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24. Accuracy and a clear understanding require the use of proper terminology.

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Mon Jan 25, 2016, 07:04 PM

Jan 2016

I refuse to allow ideological considerations to interfere with my understanding of science.

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There Is NO Global Warming. Blizzard Shows We Have Global COOLING. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Jan 2016 OP

Blizzard conditions existed relatively few places Warpy Jan 2016 #1

Actually, the Northeast has set many of it's records for snowfall in the last decade. NutmegYankee Jan 2016 #6

And meanwhile it's above freezing at the north pole in the dead of winter. Binkie The Clown Jan 2016 #2

They Say That's Why We Got Blasted in The Midwest and Canada ProfessorGAC Jan 2016 #11

More powerful winter storms are consistent with models that predict the results of global warming.. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #3

Yes. The term "global warming" has been superseded by the more accurate one, "climate change". brush Jan 2016 #4

Actually, the GOP needed a less-alarming term Hortensis Jan 2016 #8

Global Warming Is The More Accurate. Even More Accurate Is "Climate Flipping". TheMastersNemesis Jan 2016 #10

Hmm climate change has been used by the UN for close to two decades nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #19

Is it your premise that the U.N. did not Hortensis Jan 2016 #20

The UN is far less infected than either the United States Government nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #21

The terms are scientific, not political, ronnie624 Jan 2016 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author brush Jan 2016 #16

Of course they're scientific -- within the Hortensis Jan 2016 #22

Accuracy and a clear understanding require the use of proper terminology. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #24

Yes, but this is a political forum and how Hortensis Jan 2016 #28

I don't think it's wise ronnie624 Jan 2016 #30

Ronnie, really? We're talking about people who Hortensis Jan 2016 #31

Thinking rationally is not simply a matter of perspective. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #34

Thank you for the explanation. Hortensis Jan 2016 #35

Warming and climate chaos are NOT mutually exclusive! ananda Jan 2016 #5

The notion that they are reveal those people Hortensis Jan 2016 #9

A couple weeks ago New Yorkers were jogging in summer shorts. B Calm Jan 2016 #7

don't they retread this tired argument every winter? Javaman Jan 2016 #13

The GOP Is Good At Doing The Same Thing The Nazis Did In Germany. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2016 #14

Remember "family values"? Every sort of message Hortensis Jan 2016 #23

We have Climate Change. There is a difference between Weather and Climate NightWatcher Jan 2016 #15

Wasn't this predicted as a symptom of warming? Warmer atmosphere... ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2016 #17

This was my understanding as well. RadiationTherapy Jan 2016 #18

GOP AND SCIENCE does not mix... yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #25

And they said nothing when it was 72 degrees on Christmas Day. arcane1 Jan 2016 #26

Or January hurricanes and tornados in Miami-Dade County underpants Jan 2016 #27

You get more snow in warmer winters gollygee Jan 2016 #29

Alaska is having its second very warm winter in a row Blue_In_AK Jan 2016 #32

Ask a typical republican Mendocino Jan 2016 #33