say I say.

Okay.

I hardly ever say that if you really want the Truth.

In fact, most of the time I’m talking about other shit that isn’t even remotely related to Any of This Nonsense.

I prefer Nonsense of a more Nonsensical nature.

With Far More Sex, and Waaaaaaaaay Less Violence.

Doesn’t that sound

Delightful?

Sure. It. Does.

Pussy is as Pussy Does.

ANd i prefer that the Pussy Does Me.

Know what I mean?

Herman Hesse said there’s no Place for People like Us (He and I).

I hope he’s Wrong,

But

I’m beginning to

Wa/onder.

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world…

Goddamn know it alls!@!#

Mother FUck’em!

Sean Hannity wants to know how much longer we’re Going To Suffer at the Hands of the Elite.

And I have to Agree.

He seems to be a Nice Fellow.

Especially Patriotic, which I Especially Dig.

How much ya’ wanna bet he has an American Flag Shower Curtain?

Probably Jerks Off to it each and every morning

ah-

Star

Spangled

Splatter-

from sea to shining sea, bitches!!

That’s how I’d do it if I Loved America.

But of Course-

I don’t.

I have issues with Intimacy.

I’ll be the first to admit.

But if I didn’t?

Every Fucking Morning like Clock Work Orange Ya’ Glad I Didn’t Say Banana?

He’s so young, and tender…

Michelle Malkin is a Mental Illness.

And how do I know this?

Says so right here.

Read it for yourself-

Fox News: Fair and Balanced

See?

I’m not asking you to believe every Thing you read.

Just whatever I write (Unless you happen to receive a 2″ x 3″ index card in the mail reading, “Stop. Paying. Attention. Stop.”)

I’m Trustworthy, Honest, and I love Puppies.

Garsh, but who doesn’t?

Michelle Malkin (That’s Hoo)

Barack HUSSEIN Obama loves Puppies, too.

But Hates wHite People.

Why wouldn’t he Though?

After all, he’s the Anti-Christ, which is just another way of saying-

I HAte WHITE PEOPLE!

All we can do Is pray for his Defeat.

Actually, you pray for that.

I’m praying for a new Set of China, and for more nipple slip pictures of Paris Hilton.

Did you see how Nicely it Worked oUt in the End?

Sure you did.

YOu’re Patriots.

I read an op-ed on the subject this morning, which really took the words right out of my mouth:

Mrs. Palin, you are an avatar of the shameless hypocrisy and cognitive disconnection that have driven our politics for the last decade, a process of stupidification creeping like kudzu over our national life.

Can I get an “Amen”?!

So no, this is not a clash of ideologies, but a clash between intelligence and its opposite. And I am tired of being asked to pretend stupid is a virtue.

Wow. Can we just cut to the chase? If a person has nothing substantive to offer in the debate on how best to handle issues of national and international importance, can we please agree that they should not be given a national stage upon which to spew their ignorance? No, I’m not calling for a federal ban on anything. I’m calling on teabaggers to wise up and find an intellectual ring leader. At the very least, don’t pay someone over $100,000 to babble on about nothing, occasionally throwing in various keywords and phrases to get the audience fired up.

Almost all the media and political discussion about the hacked climate emails has been based on brief soundbites publicised by professional sceptics and their blogs. In many cases, these have been taken out of context and twisted to mean something they were never intended to.

The author basically says it’s lies, but I throw in ignorance to give those who just don’t know better, and believe everything they’re told, the benefit of the doubt. In this article, the author does an outstanding job of examining the context for the emails in question — something that is sorely lacking from any “skeptical” ramblings on the subject. First, he covers the most repeated quote, which involves a supposed attempt to “hide the decline”:

The full email from Jones says: “I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) and from 1961 for Keith [Briffa]’s, to hide the decline.” The decline being referred to was an apparent decline in temperatures shown in analysis of tree rings. Tree rings have historically correlated well with changes in temperature, but that relationship has broken down in the past half century. The reasons are still debated among scientists. The “trick” was a graphic device used by Mann in a 1998 paper in Nature to merge tree ring data from earlier times with thermometer data for recent decades. He explained it in the paper. Jones was repeating it in another paper.

This statement in that email was basically dealing the issue of divergence in the last several decades between tree ring proxy data and modern temperature data. But I guess it sounds so much more like a massive conspiracy when it is construed to mean that scientists were adjusting the temperature record to make it seem as though the planet was warming when it really wasn’t.

*sigh*

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Absolutely hilarious. Pay attention to the part where Sarah criticizes Obama for using a teleprompter, followed by a close-up of something very peculiar on her left hand.

FAIL.

Oh, and what does this mean?

To win that war, we need a Commander in Chief, not a professor of law standing at the lecturn.

Huh? And people were actually shouting:

Run Sarah run!

Hopefully they meant “out of the country”.

Nevermind for a minute that NASA corrects for various anomalies in their analysis of raw data, or that satellite measurements match nicely with land data. A recently released study has analyzed the data from the sites recorded at surfacestations.org, and found something very interesting:

Poor sites show a cooler maximum temperature compared to good sites. For minimum temperature, the poor sites are slightly warmer. The net effect is a cool bias in poorly sited stations.

Exactly the opposite that is insinuated by Watts. FAIL.

h/t Tim Lambert

The Facts of Cap-and-Trade from Clean Energy Works on Vimeo.

I figured the point about cap and trade working would be a sticking point for many here, so I’ll go ahead and link straight to the MIT paper upon which that point was based:

http://web.mit.edu/ceepr/www/publications/DDCF.pdf

Full bibliography here:

http://ga3.org/campaign/cew_facts/forward

I know there are intelligent conservatives out there, so I’m not trying to generalize here. However, I think this does say something about Glenn Beck’s effect on political discourse on the right side of the aisle. It’s scary, actually.