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NASA Announces Record Ozone Hole
Drewsk writes "NASA has announced that the ozone hole over the Antarctic has broken all records. From the story: 'From September 21 to 30, the average area of the ozone hole was the largest ever observed, at 10.6 million square miles,' said Paul Newman, atmospheric scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. If the stratospheric weather conditions had been normal, the ozone hole would be expected to reach a size of about 8.9 to 9.3 million square miles, about the surface area of North America.""
...and tell it to let down its skirts a bit. Can't hurt, right?
We have achieved a record once thought unattainable of by our forefathers. This is a grand day for all men. Contratulations to all involved.
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Table-ized A.I.
When I hear people talk about the evils of the "religious right," it makes me think a bit. The left are equally religious, the difference is that their religion doesn't center around any deity or spiritual beliefs. Instead it centers around this psuedo-scientific faith called environmentalism.
The religious right always talk about how its better to believe in god, and how you should change your lifestyle to accomodate the bible or the qu'ran or whatever holy book they might have, because if they are right and god exists, then you're doomed to eternal damnation, and if they're wrong...well then no big deal. Ok whatever *cough*bullshit*cough*. They are pretty sure in their beliefs though, and they even believe that modern science can prove their beliefs. But none of them have ever been proven beyond any reasonable doubt.
The religious left do the same thing, only with a different argument. They believe that the earth is this extremely precious ecosystem, and if we don't stop driving SUV's, and adjust the crap out of our lifestyles to follow the findings of their psuedo-science in order to stop "polluting" the environment, then we're all doomed to die in some hellfire called global warming. But they too acknowledge that if they are wrong, then no big deal, but we should still alter our lifestyles anyways just to accomodate their beliefs anyways rather than risk a fiery end. And like the religious right, their beliefs have never been proven either, and IMO are equally retarded.
FWIW (and slightly off topic) I know some of you are thinking "what side of the aisle does this blasphemous polluting asshole sit on?" well, unlike people like Michael Moore who attempt to decieve by hiding their political affiliations, even though they are in fact democrats, I believe in being honest. I am an Atheist libertarian who has a long history of voting Republican. There, I said it. As a person who votes Republican, I am a minority of the slashdot crowd, and in all likelyhood I am going to be downmoderated as a troll by at least one person because of that fact. Unless of course they read that sentence and actually think about how predictable they are, in which case they would take a route I often take: when in doubt, or if you just don't know, then don't vote.
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It had shrunk, up until this time, I was under the (obviously mistaken) impression that it had stayed shrunk.
Just like a penis. Just because it shrank doesn't mean it won't grow again, given time and the right conditions. Cold showers don't do permanent damage.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.