In the Rush to Help - Global Warming

[Rissask]

oooo Ginger, you better not let Karen see that!

Even your Rick Mercer Report link included this segment about how there has been ,in the not too distant past, snow in Toronto!

Yeah...but they are so wimpy they actually had to call the military in and declare a state of emergency.

(there are lots of funny clips on that page, JL, you checking them all out? Even better ones here, from This Hour Has 22 Minutes, although you won't get many of the references, they are still funny. Check out all the 'Raj Binder' ones.)

[Just Lucky]

Originally Posted by Rissask

oooo Ginger, you better not let Karen see that!



Yeah...but they are so wimpy they actually had to call the military in and declare a state of emergency.

(there are lots of funny clips on that page, JL, you checking them all out? Even better ones here, from This Hour Has 22 Minutes, although you won't get many of the references, they are still funny. Check out all the 'Raj Binder' ones.)

OMG I didn't get far down the list before I noticed this one!CBC.ca This Hour Has 22 Minutes Media Player
Seems like our countries actually do have some things in common!

[Rissask]

Originally Posted by Just Lucky

OMG I didn't get far down the list before I noticed this one!CBC.ca This Hour Has 22 Minutes Media Player
Seems like our countries actually do have some things in common!

Yeah, that one did sound pretty familiar!

"Me, my entire family, and even my dog and my dead grandma supports the troops."

[Just Lucky]

Originally Posted by Rissask

Yeah, that one did sound pretty familiar!

I am almost certain that nearly the exact show once occurred on CNN! I liked:" Maybe we should support the troops home to Canada if the Taliban get too uhh... unsupportive of our troops?".

EDIT] Rather than add another post I'll put this here. I thought as an expert on all things Canadian I should point out this excellent brief history of Canada:CBC.ca This Hour Has 22 Minutes Media Player

[Rissask]

I liked:" Maybe we should support the troops home to Canada?".

yeah ..."where we can be...more supportive..of them?"


That show kills me.

So did you watch the Raj Binder ones? Pretty irreverent...but funny.

[TeeZet]

There are other threads, just so ya know...

[Ginger]

Sorry tony, but I LOVE this Rick Mercer:

[TeeZet]

Originally Posted by Ginger

Sorry tony, but I LOVE this Rick Mercer:

I see your/his point, Ginger.
Btw: even our Queen is criticized for all that she'll cost the taxpayer. And she actually lives here!

[melliedee]

Originally Posted by Rissask

melliedee, your pic of the gum reminded of a sketch on one of our news/comedy shows up here, the Rick Mercer Report, so I had to go look for it- open this page:

CBC Television - Rick Mercer Report



and scroll down to 'Week of October 31, 2006' and then play the clip called 'Minty Clean Air'.

That's great! I especially like the "extreme mint" option!

[cuffedlinks]

I haven't heard the term "Global Warming" much lately.

It seems to be fashionable to use the term Climate Change, now.

Just saying.

[ryberg]

Originally Posted by Ginger

Only until the big snowfall. Then it cuts out the cables. At that point we have to wait until our monthly trip by dogsled to town to catch up on the worldly news.

Originally Posted by cuffedlinks

I haven't heard the term "Global Warming" much lately.

It seems to be fashionable to use the term Climate Change, now.

Just saying.

Dude, where do you live, again?

Steve

[cuffedlinks]

Originally Posted by ryberg

Dude, where do you live, again?

Steve

Somewhere where it has been 80 degrees the last couple of days.
(Headed for a quick drop to 45 or so)

[PlayadelSoul]

More on the rush to help.
BBC NEWS | Americas | Biofuels 'crime against humanity'

[Jacko]

Experts Completing Final Climate Report Here

Excerpts-

The U.N.'s top climate official challenged world policymakers Monday to map out a path to curb climate change, charging that to ignore the urgency of global warming would be "nothing less than criminally irresponsible."

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The document to be issued Saturday sums up the scientific consensus on how rapidly the Earth is warming and the effects already observed; the impact it could have for billions of people; and what steps can be taken to keep the planet's temperature from rising to disastrous levels.

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The report will be the first to include a brief chapter on "robust findings and key uncertainties," in which the authors pick out what they believe are the most relevant certainties and doubts about climate change.

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The IPCC has already been criticized for the selectivity and language of the policy summaries, which have been softened on several points because of objections by countries including the United States, China and some big oil-producing nations such as Saudi Arabia.

Without naming them, the WWF accused governments of "politically inspired trimming" of facts from the summaries, which it said diluted the urgency to make deep cuts in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

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Because those reports are adopted by governments, there is no government that can now stand up and say, 'I don't accept what's in the IPCC report.' That means that you have a common scientific base," he said in an interview Friday.

[Pok-a-tok]

The IPCC has already been criticized for the selectivity and language of the policy summaries, which have been softened on several points because of objections by countries including the United States, China and some big oil-producing nations such as Saudi Arabia.

This "softening" somehow worries me...although it's important to have consensus. But at what cost?