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Humans are just a short speck in the earth's history, which will end with something much hotter than global warming. Don't forget to bring some marshmallows !

I'm more worried about an ice age - damn it, I hate being cold... and have to stay home this winter.

Exactly. The weather and New York City for me.

Sure...I have a dozen of them...from a 70mm refractor to 16 inch Dob. Spent most of the summer with Mars, as it was in opposition this year. Also helps to put all the drama here on earth in perspective.

Don't kid yourself, it's all about the weather.

Shad Olson Radio host and author, Shad Olson, is an Emmy-winning and Edward R. Murrow awarded investigative reporter living in Rapid City, South Dakota. His work has won numerous awards for excellence in broadcast journalism. He has shared the stage with numerous national personalities and appeared on radio and television broadcasts from coast to coast. He is also the published author of more than 100 works of short fiction. His collection, Tales from the Red Rooster Cafe is available at Barnes & Noble and on Amazon.com

Why would we see this idiotic need to "grow"???????? And, if we are going to grow, why would we want to import the problems of the worst trouble spots in the world to do so???? Yes, we SHOULD be directing immigration North - to the other side of the pole. Russia has lots of room for the refugees they displace with their "foreign policies". Now, I am NOT against immigration, I just think the 100% requirement would be that all qualified immigrants be wealthy, healthy, atheistic scientists.

For the climate change alarmists, the "science is settled" only when it proves more global warming.

The arctic as a tropical climate at one time. There were no people to make it that way. So now nature is doing its thing and making changes. There have also been 3 ice ages again no around to blame that on. Most of north america was covered y oceans too. Thats how we ended up with oil millions and billion of yers later. Climate change is natural

Indeed...but not enough for the rabid climate change alarmists, who are trying to convince us of their dystopian belief in "peoplekind" being wiped out because of climate change. The impassioned pleas and fear of certain doom for all humans is not only extreme, but most deserving of challenge and ridicule. Even the polar bears are laughing at them.

Liberal Art degrees are next to useless, unless your goal is to spend the rest of your life in academia. But other, lesser forms of education, are invaluable. Many people still accomplish great things in this country/society without such education. Experience is the most important thing. But people must be willing to work their way up and pay their dues to get to a certain level. Anyone Millenial can be successful in this country if they simply look at the professional landscape and entire a field with good employment prospects and not just expect a job paying a living wage available, no matter what type of BA they get.

The U.S. has a population of 1% Muslims [Islam in the United States] where Turkey has 0.2% of Christian churches [Turkey's Declining Christian Population], all denominations. There are 2106 total Mosques in the U.S. [List of Mosques in the U.S.]; there are 14 Churches of Christianity in all of Turkey! [Christianity in Turkey] If we presume each church and mosque hold equivalent quantities of people and that these Holy places represent all of these communities, then 63Mosques/2106totalMosques = 0.0299 = 2.99% of Muslims in U.S. Mosques discriminated against,...rounded up to 3%. Now multiply this by ALL of the percentages of Muslims in the U.S. and you have: 3% x 1% = 0.03/100 x 1/100 = 0.03/10000 = 0.0003/100 or 0.0003% of Muslims discriminated in the U.S. relative to the total of all Americans. 1Church/14totalChurches = 0.07 = 7% of Churches in Turkey. Now multiply this by ALL of the percentages of Christians in Turkey and you have: 7% x 0.2% = 7/100 x 0.2/100 = 1.4/10000 =0.014/100 or 0.014% of Christians discriminated in Turkey relative to the total of all Turkish. Comparing: 0.0003: 0.014 = 3:140 That is, for every 140 Christians targeted by non-Christians in Turkey, only 3 Muslims are targeted by non-Muslims in the U.S.