Journal damn_registrars's Journal: What drives climate change? 22
Turns out, the sun hasn't had much to do with it since at least 1900. Who can I count on to come over first and tell me this is just a leftist conspiracy?
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What drives climate change?
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I'm not sure (Score:1)
"If only there were some [ace.mu.nu]...natural mechanism by which to explain variations in global temperature. It would have to be massive, though. On the scale of our own Sun."
My personal favorite angle is that, after years of ManBearPiggery, the term has been reduced to "Climate Change". How are you going to gainsay that? Who would contend that climate is constant, and seasons do not exist? I stand in awe of the rhetorical genius on display. Anyone disagreeing with "Climate Change" is clearly engaging in a "homophobic rant", no?
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"If only there were some...natural mechanism by which to explain variations in global temperature. It would have to be massive, though. On the scale of our own Sun."
Did you pay even the slightest bit of attention to what I linked to? They have evaluated actual data and found that the variations in temperature are beyond what we have seen from the sun. They have looked at one thousand years of climate data and found that the past 100 have been well outside the variance that could be attributed to the sun.
Who would contend that climate is constant, and seasons do not exist?
You appear to be confusing climate with weather here. That might be part of your problem.
Anyone disagreeing with "Climate Change" is clearly engaging in a "homophobic rant", no?
Perhaps if they said that homosexuals were "all full of climate change".
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You appear to be confusing climate with weather here.
In the immortal words of Instapundit [pjmedia.com]: "I'll believe it's a crisis when the people telling me it's a crisis start acting like it's a crisis."
Until then, as with so much of your output, it's just another wall the bulls hit.
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From his comment: They have looked at one thousand years of climate data and found that the past 100 have been well outside the variance that could be attributed to the sun.
Welp, there ya go... Wilson... The man rules from the grave
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But here's a litmus test for you: anybody that wants to impart wisdom does it via appeal to intellect, not fear & guilt.
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'ObamaCare' is bullshit, a continuation of ancient themes, obvious since the very beginning. And your tea party wackos did an excellent job of discrediting all the opposition. Hired provocateurs, it looks like to me. ...anybody that wants to impart wisdom does it via appeal to intellect, not fear & guilt.
Yes, they don't blame dead people from the past, or other things that don't even exist, for the events of today. But fear and guilt are what prop up your systems of protection for the privileged few. Ce
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And your tea party wackos did an excellent job of discrediting all the opposition.
Can you be less specific? You were far too close to communicating a point there.
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Can you be less specific?
Yes. I'll include your extremist Christians who want to bring us this [news24.com]
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Again you are wrong. It is Americans who are pushing for this. When things get a little rough here, they pick up and move to another corner.
As the song goes:
'Cause if my baby don't love me no more,
I know her sister will!
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It is Americans who are pushing for this.
Which explains why Phil Robertson was completely hung out to dry by Duck Dynasty fans.
Less snarkily, we're both in better shape if we eschew making claims about what Americans are pushing for.
(a) we all do what we do individually, collectivism be damned, and
(b) saying there is any one thing we're all pushing for is just specious.
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Ah, so sorry... What I meant to say is that all Islamists are terrorists
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Ah yes, some of my best friends are Muslim... Did you hoe cotton with them? Were they singing (not the blues, of course) and happy?
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Well waddya know, just like us... Or, they like Zappa too.
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Tell me this: ObamaCare; was it ever not going to fail?
The last time that what became the Health Insurance Industry Bailout Act of 2010 had any chance of reforming health care for the better or even not generally sucking was when there was still going to be a single payer option in it. President Lawnchair torpedoed that himself by striking it out and caving to the demands of the Heritage Foundation. The then shot himself in the foot again afterwards by encouraging the conservative bill to go forward so that he could place something on his presidential record
Oh no, we're going to have real reform (Score:1)
These days, we have a government telling use we're entitled to everything, modulo the basic life, liberty & pursuit of happiness. Because these must be "managed", you understand. Because "fairness".
We could regain consciousness after al
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My personal favorite angle is that, after years of ManBearPiggery, the term has been reduced to "Climate Change".
"Global warming" and "climate change" refer to related but distinct phenomena, and climatologists have always used both terms with precise meanings. Here [skepticalscience.com] is a concise explanation. As a rule, it's a good idea to pay attention to the way scientists talk about things instead of the distorted version that gets filtered through the popular press.
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Using precise terms to describe specific concepts is "Orwellian"? Riiight. Someone in this conversation is practicing the "black is white, war is peace, freedom is slavery" mentality, but I'm pretty sure it's not me.