Proof not in Abbott's 'magic pudding'

''Mr Abbott's got a magic pudding that won't work and will smash the budget and smash into Australian taxpayers.'' Ms Gillard said the Coalition's package would cost households $720 a year.

''Mr Abbott needs to explain to Australians why they should pay all of that.''

William M. Briggs, Statistician » Some Common Global Warming Fallacies

5. What you say hasn’t been peer reviewed! Yes, the appeal-to-authority in disguise. A statement is not true because a busy editor and two reviewers (who first look if their own papers are quoted in the paper under review) have said it is. Similarly, a statement is not false because it appears on a web site (and only reviewed in the comments).

Again, a person’s failing to submit a statement to “peer approval” is, and often is, relevant to why that person uttered a falsity, but it is irrelevant to proving the fallacy.

The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Newest Farcical Alarmist Meme: We're Victims!

The recent meme being propagated by global warming alarmists is that they are under siege by skeptics, physically at risk for their selfless service to science, and to the world. So far as I can tell, the very serious claim as advertised either speaks more about those making facially misleading assertions, or otherwise remains not fully baked. That is, the specific bandied about is some Larouchie outburst in Australia about "the British Empire", or something, according to the source... though the recipient gravely intones that, to our surprise, the US is the epicenter of threats to climate scientists. That darn media, covering for climate skeptics!