[cogitator]

I have no problem with Soon and Baliunas. They're the real thing.

I do. They're employed by the Marshall Institute (among other places) to write anti-global warming op-ed pieces. Baliuna is a solar astrophysicist, so it's no surprise that both her opinions and her scientific papers emphasize the potential role of solar variability as an influence on climate.

[liberallarry]

They're employed by the Marshall Institute (among other places) to write anti-global warming op-ed pieces.

But are they employed because the Institute shares their views and wishes to support them...or do they tailor their views to the wishes of their employers?

All the diffence in the world. Someone has to pay the bills.