Mike’s Nature Trick

This snippet from our Global Warming Overlords has generated a bit of interest:

“I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd (sic) from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline.”

Defenders of the warmist camp have been patiently explaining to us uneducated hicks that the term "trick" is an innocent reference to a "clever solution" and instruct us, with a pat on the head, to get back to our NASCAR and Budweiser.

OK, but now that there's been time to look further into the leaked programs, we see evidence that sometimes a "trick" is actually a "trick". The link explains at least one instance of the trickery, and sums it up nicely:

But here’s what’s undeniable: If a divergence exists between measured temperatures and those derived from dendrochronological data after (circa) 1960 then discarding only the post-1960 figures is disingenuous to say the least. The very existence of a divergence betrays a potential serious flaw in the process by which temperatures are reconstructed from tree-ring density. If it’s bogus beyond a set threshold, then any honest men of science would instinctively question its integrity prior to that boundary. And only the lowliest would apply a hack in order to produce a desired result.

also---click here for a pretty good compilation of programmer's notes.