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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd August 2019, 03:56 PM
Replies: 3,162
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Posted By Wayward son
There are loads of places where deniers have had...

There are loads of places where deniers have had no impact on policy. Germany. Ontario for a decade under the Liberal government. Canada under Trudeau.



Many places. Ontario is one example....
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd August 2019, 02:27 PM
Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,178
Posted By Wayward son
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).
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd August 2019, 01:37 PM
Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,178
Posted By Wayward son
No. Those in the cult don't read the IPCC reports.

No. Those in the cult don't read the IPCC reports.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd August 2019, 11:57 AM
Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,178
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd August 2019, 08:46 AM
Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,178
Posted By Wayward son
Yes, it was a late change of schedule because of...

Yes, it was a late change of schedule because of Greta. It would be the same on the way back because Greta and her father are doing a tour and don't know when they will return.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd August 2019, 08:22 AM
Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,178
Posted By Wayward son
Using my brain. Boat would need to come back.

Using my brain. Boat would need to come back.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd August 2019, 08:00 AM
Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,178
Posted By Wayward son
If she is it will likely result in the same crew...

If she is it will likely result in the same crew flights just in the opposite direction.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd August 2019, 07:28 AM
Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,178
Posted By Wayward son
Neither of the cults care about, understand or...

Neither of the cults care about, understand or accept science, unless it just so happens to conform with their ideology. They both think they do.

Let's just start off with what might be the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd August 2019, 08:01 PM
Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,178
Posted By Wayward son
She's not. Climate change deniers love her, just...

She's not. Climate change deniers love her, just as they loved Naomi Klein and all of their similar clones. They make an easy target to write about and mock. And they will never accomplish a thing.
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd August 2019, 07:53 PM
Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,178
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd August 2019, 09:03 AM
Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,178
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th August 2019, 08:47 PM
Replies: 3,162
Views: 149,178
Posted By Wayward son
Environmental activists fighting to save a forest...

Environmental activists fighting to save a forest that is being destroyed because of increased coal usage because environmental activists have shut down nuclear plants is the real circle of life.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th August 2019, 04:23 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 8,765
Posted By Wayward son
black flies...

black flies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAd_JIFzceo) can be unrelenting.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd July 2019, 03:17 PM
Replies: 3,207
Views: 152,311
Posted By Wayward son
2S = Two-Spirited + = other identities not...

2S = Two-Spirited
+ = other identities not listed.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th June 2019, 06:51 PM
Replies: 3,370
Views: 153,802
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th May 2019, 08:50 PM
Replies: 740
Views: 181,448
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th May 2019, 06:17 AM
Replies: 740
Views: 181,448
Posted By Wayward son
Amazing that people are more concerned about...

Amazing that people are more concerned about things like the harm to their own children's education and future than the "gas plant scandal" from many years ago.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 27th May 2019, 10:05 PM
Replies: 740
Views: 181,448
Posted By Wayward son
In part because it was never high to begin with....

In part because it was never high to begin with. People were fed up with an extremely corrupt Liberal government that had been in power for a long time. But that didn't mean that they supported...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 26th May 2019, 10:09 PM
Replies: 371
Views: 28,999
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: USA Politics 27th March 2019, 09:55 AM
Replies: 4,225
Views: 187,603
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th March 2019, 08:55 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 674
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2019, 08:36 PM
Replies: 4,225
Views: 187,603
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2019, 08:22 PM
Replies: 4,225
Views: 187,603
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2019, 07:46 PM
Replies: 4,225
Views: 187,603
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th March 2019, 09:50 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,636
Posted By Wayward son
<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...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th March 2019, 07:35 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,636
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th March 2019, 09:49 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,636
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th March 2019, 05:54 PM
Replies: 3,370
Views: 153,802
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 5th March 2019, 12:15 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 2,986
Posted By Wayward son
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.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 26th February 2019, 10:34 PM
Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,028
Posted By Wayward son
Your own link says that the SPD left because of...

Your own link says that the SPD left because of SI accepting authoritarian parties. Not really a surprise you didn't say that as all you are is a Baghdad Bob for every authoritarian regime and...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 26th February 2019, 07:32 PM
Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,028
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 25th February 2019, 10:05 PM
Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,028
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: USA Politics 18th February 2019, 10:58 AM
Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: USA Politics 14th February 2019, 09:16 AM
Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
Posted By Wayward son
Where I brought up child labor was for batteries...

Where I brought up child labor was for batteries - that would need to be mass produced on an absurd scale to make solar and wind reliable. Cobalt (for which there is 8 times more of it that lithium...
Forum: USA Politics 14th February 2019, 09:03 AM
Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: USA Politics 14th February 2019, 08:53 AM
Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
Posted By Wayward son
You think that children are going to be...

You think that children are going to be constructing and decommissioning nuclear plants?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th February 2019, 07:53 AM
Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,028
Posted By Wayward son
And not one word in there about unsourced.

And not one word in there about unsourced.
Forum: USA Politics 13th February 2019, 07:47 AM
Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
Posted By Wayward son
If that is the case, it only supports my position...

If that is the case, it only supports my position concerning the massive damage the Greens have done towards the hopes for a sustainable future.
Forum: USA Politics 13th February 2019, 07:43 AM
Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
Posted By Wayward son
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)...
Forum: USA Politics 13th February 2019, 07:32 AM
Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
Posted By Wayward son
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"
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th February 2019, 07:40 PM
Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,028
Posted By Wayward son
I never said unsourced. I said poorly sourced....

I never said unsourced. I said poorly sourced. Any conspiracy theorist can come up with all kinds of poor sources very easily.

Blumenthal entire piece is a smear for the benefit of his...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th February 2019, 07:24 PM
Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,028
Posted By Wayward son
Your argument that Guaido was under the tutelage...

Your argument that Guaido was under the tutelage of Berrizbeitia is that Berrizbeitia was the CEO of a corporation that had an agreement with GWU and through which many thousands of students have...
Forum: USA Politics 12th February 2019, 05:26 PM
Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: USA Politics 12th February 2019, 03:11 PM
Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
Posted By Wayward son
Probably 99.9% of nuclear advocates believe that...

Probably 99.9% of nuclear advocates believe that there is a space is for both (I am one of the few who disagrees. I believes that renewables are almost completely worthless outside of a couple...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th February 2019, 03:08 PM
Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,028
Posted By Wayward son
Blumenthal said: "The Nobel Prize nominated White...

Blumenthal said: "The Nobel Prize nominated White Helmets are an arm of Al Qaeda (HTS). That is now absolutely beyond debate."

Remember this someone you claim is a factual, realist journalist.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th February 2019, 03:06 PM
Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,028
Posted By Wayward son
That article is about as poorly sourced as one...

That article is about as poorly sourced as one can be. I have already brought up simple things which are designed to both smear Guaido and create a grand conspiracy like this:

"He moved to...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th February 2019, 02:21 PM
Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,028
Posted By Wayward son
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...
Forum: USA Politics 12th February 2019, 02:13 PM
Replies: 1,361
Views: 62,698
Posted By Wayward son
It's a question I don't need to answer. First of...

It's a question I don't need to answer. First of all, I know plenty of people who happily live very close to nuclear plants - like 1000 - 2000 feet from Pickering nuclear.

But the main thing, as...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th February 2019, 02:02 PM
Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,028
Posted By Wayward son
Blumenthal - after his late 2015 Putin love-in -...

Blumenthal - after his late 2015 Putin love-in - has repeatedly claimed that there are no moderate rebels (https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/824860375749271553) (None - he makes clear). That...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th February 2019, 11:22 AM
Replies: 1,402
Views: 117,028
Posted By Wayward son
"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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