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On 9/17/2024 8:04 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 9/17/2024 6:11 PM, quadibloc wrote:
>> On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:29:18 +0000, Don wrote:
>>
>>> Francis Bacon revealed his dream in _New Atlantis_. He sought to move
>>> beyond corporations to supranational scientism. So sciencey specters
>>> such as global warming and covid can be controlled by a scientific
>>> autocracy along the lines of these guys:
>>>
>>>     <https://vimeo.com/1004265903>
>>>
>>> Oprah's a disciple of scientism:
>>>
>>>     "And it was miraculous to me that before you can practically
>>>     finish the requests, the answer has come back to you,"
>>>
>>>     ...
>>>
>>>     "I think we should be disciplined and we should honor it and
>>>     have a reverence for what is to come and respect, because I
>>>     think it's going to change in ways that are unimaginable for
>>>     the good."
>>>
>>> Far sighted Bacon knew it would take centuries for his vision to come
>>> true. Should Trump singlehandedly reverse centuries of sociological
>>> ratcheting it'd be enough to make Bacon "sing the blues" as they say.
>>> Only the blues didn't exist back in Bacon's day - ergo "Flow My Tears."
>>
>> Global warming is not an imaginary spectre. The science involved is
>> really basic stuff.
>>
>> And we've seen the consequences of Trump's anti-science mentality in
>> all the unnecessary deaths from COVID-19 he caused.
>>
>> I just saw an article giving more detail on those polls that say
>> Kamala Harris is ahead.
>>
>> 45% of voters favor Trump, 49% of voters favor Harris, a 4% lead.
>>
>> But if you split things up, and just look at typical Americans,
>> you instead get
>>
>> 55% of voters support Trump; 41% of voters support Harris.
>>
>> This is disastrous. It means the mainstream regular American
>> people, those with the best educational opportunities, aren't
>> competent to manage their own affairs any more. If Trump isn't
>> elected, it will only be because they had help...
>>
>> from Americans who can easily be prevented from getting to the
>> polls. And several states are trying to do just that.
>>
>> We don't know yet if the guys in the white hoods will make
>> their presence felt on Election Day to help with that.
>>
>> John Savard
> 
> Any Global Warming is not caused by humans so your basic thesis is 
> wrong.  Climates change all the time.  Just about all of it is due to 
> that big fusion reactor in the sky that is so incredibly inefficient 
> (1.8%) but works so well with it's 10+ billion years of fuel.
> 
> Lynn
> 

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