Posted on 04/02/2020 1:49:48 PM PDT by Twotone
The two most non-essential professions on the planet right now are that of Big Climate alarmist and his attorney in a vanity lawsuit. Yet Michael E Mann, inventor of the global-warming "hockey stick", and his counsel John Williams are disinclined to let their lousy eight-year-old defamation suit against me shelter in place for a couple of months, and the other day they made a surprise move. By which I mean a deranged and desperate move.
Before we get to that, let me make a general observation: You'll have noticed that millions of people around the world are what one might call Coronaskeptics and pop up on TV and radio pooh-poohing the pandemic models. One reason they do that is because Mann's we're-all-gonna-die school of data analysis did immense damage to modeling in general - to the point where large numbers of persons simply dismiss all models as being a crap shoot of bollocks ...because, as I heard a radio host say yesterday, they'd seen all the climate alarmist models fail to pan out. That's on Mann and his chums.
Anyway, as many readers will know, Stephen McIntyre and Ross McKitrick are the dynamic duo that broke Mann's hockey stick - to the fury of the warm-mongers. They are not parties to what Steve calls "Mann's stupid lawsuit", but nevertheless:
I have a nominee for most absurdly venal activity during COVID lockdown. Michael Mann has ramped up his vanity libel lawsuit. Last Friday, McKitrick and I (who are non-parties in lawsuit) were notified by a Washington lawyer for one of the defendants that Mann's lawyer had requested that he (the defendant's lawyer) accept service of (separate) subpoenas to McKitrick and myself for documents.
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
Another list - most essential
1) Mother
2) Father
......
Everything else is well down the list
Diversity Officers and Climate Change Scientists...
bttt
Hi.
Imho the two most important professions are doctors and soldiers.
5.56mm
I thought social justice warriors (SJWs) in general were the most non-essential people around, because of the way they invent grievances that don’t bother the rest of us, like calling it “cultural appropriation” when white people eat foods their ancestors did not make. Of course, Michael Mann and his lawyer could fit in the SJW category.
I think at least one of the two most non-essential professions would actually be: Politician.
Hu-WOW. That just... That sucks. What a ridiculous situation.
I like Mark Steyn, an erudite man with many talents. Often his brilliance for writing is overshadowed by his verbosity, as is the case in the piece. By the time you finish it, you have no idea what the point was.
Who are the crooks funding Mann’s lawsuit?
Later
Gender Studies professors
Dean of Equity at my college. Still don’t understand what she does.
We know two things for sure.
She makes a lot of money.
She contributes to Democrats and liberal causes.
There are days when I think “Congressman” and “Senator” should top that list.
Diversity Officers, Climate Change Scientists, Media reporters-anchors, Politicians.
“I like Mark Steyn, an erudite man with many talents. Often his brilliance for writing is overshadowed by his verbosity, as is the case in the piece. By the time you finish it, you have no idea what the point was.”
OMG halfway though your reply i read that in Marks voice in my head
I disagree on the assessment of doctors! I pointed out to my brother-in-law, who is a practicing doctor, that throughout the ages, plumbers have saved more lives and prevented more disease than doctors. He grudgingly agreed.
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