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Post by kaima on Feb 20, 2015 15:50:45 GMT -7
From the Western USA
A tough old cowboy from Montana counseled his granddaughter that if she wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gun powder on her oatmeal every morning. The granddaughter did this religiously until the age of 103, when she died. She left behind 14 children, 30 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, 25 great-great-grandchildren, and a 40-foot hole where the crematorium used to be.
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Feb 21, 2015 10:19:36 GMT -7
I like that one Ron.
On another note -14o F this morning with another 6" of snow for tonight.
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Post by pieter on Feb 21, 2015 13:10:46 GMT -7
Incredible John!
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Post by kaima on Feb 22, 2015 1:41:05 GMT -7
Guess Who’s Been Secretly Funding a Famous Climate Change–Denying Scientist? By Kristina Bravo | Takepart.com
As the book-turned-film Merchants of Doubt exposed, corporations such as tobacco companies have found a way to muddle the science on issues affecting their profits: Throw some money at it. (Full disclosure: Merchants of Doubt was produced by Participant Media, TakePart’s parent company.)
In the midst of a climate-change crisis, that’s just what the fossil fuel industry has been doing. And the latest scientist linked to the clandestine practice is Wei-Hock Soon.
According to The New York Times, politicians fighting climate-change legislation often cite the work of the scientist, who is employed by the Smithsonian Institution on a part-time basis. Though he’s often referred to as a “Harvard astrophysicist” on conservative news shows, Soon has never worked for the Ivy League school. His degree is in aerospace engineering.
According to recently released documents, he’s received at least $1.2 million from fossil-fuel companies while omitting that connection in the majority of his scientific papers over the past decade. Since 2008, he failed to disclose conflicts of interest in at least 11 studies—a violation of the guidelines of the journals that released them.
The documents, acquired by Greenpeace through the Freedom of Information Act, also show that Soon referred to his papers as “deliverables” in communication with his funders. His biggest sponsor: the Atlanta-based Southern Company, which has given him more than $400,000. It’s one of the biggest utility holding corporations in the United States, with major investments in coal-burning power plants.
Soon also received more than $200,000 from the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, the founder of which amassed wealth in the oil-refinery business.
Politicians who repeatedly cite Soon’s work include Republican Sen. James M. Inhofe of Oklahama, who in a Senate debate in January pointed to photos of scientists who doubt climate change. One of them was Soon.
“These are scientists that cannot be challenged,” Inhofe said.
Congress continues to delay regulations designed to curb climate change proposed by the Obama administration. On Feb. 11, Republican members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee argued that the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan—intended to limit carbon pollution from power plants—doesn’t offer tangible benefits. Inhofe again expressed his doubt about global warming, saying that he wants to hold a climate science hearing.
Original article from TakePart
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Feb 22, 2015 6:25:26 GMT -7
I like that one Ron. On another note -14 o F this morning with another 6" of snow for tonight. A average amount of snow by now for our area is 45". To date we have 85" of snow with more coming. You know, it has been a lot of years since I visited The Dry Totugas and Key West. Maybe I should reconsider my options for next year.
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Post by kaima on Feb 22, 2015 8:25:28 GMT -7
I like that one Ron. On another note -14 o F this morning with another 6" of snow for tonight. A average amount of snow by now for our area is 45". To date we have 85" of snow with more coming. You know, it has been a lot of years since I visited The Dry Totugas and Key West. Maybe I should reconsider my options for next year. I was having a grand time with the weather, complaining of the East Coast stealing all of the snow, but all of a sudden yesterday I burned out on it, and it is depressing here in Alaska, because of the extreme lack of snow. Everyone has troubles due to lack of snow. The Iditarod Sled Dog Race has to be started in Fairbanks this year, 360 miles north of Anchorage. Snow machines (snow mobiles) are having trouble finding snow to run on, we are having days of rain at the moment, with the attendant patches of ice on highways (not so common up here!) and the mountains are suffering for a lack of snow cover, and thin, patchy old snow that has metamorphized into ball bearing form, ideal for avalanches. Do they have some good rum in the Dry Tortugas? This is a good time to get drunk and forget this! Snow fall SINCE DEC 1 14.3 inches, 36.5 inches is normal, thus a deficit of -22.2 inches. From the National Weather Service. Depressed Kai
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Feb 26, 2015 4:25:35 GMT -7
How cold is it where you are. Yesterday it was -20 o F at my house.
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Post by jeanne on Feb 27, 2015 17:24:05 GMT -7
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Feb 27, 2015 20:49:58 GMT -7
Jeanne, I don't think he wants to surf there now.
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Post by Jaga on Feb 27, 2015 22:45:06 GMT -7
Jeanne, these waves look too weird to be true, but if this is true, it is amazing.
I wish we had 10% of Boston winter!
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Post by jeanne on Feb 28, 2015 4:33:41 GMT -7
JJ and Jaga,
Yes, this is the strangest thing to see...of course I have seen salt water bays and harbors frozen over...but waves? I'm so glad that tomorrow is March 1st; perhaps there is relief from this winter's weather on the horizon.
Jeanne
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Feb 28, 2015 4:50:26 GMT -7
JJ and Jaga, Yes, this is the strangest thing to see...of course I have seen salt water bays and harbors frozen over...but waves? I'm so glad that tomorrow is March 1st; perhaps there is relief from this winter's weather on the horizon.
Jeanne I think my chickens will see the grass in the back yard in June.
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Post by Jaga on Feb 28, 2015 10:35:38 GMT -7
Jeanne,
how much snow is there on your porch? We had a light snow last night but it is all gone. It is a beautiful sunny day but cold. The early flowers came 3 weeks ago but they are gone since it became suddenly cold
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Post by jeanne on Feb 28, 2015 13:34:37 GMT -7
Jeanne, how much snow is there on your porch? We had a light snow last night but it is all gone. It is a beautiful sunny day but cold. The early flowers came 3 weeks ago but they are gone since it became suddenly cold Jaga, After the three major storms late January to mid February (there were some minor ones in-between), we had about 4 feet of snow in our yard. Since then it has "settled" a bit, and while the air temperatures are still cold, when the sun is out (which hasn't been often!) it melts some of the snow. I'd say we have about three feet of snow now...but more is due tomorrow night...so we haven't given up counting yet! As far as early flowers go...they haven't had a chance to show up...they are deeply buried and probably still asleep due to the extreme cold. Jeanne
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