rooster -- "Goddard" (a pseudonym) is widely known and reviled as a liar and an idiot -- see e.g.: Heartland’s James Taylor hits new low with defamatory false accusations against NOAA http://deepclimate.org/2012/06/21/heartlands-james-taylor-hits-new-low-with-defamatory-false-accusations-against-noaa/ [with comments] Who Is Steven Goddard? http://reallysciency.blogspot.com/p/who-is-steven-goddard.html [with comments] New Lows: Sea Ice and “Steven Goddard” credibility http://climatecrocks.com/2011/09/14/new-lows-sea-ice-and-steven-goddard-credibility/ [with comments] Watts Up With That's ignorance regarding Antarctic sea ice http://www.skepticalscience.com/Watts-Up-With-That-ignorance-regarding-Antarctic-sea-ice.html [with comments] A new Olympic record for retraction of a denier talking point http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2008/08/25/203013/a-new-olympic-record-for-retraction-of-a-denier-talking-point/ [with comments] Buffoons in arms: Goddard joins Monckton at SPPI http://hot-topic.co.nz/buffoons-in-arms-goddard-joins-monckton-at-sppi/ [with comments] [also at http://sciblogs.co.nz/hot-topic/2010/10/30/buffoons-in-arms-goddard-joins-monckton-at-sppi/ ] How to cook a graph in three easy lessons http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2008/05/how-to-cook-a-graph-in-three-easy-lessons [with comments] and see (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=95063214 and preceding and following