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Posted By buckncindykill 5 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsSnow has fallen in Dickinson in June, the
first time in nearly 60 years the city has seen snow past May.
National Weather Service meteorologist Janine Vining in Bismarck
says there were unofficial reports of a couple of inches of snow in
Dickins
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buckncindykill5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Goppy5 months, 2 weeks ago
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I always find it entertaining when The Modern Christian perverters of Christianity pounce on any and every little incident to oppose a clean environment.
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It's like the Modern American Christian Theology is built upon Bigotry - (gays, Catholics) - Pollution - (endless support for polluters), and Retribution - (murdering Dr. Tiller).
When RELIGION becomes a weapon for such Morally Vacant "Ideals" ... one must conclude that it is no longer a religion ... but rather a POLITICAL movement.
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A Political Movement for the Hate-Filled Angry, Embittered Bigots of the world.
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mesodude5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Name all the advanced degrees you have that make you more knowledgeable than thousands of scientists all over the world, bucky. What? We can't hear you...Did you say NONE? That's what we thought...So basically we're dealing with extreme con arrogance and hubris (again). When will lying, know-nothing cons STHU? ;-P
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Goppy5 months, 2 weeks ago
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meso ... it's not that he's got degrees .... it's that he's been a Government Employee most of his life.
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Even now ... he gets that check from Uncle Sam ... which you and I pay for.
See, don't you get it, meso?
THIS is why buckncindykill is so profoundly opposed to government .... be they Carbon Caps .... or Medicaid ... or a National Health Plan.
buckncindykill is one of that person who HATES their employer.
Now ... how many people do you know like that?
I can think of a dozen right off the top of my head.
Here's this person ... buckncindykill ... worked his whole life for the Government ... owes the government for his career ... his mortgage ... even feeding his family .... and he is just PO'd about it.
You find this a lot with Government Workers ... they CAN'T STAND the Government.
Of course, they don't mind accepting that check every month.
No ... they don't mind that.
Thomas Mann would be proud .... NOT!
LOL!!
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Klarissa5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Justice4All5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Klarissa5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Justice - you no longer need to be a member of the mindless masses yourself!
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Justice - the latest research, a scientific study:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/09051...
The scientists are using mud and rocks from far below the equatorial Pacific Ocean floor to uncover details about the climate history on Earth. The sediment layers recovered from six drilling locations act like pages from a book, and record inch-by-inch Earth’s climate history.
The two-month expedition succeeded in obtaining records ranging from the present to the warmest sustained ‘greenhouse’ period on Earth around 53 million years ago. At that time, alligators lived as far north as the Arctic, and palm trees grew in the Rocky Mountains. Reconstructions have shown that there were no significant polar ice caps, and greenhouse gas concentrations were several times higher than today.
The super-greenhouse early Eocene was followed by gradual cooling and the sudden buildup of major ice caps on Antarctica around 34 million years ago, leaving its mark in the equatorial sediment cores that the scientists are bringing back to Hawaii.
The voyage discovered the effect of large-scale climatic changes on the oceans of the past. 53 million years ago, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was much higher than today, and made the ocean much more acidic, such that only little carbonate is preserved in sediments recovered from those times. In contrast, during the buildup of ice on Antarctica, the ocean became less acidic very rapidly, and more carbonate was suddenly preserved in the deep ocean. The transition from warm to cool climates took place in less than 100,000 years – well within the time span that humans have been living on our planet. -
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canadianrancher575 months, 2 weeks ago
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I live about 100 miles north of Minot and we have been colder than what would be considered normal for over a year now, any time I have mentioned this to people they say that I am just taalking of weather which is location specific and not the climate. This cooling has been going on for over a year now and seems constant and does cover much of Canada and in some degree the northern states,[not sure about when you get farther south] also the winter in much of Europe was cooler than normal.
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Now if this [trend] continues I am left wondering how people like Al Gore will face the public, I don't have problems with people who have opinions but when they create a cult of followers who wish to change everything on something that has yet to be proven it can be a real waste of time and resources, and in some cases it puts alot of money in the pockets of those who yell that the sky is falling.
Up here we have a saying that if you don't like the weather wait 15 minutes and it will likely change [short term thinking], I feel the same could be said about the climate, if you don't like the climate now you should have been here 10,000 year ago or even a million years ago [long term thinking].
I will never deny that the weather changes and the same goes for the climate, but what I will question is the human effect on both, and when it come to those of us who question this effect I doubt that you will find a single one of us who will not agree that we could and should be more responsible toward the health of our planet and the use of its resources.-
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nostalgia5 months, 2 weeks ago
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This explains toe cooler than normal temperature
New Solar Cycle Predictions
An international panel of experts has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle, stating that Solar Cycle 24 will peak in May 2013 with a below-average number of sunspots. Led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and sponsored by NASA, the panel includes a dozen members from nine different government and academic institutions.
Their forecast sets the stage for at least another year of mostly quiet conditions before solar activity resumes in earnest.
"If our prediction is correct, Solar Cycle 24 will have a peak sunspot number of 90, the lowest of any cycle since 1928 when Solar Cycle 16 peaked at 78," says panel chairman Doug Biesecker of the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, Colo.
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mesodude5 months, 2 weeks ago
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"I live about 100 miles north of Minot and we have been colder than what would be considered normal for over a year now, any time I have mentioned this to people they say that I am just taalking of weather which is location specific and not the climate."
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--I guess the questions I have for skeptics are more common sense-based rather than science-based. Why are skeptics mostly Republicans? Why are people with ZERO scientific expertise convinced they know better than thousands of scientists from all over the world? Why are most of the few deniers with scientific backgrounds American? Why do skeptics pretend that profit and commerce have nothing to do with the fact that it's mostly Republicans who are global warming deniers? Why do those who know the GOP has been perfectly willing to wh*re our country for cheap immigrant labor so eager to dismiss that likelihood when it comes to the issue of global warming? These are all questions that no con can answer and until right wingers can answer these basic, common sense questions, no one believes they are ready to have a serious debate about science. ;-P -
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mesodude5 months, 2 weeks ago
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"Now if this [trend] continues I am left wondering how people like Al Gore will face the public, I don't have problems with people who have opinions but when they create a cult of followers who wish to change everything on something that has yet to be proven it can be a real waste of time and resources, and in some cases it puts alot of money in the pockets of those who yell that the sky is falling."
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--So you're skepticism is based on an off year of weather?
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Klarissa5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Interesting that my factual, scientifically sound research article, with the original article referenced on Science News, was negged.
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Some people just neg because of the person. So much for independently minded, open to new ideas, libs.-
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oneironaut4205 months, 2 weeks ago
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"Interesting that my factual, scientifically sound research article, with the original article referenced on Science News, was negged."
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Oh, please. I've seen plenty of factual, scientific articles presented by those on the left that get negged all the time, ROFL! It goes both ways, and you know that. 8) -
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mesodude5 months, 2 weeks ago
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"Some people just neg because of the person. So much for independently minded, open to new ideas, libs."
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--Correction: Some people neg because "the person" deliberately and repeatedly posts LIES and misinformation that she makes no effort to back up. Some people neg because "the person" rarely knows what she's talking about, doesn't know how to debate coherently, and loves to post (but rarely respond to) others' "factual, scientifically sound research." So, I hope I cleared up your confusion and befuddlement, Klarissa. ;-P
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pokydoke5 months, 2 weeks ago
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I am quite frankly tired of arguing about weather incidents like snow in the Dakotas in June to deny global warming. The Earth is warming up and the cause may be natural and it may be anthropogenic, most likely a combination of the two. As the Earth warms we don't really know the full ramification of it.The best solution would be to make an effort to reduce green house gases and other pollutants, a win win situation.
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Goppy5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Modern Republicans are a BACKWARD looking race.
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They don't like change.
This desire is SO STRONG ... they are willing to overlook any evidence to the contrary that things are changing.
Truth be told ... the majority would be happiest if they could go back to 1952. And stay there.
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mesodude5 months, 2 weeks ago
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poky, I LOL when people who don't even know how to use an internet search engine properly (before they thoroughly embarrass themselves making statements contradicting what they've said in the past) pretend that they are more knowledgeable than those with advanced degrees and decades of scientific study behind them. I don't even waste my time arguing science with these morons because I find it ludicrous that they wouldn't realize everyone knows their true motive is protecting profit and commerce at any cost. These poorly educated social rejects who voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin (after voting for Bush twice) are a complete joke and a disgrace to human kind.
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Klarissa5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Psycho - who has said on here that there is no global warming, better said as climate change?
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You had put words in other mouths to come up with a statement like "The whole goddamn bunch of you morons."??
Tell us, do you think that the climate has been like this last year for eons??
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bluetexasvalley5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Klarissa, those of us who have followed and studied science most of our lives are perfectly aware that climate change is a perpetual happening on our planet. Your scientific article provided no new information; we have known about this for many years. Glad you are finally catching up.
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No one is arguing that climate change is a new phenomenon. What is new is the *rapid rate* at which the change is currently proceeding and it appears to be exponential. It is unprecedented. It is worrisome.
O.K. Now you can get back to your reading of the Middle School Science 101 textbook.
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simonsez5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Headlines GW lovers would like:
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"Due to the increased ice pack in the north, polar bears are now ranging as far south as the Jersey shore. There was even an unconfirmed report of a sighting in Manhattan near Times Square. Residents are advised to keep pets and livestock indoors".
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simonsez5 months, 2 weeks ago
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"Experts warn that 3 of the last five years have been the coldest ever recorded in history and could suggest a dangerous trend.
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Loss of growing season, fertile land being overtaken by expanding glaciers could wipe out one quarter of all species by the year 2100".
Details at 11.-
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Goppy5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Sorry ... but you are either a willful LIAR ... or an advocate of DIS-INFORMATION.
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Hey ... those two might be one and the same ... I'll need to get back to you on that.
But in the meantime ... here's a graph from NASA's website showing a graph of the Earth's average temperature since 1880.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/...
As you can see ... GRAPHICALLY ... the past 10 years have seen a dramatic rise in average temperature.
Of course, you can always claim that God whispered in your ear and told you otherwise.
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simonsez5 months, 2 weeks ago
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"Fiji reported it is closing down it's lucrative tourist business as the cooling temps are killing the palm trees and the grass on golf courses.
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The convention center has proposed a world symposium on global cooling be scheduled here, but proponents indicate they prefer a warmer location for such a meeting".
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Goppy5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Well ... you ARE right about the cooling....
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Fiji has a cooling trade wind that blows from the east-southeast throughout most of the year.
In addition ... winds drop to a whisper in the evening and pick up again by midmorning to offer perfectly timed cooling.
Yes ... Fiji DOES have cooling ... but it's typical of the island ... pretty standard stuff.
And the shrinking tourist business is due directly to the World Economic Catastrophe that occurred due to the Incompetent Management of Government.
Can you try again?
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Klarissa5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Forrest, did I say " made it seem like it proved man made climate change has been proven wrong.that??" No.
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Interesting that you asked that, though.
It is new information, not political opinion, but research by an international group of real scientists.
"The entire scientific team is made up of 60 scientists from over 15 different countries and represents scientists at every stage of their career from graduate students to senior professors.
Scientists, drillers, and technical staff participated in live interactive video conferences with enthused students and teachers who learned about the expedition’s discoveries, ocean drilling, and life at sea.
The scientists supported by the UK are Heiko Pälike, Paul Wilson, Edgar Kirsty (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton), Paul Bown and Tom Dunkley Jones (University College London), and Peter Fitch (University of Leicester)."
The article is meant to provide additional information to what we already know.
I believe that the climate is changing.
Do humans really make a difference? I don't know.
Should do our best to conserve what we have? of course.
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ForrestPhelps5 months, 2 weeks ago
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To: Klarissa
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First, thanks for replying. And I do mean that. I like it when when can exchange thoughts and perspectives. Now, as to what you posted.
I simply asked you if you had posted the link to the article because you felt it proved something about climate change/global warming. I'm glad you found it "interesting" that I would ask that. I asked because, after having read the article you linked to, I was at a loss as to why you had posted it.
I still don't understand what you're trying to tell me. I mean, your last comment about whether Al Gore "deserves" to make millions doesn't sound like a reasoned, science-based, discussion of the subject.
And it confuses me even more. Do you really believe AL Gore "made" this crisis?
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Bluedragon9125 months, 2 weeks ago
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Global warming is a misnomer. Climate change is more accurate, because "climate" refers to "The meteorological conditions, including temperature, precipitation, and wind, that characteristically prevail in a particular region."
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As for the global warming being the sun's fault: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/09051...-
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