Posts by DanTheMan

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The new Ice Age Cometh!

by Gill in

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http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/aol/redir?src=websearch&requestid=6b69327903d3d481&clickeditemrank=1&userquery=sunspot+activity+for+2008+iceage&clickeditemurn=http%3a%2f%2fglobalwarminghoax.wordpress.com%2f2008%2f04%2f23%2fsunspots-and-a-possible-new-ice-age-updated%2f&title=%3cb%3esunspots%3c%2fb%3e+and+a+possible+new+%3cb%3eice+age%3c%2fb%3e+%28updated%29+%c2%ab+the+global+warming+%3cb%3e...%3c%2fb%3e&moduleid=matchingsites.jsp.m&clickeditempageranking=1&clickeditempage=1&clickeditemdescription=webresults.

i hope this link works but there has been virtually no sunspot activity since the beginning of this year and the suns magnetic field is down 60%.. if this link does not work, you might like to try googling: sunspot activity 2008 iceage.. the last time this happened we moved into a little ice age which lasted from 1100 to 1800.. global warming lies may well have met their match with reality.. so how will they tax us for the 'ice age?

do we get our tax back that we paid because of 'global warming'.. is this why they have made fuel so expensive....because they know what is coming and they want to make a killing?.

DanTheMan

The fourth and final essential point deals with how the media and climate doomsters insist that there is an overwhelming scientific "consensus" of man-made global warming.

[...] "Of 539 total papers on climate change, only 38 (7%) gave an explicit endorsement of the consensus. If one considers 'implicit' endorsement (accepting the consensus without explicit statement), the figure rises to 45%. However, while only 32 papers (6%) reject the consensus outright, the largest category (48%) are neutral papers, refusing to either accept or reject the hypothesis. This is no 'consensus,'" according to an August 29, 2007 article in Daily Tech.

If I understand correctly, the "concensus" that is being referred to here is the belief that more than half of the warming of the past 50 years has anthropogenic causes, not the belief that the warming has anything at all to do with human activity (just to clarify). And so, 45% of the papers either explicity or implicity agree that half+ of the warming is due to human activity, and 48% are neutral to this claim.

I only say this because the whole tone of the speech seems to be, 'there's no concensus on man-made global warming'. I don't think that the statistics quoted above support this well - they only demonstrate that not all believe that more than half of it is human related.

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The new Ice Age Cometh!

by Gill in

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friends

http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/aol/redir?src=websearch&requestid=6b69327903d3d481&clickeditemrank=1&userquery=sunspot+activity+for+2008+iceage&clickeditemurn=http%3a%2f%2fglobalwarminghoax.wordpress.com%2f2008%2f04%2f23%2fsunspots-and-a-possible-new-ice-age-updated%2f&title=%3cb%3esunspots%3c%2fb%3e+and+a+possible+new+%3cb%3eice+age%3c%2fb%3e+%28updated%29+%c2%ab+the+global+warming+%3cb%3e...%3c%2fb%3e&moduleid=matchingsites.jsp.m&clickeditempageranking=1&clickeditempage=1&clickeditemdescription=webresults.

i hope this link works but there has been virtually no sunspot activity since the beginning of this year and the suns magnetic field is down 60%.. if this link does not work, you might like to try googling: sunspot activity 2008 iceage.. the last time this happened we moved into a little ice age which lasted from 1100 to 1800.. global warming lies may well have met their match with reality.. so how will they tax us for the 'ice age?

do we get our tax back that we paid because of 'global warming'.. is this why they have made fuel so expensive....because they know what is coming and they want to make a killing?.

DanTheMan

Here's a link to a Wikipedia page concerning the scientific opinion/concensus on climate change.

You know, it's one thing to be skeptical. But, seriously, none of us are experts on this issue, and to me it seems like it's the height of sneering arrogance to dismiss the IPCC and the endorsement that its conclusions has received from various scientific societies as "lies" and "bullshit".

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Is college worth it?

by NewYork44M in

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my life has been transformed by higher education.

however, i am aware that college is not for everyone.. here are some interesting thoughts:.

http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/080926-williams-higher-education.php.

DanTheMan

I have about 2 more years (part time) to go before I will have earned enough credit to get a bachelors degree.

I think college can be great if you can get into the right school. I have only been able to take classes from a community college and a local business college, and I have found the quality of instruction at both places, especially the community college, to vary between acceptable and abysmal.

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Washington Mutual just failed. Meh.

by LDH in

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i better not see people who can't make payments on time getting to keep their homes.

i have a friend who is 67. she has an arm.

her payment dropped by $20 in august.

DanTheMan

I'll be damned if we bail out the poor planners on the backs of the financially conservative.

Well, I'm not sure where exactly the blame goes for the housing-price bubble and bust that has led to this mess, but if I was gambling man I'd bet that plenty of financially conservative people were complicit in the ridiculous overselling of home ownership as a ticket to financial security and all the shady stupid dealing that went along with it.

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Charged with Battery for Farting

by sammielee24 in

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man charged with battery for farting near coppolice say suspect passed 'very odorous' gas during breathalyzer testupdated 7:05 p.m.

pt,wed., sept. 24, 2008south charleston, w.va. - a man has been charged with battery on a police officer for allegedly passing gas and fanning it toward a patrolman.. jose a. cruz, 34, of clarksburg, w. va., was pulled over early tuesday for driving without headlights, police said.

according to the criminal complaint, cruz smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and failed three field sobriety tests before he was handcuffed and taken to a police station for a breathalyzer test.. as patrolman t.e.

DanTheMan

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Do economic worries make JWs joyful?

by undercover in

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with the us economy tanking and on the verge of a major collapse if the right steps aren't taken, the average person is probably a little concerned.

i haven't seen anything like a panic yet, but it has been a source of discussion with collegues and neighbors.

to be honest, i'm a bit worried.

DanTheMan

"...and they will cast their gold upon the street..."

Who is the "they" here?

This is where the cult-controlled mind flips from the literal to the abstract. Are JW's anxious to see their neighbors, coworkers, non-believing relatives, etc. experience financial ruin? I doubt it. But I don't think JW's are thinking of these people when they quote this verse. In their minds, the "they" that will cast their gold upon the street is just some cloudy mass of faceless strangers.

And, memo to JW's, financial panic and economic ruin has happened to every civilization, to pre-1914 ones even!

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The movie "The Firm"

by Lady Lee in

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i've seen this movie a few times and recently read the book.

then i watched the movie again.

the author of the book, john grisham, paints a pretty accurate picture of "the firm" as a business cult.

DanTheMan

"Under the Banner of Heaven" is a great book about fundy mormon sects in the American and Canadian West.

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Vatican Says "Yahweh" Not to Be Pronounced

by betterdaze in

vatican says "yahweh" not to be pronounced .

calls on practice used by 1st christians .

washington, d.c., aug. 19, 2008 (zenit.org).- a note from the vatican has reiterated a directive that the name of god revealed in the tetragrammaton yhwh is not to be pronounced in catholic liturgy.

DanTheMan

One of the WTS's favorite proof texts regarding the issue of Jesus using the name Jehovah is John 17:26:
"And I have made your name known to them and will make it known, in order that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in union with them."

I always thought that they were really stretching by insisting that this scripture must (or, in WTS parlance, evidently, apparently, no doubt) mean that Jesus pronounced the divine name.

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BIG NEWS - they're doing away with the Memorial now too!

by rebel8 in

i posted this in another thread but it probably deserves its own thread.

rumor among dubbies is they are doing away with the memorial!

let's hope it's true.

DanTheMan

Funny.

In some areas, brothers were getting together after Mass for ice cream or dinner, having fun, and in some cases, even smiling and having a few laughs.

Yeah, it's suits, dresses, loud talk and laughter out the ying-yang at every mid-level dining place around here on Memorial Night.

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What is your favorite healthy fast food?

by asilentone in

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like at mcdonalds, wendy's, taco bell, etc......

DanTheMan

With all the junk food I've eaten over the years, by now I must be nothing more than a living, breathing lump of toxic waste

lol. I feel the same way. I'd like to eat healthier but it's hard as hell to menu plan and cook for one person.