Carney: Green stimulus profiteer comes under IRS scrutiny | WashingtonExaminer.com

Vice President Biden snickered during last week's debate at the suggestion there was waste, inefficiency or cronyism in the 2009 stimulus bill.

If he can stop cackling for long enough, Biden, the self-proclaimed "stimulus sheriff" should sit down with the IRS officials and the federal inspector general who are investigating a solar company owned by leading Obama donor and subsidy recipient Elon Musk.
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The Obama administration's possible mismanagement of the grant program is one issue here. Musk's intimate ties to politics are another.

Musk is the paradigmatic political entrepreneur, launching businesses that seek to capitalize on government favors and lobbying clout rather than provide goods or services that consumers demand.

The Unknown Skeptic – Journalism, awaiting to be freed | Watts Up With That?

Dear Mr Painter! Expand the report! Include skeptics, their propositions, their first-hand quotes, especially what argument they make for their particular brand of skepticism! Include the online activity, and analyse the full spectrum of ideas in much detail!

Twitter / carbonbrief: Another eight wet summers in ...

Another eight wet summers in Ireland? The Times reports new research on the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation: http://ow.ly/etvdx  (£)

Twitter / RichardTol: Comments on IPCC FOD AR5: Why ...

Comments on IPCC FOD AR5: Why don't you cite my work? Why don't praise my work? Why do you critique my work?

RealClimate: A sea level Golden Horseshoe nominee*

A good question would be why I bothered to research a claim in an obscure comment, on an obscure letter to the editor in a regional newspaper I have never read, and I don’t really have a good answer.