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"Today, the climate driver isn't weak volcanic or solar changes -- it's human activity, and we are now massively forcing the system," observes Dr Paul Halloran, of the University of Exeter
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by Besame
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Remember when we all had ideas of what President Obama should do in his first hundred days? Remember how those ideas were all too extreme, not something that could really be done? After all, Rules. And, Norms. So, if impeachment is effectively...
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We’re all scheduled for obsolescence. Conspiracy theories aside, it’s incumbent upon us to create a legacy of improvement. This can be as small as individual family units, small towns, cities, a metropolis, a county, a state, a region, a nation, a...
by Damceon
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A Iowa General Election poll comparing Trump versus each primary challenger still doesn’t say much at this point in time considering the closeness, but here it is: Still, much here remains uncertain. Iowa voters are famous for settling on a candidate...
by annieli
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Do you hate calling him President Trump? But you don't want to resort to petty, juvenile or insulting names. Do you long to refer to him, call him by a name or title, or include him in your diaries and comments, in fact everywhere possible something...
by Jesus Ghandi
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We need to set the record straight about something. It’s now taken for granted that carbon compounds like methane have a tetrahedral structure: But I wanted you to know who first determined this extremely important fact, back in 1929. It was not the...
by skralyx
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Good evening, and a happy Saturday to you! In a bid to avoid nonstop news cycle coverage of whatever outrage is today (or rather, this hour then the next hour, we measure time very quickly in these ...
by brillig
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While I’ve been a regular visitor here for some years, I rarely post or comment. After all, who other than me really cares what I think? That said, here’s what I think: Like the headline says, I am a Ford Motor Company retiree. I worked there for 25...
by Enoch Ro0t
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Today marks the beginning of the Asian New Year, which operates on the lunar calendar, and thus the date changes every year (like Easter). This year happens to be the Year of the Rat. On a ...
by chingchongchinaman
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I have never done canvassing or phone banking, ever. In fact, I have to say the past few weeks have been harrowing, but I wanted to do something that would force me to do things I am not comfortable doing. I wanted to stretch myself a bit, so when I...
by sujigu
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The idea, that deadly consequences sometimes flow from ambiguous utterances, of unscrupulous tyrants, has deep roots in the history of English speaking people. Hence, when I listened to Lev Parnas’ recording of Donald John Trump raving semi-coherently...
by LeftOfYou
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"How can any Republican's head end up on a pike if it's already stuck up Trump's ass?" Happy new year, despite the fight that lies ahead for November. The impeachment trial is like soup Nazism: There’s even video of the April 2018 dinner party at...
by annieli
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If you have ever read “The Catcher in the Rye,” you probably realize the unique style it was written in. The main character, Holden, narrates in long, run on sentences filled with cursing and ...
by TheLittleOne
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Well, Obama is incredibly smart and observant, so … NBC News: Barack Obama called Donald Trump a "fascist" in a phone conversation with Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia during the 2016 presidential election, Kaine says in a video clip featured in an upcoming...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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I live in subsidized housing after sleeping outside for almost a year in 2011-2012. I don’t own a TV,
by blueoregon
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This Week In The War On Women: News Items and links for Jan. 25th, 2020 (Part 2+) x ...
by Angmar
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I am a Democrat born in 1946. Called myself and registered as a Democrat damn near my whole life. In the early 80’s I was introduced to the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee begun with Michael Harrington. I am a Democrat of that stripe! I view...
by timdsoc
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Monday is the 75th anniversary of the Jan. 27, 1945, liberation of Auschwitz. We all know that name, though there are few still alive who have first-hand knowledge of the horrors perpetrated there. I am heartened to know that it is not being forgotten....
by neonomad
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Some big news out of Iowa today courtesy of the Des Moines Register: The Des Moines Register editorial board endorses Elizabeth Warren in the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses as the best leader for these times. The senior U.S. senator from Massachusetts...
by poopdogcomedy
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