The IPCC summaries always took a stronger position regarding AGW than the data hidden inside the reports could support. Now you are saying that a typo in the summary should be ignored. If we ignore the summaries, then what is left is a biased selection of academic papers which reflect only one side of the issue.
The deniers have been proven right on far more occasion than the warmists. The deniers, and I count myself as one of them, have a healthy skepticism about the scientific evidence, and do not accept your faith-based religion.
Obama's seven million fans are most likely people who would not normally vote. So if he reaches out to them in the 2012 election, if even 20% of them make the effort to cast a vote then it could make the difference.
Thus, every other presidential candidate will have to do the same, just to even the playing field. It won't be enough to be a serious person with serious ideas, a candidate must be able to appeal to the American Idol audience as well as the usual voter blocs.
Hollywood not only helped elect Obama -- there are 15 or 20 Democratic senators in states that George W Bush carried twice. Hollywood money got them elected and got them reelected. They would not have had a chance if they had relied only on contributors from their own states.
Google is bigger than Apple and bigger than Microsoft. I suppose there are people who don't use Google, but not many. If there's no dedicated dialogue box on the browser window, or you can't just right-click on a word or phrase in text to do a Google search, then folks will go directly to www.google.com . They are NOT going to switch to BING or some other search engine. They might quit using Safari and switch to Firefox, however.
Sea levels rose an estimated 12-18 inches during the 20th century. Didn't you hear about it? It was bigger news than the two world wars, putting men on the moon, and all those other lesser stories.
You all voted for this guy, so whose fault is it when he picks Sunstein etal. to expand the regulatory reach of government into areas you never though possible or desirable? He has never really hidden his beliefs, motives, or goals.
Men have a greater dispersion between above-average and below-average. Or to be more accurate, there are more geniuses and morons who are males, while females tend to be closer to the mean.
So at least theoretically the superior males should reproduce at a more rapid rate than the inferior ones, leading to gradual evolution toward higher average intelligence for the species.
How many of us consume unprocessed GM corn as 11% or 33% of our daily diets? I can't eat that many tortillas or muffins, I like a little variety in my menu.
I think in this showdown, China may have to blink first. Even if Google has only 25% of internet users in China, this still sends a direct message to all of them, all 200-300 million or so, that their government can make other governments tremble but not a company like Google.
GM would like to sell the company, BUT... it wants to limit the technology transfer to the new owners AND it does not want the new company to compete against GM's other brands.
This is why the Saturn deal with Penske fell through, and why GM and Magna International eventually did not come to an agreement over Opel/Vauxhall.
GM wanted to sell Saturn and Saab, cash the checks, then turn around and destroy the companies so it could sell more Chevrolets and Buicks. Koeniggsegg and Penske figured this out in time, I am not sure of Spyker really understands what is going on.
Any American president can terminate ANY treaty unilaterally. Some treaties have a notification rule, so to be entirely compliant the other signatories would have to be notified. But so what?
Jimmy Carter terminated the defense treaty with Taiwan, unilaterally, and terminated three different treaties when he turned the Canal Zone over to Panama.
It is not 800,000 cubic miles of magma. A careful reading of the article suggests that is it only 1-2% magma. Still very dangerous, however, and nothing can be done to prevent an eruption.
What if you use a POP mail program, and have your gmail from both private and corporate addresses forwarded to a third non-gmail address? Then there would be no need to keep two browser windows open to gmail all the time. Wouldn't that solve half the OP's problem?
The second half could be addressed by using an anonymizer when doing Google searches. Or the Scroogle app.
Georgia, Ukraine, and one or more of the Baltic states have been attacked by Russia or from Russia. Are these talks going to lead to Russia promising not to do it again?
It was not uncommon in earlier days for "scientists" to publish the results that their political rulers wanted to hear. The only difference is that today the political rulers have billions of taxpayer dollars to hand out to "scientists" who can produce studies supporting the political correct party line.
I'm surprised that more slash/dotters are not more skeptical of the politically popular line.
Quote: " if global warming is a problem, we should ALL strive to lessen our effect on the environment."
But if global warming is not a problem, then there are many other worthwhile purposes that those trillions of dollars can be spent on. Like fresh water, immunizations, etc.
Note the last line in the article: "Ultimately, it's not clear that policy decisions have the capacity to change the future course of civilization."
We have politicians in power at the state, national and international levels who all think they can make a difference. They believe they possess the coercive powers to change human nature and to force their citizens/subjects to do what the so-called experts believe to be necessary.
Needless to say, it is the nature of humans to resist. Elementary school principals know this; despots, petty despots, and would-be despots are ignorant of human nature. No matter how many hundreds of millions of us they kill, we will still reseist.
I can't compare OS X to any Microsoft operating system, not really, because I don't use MS operating systems often enough to develop my own opinion.
But I've heard all the complaints about MS operating systems, going back to the '80s and early '90s. If they are better than ever, it is because they have had a very good OS to compete against. Just imagine how terrible MS would be if there was no Apple.
The New York Times has been scammed in the past. They probably sent a reporter to find out what was being done to eliminate IEDs. Since the truth would involve letting the bombers know what technology the US has been working on, the reporter was told that they were using divining rods.
Let's see what happens when the NYT figures out that their plan to reveal top secret information has been sabotaged.
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The IPCC summaries always took a stronger position regarding AGW than the data hidden inside the reports could support. Now you are saying that a typo in the summary should be ignored. If we ignore the summaries, then what is left is a biased selection of academic papers which reflect only one side of the issue.
The deniers have been proven right on far more occasion than the warmists. The deniers, and I count myself as one of them, have a healthy skepticism about the scientific evidence, and do not accept your faith-based religion.
Obama's seven million fans are most likely people who would not normally vote. So if he reaches out to them in the 2012 election, if even 20% of them make the effort to cast a vote then it could make the difference.
Thus, every other presidential candidate will have to do the same, just to even the playing field. It won't be enough to be a serious person with serious ideas, a candidate must be able to appeal to the American Idol audience as well as the usual voter blocs.
First, learn what fascism is. Second, learn the history of the progressive movement in America. Third, report back with your findings.
Hollywood not only helped elect Obama -- there are 15 or 20 Democratic senators in states that George W Bush carried twice. Hollywood money got them elected and got them reelected. They would not have had a chance if they had relied only on contributors from their own states.
I prefer a real sense of security. But until that comes along, it just makes sense not to use any version of Internet Explorer.
Is PC World owned by Norton or Symantec?
Google is bigger than Apple and bigger than Microsoft. I suppose there are people who don't use Google, but not many. If there's no dedicated dialogue box on the browser window, or you can't just right-click on a word or phrase in text to do a Google search, then folks will go directly to www.google.com . They are NOT going to switch to BING or some other search engine. They might quit using Safari and switch to Firefox, however.
Sea levels rose an estimated 12-18 inches during the 20th century. Didn't you hear about it? It was bigger news than the two world wars, putting men on the moon, and all those other lesser stories.
You all voted for this guy, so whose fault is it when he picks Sunstein etal. to expand the regulatory reach of government into areas you never though possible or desirable? He has never really hidden his beliefs, motives, or goals.
No one except China and Google know how badly China will be hurt by Google pulling out of China.
Men have a greater dispersion between above-average and below-average. Or to be more accurate, there are more geniuses and morons who are males, while females tend to be closer to the mean.
So at least theoretically the superior males should reproduce at a more rapid rate than the inferior ones, leading to gradual evolution toward higher average intelligence for the species.
Before you all jump on Monsanto, tell me how you know that all the other food you eat is safe?
And before you demand more government regulation, tell me how you know that you can trust your government?
If you've ever seen a chicken that just lost its head, that is how you are all acting.
How many of us consume unprocessed GM corn as 11% or 33% of our daily diets? I can't eat that many tortillas or muffins, I like a little variety in my menu.
I think in this showdown, China may have to blink first. Even if Google has only 25% of internet users in China, this still sends a direct message to all of them, all 200-300 million or so, that their government can make other governments tremble but not a company like Google.
GM would like to sell the company, BUT... it wants to limit the technology transfer to the new owners AND it does not want the new company to compete against GM's other brands.
This is why the Saturn deal with Penske fell through, and why GM and Magna International eventually did not come to an agreement over Opel/Vauxhall.
GM wanted to sell Saturn and Saab, cash the checks, then turn around and destroy the companies so it could sell more Chevrolets and Buicks. Koeniggsegg and Penske figured this out in time, I am not sure of Spyker really understands what is going on.
... not all are Democrats.
Any American president can terminate ANY treaty unilaterally. Some treaties have a notification rule, so to be entirely compliant the other signatories would have to be notified. But so what?
Jimmy Carter terminated the defense treaty with Taiwan, unilaterally, and terminated three different treaties when he turned the Canal Zone over to Panama.
It is not 800,000 cubic miles of magma. A careful reading of the article suggests that is it only 1-2% magma. Still very dangerous, however, and nothing can be done to prevent an eruption.
What if you use a POP mail program, and have your gmail from both private and corporate addresses forwarded to a third non-gmail address? Then there would be no need to keep two browser windows open to gmail all the time. Wouldn't that solve half the OP's problem?
The second half could be addressed by using an anonymizer when doing Google searches. Or the Scroogle app.
Georgia, Ukraine, and one or more of the Baltic states have been attacked by Russia or from Russia. Are these talks going to lead to Russia promising not to do it again?
It was not uncommon in earlier days for "scientists" to publish the results that their political rulers wanted to hear. The only difference is that today the political rulers have billions of taxpayer dollars to hand out to "scientists" who can produce studies supporting the political correct party line.
I'm surprised that more slash/dotters are not more skeptical of the politically popular line.
Quote: " if global warming is a problem, we should ALL strive to lessen our effect on the environment."
But if global warming is not a problem, then there are many other worthwhile purposes that those trillions of dollars can be spent on. Like fresh water, immunizations, etc.
Note the last line in the article: "Ultimately, it's not clear that policy decisions have the capacity to change the future course of civilization."
We have politicians in power at the state, national and international levels who all think they can make a difference. They believe they possess the coercive powers to change human nature and to force their citizens/subjects to do what the so-called experts believe to be necessary.
Needless to say, it is the nature of humans to resist. Elementary school principals know this; despots, petty despots, and would-be despots are ignorant of human nature. No matter how many hundreds of millions of us they kill, we will still reseist.
I can't compare OS X to any Microsoft operating system, not really, because I don't use MS operating systems often enough to develop my own opinion.
But I've heard all the complaints about MS operating systems, going back to the '80s and early '90s. If they are better than ever, it is because they have had a very good OS to compete against. Just imagine how terrible MS would be if there was no Apple.
The New York Times has been scammed in the past. They probably sent a reporter to find out what was being done to eliminate IEDs. Since the truth would involve letting the bombers know what technology the US has been working on, the reporter was told that they were using divining rods.
Let's see what happens when the NYT figures out that their plan to reveal top secret information has been sabotaged.
Take the expensive toys away from the nerds, and the people who make or build the toys will be out of work.