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  1. Bar Sinister

    Atheists Outscore Believers

    In an interesting paradox a survey in the USA revealed that on a 32 question quiz about religion atheists and agnostics scored the highest. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/us/28religion.html?_r=2&src=tptw From my personal experience I don't find this particularly surprising. I have often...
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    Lady Gaga Fights For Gays

    US politics just keeps on getting stranger and stranger. The most recent development is the involvement of Lady Gaga in support of gays in the US military. At a rally in Maine the pop star came out against the "Don't ask, don't tell," policy of the US military. Read here for the details...
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    Our cooling world

    This comes under the category of if you can't beat them join them. This article points out the advantages of global warming to Canada. I suspect the author is being a bit too optimistic and that some of his data is suspect. After all, he predicts a 40% increase in the world's population a...
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    Solar Street Lights

    Interesting story. An Alberta firm has developed solar street lights for use in developing nations, however the lights are so cost effective that they might be useful in nations with highly developed power grids such as Canada. According to the story a single solar light can be installed for...
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    AGW Denial, The Greatest Scam in History?

    Just a question. Do any climatologists support his theory or is he speaking for himself only?
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    Venezuela More Deadly Than Iraq

    Venezuela, the supposedly oil-rich South American nation, has a higher murder rate that Iraq with over 16,000 murders last year compared to Iraq's 4,644. It is interesting that Iraq gets all of the news when it comes to violence when Venezuela is actually a far more dangerous place to live. A...
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    Our cooling world

    Interesting article on the disappearance of Canada's arctic ice shelves. Apparently they have decreased in area by 90% of the last century. Doesn't look to me like that part of the world is getting colder. Majestic Arctic ice shelves breaking up
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    Game Addict Sues Game Maker

    Here is one for you. A gamer addicted to the online game Lineage II is suing the game developer because he has become addicted to the game. Doesn't anyone ever take any responsibility for their actions anymore? Addicted Gamer Sues Game-Maker, Says He is ‘Unable to Function’ | Threat Level |...
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    Newsweek Ranks USA Number 11

    This week's Newsweek Magazine ranked the world's top 100 nations. Surprisingly for an American magazine the USA was ranked only number 11. Given the low relatively low ranking of the USA I guess there is only one way for patriotic Americans to respond - boycott Newsweek. BTW Canada was...
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    AGW Denial, The Greatest Scam in History?

    Looks like you have run out of ideas, CM; a not surprising event considering how weak your defence of your position was in the first place. Unless you have anything further to add to the thread this is my last post on the issue.
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    Death knell for AGW

    In terms of human life anything can be a pollutant if there is so much of it that it threatens life. It simply depends on how the word is defined. As for CO2, no it is not strictly a pollutant since it is a natural substance, but please note that when humanity becomes involved in the process...
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    AGW Denial, The Greatest Scam in History?

    I have noted a certain trend in your posts. You begin by attempting to prove your point using what you think are "facts." When these facts are shredded by others you then resort to name-calling, no doubt thinking that somehow it will strengthen your arguments. It doesn't, and in this thread...
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    AGW Denial, The Greatest Scam in History?

    You just don't get it do you? Your science is junk; your sources are junk; and you now think that calling me a girl is an insult. I will now add misogyny to your list of defects. You are also too limited to realize that your Hitler analogy was utter rubbish. Keep on trying. I am sure that...
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    Another Cash Grab by Cable TV

    I've been watching the ads for Roger's Sportsnet 1, for the last few weeks without realizing its implications. It turns out that the new network is one designed to pull programs that already exist on other channels into a new subscription channel. Thus the Blue Jays have pretty much...
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    AGW Denial, The Greatest Scam in History?

    Hitler? What a brilliant analogy. How about if I use an analogy of my own? The captain of the Titanic was warmed to watch out for icebergs - he decided to try for a record crossing time instead. As for Marc Morano I guess he must have missed the decade from 2001 - 2010 which was the warmest...
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    Terrorist Babies to Attack the USA

    Here is an imaginative twist on the US immigration conundrum. A US Congressman theorizes that Al Qaida terrorists or similar gorups will send pregnant women into the US to have children, thus making them US citizens. These children would then be raised in terrorist camps outside the US and...
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    AGW Denial, The Greatest Scam in History?

    He won't have to; the official UN position on global warming is that it exists. Why don't you dig up some climate information showing the the warming trend of the last 30 years has not happened?
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    Giant Mecca Clock to Challenge GMT

    Construction is nearing completion on an immense Saudi Arabian version of Big Ben. The enormous clock will be situated in a tower 607 metres tall and it is hoped by the builders that it will convince the rest of the world to switch from using Greenwich, England as the Prime Meridian to using...
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    Giant Iceberg Headed for Canada

    A massive berg some 250 square kilometers in area has broken off Greenland and is headed for Canadian shipping lanes. What makes it really dangerous is that it is expected to break up into many smaller bergs, each one still large enough to sink a ship or damage an oil platform Canada-bound icy...
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    AGW Denial, The Greatest Scam in History?

    I suspect I would prefer MF's company to being with a shill from big oil. How much are you being paid to promote the oil company's point of view? And please don't try to tell me that you do this on your spare time.