Posts by DJS

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Arctic Ice Increasing

by Perry in

arctic has gained hundreds of miles of ice the last three years.

red shows the september 2012 minimum extent.

green shows the current extent, which is likely the minimum for 2015. the arctic has gained hundreds of miles of ice over the past three years, much of which is thick, multi-year ice.. article.

Thanks for the video link. What annoys the living hell out of me about revdip and those like him is that they could have found this link and similar information with a simple web search. They prefer to listen to sound bites coming from Rush and other Fundies, parroting their brain dead mantras without so much as a second thought.

Sadly, there are lots of people like revdip. Most of them thankfully are in the same generational group; here's hoping these people either completely lose their influence on decisions that are made about such things as climate change - or die off in time for those coming behind them to fix social and environmental problems in time.

It should be embarrassing to the revdips of the world. Sadly, it isn't.

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A ship (no matter how big) will ultimately sink if it has a hole

by iconoclastic in

humanity is like a ship, and holes are our hobbies (lust, greed etc.

which are fondly renamed as each one likes) which always have been outperforming what science could accomplish!

most of the greater or significant scientific achievements started from 19th centurymay be with the commercial transmission of electricity!

DJS

Ask Ms. "everything is digital" if she would trade now for the 85,000 years or so when humans were hunters/gatherers and you and your family were always on the move looking for a sustainable food supply. And, once you found it, your little clan had to keep it quiet or fight off the other clans and hordes who found out about your land of honey and sought to slaughter you for it. Feeding, Fighting, Fleeing and Fu, I mean Procreation - that's pretty much what humans did for 85,000 years.

Do you think any of the whiners today would trade for that? Would Ms. "I hate I-pads" rather live during that time, when half of her children died at birth or within the first two years of life? When she might live to be a ripe old age of 34? When, as a woman, she was property? (well, that was kinda neat - IF YOU WERE A GUY).

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A ship (no matter how big) will ultimately sink if it has a hole

by iconoclastic in

humanity is like a ship, and holes are our hobbies (lust, greed etc.

which are fondly renamed as each one likes) which always have been outperforming what science could accomplish!

most of the greater or significant scientific achievements started from 19th centurymay be with the commercial transmission of electricity!

DJS

Yes, it is so bad now. Would you have preferred to live in the 100,000 or so years before 1900 when the average life expectancy was 24 - 34? How about in cities during the 1700s and 1800s when cholera and TB were killing millions - problems that have largely gone away with hygiene, water/wastewater treatment and medical technologies.

You whine about what you and others don't like about the right now. Trade it for some other time in our recent or distant past. Pick a time. Humans were far more violent than now, and the haves and have nots were determined exclusively by who had the largest sword or biggest army. The distribution of wealth doesn't solve all of the problems, but it has led to a better standard of living for the have nots than at any time in human history.

For 100,000 years there were no programs such as welfare, food stamps, social security, medical and healthcare insurance. You whine because things aren't perfect and claim the current situation is evidence of Last Days. Dear god, we are living in Paradise compared to the first 100,000 years of human history.

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A ship (no matter how big) will ultimately sink if it has a hole

by iconoclastic in

humanity is like a ship, and holes are our hobbies (lust, greed etc.

which are fondly renamed as each one likes) which always have been outperforming what science could accomplish!

most of the greater or significant scientific achievements started from 19th centurymay be with the commercial transmission of electricity!

DJS

And the planet will continue moving forward; humans will deal with it. Try again.

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A ship (no matter how big) will ultimately sink if it has a hole

by iconoclastic in

humanity is like a ship, and holes are our hobbies (lust, greed etc.

which are fondly renamed as each one likes) which always have been outperforming what science could accomplish!

most of the greater or significant scientific achievements started from 19th centurymay be with the commercial transmission of electricity!

DJS

Rising sea levels are going to be a problem to deal with, for a certainty. As is climate change in general. But that is in no way evidence we are doomed. This planet has re-shaped itself countless times over the millennia. This one, which appears caused by humans, will be yet another one. We will figure it out. Try again.

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A ship (no matter how big) will ultimately sink if it has a hole

by iconoclastic in

humanity is like a ship, and holes are our hobbies (lust, greed etc.

which are fondly renamed as each one likes) which always have been outperforming what science could accomplish!

most of the greater or significant scientific achievements started from 19th centurymay be with the commercial transmission of electricity!

DJS

Icon,

And just how do you know we are doomed? Did god tell you? Tea leaves? Old, meaningless scrolls? Our planet has a lot of problems, but in many ways our species is much better off than they have ever been. We would continue to evolve and improve our species much faster if only we could get rid of the religious bigots and haters causing so much damage, especially the End of Timers and those greedily waiting for their god to destroy, as Cofty put it, 7 billion people so that you and your few friends can continue eating your own in cultlike fashion in your new world.

Please provide evidence that we are doomed.

And why do you have such a hang-up with what people do with their private parts? What consenting adults do, including the POTUS, is none of your business.

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If she doesn't comply an orange jumpsuit is in her future

by DJS in

scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.

by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.

updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..

DJS

Kim Davis - Goat brained stubborn Appalachian fundie with HS education, ScotsIrish Born to Fight DNA, born and bred amongst people who look and act exactly like her with her tiny furry feet stuck deeply into concrete. And now a cult following.

vs.

Judge Bunning - The judge's newly revised court order states that, if she interferes in the marriage license process again, there will be consequences.

Coming soon to a theater near you: "If She Doesn't Comply an Orange Jumpsuit is in Her Future Part II."

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If she doesn't comply an orange jumpsuit is in her future

by DJS in

scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.

by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.

updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..

DJS

Not surprising really. A heavily fundie state during an election period where right wing fundie pols are manipulating this for every vote.

The poltical pressure had to be enormous.

It will be interesting theatre. Popcorn bin is full.

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A ship (no matter how big) will ultimately sink if it has a hole

by iconoclastic in

humanity is like a ship, and holes are our hobbies (lust, greed etc.

which are fondly renamed as each one likes) which always have been outperforming what science could accomplish!

most of the greater or significant scientific achievements started from 19th centurymay be with the commercial transmission of electricity!

DJS

Icon,

As everyone knows, the haters receive most of my ire on this site, closely followed by the conspiracy theorists and those coming onto this site presenting themselves as the new Governing Body, the sage and visionary that we all should pay attention to because you have understanding not available to all of those before you. And clearly a direct conduit to the big girl in the sky.

At least Perry is humble enough to copy and paste others' views.

It's bad enough that you come onto this site serving up the same pile of steaming woo with just a few different ingredients. The really, really vile part is that you speak as the visionary and the all knowing one.

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A ship (no matter how big) will ultimately sink if it has a hole

by iconoclastic in

humanity is like a ship, and holes are our hobbies (lust, greed etc.

which are fondly renamed as each one likes) which always have been outperforming what science could accomplish!

most of the greater or significant scientific achievements started from 19th centurymay be with the commercial transmission of electricity!

DJS

Icon,

When it comes to taking data and forcing it into one's cognitive biases you have the gold standard:

"Einstein indirectly admitted that only an agency superior to humans can solve our problems: "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”

Einstein was correct; humans must evolve and change their awareness of their surroundings in order to fix what is broken. We say that all of the time on this site. For example, the on-going battles to get people like you to stop hating gays and develop more consciousness about them is one very good way in which we can improve our species' collective consciousness and thereby improve our species.

Einstein wasn't inferring or stating that the change in consciousness had to come from aliens or gods. He was an atheist.

Geesh, Icon. WTF is wrong with you.