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November 28, 2009

Taken By Storm

Given the events of the past few days, I emailed an old friend to ask if he'd like a free plug for his excellent book.

What?? and crash my server again??

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You can order directly from Amazon via the Taken By Storm website, but it's best if people go into a bookstore and ask to have it ordered in. It increases the chance they'll decide to stock it.

Another recommendation: this soon-to-be-published gem is an "extraordinarily powerful and detailed history of the hockey stick scandal".


Posted by Kate at November 28, 2009 1:57 PM
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and this famous cover thanks to Kate

http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/005441.html

Posted by: cal2 at November 28, 2009 3:56 PM

Kate, you're just being silly with all this 'global warming is a fraud' nonsense.
Our so called CBC will be happy to set you straight on the whole thing.
Comments are open btw:

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/quirks-blog/2009/11/climate_science_still_sound.html#comments

"Climate science still sound
Comments (0)
Friday, November 27, 2009 | 04:44 PM ET
By quirks
Conspiracy theorists and climate change deniers were in full force this week over the illegal release of thousands of private emails from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in England. Comments made by some of the scientists in the personal messages have been interpreted to suggest that global warming is a grand hoax. What it really shows is how politicized and polarized climate science has become and how the real science is being covered over by a denial industry that uses selective information to distort the issue and confuse the public.

Fortunately, despite the furor over these private comments that were never intended to be public, they have no impact on the integrity of climate science. For the most part, these emails reveal that the scientists were doing what scientists do, debating with each other and deciding how to handle the mountains of data that form the foundation of an unimaginably complex system called the Earth’s climate. "

Interesting how the CBC's so called science writers thrust on this story is how polarized the debate has become.
I think we kinda knew that already, the emails were a bit of a tip off.
I wonder it the CBC noticed the irony publishing a one sided story about a polarized debate?

Posted by: Stan at November 28, 2009 4:19 PM

How many others have left unpublished comments on that thread?

Make Vince Carlin's Monday a living hell.

ombudsman@cbc.ca

He has to forward and reply to all emails.

Posted by: Kate at November 28, 2009 4:40 PM

real science is being covered over by an industry that uses selective information to distort the issue and confuse the public.

There all fixed. I am sure that is what they meant.

Posted by: Tim at November 28, 2009 5:14 PM

I've never been so proud to be Canadian .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at November 28, 2009 5:14 PM

Read the book. It is technical, but gives a good explanation. I always ask people how do you calculate an average temperature.

Posted by: Craig at November 28, 2009 5:22 PM

Tally Ho!!

The Iron Lady was not for making a U-Turn, ...

But these jokers, criminals are !!

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Climategate: University of East Anglia U-turn In Climate Change Row

Leading British scientists at the University of East Anglia, who were accused of manipulating climate change data - dubbed Climategate - have agreed to publish their figures in full.

Posted by: ron in kelowna ∴ at November 28, 2009 5:32 PM

Hello Vince Carlin

As a (years ago) former fan of CBC, especially the science programs, I am puzzled, .. no, I am curious,.. no, I am worried, .. no, I am furious !! that my tax dollar is being spent to support a clear & present fraud.

When will the CBC report on the biggest fraud the world has ever seen ??

Posted by: ron in kelowna ∴ at November 28, 2009 5:38 PM

Kiss my ass Commonwealth - I bet Canadians have the lowest emissions per square mile of any country on this planet.

And besides, Copenhagen is about carbon dioxide only, and the world needs MORE, not less of this plant food.

Posted by: ron in kelowna ∴ at November 28, 2009 5:47 PM

How many others have left unpublished comments on that thread?
Posted by: Kate at November 28, 2009 4:40 PM

* raises hand *

My post to that thread has yet to be posted, and I'm not naive enough to think it will be. While critical of the article, I ensured my post was constructively worded, and in no reasonable way should be held back by the cbc.ca mods.

Posted by: Colin from Mission B.C. at November 28, 2009 5:47 PM

Ross Mckitrick and others are finally being vindicated - with no thanks to our beloved media.

Climategate may go down in history as the point at which the blogs overtook the MSM as the trusted source of information.

RIP Johannes Gutenberg, 1440AD

Posted by: ron in kelowna ∴ at November 28, 2009 5:59 PM

'real science* is being covered over by an industry that uses selective information to distort the issue and confuse the public.'

*It's a human endeavour, thus not apolitical ...

Posted by: egg at November 28, 2009 6:07 PM

I posted three comments on the Quirks site and none were published.
Perhaps being critical of the so called CBC's propaganda is unCanadian of me.
We'll see what Mr. Carlin has to say.

Posted by: Stan at November 28, 2009 6:27 PM

Ron in Kelowna: "I bet Canadians have the lowest emissions per square mile of any country on this planet."
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And that in one of the coldest climates, too.

Posted by: Louise at November 28, 2009 6:39 PM

I just submitted a comment asking where all the comments have gone - "Perhaps edited out of existence."

Posted by: Louise at November 28, 2009 6:41 PM

Yep, Louise. CBC and CTV are masters of throwing inconvenient information down the memory hole. Orwell was prescient, just off by about 25 years.

Posted by: Colin from Mission B.C. at November 28, 2009 6:48 PM

I wonder if a Freedom of Information request would succeed in getting them to release all the comments they have seen fit to quash?

Posted by: Louise at November 28, 2009 6:59 PM

Submitted this at Quirky ;

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"For the most part, these emails reveal that the scientists were doing what scientists do .."

Is the CBC saying all Scientist lie, cheat, threaten, hide and destroy data??

BTW, the CRU has just announced they will release their data - before Copenhagen ?

Posted by: ron in kelowna ∴ at November 28, 2009 7:12 PM

Canadian msm can be compared to the book burners, by fanatical groups in different historical denial epochs.

Posted by: Jema54 at November 28, 2009 7:27 PM

I just did the calculations. The CBC article was posted 27 hours ago, and not one comment has yet been posted. Hmmmmm.

Posted by: Louise at November 28, 2009 7:46 PM

I've left my blistering comment on that blog [still unpublished]; I've written to the CBC Ombudsman on the lack of any reporting of the year's biggest story [he responded promptly and has forwarded my e-mail to about 5 different CBC brass], and I've read Taken by Storm and can confirm that it is an excellent and highly readable book. Although it will soon need an updated edition.
I'd be more confident that this was truly the beginning of the end of the Global Warming fraud if I could convince more than 10% of my family and friends to take the time to educate themselves. Oh well, We Shall Overcome.

Posted by: Mike Mc at November 28, 2009 9:01 PM

I know what it is; I know what happened, sumbuddy took the 'hockey stick' over to CRU and they all got hit in the head by a puck.....

Posted by: curious_george at November 28, 2009 11:23 PM

The terrific scientific minds at CBC uncovered and exposed crop circles ... well almost.

Results 15,400 for cbc "crop circles"

Google search:
http://tinyurl.com/ykjvlhf

Posted by: ∞² at November 28, 2009 11:28 PM

CBC email sent, hope his Monday morning Inbox is red hot. I would have held off until tomorrow, but I'll be too busy scouring my part of eastern Labrador for a Grey Cup-worthy watermelon.

Thanks for your great work on this issue Kate et al, from a temporarily transplanted prairie boy.

Posted by: Craig in Goose Bay at November 29, 2009 1:23 AM

Just sent mine, too. Is there any hope in this God-forsaken land that we might actually see this monstrosity that is the CBC dismantled?

Posted by: Louise at November 29, 2009 3:10 AM

The so called CBC can't lower itself to publish anything by us unwashed non socialist troglodytes.
You may be able to trick them though.
Instead of we smelly peasants using our real names try using a more traditional and trusted CBC contributor's name like Some Speculate or An Un-named Source.

Posted by: Stan at November 29, 2009 9:40 AM

AKA a CBC staffer.

Posted by: Louise at November 29, 2009 9:50 AM
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