Scientists have calculated that enough ice to cover the entire USA with a three meter thick layer has melted since 1974 -- and is accelerating.

It's about time that the people in NYC and Miami starts looking for a good pair of Wellingtons... 8-)



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Björn Felten wrote to All <=-

Scientists have calculated that enough ice to cover the entire
USA with a three meter thick layer has melted since 1974 -- and
is accelerating.

How thick would that be if it covered all of Sweden?

It's about time that the people in NYC and Miami starts
looking for a good pair of Wellingtons... 8-)

I'm sure the cause of this (supposed) fact is all the fault of the USA
too, right?

How about a reference/citation to the source of this info?

(Taking bets that it comes from some leftist-propaganda rag).



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I'm sure the cause of this (supposed) fact is all the fault of the USA too, right?

Not all, but with a population of 4% and responsible for 20% of all pollution, you are unproportionally responsible, yes.

How about a reference/citation to the source of this info?

No problem:

https://tinyurl.com/y35ha5p3

(Taking bets that it comes from some leftist-propaganda rag).

It's the Swedish state television, and since Sweden is a socialist country (with free childcare, free healthcare, 5 weeks paid vacation, 18 months paid leave for either parent after child birth, affordable housing and all that crap, you know) so in your book it's probably leftist, although not propaganda -- that's against the law on Swedish television.




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Growth is good, right?

Absolutely. Endless growth is the Ponzi scheme that capitalism relies upon. Enormous wealth to everybody. Yeah!



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Hello Björn,

On Saturday January 30 2021 10:19, you wrote to Oli:

Growth is good, right?

Absolutely. Endless growth is the Ponzi scheme that capitalism
relies upon. Enormous wealth to everybody. Yeah!

I have always wondered how people can beleive that a system that relies on continues growth can have a long term future...


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MvdV> I have always wondered how people can beleive that a system that relies
MvdV> on continues growth can have a long term future...

A lot of people have not been taught critical thinking at school. They believe everything they are being told. Inject bleach or stick a UV light up your ass to cure you from COVID-19, the election was rigged, USA is a democracy (blissfully unaware of Gerrymandering and Electoral College) and so on.



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Very well analysed, Kurt!

3. The claimant states that their claim is so prevalent that it doesn't require validation - or they claim that there are so many citations out there that they leave the proof of their claim up to you.

Hmmm... A certain, former POTUS I know of was a master of this, using it hundreds of times.



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Oli wrote to Dan Clough <=-

I won't continue to respond to your posts

brilliant idea

Another context-snipper. Maybe you're another of Bj?rn's
sock-puppets?

Hey Oli. FOAD.



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Hello Björn,

loves to snip relevant context

That's right, with emphasis on *relevant*. Snipping out only the relevant part of a comment is called quote trimming, as opposed to excessive quoting
-- some people even quotes the entire message.

A man acting as his own lawyer has a fool for a client.

Every fido editor developed after 17 December 1971 (when FTS-9 was introduced) should be able of comment linking for the benefit of those who can't even remember what they wrote only a few days ago.

That may be. But how relevant is that in this day and age?
We have a man here in the USA, a former president, who is about
to be put on trial for "high crimes and misdemeanors", which
if conviced may mean the end of his political career. And what
has he done? He fired all five of his lawyers, just before the
trial is to begin. So who did he hire? Himself! You think I am
making this up? I do admit to have somewhat of an overactive
imagination at times, but this is something else!

Trump to Defend Self After Receiving Law Degree from Trump University

PALM BEACH (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump will act as his own
defense attorney at his impeachment trial after receiving a law degree
from Trump University.

Trump bestowed the degree upon himself in his capacity as the dean of
the Trump University School of Law, where he graduated first in his
class.

In his first official statement as the lead attorney of his defense
team, Trump vowed not to quit the team “like those other losers.”

Davis Logsdon, a law professor at the University of Minnesota, called
Trump’s new status as his own attorney “problematic.”

“It’s true that he will now have a fool for a client, but that was
also true of his other attorneys,” Logsdon said. “One downside of
working for himself, however, is that he definitely will not get paid.”

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-to-defend-self -after-receiving-law-degree-from-trump-university


Let's see Dan C. top that!

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Davis Logsdon, a law professor at the University of Minnesota, called Trump’s new status as his own attorney “problematic.”

A search for Mr. Davis for the last seven days on the Washington Post website gave no hits.

Are you sure this is not Fake News?



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That date is a joke, right?

LOL! Rather a typo. Good catch!

MSGID / REPLY
A standard for unique message identifiers
and reply chain linkage

17 December, 1991





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On 30/01/2021 09:04, 1123/115 wrote:

I'm sure the cause of this (supposed) fact is all the fault of the USA too, right?

Surely a three metre thick ice covering over USA wouldn't be anyone else's fault?

How about a reference/citation to the source of this info?

(Taking bets that it comes from some leftist-propaganda rag).

ROFL

Definition of Unbiased News : News that agrees with my opinion.

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On 31/01/2021 02:18, 2203/2 wrote:

   Does your inferior educational system not teach you the difference between socialism and communism -- or do you still have the same old McCarthyism with the same commie scare?

   Socialism = slavery, eh?

I see Biden is trying to increase the minimum wage in USA. The current one is little better than slavery.

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That's right, attack the messenger, not the message.

Another typical Clough tactic, very common, and very deceitful.





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Hello David,

Does your inferior educational system not teach you the difference
between socialism and communism -- or do you still have the same old
McCarthyism with the same commie scare?

Socialism = slavery, eh?

I see Biden is trying to increase the minimum wage in USA. The current one is little better than slavery.

Louisiana has no minimum wage. Neither does Sweden.
What does Australia pretend to have?

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Hi! Oli,

On 02/02/2021 05:17 PM, you wrote to David Drummond:

That's right, attack the messenger, not the message.

I'll attack the mail software

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If you are using Thunderbird + JamNNTPd, why is there no TZUTC kludge? Outdated version of JamNNTPd?

When I had a Windows JamNNTPd server running in Windows 98SE, it never quoted the correct value all year. It would insert a DST value when we never observed that aberration. So, I turned off that option.

Perhaps he has the same trouble?[shrug]

How's mine? (I'll see after it's sent...)

Cheers,
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It would insert a DST value when we never observed that aberration.

Lucky you! When Sweden reintroduced DST in the mid 1980s almost everyone objected. Not only was it an unnecessary work going around, setting all clocks and watches twice a year, it even caused problems for the dairy farmers who never managed to teach their cows to change their milking time.

A couple of years ago EU tried to tell the member states to abandon this shite, but the various countries cannot agree upon using summertime or wintertime, so the decree is still not implemented. :(


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Hiya!

On 02 Feb 2021, Björn Felten said the following...

Lucky you! When Sweden reintroduced DST in the mid 1980s almost everyone objected. Not only was it an unnecessary work going around, setting all clocks and watches twice a year, it even caused problems for the dairy farmers who never managed to teach their cows to change their milking time.

The going joke here was the curtains faded mode rapidly. We have three
states and an island state that toy with their time pieces twice a year, minimum. Oh, the fun!

My sister who lives in Adelaide (South Australia) is normally a half-hour behind Queensland (my loc.) but DST puts her a half-hour ahead in summer. Hardly normal, hey. I love 'listenin'g to her mental gyrations when she
calls me. ;)

Cheers,
Paul.

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On 2/02/2021 13:44, 2203/2 wrote:

 BF>>> Socialism = slavery, eh?

 DD>> I see Biden is trying to increase the minimum wage in USA. The

current one

 DD>> is little better than slavery.

Louisiana has no minimum wage. Neither does Sweden.
What does Australia pretend to have?

Australia does have a "national minimum wage", although I have never been employed here at that level.

A quick Google (yes, Google still works in Aus but I don't know for how much longer) shows:

"As of 1 July 2020 the national minimum wage is $19.84 per hour or $753.80 per week. Employees covered by an award or registered agreement are entitled to the minimum pay rates, including penalty rates and allowances in their award or agreement. These pay rates may be higher than the National Minimum Wage."

My calculator tells me that this is for a 38 hour week. That makes a little over $39,000 per annum. They would have to pay income tax on 21K of that.

My Government funded old age pension pays me a little over $11.00 per hour (weekly total amount/38). I do not pay any tax on that. I get lots of pensioner discounts too.

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On 2/02/2021 17:17, 2280/464.47 wrote:

 DD>> That's right, attack the messenger, not the message.

I'll attack the mail software

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If you are using Thunderbird + JamNNTPd, why is there no TZUTC kludge?

Do I need one of those, or is it just more clutter to compensate for my diminutive genitalia?

Outdated version of JamNNTPd?

Still seems to send/receive message OK.

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On 2/02/2021 17:43, 3640/1384.125 wrote:

; If you are using Thunderbird + JamNNTPd, why is there no TZUTC kludge?
; Outdated version of JamNNTPd?

When I had a Windows JamNNTPd server running in Windows 98SE, it never quoted the correct value all year.  It would insert a DST value when we never observed that aberration.  So, I turned off that option.

Perhaps he has the same trouble?[shrug]

It was set up some years ago - I don't remember all of the tweaks that were done to make it "stable".

It it works then don't fix it.

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