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The Natural Basis of Global Climate Change Global climate change, often framed as a modern crisis driven by human activity, is fundamentally a natural process that has shaped Earth’s environment for billions of years. While contemporary discussions emphasize anthropogenic contributions like carbon dioxide emissions, a broader examination of geological and climatic history reveals that climate variability is an inherent feature of the planet’s systems. This paper argues that global climate change is primarily a natural phenomenon, supported by evidence of past climate shifts, natural drivers like solar activity and volcanic eruptions, and the Earth’s long-term climatic cycles. First, Earth’s climate has undergone dramatic changes long before human industrialization. The geological record shows periods like the Ice Ages, with the Last Glacial Maximum around 26,000 to 19,000 years ago, when vast ice sheets covered North America and Eurasia. Conversely, the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), approximately 56 million years ago, saw global temperatures spike by 5-8°C due to natural greenhouse gas releases, likely from volcanic activity or methane clathrate destabilization. These events, driven by natural processes such as orbital variations (Milankovitch cycles), tectonic shifts, and oceanic circulation changes, demonstrate that significant climate change predates human influence and operates on scales far exceeding modern records. Second, natural drivers continue to play a critical role in climate variability. Solar irradiance, though relatively stable, fluctuates in cycles (e.g., the 11-year sunspot cycle), influencing Earth’s energy balance. Historical correlations, like the Maunder Minimum (1645-1715)—a period of low solar activity coinciding with the Little Ice Age—suggest solar forcing impacts climate. Volcanic eruptions also exert short-term but potent effects, injecting aerosols into the stratosphere that reflect sunlight and cool the planet, as seen with Mount Pinatubo in 1991. These factors operate independently of human activity, underscoring nature’s capacity to alter climate. Third, the Earth’s climate is governed by long-term cycles that dwarf human timescales. Milankovitch cycles, involving changes in orbital eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession, drive glacial and interglacial periods over tens of thousands of years. The current interglacial period, the Holocene, began roughly 11,700 years ago and follows a natural warming trend after the last Ice Age. While human emissions may amplify warming, the underlying shift from cooler to warmer conditions aligns with these pre-existing cycles, suggesting that the trajectory of change is not wholly artificial. Critics argue that current warming rates and CO2 levels are unprecedented, pointing to industrial emissions as the primary cause. However, this view often overlooks natural analogs. For instance, during the PETM, CO2 concentrations rose rapidly (albeit over thousands of years), driven by natural carbon cycle feedbacks. Today’s accelerated pace may reflect human influence, but the mechanisms—CO2 as a greenhouse gas, atmospheric dynamics—remain natural processes. Moreover, proxy data (e.g., ice cores, sediment records) indicate that abrupt climate shifts have occurred before, challenging the notion that speed alone proves artificial causation. In conclusion, global climate change is a natural phenomenon rooted in Earth’s dynamic systems. Historical climate shifts, ongoing natural drivers, and long-term cycles demonstrate that variability is intrinsic to the planet. While human activity may modulate these processes, it does not negate their fundamental natural origin. Recognizing this context reframes climate change as a continuation of Earth’s history, rather than an anomaly requiring solely human-centric explanations.

No one is saying they intended to do it but it just shows what a bunch of amateur incompetents these people are when it comes to security and their jobs in general.

Bad AI trained on internet junk and 5th grade essays. Sigh. The future looks bleak.

I'm not sure that's a gaffe.

Think I'll stay out of here for the period of the campaign. More time to contribute in the reality and hopefully, better outcomes. See ya all on the 29th.

Folks on this forum regularly progress through these stages in any given thread--and some just live on 5. They really don't care a bit about America as a concept. It's just a geographic designation at this point.

Who exactly is orchestrating all this concerted effort from the MSM? How do you place an order for something like this and who do you send the invoice too?

Which clock are you using?

Well that's worth a read. Jeebus. Hegseth has refused to say whether he posted classified information on Signal. He is travelling in the Indo-Pacific region and to date has only scoffed at questions, saying he did not reveal "war plans." Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe told members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that it was up to Hegseth to determine whether the information he was posting was classified or not. What was revealed was jaw-dropping in its specificity, and includes the type of information that is kept under wraps to protect the operational security of a military strike. In the group chat, Hegseth posted: "1215et: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package)" "1345: 'Trigger Based' F-18 1st Strike Window Starts (Target Terrorist is @ his Known Location so SHOULD BE ON TIME – also, Strike Drones Launch (MQ-9s)" "1410: More F-18s LAUNCH (2nd strike package)" "1415: Strike Drones on Target (THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP, pending earlier 'Trigger Based' targets)" "1536 F-18 2nd Strike Starts — also, first sea-based Tomahawks launched." "MORE TO FOLLOW (per timeline)" "We are currently clean on OPSEC" — that is, operational security. "Godspeed to our Warriors." Sure, he didn't share war plans, just the what, where, when and how. -- The only thing he didn't do was dox the pilots.

Hello FBCP (Fan Boys of Creepy PeePee) You guys really need a lot of self-affirmation, don't you. Looks like some of you are on here 24/7. I was looking around the web, forums, boards and articles, and 2 words kept coming up when people talked about PeePee; cringe and creepy (especially when he smiles). Our version of Ron Desantis. "At a campaign stop Tuesday in Vaughan, Ont., Poilievre was asked whether he would cut the national dental-care and pharmacare programs — something that's been a popular point of attack among his opponents. "We will protect these programs and nobody who has them will lose them," Poilievre said. "We will make sure that nobody loses their dental care." He did not specify what he would do with the pharmacare program, which he has said previously he would end." Weasel words and non answers. Looks like a senior who applies for dental care next year might not get it if PeePee wins. You boys have fun.

Canada not mentioned in U.S. threat assessment’s summary of fentanyl crisis Fentanyl from Canada was not mentioned in a report released Tuesday outlining what the U.S. intelligence community considers the most serious foreign threats to the United States, despite President Donald Trump claiming that illicit drugs coming through the northern border are “an unusual and extraordinary threat.” The Trump administration has linked its punishing tariffs on Canada to Ottawa’s inability to stop the flow of fentanyl, which it says has risen massively in recent years. However, previous reporting from The Globe has found that the White House is using misleading data about drug seizures and their links to Canada. …Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, presented the report’s findings during the scheduled Senate intelligence committee hearing on Tuesday. During the hearing, Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico pressed Ms. Gabbard about Canada’s omission from the report and said he was surprised the country was not mentioned given Mr. Trump’s rhetoric. Ms. Gabbard said the focus of the ATA is on the “most extreme threats,” and its assessment is that the most extreme threat is “from and through Mexico.” When asked for comment on Tuesday, the White House referred the request to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which said it had nothing to share beyond what was in the report. Citing U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, the White House has previously asserted that 43 pounds of fentanyl was intercepted at the northern border last fiscal year, marking a “massive 2,050 per cent increase” compared with the year prior, when two pounds of the deadly synthetic drug was seized. However, as Globe analysis of the border agency’s figures found, the dataset does not reveal the origin of the drugs and U.S. border agents confirmed that the methodology used for attributing seizures to the northern border doesn’t hinge on whether the fentanyl was intercepted at the border or whether it came from Canada. It could have been seized hundreds of kilometres inland, and it may have no ties to Canada whatsoever. …. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-canada-not-mentioned-in-us-threat-assessments-summary-of-fentanyl/?login=true

Posting lies again? My gawd man, have some dignity. Here is the language from the Biden era memo that encouraged the use of Signal specifically. My military friends are all talking about how they were ordered to use Signal after this memo came out. WhatsApp had been their previously favored app. You have everyone on ignore because you can't handle dissenting opinions.

During his confirmation hearing, Hegseth acknowledged he was “not a perfect person”. He promised senators that he has stopped drinking and would not do so if confirmed as defense secretary. But he would not commit to resigning if he did drink on the job. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/pete-hegseth-what-we-know Here's the issue, it's not just me you're accusing of making a baseless assertion. In this case it's also the Guardian you're accusing. It's one thing to call me a liar but you're also calling the Guardian a liar and suspect it will be the same case no matter what source anyone puts before you. You can't even agree with a dictionary when it doesn't suit your...case.

It seemed that way given your demand for names. OK, give us the names of all these people who saw and knew about his drunkenness. He most certainly did and I also provided you with a dictionary definition of the term corroborate to facilitate your understanding of the term and to corroborate my argument. In the meantime you're still here running around in circles like usual.

It was NEVER approved for classified information. Esp NOT on personal phones. The Signal attack plan messages: What we do (and don't) ... AP News https://apnews.com › article › war-plans-hegseth-signal-... 20 hours ago — KNOWN: Signal is a publicly available app that provides encrypted communications, but it can be hacked. It is not approved for carrying classified information. On March 14, one day before

Shame how the Liberals tying PP's shoelaces together but pretty much matching or coming first with the 'promises' and avoiding abandoning any environmental efforts whatsoever. And don't need to choke out promises to keep dental, pharma, retirement age, and child care. Don't have to pretend they'll make pipelines and energy corridors without the cooeration of provinces, populations and natives or even private investments.

This was a classic. It also keeps it in the news cycle longer and PP has been doing a good job of that, keeping Carney's goofs in the spotlight. Conservative support has been a little weak with the elderly so politically this makes a lot of sense. But I'm sure it's something everybody's going to get behind either way, most people have grandparents or someone in their life is going to benefit from this

😂 Perfect! I'm stealing that.

If this ex-Western-Canadian/Irishman/Brit, who refused a French-language debate because he can't really speak French, who just secured a loan in the hundreds of millions of dollars from the Communist Bank of China for the company whose HQ he just moved from Canada to the US, and then got caught lying about it to Canadians, wins any seats in Quebec you know there's something fishy. The Bloc won 32 seats from Trudeau, they will probably end up taking almost every seat in Que from "The Carney and His Clowns", unless the CPC wins some.

Not clowns, but lying clowns.

They quote celebrities and Al Gore, people who only cite the theories... Versus crackpots who make up their own theories. There were some legitimate scientists in the '90s who predicted that climate change was not human-caused. But after decades, the temperatures didn't go down as they predicted You should really put someone on ignore, if they fabricate science.

And you will obtusely IGNORE that Signal is NOT approved for sensitive communications of any kind. So Hegseth demonstrated total INCOMPETENCE.

Libbies on Repolitics forum: Carney secures a loan in the hundreds of millions of dollars, for the company whose HQ he moved from Canada to NY, from the Communist Bank of China after travelling there using Canadian taxpayer money... **crickets** A few people in the WH send some text messages through an unsecure channel about a military strike against some people riding camels: 5 pages of "OMG those guys on the camels definitely found out about the attacks in advance, and they probably shot down all of America's 5th-generation stealth fighters with their WWII-era rifles!!!! This is a bigger military fiasco than when Joe Biden deserted all of his allies, got dummied by the Taliban, and then drone-striked a bunch of little children!!!!"

Only right wing lDIOTS pretend that non-PhD climatologists are experts.

Canada needs Canadians to support a common sense party to stop the destruction of Canada by the liberal-left machine which has destroyed the economy, pushed the cost of living out of sight for millions of people, increased divisions between people, and pushed Canada into massive debt. The liberal left doesn't believe in free enterprise and has been advancing government bureaucracy, control, and regulations which kills private investment and innovation.

Not a chance) Pure, round and totally absolute zero.

I did include it in the OP. lol The "lock her up" crowd were foaming at the mouth over a private server--half the people on that Signal chat called her a criminal--but now that they've been caught in a far more compromising situation it's a "tsk tsk."

HEY CARNEY, HOW'S THE ELECTION GOING?

Always cute when you have to say quote people because you've got no argument lol Don't need to. We've got PP Working on it already, and Carney apparently working as hard as he can to put you and your kind into the ground where you belong the Wokecercism has begun LOLOL

I thought the left hated Musk....now they are lending him money....come on Lefties make up your minds...

What, you don’t want 4,000 reasons to hate Mark Carney? 😂 (Most of them posted by conservatives regurgitating left-wing talking points about how Carney is too conservative)

338Canada updated. It’s a bloodbath in the polls…. PP needs to put forward ideas. What can he do to turn it around? To appeal to normal Canadians, and not anti-vax, WEF conspiracy loonies? Because, as much as those are popular with posters here, normal Canadians are turned off by those things.

The Canada accusation was always rubbish.

I'm the one suckered in, eh? "Carney has spent years advising Justin' try 'months' "The Liberals turned people into traitors. who can blame them?" "BQ who's sole goal is to separate from Canada" stand up for Quebec you mean. And you'll deny that PP wants to roll back initiatives on pollution and CO2 believe it's the only way to beat the economy. That he's obstinately refused to get a security clearance so he can spout accusations without knowing the facts. Like the fact he is one mentioned in foreign interference investigations. Sound like you bought the whole ticket and refuse to even see.

Had to post this one. The Polytechnique shooting was one of the pivotal moments for quebec, everyone and their dog over the age of 30 has heard of it, they still do the memorial every year, He's on stage with one of the survivors and he got the name of the school wrong, and THEN gets her name wrong as well just for good measure. Video in the link Carney names wrong school when talking about Montreal massacre | CBC.ca

Lmao...ok Beev.

Poilievre presses Carney's China ties after India report | National Post Wow! So Carney goes to china acting on behalf of the Canadian government And comes back with a quarter billion dollar loan for the company he is still a major owner in that he just moved to the states. And that loan is still outstanding, and so if Carney is prime minister his major business holding and his job for after politics will be in debt to the chinese for a quarter billion and he knows it. And hes' supposed to be able to deal with the chinese trade war on our behalf? I wondered why the story about our trade war with china with 100 percent tariffs on canola had fallen off the map. I think even the liberal supporters here are going to realize we just cannot have this guy in power. There's no possible way he could be objective in representing Canada's interests

Another awkward foreign policy story for Poilievre to address. In fairness, interference of this type will be a potential challenge in every Canadian election henceforth: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-india-alleged-foreign-interference-pierre-poilievre-conservative/

Did FOS LIES not tell you about Hegseth's drinking problem? Maybe it was too embarrassing that his FOS LIES CO HOSTS often smelled liquor on his breath when he showed up for the weekend morning show. 🤮

Hegseth says none of this happened.

And these same ball lickers think that the likes of Soros will like them. NOT. To Soros, they are just a bunch of useless imbeciles doing the dirty work for him and the Zionist WEF globalists. They are all a bunch of classless scum. Those ball lickers have no problem kissing the azz of the likes of Soros. All are pretty much traitors to humanity. To them, it's only about money and power and nothing more. The sheeple can go eat cake. Deplorable indeed. 🤮

You are weaseling out of my question because you are afraid of your answer. So yes, it's clear enough.

I didn't say it was the topic, however it's highly relevant. People like you screech about white pride but not black pride. You know this.

No. People are saying if you are a nationalist but are not white, then it's useless. DEI doesn't need to go that far. Just having it at all is something that's cancerous and repugnant. Someone's race and/or victim category should not be a factor at all in a hiring decision. Yet if you tell them all lives matter, they lose their sh*t.