Andrew Weaver is suing Tim Ball for libel.

Here's a copy of Weaver's complaint. 

The complaint is interesting reading, Ball seems to think that he can just make stuff up. 

It's about time that climate scientists went on the attack. Weaver is also suing the National Post, a generally right-leaning Canadian newspaper that frequently features anti-science articles by its columnists. 

Good for Weaver!

Ball reminds me a lot of Monckton.  I'm always amazed that anybody listens to either of these guys.  A political advisor and a geographer?  Seriously?  As I recall, his pet argument is "climate has changed naturally in the past".  Brilliant.

Ball insulting Weaver's climate science knowledge reminds me a lot of this denier who frequents Yahoo Answers named jim z.  He's got a BS degree in geology, which he thinks makes him a climate science expert.  He's also a big Rush Limbaugh fan, and believes he once had an encounter with Bigfoot.  No joke.  He and his twin brother (another rabid denier) have given talks about Bigfoot and fancy themselves Bigfoot experts.

Anyway, today I asked a question about Lindzen's honesty, in relation to the Case Study trilogy.  The entirety of jim z's answer was:

It is interesting that you chose to use the word honest instead of correct. He is honest and correct. You may disagree but that is because you don't understand the issue very well IMO

How honest to you think Richard Lindzen is?

should be

How honest do you think Richard Lindzen is?

Dang, can't edit YA questions after they're posted.  Oh well.

Rob - yes, some people take Dunning-Kruger to the extreme!