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Heartland Institute Threatens To Sue Anyone Who Comments On Leaked Documents
Layzej writes "Bloggers around the world have been commenting on recently leaked Heartland Institute documents that reveal their internal strategies to discredit climate science. These posters are now under threat of legal action. According to the Heartland Institute 'the individuals who have commented so far on these documents did not wait for Heartland to confirm or deny the authenticity of the documents. We believe their actions constitute civil and possibly criminal offenses for which we plan to pursue charges and collect payment for damages'"
Your case would be much, much stronger if you weren't quoting Megan "Koch Shill" McArdle.
And your claims are contradictory and easily questioned:
Every document in the bundle except the strategy memo and an IRS document was printed to PDF in the central time zone. The IRS document was printed to PDF in GMT-4. The strategy memo was scanned in with an Epson scanner to a PDF by someone in the Pacific time zone.
Yes, because everyone in a "Think Tank" works in the same monolithic building and lives within 5 miles of each other. Oh wait - no, they don't. They spread all around. "Think Tanks" , especially corrupt corporate shill tanks like Heartland Institute, hire supposed "experts" from wherever they can get them, and they trade on the reputations of their members' day jobs to falsely claim legitimacy.
All documents except the strategy memo and a board directory were printed to PDF on January 16, the day before a board meeting.
Oh my gosh - someone printed a board directory AFTER the board meeting? SCANDALOUS! And they even did it in the central time zone, the same as some of the other documents... wait, weren't you just arguing that the previous IRS and Strategy documents were illegitimate because they were scanned/printed in the wrong time zones???
In short, you're full of horse shit.
This is such an insightful comment. You clearly address my comments about the authenticity of the strategy memo. Thanks.
As for Megan and "Koch shilling", has it ever occurred to you that people who agree with each other politically are going to say the same thing? Next thing you know, Barack Obama and the Brookings Institute will agree! And Newt Gingrich will oppose them with the support of the Heritage Foundation! OMG!!!!!11!!!!11!eleventys!