On the Warm Seat

The Year of the Skeptic continues, the Washington Times jumps in with both feet:

Politics shapes the IPCC from beginning to end. Legislators, policymakers and/or diplomatic appointees select (or approve) the scientists — at least the lead scientists — who make up the IPCC. In addition, the summary and the final draft of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report was written in collaboration with political appointees and subject to their approval.

Not only has global warming disappeared in the last year, warmenists also appear on the way out.