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Will Gorsuch survive the weekend?

by Chalky

Feb 8, 2017

Leaks are coming in that 45 is horrendously angry about Gorsuch's comments.

Will he be 'fired'?

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misleading climate data

by AW to TEC

Feb 8, 2017

whistleblower claims NOAA knowingly published misleading data.

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A high-level whistleblower has told this newspaper that America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) breached its own rules on scientific integrity when it published the sensational but flawed report, aimed at making the maximum possibl...See More

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well but then how does this figure in the great flood.

You said, "There is now pretty good agreement that sea level rise will be the first to cause major problems. So, a worst case scenario, about 13,000 years ago, sea level started to rise at a rate of one meter (~3 feet) every 20 years,

A guy named Ballard, said," some 12,000 years ago, much of the world ...See More

Feb 8, 2017

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T.E.C. - Iowa Sometimes I remember things but not where I read them. Such was the case with the 20-meter sea level rise over 400 years. It took a little doing to find it! However, I was wrong about one part. It was not 13,000 years ago! It was 14,000 years ago.

For a reference, just go to the article, "A Slippery Slope: How Much Global Warming Cons...See MoreSometimes I remember things but not where I read them. Such was the case with the 20-meter sea level rise over 400 years. It took a little doing to find it! However, I was wrong about one part. It was not 13,000 years ago! It was 14,000 years ago.

For a reference, just go to the article, "A Slippery Slope: How Much Global Warming Constitutes 'Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference'?" by James E. Hansen of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and you will find this:

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Consider the situation during past ice sheet disintegrations. In melt-water pulse 1A, about 14,000 years ago, sea level rose about 20 meters in approximately 400 years (Kienast et al., 2003). That is an average of 1 meter of sea level rise every 20 years. The nature of glacier disintegration required for delivery of that much water from the ice sheets to the ocean would be spectacular (5 cm of sea level, the mean annual change, is about 15,000 cubic kilometers of water). “Explosively” would be an apt description, if future ice sheet disintegration were to occur at a substantial fraction of the melt-water pulse 1A rate.

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About the "Four hundred feet below the surface (of the Black Sea), they unearthed an ancient shoreline." Yes, there is a theory that says that the Black Sea basin was once dry and it flooded catastrophically. This may be the origin of the Biblical Flood.

However, this was not a world wide flood and there has never been such a thing, because there is not enough water on the planet. Then again, you may wish to pretend that some God created extra water as the flood started and then had the water disappear as the flood receded. Do not expect scientists to accept this idea because you are violating the Law of Conservation of Matter at both the beginning and end of the flood.

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On to the climate change deniers! A poster wrote, "If someone requires Blind Faith in science in order to be considered modern." It is not so much blind faith as knowing who the experts are and listening to them. I can follow most of what they say. However, I do not - ever - pretend to have their expertise. So I listen to what they say. Climate change deniers, on the other hand, are described by this quote from Isaac Asimov:

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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."

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And the last quote, "go ahead and explain why temperature records taken by scientists have to be changed." This poster does not understand that data is not used in its raw form. It must be interpreted. Yet there are rules to follow, and if done correctly, the other scientists will find it acceptable.

Feb 8, 2017

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Does he believe her?

by Chalky

Feb 6, 2017

POTUS believes KellyAnne's 'alternative fact' that there was a terrorist attack in Bowling Green?

Surely not!

Butttttt.....what if he does?

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EasTexSteve Obama banned refugees for 6 months because they contained embedded terrorists. Thank God there was no Bowling Green massacre.

On 2/06/17, Chalky wrote: > On 2/06/17, Tim finnegan wrote: >> On 2/06/17, Chalky wrote: >>> >>> POTUS believes KellyAnne's 'alternative fact' that there >> was a >>> terror...See More

Feb 6, 2017

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Chalky On 2/07/17, Solon wrote:

>President Trump will restore order to the nation.

Yeah right!

Feb 7, 2017

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That was quick

by long-time lurker

Feb 7, 2017

massie.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rep-massie- introduces-bill-to-abolish-federal-department-of- education

There was quite a bit of murmuring about Trump nominees being put in place to undo and dissolve the departments they are seeking to lead. Anyone think there could be some truth in that?

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Downsize the federal government. On 2/07/17, long-time lurker wrote: > massie.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rep-massie- > introduces-bill-to-abolish-federal-department-of- > education > > There was quite a bit of murmuring about Trump nominees > being put in place to undo and dissolve the departments > they are seeking to lead. Anyone think there could be ...See More

Feb 7, 2017

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Pelosi unable to find common ground with pres

by Tim Finnegan

Feb 7, 2017

I know the Democrats still cannot get past President Bush. But this is getting ridiculous. Pelosi has said "we've seen nothing where we can where - where I can work with President Bush on..."

I hate to break it to Ms Pelosi, but G-dub is no longer president. Maybe it's time for some of these older folk in the House to ride off in...See More

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T.E.C. - Iowa It is time to stop talking about "G-dub" when we are no longer suffering from the consequences of his actions. And remember, we have still not paid for the first bullet fired in GW's Iraq War.

Defending GW, which is what is being done with the comment "G-dub is no longer president", is a bad idea! I mean, Al Capone is d...See More

Feb 7, 2017

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Tim Finnegan On 2/07/17, T.E.C. - Iowa wrote: > It is time to stop talking about "G-dub" when we are no longer > suffering from the consequences of his actions. And remember, > we have still not paid for the first bullet fired in GW's Iraq > War. > > Defending GW, which is what is being done with the comment > "G-dub is no lo...See More

Feb 7, 2017

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About the List of Banned Countries!

by T.E.C. - Iowa

Feb 7, 2017

To summarize what I am hearing from the foreign policy people I follow, the countries in Pres. Trump's ban are allies of Iran with the exception of Libya, Sudan, and Somalia.

Notably missing from the list is Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bahrain. The reason these countries should be on the list is they are the greatest supporters of Wahabism, ...See More

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Do any of you like trumps Ed sect?

by Mama maria

Feb 7, 2017

Dose any one hear like trumps choise for secretary of education? I don't particularly think she is qualified, but I don't understand why the dems are fighting so hard against her.

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