Finnish Cinema's Relevance To Climate Change
LAST WEEK 50-or-so "academics" signed a group letter demanding that Christopher Monckton be shunned and silenced.
Here are most of the signatories, with some notes and links about their specialties and credentials.
If a person is to be judged by his enemies, Monckton looks very good indeed.
http://bunyipitude.blogspot.com/2011/07/finnish-cinema-and-climate-change.htmlProfessor Bunyip does the research:
Winthrop Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, Australian Professorial Fellow, UWA
Alene Composta’s soulmate. Yep, this guy can spot a fraud when he sees one.
Prof John P. Abraham, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, University of St. Thomas
Neither in Australia nor Australian.. He is an American academic in Minnesota and suffers from a severe Monckton fixation. He writes to those whose research is challenged, asks what they think of Monckton and then posts their responses, which mostly amount to repeating their original claims. By Abraham’s standards this amounts to “refutation.” He and Monckton trade lawyers’ letters and threaten to sue each other. Abraham has a dog in this fight and it’s an ugly, self-interested one.
Natalie Latter, PhD Candidate, UWA
Student. Hoping the global warming schtick lasts long enough to get her career established. Her background is political science, not climate science.
Mike Blanchard, PhD Candidate, UWA
Another pol-sci type specialising in “governmentality”. Whatever that may be, figure it involves higher taxes and a lot of more of being told how to think and behave.
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Sanna Peden, PhD Candidate, UWA
Specialist in the representation of the Salvation Army in Finnish cinema. And no, that is not joke.
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Esmeralda Rocha, PhD Candidate, UWA.
Resident climate change expert at UWA’s School of Music.
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Dr Clare Lloyd, Lecturer, Internet Studies, Curtin University
This environmental expert’s PhD: “I 'heart' mobile phone’: a discursive study of identity processes through mobile phone communication.”
Prof Roger N Jones, Professorial Research Fellow, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
Climate pimp and proud vulgarian.
Dr Markus Donat, Research Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Trying to link catastrophic weather events to climate change. So far, more hole than donat
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All linked stuff. Hilarious.