Long Article - worth the read, well documented. It makes me sick to my stomach and very, very angry.
The ability to speak dissenting opinions has almost entirely disappeared in this country -as it has across most of the world. The current usurper should have been impeached for his direct attacks on the First Ammendment, which are STILL CONTINUING.
Using RICO against scientists who disagree with the 'global warming bs' is a heinous crime, and a direct violation of Constitutional rights. We are living through the most evil, dangerous, and destructive 'president' to ever occupy the black house. (black for evil, not for race)
Source: http://joannenova.com.au/2016/12/wikileaks-climate-researcher-roger-pielke/
... Judith Curry has pretty strong feelings about the RICO threats (she faced it herself) — explaining why she thought many of the signatories who were for it had no idea what they were advocating or how dangerous this was for science. She knew some of them and wrote back:
What you have done with your letter is the worst kind of irresponsible advocacy, which is to attempt to silence scientists that disagree with you by invoking RICO. It is bad enough that politicians such as Whitehouse and Grijalvi are playing this sort of political game with science and scientists, but I regard it as highly unethical for scientists to support defeating scientists with whom you disagree by such methods. Since I was one of the scientists called out in Grijalvi’s witch hunts, I can only infer that I am one of the scientists you are seeking to silence.
Peter Webster did not exaggerate when he wrote: You have signed the death warrant for science.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good ...
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