The Blackboard » Comments on Bast’s response to Judy

I also don’t think the fact that Heartland ran an appalling Billboard is any reason to mis-diagnose the mood of the meeting. I think any claim the mood of the meeting was downtrodden is incorrect– the mood was upbeat. Joe was smiling. Many of the staff did seem busier than one armed paper hangers– doing lots of jobs at once– but overall– whether one likes it or not– since I did to to the meeting, and I did ‘interview’ Lakely, I can tell you the mood of the audience, speakers and Heartland staff struck me as upbeat. The meeting did seem smaller than the 2010 meeting–and being smaller. But that doesn’t mean people were moping around. If the people who came or those hosting were depressed, they are doing an awfully good job hiding that fact. The mood was upbeat.

Quark Soup by David Appell: Gleick Review Not Finalized, Pacific Institute Says

Last week Suzanne Goldenberg of The Guardian reported:

"A review has cleared the scientist Peter Gleick of forging any documents in his expose of the rightwing Heartland Institute's strategy and finances, the Guardian has learned."

But the Pacific Institute is telling me that no such clearing has occurred:

"The Pacific Institute Board of Directors has not finalized its review of the investigation or announced any decisions at this point."

Fraudulent Renewable Fuel Credits Continue to Surface

Yes, creating markets that are easy to fraudulently manipulate would indeed seem to undercut the goal of the ethanol mandate.