This really is getting confusing. Mere lawyers like Pres. Obama are qualified to attain informed judgment on global warming. Other lawyers — like the UK High Court judge, me, you name ‘em — if they disagree with the warmist consensus, . . . well, no, they do not possess the relevant background necessary to achieve climate enlightenment. Economists? Heck no — the notion is “laughable” says Cimate Progress. Er, unless you mean that guy who’s the “UN’s chief climate scientist.” Then, ah . . . why, yes, yes indeed! Don’t even get me started on the faith leaders (hey look, Pat Robertson’s no longer crazy — he agrees with Al Sharpton!), be they the Goracle or otherwise.

But now, of all things and of all times, the global warming industry touts the support of . . . Wall Street traders and deriviatives market-types to show their cap-n-trade rationing scheme is a good idea! Headline in today’s Climate Wire: MARKETS: “Carbon traders bullish on Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade plan.”

Whaddayamean I said markets don’t work?! They do when they’re phony!

No foolish consistency for these great minds.