Hockey stick shenanigans

From Bishop Hill:

There has been the most extraordinary series of postings at Climate Audit over the last week. As is usual at CA, there is a heavy mathematics burden for the casual reader, which, with a bit of research I think I can now just about follow. The story is a remarkable indictment of the corruption and cyncism that is rife among climate scientists, and I'm going to try to tell it in layman's language so that the average blog reader can understand it. As far as I know it's the first time the whole story has been set out in a single posting. It's a long tale - and the longest posting I think I've ever written and piecing it together from the individual CA postings has been a long, hard but fascinating struggle. You may want to get a long drink before starting, and those who suffer from heart disorders may wish to take their beta blockers first.

I strongly urge you to read the whole thing. If you are a True Believer in Man-Made Climate Change, this should give you pause. If everything is as clear-cut as the doom-sayers are making out, why all the shenanigans? If the science is so settled, why are they not adhering to proper scientific protocol?