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    Mauerfall

    25 years ago, border passages through the Berlin Wall were opened. Germans on both sides were free to travel. The Cold War was over. Berliners started hacking at the Wall, knocking out chips and chunks. It was the greatest party of the 20th century. Despite everything the U.S., Britian...
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    Another Point of View

    I taught my black kids that their elite upbringing would protect them from discrimination. I was wrong. By Lawrence Otis Graham November 6 I knew the day would come, but I didn’t know how it would happen, where I would be, or how I would respond. It is the moment that every black parent...
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    Republicans Sweep the 2014 Elections

    This didn't happen before Obamacare. Sorry. Couldn't resist.
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    You've got a great future in politics.
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    The specific language is "Four out of five dentists surveyed recommend sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum." That's not an interpretation, that's a quote. Here are the adverts: 1981 Trident Spearmint Gum Commercial with Peggy Fleming - YouTube Stock Footage - TRIDENT SUGARLESS GUM...
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    Yep. Lie about what they said, then mock them for what they never said.
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    Only if it involves a girl from South Carolina.
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    Could you mix me a metaphor while you're up?
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    Death knell for AGW

    Your entertainment value's running out pretty fast. We're gonna have to switch over from laughing at your hopeless flailing to baiting and taunting your lackwit belligerence.
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    Death knell for AGW

    I generally let little things go, but poor language skills are often accompanied by poor education and general ignorance. Not all the time, but it is a warning sign.
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    Death knell for AGW

    Seriously? "Proudness?" "Proud" has a noun form: pride.
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    Death knell for AGW

    Ilk.
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    Death knell for AGW

    You and your ilk. Ilk. Ilk. ILK! Ilkilkilkilkilkilkilkilkilkilk! Ilk.
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    You sure you weren't just bulimic?
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    Do They Charge Them for the Ammo?

    Police shootings spur workers' compensation awards By Luke Broadwater The Baltimore Sun...
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    There are two kinds of people who think there is any certainty in science: imbeciles and true believers. Though the second may be a subset of the first.
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    Subject demonstrates excellent grasp of the patently obvious. Recommend immediate promotion.
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    By that logic, there's no difference between a horse and an automobile. As you say, same functionality. And in all likelihood, solar panels will be vastly more efficient. Your question, in case you've forgotten in your drooling worship of fossil fuels, was not "How much energy does it take to...
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    You think that a semiconductor is no different from a vacuum tube? OK.
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    Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

    More than it will take in 100 years. It's weird that you, a scientist, seem to have trouble with the notion that in 100 years, our methods of doing things now will seem primitive and quaint, despite the fact that you have before you, pretty much everyplace you look, thousands of examples of...