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  1. Case in point. The claim that Obama is not a natural-born American is not racist, it is merely a claim probably contrary to fact, and at worst it is nationalist. Race has nothing to do with the claim, but the fear-mongers say it's racist.

  2. Re: When will they get enough? on China Chokes On Smog So Bad That Planes Can't Land (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    What was the margin of legal votes?

  3. Re:Was this all that "green" energy? on China Chokes On Smog So Bad That Planes Can't Land (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    a quick, easy transition to renewable-based generation

    You're joking, right? Because if it were quick and easy, they and everyone else would already have done it.

    The "existing treaties" you speak of are an example of (from the US standpoint) the "bad deals" that Trump has complained of. Those treaties were only signed by China because China was exempted from any burden; other nations signed the treaties because they made their politicians look good to their shallow-minded voters.

  4. Re:I think Grandparent is underestimating the effe on China Chokes On Smog So Bad That Planes Can't Land (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfiltered smoke from low quality coal is very foul, and produces lots of pollution per unit energy. That rotten egg smell is poisonous hydrogen sulphide, and there's soot and ash also.

  5. Re:This is what you get with low cost manufacturin on China Chokes On Smog So Bad That Planes Can't Land (usatoday.com) · · Score: 0

    There are 4 errors in your post. Please go to school and learn English before you post again.

  6. Re:Or people are just under/wrongly medicated. on Are Psychiatric Medications Hurting More Patients Than They Help? (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 0

    The medical and social "safety nets" costs immense amounts of money - so much that businesses that might otherwise be profitable fold. All the employees lose their jobs, and of those some become depressed.

    The economic damage caused by "safety nets" and the command-and-control government needed to impose them cause much of the depression they claim to alleviate.

  7. Re:And here's today's proof on Researchers Find Roads Shatter the Earth's Surface Into 600,000 Fragments (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Roadless regions are the most primitive and impoverished on earth. You appear to be hypothesizing a fantasyland where everyone rides pink flying unicorns.

  8. Re:Typical enviro extremism on Researchers Find Roads Shatter the Earth's Surface Into 600,000 Fragments (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    policies that promote endless population growth (which are necessary to sustain our current economic models)

    That is a common and erroneous claim. Those who want population growth usually want it for religious reasons or for cannon fodder. Those who want economic growth want it because it accompanies a higher standard of living.

    Raising children is a heavy economic burden that depresses the economy for the time it takes to raise them. Most politicians aren't willing to wait 20 years. Government policies that affect population growth (China excepted) are either unintended consequences of other policies (like welfare promoting children among unwed women) or genocide (like policies promoted by Planned Parenthood.)

    Government policies claimed to promote economic growth are generally wrong-minded and ignorant. Claiming that those policies will result in, or depend upon, population growth is mistaken.

  9. Re:Typical enviro extremism on Researchers Find Roads Shatter the Earth's Surface Into 600,000 Fragments (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    I found a synonym for "overhead". It's "graft".

  10. I slept 8 hours last night. According to you, that fucks up the planet.

  11. The word "shatter" denotes activity much more violent than making a line. The headline's most reasonable interpretation involves earthquakes.

  12. Re:Cheaper than wind? on World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper Than Wind (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    Obama has been unable to block the growth in gas, despite trying to do so. That hasn't stopped him from grabbing credit for the growth.

  13. Here's the solution on Uber: We Don't Need a Permit For Self-Driving Cars (cnet.com) · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Article is misleading on Aging Process May Be Reversable, Scientists Claim (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    There are other causes of aging. One is the accumulation of unremovable waste products. Another is the increased proportion of cells that no longer function properly. Yet another is decreased red blood cell production.

  15. Re:What could go wrong? on Aging Process May Be Reversable, Scientists Claim (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You've established that you'll murder out of jealousy. Is it you or a billionaire who is the worse person?

  16. Re:Progeria mice on Aging Process May Be Reversable, Scientists Claim (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Go back to school and learn the difference between throw and throe.

  17. Re:Things to solve on Aging Process May Be Reversable, Scientists Claim (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You write of equality as if it were a good thing.

  18. Re:Things to solve on Aging Process May Be Reversable, Scientists Claim (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Wrong on both counts. Shortening of telomeres is likely a cause of aging, and there are ways to do some telomere lengthening.

  19. Re:Things to solve on Aging Process May Be Reversable, Scientists Claim (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    No, I mean the 150-year-old who draws a pistol on his would-be executioner.

  20. Re:Things to solve on Aging Process May Be Reversable, Scientists Claim (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The polynomial function is (time)^3. At the speed of light, time is unchanging.

  21. Re: Tell mom's to drink their milk. on Vitamin D Deficiency During Pregnancy Linked To Autism (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    To become significant, civilizations need trade. Oceans make possible trade routes; they don't provide drinking water or water for crops (other than seaweed).

  22. AMD started in 1969 as a second source for Fairchild and National Semiconductor digital TTL, and soon made its own designs of other MSI circuits. AMD wasn't second-sourcing Intel's MOS devices until 1973. (wikipedia)

  23. What part of "merge" do you not understand? Supercomputing belongs in Commerce if it belongs in government at all.. Nuclear should return to being in the military and a re-established AEC.

  24. Re:Is the EPA violating the establishment clause? on Energy Department Refuses To Give Trump Team Names of People Who Worked On Climate Change (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    The word is "adjusted".
    http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/

  25. Re:Is the EPA violating the establishment clause? on Energy Department Refuses To Give Trump Team Names of People Who Worked On Climate Change (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Or is there a mass conspiracy among 99% of climate scientists?

    Yes. Just like there's a conspiracy among Christians, who would like everyone to believe in their god.

    AGW deniers have the same moral standing as positive atheists (god deniers).

    Consensus is not science.