I’m at O’Hare, changing planes to go to DC for the Satellite Show. Not sure how much time I’ll have for blogging.
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So… free form commentary?
Well I stumbled across this cross-posting on X from Scott Manley from Jeff Foust about Dream Chaser perhaps launching by the end of this summer at the satshow.
The laptop/desktop version is http not https. I think the mobile app version may be https. This isn’t too much of a problem in Linux, where Brave merely tells you it’s not secure, but in Windows, the browsers clutch their pearls and faint.
Yes, congratulations (so far)!
An excerpt from the court ruling’s pdf from Steyn On Line.
[…] Here, the Court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that Dr. Mann, through Mr. Fontaine and Mr. Williams, acted in bad faith when they presented erroneous evidence and made false representations to the jury and the Court regarding damages stemming from loss of grant funding. Specifically, the Court finds that Mr. Fontaine and Mr. Williams knowingly violated the rules of professional conduct in eliciting testimony and offering evidence related to (1) the post-publication unfunded grant amounts depicted in Exhibit 517A, and as reproduced in Exhibit
117, and (2) the post-publication funded grant amounts in Exhibit 116. The Court does not reach this decision lightly.
[…]
ACCORDINGLY, it is by the Court this 12th day of March, 2025 hereby ORDERED that Defendant Mark Steyn’s Motion for Sanctions for Bad-Faith Trial
Misconduct, filed on February 1, 2024, is GRANTED IN PART; and it is further ORDERED that the request for sanctions set forth in Defendant Simberg’s Response
Brief, filed on February 1, 2024, is GRANTED IN PART; and it is further ORDERED that Plaintiff Michael E. Mann, Ph.D., is SANCTIONED for bad-faith trial misconduct relating to his use of Exhibit 517A, Exhibit 116, and Exhibit 117, and his counsel’s
misrepresentations concerning the same; and it is further ORDERED that Defendants Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn will file all necessary
materials in support of the costs and fees awarded in this Order by March 26, 2025; and it is further ORDERED that Plaintiff Michael E. Mann, Ph.D., will file any response within fourteen
days of Defendants’ filings in support of the sanction award; and it is further ORDERED that Defendants Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn will file any replies withinseven days of Plaintiff Michael E. Mann, Ph.D.’s response.
SO ORDERED.
__________________________
Judge Alfred S. Irving, Jr.
Excellent news. With Elon and the Trump Cabinet busily taking down both the Deep State of GS-rated weasels and the Dark State legion of parasite NGOs let’s hope your absurd legal situation is the beginning of a parallel take-down of the Climate-Academic-Complex and the Lawfare-Industrial-Complex.
So… free form commentary?
Well I stumbled across this cross-posting on X from Scott Manley from Jeff Foust about Dream Chaser perhaps launching by the end of this summer at the satshow.
Rand, I’m getting a message from Norton that this website is not secure. FYI.
The laptop/desktop version is http not https. I think the mobile app version may be https. This isn’t too much of a problem in Linux, where Brave merely tells you it’s not secure, but in Windows, the browsers clutch their pearls and faint.
Viewing the website in Windows 11 and Edge. No pearl clutching or fainting; it just notes “Not secure”.
I guess my default security settings are a bit more puckerish.
That’s because it doesn’t use https.
Congratulations on the judgment in Mann v. Steyn/Simberg. Well-deserved!
Yes, congratulations (so far)!
An excerpt from the court ruling’s pdf from Steyn On Line.
[…] Here, the Court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that Dr. Mann, through Mr. Fontaine and Mr. Williams, acted in bad faith when they presented erroneous evidence and made false representations to the jury and the Court regarding damages stemming from loss of grant funding. Specifically, the Court finds that Mr. Fontaine and Mr. Williams knowingly violated the rules of professional conduct in eliciting testimony and offering evidence related to (1) the post-publication unfunded grant amounts depicted in Exhibit 517A, and as reproduced in Exhibit
117, and (2) the post-publication funded grant amounts in Exhibit 116. The Court does not reach this decision lightly.
[…]
ACCORDINGLY, it is by the Court this 12th day of March, 2025 hereby
ORDERED that Defendant Mark Steyn’s Motion for Sanctions for Bad-Faith Trial
Misconduct, filed on February 1, 2024, is GRANTED IN PART; and it is further
ORDERED that the request for sanctions set forth in Defendant Simberg’s Response
Brief, filed on February 1, 2024, is GRANTED IN PART; and it is further
ORDERED that Plaintiff Michael E. Mann, Ph.D., is SANCTIONED for bad-faith trial misconduct relating to his use of Exhibit 517A, Exhibit 116, and Exhibit 117, and his counsel’s
misrepresentations concerning the same; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendants Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn will file all necessary
materials in support of the costs and fees awarded in this Order by March 26, 2025; and it is further
ORDERED that Plaintiff Michael E. Mann, Ph.D., will file any response within fourteen
days of Defendants’ filings in support of the sanction award; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendants Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn will file any replies withinseven days of Plaintiff Michael E. Mann, Ph.D.’s response.
SO ORDERED.
__________________________
Judge Alfred S. Irving, Jr.
Mann claimed that someones’ criticisms of the investigation into his misuse of data was defamation but then lied in court, amusing.
Hey, congrats, Rand!
Turns out Michael Mann really is a fraud after all — proven in court, no less.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/03/michael-mann-sanctioned-for-false-testimony-bad-faith.php
Excellent news. With Elon and the Trump Cabinet busily taking down both the Deep State of GS-rated weasels and the Dark State legion of parasite NGOs let’s hope your absurd legal situation is the beginning of a parallel take-down of the Climate-Academic-Complex and the Lawfare-Industrial-Complex.
Only two more shopping days before the Mahmoud Khalil riots.