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In reply to the discussion: WEE December 4, 2015 I'll start......I'll start with some...... [View all]MattSh
(3,714 posts)7. Unlike mainstream prognosticators, who seem to always find a silver lining. Or 100...
We here at WEE pride ourselves on going beyond the usual "Don't Worry, Be Happy" BS the mainstream media usually peddle. And I believe our major failing is believing that TPTB don't have a couple more rabbits to pull out of their hat to keep the illusions going, what, a few more weeks, a few more months, maybe a year or two more? Could it possibly last another decade? But at some point, that magic hat has to run out of rabbits, doesn't it? But if that magic hat doesn't run out of rabbits, climate change will kill them off. `
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I can't believe she got a time out for posting a legitimate article from a legitimate source.
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Dec 2015
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