From Steven Goddard at Real Science:
Only One Month Until The Al Gore Ice-Free Arctic
On December 10, 2007 Nobel Laureate Al Gore predicted an ice-free Arctic “seven years from now” That date rapidly approaches, with Arctic sea ice at a ten year high.
Buffoon - from Wiktionary:
In the United States the term is used most commonly to describe inappropriate, clownish figures on the public stage; here the behavior of a variety of public figures have caused them to be described as buffoons by their political opponents.