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Tuesday, October 27, 2015 12:51 PM

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“The ice sheet is porous, like Swiss cheese,” Dr. Smith said. “We didn’t know that until this year.”





http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/27/world/greenland-is-melti
ng-away.html?_r=0

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015 1:48 PM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two


From this news story:
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But the research is under increasing fire by some Republican leaders in Congress, who deny or question the scientific consensus that human activities contribute to climate change.

Leading the Republican charge on Capitol Hill is Representative Lamar Smith of Texas, the chairman of the House science committee, who has sought to cut $300 million from NASA’s budget for earth science and has started an inquiry into some 50 National Science Foundation grants. On Oct. 13, the committee subpoenaed scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, seeking more than six years of internal deliberations, including “all documents and communications” related to the agency’s measurement of climate change.

The House science committee, under the chairmanship of Lamar Smith (R-TX), deserves the superlative "worst committee in the House" for its open-ended, Orwellian attempts to intimidate some of the nation's leading scientists and scientific institutions. -- www.vox.com/2015/10/26/9616370/science-committee-worse-benghazi-commit
tee


The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015 2:49 PM

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Originally posted by second:
From this news story:
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But the research is under increasing fire by some Republican leaders in Congress, who deny or question the scientific consensus that human activities contribute to climate change.

Leading the Republican charge on Capitol Hill is Representative Lamar Smith of Texas, the chairman of the House science committee, who has sought to cut $300 million from NASA’s budget for earth science and has started an inquiry into some 50 National Science Foundation grants. On Oct. 13, the committee subpoenaed scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, seeking more than six years of internal deliberations, including “all documents and communications” related to the agency’s measurement of climate change.

The House science committee, under the chairmanship of Lamar Smith (R-TX), deserves the superlative "worst committee in the House" for its open-ended, Orwellian attempts to intimidate some of the nation's leading scientists and scientific institutions. -- www.vox.com/2015/10/26/9616370/science-committee-worse-benghazi-commit
tee


The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly



I agree too, TWO



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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 12:04 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two


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Originally posted by THGRRI:

I agree too, TWO

When I speak to Republicans, I find them only slightly aware that they are governing America and are having significant influence on the rest of the world. Instead, the Republicans are mostly concerned with whether or not their religion and money are being properly respected by scientists and whether or not the Republicans will be reelected.

I have to admire those Republican representatives from Texas. They do a very good job of looking after their personal agendas and fortunes. Sadly, they do a very bad job of responsibly governing a nation.

Is it possible for them to see that what is good for themselves is bad for everyone else? No. They'd have to be very different people for that to be true.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 9:46 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


THIS IS WHY TEXAS IS THE WAY IT IS: A whole nation-full of people who feel that reality is whatever we believe it to be!

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A seventh grade schoolkid in Texas says her teacher forced students to say God was not real if they didn’t want to fail a paper. The 12-year-old was incensed that her religious beliefs were being questioned and took the matter to a school board meeting.

The incident took place on October 26 at West Memorial Junior High, west of Houston. During a reading class, the students were told to classify a number of questions as “opinion”, “fact”, or “myth.” One of these questions included asking whether “there is a God.”

“Today I was given an assignment that tested my faith and told me that God was not real. We were asked to take a poll to say whether God was fact, opinion or a myth and she [the teacher] said that anyone who said that a fact or an opinion was wrong and God is only a myth,” Jordan Wooley told a school board meeting.

The teacher told those who argued her decision "would get in trouble," Wooley said, adding, "When I tried to argue, she told me to prove it and I tried to reference things such as the bible."

Wooley, who is a Methodist, was outraged at her faith being questioned, adding that the teacher would not listen to her argument. Meanwhile, her mother said the teacher should be “dismissed” and appropriate action should be taken.

"I think that the teacher crossed a serious line when she led impressionable minds to write there was no God...that God wasn't real. I think that infringes on my child's rights," Chantel Wooley said, as cited by KTRK TV.

The school issued a statement saying they are aware of the distress caused to the children by the lesson and that the activity had been scrapped, while also defending the teacher in question.

“The teacher is distraught by this incident, as some commentary has gone as far as to vilify her without knowing her, her Christian faith, or the context of the classroom activity,” a statement from Katy Independent School District read.

“The school regrets any misconceptions that may have resulted from this teacher-developed classroom activity and assures its school community that the religious beliefs of all students and staff are welcomed and valued at Memorial Junior High,” the statement continued.



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A whole nation-full of people who feel that reality is whatever we believe it to be!


https://www.rt.com/usa/319934-texas-school-god-child/




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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 10:43 PM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two


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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
THIS IS WHY TEXAS IS THE WAY IT IS: A whole nation-full of people who feel that reality is whatever we believe it to be!

George Bush and Dick Cheney are Texans who took make-believe to the farthest extremes. Cheney was officially Texan until his state citizenship interfered with being elected VP because of the 12th Amendment. Instantly, he declared he had always ALWAYS! been a citizen of Wyoming, not Texas. So very convenient for Cheney. From my personal experience, I would say all Texans who bend reality do it either for personal convenience or gratification. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_C
onstitution#Elections_since_1804


Somehow Texas operates under the notion that while lying under oath is the crime of perjury, when you're not under oath it is not immoral. It's just good sense.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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