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Fri Oct-12-07 03:10 PM
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| 102. This is the beginning of the endgame, and we're still playing our opening moves |
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The 2nd-order feedback effects are kicking in now. Things are changing much faster than predicted. We cannot make the necessary adjustments in time to avoid serious losses across the board.
The biosphere, humanity included, is about to receive a major ass-whipping from mama nature.
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| -2 Pictures, 1 Graph --> Focus everyone; for the sake of humanity |
understandinglife |
Oct-11-07 04:35 PM |
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But isn't it really just more fun to bitch about Hillary, Tweety, DINOs and Bush? |
hatrack |
Oct-11-07 04:41 PM |
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All that bitching... |
Juniperx |
Oct-11-07 04:44 PM |
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But if we elect another POTUS that supports the corporations... |
superkia |
Oct-11-07 04:55 PM |
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I think you're entirely correct; however . . . |
hatrack |
Oct-11-07 06:20 PM |
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Did you see Gore's |
Admiral Loinpresser |
Oct-12-07 06:56 AM |
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Thank you for posting those. I read them and so does my |
tnlefty |
Oct-11-07 05:37 PM |
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This jetty, the whales, and the little snap who let it escape the tank.... |
lips |
Oct-11-07 07:01 PM |
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Hillary, Tweety, DINOs and Bush are responsible for global warming |
L0oniX |
Oct-11-07 06:54 PM |
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I think this is all going a lot faster than most realize... |
Juniperx |
Oct-11-07 04:43 PM |
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They're now projecting no summer Arctic sea ice by 2013 |
hatrack |
Oct-11-07 04:45 PM |
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That's just around the corner... |
Juniperx |
Oct-11-07 05:06 PM |
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Way, way, way faster ... and, now it's no longer a "modeling" issue ... |
understandinglife |
Oct-11-07 04:45 PM |
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There's a domino effect to consider in this... |
Juniperx |
Oct-11-07 05:05 PM |
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That's been in a few X-Files episodes |
krispos42 |
Oct-12-07 12:34 PM |
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Life imitates art? |
Juniperx |
Oct-12-07 12:51 PM |
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Well, science fiction eventually becomes science fact |
krispos42 |
Oct-12-07 01:30 PM |
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I should be flying my car now... |
Juniperx |
Oct-12-07 02:05 PM |
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The immortal Lewis Black... |
krispos42 |
Oct-12-07 02:33 PM |
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the ice loss this year |
Tuesday_Morning |
Oct-11-07 05:10 PM |
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Yes. And, yes. .... we're soon to learn just how small the planet is and how connected ... |
understandinglife |
Oct-11-07 05:40 PM |
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how Ul could Gore not run for president..he knows damn well Hillary will not do what is nessesary |
flyarm |
Oct-12-07 02:35 PM |
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I can testify to that! |
rucognizant |
Oct-12-07 07:14 AM |
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The best tomatoes I ever tasted were grown in South Jersey! |
Juniperx |
Oct-12-07 10:23 AM |
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84degrees in mid October in So Jersey..i watched the NYYankess playoff game |
flyarm |
Oct-12-07 02:43 PM |
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I ride my bike when possible, grow my own veggies, have bonsia trees |
DJ MEW |
Oct-11-07 04:45 PM |
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Learn to can & preserve, save seeds, get out of debt ASAP |
hatrack |
Oct-11-07 04:46 PM |
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A few thoughts off the top of my head. |
Gregorian |
Oct-11-07 05:00 PM |
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Define not long |
DJ MEW |
Oct-11-07 08:41 PM |
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It depends on a lot of factors. |
Gregorian |
Oct-11-07 09:37 PM |
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I'm dedicated to THAT also, am I only allowed one area of devotion? |
melody |
Oct-11-07 04:52 PM |
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Took the bus, renewed my AGU membership, and when I get home . . . |
hatrack |
Oct-11-07 04:55 PM |
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But I could well stand here and insist you do more |
melody |
Oct-11-07 05:00 PM |
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"The vast majority of Americans aren't even being told the truth." Precisely. |
understandinglife |
Oct-11-07 05:25 PM |
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Exactly - unless you happened to be in front of the tee-vee at just the right time . . . |
hatrack |
Oct-11-07 05:58 PM |
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This is fucking terrifying. |
Odin2005 |
Oct-11-07 05:01 PM |
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This shocked the hell out of me. |
Sugar Smack |
Oct-11-07 06:03 PM |
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I cannot agree more. nt |
motocicleta |
Oct-11-07 10:47 PM |
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Telecommuting vegan, here. I don't even turn my lights on before 8pm |
flvegan |
Oct-11-07 05:02 PM |
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That's just plain scary |
knight_of_the_star |
Oct-11-07 05:04 PM |
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our hands are not letting go of the steering wheel |
zippy890 |
Oct-11-07 05:07 PM |
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Hijacked |
rucognizant |
Oct-12-07 07:24 AM |
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Behold the REAL threat to National Security. |
Artiechoke |
Oct-11-07 05:08 PM |
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Yes it does |
knight_of_the_star |
Oct-11-07 05:10 PM |
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K&R. (nt) |
Kurovski |
Oct-11-07 05:11 PM |
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I should cut back on the bourbon, rocks... |
JackintheGreen |
Oct-11-07 05:17 PM |
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It is humbling. n/t |
flashl |
Oct-11-07 05:33 PM |
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Fluorescent bulbs, LCD sets, don't need an overpowered PC, walk when possible... walk to work... |
HypnoToad |
Oct-11-07 05:34 PM |
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Exactly -- we learn to live simply n/t |
melody |
Oct-11-07 06:28 PM |
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Perhaps we can alter a 50 year time frame from now, however |
hedgetrimmer |
Oct-11-07 05:46 PM |
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But this is good news! |
slutticus |
Oct-11-07 06:06 PM |
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K&R |
hatrack |
Oct-11-07 06:30 PM |
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a thousand R's (if I had them) |
Duppers |
Oct-11-07 06:48 PM |
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Thank you. |
understandinglife |
Oct-11-07 11:35 PM |
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K & R |
malaise |
Oct-11-07 06:58 PM |
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but we're still just coming out of an ice age! |
toadzilla |
Oct-11-07 07:03 PM |
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Wow, that graph is... |
Canuckistanian |
Oct-11-07 07:10 PM |
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In_deed. Simply, it is a "black swan" environmental event. |
understandinglife |
Oct-11-07 08:54 PM |
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We have to nationalize our OIL and all natural resources -- if you understand GW . . . |
defendandprotect |
Oct-11-07 08:55 PM |
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I believe the neocons are aware of this, want the truth hidden from the people so that they |
mod mom |
Oct-11-07 09:01 PM |
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"private army-check. control of aquifer-check. fema camps-check." That's their fantasy ... |
understandinglife |
Oct-11-07 09:46 PM |
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Of course they know..... |
absyntheminded |
Oct-12-07 10:01 AM |
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ain't that the truth. |
Warren Stupidity |
Oct-12-07 10:33 AM |
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Amen, brother. But how many people out there are even truly aware, much less |
codjh9 |
Oct-11-07 10:33 PM |
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it's too late to start caring now... |
QuestionAll |
Oct-11-07 10:37 PM |
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And so then a question... |
malakai2 |
Oct-11-07 11:13 PM |
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exactly. |
QuestionAll |
Oct-12-07 06:14 AM |
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Moral Purtity! |
rucognizant |
Oct-12-07 07:29 AM |
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NO. It is time to begin leading and caring, truly, on a scale ... |
understandinglife |
Oct-11-07 11:34 PM |
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Gore on 11 Oct 2007: ""We have everything we need to get started," he said. "We have the capacity .. |
understandinglife |
Oct-12-07 12:19 AM |
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"It's never too late to be what you might have been." |
puebloknot |
Oct-12-07 01:24 AM |
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And, Al Gore is now a Nobel Laurette for Peace because of his "love for Earth ... |
understandinglife |
Oct-12-07 04:14 AM |
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And may he find his highest calling in furthering the work he has already done. |
puebloknot |
Oct-12-07 04:16 PM |
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words and thoughts aren't going to change the facts- |
QuestionAll |
Oct-12-07 06:17 AM |
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NO! It is too late to avoid disaster, not too late to mitigate its scope. |
Warren Stupidity |
Oct-12-07 10:34 AM |
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that's your opinion- mine differs. |
QuestionAll |
Oct-12-07 02:49 PM |
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Everyone brace yourselves. |
Dr_eldritch |
Oct-11-07 10:58 PM |
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holy crapola- there is the Northwest Passage! |
kineneb |
Oct-11-07 11:08 PM |
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"Looks like it may be a little late to start, but start we must." In_DEED!! |
understandinglife |
Oct-11-07 11:14 PM |
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Well that graph made my night. |
Colorado Progressive |
Oct-12-07 12:24 AM |
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For starters, way, way less than half the population are freepers ... |
understandinglife |
Oct-12-07 12:29 AM |
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Just remember I live west of Colorado Springs, freepers rule here! |
Colorado Progressive |
Oct-12-07 01:27 AM |
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Soon, you will lead them to knowledge. Go for it! |
understandinglife |
Oct-12-07 04:20 AM |
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print out those pictures and the graph in color on a 1-page flier, make copies |
0rganism |
Oct-12-07 03:20 PM |
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Thank you. |
emilyg |
Oct-12-07 01:48 AM |
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Wonderful!! |
understandinglife |
Oct-12-07 04:25 AM |
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Forty Signs of Rain, Fifty Degrees Below, and Sixty Days and Counting |
gateley |
Oct-12-07 02:19 AM |
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Thank you and I agree - "we can't harness the earth." We can stop destroying it. |
understandinglife |
Oct-12-07 04:25 AM |
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""It is a question of war and peace," said Egeland, now director of the Norwegian Institute ... |
understandinglife |
Oct-12-07 04:42 AM |
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FEAR is an excellent motivator...n/t |
saddlesore |
Oct-12-07 09:07 AM |
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these pictures do not lie, we must come to grips what is happening |
alyce douglas |
Oct-12-07 10:37 AM |
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Yes and Exactly ... |
understandinglife |
Oct-12-07 10:44 AM |
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This is intense |
f the letter |
Oct-12-07 10:57 AM |
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Global warming is just a theory. |
Enthusiast |
Oct-12-07 10:58 AM |
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UN panel chairman hopes to work with Al Gore in combatting climate change |
understandinglife |
Oct-12-07 11:04 AM |
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this is THE single issue of our time |
Neo |
Oct-12-07 11:41 AM |
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"Why The Pundits Are Wrong About A Gore Run" |
understandinglife |
Oct-12-07 12:43 PM |
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"Breaking down the sleazy 'Source: Gore thinks Hillary is Unstoppable' meme" |
understandinglife |
Oct-12-07 02:05 PM |
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sounds like Mark Penn to me!!..the Hillary Karl ROVE OPERATIVE.. |
flyarm |
Oct-12-07 03:20 PM |
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Gore: "My wife, Tipper, and I will donate 100 percent of the proceeds of the award to the ... |
understandinglife |
Oct-12-07 12:45 PM |
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These are Good Images to Have |
ribofunk |
Oct-12-07 01:06 PM |
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A picture really IS worth a thousand words |
hatrack |
Oct-12-07 01:14 PM |
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"No need to say a word -- just look at the photo." |
understandinglife |
Oct-12-07 01:59 PM |
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And behind all of out petty hopes and fears, our momentous refighting of WWII |
tom_paine |
Oct-12-07 02:06 PM |
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And so it is . . . |
govegan |
Oct-12-07 02:41 PM |
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This is the beginning of the endgame, and we're still playing our opening moves |
0rganism |
Oct-12-07 03:10 PM |
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NOW IS THE TIME |
Sufficient Voice |
Oct-12-07 03:24 PM |
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Welcome to DU. |
understandinglife |
Oct-13-07 10:48 AM |
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fuel base has got to be changed. waterpoweredcars. crazy? kick. |
dogindia |
Oct-12-07 03:31 PM |
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K&R.nt |
nam78_two |
Oct-12-07 03:31 PM |
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k/r |
Fridays Child |
Oct-12-07 03:49 PM |
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kick |
noexcuseforgeorge |
Oct-13-07 08:59 AM |
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kick n/t |
Lorien |
Oct-13-07 12:02 PM |
#112 |
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