Odds and Ends

[Floorist]

For more than the first 2.5 Billion years of its existence, Earth's atmosphere was nothing but CO2, Methane and Ammonia, with no Oxygen, and yet there was no runaway greenhouse effect.

That proves that the whole idea of global warming is demonstrably false, and not based on science.

During the time that Earth's atmosphere was nothing but CO2, Methane and Ammonia, with no Oxygen, there were not one, but two major glaciations that engulfed Earth, the Pangolan and the Huronian. There is still some debate as to whether or not Earth's equatorial band, the 15° north and south of the equator, was iced over, as some scientists believe it was, others believe there was floating pack-ice and others believe it was ice free.

However, if the science of global warming is true, then Earth should not have been able to cool to permit the planet to be glaciated.

That totally debunks Hansen.

The propaganda is so heavy, that during a recent episode of NOVA, Life's Rocky Start, it is stated correctly that Earth's atmosphere was CO2, Methane and Ammonia, with no Oxygen, but then claims that volcanoes put CO2 into the atmosphere and caused global warming and the ice melted.

To claim that volcanoes put CO2 into an atmosphere that had been nothing but CO2, Methane and Ammonia for 2.5 Billion years and caused global warming is grotesquely absurd, but it shows the depths of depravity the global warming crowd will go to push what is clearly a political and social agenda.

Inter-Glacial Periods can last from 10,000 to 20,000 years, and during the prior Inter-Glacial Period, the average global temperatures were 10.4° F warmer than present.

If average global temperatures should increase another 5° F, that is nothing but normal, and if the Greenland Ice-Sheet should nearly melt in its entirety, like it did during the last Inter-Glacial Period, that is perfectly normal, too.

 

[highup]

The runaway greenhouse affect is as possible as a nuclear bomb splitting atoms uncontrollably until the earth explodes.......... ain't gonna happen.
And with a degree or two of warming over the next couple hundred years, it's all "bad" ....seems they can't find one good thing to say about it. Do ya suppose if the earth was predicted to cool a few degrees in the next couple hundred years they'd be predicting doom and gloom over that too? ...youbecha they would. Lot's a drama.

 

[Floorist]

 

[zannej]

Reminds me of the story of my paternal grandfather (who was a large man around 6'5" and weighing over 300lbs) putting a wooden ladder on the awning of a porch to work on something up higher. Supposedly it started to tip backward but my grandmother reached out the window and pull it forward, the bottom then slipped out and the whole thing dropped vertically to the ground below and my grandfather broke every rung on the way down. I'm guessing there was some hyperbole in that story, but I always chuckle at that mental image. Kind of like when my father e-mailed people claiming that ever since he had been scuba diving again, we'd been painting his suit to look like a fishing lure & checking his life insurance policy for double indemnity clauses.

 

[zannej]

Music is probably not everyone's style, but the video is funny. Just weird and silly.

 

[Floorist]

 

[Floorist]

Those of us with autistic children don't support "Autism Speaks". Less than 4% of the donations they receive go to help with autistic children.

 

[highup]

I saw that one years ago an not much of it holds water.
https://www.truthorfiction.com/think-before-you-donate-claims-about-charities/
March of Dimes is called the March of Dimes because only a dime for every $1 is given to the needy – Fiction!

This claim is false. In 2014, March of Dimes reported generating about $195.8 million in revenue, and about 66 percent of that amount went to program expenses directly supporting its mission, 22 percent went to fundraising, and just about 10 percent went to administrative expenses. The charity ran a $7.9 million deficit for the year.

Charity Navigator rated March of Dimes’ overall performance at 71.86 out of 100.

UNICEF CEO Caryl Stern receives $1.2 million per year, plus expenses and use of a Rolls Royce – Fiction!

This claim is false. Stern earned a $476,000 base salary in 2013 and about $515,000 in 2015, accounting for 0.09 of the organization’s total expenses. UNICEF also said it does not provide a Rolls Royce, or any company car, for its staff.

Charity Navigator rated UNICEF’s overall performance at 85.64 out of 100 in 2015.

 

[zannej]

 

[Floorist]

 

[Floorist]

Almost unbelievable. A 63 year old man was murdered in Chicago. He had 43 children.

 

[Nick]

Are you Kidding ?

 

[Floorist]

No, his family said he was well liked, well duh.

 

[Nick]

 

[Floorist]

bugs are bad this summer

 

[Nick]

Neat ..

 

[zannej]

There were historical figures in the past who had hundreds of children-- it's easier for a man to father numerous kids (although not to support them). I think the world record for number of children birthed by a single woman was held by a Russian woman who had 69 kids. She gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.

That VW bug is awesome!

 

[Floorist]

One of my ancestors, King Niall in Ireland had 300 wives. My brother did DNA testing to prove he was related.

 

[zannej]

I keep wanting to do those DNA tests. One of these days I'll try it. We want to find our native american relatives if possible.

In other news, in Florida: https://www.huzlers.com/florida-man-arrested-for-tranquilizing-and-raping-alligators-in-everglades/

 

[Nick]

You can't make that $hit up .. Unless you are Fox news ..