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From: don (Calgary) on 11 Nov 2009 16:36 On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:26:17 GMT, Bob Mann <bobmann(a)mtsremove.net> wrote: >"don (Calgary)" <hd.flhr(a)telus.net> wrote in >news:f4hlf51mhoojt728gsgbfl09q18aapvrrn(a)4ax.com: > >> Not that I care to go down this road again but the inconvenient truth >> is global warming has stopped. In fact over the past decade we have >> been cooling. >> > >We have. >The Earth hasn't. In fact the average temperature of the world has been cooling over the past decade contrary to all of the previous predictions.
From: don (Calgary) on 11 Nov 2009 16:42 On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:25:01 GMT, Bob Mann <bobmann(a)mtsremove.net> wrote: >"don (Calgary)" <hd.flhr(a)telus.net> wrote in >news:c34kf5hgmb4u648kbqc3qoo25bmvufnlgq(a)4ax.com: > >> >> Then we have the faint hope clause. This one means prisoners in Canada >> sentenced to longer than 15 years without parole can apply for parole >> after 15 years. Now this one may not apply to those convicted of >> multiple murders, but I know of a few multiple murderers, Clifford >> Olson comes to mind, who are able to make application for early >> release. >> > >Just because they can apply doesn't mean they will get it. I agree. >In this case I doubt they will get out before 25 and maybe not even then. Actually they shouldn't even be allowed out after twenty-five years. That said our record for keeping murderers behind bars is not very good. I'd say it's even money some of them are out long before they serve twenty-five years.
From: The Older Gentleman on 11 Nov 2009 17:18 don (Calgary) <hd.flhr(a)telus.net> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:26:17 GMT, Bob Mann <bobmann(a)mtsremove.net> > wrote: > > >"don (Calgary)" <hd.flhr(a)telus.net> wrote in > >news:f4hlf51mhoojt728gsgbfl09q18aapvrrn(a)4ax.com: > > > >> Not that I care to go down this road again but the inconvenient truth > >> is global warming has stopped. In fact over the past decade we have > >> been cooling. > >> > > > >We have. > >The Earth hasn't. > > In fact the average temperature of the world has been cooling over the > past decade contrary to all of the previous predictions. There appears to be evidence for this, but the timespan of a decade is a bit too short for anyone to draw any reliable conclusions. I' prefer to look at the polar ice caps for a longer-term trend picture. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: MikeWhy on 11 Nov 2009 17:23 The Older Gentleman wrote: > J. Clarke <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote: >> In any case, that was a period known as the "little ice age" and the >> climate had been warmer before that. > > Indeed. Think of all the tropical forests that went up to make > oil.... Hmmm. Just to be unbearably pedantic, petroleum comes from Cretaceous phytoplankton, sea life, not land based forests.
From: The Older Gentleman on 11 Nov 2009 17:31
MikeWhy <boat042-nospam(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > The Older Gentleman wrote: > > J. Clarke <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote: > >> In any case, that was a period known as the "little ice age" and the > >> climate had been warmer before that. > > > > Indeed. Think of all the tropical forests that went up to make > > oil.... > > Hmmm. Just to be unbearably pedantic, petroleum comes from Cretaceous > phytoplankton, sea life, not land based forests. I stand corrected. And as far away as possible :-) -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |