What the BEST data actually says | Watts Up With That?

[Willis Eschenbach comment] So rather than you advising me to be all calm and peaceful about this, how about I advise you to be less calm and peaceful, and to stand up and denounce bad science wherever you find it? I’m tired of people playing nice when folks are trying to sentence the poor to a lifetime of un-obtainably expensive energy. I’m sick of the silence surrounding egregious scientific malfeasance. I’m upset, yes, and you’re right, it does affect my writing. I’m upset that people are not outraged at this attempt to assuage some liberal guilt by making energy, the lifeblood of the poor, more and more and more expensive with each passing day.

William M. Briggs, Statistician » What BEST Means And What It Doesn’t

peer-review is the weakest filter of truth science has.

Rare Moments Of Sobriety – EU Energy Commissar Says High Energy Prices Threaten Social Peace

Perhaps the images of angry mobs in Greece and forecasts of a bitter cold winter for Europe are having a sobering effect on our CO2-drugged up politicians here in Europe.

And as other countries line up behind Greece on the path to discontent, perhaps its a good idea, after all, to stop raking honest citizens with the global warming scam.

At least EU Energy Commissar Günther Oettinger may be getting it.

October 25 News: Obama Campaign Hires Former Keystone Pipeline Lobbyist, McKibben Slams Move on Behalf of 99% | ThinkProgress

In an emailed statement, climate change activist and Keystone XL critic Bill McKibben complained: “I don’t think you could conceive a more elaborate way to disrespect not just the environmental community but also Occupy Wall Street, because this is simply a reminder of the way that corporate lobbyists dominate our politics… Forget ‘Hope and Change’ — it’s like they want their new slogan to be ‘Business as Usual.’ “  [When did 99% of us authorize Bill McKibben to speak on our behalf?]