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What!!! There is no half life associated with a single molecule.

Did I mention, ever sin ce the 1960s the record is not good. In regard to the Soviet Union collapse : There are many policy experts, mostly non-politicians, that would disagree in varying degrees with your statement, some strongly, some less so. The chief expert, Daniel Patrick Mohnihan...

That something we agree on, but only up to a point. You might be interested to know that the effect of adding more CO2 decreases with each addition to the point that by 600 ppm there is almost no measurable effect of adding more. Actually there is no measurable effect at any concentration. Its...

You may have forgot about daytime. Here is a fun experiment for you. All you need is a thermometer. You can get almost instaneous results. Measure the temperature is full bright sun at noon, then move into a shadow cast by a cloud and measure the temperature again. Report back. not very...

ever since the 1960s the record is not good. It might pay to explore why that is the case.

Exactly like we decimated Ho Chi Minh's rag tag army by dropping more ordinance on them than in all of world war II and without a single American suffering so much as a scratch. Exactly like our brilliant pre-emptive attack on Iraq before they had a nuclear weapon ready to go. We captured and...

Yup. That settles it. The Canadian Medical Care system is horrible. (That "nice" young man would have better luck on the street corner.)

Jem, I believe you have mentioned elsewhere that there is a diminishing radiative effect of CO2 with increasing concentration. This seems to be consistent certainly with theory but also now with observation. It is one of those things we do seem to have a very good handle on. I'm going to try...

in other words you could not identify any specific error, so you took refuge in the "not worth mentioning" excuse. I'd be happy to discuss specific errors, if you care to mention one and explain why it is in error. You haven't done that. I'm waiting patiently. As you know I am not one of...

Turns out the net is a decrease in warming not an increase. (Not meaning there is not a net warming, but rather that the warming is less, not, more than would be expected were their no feedback mechanism. I.e., a certis paribis situation. By the way, negative feedback is entirely consistent...

Are you forgetting that Professional football is a capitalist, for profit endeavor? The owners are responsible for doing whatever it takes to maximize profits, even if that requires winning football games, or supporting BLM. The decisions they make no doubt are in the best interest of...

If this is true, then it is part of a very disturbing pattern typical of very dangerous demagogues in world history. If Mattis goes, we may all be in grave danger. Why don't McConnell and Ryan do something? They are in charge. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/opinion/general-mattis.html...

actually it went to the union. I don't think the undocumented polish workers saw any of it, did they? Trump is a confirmed liar and hypocrite. That's the message I got from this NYT story. But I already knew that. What concerns me is that a few things Trump has said or tweeted recently...

In the sense that it doesn't do any of the things Trump said he would do, I agree. But it's by no means harmless. It's stealing, raiding of government coffers without providing commensurate benefits in return. The bill as it stands, will amount to accelerated wealth redistribution that...

Do you guys remember when it was revealed that Representative Henry Hyde had had an extramarital affair with a married women some thirty years previously? This probably would never have come to light had Hyde not been leading the House Impeachment Hearings over Bill Clinton having perjured...

You are experiencing (observing) the the power of demagoguery. It's dangerous!

My first thought was the tax cut experiment would be wildly inflationary because huge deficits will increase money left in the private sector and increase nominal net savings well beyond a desirable level. This should result in upward pressure on Fed reserve accounts which will be met by the...

It may be more fundamental than that, though I like your post. Perhaps the fundamental difference is that Republicans (conservatives) believe happiness comes from money. Whereas Progressives believe that happiness comes from collective action. The thing that everyone wants is to be happy.

That's true! I'll support you on what is true, but i'll also call you on your paranoia and ease with which you buy into conspiracies.

Jem, do you remember McConnell saying the Republicans number one job was to see that Obama was a one-term President. Does that sound like cooperation to you? They intentionally set out to wreck every Obama initiative they possibly could. Does that sound like cooperation? If someone...