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23. I often ask these types why they haven't offed themselves yet.

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Tue Jul 3, 2012, 01:33 PM

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This US summer is 'what global warming looks like' [View all] al bupp Jul 2012 OP

Global Warming is confusing to some people especially in the South neohippie Jul 2012 #1

cause and effect-global warming is causing climate change leftyohiolib Jul 2012 #3

Which might happen. caseymoz Jul 2012 #44

800 degrees..damn, that will make my hair impossible to manage. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #109

A more horrible case of split ends than you can possibly imagine! randome Jul 2012 #110

Sorry, but real climate scientists have totally debunked the 'Earth turning into Venus' baloney. AverageJoe90 Jul 2012 #115

Worst case scenario. caseymoz Jul 2012 #117

Venus's plates became locked in place at some point, and have stayed that way. (On the other hand..) AverageJoe90 Jul 2012 #120

I can vaguely recall a documentary that ran on an Austin, TX area indie station back in '96 or so... AverageJoe90 Jul 2012 #116

I agree nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #5

I agree, "climate change" is a much better name al bupp Jul 2012 #6

If by South, you mean all those Cletus teabaggers and their misspelled signs, Rozlee Jul 2012 #11

Yep. JoeyT Jul 2012 #34

Why should it be confusing anybody? caseymoz Jul 2012 #42

Yep-increased flooding, droughts, tornadoes, etc progressoid Jul 2012 #101

Still to come: famine. Auggie Jul 2012 #2

and with famine will come horrible disease leftyohiolib Jul 2012 #4

as the Earth gears up to eradicate a parasite. RC Jul 2012 #7

Wow, wishing suffering on others and calling them parasites? Disgusting! Odin2005 Jul 2012 #13

+100000, it is that type of Malthusian anti-humanistic rhetoric from absolute extremists in the stockholmer Jul 2012 #22

I often ask these types why they haven't offed themselves yet. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #23

They're really cowards, afraid to suck it up and go out and get a job slackmaster Jul 2012 #24

Agree with you both leftynyc Jul 2012 #27

+100000 to you. Right on the money. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #41

Well, I wouldn't put our collective failure to take action on their shoulders. antigone382 Jul 2012 #79

You are right. We are not parasites (which often contribute to wider ecosystemic stability). Ghost Dog Jul 2012 #122

I forgot to mention our collective arrogance. RC Jul 2012 #26

+1 GliderGuider Jul 2012 #43

The thing about those "bottlenecks" is . . . caseymoz Jul 2012 #47

What you say is true. However, most people function better with a little hope. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #51

My optimistic scenario, too. caseymoz Jul 2012 #62

We think some of those dinosaur reptillian species, however, developed through their 'bottleneck' Ghost Dog Jul 2012 #123

It helps. randome Jul 2012 #124

Birds developed long before the K-T extinction. caseymoz Jul 2012 #129

Okay, that didn't help. randome Jul 2012 #131

Yup. Thanks. Ghost Dog Jul 2012 #132

Calhoun's research chervilant Jul 2012 #77

Very few people are aware of Calhoun's research, let alone its implications for humanity. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #84

Wow... chervilant Jul 2012 #96

Just read a Howard Zinn quote chervilant Jul 2012 #107

Yeah, we live in uniquely horrible times. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #106

Instead of collectivizing it . . . caseymoz Jul 2012 #45

BINGO! GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #74

Wow... chervilant Jul 2012 #76

Thanks. There are a few that see what is happening. Too few, I'm afraid, to correct the course we RC Jul 2012 #83

And so why do you pity the mice and not people? caseymoz Jul 2012 #87

The mice can't know any better. RC Jul 2012 #108

Mice certainly knew their space was limited. caseymoz Jul 2012 #111

You are correct. chervilant Jul 2012 #98

* ronnie624 Jul 2012 #91

Then, letting everyone else know what I think: caseymoz Jul 2012 #94

The dreaded 'Ignore List' hammer has descended on you! randome Jul 2012 #95

Ty, but I don't know. caseymoz Jul 2012 #97

OutSTANDING!! GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #104

The British poet William Wordsworth said it best (back in 1800s): coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #14

Correct dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #15

Hello, Fellow Parasite, with whom I totally agree. chervilant Jul 2012 #16

Wow. Delphinus Jul 2012 #29

Sigh. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #40

The poster is correct about seeds Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #52

One of the most important thing people can do is buy heirloom seeds Marrah_G Jul 2012 #57

Hello, fellow organic gardener! chervilant Jul 2012 #60

Nice !!! Marrah_G Jul 2012 #63

You'll laugh at my insect control method... chervilant Jul 2012 #64

I adore freshly made butter and whipped cream Marrah_G Jul 2012 #65

Sad, really, chervilant Jul 2012 #54

+1 GliderGuider Jul 2012 #67

There's a third. caseymoz Jul 2012 #46

At one time James Lovelock might have agreed with this idea, but he's changed his position a bit slackmaster Jul 2012 #17

Riiiight. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #38

Really? chervilant Jul 2012 #56

Really. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #61

Where do food supply limits come into it, in your view? GliderGuider Jul 2012 #66

That's what carrying capacity means. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #70

Crossing a line, Dawg, chervilant Jul 2012 #68

Anyone who calls the entire human race "parasites" crosses a line. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #71

Feels good, doesn't it? GliderGuider Jul 2012 #69

Well - GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #73

I, for one, appreciate the information you give us. randome Jul 2012 #78

It's interesting to me GliderGuider Jul 2012 #86

Calling humanity parasites comes across as just that -self-loathing. randome Jul 2012 #89

It is though, an apt descriptor regardless of how we ourselves may feel about it. LanternWaste Jul 2012 #90

Not at all, despite your "regardless." GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #105

"just another individual who is Tea Party level ignorant and loud" Nihil Jul 2012 #92

Some of the choices we make are exceptional. randome Jul 2012 #93

Loud, perhaps. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #103

Not to mention water shortages... chervilant Jul 2012 #20

Excellent point. Nihil Jul 2012 #53

Thank you chervilant Jul 2012 #55

And when people get hungry - they fight. nt rrneck Jul 2012 #80

Holding out hope that these constant, excessive heat waves will change some minds. antigone382 Jul 2012 #8

Have you seen this? chervilant Jul 2012 #18

Wow...and I'd say it's expanded since then. antigone382 Jul 2012 #19

here in midcoast Maine, we are back out of abnormally dry magical thyme Jul 2012 #31

More recent version here - and these update every Thursday morning at around 9:00 Central Time, IIRC hatrack Jul 2012 #33

Denial of Global Warming is dead. caseymoz Jul 2012 #49

The USDA has changed its planting maps Patiod Jul 2012 #9

they hid their changes under a software upgrade, whereas commercial seed growers magical thyme Jul 2012 #32

We have ginkos and sugar maples growing in Fargo. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #35

Sugar maples are a fantastic resource Marrah_G Jul 2012 #59

I am an avid gardner and everyone went up one to two USDA zones this year based harun Jul 2012 #81

Yay from Maine. We're now approaching a Zone 6. mainer Jul 2012 #121

This message was self-deleted by its author Patiod Jul 2012 #9

It was 97F in Fargo, yesterday. The Dew Point was 77F. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #12

Two once-in-a-century weather extremes in a row. What are the odds? NickB79 Jul 2012 #85

Talked to someone from Bangladesh and-justice-for-all Jul 2012 #21

The rest of the world doesn't have Fox News and the US news bubble underpants Jul 2012 #39

I love talking to people from other countries and-justice-for-all Jul 2012 #119

Just like most everyone paying attention outside USA reckons 9/11 Ghost Dog Jul 2012 #125

warming obama4ever11 Jul 2012 #25

wettest June in UK history JCMach1 Jul 2012 #28

Actually, wettest April-June period in UK since (at least) 1910. n/t Psephos Jul 2012 #114

Jet stream consistently not where it used to be. Ghost Dog Jul 2012 #126

Last week on the local news, the "good" news was that only almost all of TX... LanternWaste Jul 2012 #30

Imagine what it will be like in 2100. roamer65 Jul 2012 #36

Flying cars! Faithful robotics! Limitless power! The Picture Phone! A 30-hour work week! slackmaster Jul 2012 #37

Yep, all the fifties science fictions said that. caseymoz Jul 2012 #50

I was thinking more along the lines of "Kill the pig! Slit her throat! Bash her in!" hatrack Jul 2012 #113

Me too. n/t RebelOne Jul 2012 #100

The impact on the food supply may be enormous GliderGuider Jul 2012 #48

I think that is one big reason to change what you eat and how you cook now. Marrah_G Jul 2012 #58

Temperature also has huge impact on the microbial activity in the soil harun Jul 2012 #82

I just read about this! chervilant Jul 2012 #99

Awesome, I'll go idle my car for a while to do my part. LeftyMom Jul 2012 #72

Just came in from watching the fireworks, Brigid Jul 2012 #75

Did it ever drop below 80 last night? AngryOldDem Jul 2012 #88

I'm not sure. Brigid Jul 2012 #112

Then go back to 1960 and dont burn so much oil dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #102

The USA no longer controls the global climate single-handedly. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #128

so far, 10 days above 95F in DC with high humidity, drought wordpix Jul 2012 #118

I think we need more research to be sure. agent46 Jul 2012 #127

"Nor will they say global warming is the reason 3,215 daily high temperature records were set in the Tiggeroshii Jul 2012 #130