“Former Apartheid Spy Appointed to Head UN Climate Change Effort“. Charles “the Moderator” doesn’t like the political background of Marthinus van Schalkwyk, the South African politician who is a candidate for head the United Nations Framework on Climate Change, so he links to a right-wing pundit’s blog about it.

Marthinus van Schalkwyk, UNFCC candidate and former South African Minister for Environmental Affairs & Tourism.

I have no opinion on the Mr. van Schalkwyk or the reasoning for his nomination, but I’d have thought that the Denialists would be smart enough to hold their fire until after the election and complain about whoever is actually chosen. Criticizing now just dilutes their “anger”…