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Robb
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USA
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 Posted - 04/16/2010 : 11:51:16
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 12:08:45 [Permalink]
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| It's been known to happen to larger islands, Atlantis for one. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Robb
SFN Regular
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 12:23:58 [Permalink]
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| Maybe he was trying to say "tipping point"? |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 13:57:57 [Permalink]
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Oh hey. That reminded me of this hoax:
The Day They Almost Sawed Off Manhattan
...This moment is just what Lozier had waited for. He proceeded to explain that it
was not only his own problem but it also greatly affected their very own lives!
With that statement there was dead silence and the crowd surrounding Lozier
grew bigger. In a well calculated and rehearsed speech, he went on to reveal the
dire problem. Simply put, he informed them that Manhattan Island was much
too heavy on the Battery end because of all the heavy construction that had
gone on in recent years. The weight of all these buildings at one end was
causing it to tip and eventually would break off into the sea! Though some
expressed doubtfulness, Lozier had "proof." He took the crowd to the center of
the street and told them to look down the road. From City Hall to the opposite
end was all downhill.
Now it was sheer panic! It was true! Lozier told them not to worry as he had
almost figured out a solution. He asked them to give him a few more days and
he would announce how Manhattan could be spared of the pending disaster.
After a few days the news came that Lozier was going to speak that afternoon at
the Market. Needless to say, hundreds showed up to hear his solution. With
much drama, Lozier explained how Manhattan Island could be saved. The plan
was as follows: First it would be necessary to saw the island off at the Northern
end, at the Kingsbridge, and tow it past both Governor's and Ellis Island and out
to sea. There Manhattan would be turned around and brought back into the
mainland and reattached. Now the heavy end would be the one attached to the
mainland and the opposite end, which had fewer heavy buildings, would be on
the free end. Zoning laws could be passed to prevent construction of buildings
on this end. Problem solved! |
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Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
Genetic Literacy Project |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
 Posted - 04/16/2010 : 14:00:56 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Robb
Huh?
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Apparently, Rep. Hank Johnson is under the impression that islands float... |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
Genetic Literacy Project |
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 14:32:00 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Originally posted by Robb
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Apparently, Rep. Hank Johnson is under the impression that islands float...
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He has to be kidding, right?!
Maybe this is 'sarchasm'.... the gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 16:48:47 [Permalink]
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| Yeah, it seems clearly a joke on his part: A tiny island loaded with military personnel. A quip that could be taken literally to make him look an idiot. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 16:56:10 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Yeah, it seems clearly a joke on his part: A tiny island loaded with military personnel. A quip that could be taken literally to make him look an idiot.
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No, I don't think so. Sure sounds like he's being serious to me. He doesn't tie the tipping and the environmental impact problem together at all. He presents the environmental impact as another possible problem. I think he is an idiot. |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
Genetic Literacy Project |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 17:25:53 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Yeah, it seems clearly a joke on his part: A tiny island loaded with military personnel. A quip that could be taken literally to make him look an idiot.
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No, I don't think so. Sure sounds like he's being serious to me. He doesn't tie the tipping and the environmental impact problem together at all. He presents the environmental impact as another possible problem. I think he is an idiot. |
I don't say he's not an idiot, just not the particular type of idiot who thinks an island will capsize because it has too many people on it. And some people do keep a straight-man demeanor when joking. Or attempting to joke. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 04/16/2010 17:27:06 |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 17:31:20 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Originally posted by Kil
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Yeah, it seems clearly a joke on his part: A tiny island loaded with military personnel. A quip that could be taken literally to make him look an idiot.
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No, I don't think so. Sure sounds like he's being serious to me. He doesn't tie the tipping and the environmental impact problem together at all. He presents the environmental impact as another possible problem. I think he is an idiot. |
I don't say he's not an idiot, just not the particular type of idiot who thinks an island will capsize because it has too many people on it. And some people do keep a straight-man demeanor when joking. Or attempting to joke.
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Naaaa... If he didn't mean it, he's a great actor. I think maybe you don't want to see it because he's one of ours.
I'll grant you the possibility that he was kidding, or that it was a metaphor. But I doubt it. |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
Genetic Literacy Project |
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 21:08:07 [Permalink]
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| In any manor....a tipping island due to overpopulation...that imagery is new to me and quite funny to think about. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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podcat
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 04/17/2010 : 00:23:39 [Permalink]
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| In other news, geologists reported California is sinking into the ocean due to overpopulation. The resulting tilt will raise the east coast several thousand feet. :P |
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sailingsoul
SFN Addict
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Posted - 04/19/2010 : 06:21:57 [Permalink]
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Come on! Look at the video, He's clueless. "A joke on his part" ????? I can't detect anything in this that gives any indication he's joking. He can't even get the right words out, his skull is holding a total void where even the simplest words have a hard time escaping that vacuum. He deserves an Oscar if he's joking. Watching that level of competence in a US elected official is embarrassing, again.
Originally posted by podcat
In other news, geologists reported California is sinking into the ocean due to overpopulation. The resulting tilt will raise the east coast several thousand feet. :P
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I read that too. I think it was in "The Watch Tower" printed by the Jehovah Witnesses. They got into the mechanics and it makes perfect sense! It said, the Rocky Mountains are so much closer to California and will act as the continent's fulcrum, with each foot drop of California there will be 43.7 foot rise of the east coast. They wrote " Also with the subsequent raise of the east coast, it will be possible to see England on very clears days".
There is no need to be concerned or fearful. They explained "this is part of Gods master plan for the end times and true believers in Jesus will be swept away". It's called the rupture rapture. There will be a lucky 144,000 who get to go to heaven without dying. How cool is that? Sent to heaven, naked, and still alive. Hee Haw! Ride'en cowboys.
Jesus will swoop then up, take them away so they won't be crushed in the collapsing buildings from earth quakes, drowned in floods from the Mississippi river flowing backwards into the great lakes because New Orleans will be lifted above sea level or victimized in the social chaos that will follow. I can't wait, I'm actually mailing my trash to California with no return address, so they can't return it. Adding to the weight over there. Not being a theist, I'm hedging my bet. If I do what I can now and there is a God, He'll owe me for the help.  SS |
There are only two types of religious people, the deceivers and the deceived. SS |
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podcat
Skeptic Friend
435 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2010 : 08:53:44 [Permalink]
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| You didn't mention the 72 virgins. |
“In a modern...society, everybody has the absolute right to believe whatever they damn well please, but they don't have the same right to be taken seriously”.
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astropin
SFN Regular
USA
970 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2010 : 11:01:09 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Robb
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 I don't even know what to say.....he certainly was not joking. |
I would rather face a cold reality than delude myself with comforting fantasies.
You are free to believe what you want to believe and I am free to ridicule you for it.
Atheism:
The result of an unbiased and rational search for the truth.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2010 : 11:42:01 [Permalink]
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| Okay, okay. I'd simply read the article the first time though. Now I've watched the video. I have to agree, the guy was serious. And maybe stoned. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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