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    Where did all the skeptics go?

    Skepticism Is Pseudoscience Got to chime in here with a pet peeve of mine, which has little bearing on this topic, other than one of perception. It has always been my take that the evil government is not out there blocking our attempts to learn the “truth” of what is in our skies. I think that...
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    Imbrogno & Guiley Show

    I agree. good show. lots of fun. Not much meat on the table, but who knows? good for keeping an open mind. pb
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    Thanks, Internet! Conspiracy theorists (and skeptics) thrive online

    And it’s in my neck of the woods. Go figure, all of us old hippies stick together.
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    Thanks, Internet! Conspiracy theorists (and skeptics) thrive online

    Yea, in my mind it is win-win. help our pocket book and help the planet. pb
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    Thanks, Internet! Conspiracy theorists (and skeptics) thrive online

    The best place for my money is Northern Tool . here is a link right to there solar site. http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/NTESearch?storeId=6970&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=solar&Nty=1&D=solar&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Dx=mode+matchallpartial This company works with a lot "off the grid" type. I live...
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    Thanks, Internet! Conspiracy theorists (and skeptics) thrive online

    hak: I have been collecting solar panels form everywhere over the last several years. The ones I use only gets 22 volts per panel and 1.9 amps, but with that said, it only takes about 6 panels to give the max power of a household outlet (120v, and 10 amps), so to run our house lighting, using...
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    Thanks, Internet! Conspiracy theorists (and skeptics) thrive online

    hak: I was considering getting a scooter, but I went for an eGO electric scooter (http://www.egovehicles.com/) I have had it for about 7 years, and it is great! Of course it gets less mileage than a gas scooter, but with 35 miles between charges, and a 120 common household outlet, it is too...
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    Thanks, Internet! Conspiracy theorists (and skeptics) thrive online

    Ramanathan, V., & Feng, Y. (2008). On avoiding dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system: Formidable challenges ahead. <CITE>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,</CITE> 105(38), 14245-14250. Rind, D., Lean, J.L., Lerner, J., Lonergan, P., and Leboissetier, A...
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    Thanks, Internet! Conspiracy theorists (and skeptics) thrive online

    All: hope this is not too long, but I am copying some very well respected, peer reviewed papers on climate change for those of you who might be on the fence on this. Please, if in doubt, don't just look at the resource, but choose some of the papers and read for yourself about how humans are...
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    Thanks, Internet! Conspiracy theorists (and skeptics) thrive online

    For my two cents, one cannot change the mind of a true believer, (Lamar Keene considered it to be a cognitive disorder). It is our ego that makes us want to make a "true believer" accept our position. Sometimes, all we can do is nod and smile. I know from my own experience, that there were...
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    March 27th show 2011

    Double Nought, Good points. I am reminded of the late, great Joseph Campbell in his book, "The Hero's Journey".  The one direction that they tell the "hero" not to go, (usually in mythology it is North), he ends up going.  It is that need to learn that overcomes our fears that makes us transcend...
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    March 27th show 2011

    <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p> I second, (or is that third) the idea of a discussion on why it seems that a good percentage of UFO and paranormal people go "off the deep end". An interesting aside- a higher percent than the norm of...
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    March 27th show 2011

    Mike: good points on the "out of the box" thinking. I too do not look at Para cast as a formal lecture on abnormalities. I enjoy the show because it is "out there" as you state, and I have fun with it. The only problem with our guest, (as I said in my original post), he is a Douche bag.  In...
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    March 27th show 2011

    Chief Brody: You are too kind on your assessment on "Dr. Richard Sauder". I would define this guy as a classic "Douche Bag". I am not a spiritual person, but I think I can recognize spiritual people like the Dalai Lama. Joseph Campbell and Huston Smith. These guys are the real thing. They do...
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    Brandenburg

    Lancemoody et al. I don't know if I would go as far as to say it is all "bull-shit". I am reminded of Rumi's statement that goes something like: "The only reason there is fool’s gold, is because real gold exist". This is a good way of saying that sometimes in all that weird “bull-shit” we...
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