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I'm lucky to have great water coming right out of my tap... even tastes good. So I rarely buy bottled water and when I do, I save the bottle and re-use it. I've read that you aren't suppose to do that, but I recycle it a few times and then dispose of it. And what I like to do is fill it a third full of water and then put it in the freezer. So when I need it, I just fill the rest of the way with water and I have this wonderful float ice cube in it.
If you're watching carbs, you have to be careful with fruit juices.
But my favorite summertime drink is ice tea. One of my mother's many gifts to me was teaching me to love weak ice tea with no sweetner.
thanks for posting that... I'm going to try and watch it
AIRS: Sat. July 8 at 3 p.m. ET and Sun. July 9 at 2 p.m. ET
LOL... gmta :)
and this part should wake up even the most conversative of conservatives... I don't understand why anyone with a brain isn't screaming about all this:
They pressured Western Union and First Data Corporation into providing information covered by existing privacy laws, they held American citizens like Jose Padilla without charges for years without providing him any of the due process rights guaranteed by law. When the Supreme Court overturned this interpretation of Bush's right to do so by virtue of his status as Commander In Chief, the Justice Department found other questionable means to get their way. Indeed, the nation of laws is under assault by an administration that only knows what it wants and will do anything it needs to effect the outcome it desires. In the last six years they have effectively gutted the environmental regulations constraining corporate rape of the national parks, have blunted consumer protection, emasculated the EPA, EEOC, and FDA, and have looted the federal treasury to the tune of nine trillion dollars, all subsidized, at least temporarily, by foreign investment. In the end, however, those left to pay the bill will be those taxpayers not benefiting from the overly-generous tax cuts proffered like booty and tribute by the neo-conservatives to the upper reaches of the socioeconomic ladder. It makes the mind reel.
On the basis of this book, one can conclude that Cheney should be impeached and Bush still needs a good spanking from his father.
LOL
Lerman's Law of Technology: Any technical problem can be overcome given enough time and money. Corollary: You are never given enough time or money.
that's the truth! and to further detail it... marketing/management will decide that there is enough time anyway and when the project doesn't get done by their deadline, they'll nail to the wall the techies who said it couldn't be done in that time from the beginning...
one of my pet peeves :)
Americans get scared to death if we vote a billion dollars for education, then are unconcerned when we find out we are spending three billion dollars a year for cigarettes.
sad, isn't it?
After an editorial in The Wall Street Journal declared that The Times has what amount to treasonous intentions - that it "has as a major goal not winning the war on terror but obstructing it" - The Journal's own political editor pronounced himself "shocked," saying that "I don't know anybody on the news staff of The Wall Street Journal that believes that."
makes you wonder about the real source of the accussation? are their similar ties with the WSJ as there are with Fox and the GOP propaganda machine?
you're refusal to even read the book before making a judgement about it really nails you.
that would be novel, wouldn't it :)
because the info was written in a book? ROFL!!! you are too funny
sounds like that book is right in line with The Price of Loyalty and Against All Enemies... funny how these life long Republicans are all saying the same thing about how the Bush admin functions internally...
I've noticed that tendency... not only do they not want to read books, they don't like to read "long" articles or really do the research.
Unlike most of Coulter's attention-getting outbursts, the latest column isn't filled with her trademark, senseless invective. Instead, the column is simply jaw-droppingly bad, lazy, pointless and embarrassing.
getting disenchanted? lol
I have this image of Cheney running down the hallway into the oval office and "straigtening" him out...
Study: Global Warming Fuels Wildfires
Increase In Wildfires Part Of 'Chain Of Reactions' From Climate Changes
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2006
Beginning around 1987, a change from infrequent fires averaging about one week in duration to more frequent ones that often burned five weeks or more, was reported by researchers. (Getty Images/David McNew)
Quote
"Lots of people think climate change and the ecological responses are 50 to 100 years away. But it's not 50 to 100 years away, it's happening now in forest ecosystems through fire."
Thomas Swetnam
director of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona
(AP) The increase in the number of large wildfires in the western United States in recent years may be a result of global warming, researchers say.
An analysis of data going back to 1970 indicates the fires increased "suddenly and dramatically" in the 1980s and the wildfire season grew longer, according to scientists in Arizona and California.
"The increase in large wildfires appears to be another part of a chain of reactions to climate warming," said Dan Cayan, a co-author of the paper and director of the climate research division at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
He said that while part of the increase may be attributed to natural fluctuations, evidence also links it to the effects of human-induced climate warming.
Scientists have become increasingly concerned in recent years about the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels. Average worldwide temperatures have risen this century as a result of what many believe is a greenhouse effect from that pollution.
The researchers used the files of the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service to analyze 1,166 fires of more than about 1,000 acres. Their findings are published Thursday in the online edition of the journal Science.
Beginning about 1987, there was a change from infrequent fires averaging about one week in duration to more frequent ones that often burned five weeks or more, they reported. The length of the wildfire season was extended by 78 days.
The researchers said the changes appear to be linked to annual spring and summer temperatures, with many more wildfires burning in hotter years than in cooler years.
They also found a connection between early arrivals of the spring snowmelt in the mountainous regions and the incidence of large forest fires. An earlier snowmelt, they said, can lead to an earlier and longer dry season, which provides greater opportunities for large fires.
"I see this as one of the first big indicators of climate change impacts in the continental United States," said research team member Thomas Swetnam, director of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona in Tucson. "We're showing warming and earlier springs tying in with large forest fire frequencies. Lots of people think climate change and the ecological responses are 50 to 100 years away. But it's not 50 to 100 years away, it's happening now in forest ecosystems through fire."
The research was supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Forest Service and the California Energy Commission.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/06/tech/main1781859.shtml
Study: Global Warming Fuels Wildfires
Increase In Wildfires Part Of 'Chain Of Reactions' From Climate Changes
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2006
Beginning around 1987, a change from infrequent fires averaging about one week in duration to more frequent ones that often burned five weeks or more, was reported by researchers. (Getty Images/David McNew)
Quote
"Lots of people think climate change and the ecological responses are 50 to 100 years away. But it's not 50 to 100 years away, it's happening now in forest ecosystems through fire."
Thomas Swetnam
director of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona
(AP) The increase in the number of large wildfires in the western United States in recent years may be a result of global warming, researchers say.
An analysis of data going back to 1970 indicates the fires increased "suddenly and dramatically" in the 1980s and the wildfire season grew longer, according to scientists in Arizona and California.
"The increase in large wildfires appears to be another part of a chain of reactions to climate warming," said Dan Cayan, a co-author of the paper and director of the climate research division at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
He said that while part of the increase may be attributed to natural fluctuations, evidence also links it to the effects of human-induced climate warming.
Scientists have become increasingly concerned in recent years about the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels. Average worldwide temperatures have risen this century as a result of what many believe is a greenhouse effect from that pollution.
The researchers used the files of the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service to analyze 1,166 fires of more than about 1,000 acres. Their findings are published Thursday in the online edition of the journal Science.
Beginning about 1987, there was a change from infrequent fires averaging about one week in duration to more frequent ones that often burned five weeks or more, they reported. The length of the wildfire season was extended by 78 days.
The researchers said the changes appear to be linked to annual spring and summer temperatures, with many more wildfires burning in hotter years than in cooler years.
They also found a connection between early arrivals of the spring snowmelt in the mountainous regions and the incidence of large forest fires. An earlier snowmelt, they said, can lead to an earlier and longer dry season, which provides greater opportunities for large fires.
"I see this as one of the first big indicators of climate change impacts in the continental United States," said research team member Thomas Swetnam, director of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona in Tucson. "We're showing warming and earlier springs tying in with large forest fire frequencies. Lots of people think climate change and the ecological responses are 50 to 100 years away. But it's not 50 to 100 years away, it's happening now in forest ecosystems through fire."
The research was supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Forest Service and the California Energy Commission.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/06/tech/main1781859.shtml
great example
not very smart combined with good dose of selfishness
people will find reasons to back what they really want even when it flies in the face of logic... it's human nature unfortunately
I never saw what people see in him... "smug" is a good adjective
you don't get it... everyone consumes... it's the amount one consumes that is the issue... whether you would choose to consume less to save the environment, to avoid war and poverty, etc. SO down to basics: it's about power and greed. Do you want it all for yourself and your loved ones or are you able to be emphathetic to others?
AlexG said it accurately.
that one is particularly poignant for me today
Dispatch from Mexico City:
STEALING IT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES
Matt Pascarella in Mexico City
Greg Palast in London
Monday, 3 July
Gore v. Bush. Kerry v. Bush. Obrador v. Calderon.
As in Florida in 2000, as in Ohio in 2004, the exit polls show the voters voted for the progressive candidate, but the race is "officially" too close to call.
But they will call it -- after they steal it. Reuters News agency reports that, as of 8pm Eastern time, as voting concluded in Mexico, exit polls show Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the "left-wing" Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) leading in exit polls over Felipe Calderon of the ruling conservative National Action Party (PAN).
We've told you again and again: Exit polls tell us how voters say they voted, but the voters can't tell pollsters if their vote will be counted. In Mexico, counting the vote is an art, not a science -- and Calderon's ruling crew is very artful indeed. The PAN-controlled
official electoral commission, not surprisingly, has announced that the presidential tally is too close to call.
Calderon's election is openly supported by the Bush Administration.
On the ground in Mexico City, our news team reports accusations from inside the Obrador campaign that operatives of the PAN had access to voter files which are supposed to be the sole property of the nation's electoral commission.
We are not surprised.
This past Friday, we reported that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation had obtained Mexico's voter files under a secret "counterterrorism" contract with database company ChoicePoint of Alpharetta, Georgia. (See BUSH TEAM HELPS RULING PARTY “FLORIDIZE” MEXICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION)
The FBI's contractor states that, following the arrest of ChoicePoint agents by the Mexican
government, the company returned or destroyed its files. The firm claims not to have known collecting this information violated Mexican law. Such files can be useful in challenging a voter's right to cast a ballot or in preventing that vote from counting.
It is, of course, impossible to know if the FBI destroyed its own copy of the files of Mexico's voter rolls obtained by Choicepoint or if these were then used to illegally assist the Calderon candidacy.
But we can see the results: as in the US, first in Florida then in Ohio, the exit polls are at odds with "official" polls.
In November 2004, US Republican Senator Richard Lugar, in Kiev, cited the divergence of exit polls and official polls as solid evidence of "blatant fraud” in the vote count in Ukraine. As a result, the Bush Administration refused to recognize the Ukraine government's official vote tally ... which proves once again that Republicans are incapable
of irony.
The foreign mainstream press has already announced, despite the polling discrepancies, that Mexico's elections were fair and clean -- which would be a first for that country where Obrador's party has seen its candidates defeated by "blatant fraud" before. The change
this time is that the fraud is simply less blatant.
<< from an email >>
in other words, to hell with the future environment and those who will have to deal with it, i'm not willing to make a sacrifice to my greedy lifestyle
exactly
by the National Consumer Coalition? lol
[edit] and funny how their link on their About Us page doesn't work...
really good one!
good quote for the day!
great set of articles!
I thought it would be interesting to get more details on the Sierra Clubs Smart Energy Solutions (that is mentioned in one of your articles):
An Overview
We already have the technology to tackle some of our most pressing problems, like global warming, air pollution, and our dependence on nuclear, oil and coal. The Smart Energy Solutions conservation initiative aims to strengthen the political will to adopt them. Key components include:
Pushing for "Clean Car" laws in more states. Eleven U.S. states and Canada require the auto industry to produce cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks than federal standards dictate. Adding more will force the auto industry to make all cars sold in the U.S. and Canada to meet these standards.
Encouraging more states to adopt energy efficiency and renewable energy programs and goals. Twenty-one states now require local utility companies to derive a specified percentage of energy from renewable sources. Our goal is to have more states and ultimately the entire country, adopt a standard of at least 20 percent renewable energy by 2020 and to increase electric efficiency by at least 2 percent per year.
Expanding the "Cool Cities" campaign. The Sierra Club has given the title "Cool Cities" to nearly 200 cities that signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement and pledged to reduce global-warming pollution. The campaign aims to help these cities fulfill their pledges through energy efficiency and renewable energy, and encourage more cities to become "cool."
Stopping the coal rush by opposing as many new polluting coal plants as possible and cleaning up existing plants. We also want to have states and the federal government cut mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants by 90 percent.
Protecting the Arctic Refuge, coastal waters, and other sensitive lands from coal, oil, and gas development.
Promoting the job-creation potential of clean energy using our key partnerships with labor and consumer groups.
We need your help to fulfill these visions. Contact your local chapter or go to sierraclub.org/energy to find out more.
http://www.sierraclub.org/energy/overview/
the data in the charts covers only 50 years and isn't up to date.
notice
this is a reminder that the topic of this board is global warming and the science and politics surrounding that subject. Religious debate is not appropriate for this board.
thank you.
just like Rice and others
that's the first reasonable anti-global warming article I've seen.
I'm still laughing about the computer model with too many variables ROFL!
nice article... didn't realize that about ethanol.
welcome to the board!
Basically I'm against removing the death tax and as far as I'm concerned personally, when I'm dead I could careless. I'm not even concerned about what is left to my kids because I know that giving kids too much is not a good idea (Millionaire Next Door series).
So although I can understand an argument about exempting enough to cover funeral and one home, I would support taxing at a very low level.
So keep trying...
I said, and it can't be refuted, those that believe in human caused global warming are using computer models to support their conclusions.
ROFL!!! that's the funniest argument I've ever heard! Sorry, but by your argument something like launching the space shuttle is questionable.
really, all you have to do is compare the chart of CO2 levels and temperature... two variables across time. Can you handle that many?
me too. She faces issues head on.
my favorite was seeing her on c-span when she grilled Donald Rumsfeld about developing nuclear bunker busting bombs and trying to hide it in the budget and how it flies in the face of the non-nuclear proliferation treaty (one of my other top issues)
that says it all, doesn't it :)
then go back and read my posts for the last day or two and you will see where I stand on that