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So, you may have noticed it snowed this weekend. If you don't believe us, go check out the Toronto Star's website, where nine out of ten local stories are about the snow, people dealing with the snow, and celebrities talking about the snow. Notably absent among them: the probable cause for all of this snow.
Rare meteor lands somewhere near Georgian Bay. This would as opposed to the common, everyday type of meteor that is not fit for the likes of everyday people. Donald Trump has already issued a statement saying that the meteor is "Trump quality," and that he plans to build a meteor-themed casino and hotel.
Jim Flaherty ought to be ashamed of the way he's teabagging Ontario, says Stéphane Dion. Bear in mind, however, that Dion says many things and usually does not mean them particularly.
The Clintons push a joint Clinton/Obama ticket, with Hillary leading. When everybody pointed out that Barack Obama currently leads in delegates, states won, and popular vote, the Clintons explained that none of this mattered particularly, then went back to their time-tested argument of "Hillary did nothing to prevent the Rwandan genocide, and that's why she should be President."
And the Raptors beat up the Sonics but good.
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I'm actually rather happy the Star didn't slip a "global warming is the reason for all weather" story in there, because God forbid it snows during the tail end of winter.
funnily enough while global warming has been blamed for the water level in the Great Lakes dropping, the large snowdumps are forecast to cause a rise in lake levels this year (good news for cottagers with a dock).
I am really starting to follow the Raps. now.
The tickets are more affordable, the atmosphere at the games is great and they are actually a great team that likes to build talent!
All the cool kids call it climate change now. Get with the times.
At least the polar ice cap is back. I guess that was because of climate change as well.
Actually, spacejack, the polar ice cap is back because it is fucking winter and nobody's worried about there not being a polar ice cap in winter right now; they're worried about the lack of a polar ice cap in summer. If the polar ice cap is as big as it is right now in, say, August, then you'll have a point.
Oh don't worry, if the ice cap sticks around through the summer, I'm sure there will be some way to pin it on AGW/climate change.
If the global temperature rises as expected over the course of the next century, and the ice cap doesn't fully melt in the summer months, there would be something weird going on.
As it stands, it will probably be gone in the summer months by sometime in the 2020 to 2030 time frame.
You seem to be attempting to portray the scientists in the global warming argument as a bunch of liars. The argument is between scientists and oil industry PR Men (conservative politicians fall into the latter category).
Ben, that's a major misconception. There are plenty of scientists (and interested parties not involved in the oil industry) who disagree on the extent of human-produced carbon on climate, not to mention what should or could be done about it.
For a more balanced understanding of the arguments, try following this site for a while.
I'm afraid that the idea that the debate "is over" has been over for quite some time now.
Ah, yes, Climate Debate Daily: the site that puts peer-reviewed scientific journal articles on equal footing with a layman talking about his kid's science experiment.
Spacejack, claiming that there are "plenty of scientists" who disagree with human-cause global climate change theory is disingenuous, because those "plenty of scientists" are only "plenty" in the fact that there are more than a few, as opposed to the far more salient measure of how greatly they're outnumbered (which is by a godawful shitload; global warming deniers at this point are estimated to be less than five percent of the scientific community) or how great their expertise is (you'll find a lot of physicists and mathematicians, but not a whole heck of a lot of climatologists on the denial side).
Hell, no less a notorious climate change denier than Fred Singer recanted last year. Stop trying to portray the "debate" as one of equal sides. It patently and simply is not; the massive scientific consensus is on anthropogenic global warming, and the vast majority of opposition are cranks and those comprimised by their funding.
Ah, that's nothing. I've been in Ottawa on business for the last two weeks, and I'm actually looking forward to coming back to Toronto. It's utter madness up here.
Reluctant - I find that's generally true any time of year. Ba-doomp-ching!