In summary, the historical [Sea Surface Temperature] record... may well contain instrumental bias effects that render the data of questionable value in determining long period trends in ocean surface temperatures... Investigators that use the data [to try this] bear a heavy, perhaps impossible, responsibility for ensuring that the potential instrument bias has not contaminated their results. (globalwarmingsolved.com)
Considering the long - term climate trend through the Holocene (last 10,000 years)(Davis & Bohling, 2001), it is indeed true that global warming «has not taken a break», because over that time period the trend has been one of cooling, not warming. (climatechangereconsidered.org)
I have heard during the inevitable drawdowns and tough periods trend following is dead. (trendfollowingmentor.com)