Global Warming = Fraud

American Thinker has a good summary of the issue so far. Leading "scientists" (read fraudsters) manipulated data, criminally resisted FOIA requests, and colluded with each other ("hey, could you erase all those emails from me...including this one") to perpetrate fraud on the world community. Serious black eye for science. If I were a scientist I would demand a thorough investigation and house cleansing. I'm wondering if that's what we'll see.

As the Washington Post points out, two of the perpetrators cannot be reached for comment. Big surprise there.

Neither Jones nor Santer could be reached for comment.

Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme of the Day

As I've said before, one of the marks of financial bubbles is the massive fraud that takes place during the bubble is overlooked (we can thank the Bush administration) during the bubble, only to be revealed as the bubble bursts. First Madoff, now Robert Stanford. There is probably more to come. Once again, if an investment looks like it's too good to be true, it probably is.