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Consequences / Re: COVID-19
« on: January 01, 2021, 04:45:23 PM »
at the current rate of vaccination , there will be no tomorrow for a lot of folk .
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Consequences / Re: COVID-19
« on: December 30, 2020, 07:57:28 PM »
a change of plan in the UK .. only one shot of the vaccine .. either type , from Monday .. with a wait of up to 12 weeks for the second helping . Goal .. lots more folk partly protected sooner . seems 50k a day testing positive has changed plans , combined with a global shortage of phials .. who would have guessed ..
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Consequences / Re: COVID-19
« on: December 29, 2020, 11:27:37 AM »
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/28/russia-admits-to-world-third-worst-covid-19-death-toll-underreported
seems to have gone unreported here .. remember .. trust your government ! b.c.
seems to have gone unreported here .. remember .. trust your government ! b.c.
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Consequences / Re: COVID-19
« on: December 24, 2020, 11:32:39 AM »
even the fact that the precautions to limit the spread of COVID-19 have crushed this season's flu 'out of sight' while COVID-19 itself continues to run riot says it all .. b.c.
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Consequences / Re: Weird Weather and anecdotal stories about climate change
« on: December 24, 2020, 01:42:08 AM »106
The forum / Re: Forum Decorum
« on: December 23, 2020, 05:18:35 PM »
Having deleted a few of bbr's recent complaints as they were 'deplorable' too , I let this one through to entertain a few ... Happy Christmas to one and all . b.c.
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Consequences / Re: COVID-19
« on: December 21, 2020, 05:30:35 PM »
with over 10,000 having flown from the UK to Switzerland this past w/e alone , it can be assumed the Alps will be a hub of infection for this new strain this winter just as it was first time around . Thank dog we learn from our mistakes ..
re extra viral load , it certainly seems to be accepted hereas fact in the UK .. I have heard it frequently referred to in the past 24 hours but not the original affirmation .
re extra viral load , it certainly seems to be accepted hereas fact in the UK .. I have heard it frequently referred to in the past 24 hours but not the original affirmation .
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Consequences / Re: COVID-19
« on: December 20, 2020, 09:39:46 PM »
Oh to be ruled by incompetents .. I'm sure Trump is personally responsible for a couple of thousand deaths a day in the USA while here in the UK Johnston and his bumbling idiots have added 10's of thousands to the total unnecessarily .
Now it looks like the last few days and hours has allowed many thousands to move within the UK and abroad . I don't think Europe and the world will rejoice at the spreader event of the season !
Happy Christmas ! b.c.
Now it looks like the last few days and hours has allowed many thousands to move within the UK and abroad . I don't think Europe and the world will rejoice at the spreader event of the season !
Happy Christmas ! b.c.
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The politics / Re: Brexit...
« on: December 14, 2020, 12:01:26 PM »
a little late looking in .. just told my mum I was applying for my Irish passport .. Dad born before partition and a mother born in donegal . I burned the family Union Jack in 1970 .. I was a very forward looking child ... b.c.
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The politics / Re: Biden’s Presidency
« on: December 10, 2020, 11:44:24 AM »
Wow ! The excitement mounts ...
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The politics / Re: Brexit...
« on: December 10, 2020, 11:39:41 AM »
.. and N.Ireland has been thrown out of Brexshit Britain .. lucky us ! b.c.
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Consequences / Re: Decline in insect populations
« on: December 09, 2020, 05:21:48 PM »
normally by this time of year I have encountered hundreds of queen wasps looking for or in places to hibernate . This year , not one ! Every month this spring and summer had at least one major storm . These have devastated breeding in local birds from rooks to gold finches . I guess one of them did for the wasps too . b.c.
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Consequences / Re: COVID-19
« on: November 26, 2020, 04:48:34 PM »
just as it really gets going .. you lock the thread ?
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The politics / Re: Elections 2020 USA
« on: November 24, 2020, 08:06:32 PM »
a whitehouse insider reported yesterday that it had been made clear to Trump that he would soon be losing the use of Airforce 1 .. I guessed as soon as i heard this that frump's resolve would weaken . Next thing I heard .. the transition had begun .
Boys don't like losing their toys ...
Boys don't like losing their toys ...
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Consequences / Re: COVID-19
« on: November 19, 2020, 09:31:35 PM »
' By mid-January, the IHME model predicts more than 2,100 Americans could be dying daily.' .. yesterday deaths were already at 1,974 .. not for the first time the forecast looks likely to be a gross underestimate .
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The forum / Re: Forum Decorum
« on: November 14, 2020, 09:53:56 PM »
it's gone way past editing time here .. we need someone with balls (or not) to say 'enough .. go get your kicks elsewhere' .. b.c.
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Permafrost / Re: Northern Hemisphere Winter 2020-2021 Snowcover / Misc Obs
« on: November 14, 2020, 11:18:40 AM »
so bbr has had the canadian ice sheet growing for the last 6 years .. just go back to 2016 freezing season or the like and read ad nauseum .. we need little refreshment annually .
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The forum / Re: Forum Decorum
« on: November 14, 2020, 12:27:40 AM »
I'm sorry folks .. I can only ask .. Gandul has his defenders , I know not why , and ONLY NEVEN can put him on moderation or remove his presence altogether , something I personally have preferred for a considerable time . b.c.
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The politics / Re: Biden’s Presidency
« on: November 13, 2020, 02:23:04 AM »
.. so that's a 'yes' then ? .. 
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The politics / Re: Biden’s Presidency
« on: November 12, 2020, 12:55:59 PM »
should I close this thread ?
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The politics / Re: The Trump Presidency
« on: November 12, 2020, 11:36:43 AM »
.. should be well on the way to 500k by the end of his shambolic reign . What an effing B.
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The politics / Re: The Trump Presidency
« on: November 11, 2020, 11:31:27 AM »Yeah, it feels, based on what I read here in Europe, that Trump and his government are planning a coup d'etat;
or is that a coup de twat ? b.c.
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The politics / Re: Elections 2020 USA
« on: November 10, 2020, 10:16:27 PM »
when will this thread close ? Doubt it will be any time soon . A coup on top of COVID ? Looking forward to a very messy new year .
and an old post ..
The politics / Re: The Trump Presidency (was "Presidential Poll")
« on: February 18, 2017, 12:17:16 AM »
My thought for some time ; if under threat of impeachment could the dumb bald rump call his voters out to protest , and a few million come armed in his defence ? What does an armed middle America do when told Their President is under threat .. the lying media, the evil judges , the mad scientists , the FBI , the CIA , ad infinitum : all out to get HIM ?
crazy ? just b.c.
and an old post ..
The politics / Re: The Trump Presidency (was "Presidential Poll")
« on: February 18, 2017, 12:17:16 AM »
My thought for some time ; if under threat of impeachment could the dumb bald rump call his voters out to protest , and a few million come armed in his defence ? What does an armed middle America do when told Their President is under threat .. the lying media, the evil judges , the mad scientists , the FBI , the CIA , ad infinitum : all out to get HIM ?
crazy ? just b.c.
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The politics / Re: Biden’s Presidency
« on: November 08, 2020, 04:37:22 PM »Tom, “Obama announced the seas would stop rising in his administration“
Care to back up your bullshit with a source?
Before you make false accusations, you should do a little careful research.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/547906-this-was-the-moment-when-the-rise-of-the-oceans
Otherwise, you end up with egg on your face. I think you owe Tom an apology.
I think not ! .. b.c.
p.s. .. op deleted .
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The politics / Re: Biden’s Presidency
« on: November 08, 2020, 03:34:02 AM »
I wouldn't be surprised if Joe retires after 2 years .. 50 years of service .. and hands the reins to the VP .. I don't know if there is precedent ? If not , this is the era of the unprecedented and i would love to see it happen .
Can Trump pardon himself as he leaves office or would he need to hand over to Pence and have him do it ? Unprecedented ?
b.c.
Can Trump pardon himself as he leaves office or would he need to hand over to Pence and have him do it ? Unprecedented ?
b.c.
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The forum / Re: Forum Decorum
« on: November 07, 2020, 11:58:25 PM »
when is a troll not a troll ? When he trolls the ASIF ... b.c.
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The politics / Re: Elections 2020 USA
« on: November 07, 2020, 11:50:07 PM »I am delighted to see happy faces on the streets of the USA again .. b.c.Actually you just see different happy faces. Half the faces are angry...the faces that had been happy for the last four years.
.. naw Tom .. they were mostly angry or gloating .. Trumpites didn't seem to do happy ..
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The politics / Re: Elections 2020 USA
« on: November 07, 2020, 09:24:38 PM »
I am delighted to see happy faces on the streets of the USA again .. b.c.
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The politics / Re: Elections 2020 USA
« on: November 06, 2020, 04:26:27 PM »
I'm delighted for my dear late Georgian friend , Shanti , who passed last year . It was trump winning wot killed her .. she was a big fan of Bernie and lost heart with the dumb bald rump taking the WH . Her spirit will enjoy the swing in Georgia as much as I do .
p.s. Happy birthday Shanti !
p.s. Happy birthday Shanti !
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The forum / Re: Forum Decorum
« on: November 06, 2020, 11:59:56 AM »
suddenly I find I can access internet again .. so .. please ff / martin .. appeal to neven .. only he can unmod you .. I already asked ages ago .. I have no wish to see your or the walrus' posts awaiting moderation .. they do not need it unlike some others that are not in moderation ... b.c.
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The forum / Re: Forum Decorum
« on: November 03, 2020, 08:16:06 PM »
. and bbr , your other attack on a 'functionally illiterate poster' was purely that , so deleted . b.c.
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The forum / Re: Forum Decorum
« on: November 03, 2020, 03:13:32 AM »
... and i was bullied too ..
.. and have found it a frequent occurrence since i volunteered to help blumenkraft moderate .
bbr , you know that you are here only 'cause the mods you so frequently abuse appealed to Neven not to banish you .. if you recall he wrote you ''I didn't want to let you back on the ASIF but the 'little Eichmanns' wanted to give you a fourth chance ...''
Uniquorn , I have already asked Neven and will do so again . Only he can act . I hope this time he does .
Gandul .. ' I have moderated my tone ' .. followed by ' the prick ' ( your endearing term for A-team ) .. really ?
.. and as for 'A555hole' .. only one could have written such crap ..
b.c.
.. and have found it a frequent occurrence since i volunteered to help blumenkraft moderate .
bbr , you know that you are here only 'cause the mods you so frequently abuse appealed to Neven not to banish you .. if you recall he wrote you ''I didn't want to let you back on the ASIF but the 'little Eichmanns' wanted to give you a fourth chance ...''
Uniquorn , I have already asked Neven and will do so again . Only he can act . I hope this time he does .
Gandul .. ' I have moderated my tone ' .. followed by ' the prick ' ( your endearing term for A-team ) .. really ?
.. and as for 'A555hole' .. only one could have written such crap ..
b.c.
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Consequences / Re: Global recession, supply issues and other COVID-19 consequences
« on: November 01, 2020, 11:16:11 AM »
.. and full circle .. back to my 'really great depression' .. it just will not go away ..
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The politics / Re: Elections 2020 USA
« on: October 31, 2020, 11:22:46 PM »
just bet myself there'd be 42 votes .. and of course there was ...
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Consequences / Re: COVID-19
« on: October 31, 2020, 11:00:15 PM »
Congrats New York ? .. cases back @ 2k / day .. last there in May .. there seems only one way these figures will go ( esp. based on bbr's anecdotal reports ) .
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Arctic sea ice / Re: Atmospheric connections, structure, and long range weather forecasting
« on: October 31, 2020, 10:46:23 PM »
current Siberian anomaly for example ? .. https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3299.0;attach=290316;image
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The rest / Re: Consequences of using plastics
« on: October 31, 2020, 05:18:58 PM »
considering Hershey's sell 25 billion individually plastic wrapped 'kisses' a year , littering of the USA and the oceans will continue a little longer ...
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The politics / Re: Elections 2020 USA
« on: October 30, 2020, 10:46:18 AM »Forecast rain via NOAA
Nothing over 1/4" (60 mm) predicted in 2 days (Nov 2 & 3, basically) except for small parts of Oregon, Washington (state), Maine and Massachusetts, and probably some snow in Alaska (Nov 1 forecast) in the southern panhandle.
lol .. if we can't mention the election in weather threads , surely we can't allow weather to get a mention in the election threads ... b.c.
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Permafrost / Re: Northern Hemisphere Winter 2020-2021 Snowcover / Misc Obs
« on: October 28, 2020, 03:33:50 PM »
winter will have forgotten it's visit to the states by election day ...
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Arctic sea ice / Re: 2020 Sea ice area and extent data
« on: October 23, 2020, 12:37:52 PM »
indeed .. 2 yawning gap years in a row .. a yawning gap that continues to grow ... b.c.
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The forum / Re: Forum Decorum
« on: October 22, 2020, 04:10:04 PM »
Hi gero .. your diary is the first thing that gets my attention daily , with it's preamble by Juan C .. . b.c.
. b.c.
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The forum / Re: Forum Decorum
« on: October 22, 2020, 12:39:28 AM »
'I don´t really see the point of diaries.' .. thank goodness the early explorers and others thought otherwise . This forum is little more than a modern diary . And I'm sure you won't be forced to write one or read anyone else's .. b.c.
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The forum / Re: Forum Decorum
« on: October 21, 2020, 09:43:53 PM »Some years ago i think someone asked on this forum if there was a space for personal diaries, and i think the answer was "No."
Perhaps a "diary" could be in a new grouping (perhaps called "Diaries") where anyone could begin a thread and be, if they wished, the only one to post to it by timely use of the "Lock Thread" mechanism ... the diarist could unlock the thread to post anew, and lock it after the post hit. Or they could have an unlocked, collective diary for all to relate their days.
If such a scheme were implemented, i suggest that posts on the putative "Diaries" grouping be absent from the "New posts" presentation on the front page.
sidd
.. I support this suggestion and only wish blumenkraft were here to implement it .
I would also ask if the entire ' off topic ' section be removed from the 'front page' .. to prevent any further ' accidents' dominating the 'recent posts' .. Neven
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Science / Re: Trump Administration Assaults on Science and the Environment
« on: October 21, 2020, 06:13:57 PM »
the consequences of ending natural birth control .. it came with religion , Tom ... b.c.
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Consequences / Re: COVID-19
« on: October 18, 2020, 03:42:39 PM »
.. I couldn't imagine a better way of schooling .. safer and more educational than any amount of classroom prison . Enjoy ! b.c.
b.c.
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Arctic sea ice / Re: The 2020/2021 freezing season
« on: October 18, 2020, 03:31:51 PM »
a bit holey around the pole eh ? ..
https://go.nasa.gov/3lVesaU .. b.c.
https://go.nasa.gov/3lVesaU .. b.c.
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The forum / Re: Forum Decorum
« on: October 12, 2020, 03:27:25 PM »
I have no plan to remove .. my moderation in such threads is and will remain minimal . As I have said before , pm me or ' report to moderator ' . b.c.
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The politics / Re: The Alt Right
« on: October 12, 2020, 12:24:52 PM »Hullo Moderators
- please get this thread off the unread posts list.
if I could , I would ...
b .c.