All of them? - Most EU nations, the UK, Canada, Australia, and NZ all have hate speech laws. There is no nation on earth that has absolute free speech, even the US bans certain types of speech such as the classic "yelling fire in a theatre" and the eternally popular prohibition on child porn.
I am all in favour of free speech, however my ideological beliefs (or yours) don't change the FACT that Christian shock jocks inspired the 1990's Rwandan genocide via propaganda broadcast on AM radio. Once the killing started the leaders used the same radio network to direct the actions of the attackers, they were more "efficient" than Hitler's or Stalin's extermination camps, they killed a million people in less than two weeks with little more than farm tools and matches.
The Austrian people were delighted when Hitler "liberated" their country, they did indeed line the streets to cheer Hitler. The Polish were not so easily impressed.
Pipeline? - Syria is to Russia as Israel is to the US, it's been that way for half a century. Russia has no intention of losing it's only Mediterranean naval base.
Anti-science comments surrounding AGW on slashdot were actually worse before 2003. Public opinion has changed for the better, eg: most people on slashdot would now accept the fact it's getting warmer, very few did back in 2003.
Um. Any one else see a problem with using surface area to describe a volumetric substance?
Yes, it's misleading. Since the 1960's, 40-50% of the ice has melted when measured by surface area, but 70-80% of has melted when measured by volume. The volume measurements come from the US navy who declassified historical ice thickness data from it's nuclear submarine fleet about a decade ago. More recent data comes from satellite measurements.
That may have been true 20yrs ago but not so much these days. For example, I'm pushing 60, the wife and I spend most of our spare time together platooning on world of tanks.I spend about 2hrs a week watching TV and an hour a day scrolling thru my FB/google news feed, even my 84yo dad spends more time on the web than in front of the TV.
In my experience it has always been difficult to get the full story from anyone, but the web does allow you to hear the story from the horse's mouth on all sides.
Trump followers are plain old anti-intellectuals, the GOP created them with Fox news. The fact their own angry mob has ripped their party apart is nothing less than poetic justice.
Google "Hadley Cells", they are basically convection currents, tropical storms create huge updrafts which reach the stratosphere and are pushed polewards from the equator by the rotation of the planet. At that altitude the air becomes cold and dry, the cold, dry air falls back to earth and forms the bands of deserts that circle the earth on each side of the equator. As the planet heats up the convection currents become stronger, making monsoons wetter and the desert bands wider.
More progressives looking to play with numbers to justify whining about rich people
Your bias sees these studies as part of a political movement, mine sees them as part of the strangely recursive science of anthropology.
From the moment we are born to the day we lose our mind, watching others is how we navigate the society we find ourselves in. Those at the top of the totem pole are no longer trying to navigate, they are either trying to steer or have anchored in a safe and pleasant harbour.
Australia is an expensive holiday destination for both EU and US tourists. The number of EU tourists far outweighs the number of US tourists here in Oz. Having said that, I've been here for more than 5 decades and I cannot recall spotting a US tourist outside the big cities/resorts, which is a shame since they don't get to see the real Australia, just the sterile Americanised bits.
Doesn't matter who it is, failure to redact passwords, phone numbers, etc, is just wrong. I've defended them against false accusations of "sloppy redacting" in the past, now that they're not even trying, they have lost my support.
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this "pick up the species and move" in the next 1,000 years seems silly
Indeed, terraforming Mars for human habitation won't happen until we work out how to fix/maintain the life support system on this planet.
Which other Western Countries?
All of them? - Most EU nations, the UK, Canada, Australia, and NZ all have hate speech laws. There is no nation on earth that has absolute free speech, even the US bans certain types of speech such as the classic "yelling fire in a theatre" and the eternally popular prohibition on child porn.
I am all in favour of free speech, however my ideological beliefs (or yours) don't change the FACT that Christian shock jocks inspired the 1990's Rwandan genocide via propaganda broadcast on AM radio. Once the killing started the leaders used the same radio network to direct the actions of the attackers, they were more "efficient" than Hitler's or Stalin's extermination camps, they killed a million people in less than two weeks with little more than farm tools and matches.
If she's still alive In 2020 she will be far too old and fragile to run for president again
In 2020 Hillary will still be younger than Bernie is today.
cheering for Hitler
The Austrian people were delighted when Hitler "liberated" their country, they did indeed line the streets to cheer Hitler. The Polish were not so easily impressed.
Pipeline? - Syria is to Russia as Israel is to the US, it's been that way for half a century. Russia has no intention of losing it's only Mediterranean naval base.
Government's ban books to find out who is reading them.
If you want a job, my ashtray needs a good scrub.
Anti-science comments surrounding AGW on slashdot were actually worse before 2003. Public opinion has changed for the better, eg: most people on slashdot would now accept the fact it's getting warmer, very few did back in 2003.
You can come here mate, just don't come by boat.
Um. Any one else see a problem with using surface area to describe a volumetric substance?
Yes, it's misleading. Since the 1960's, 40-50% of the ice has melted when measured by surface area, but 70-80% of has melted when measured by volume. The volume measurements come from the US navy who declassified historical ice thickness data from it's nuclear submarine fleet about a decade ago. More recent data comes from satellite measurements.
Misquoting Al Gore is "funny" not "informative".
Putin is playing Trump like a fiddle, he is the poster boy for what used to be called "useful idiots".
That may have been true 20yrs ago but not so much these days. For example, I'm pushing 60, the wife and I spend most of our spare time together platooning on world of tanks.I spend about 2hrs a week watching TV and an hour a day scrolling thru my FB/google news feed, even my 84yo dad spends more time on the web than in front of the TV.
In my experience it has always been difficult to get the full story from anyone, but the web does allow you to hear the story from the horse's mouth on all sides.
I am a bit astonished someone might rely on FB for news at all.
Why? - Every news organisation on the planet has a FB page.
Society is under no obligation to support your anti-social behaviour. You should be thanking your lucky stars we no longer stone adulterers to death.
Trump followers are plain old anti-intellectuals, the GOP created them with Fox news. The fact their own angry mob has ripped their party apart is nothing less than poetic justice.
whatever causes that
Google "Hadley Cells", they are basically convection currents, tropical storms create huge updrafts which reach the stratosphere and are pushed polewards from the equator by the rotation of the planet. At that altitude the air becomes cold and dry, the cold, dry air falls back to earth and forms the bands of deserts that circle the earth on each side of the equator. As the planet heats up the convection currents become stronger, making monsoons wetter and the desert bands wider.
More progressives looking to play with numbers to justify whining about rich people
Your bias sees these studies as part of a political movement, mine sees them as part of the strangely recursive science of anthropology. From the moment we are born to the day we lose our mind, watching others is how we navigate the society we find ourselves in. Those at the top of the totem pole are no longer trying to navigate, they are either trying to steer or have anchored in a safe and pleasant harbour.
Steve Jobs once remarked that mediocre people focus on other people, while smart people focus on ideas.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt.
If Clinton stopped to scrape off all the mud thrown at her she wouldn't have time to say or do anything else.
And you would know, being so obviously well-informed about weather simulations.
If the person who wrote the summary knew anything about "weather simulations" they would be aware that climate is not weather!!!
Australia is an expensive holiday destination for both EU and US tourists. The number of EU tourists far outweighs the number of US tourists here in Oz. Having said that, I've been here for more than 5 decades and I cannot recall spotting a US tourist outside the big cities/resorts, which is a shame since they don't get to see the real Australia, just the sterile Americanised bits.
Isaac Asimov has a great response to that old canard.
Doesn't matter who it is, failure to redact passwords, phone numbers, etc, is just wrong. I've defended them against false accusations of "sloppy redacting" in the past, now that they're not even trying, they have lost my support.