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The Watercooler for 10/26/09 9:00 AM
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will check them out later.........always hard to predict the future, but looking at Englands demise as a world power we are tragically following that trend twice times.........
England grew up (or wised up) and realized its position in a changing world........the jury will be out for us for some time........there is hope tho.
I try not to piss of farmers..........I still want my corn flakes and milk daly.
Les Blumenthal | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON -- A vast pool of molten rock in the continental crust that underlies southwestern Washington state could supply magma to three active volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains -- Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier and Mount Adams -- according to a new study that's causing a stir among scientists.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/77687.html
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and here I thought it was California in line for the BIG ONE
- those that deny anthropogenic causes of climate change point to the distant past
By Phil Specht on Oct 26, 2009 9:14 AM EDTwhen the planet was much hotter or cooler which is of course true
South America once touched Africa and Iowa was under water in a shallow sea, and the Rocky Mtns themselves are pretty recent
dealing with carbon emissions is pretty tame stuff compared to the causes of past changes of this scale
Thanks for the links, Phil. And good morning!
My hubby was in a Judo tourney this wknd. He was the oldster and went against a current 23 year old Olympian hot shot. My guy was throwing the kid (which would have given him the Gold) but the kid hooked his foot behind hubby's knee and it was over. Now he has to visit the Ortho. I told him at 50 it was time he went against guys his own age - LOL. This was his first Judo loss in 22 years.
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14 deaths in Afghanistan today due to helicopter crashes. I'd like to see us leave. A look at history will show it's just not *winnable*. Absolutely heartbreaking.
- I think the better model for what we are doing is Holland as well
By dog soldier on Oct 26, 2009 4:54 PM EDTDon't make anything, just finance it.
The empire thing with England is also valid
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Mark Mardell | <abbr title="2009-10-23T21:57:45+00:00" class="published">21:57 UK time, Friday, 23 October 2009</abbr>
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