tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post722653144687098549..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: The Uncertainty Monster Swallows the Sky DragonEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-85790010324377380612014-12-23T05:42:41.046-05:002014-12-23T05:42:41.046-05:00I see that all but one of those "dragon slaye...I see that all but one of those "dragon slayer" threads that were removed from Professor Curry's Climate etc. blog on 21st April 2012 have now been restored.<br /><br />The "dragon slayers" were set up in 2010 by out-of-work high-school art teacher John O'Sullivan, the objective appearing to be to get others to fund setting himself up as CEO of his own publishing company, Principia Scientific International.<br /><br />John O'Sullivan's immediate triumphant reaction on 22nd April 2012 to an enquiry about Professor Curry's removal of her article "Letter to the dragon slayers" was to boast QUOTE: ..<br />Curry has capitulated and removed her unlawful and scurrilous comments plus a ton of other science-free garbage attacking my colleagues - it's a humiliating climb down. A victory not just for me, but all the Slayers . If Curry manages to refrain from publishing any further libelous content then she won't have to be chastised again by my "hysterical hyperbole." .. UNQUOTE (see Section 3.0 of http://globalpoliticalshenanigans.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/professor-judith-curry-threatened-with.html).<br /><br />It will be interesting to see what, if any, reaction he has to her decision to restore those articles to the public domain, especially "Letter to the dragon slayers" and all of the 1410 ensuing comments (http://judithcurry.com/2011/10/15/letter-to-the-dragon-slayers/), including those that John O'Sullivan claimed were " ...unlawful and scurrilous .. ".<br /><br />Best regards, Pete RidleyPete Ridleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258973141061114628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-43650628044247196492012-05-08T18:16:49.423-04:002012-05-08T18:16:49.423-04:00http://www.warwickhughes.com/blog/?p=950
this Osu...http://www.warwickhughes.com/blog/?p=950 <br />this Osulllivan is still bosting have a look !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-33240974410624524532012-05-05T05:00:07.164-04:002012-05-05T05:00:07.164-04:00More details about "Slayer", Principia S...More details about "Slayer", Principia Scientific International CEO & "Legal Consultant" John O'Sullivan's unsubstantiated allegations of defamation are being posted at "Professor Judith Curry threatened with blog closure attempt" (http://globalpoliticalshenanigans.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/professor-judith-curry-threatened-with.html). <br /><br />A related thread "A short history of Principia Scientific International" being drafted for posting next week.<br /><br />Best regards, Pete RidleyPete Ridleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258973141061114628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-85002304712361987612012-04-28T17:36:15.260-04:002012-04-28T17:36:15.260-04:00PART 2
John was proposing was to set up PSI with ...PART 2<br /><br />John was proposing was to set up PSI with himself as CEO, Hans as CFO and Tim Ball as Chairman but they needed money to do so. They couldn’t raise the £15000 from among their “ .. group of 36 respected international scientists and related professionals .. ” (less than sly £417 each) so held out the begging bowl (http://www.gofundme.com/1v39s&aff=GFMse). You can guess where the first £350 came from.<br /><br />I responded to Hans’s insults with further objections about their proposals to the group. A more reasoned reaction to my arguments was provided by their star co-author of “Slaying the sky dragon” Professor Claes Johnson. He E-mailed the “Slayers” group on 12 January, 2011 “ .. I think the questions raised by Pete are relevant: How many copies of the book have been sold? Who has noticed and commented? At least in Sweden, the book does not seem to exist, as if it has been eaten by the Dragon instead of killing him .. ”.<br /><br />On 14th Jan. I again E-mailed the group “ .. I believe that trying to set up PSI as a CIC would fail and here’s why .. ”. Again Professor Johnson supported me “ .. As before I essentially agree with Pete .. ”. On 15th Oct. on Professor Curry’s “Letter to the dragon slayers” thread Professor Johnson said “ .. I am not a member of any group subject to group thinking, in particular not the slayers group .. ”. From exchanges that I have had several others have also chosen to dissociate themselves from PSI.<br /><br />Anyone interested in having a copy of my 71-page Word document of “PSI & Due Diligence” E-mails and my 197-page document which includes E-mails on the subject of “John O'Sullivan's specious claims” (which was the E-mail thread in which Professor Grant Petty’s “Letter to the dragon slayers” appeared need only ask. Then of course there are the revelations in Andrew Skolnick’s 167-page affidavit – that should make for interesting reading.<br /><br />The opinions that I expressed in the comments that I posted about John O’Sullivan/the “Slayers”/PSI on Professor Curry’s various threads and elsewhere in the blogosphere are based mainly up my interpretation of the evidence in those two documents. As I have repeatedly said in my comments, if I have misinterpreted or misrepresented any of the facts then it was not deliberate and if anyone feels that I have done so then they should let me know how. I will then reconsider my comments and whether or not an apology is warranted. No-one has yet done so.<br /><br />I invited John O’Sullivan to either substantiate what I see as his defamatory allegations made against me in his “Pre-litigation notice” to Professor Curry or apologise. He has refused to do either. Perhaps it is time that he put up or shut up, as he suggested to us during our recent exchanges about his defamatory statements in his “Pre-litigation notice”. In my humble opinion John has once again lost the plot.<br /><br />As I have been given a mention on this thread I hope that Eli will see fit to allow me this “right-to-reply”.<br /><br />BTW, Marco, cowards hurl insults from behind false names. <br /><br />Best regards, Pete RidleyPete Ridleyhttp://globalpoliticalshenanigans.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-2668259991420361752012-04-28T17:34:46.991-04:002012-04-28T17:34:46.991-04:00PART 1
Professor Curry also took down her “Lette...PART 1 <br /><br />Professor Curry also took down her “Letter to the dragon slayers” thread which revealed much about “slayer” John O’Sullivan. I have a copy of the 1400+ comments just before it was taken down on 21st April and would like it posted on webcitation alongside the three threads. It contains information that anyone considering joining the ”Slayers” and the rest of the PSI group should be aware of. Can anyone here advise how I can do that.<br /><br />In Dec. 2010/Jan. 2011 there were hundreds of E-mails between the “Slayers” and others in which I persistently challenged John’s ludicrous claim that he intended PSI to take legal action against government agencies such as NOAA. He outlined his plan in Chapter 21 of “Slaying the sky dragon”, describing it in those E-mails as “the only game in town”. his team “ready and waiting to take the battle on”. It only needed $3000 dollars to get the ball rolling. His 26th Dec. 2010 appeal for donations from within his “Slayer”/PSI group failed to raise that trivial amount (little Xmas spirit of giving to the needy).<br /><br />PSI co-founder Hans (Johannes Cornelis?) Schreuder expressed his objection to my repeatedly pointing out the stupidity of what John, he and Joe Olson were proposing. He declared on 6th Jan. “ .. You are digging a trap into which we will all fall if you guys insist in keeping this pest in the fold. He is, IMHO, a spy who has so far very successfully infiltrated the hub of our undertakings. His constant questioning, bordering on demanding to know, of what we are all doing is self-evident yet again below. Look at the mailing list he is brazenly using to demand to know what our "other pressing business" is - what the **** has that got to do with him?! He has nothing to offer that we do not already possess.<br />If you insist on keeping this clown in the loop, than I am out of it, simple as that. My sixth sense has yet to be proven wrong and I do not like this pest one bit .. ”.<br /><br />My 6th sense tells me that if Hans is in fact Johannes Cornelis then there appears to be a very sound reason why he would be so eager to support John’s venture and objected so strongly to my attempts to get the others to reject the proposal. John’s 20-year career as a school teacher had come to an abrupt end in 2003 and Johannes Cornelis was involved in two business ventures but neither could be regarded as an outstanding success (http://company-director-check.co.uk/director/910813452 and http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/Company/AllDocuments/britishdotcom).<br />yPete Ridleyhttp://globalpoliticalshenanigans.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-78756299299149962362012-04-27T15:15:09.543-04:002012-04-27T15:15:09.543-04:00Image search for cover with all authors finds this...Image search for cover with all authors finds <a href="http://www.christopherengland.com/2010/11/slaying-sky-dragon.html" rel="nofollow">this weird</a> site for instance. Save an image while they last. <br /><br />Pete DunkelbergAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-26344189637953207332012-04-25T13:27:20.492-04:002012-04-25T13:27:20.492-04:00"Litigation Delight"
-- Horatio's p..."Litigation Delight"<br /><br />-- Horatio's parody of "Afternoon Delight" ( by Bill Danoff)<br /><br />Gonna find my lawyer, gonna pay him right<br />Gonna grab some litigation delight<br />My lawyer's always said, that "Might makes right"<br />Why wait for actual basis for a legal fight?<br /><br />When everything's a little easier in the light of pay<br />Then we know the flight is always gonna be here anyway<br /><br />Thinkin' of suit's workin' up my appetite<br />Looking forward to a little litigation delight<br />Puttin chum out on the blog causes sharks to bite<br />And the thought of suin' you is gettin' so exciting<br /><br />Sky Dragons in flight, litigation delight<br />Litigation delight, litigation delight<br /><br /><br />Be waiting for me, Judy, when I come around<br />I can make a lotta trouble 'fore the sun goes down<br /><br />Thinkin' of suit's workin' up my appetite<br />Looking forward to a little litigation delight<br />Puttin chum out on the blog causes sharks to bite<br />And the thought of suin' you is gettin' so exciting<br /><br />Sky Dragons in flight, litigation delight<br />Litigation delight, litigation delight<br /><br />~@:>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-56203427309566968432012-04-25T10:27:38.316-04:002012-04-25T10:27:38.316-04:00Okay Eli. Keep an eye out for a Royal Society repo...Okay Eli. Keep an eye out for a Royal Society report tomorrow, BTW. Looks like it might be interesting.J Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-12066238875240039842012-04-25T09:52:00.313-04:002012-04-25T09:52:00.313-04:00Askolnick and others, while JO'S and Manuel ma...Askolnick and others, while JO'S and Manuel may not exactly be Nature's noblemen, Eli is getting a bit uncomfortable about the turn the discussion is taking. Comments about their science and their politics are fair game here. Having established their presence on various police blotters, perhaps that part of the discussion would better fit elsewhere.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-87246048874967497172012-04-25T09:41:36.341-04:002012-04-25T09:41:36.341-04:00JB: Or if a third of them had been prosecuted for ...JB: Or if a third of them had been prosecuted for child sexual abuse.badger badger badgerhttp://badgerbadgerbadger.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-19778485507129298792012-04-25T09:22:33.804-04:002012-04-25T09:22:33.804-04:00I see Manuel's name's been redacted from t...I see Manuel's name's been <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Slaying-Sky-Dragon-Greenhouse-ebook/dp/B004DNWJN6" rel="nofollow">redacted from the Sky Dragon book</a>. Still just about visible in <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/11/29/new-book-slaying-the-sky-dragon/" rel="nofollow">the WUWT review image, though</a> (sixth down). Just imagine the uproar if MBH'98 had quietly become BH'98.J Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-19919057523147841212012-04-25T08:47:19.255-04:002012-04-25T08:47:19.255-04:00John O'Sullivan used the pen name J Daley O...John O'Sullivan used the pen name <b>J Daley O'Neal</b> when he self-published his first "factual" novel <i>Vanilla Girl</i> online.<br /><br />He began his dramatically unsuccessful career as a novelist after he could no longer get a job as a school teacher following his arrest and trial in 2003 for assaulting and repeatedly sending obscene messages to a 16-y-o girl.<br /><br />He was acquitted for lack of evidence, after which he self-published what he calls “a fact-based crime story of a teacher’s struggle to control his erotic obsession with a schoolgirl.” In it he discusses ad nauseum his sexual fantasies involving young girls and defended his belief why society is wrong to punish what he called "kiddie fiddlers."<br /><br />To top it off, he published on his J Daley O'Neil blog soft-porn artwork of himself, standing naked, gazing at a bare-breasted pubescent temptress. I kid you not:<br />http://www.myspace.com/jdaleyoneal/photos/935141<br /><br />In addition to considering himself without cause a highly successful lawyer and the most popular science writer in the world covering global warming, he fancies himself God's gift to women and a fine artist.<br /><br />At least he did earn a degree in art from the West Surrey College of Art and Design -- the same time that he now says he was earning a law degree from a different school.Askolnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592847137254614619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-49094253399064547952012-04-25T08:43:07.352-04:002012-04-25T08:43:07.352-04:00> Hank has a good point.
Hank always has.
Unl...> Hank has a good point.<br /><br />Hank always has.<br /><br />Unless Hank has a good link.<br /><br />In which case I'd be tempted to say:<br /><br />Hank has a good link.<br /><br />But there's always in a good point in Hank's links.<br /><br />So I guess it depends on how we feel about the transitivity of "having a good point".willardhttp://neverendingaudit.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-6282979986967979312012-04-25T06:02:11.488-04:002012-04-25T06:02:11.488-04:00I see O'Sullivan also goes by the name J Daly ...I see O'Sullivan also goes by the name <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mrdarrk/blog" rel="nofollow">J Daly O'Neal.</a>J Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-83640241205476549072012-04-25T04:23:05.217-04:002012-04-25T04:23:05.217-04:00I should add, based on my interactions, that it is...I should add, based on my interactions, that it isn't a great surprise that he has been potentially been exposed as a fabricator of credentials. Neither is it a huge surprise that he went onto co-author a book that was a pile of dog poo. He always was motivated, running at a high tempo, and full of it.<br /><br />Paul HAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-78953391425854303052012-04-25T04:14:39.635-04:002012-04-25T04:14:39.635-04:00I had some interaction with John O'Sullivan ba...I had some interaction with John O'Sullivan back in 2007 on the yahoo global warming message boards. He goes by the Moniker John O there.<br /><br />His would trawl up the usual discredited arguments mixed in with strong high tempo rhetoric and wild insults. Kind of like an angry and manic version of Lord Monckton, but more stupid.<br /><br />I sadly have to admit he is one of the main reasons I stopped contributing to the board. Most of the other people I interacted with were more like skeptically minded lay-people with a passing interest in climate.<br /><br />As far as I remember, John O claimed he was a lawyer living in Great Yarmouth on his yahoo profile, so at least he is consistent in his delusions.<br /><br />I'm sure it is the same John O because his yahoo <a href="http://uk.messages.news.yahoo.com/Climate/threadview?bn=UKN-CLI-Global%20Warming&tid=6201&mid=6388" rel="nofollow">photo</a>.<br /><br />is of the gentleman going by John O'Sullivan on gravatar claiming to have co-written <a href="http://en.gravatar.com/johnosullivan" rel="nofollow">gravatar</a>.<br /><br />Paul HAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-58463990386156850302012-04-25T04:08:34.249-04:002012-04-25T04:08:34.249-04:00Hank has a good point.Hank has a good point.J Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-63590789508709963672012-04-25T02:19:00.118-04:002012-04-25T02:19:00.118-04:00Well color me stoopid, that why they call me stoop...Well color me stoopid, that why they call me stoopid.<br /><br />Three sales and eighteen reviews, a nice fail of the smell test, one could say.<br /><br />Hmmm, a most interesting, yet sad tale of blogger, ego tripping on his over inflated imaginary can of worms qualifications.<br /><br />Oh, well old 'Honest Abe', said it best long ago, in another century past.<br /> <br />“What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.- Abraham Lincoln”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-51763415195541137812012-04-25T02:04:20.458-04:002012-04-25T02:04:20.458-04:00Bunnies may be interested to know that several peo...Bunnies may be interested to know that several people have had their share of unfortunate interactions with Pete Ridley, in particular over at Greenfyre's.<br /><br />He was a bit of a stalker (Tamsin, better pay attantion to this particular comment), so I almost feel sympathy for O'Sullivan. Almost. Call me human.<br /><br />MarcoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-30956320845133862192012-04-24T21:38:06.138-04:002012-04-24T21:38:06.138-04:00Seems like time to reach out to the honest skeptic...Seems like time to reach out to the honest skeptics, get them to round up contributions to the climate scientists legal defense fund, and provide some help to Dr. Curry.<br /><br />You don't have to like what someone says to defend their right to speak. It's the ones you don't like that test your commitment to freedom of speech.<br /><br />Seriously.<br /><br />There _are_ things we can agree on.Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-62382096106956531342012-04-24T21:06:37.543-04:002012-04-24T21:06:37.543-04:00"Great guy, this John O'Sullivan."
...<i>"Great guy, this John O'Sullivan."</i><br /><br />Retracted. Wrong John O'Sullivan. <a href="http://hot-topic.co.nz/so-many-lies-and-the-liar-who-tells-them/" rel="nofollow">Easy to see why one could get confused.</a>J Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-35256977527741121852012-04-24T20:44:17.377-04:002012-04-24T20:44:17.377-04:00Great guy, this John O'Sullivan. I see O'S...<a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/04/17/another_national_review_contributor_pals_around_with_nativists/singleton/" rel="nofollow">Great guy, this John O'Sullivan.</a> I see O'Sullivan's accusing Skolnick of gleefully aligning...with pedophiles." (Michael Mann's at Penn State.. ergo... duh). The irony is how Missouri court records show that O'Sullivan's never heard the old saying, <a href="http://metaclimate.org/2011/01/15/travesties-train-wrecks-and-climate-denial-chum/#comment-3558" rel="nofollow">"one finger pointed at someone else leaves three pointed back at yourself"</a>.J Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-12943083880883349362012-04-24T19:06:09.814-04:002012-04-24T19:06:09.814-04:00The dragons' sense of timing is atrocious. If ...The dragons' sense of timing is atrocious. If they had come by 5 or so years ago, say when WUWT had just started, they could have made quite an impact. But the deniers also learn. Some of them have become 'lukewarmers' to shift that Overton window (see the professor's last blog post). The others have become more sophisticated, sophisticated enough to realize that the sky dragons will damage the PR delay effort to make sure the glorious free markets will solve AGW before the water melons screw everything up.<br /><br />I feel sorry for the dragons, left in the cold by the brethren because they are a liability. Where have the times gone when we could just spout any old nonsense? It's all gone downhill from the moment Patrick Michaels started giving tips on that Heartland Denial Conference.Nevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15413215743703093876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-84738383706958645652012-04-24T17:15:19.407-04:002012-04-24T17:15:19.407-04:00Frankly, I'm just kind of amazed there's a...Frankly, I'm just kind of amazed there's any contrarian argument Aunt Judy wouldn't "entertain" in her little salon. <br /><br />Judy is a step above Lindzen in that she is not totally dishonest. She's a step below Woy, in that Woy seems to have an understanding of how the greenhouse mechanism works. <br /><br />And Stevie McI, well at least he makes Lindzen feel better.a_ray_in_dilbert_spacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-85103511749990582402012-04-24T16:58:20.039-04:002012-04-24T16:58:20.039-04:00Last November, I had the misfortune to see two of ...Last November, I had the misfortune to see two of the Sky Dragons, John O’Sullivan and Hans Schreuder, in action. The occasion was a presentation given by a group opposing the building of two wind turbines by a local community energy group here in South Devon.<br /><br />The leader of the organizing group (with whom I’ve exchanged a war of words via the letters page of our local newspaper) doesn’t think we need renewable energy because he thinks climate change isn’t happening. His views were partially informed by the “Slaying the Sky Dragon” book, which he mentioned in one letter, so he invited O’Sullivan and Schreuder down to tell us all how tens of thousands of scientists have got it all hopelessly wrong the last 150 years or so since Fourier.<br /><br />O’Sullivan started his talk by saying that it was all a plot by the UN to impose a world government and it was all downhill from there on. As for Schreuder, I haven’t got the faintest idea what he was on about. I’m sure at one point he said that the atmosphere cooled the planet, but he kept going off at tangents and the whole evening turned into a complete shambles.<br /><br />In the question and answer session that followed the presentations, it became apparent that out of the audience of around 40 people, there were only about 5 of us who were interested in climate change – the rest had come along to find out about wind turbines. On the way home, the two people I’d gone along with and I agreed that it had all been a spectacular own goal by the organizers.<br /><br />As for the Sky Dragons, you can see how bad they are by the fact that even Christopher Monckton disowns them.Wellington Womblenoreply@blogger.com