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NASA Satellite Discovers Massive Vegetation Die Off

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  • D d king

    "We were amazed at the continental scale that this die off occupied", said Dr. John Jorgenson of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.[^] Its shocking how fast things are changing.

    God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference

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    CataclysmicQuantum
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    Maybe because it's autumn and thats when most of the plants die. :|

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    • D d king

      "We were amazed at the continental scale that this die off occupied", said Dr. John Jorgenson of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.[^] Its shocking how fast things are changing.

      God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference

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      Chris Austin
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      TOPICS: Humor

      I wonder how many people will miss this part and just 5 or 1 vote depending on their AGW slant?

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      • D d king

        "We were amazed at the continental scale that this die off occupied", said Dr. John Jorgenson of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.[^] Its shocking how fast things are changing.

        God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference

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        Patrick Etc
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        Hehe yep, filed under the humor column. Pretty good satire though.


        "If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual." - Frank Herbert

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          Hehe yep, filed under the humor column. Pretty good satire though.


          "If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual." - Frank Herbert

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          BoneSoft
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          Ahh, but it is so representative on the situation. I got a kick out of it. "Yeah, he would say that, being in the pocket of 'big oil'."


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            Ahh, but it is so representative on the situation. I got a kick out of it. "Yeah, he would say that, being in the pocket of 'big oil'."


            Try code model generation tools at BoneSoft.com.

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            Patrick Etc
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            BoneSoft wrote:

            Ahh, but it is so representative on the situation.

            The definition of good satire :) Sarcasm AND a reflection of reality. I agree by the way. While I think climate change is an issue we should be concerned about, the shrieking on both sides bores me.


            "If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual." - Frank Herbert

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              BoneSoft wrote:

              Ahh, but it is so representative on the situation.

              The definition of good satire :) Sarcasm AND a reflection of reality. I agree by the way. While I think climate change is an issue we should be concerned about, the shrieking on both sides bores me.


              "If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual." - Frank Herbert

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              BoneSoft
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              Me too. But the alarmist side is by far the most popular with overwhelming media attention and bias, so I have a particular appreciation for jabs poked in it's direction.


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                BoneSoft wrote:

                Ahh, but it is so representative on the situation.

                The definition of good satire :) Sarcasm AND a reflection of reality. I agree by the way. While I think climate change is an issue we should be concerned about, the shrieking on both sides bores me.


                "If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual." - Frank Herbert

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                I'm just waiting for some lazy journalist to pick this one up and run with it :)

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                  I'm just waiting for some lazy journalist to pick this one up and run with it :)

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                  Dan Neely
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                  yeah, remember the time a few years ago some Chinese paper got caught plagiarizing The Onion and running what they stole as fact?

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                    BoneSoft wrote:

                    Ahh, but it is so representative on the situation.

                    The definition of good satire :) Sarcasm AND a reflection of reality. I agree by the way. While I think climate change is an issue we should be concerned about, the shrieking on both sides bores me.


                    "If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual." - Frank Herbert

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                    Patrick Sears wrote:

                    The definition of good satire :) Sarcasm AND a reflection of reality.

                    Yep; building a straw-man to make fun of (as a number of folk around here do) isn't satire.

                    Patrick Sears wrote:

                    While I think climate change is an issue we should be concerned about, the shrieking on both sides bores me.

                    For myself, I've noticed shrieking coming from only one direction. And non-stop (and, oddly enough, it sounds just like the "New Ice Age" shrieking I heard when I was a kid). Hmmm, I wonder if one of my ears is going bad?

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                    • D d king

                      "We were amazed at the continental scale that this die off occupied", said Dr. John Jorgenson of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.[^] Its shocking how fast things are changing.

                      God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference

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                      TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                      LOL. It's called Autumn and Winter! What a bunch of N00Bs!

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                      • I Ilion

                        Patrick Sears wrote:

                        The definition of good satire :) Sarcasm AND a reflection of reality.

                        Yep; building a straw-man to make fun of (as a number of folk around here do) isn't satire.

                        Patrick Sears wrote:

                        While I think climate change is an issue we should be concerned about, the shrieking on both sides bores me.

                        For myself, I've noticed shrieking coming from only one direction. And non-stop (and, oddly enough, it sounds just like the "New Ice Age" shrieking I heard when I was a kid). Hmmm, I wonder if one of my ears is going bad?

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                        Ilíon wrote:

                        For myself, I've noticed shrieking coming from only one direction.

                        You're probably used to your own voice by now, and your echoes probably come back a little softer than when they left you.


                        Try code model generation tools at BoneSoft.com.

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                          Hehe yep, filed under the humor column. Pretty good satire though.


                          "If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual." - Frank Herbert

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                          Patrick Sears wrote:

                          filed under the humor column.

                          Patrick Sears wrote:

                          Pretty good satire though.

                          That's not funny, humor contributes to global warming! ;P

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                          • B BoneSoft

                            Ilíon wrote:

                            For myself, I've noticed shrieking coming from only one direction.

                            You're probably used to your own voice by now, and your echoes probably come back a little softer than when they left you.


                            Try code model generation tools at BoneSoft.com.

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                            Ilion
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                            Thank you for those words of wisdom (ya' see, unlike the majority of folk around here, I can learn even from someone like *you*). I'll just have to speak louder, won't I?

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                              Thank you for those words of wisdom (ya' see, unlike the majority of folk around here, I can learn even from someone like *you*). I'll just have to speak louder, won't I?

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                              BoneSoft
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                              Ilíon wrote:

                              I can learn even from someone like *you*

                              That's completely up to you. I'm sure you can learn from *me* if you allow it.

                              Ilíon wrote:

                              I'll just have to speak louder, won't I?

                              Don't think that will be necessary. My point was when you only hear shrieking from one direction, it's usually because your on the far end of the other side.


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                                Ilíon wrote:

                                I can learn even from someone like *you*

                                That's completely up to you. I'm sure you can learn from *me* if you allow it.

                                Ilíon wrote:

                                I'll just have to speak louder, won't I?

                                Don't think that will be necessary. My point was when you only hear shrieking from one direction, it's usually because your on the far end of the other side.


                                Try code model generation tools at BoneSoft.com.

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                                Ilion
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                                Come now, you don't actually have a point. What you have is a burr under your saddle. And, until you get rid of that burr, you're going to keep acting like you're acting. And, amusingly enough, you put the burr there yourself. ======== Moreover, there aren't two sides on global warming: there are the irresponsible and irrational hysteriacs (which is not a side) and then there is everyone else, whether amused at the so-shallow and so-obvious ginning-up of hysteria (which is also not a side) or whether just wishing everyone else would just shut up (which is also not a side). If one simply *must* see global warming in terms of "sides," the two opposing sides are rationality and irrationality.

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