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2004-06-20 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Transit of Venus may cause flooding, sez Chinese ~~quack~~ scientist

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-06-20 4:02:22 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Repeat after me, Geng: Correlation is not Causation.

Posted by mojo 2004-06-20 4:14:40 PM|| 2004-06-20 4:14:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 ..Ya know, the other possibility is that they just discovered that Three Gorges is gonna go, and they're going to blame Venus...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-06-20 4:33:35 PM|| 2004-06-20 4:33:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Mike, you may be on to something.

Or, they just may be nuts.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-20 5:22:03 PM|| 2004-06-20 5:22:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Nuts" for $25, Alex!

Posted by Fred 2004-06-20 6:33:26 PM|| 2004-06-20 6:33:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Atomic Conspiracy: Professors of WHAT?

Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-06-20 9:42:41 PM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2004-06-20 9:42:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Transit of Venus may cause flooding, sez Chinese ~~quack~~ scientist

The reason could be that Venus blocks part of the sunâs radiation that should have been transmitted to Earth, said Guo, a ~~janitor~~ researcher at the Special Committee on Natural Calamities Forecasting under the China Geophysics Society. This causes climatic disturbances across the globe, he argued.

Permit me to suggest that the only "flooding" to occur will be at Internet sites like this one.

Let's cut to the chase, shall we?

Do more substantial total solar eclipses by the moon cause any sort of similar effects?

Thought so. Any questions?

The Venereal influences this ~~moron~~ "scientist" cites are more likely of syphillitic rather than planetary origin.

Posted by Zenster 2004-06-20 10:23:23 PM|| 2004-06-20 10:23:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The usual, Phil; poli-sci, anthropology,"human services", modern literature, "multicultural studies." The biggest crank, unfortunately, is a professor of anatomy (yikes!). I haven't determined whether he touts the benefits of leech therapy, but I will find out.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-06-20 11:50:14 PM|| 2004-06-20 11:50:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I haven't determined whether he touts the benefits of leech therapy, but I will find out.

Actually, leeches have found quite useful medical application in reducing hematomas associated with appendage reattachments.

Posted by Zenster 2004-06-21 12:54:26 AM|| 2004-06-21 12:54:26 AM|| Front Page Top

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