But we've only got 20105 ?? years before warming will destroy us!
[TheGuardian] It will be decades before big cargo ships link China and northern Europe by taking a shortcut through the Arctic Ocean, a report predicts.
Climate change, retreating summer ice Sez who?
and the prospect of shorter journey times and 40% lower fuel costs has led Russia, European governments and some industries to expect a major ice-free shipping lane to open I expect to win the lottery, too; wonder which of us will get our dream first?
above Russia, allowing regular, year-long trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans within a few years.
But, says the Arctic Institute in a new paper, low bunker fuel prices, a short sailing season and continuing treacherous ice conditions in the Arctic even in summer months means it could be 2040 at the earliest before it is commercially viable for ordinary merchant ships to pass through what is known as the northern sea route.
Until then it will remain cheaper to send trade between Europe and the east via the Suez canal, it says. I wouldn't hold my breath for 2040, either, Bubbi.
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And another thing - I thought we (but not the greenies and our supposed "leaders") were supposed to sacrifice everything to stop warming.
Explain to me how we can stop warming in the rest of the globe, but somehow magically not stop it in the Arctic.
Go ahead - I'll wait (but I won't hold my breath).
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"Explain to me how we can stop warming in the rest of the globe, but somehow magically not stop it in the Arctic. "
Tilt the Earth further, that's the only way, but that's gonna cost a lot of money and progress may be impossible to judge during our lifetimes but have no fear. Oh, and A UN tax on the first world will be necessary to pay for it.
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Tilting the Earth further would help cool the planet by making winters colder, although at the cost of hotter summers. The net effect would be cooling.
Slowing the Earth's orbit would have the same effect.
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Pretty obviously we must abandon the planet NAOW. I highly recommend we load our elites and MMGW betters into rockets NAOW and shoot them into space! There is NO TIME to waste
/channeling the Goracle's Chakra
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Perfect solution, #4 Frank. :-D
We're saved!!
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Frank and Barbara, read "The Marching Morons" by C.M. Kornbluth
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[HUFFINGTONPOST] A man in India died on Saturday due to a fallen object that could have been a meteorite, officials said.
The object apparently prompted a mysterious kaboom that killed a 40-year-old bus driver named Kamaraj, who worked for Bharathidasan Engineering College in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The victim only used one name, which is a common practice for people in the state.
If the object was indeed a meteorite, Kamaraj would be the first person to have been killed by a fallen space rock since 1825, according to The Washington Post.
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So an engineering student got whacked by a sudden rock from God???
[Wash Times] Former New York City Mayor Rudolph W.Giuliani blasted pop star Beyonce for using her "outrageous" halftime performance at the Super Bowl to attack police officers.
"This is football, not Hollywood," the former Republican presidential hopeful said Monday morning on "Fox & Friends."
Beyonce's performance of her newly released single "Formation" featured an army of black women wearing leather outfits reminiscent of the Black Panther Party. At one point, Beyonce and her dancers raised black power fists.
"I think it was outrageous," Mr. Giuliani said. "The halftime show I thought was ridiculous anyway, I don't know what the heck it was. A bunch of people like bouncing around and doing strange things. It was terrible.
"I thought it was really outrageous that she used it as a platform to attack police officers, who are the people who protect her and protect us," he continued. "What we should be doing in the African-American community and all communities is build up respect for police officers.
"This is a political position and she's probably going to take advantage of it," Mr. Giuliani said. "You're talking to middle America when you have the Super Bowl. So if you're going to have entertainment, let's have decent, wholesome entertainment, and not use it as a platform to attack the people who put their lives at risk to save us."
Beyonce's music video for "Formation," which released Saturday, invokes the "Hands up, don't shoot" rallying cry of the Black Lives Matter movement inspired by the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the New York Post reported. The song is being adopted as an anthem for some in the movement and the video features scenes of flooded New Orleans and graffiti that reads: "stop shooting us," the Washington Examiner reported.
Members of the National Sheriffs' Association holding their annual legislative meeting at the J.W. Marriott in Washington D.C. said they turned off the volume and video during Beyonce's performance.
The group called on the NFL to choose less controversial halftime entertainment in the future, the Examiner reported.
On Friday, Beyonce's husband, famous rapper Jay Z, announced he would donate the $1.5 million raised from last year's Tidal charity concert to Black Lives Matter. Yet another 'dog bites feeding hand' story.She had no problem taking a police escort to the 'performance.'
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It's about POWER. Never really was about integration. The Asians integrated, see how much power they have. Enough to be actively and openly discriminated against in the UC system.
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We were enjoying our evening repast, when Coldplay's tame and strangely boring show was overrun by leather clad rioters from the sixties. Their gutter-all mumbly-grumbly was utterly incomprehensible to my unsophisticated ears, and I returned to pleasant conversation with the family.
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We had Joel, Crow, Servo, and Gypsy over at our place.
We were peeing ourselves the whole performance, but that segment, a few of the memorables:
Are those...bandoliers on her arms? What the hell is this? Is she a corporal?
Yeah, corporal punishment.
"Dad, grandma went outside without he pants on again."
Those shoes...oh crap, gonna need a shitload of divot fixers. Game's tough enough without playing around gopher holes.
What's the deal with the zipper britches?
Strong like Carhart! Probably needed a come-along to get'em zipped.
When the performers all looked at each other and made their way to dance off end of show pose, somebody did the "let's get'em girls!" from Blazing Saddles and we lost it, so if there was a panther fisting at the end, we missed it.
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Didn't like coldplay trying to throat the rainbow microphone? Yeah, the Hefty Bags segment was the worst, we think they lifted the riff from old Run DMC songs.
And the fans holding the color blocks - hilarious. There was like 80% participation at the beginning, and the cameras were smart to get a quick pan, because next view it was down to 40%, then quickly to like 5%. To which I pondered out loud, "Eff this shit man, hold up this board and miss the show."
To which was replied, "Noh, eff this shit, I'm going to go take a piss and get a beer."
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