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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Maybe science isn’t the answer |
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Replies: 56
Views: 798
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| Has science saved more lives than were lost in World Wars 1 and 2? 13 million died in the first world war. Estimates range up to just under 100 million for the second world war. Back in the 1700s someone figured out how to take nitrogen out of the air to make fertilizers paving the way for modern a... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Israel's Endgame: Concentration Camps |
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Replies: 7
Views: 181
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| The OP's Youtube video -- by Shirvan Neftchi, an Azerbaijani (Muslim) producer -- is what's called "Speculative Journalism" at best, and "Anti-Zionist Propaganda" at worst. Obvious bias is obvious. Never let a Youtube video do your thinking for you. Actually, the Caspian Report... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Christian Zionism |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:07 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 3,348
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| Christians donate $500,000 to Israeli towns devastated by Hamas attack Passages donated $500,000 to two southern Israel communities destroyed in the Hamas massacre on October 7. The Christian organization that provides free, “Birthright-style” trips for Christian students delivered it to Netiv HaAs... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Satellite data shows up climate forecasts |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:11 pm
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Replies: 224
Views: 26,170
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| Even w/o climate change some stretches of coastline get washed away, and others get silted out and expand out to sea. A harbor gets silted up here, and a cliff collapses dumping a light house into the sea there. Right, so silt from runnoff from inland development does spread out from river basins i... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do tourists take resources from locals in a disaster? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 4:04 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 184
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| So if you take a vacation to a disaster area...an area which has lost its infrastructure and can no longer support anything local...including it tourist economy...so you cant go to their beaches, fine restaurants, museums, tours, theme parks,etc because its all buried under debris and human bodies, ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do tourists take resources from locals in a disaster? |
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Posted: 07 Oct 2024, 8:22 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 184
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Why would you go through with plans to vacation to a city you know is going to be hit by a hurricane?
Unless you wanna drown. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Satellite data shows up climate forecasts |
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Posted: 07 Oct 2024, 5:53 pm
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Replies: 224
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Even w/o climate change some stretches of coastline get washed away, and others get silted out and expand out to sea.
A harbor gets silted up here, and a cliff collapses dumping a light house into the sea there. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Satellite data shows up climate forecasts |
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Posted: 07 Oct 2024, 1:48 pm
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Replies: 224
Views: 26,170
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| this is confusing, are rising tides and coastal erosion responsible for California coastlines getting inundated? Or is it global warming? Distinction w/o a difference. If the sea level is going up then its likely do to rising global temperatures...which causes both of the polar ice caps to melt, an... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Melania Trump’s memoir |
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Posted: 07 Oct 2024, 11:07 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 185
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| she's an immigrant! Because of the later she is personally responsible for all of the suffering in North Carolina! And she eats dogs and cats! Melania can rest easy, Donnie was talking about Haitians. You just dont get it. Doesnt matter what country she is from. The point is that Trump has no polic... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Baby Boomers and how we/they are perceived in today's world |
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Posted: 07 Oct 2024, 9:59 am
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Replies: 100
Views: 14,844
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| I was born in 1974. We had MuchMusic in Canada instead of MTV. And back then it actually had music. Back then there was the cold war and plenty of movies, TV shows, video games and music that were anti-commie anti-soviet and plenty of terrifying stuff about the threat of nuclear war. I think in Can... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Melania Trump’s memoir |
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Posted: 07 Oct 2024, 8:02 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 185
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SendInTheClowns wrote: You get a prize for that post - funniest of the year!! ! Yay!
thnx |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Happy 100th Birthday, President Carter!! ! |
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Posted: 07 Oct 2024, 2:32 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 311
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| Wasnt he also attacked by a giant bunny rabbit? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Guardian: Reporting on Israel killing kids is blood libel |
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Posted: 07 Oct 2024, 2:28 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 188
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| False analogy. The "Blood Libel" is the Medieval anti Semitic canard that Jews steal and kill Gentile babies, and then use the babies' blood in religious rituals. The crime itself was a fantasy. It never actually happened. In contrast the current destruction and mass murder of Gaza, includ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Funny maps |
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Posted: 07 Oct 2024, 1:48 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 120
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Interesting.
Maps have always been my "aspie special interest". |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Melania Trump’s memoir |
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Posted: 06 Oct 2024, 11:31 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 185
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She is pro-choice.
And...
she's an immigrant!
Because of the later she is personally responsible for all of the suffering in North Carolina!
And she eats dogs and cats! |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Israel and Iran ‘A fork in the road’ |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2024, 1:33 pm
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Replies: 68
Views: 1,082
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| While generational memories of the Shah might be a factor in Iran’s hostility towards Israel it is a minor one at best. The main motivation is Iran is trying to be the regional power by being viewed as the leader in driving the “infidels” out. And its not even "Iran" the country. Its the ... |
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