Now that Mann's Hockey Stick graph data is "missing", does it matter that the graph was FAKED?

Feb 15, 2010 by Jimmbbo | Posted in Politics

Ross McKitrick and Steve McIntyre ("M&M" in Manns "Climategate" emails) proved that Michael Mann's IPCC-featured and Algore-promoted "Hockey Stick Graph" (HSG) was FAKED. Consider:

The HSG was NEVER peer

The liberal eco-religion will have to go through the grieving stages, at the loss of their try at world power domination:
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance

They were in denial up until about a month ago, &

bwlobo | Feb 15, 2010

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20.05.12

Humala, who will be accompanied by several key ministers and a number of business leaders, on Tuesday will make his first stop in Japan, Peru's number five trading partner. LIMA — Peruvian President Ollanta Humala will set off this week on his first official trip to Asia, seeking to sell his country as an ideal hub for trade between Latin America and the Asia-Pacific. Peru and South Korea will sign off on a declaration of strategic association, in a follow-up to their free trade deal. He will hold talks with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and meet with Emperor Akihito, according to Peru's Foreign Ministry.

Source: AFP

Berkeley APEC Study Center: Taiwan-China Relations: Debates over ...

by Berkeley APEC Study Center

The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a limited free trade agreement between the two entities that has yet to be signed, marks another chapter in the development of Chinese-Taiwanese relations. Since the ascension of the Kuomintang (KMT) and President Ma Ying-jeou into power in 2008, efforts to restore cross-strait relations in transportation, commerce and communications have been the subject of negotiations between the Communist Party... Moreover, in the face of increased bilateral free trade agreements between ASEAN nations and Japan, Korea, and China, Taiwan seeks to remain competitive in the global market....

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