Whilst I think Turkey took a backward step politically, I think yet another US sponsored military coup would be a giant leap backwards. Calling in the army every time someone you don't like is elected to power just creates a perpetual civil war which dissolves the state that hosts it (see Africa for numerous examples).
Excellent post from someone who has obviously traveled further than the corner store. Re Genocide, The US committed genocide against the native Indians and my own country committed genocide against the Aborigines, "our people" look away from that history in the same way Turks look away from theirs.
They wear heavy wool "suits", wool is fireproof and an excellent insulator that protects them from radiant heat that can melt a car windscreen from 100 meters away. Imagine dressing for an outdoors job in Chicago in winter, but instead your fighting one of these fires on foot, on a 40degC summers day, with 120km/h bone dry winds blowing off the central deserts for added discomfort. The surface temperature of the suit is meaningless, it's the core temperature of the human that matters. Thing is, these suits work both ways, it's just as hard for heat to get out as it is to get in, the body is left with no way to cool itself and ceases to function, often without much warning. "Heat stroke" is a major killer here, especially during a heatwave such as the one we are experiencing now. It's not just the sick, stupid, or elderly, a healthy (~12yo) boy sadly collapsed and died just last week while hiking with his dad.
Disclaimer: I had a mild case of heat stroke as a child, it's like a cross between the worst food poisoning you have ever had combined with what feels like a pick-axe sticking out of your crown, I really wouldn't wish it on anybody, it's so painful you can't enjoy the hallucinations. Thing is, the day I got it was hot but nothing out of the ordinary, I was at a family BBQ with a bunch of other kids playing together, most likely I simply didn't drink enough fluids.
I don't think it counts when I didn't compare them to the Nazis, and they actually did commit genocide. If I were to compare them to the Nazis, I'd say that the Rwandan DJs were far more efficient and a hell of a lot cheaper than Hitler's death camps.
Yes, it would have been a terrible precedent to use that law for that purpose, but the fact she escaped any legal responsibility for her predatory behavior is also a terrible precedent. From my POV the US justice system failed to deliver justice in both cases.
That's my favorite political cartoon, glad to see others spreading it.:)
As for TFA, twice the forcing from soot is within the previous error bars. Studies like this don't really tell us anything new, but they are important if you want to shrink those pesky error bars. As can be seen from the graph, forcing from soot is still dwarfed by the forcing from CO2.
Who was "telling people to freak out" and what level of "fear" do you think is appropriate for a nuclear meltdown?
Got it.
Actually I don't. I really don't get these kind of posts. First I can't see anyone telling them what to do (other than evacuate), second I have found people rarely do what they are told without question.
Do people have all sorts of absurd opinions about major events? - Sure, but yours is just one of them.
At no point does it become valid logic to dismiss a sound argument on the basis of labeling someone a crackpot or dubious.
So how do you know if the claim is sound before investigating it, at some point it becomes a wate of time to investigate every claim from someone with a track record of unsound arguments. That is not an ad-hominem, it's the "boy who cried wolf".
Gaia was what James Lovelock (the "father of earth sciences") called the biosphere before the word biosphere was invented. It was hijacked by new age types who read spiritual meaning into it where none existed, to this day anti-science shills deliberately conflate the two groups in an effort to discredit rational environmental concerns.
Living without fear and ignoring existential threats are two different behavious. The first requires faith in your fellow man and personal courage, the second requires a lobotomy.
Yep, from what I have seen so far the internet is where religion comes to die. Religions and cults works best when the brainwashing targets are young and don't have any alternative sources of information. Most of the kids at "Jesus camp" will grow up just like their parents, a handful will "read too much" and abandon their childhood beliefs.
Thing is when you run a "Jesus camp" there will be video of your brainwashing methods all over the internet. What was previously difficult information to obtain is now difficult to conceal and the camp receives a lot of unwanted attention from "non-believers", strangers will try to un-wash the brains of these kids for no other reason than they feel it is the "right thing" to do.
Over the last 50yrs there has been a significant move away from organized religion, over the last 10yrs the pace has accelerated, I believe (but cannot prove) the shift is due to mass communications, first the TV and now the internet. I don't expect people to change the way they sort fact from fiction or stop imprinting their children with their world view, but I do expect more and more people will start putting ancient scripture in the fiction section.
Animals witness the gory details of death more regularly than most modern humans, I've seen myna birds gathered around dead relatives on the road on many occasions. I think they understand the same thing could happen to them and are fearful of it, but I doubt they understand it's inevitable.
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Whilst I think Turkey took a backward step politically, I think yet another US sponsored military coup would be a giant leap backwards. Calling in the army every time someone you don't like is elected to power just creates a perpetual civil war which dissolves the state that hosts it (see Africa for numerous examples).
Excellent post from someone who has obviously traveled further than the corner store. Re Genocide, The US committed genocide against the native Indians and my own country committed genocide against the Aborigines, "our people" look away from that history in the same way Turks look away from theirs.
They wear heavy wool "suits", wool is fireproof and an excellent insulator that protects them from radiant heat that can melt a car windscreen from 100 meters away. Imagine dressing for an outdoors job in Chicago in winter, but instead your fighting one of these fires on foot, on a 40degC summers day, with 120km/h bone dry winds blowing off the central deserts for added discomfort. The surface temperature of the suit is meaningless, it's the core temperature of the human that matters. Thing is, these suits work both ways, it's just as hard for heat to get out as it is to get in, the body is left with no way to cool itself and ceases to function, often without much warning. "Heat stroke" is a major killer here, especially during a heatwave such as the one we are experiencing now. It's not just the sick, stupid, or elderly, a healthy (~12yo) boy sadly collapsed and died just last week while hiking with his dad.
Disclaimer: I had a mild case of heat stroke as a child, it's like a cross between the worst food poisoning you have ever had combined with what feels like a pick-axe sticking out of your crown, I really wouldn't wish it on anybody, it's so painful you can't enjoy the hallucinations. Thing is, the day I got it was hot but nothing out of the ordinary, I was at a family BBQ with a bunch of other kids playing together, most likely I simply didn't drink enough fluids.
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Love it!
I don't think it counts when I didn't compare them to the Nazis, and they actually did commit genocide. If I were to compare them to the Nazis, I'd say that the Rwandan DJs were far more efficient and a hell of a lot cheaper than Hitler's death camps.
Yes, it would have been a terrible precedent to use that law for that purpose, but the fact she escaped any legal responsibility for her predatory behavior is also a terrible precedent. From my POV the US justice system failed to deliver justice in both cases.
You do realise radio DJ's are far more harmless than prosecutors?
Did you know that the Rawandan genocide was organised and it's implementation coordinated via (religious) radio DJ's?
That's my favorite political cartoon, glad to see others spreading it. :)
As for TFA, twice the forcing from soot is within the previous error bars. Studies like this don't really tell us anything new, but they are important if you want to shrink those pesky error bars. As can be seen from the graph, forcing from soot is still dwarfed by the forcing from CO2.
Got it.
Actually I don't. I really don't get these kind of posts. First I can't see anyone telling them what to do (other than evacuate), second I have found people rarely do what they are told without question.
Do people have all sorts of absurd opinions about major events? - Sure, but yours is just one of them.
At no point does it become valid logic to dismiss a sound argument on the basis of labeling someone a crackpot or dubious.
So how do you know if the claim is sound before investigating it, at some point it becomes a wate of time to investigate every claim from someone with a track record of unsound arguments. That is not an ad-hominem, it's the "boy who cried wolf".
They do what they do best, i.e. bullshitting and trying to look legitimate
Bigot, heal thyself.
Gaia was what James Lovelock (the "father of earth sciences") called the biosphere before the word biosphere was invented. It was hijacked by new age types who read spiritual meaning into it where none existed, to this day anti-science shills deliberately conflate the two groups in an effort to discredit rational environmental concerns.
I've never been a hippie, too much like a religion for my liking.
Get your head out of your wallet, it's way too close to your arse.
That's an age old argument, does art imitate life or vica-versa?
I wasn't referring to the species, all men are mortal.
Almost 40yrs here, I am a completely different person to who I was in 1975, for a start I'm 20kg heavier and I've had a haircut.
Wanker.
Yes, intention matter and there is a vast difference in intent.
Living without fear and ignoring existential threats are two different behavious. The first requires faith in your fellow man and personal courage, the second requires a lobotomy.
Yep, from what I have seen so far the internet is where religion comes to die. Religions and cults works best when the brainwashing targets are young and don't have any alternative sources of information. Most of the kids at "Jesus camp" will grow up just like their parents, a handful will "read too much" and abandon their childhood beliefs.
Thing is when you run a "Jesus camp" there will be video of your brainwashing methods all over the internet. What was previously difficult information to obtain is now difficult to conceal and the camp receives a lot of unwanted attention from "non-believers", strangers will try to un-wash the brains of these kids for no other reason than they feel it is the "right thing" to do.
Over the last 50yrs there has been a significant move away from organized religion, over the last 10yrs the pace has accelerated, I believe (but cannot prove) the shift is due to mass communications, first the TV and now the internet. I don't expect people to change the way they sort fact from fiction or stop imprinting their children with their world view, but I do expect more and more people will start putting ancient scripture in the fiction section.
No need to bash either idea, they both have "will not work" written all over them.
No, it's an example of an offtopic and irrelevant post.
The Hollywood hills keep catching fire for similar geographical reasons, it's not becuase of a lack of common sense or back burning.
Animals witness the gory details of death more regularly than most modern humans, I've seen myna birds gathered around dead relatives on the road on many occasions. I think they understand the same thing could happen to them and are fearful of it, but I doubt they understand it's inevitable.