On the Dozen "Independent" Researchers Who've Validated Michael Mann's Hockey Stick Graph

It is total bullshit. As even the IPCC itself has admitted, these researchers are not entirely independent. In fact, according to the reports that were eventually levied by Wegman and McIntyre, 9 out of the 12 of these researchers utilized precisely the same bristle-cone pine data that Michael Mann did and they ALL utilized at least some of overall findings. To say that these individuals are independent is kind of like saying that your middle and index fingers are independent.