Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
23rd August 2019, 03:56 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
23rd August 2019, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,176
The IPCC has modeled release of methane...
The IPCC has modeled release of methane reservoirs and yes that would be bad. However, the IPCC considers the possibility of such occuring to be extremely unlikely (less than 1% chance).
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
23rd August 2019, 01:37 PM
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Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,176
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
23rd August 2019, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,176
In the article he said this:
"That would...
In the article he said this:
"That would indeed get us to 1.5°C by 2030: 12 years from 2018. But an additional quarter of a degree of warming, more-or-less what has happened since the 1990s, is...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
23rd August 2019, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,176
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
23rd August 2019, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,176
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
23rd August 2019, 08:00 AM
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Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,176
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
23rd August 2019, 07:28 AM
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Replies: 3,162
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
22nd August 2019, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,176
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
22nd August 2019, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,176
The next line said that according to the same...
The next line said that according to the same spokesperson two crew members may be flying back.
Also, of course Greta and her father are not taking the boat back, so best case scenario this trip...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
22nd August 2019, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,176
Except the boat wasn't going to make the trip...
Except the boat wasn't going to make the trip already.
As the origin link, which I assume Matthew Best never bothered to read, made clear: "'We added the trip to New York City at very short...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
10th August 2019, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,176
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
8th August 2019, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 8,765
black flies...
black flies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAd_JIFzceo) can be unrelenting.
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
23rd July 2019, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 3,207
Views: 152,306
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
14th June 2019, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 3,370
Views: 153,802
Another example, which I think is better than...
Another example, which I think is better than Iron Eyes Cody was Grey Owl who was probably the most famous Native American for years (1920s and 30s). Actually for a time he was considered the most...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
29th May 2019, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 740
Views: 181,448
An advocacy group saying that they are...
An advocacy group saying that they are underfunded - during a time when health care funding was going up by 3% per year (including hospital funding, which yes is probably not adequate with inflation...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
29th May 2019, 06:17 AM
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Replies: 740
Views: 181,448
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
27th May 2019, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 740
Views: 181,448
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
26th May 2019, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 371
Views: 28,999
I think something has changed. Don't get me...
I think something has changed. Don't get me wrong, individual skeptics have always had their sacred cows, and there have always been skeptics who have had extreme political positions etc. What has...
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Forum: USA Politics
27th March 2019, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 4,225
Views: 187,601
You seem to imply that there is only one factor...
You seem to imply that there is only one factor that cost Clinton the election, and people won't agree on what that one factor is. That is almost never the case, especially in an election in which...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
26th March 2019, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 674
Khadr did not receive the money because he was...
Khadr did not receive the money because he was tortured. He received it because the Canadian Supreme Court determined that the Canadian Government repeatedly violated his rights. Being angry about...
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Forum: USA Politics
26th March 2019, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 4,225
Views: 187,601
Those rules are very transparent. Mueller gives...
Those rules are very transparent. Mueller gives his report to the AG and the AG can do whatever he wants with it. If anything Barr said was a lie, Mueller still could not say a thing. The Dems can...
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Forum: USA Politics
26th March 2019, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 4,225
Views: 187,601
Doubt it. Mueller is old school, he has a sense...
Doubt it. Mueller is old school, he has a sense of duty (which unfortunately leaves him with no options when those he has to serve have no sense of duty) and he will not divert from his mandate. This...
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Forum: USA Politics
26th March 2019, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 4,225
Views: 187,601
I don't know why the report not being released...
I don't know why the report not being released would be unexpected, as everything points to this report not being released. The House Dems have demanded a copy, and the response has been that they...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
10th March 2019, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,636
<SNIP>
Edited for rule 0 and rule 12.First of...
<SNIP>
Edited for rule 0 and rule 12.First of all golden rice only went through the approval process in the US for one reason and one reason only, to make it easier, faster and cheaper for other...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
10th March 2019, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,636
I wouldn't think that it would be possible for...
I wouldn't think that it would be possible for someone who claims to be a farmer to know less about plant breeding than your average high school student, but you clearly do.
The traits are bred...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
9th March 2019, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,636
LOL.
1) No variety would be...
LOL.
1) No variety would be commercialized if it resulted in a decreased yield.
2) You claim to not be interested in conspiracy theory propaganda while linking to a conspiracy theory...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
8th March 2019, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 3,370
Views: 153,802
In this case the 14-year-old transgender child...
In this case the 14-year-old transgender child consented (the court agreed with the medical experts that this 14-year-old was capable of consenting - capacity to consent is not based upon age - for...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
5th March 2019, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 2,986
It is bad, and he couldn't have handled it any...
It is bad, and he couldn't have handled it any worse. In a well functioning society he would be voted out in October. However, the opposition leaders are pretty incompetent so it is anyone's guess.
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
26th February 2019, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,024
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
26th February 2019, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,024
Was the Nazi party a member party of Socialist...
Was the Nazi party a member party of Socialist International? Or rather its predecessor: Labour and Socialist International?
Popular Will is a full member. Not an observer party or a consultative...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
25th February 2019, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,024
I mean why read her articles at all? There are...
I mean why read her articles at all? There are people who love convicted serial killers, marry them in prison, defend them. Normal people wouldn't give a damn if one of those people wrote a series of...
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Forum: USA Politics
18th February 2019, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
This is a lot of debate over an initial claim...
This is a lot of debate over an initial claim that is a complete lie. A complete lie that is spread by every anti-nuclear activist. Of course if anti-nuclear activists stopped spreading lies they...
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Forum: USA Politics
14th February 2019, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
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Forum: USA Politics
14th February 2019, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
Sure some people have been. But for instance...
Sure some people have been. But for instance nuclear was quite popular in Ontario in the 60s and 70s and started to decline in the 80s and 90s. Not because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - most people...
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Forum: USA Politics
14th February 2019, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
13th February 2019, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,024
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Forum: USA Politics
13th February 2019, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
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Forum: USA Politics
13th February 2019, 07:43 AM
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Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
Not really. Uranium reserves are very high in...
Not really. Uranium reserves are very high in Australia, Canada and Russia, not places like the Congo. Nor would it be mined in that way.
Yes, mining for materials other than uranium (or thorium)...
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Forum: USA Politics
13th February 2019, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
I agree. The futility of the environmental...
I agree. The futility of the environmental movement's desire to take the world in that way was outlined well in the book "Break Through: Why We Can't Leave Saving The Planet To Environmentalists"
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
12th February 2019, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,024
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
12th February 2019, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,024
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Forum: USA Politics
12th February 2019, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
People are saying what? That they are happy to...
People are saying what? That they are happy to live close to a nuclear plant?
Yes - those who are close to Pickering and Bruce are generally happy with it, despite the barrage of lies they receive...
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Forum: USA Politics
12th February 2019, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
12th February 2019, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,024
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
12th February 2019, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,024
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
12th February 2019, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,024
So why are you are bitching about my claim that...
So why are you are bitching about my claim that Blumenthal feels the US should be fighting with Assad - when he specifically said that US' main goal should be fighting the exact people that both you...
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Forum: USA Politics
12th February 2019, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
12th February 2019, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,024
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
12th February 2019, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,024
"The national security state has completely...
"The national security state has completely abrogated what should be its top mission, which is to take on these Sunni jihadist organizations which have repeatedly attacked soft targets in the West...
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