If you could
eliminate the riding in a van part of it or the having to wait for your
reviews to come in part of it or all the parts that are not so
much fun, we'd happily do it forever.
Going after a widely published climate scientist, no matter what they said about Mann's work, would just make Mann look bad (I mean, Judith has well over 100 pear
reviewed publications, including a bunch in 2013 and 2014, books, etc), and would pretty
much eliminate appeals to authority in front of a jury.