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Disputed Island Disappears Into Sea
RawJoe writes "India and Bangladesh have argued for almost 30 years over control of a tiny island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have ended the argument for them: the island's gone. From the article: 'New Moore Island, in the Sunderbans, has been completely submerged, said oceanographer Sugata Hazra, a professor at Jadavpur University in Calcutta. Its disappearance has been confirmed by satellite imagery and sea patrols, he said. "What these two countries could not achieve from years of talking, has been resolved by global warming," said Hazra.'"
If you can't play nice with your toys and share, mom will take them off you.
I say this year we nominate Global Warming for the Nobel Peace Prize for providing a peaceful solution to this heated dispute between Bangladesh and India.
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
New Moore Island, eh?
So the new name is now No More Island, right?
I thought global warming was a myth? Darth Cheney said so.
That's our life, the big wheel of shit. - The Fat Man, Blue Tango Salvage
Have you seen the moon recently? No? That's because it parked over the Bay of Bengal whislt it went into India for a quick curry, and someone clamped it for not obeying the laws of motion. The clamping company won't release the moon until the fine is paid, but the moon has no money to pay for its own release. So high tide is permanently over the Bay of Bengal now.
"...stand in the way of a good ad hominem. HAHA! Al Gore's fat!"
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go listen to Rush while I jerk off to a picture of Ann Coulter.
Religous speak to God. Insane are spoken to by God. When all shut up, one can finally hear Shostakovich in peace
If the water is still less than say 3 feet deep, crossbreed some sheep with dolphins and start farming leaping mutton!
And Rachel Maddow posts here as "Sleepy."
Now, did you have a point to make, or is just being ridiculous enough for you today?
If you are going AFK to use Typing Tutor, we may have discovered your problem....
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You kids today think you have it so tough because all you can come up with in your "WE ALL GONNA DIE!" scenario is that you might have to abandon a few coastal cities and loose a few fucking islands?!?!? Let me tell you something, ladies--back in my day, we had REAL fears, like nuclear winter. We had roving packs of post-nuclear-holocaust marauders ready to cut our heads off just to steal a lousy tank of gasoline and some shotgun shells in OUR fucking doomsday scenarios! Has a little rising seawater ever caused your hair and teeth to fall out? Huh? Has a little coastal flooding ever caused packs of cannibals to roam the lands looking to rape your wife and have you for dinner? I don't think so! Ever had a supercomputer start an apocalyptic war with some slowly melting ice caps? Not likely!
Grow up and get some real irrational fears, you pansies.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
>>We now have confirmation that burning fossil fuels causes warming, so we know we can lessen the warming by burning fewer fossil fuels.
Geeze, I confirmed that a LONG time ago too. When I put more wood/coal in the stove it gets a lot warmer in here, but I can lessen the warming by not putting so much wood/coal in the stove.
OK Bangladesh - you can have it.
Luv,
India
Yes, but obviously that sandbar had been there for millions of years since the 70's and we destroyed it with our man-made global warming.
Where was cap and trade when we needed it most?
Security is mostly a superstition... Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. - Helen Keller
Whether it's global warming or the Internet, Al Gore has this year's Peace Prize coming to him.