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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a
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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:35:18 -0400
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D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 17 Sep 2024, 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
>>
> 
> This is the truth! It can be proven easily. Go out during the day, and 
> measure the temperature. Then go out again, when the sun is not shining, 
> and measure the temperature. It will be lower.
> 
> Reading the modern press, you easily get the idea that the sun does not 
> affect the climate at all, but this is actually wrong, and has been 
> proven by science.
> 

Rarely has so short a posting contained so much ignorance.


William Hyde