Richard Littlemore has the Calgary Herald's
Statement of Defence against Tim Ball's lawsuit.
Best bit:
- The Defendants (the Calgary Herald) state that the Plaintiff (Ball) never held a reputation in the scientific community as a noted climatologist and authority on global warming. The particulars of the Plaintiff's reputation are as follows:
(a) The Plaintiff has never published any research in any peer-reviewed scientific journal which addressed the topic of human contributions to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming;
(b) The Plaintiff has published no papers on climatology in academically recognized peer-reviewed scientific journals since his retirement as a Professor in 1996;
(c) The Plaintiff's credentials and credibility as an expert on the issue of global warming have been repeatedly disparaged in the media; and
(d) The Plaintiff is viewed as a paid promoter of the agenda of the oil and gas industry rather than as a practicing scientist.
As Littlemore says: ouch.
I hope Timmy Ball doesn't throw in the towel. It would be a real treat to witness Timmy defend his "credentials" on the stand.
I also like the part where they say:
The Plaintiff is a member of the Friends of Science, a group dedicated to discrediting mainstream scientific beliefs and theories regarding the contribution of human sourced greenhouse gases to global warming.
They sure live up to their name!
Timball : Very good performance. Please stick with the case 'til the Bitter End so that the Piñata will be produced forth many times for everyone's enjoyment !
I, personally, thingk Tim Ball is a parody character in some person's performance art, acted out on The Internets (that some on the right still asserts Gore created).
Best,
D