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[Hansen is] Like most on the left, rules are for the little people.
on both sides and nobody seems to give a crap. None of these bozo's are looking out for me or my family. The fact is, the banks now control ALL the markets and are taking their mega-profits and fcuk the consumer, which, by the way, is exactly why fossil fuels will continue to dominate for decades no mater how many billions of internet posts the global warming folks post up...............no matter what the science is. The profit margin on solar power is dick for the banks compared to what use of fossil fuels bring them.
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Improper Receipt of Outside Income Without Obtaining Advance Permission
Hansen’s 2009 speech at Dartmouth University for a $5,000 honorarium and up to $1,000 in expenses came in violation of the clear rule against promoting his appearances as, or emphasizing his job with, NASA. It also had not been approved. NASA’s Deputy Chief Counsel Laura Giza, after admonishing these violations, demanded he return the improperly obtained money:
“[Y]ou may not accept the offered honorarium and travel expenses. If you’ve already received this money, you need to return it to Dartmouth.
“Also, in the future, if you have not received word that one of your outside activity requests has been approved, or at least that the legal office has concurred in the request, you should contact the Goddard legal office about the request before engaging in that activity. NASA regulations require that you obtain approval for certain outside activities…prior to engaging in that activity. 5 CFR 6901.103(d).”
If there were further correspondence about this demand it would be in NASA’s document production, but there are no such records. The only lawful scenario, therefore, is that Hansen quietly agreed to the demand, but did not inform NASA whether he complied. Otherwise, NASA, Hansen, or both have violated the ethics and/or transparency statutes and regulation.
Yet subsequent financial disclosure forms show Hansen attesting to accepting even more money, between $5,001 and $15,000, for a 2008 speech at Illinois Wesleyan University for which his file, according to NASA, contains no request for permission to engage in this outside employment, or approval to do so (each a condition precedent to lawfully engage in the activity, and to accepting the money).
There is no correspondence about these two glaring discrepancies in his filings reflecting more apparently improperly accepted outside income than most federal employees will ever see in their careers.
Dr. James Hansen s growing financial scandal now over a million dollars of outside income Watts Up With That
the first comment on this article tells it all
[Hansen is] Like most on the left, rules are for the little people.
Mann's "white wash" by Penn State was epic. Mann was consulted about what was relevant or not relevant in his case and no witnesses were called nor were the ones stating the allegations allowed to rebut. IT was a total white wash and Penn State lost all credibility as a scientific institution.How about we treat Micheal Mann, James Hansen, and every other climate scientist the same way too... tell them all to resign..
The hypocrisy of the left is stunning..If its not my way they need to apologize and resign... Who the fuck do the left think they are?
When you find some evidence that Mann and Hansen have done what Soon has done, I'll be right behind you. Till then, it's YOU that has the lock on hypocrisy around here Billy.
What Hansen did is doctor his data and contrive algorithms to produce the desired results regardless of the input. He also refused to publish his data or turn over his emails at the university of Pennsylvania even though they are public property and subject to FOI laws.
Perhaps if you had reviewed some evidence in an attempt to support your charges you might have noticed that you seem to be conflating Hansen and Mann. Hansen was never at UPenn and no one was ever after his emails. That was the whack job Ken Cuuccinelli when he was trying to persecute Mann to gain a following with a few more right wing voters.
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Improper Receipt of Outside Income Without Obtaining Advance Permission
Hansen’s 2009 speech at Dartmouth University for a $5,000 honorarium and up to $1,000 in expenses came in violation of the clear rule against promoting his appearances as, or emphasizing his job with, NASA. It also had not been approved. NASA’s Deputy Chief Counsel Laura Giza, after admonishing these violations, demanded he return the improperly obtained money:
“[Y]ou may not accept the offered honorarium and travel expenses. If you’ve already received this money, you need to return it to Dartmouth.
“Also, in the future, if you have not received word that one of your outside activity requests has been approved, or at least that the legal office has concurred in the request, you should contact the Goddard legal office about the request before engaging in that activity. NASA regulations require that you obtain approval for certain outside activities…prior to engaging in that activity. 5 CFR 6901.103(d).”
If there were further correspondence about this demand it would be in NASA’s document production, but there are no such records. The only lawful scenario, therefore, is that Hansen quietly agreed to the demand, but did not inform NASA whether he complied. Otherwise, NASA, Hansen, or both have violated the ethics and/or transparency statutes and regulation.
Yet subsequent financial disclosure forms show Hansen attesting to accepting even more money, between $5,001 and $15,000, for a 2008 speech at Illinois Wesleyan University for which his file, according to NASA, contains no request for permission to engage in this outside employment, or approval to do so (each a condition precedent to lawfully engage in the activity, and to accepting the money).
There is no correspondence about these two glaring discrepancies in his filings reflecting more apparently improperly accepted outside income than most federal employees will ever see in their careers.
Dr. James Hansen s growing financial scandal now over a million dollars of outside income Watts Up With That
the first comment on this article tells it all
[Hansen is] Like most on the left, rules are for the little people.
OOOOOOOOOOOH, that's gotta hurt!
Of course he had a conflict of interest. He was violating the terms of his employment contract and getting rich by telling the public what his benefactors wanted them to hear. Like algore, Hansen made big money promoting the AGW hocus-pocus. He's a charlatan and con artist. He was also caught fudging the data of a government agency. He committed fraud. Somehow you see nothing wrong with that.Mann's "white wash" by Penn State was epic. Mann was consulted about what was relevant or not relevant in his case and no witnesses were called nor were the ones stating the allegations allowed to rebut. IT was a total white wash and Penn State lost all credibility as a scientific institution.How about we treat Micheal Mann, James Hansen, and every other climate scientist the same way too... tell them all to resign..
The hypocrisy of the left is stunning..If its not my way they need to apologize and resign... Who the fuck do the left think they are?
When you find some evidence that Mann and Hansen have done what Soon has done, I'll be right behind you. Till then, it's YOU that has the lock on hypocrisy around here Billy.
What Hansen did is doctor his data and contrive algorithms to produce the desired results regardless of the input. He also refused to publish his data or turn over his emails at the university of Pennsylvania even though they are public property and subject to FOI laws.
Perhaps if you had reviewed some evidence in an attempt to support your charges you might have noticed that you seem to be conflating Hansen and Mann. Hansen was never at UPenn and no one was ever after his emails. That was the whack job Ken Cuuccinelli when he was trying to persecute Mann to gain a following with a few more right wing voters."
Improper Receipt of Outside Income Without Obtaining Advance Permission
Hansen’s 2009 speech at Dartmouth University for a $5,000 honorarium and up to $1,000 in expenses came in violation of the clear rule against promoting his appearances as, or emphasizing his job with, NASA. It also had not been approved. NASA’s Deputy Chief Counsel Laura Giza, after admonishing these violations, demanded he return the improperly obtained money:
“[Y]ou may not accept the offered honorarium and travel expenses. If you’ve already received this money, you need to return it to Dartmouth.
“Also, in the future, if you have not received word that one of your outside activity requests has been approved, or at least that the legal office has concurred in the request, you should contact the Goddard legal office about the request before engaging in that activity. NASA regulations require that you obtain approval for certain outside activities…prior to engaging in that activity. 5 CFR 6901.103(d).”
If there were further correspondence about this demand it would be in NASA’s document production, but there are no such records. The only lawful scenario, therefore, is that Hansen quietly agreed to the demand, but did not inform NASA whether he complied. Otherwise, NASA, Hansen, or both have violated the ethics and/or transparency statutes and regulation.
Yet subsequent financial disclosure forms show Hansen attesting to accepting even more money, between $5,001 and $15,000, for a 2008 speech at Illinois Wesleyan University for which his file, according to NASA, contains no request for permission to engage in this outside employment, or approval to do so (each a condition precedent to lawfully engage in the activity, and to accepting the money).
There is no correspondence about these two glaring discrepancies in his filings reflecting more apparently improperly accepted outside income than most federal employees will ever see in their careers.
Dr. James Hansen s growing financial scandal now over a million dollars of outside income Watts Up With That
the first comment on this article tells it all
[Hansen is] Like most on the left, rules are for the little people.
OOOOOOOOOOOH, that's gotta hurt!
Did Hansen have a conflict of interest? Did he ever lie to his publishers and thus to their readership? Was he taking money from an organization in exchange for publishing conclusion in his sponsor's favor? What was the effect on Hansen's science work of accepting an Honorarium from Dartmouth for speaking?
You people are pathetic.
To be clear on Pielke’s point, Romm is paid to run the political attack blog “Climate Progress” by the Center for American Progress, a progressive (liberal) political action group in Washington, DC. according to his bio there. According the the lastest IRS form 990 on file (required for tax exempt 501c3 organizations) Romm’s outfit collected over 39 million dollars in revenue in 2012. See form 990 here: CAP_300126510_2012_09818b30
The Center for American Progress has a long history of big political money:
Funny how Joe Romm didn’t see the need to disclose such potential conflicts of interest to a highly paid political organization that politicizes climate, while writing a scientific paper about climate. Meanwhile his blog attacks Willie Soon saying:
Climate Deniers’ Favorite Scientist Quietly Took Money From The Fossil Fuel Industry
Joe, pot, kettle.
The label “paid shill” doesn’t really do justice here to Romm’s hypocrisy.
For example, here's a lead article from the Climate section of Think Progress's website Why A Congressman s Probe Of Climate Denier Scientists Funding Might Not Be A Great Idea ThinkProgress
I would dare say you don't seem to have a clue (or you do but you're simply dishonest) what constitutes a conflict of interest.
Please explain how being a Fellow for the Center for American Progress (Center for American Progress - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia) is a conflict of interest for Dr Romm.
I would dare say you don't seem to have a clue (or you do but you're simply dishonest) what constitutes a conflict of interest.
Please explain how being a Fellow for the Center for American Progress (Center for American Progress - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia) is a conflict of interest for Dr Romm.
For example, here's a lead article from the Climate section of Think Progress's website Why A Congressman s Probe Of Climate Denier Scientists Funding Might Not Be A Great Idea ThinkProgress
For all, make damned sure that you post links to your sources. If you are someone with an education, and are pointing out the reality of what is happening, then your thread will be shut down. If you are a 'sceptic' you can post all the graphs and paragraphs you wish without links, no problem. Now that is an observable fact on this board. Just look at the posts of Elektra and Billy Bob.
Cry for us more, deniers. Your bitter tears are like a sweet-but-bitter nectar. Understand that your crying won't stop us from exposing your leaders as frauds, and laughing in your faces as we do it.
You deniers originated the investigation tactics, so you can't complain that we're using your own tactics to expose you. Yes, you'll still try to complain, but you'll just look ridiculous and hypocritcal. Such lovely poetic justice.
By the way, there's an ultra-violent grossout movie out that deniers are required to profess adoration for now, being the villain is a greenie type. Title ... I forget ... let me check ... "Kingsman: The Secret Service". Go check with your masters for details on why you must spend money on the movie.
