The Mann Chronicles: The Steyn/Mann SLAPP

By Rich Kozlovich

Over the years I've followed all the Anthropogenic Global Warming clabber right from the start, and knew it was clabber right from the start because I knew about the Medieval Warming Period when it was not only warmer than it is now, and in point of fact, it was substantially warmer than it is today.   Since there's nothing in the historical record to show the horrors they've been predicting for today occurred then, I knew there wasn't one bit of logic to believe any of that was going to occur today.

Now that the world's warming, as small as it was, stopped in what the Warmists are calling "the pause", which has now lasted for 25 years, it's just being called Climate Change.  I don't see the word anthropogenic attached to that any longer, meaning it's caused by mankind, yet that's their claim to justify policies to impose totally ineffective alternative energy systems in place of effective traditional energy systems using "fossil" fuels, and electric vehicles.  All amazingly expensive, ineffective, and tyrannical polices to which they claim will "stop" climate change, which can't be stopped.  

They even want to destroy agriculture in the name of "protecting" the Earth from climate disaster, and get everyone to eat bugs.  Everyone except the elitists promoting this insanity that is. 

• Today’s ‘Climate Crisis’ Is a Fairy Tale - January 27, 2024 By Daniel W. Nebert  - For the past 35 years, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned us that emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, predominantly carbon dioxide (CO2), are causing dangerous global warming.  This myth is blindly accepted — even by many of my science colleagues who know virtually nothing about climate.  As a scientist, my purpose here is to help expose this fairy tale. The global warming story is not a benign fantasy.  It is seriously damaging Western economies.  In January 2021, the White House ridiculously declared that “climate change is the most serious existential threat to humanity.”  From there, America went from energy independence back to energy dependence.  Another consequence has been the appearance of numerous companies whose goal is to “sequester CO2” as well as “sequester carbon” from our atmosphere.  However, this so-called “solution” is scientifically impossible.  Life on Earth is based on carbon!  CO2 is plant food, not a pollutant!

It's now being claimed the historical records show climate change and plagues go hand in hand, and it appears that's true, but, so what?   The real issue here is what caused the climate change all those hundreds and even thousands of years ago?   Clearly, climate change was an "all natural" then, and it's an "all natural" occurrence now.  

We've wasted trillions on this, and now the public is far more aware it's all fraudulent, it's all corrupt, and there is not one iota of legitimate science that justifies all this, and it all started with Mann's Hockey Stick Graph, which has been massively debunked as fraudulent, or at best, bad science, and Michael Mann sued anyone who said so, including Tim Ball and Mark Steyn, with what's called SLAPP suits, (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) meaning:

(SLAPP suit) refers to lawsuits brought by individuals and entities to dissuade their critics from continuing to produce negative publicity. By definition, SLAPP suits do not have any true legal claims against the critics.

The big thing is they're massively expensive, and that's the real purpose behind them, and if what I've read is true it has been the David Suzuki Foundation that's been funding Mann's SLAPP suits.  Well he lost in Canada against Tim Ball because Ball used what in Canada is called the "Truth Defense", aka, the Scorched Earth Defense.  Here's my Tim Ball file for the whole story.

Now we have the SLAPP suit against Mark Steyn, which has taken years to finally get to court, and I've been running Francis Menton's Mann Trial series dealing with this.  

I thought it might be worthwhile to view of the trial on Mark Steyn's web site The Steyn Club. 

Best Laid Plans - by Amy K. Mitchell Mann vs Steyn Trial Day Ten January 31, 2024- Mark and his Canadian compatriot Andrew Lawton take solace in Mark's courtroom being right across the street from the Canadian embassy in case things go sideways and they need a quick getaway. Today, the Plaintiff (finally) rested their case — after 10 days, including jury selection, and four witnesses, to include Mann himself. The Plaintiff's last witness, Dr. John Abraham of the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), was called as an expert witness. After a rigorous voir dire, Abraham was allowed to testify, but only as a fact witness. Which is really legal jargon for being Mann's BFF. And how did putting Dr. Abraham on the stand work out for the Plaintiff? The below excerpts from the cross-examination (by the Defense and Mark), pretty much sum up Mann's entire case.......

Scientist vs Sexist - McAleer and McElhinney at the Steyn Trial February 3, 2024 - Mark is in Washington resting up for the fourth week of his trial in Courtroom 132 at the DC Superior Court, commencing on Monday at 9am. In the meantime, here are Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer with their dramatised reconstruction of the most recent events. In this episode, Dr Judith Curry takes the stand - a woman sorely traduced by the misogynist pig Michael E Mann, who spread false rumors that she was a slut who slept her way to the top. Simply click below:........

The Best Defense is a Good Offense by Amy K. Mitchell Mann vs Steyn Trial Day Eleven February 1, 2024 - Late yesterday, the Defense finally got to make their case and they were out of the gate like a shot. As we mentioned in late night's recap, the first witness was Dr. Abraham Wyner from the University of Pennsylvania. Yep, the same institution as the Plaintiff. Dr. Wyner is with the Wharton School (i.e., the cream of the crop). Dr. Wyner is a professor...... 

A Fraud Upon the Court - McAleer and McElhinney at the Steyn Trial February 1, 2024 - On Day Ten of the Mann vs Simberg and Steyn trial in the District of Columbia Superior Court, the Plaintiff finally closed his case - after a fortnight of repetitive testimony about the joys of "peer-review" from witnesses the judge himself said he failed to see the need for. If you've missed the first three weeks of this trial, Kerry Wakefield in this week's edition of The Spectator Down Under provides an excellent primer. Here's the first sentence:........

There's a lot more there worth viewing, but you may wish to view My Hockey Stick File, including my article, "How Many Constitute 97%?".  Remember when this first broke out it was claimed 97% of scientists agreed.  In reality, it wasn't even 97 scientists, it was 79, out of a survey sent out to 10, 265 scientists.  That's not very impressive, but it was manipulative, it was deliberate fraudulent data manipulation.  The pattern that's played out on all this from the beginning, and even done during this trial and the judge called them on it. 

Here's My Global Warming File,  My Mark Steyn File, which starts with this article, My Tim Ball File, and my Mann Chronicles, which also starts with this article, and My Mann Commentaries, which also starts with this article, but this also covers the cooling periods call Solar Minimums.  Some articles will be repeated because of the system of Tags, so just move on to the next pieces.