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"Hockey stick" climate researcher Michael Man wins $1M defamation lawsuit against far right climate deniers
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kensi
2024-02-10 01:02:05 UTC
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https://www.desmog.com/2024/02/08/michael-mann-wins-defamation-trial-climate-deniers-rand-simberg-mark-steyn/

Take that!

*snicker*
--
"To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain
the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy." ~David Brooks
"I get fooled all the time by the constant hosiery parade
in here." ~Checkmate
AlleyCat
2024-02-10 01:57:48 UTC
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Mann won his defamation suit.

His Hokey Schtick is STILL debunked.

The lawsuit wasn't about climate, you fucking moron. Steyn called Mann names
and defamed him.

Mann is STILL a lying fuck and a bad excuse for a climate "scientist".

If you followed the lawsuit at all, you would have KNOWN the verdict was
bullshit, come to by a bunch of fucking idiot jurors who didn't look at WHY
Steyn said what he said.


Allen Majorovic
@AllenMajorovic
That "$1,000,000" judgment aimed at Steyn suggests ideology to me since the
hockey stick graph's been debunked as fraud for years.


No witnesses
+
No evidence
=
$1,000,000 "win"

=====

A Fabricated 'Uptick'? Marcott's 2013 Hockey Stick Graph Debunked By ...

https://notrickszone.com/2018/12/13/a-fabricated-uptick-marcotts-2013-hockey-
stick-graph-debunked-by-marcotts-own-2011-ph-d-thesis/

Unmasking Marcott's "Uptick" 20 - Th century "uptick" from Marcott et al.,
2013, RealClimate.org Almost immediately after it was introduced to the public,
the lead author of Marcott et al. (2013) squelched the narrative that said the
hockey-stick-shaped reconstruction he and his colleagues produced is a robust
representation of modern global-scale temperature changes.

=====

The Hockey Stick Graph Debunked - Silverskatefestival

https://www.silverskatefestival.org/is-the-hockey-stick-graph-debunked/

Jan 9, 2023 - January 9, 2023 by Adam. The hockey stick graph, which purports
to show that the Earth's temperature has risen sharply in recent years, has
been debunked by a number of scientists. The most recent and comprehensive
study was conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Colorado, who
found that the hockey stick graph is not ...

=====

Carbon Is Not The Problem - Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/carbon-problem-george-king

Mann's hockey stick graph debunked, climate-gate changing of data at Hadley,
NOAA reporting data from non-existent stations, etc. I'm just waiting for the
return of phlogiston and ether as climate ...

=====

A Fabricated 'Uptick'? Marcott's 2013 Hockey Stick Graph Debunked By ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/climateskeptics/comments/a60oxa/a_fabricated_uptick_ma
rcotts_2013_hockey_stick/

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stick-graph-debunked-by-marcotts-own-2011-ph-d-thesis/comment-page-1/

Unmasking Marcott's "Uptick" 20 - Th century "uptick" from Marcott et al.,
2013, RealClimate.org Almost immediately after it was introduced to the public,
the lead author of Marcott et al. (2013) squelched the narrative that said the
hockey-stick-shaped reconstruction he and his colleagues produced is a robust
representation of modern global-scale temperature changes.

=====

A Fabricated 'Uptick'? Marcott's 2013 Hockey Stick Graph Debunked By ...

apreat.ovh/a-fabricated-uptick-marcotts-2013-hockey-stick-graph-debunked-by-
marcotts-own-2011-ph-d-thesis/

Marcott's 2013 Hockey Stick Graph Debunked By Marcott's Own 2011 Ph.D Thesis 17
décembre 2018 Alain Préat by K. Richard , December 13, 2018 in NoTricksZone

=====

If We Follow The Science, There Is NO Climate Change!

https://www.independentsentinel.com/if-we-follow-the-science-there-is-no-
climate-change/

Jul 25, 2023"Is The Hockey Stick Graph Debunked?" "The hockey stick graph has
been used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to support
its claim that human activity is causing the Earth to warm. However, the IPCC's
claim is not supported by the evidence, and the hockey stick graph has been
debunked by a number of scientists."

=====

Cap Allon's Electroverse Presents:


* Cyprus Is White *

* Alaska's "Pandemic Of Snow" Meets Record Cold *

* Greenland At -71F *

* South Pole's Historically Cold January *

* Extreme Arctic Blast Grips 20 Chinese Provinces *

* Delhi's Coldest Month Of January In 21 Years *

* 7 Feet Of Snow In Iran *

* China Issues Snowfall Warnings Across 13 Provinces *

* Western U.S. Will Be Piling Powder By The Feet *

* Anchorage's Snowiest Season Ever *

* Arctic Sea Ice Silence *

* Snowy Moscow *

* Record Snow Forecast In China *

* Historical 'Polar Vortex' Fails *

* Record-Smashing Snow Wreaks Havoc Across Alaska *

* Snowstorms Hit Northern Iran *

* Antarctica Is Enduring One Of Its Coldest Januaries On Record *

* Snow In Japan Breaks Records *
* Low Temperature Benchmarks Busted Across India *
* China Freezes *
* The Snow Builds In Japan *
* U.S. Has Set 80 New All-Time Low Temperature Records This Month *
* The Snow Is Now 7 Meters (23 Feet) High In Hakkâri, Turkey *
* Eastern Europe Freezes *
* Arctic Air Enters Eastern Asia Delivering Record Snow To China *
* The Snow Is 5-Meters High In Turkey *
* At Least 100 Dead After America's Brutal Arctic Blast *
* An Unusually Cold Summer Is Ending In Antarctica *
* Another Arctic Blast To Rip Through The US *
* Snow Cover Stands At Record-Breaking 58.9% *
* Russia's -70F Freeze To Descend On China *
* Antarctica Chills
* 10 Feet Of Snow Strands 1,000 People In NW China *
* Heavy Accumulations Pound The U.S. *
* Historic Freeze Breaks Energy Records *
* They Want Us Hungry, Cold and Controlled *
* "Record Cold" Wreaks Havoc In Delhi *
* Russia Endures -55.9C And Debilitating Blizzards *
* UK Registers -13C And More Snow *
* North America's Big Freeze Blamed On 'Global Warming' *
* Record Cold Continues Across North America *
* Renewables Fail *
* Snowy Europe *
* All-Time Cold Sweeps North America *
* Snowfall Warnings Issued Across The UK *
* 10-Foot High Snow Walls In Xinjiang, China *
* Antarctica's Year Without A Summer
* All Weather Stations In B.C. Dip Below Freezing *
* Americans Told To "Hunker Down" *
kensi
2024-02-10 10:53:17 UTC
Permalink
Subject: Why Can't You Fucking Idiots Think Things Through, Before You Show Us How Stupid You
Are?
Mann won his defamation suit.
His Hokey Schtick is STILL debunked.
The lawsuit wasn't about climate, you fucking moron. Steyn called Mann names
and defamed him.
Mann is STILL a lying fuck and a bad excuse for a <MUSHROOM CLOUD!>
Wow! What a meltdown rant! I'm glad Mann's victory has you so flustered.

*snicker*
--
"To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain
the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy." ~David Brooks
"I get fooled all the time by the constant hosiery parade
in here." ~Checkmate
AlleyCat
2024-02-10 11:14:35 UTC
Permalink
On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 05:53:17 -0500, kensi says...
Post by kensi
What a meltdown rant!
Poor little basement-dwelling nerd.

No rant... no meltdown. YOU'RE the one who melted down, replying to me at all.

Only gay little nerds who think 0.04% of the atmosphere can actually reflect
enough IR to "warm", and are the ones who lose their shit when someone replies
to them with truths.

We all know water vapour and the Sun are THE drivers of temps and climate and
weather... why don't you?

We know what you pansy-ass pussies want, and it's not to "save the planet",
else YOU wouldn't be here. You'd be out hugging trees, because that's ALL you'd
have to do, since you gave up all the things that are electric and run through
fossil fuel use.

If you REALLY want to save the planet... give up all of the things that have a
carbon footprint. You hypocrites never will, because we know what your agendas
REALLY are, and they don't involve saving ANYTHING.

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=====

Why Can't You Fucking Idiots Think Things Through, Before You Show Us How
Stupid You Are?

Mann won his defamation suit.

His Hokey Schtick is STILL debunked.

The lawsuit wasn't about climate, you fucking moron. Steyn called Mann names
and defamed him.

Mann is STILL a lying fuck and a bad excuse for a climate "scientist".

If you followed the lawsuit at all, you would have KNOWN the verdict was
bullshit, come to by a bunch of fucking idiot jurors who didn't look at WHY
Steyn said what he said.


Allen Majorovic
@AllenMajorovic
That "$1,000,000" judgment aimed at Steyn suggests ideology to me since the
hockey stick graph's been debunked as fraud for years.


No witnesses
+
No evidence
=
$1,000,000 "win"

=====

A Fabricated 'Uptick'? Marcott's 2013 Hockey Stick Graph Debunked By ...

https://notrickszone.com/2018/12/13/a-fabricated-uptick-marcotts-2013-hockey-
stick-graph-debunked-by-marcotts-own-2011-ph-d-thesis/

Unmasking Marcott's "Uptick" 20 - Th century "uptick" from Marcott et al.,
2013, RealClimate.org Almost immediately after it was introduced to the public,
the lead author of Marcott et al. (2013) squelched the narrative that said the
hockey-stick-shaped reconstruction he and his colleagues produced is a robust
representation of modern global-scale temperature changes.

=====

The Hockey Stick Graph Debunked - Silverskatefestival

https://www.silverskatefestival.org/is-the-hockey-stick-graph-debunked/

Jan 9, 2023 - January 9, 2023 by Adam. The hockey stick graph, which purports
to show that the Earth's temperature has risen sharply in recent years, has
been debunked by a number of scientists. The most recent and comprehensive
study was conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Colorado, who
found that the hockey stick graph is not ...

=====

Carbon Is Not The Problem - Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/carbon-problem-george-king

Mann's hockey stick graph debunked, climate-gate changing of data at Hadley,
NOAA reporting data from non-existent stations, etc. I'm just waiting for the
return of phlogiston and ether as climate ...

=====

A Fabricated 'Uptick'? Marcott's 2013 Hockey Stick Graph Debunked By ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/climateskeptics/comments/a60oxa/a_fabricated_uptick_ma
rcotts_2013_hockey_stick/

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stick-graph-debunked-by-marcotts-own-2011-ph-d-thesis/comment-page-1/

Unmasking Marcott's "Uptick" 20 - Th century "uptick" from Marcott et al.,
2013, RealClimate.org Almost immediately after it was introduced to the public,
the lead author of Marcott et al. (2013) squelched the narrative that said the
hockey-stick-shaped reconstruction he and his colleagues produced is a robust
representation of modern global-scale temperature changes.

=====

A Fabricated 'Uptick'? Marcott's 2013 Hockey Stick Graph Debunked By ...

apreat.ovh/a-fabricated-uptick-marcotts-2013-hockey-stick-graph-debunked-by-
marcotts-own-2011-ph-d-thesis/

Marcott's 2013 Hockey Stick Graph Debunked By Marcott's Own 2011 Ph.D Thesis 17
décembre 2018 Alain Préat by K. Richard , December 13, 2018 in NoTricksZone

=====

If We Follow The Science, There Is NO Climate Change!

https://www.independentsentinel.com/if-we-follow-the-science-there-is-no-
climate-change/

Jul 25, 2023"Is The Hockey Stick Graph Debunked?" "The hockey stick graph has
been used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to support
its claim that human activity is causing the Earth to warm. However, the IPCC's
claim is not supported by the evidence, and the hockey stick graph has been
debunked by a number of scientists."

=====

Cap Allon's Electroverse Presents:


* Cyprus Is White *

* Alaska's "Pandemic Of Snow" Meets Record Cold *

* Greenland At -71F *

* South Pole's Historically Cold January *

* Extreme Arctic Blast Grips 20 Chinese Provinces *

* Delhi's Coldest Month Of January In 21 Years *

* 7 Feet Of Snow In Iran *

* China Issues Snowfall Warnings Across 13 Provinces *

* Western U.S. Will Be Piling Powder By The Feet *

* Anchorage's Snowiest Season Ever *

* Arctic Sea Ice Silence *

* Snowy Moscow *

* Record Snow Forecast In China *

* Historical 'Polar Vortex' Fails *

* Record-Smashing Snow Wreaks Havoc Across Alaska *

* Snowstorms Hit Northern Iran *

* Antarctica Is Enduring One Of Its Coldest Januaries On Record *

* Snow In Japan Breaks Records *
* Low Temperature Benchmarks Busted Across India *
* China Freezes *
* The Snow Builds In Japan *
* U.S. Has Set 80 New All-Time Low Temperature Records This Month *
* The Snow Is Now 7 Meters (23 Feet) High In Hakkâri, Turkey *
* Eastern Europe Freezes *
* Arctic Air Enters Eastern Asia Delivering Record Snow To China *
* The Snow Is 5-Meters High In Turkey *
* At Least 100 Dead After America's Brutal Arctic Blast *
* An Unusually Cold Summer Is Ending In Antarctica *
* Another Arctic Blast To Rip Through The US *
* Snow Cover Stands At Record-Breaking 58.9% *
* Russia's -70F Freeze To Descend On China *
* Antarctica Chills
* 10 Feet Of Snow Strands 1,000 People In NW China *
* Heavy Accumulations Pound The U.S. *
* Historic Freeze Breaks Energy Records *
* They Want Us Hungry, Cold and Controlled *
* "Record Cold" Wreaks Havoc In Delhi *
* Russia Endures -55.9C And Debilitating Blizzards *
* UK Registers -13C And More Snow *
* North America's Big Freeze Blamed On 'Global Warming' *
* Record Cold Continues Across North America *
* Renewables Fail *
* Snowy Europe *
* All-Time Cold Sweeps North America *
* Snowfall Warnings Issued Across The UK *
* 10-Foot High Snow Walls In Xinjiang, China *
* Antarctica's Year Without A Summer
* All Weather Stations In B.C. Dip Below Freezing *
* Americans Told To "Hunker Down" *
Nadegda
2024-02-14 07:24:26 UTC
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Time to trigger the right-wing snowflakes again. Melt, snowflakes, melt!
Post by kensi
Subject: Why Can't You Fucking Idiots Think Things Through, Before You Show Us How Stupid You
Are?
Mann won his defamation suit.
His Hokey Schtick is STILL debunked.
The lawsuit wasn't about climate, you fucking moron. Steyn called Mann names
and defamed him.
Mann is STILL a lying fuck and a bad excuse for a <MUSHROOM CLOUD!>
Wow! What a meltdown rant! I'm glad Mann's victory has you so flustered.
*snicker*
So, I am finally recovering from a bout with covid and what to my wondering
eyes should appear but kensi has managed to get a working usenet account
again ... and is bringing her kook-melting A-game again. Way to go kensi!

<snicker>
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Morphing Fuckwit
2024-02-14 08:17:43 UTC
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 07:24:26 -0000 (UTC), Nadegda said:

.
Post by Nadegda
Time to trigger the right-wing snowflakes again. Melt, snowflakes, melt!
Post by kensi
Subject: Why Can't You Fucking Idiots Think Things Through, Before You Show Us How Stupid You
Are?
Mann won his defamation suit.
His Hokey Schtick is STILL debunked.
The lawsuit wasn't about climate, you fucking moron. Steyn called Mann names
and defamed him.
Mann is STILL a lying fuck and a bad excuse for a <MUSHROOM CLOUD!>
Wow! What a meltdown rant! I'm glad Mann's victory has you so flustered.
*snicker*
So, I am finally recovering from a bout with covid and what to my wondering
eyes should appear but kensi has managed to get a working usenet account
again ... and is bringing her kook-melting A-game again. Way to go kensi!
<snicker>
Frankly, your constant excuses for why you and Kensitard always show up
and disappear simultaneously, are a little hard to believe... IF in
fact, this isn't a frogery. Will we be hearing from libtard and
Marquita as well? Please note that "both" of you have official Spanky-
Spankies (tm) on your Permanent Usenet Records (PUR) now.
--
Morphing Fuckwit

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%
2024-02-14 15:05:15 UTC
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Post by Morphing Fuckwit
.
Post by Nadegda
Time to trigger the right-wing snowflakes again. Melt, snowflakes, melt!
Post by kensi
Subject: Why Can't You Fucking Idiots Think Things Through, Before You Show Us How Stupid You
Are?
Mann won his defamation suit.
His Hokey Schtick is STILL debunked.
The lawsuit wasn't about climate, you fucking moron. Steyn called Mann names
and defamed him.
Mann is STILL a lying fuck and a bad excuse for a <MUSHROOM CLOUD!>
Wow! What a meltdown rant! I'm glad Mann's victory has you so flustered.
*snicker*
So, I am finally recovering from a bout with covid and what to my wondering
eyes should appear but kensi has managed to get a working usenet account
again ... and is bringing her kook-melting A-game again. Way to go kensi!
<snicker>
Frankly, your constant excuses for why you and Kensitard always show up
and disappear simultaneously, are a little hard to believe... IF in
fact, this isn't a frogery. Will we be hearing from libtard and
Marquita as well? Please note that "both" of you have official Spanky-
Spankies (tm) on your Permanent Usenet Records (PUR) now.
if it comes back its yours
%
2024-02-14 16:34:09 UTC
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Post by %
Post by Morphing Fuckwit
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Post by Nadegda
Time to trigger the right-wing snowflakes again. Melt, snowflakes, melt!
Post by kensi
Subject: Why Can't You Fucking Idiots Think Things Through, Before
You Show Us How Stupid You Are?
Mann won his defamation suit.
His Hokey Schtick is STILL debunked.
The lawsuit wasn't about climate, you fucking moron. Steyn called
Mann names and defamed him.
Mann is STILL a lying fuck and a bad excuse for a <MUSHROOM CLOUD!>
Wow! What a meltdown rant! I'm glad Mann's victory has you so flustered.
*snicker*
So, I am finally recovering from a bout with covid and what to my wondering
eyes should appear but kensi has managed to get a working usenet account
again ... and is bringing her kook-melting A-game again. Way to go kensi!
<snicker>
Frankly, your constant excuses for why you and Kensitard always show up
and disappear simultaneously, are a little hard to believe... IF in
fact, this isn't a frogery. Will we be hearing from libtard and
Marquita as well? Please note that "both" of you have official Spanky-
Spankies (tm) on your Permanent Usenet Records (PUR) now.
if it comes back its yours
Hooray ! The Pembroke Poseur is not dead yet !! Whoopee !!!
Minutes of phun and games still to come !!!1!
you say that about all the assholes yay
Sn!pe
2024-02-14 16:41:26 UTC
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Post by %
Post by %
Post by Morphing Fuckwit
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Post by Nadegda
Time to trigger the right-wing snowflakes again. Melt, snowflakes, melt!
Post by kensi
Subject: Why Can't You Fucking Idiots Think Things Through, Before
You Show Us How Stupid You Are?
Mann won his defamation suit.
His Hokey Schtick is STILL debunked.
The lawsuit wasn't about climate, you fucking moron. Steyn called
Mann names and defamed him.
Mann is STILL a lying fuck and a bad excuse for a <MUSHROOM CLOUD!>
Wow! What a meltdown rant! I'm glad Mann's victory has you so flustered.
*snicker*
So, I am finally recovering from a bout with covid and what to my
wondering eyes should appear but kensi has managed to get a working
usenet account again ... and is bringing her kook-melting A-game
again. Way to go kensi!
<snicker>
Frankly, your constant excuses for why you and Kensitard always show up
and disappear simultaneously, are a little hard to believe... IF in
fact, this isn't a frogery. Will we be hearing from libtard and
Marquita as well? Please note that "both" of you have official Spanky-
Spankies (tm) on your Permanent Usenet Records (PUR) now.
if it comes back its yours
Hooray ! The Pembroke Poseur is not dead yet !! Whoopee !!!
Minutes of phun and games still to come !!!1!
you say that about all the assholes yay
Ooh ! Ooh !! Presentiments of fr0ggeries yet to cum !!! Oooh !!!1!
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Morphing Fuckwit
2024-02-14 18:42:51 UTC
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 08:05:15 -0700, % said:

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Post by %
Post by Morphing Fuckwit
.
Post by Nadegda
Time to trigger the right-wing snowflakes again. Melt, snowflakes, melt!
Post by kensi
Subject: Why Can't You Fucking Idiots Think Things Through, Before You Show Us How Stupid You
Are?
Mann won his defamation suit.
His Hokey Schtick is STILL debunked.
The lawsuit wasn't about climate, you fucking moron. Steyn called Mann names
and defamed him.
Mann is STILL a lying fuck and a bad excuse for a <MUSHROOM CLOUD!>
Wow! What a meltdown rant! I'm glad Mann's victory has you so flustered.
*snicker*
So, I am finally recovering from a bout with covid and what to my wondering
eyes should appear but kensi has managed to get a working usenet account
again ... and is bringing her kook-melting A-game again. Way to go kensi!
<snicker>
Frankly, your constant excuses for why you and Kensitard always show up
and disappear simultaneously, are a little hard to believe... IF in
fact, this isn't a frogery. Will we be hearing from libtard and
Marquita as well? Please note that "both" of you have official Spanky-
Spankies (tm) on your Permanent Usenet Records (PUR) now.
if it comes back its yours

--
Morphing Fuckwit

In loving memory of The Battle Kitten
May 2010-February 12, 2017
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2024-02-14 20:45:59 UTC
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Post by Morphing Fuckwit
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Post by %
Post by Morphing Fuckwit
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Post by Nadegda
Time to trigger the right-wing snowflakes again. Melt, snowflakes, melt!
Post by kensi
Subject: Why Can't You Fucking Idiots Think Things Through, Before You Show Us How Stupid You
Are?
Mann won his defamation suit.
His Hokey Schtick is STILL debunked.
The lawsuit wasn't about climate, you fucking moron. Steyn called Mann names
and defamed him.
Mann is STILL a lying fuck and a bad excuse for a <MUSHROOM CLOUD!>
Wow! What a meltdown rant! I'm glad Mann's victory has you so flustered.
*snicker*
So, I am finally recovering from a bout with covid and what to my wondering
eyes should appear but kensi has managed to get a working usenet account
again ... and is bringing her kook-melting A-game again. Way to go kensi!
<snicker>
Frankly, your constant excuses for why you and Kensitard always show up
and disappear simultaneously, are a little hard to believe... IF in
fact, this isn't a frogery. Will we be hearing from libtard and
Marquita as well? Please note that "both" of you have official Spanky-
Spankies (tm) on your Permanent Usenet Records (PUR) now.
if it comes back its yours
http://youtu.be/Ez_hQdWN4Rg

Mike's Bike Shoppe
2024-02-10 07:33:41 UTC
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Post by kensi
https://www.desmog.com/2024/02/08/michael-mann-wins-defamation-trial-cl
imate-deniers-rand-simberg-mark-steyn/
Take that!
Mann is a piece of shit and can't tell the difference between a thermal
anomaly, a sunny breeze, or a Kamala Harris fart.

In a recent editorial, we posed the two key questions that would be
answered by the Washington, D.C., jury that had been given
responsibility for resolving Michael Mann’s interminable crusade against
American journalism. The first was whether Americans are “able to
disagree about hotly contested political topics without being harassed,
dragged into court on the most specious of pretexts, and subjected to
ruinous legal fees.” The second was whether the protection of American
law “attaches to those who ruffle feathers.” Yesterday, in the nation’s
capital, a panel of jurors answered both of them with a resounding “No.”
In addition to a nominal $1 compensatory award, the writer Mark Steyn
was ordered to pay Mann $1 million in punitive damages for having
“defamed” him in a critical blog post here at National Review. Mann’s
other target, Rand Simberg, was ordered to pay $1,000 in punitive
damages for a separate blog post published by the Competitive Enterprise
Institute (CEI). A few blocks away, at the National Archives Museum, the
First Amendment faded a little on its parchment.
Post by kensi
From its inception, back in 2012, Mann’s relentless litigation has been
marked out by an unlovely mixture of mendacity and egomania. Before he
embarked on his crusade, Mann wrote to an acquaintance that he detected
“a possibility that I can ruin National Review.” Evidently, he has not
relinquished that ambition. In 2021, both National Review and CEI were
removed from his suit on constitutional actual-malice grounds, but,
having prevailed against his other targets, he now intends to bring us
back into the fold. Asked yesterday about his plans for National Review
and CEI, Mann’s lawyer, John Williams, said simply: “They’re next.”

And, at this rate, who isn’t? Why, over the years, have so many American
news outlets filed amicus briefs on behalf of National Review and the
other defendants in Mann’s suit? Because they understood all too well
that, ultimately, this lawsuit is not about Mark Steyn or about
conservative magazines or about climate change, but about the integrity
of free speech in these United States. The Supreme Court has held in no
uncertain terms that “debate on public issues should be uninhibited,
robust, and wide-open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic,
and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks.” To this, Michael Mann has
said, “Pish!” It is true that Mann is acting in a particularly sulky,
vindictive, and illiberal way. But, in a country of 330 million, there
will be others who want to do the same. Yesterday, he showed those
people the way.

That way has no place in a free country. In theory, what Mann has
achieved should be impossible. Between the First Amendment, an array of
anti-SLAPP statutes, and a defamation standard that demands proof of
“actual malice,” the shields available for the defense of free
expression are many. Alas, they can also prove paper-thin. The stated
aim of American law in this area is to avoid “self-censorship.” But who
would not self-censor if this is to be the result of speaking out? Even
if Steyn and Simberg had won, the process would have represented
punishment enough. This case has been running for twelve years. It has
obliged its victims to shell out millions of dollars in legal fees and
thousands of hours in attention. It has caused stress, uncertainty, and
fear. These are not the preconditions of robust debate; they are the
causes of journalistic anemia.

Mann’s case should not only have been rejected by the jury; it should
never have gone to trial in the first instance. At a hundred different
junctures, it ought to have been dismissed with prejudice — both legally
and metaphorically — by judges who ought to have known better. Time and
time again, the nation’s courts had a chance to stand up for robust
debate, and time and time again they failed to take it. Their inadequacy
will be felt for years to come.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/02/michael-mann-verdict-is-an-assault
-on-the-first-amendment/
J Grife
2024-10-15 21:39:03 UTC
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Post by Mike's Bike Shoppe
Mann is a piece of shit and can't tell the difference between a thermal
anomaly, a sunny breeze, or a Kamala Harris fart.
He lies about global warming. ITS A JEWISH HOAX.

Global warming money explains why Kamelea has raised 4 times what Trump has.
He's not floundering, he's been cheated.

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