Gleick Unchained!!!

Peter Gleick, who instigated the series of events that has seen  the Heartland Institute--a far right U.S.  "think" tank which that has shilled for both big-tobacco and big-oil--brought to its knees (with my help, mind you) has been given back his post at The Pacific Institute.  BOOYA!  The PI sank into intellectual pansydom by worrying about means and ends at an inappropriate moment; good to see that they're repenting of their foolishness.  All Gleick did wrong, in my opinion, was get caught conning con-men.

And when Peter Gleick goes to Heaven he will get to lounge about for all Infinity next to Jesus and Mother Gaia.  When his critics wind up in the same location, they'll be lucky if they get the seat nearest the men's washroom.

No Charges Filed Against Gleick

As readers may remember, Peter Gleick is the hydroclimatologist who suckered the Heartland Institute out of some of their budget documents, which act has, directly or indirectly, resulted in HI's losing $100,000s in funding from its corporate sponsors.  After Mr. Gleick's identity was revealed, rumors swirled re lawsuits and possible charges laid against him.  Well, this morning, responding to an inquiry of mine, I received a short email from Ross Rice of the Chicago FBI, which I have excerpted below:

While we do ask for the public's assistance with many cases, we generally do NOT detail what we might be investigating unless or until an arrest is made or charges are filed. As such, I can tell you that no arrests have been made nor have any criminal charges been filed in the Northern District of Illinois against Peter Gleick.

Regards,
SA Ross Rice
Chicago FBI

Hard to imagine anything coming of this now.  Presumably the police don't believe the nonsense HI is trying to pass off as evidence of wrongdoing.

GM Defunds Heartland Institute

General Motors, the world's largest carmaker, has confirmed that it is pulling funding from the Heartland Institute, an ultra-conservative thinktank known for its scepticism about climate change.

This is a result of the efforts of the much maligned Peter Gleick, who several months back conned Heartland out of some of their budget documents. And you know, I am all for measuring a person's contribution to the culture wars in strict $ terms. So I can fairly say that I have cost evil people $1,000s of Cdn $ for one reason or another. Mr. Gleick has single-handedly cost the Heartland Institute $15,000 directly and who knows how much more indirectly. Can any of those in the climate science community who have condemned him boast of doing more?