This post is an footnote to my MAIN “Eco-Fascists Lead the Way” post. Twitchy has this on the attempt by the left to gravitate towards their natural state of tyranny:
20 climate scientists from around the country have written a letter to President Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch and White House adviser John Holdren asking that the Justice Department use the RICO act to investigate “corporations and other organizations” that they claim “have knowingly deceived the American people about the risks of climate change.”
In other words, they want to criminalize “views counter to theirs” and send to “jail” those engaged in “scientific dissent”:
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WUWT has a photo of 14-of-the-20 signatories:
In the photo above supplied by George Mason University, 14 of the 20 signatories of the letter are shown. Some, such as Kevin Trenberth, could not be present due to distance and travel issues.Jagadish Shukla(front, center), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Edward Maibach, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Paul Dirmeyer, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Barry Klinger, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Paul Schopf, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, David Straus, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Edward Sarachik, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Michael Wallace, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Alan Robock, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland, College Park, MD William Lau, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, T.N. Krishnamurti, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, Vasu Misra, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Ben Kirtman, University of Miami, Miami, FL, Robert Dickinson, University of Texas, Austin, TX, Michela Biasutti, Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY Mark Cane, Columbia University, New York, NY, Lisa Goddard, Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, Alan Betts, Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, VT
Climate Depot notes that this is worse than “Climate Gate”! ~ Here is the headline: “New Climate Scandal called ‘worse than Climategate’ – New Emails Released! ‘Clear conspiracy to avoid FOIA, use public money’ – Top UN Scientist, U.S. Senator entangled“
The court released some of the emails and they are listed over at Junk Science. The title over there is: “Court allows climate skeptics access to RICO20 prof’s e-mail:
Things might just get even more embarrassing for warmists.“
Great stuff. I hope to add a video to this post soon.