Monday, September 24, 2012

Watts Won't Reveal His "Independent Donor"

Watts replies:
The 44K in the stolen Gleick emails is half of the 88k for the five year project from the independent donor arranged by Heatland. He’s the “anonymous donor” listed in the stolen Gleick emails is what I’m told. The other 44k half has not been funded. We are making do and the project will be a public open resource online when completed. Thanks to Gleick and his crime, the project was delayed a few months.
Watts declined to specify who this "independent donor" is, or exactly what "resource" he's providing. Given his recent prominence in the news, this is relevant.

He adds:
Tread lightly, and be very careful what you write. I have a low tolerance level for your smear attempts, and I won’t tolerate any more.
I do not believe that communicating facts, as reported to (and by) me, to be "smear attempts."

5 comments:

Dano said...

Oh, wow. The tough guy won't tolerate being audited. Shocking, surely. Go git 'em David.

Best,

D

Paul S said...

The word 'Mimophant' seems to fit Watts very well:

'He is a phenomenon most of us have met in life: a hybrid who combines the delicate frailness of the Mimosa, crumbling at a touch when his own feelings are hurt, with the thick-skinned robustness of the elephant trampling over the feelings of others.'

TheTracker said...

"He is a phenomenon most of us have met in life: a hybrid who combines the delicate frailness of the Mimosa, crumbling at a touch when his own feelings are hurt, with the thick-skinned robustness of the elephant trampling over the feelings of others."

Sounds like a few surgeons I know. ;)

Sou said...

Suggestive if not revealing - and not just the Freudian slip (Heatland).

rspung said...

why do you guys have a problem with a private individual keeping the details of his private finances private?