Phantasmal (09-20-2019)
Cypress (09-20-2019)
Bless you, Ignore feature. lol
Today, 08:13 AM
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"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
Guno צְבִי (09-20-2019)
TOP (09-20-2019)
the TDS thread would be over 12,000 by now But it's the every...single...day thoughts that count...yesterday's sentiments were epic My TOP pick?
"As for hating anonymous Internet ppl in a venue like this.... I can understand disgust, dislike, abhorrence, revulsion, repulsion, nausea, shock, horror, massive doses of antibiotics to ward off whatever their diseased brains suffer from.... but hate is a bit too much of an investment in idiots who can't do anything more than (badly) write some words, eh? Some toxic ppl though do invest their lives and years of time into their Internet vendettas again others that they'll never meet and who have absolutely no power over them, other than living life better than they have managed to do.
able to stop"
Guno צְבִי (09-20-2019), ThatOwlWoman (09-20-2019)
Obviously I can't speak for what other universities do, but here some of our profs offer extra credit for those who attend various protests, speeches, seminars, etc. on political issues of the day. I've gotten credit the last two Octobers, for instance, for attending Indigenous People's Day activities on campus. Just another example of that evil liberal higher education thing promoting discord and unAmerican activities. lol
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
Guno צְבִי (09-20-2019), Phantasmal (09-20-2019)
Let's resume discussion around noonish
Here is the original Science journal article regarding this massive loss.
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Abstract
Species extinctions have defined the global biodiversity crisis, but extinction begins with loss in abundance of individuals that can result in compositional and functional changes of ecosystems. Using multiple and independent monitoring networks, we report population losses across much of the North American avifauna over 48 years, including once common species and from most biomes. Integration of range-wide population trajectories and size estimates indicates a net loss approaching 3 billion birds, or 29% of 1970 abundance. A continent-wide weather radar network also reveals a similarly steep decline in biomass passage of migrating birds over a recent 10-year period. This loss of bird abundance signals an urgent need to address threats to avert future avifaunal collapse and associated loss of ecosystem integrity, function and services.
https://science.sciencemag.org/conte...cience.aaw1313
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
Guno צְבִי (09-20-2019)
Not to mention you actually vote for, and support, candidates and policies that actually make the environment a priority and a top tier concern.
Other posters do not do that - they support candidates and policies intent on weakening environmental safeguards, weakening endangered species protections, and cheerleading for forms of energy that contribute to relentless environmental degradation, aka oil and coal. Should we even go down the road about which posters support a president who turns a blind eye - and shows no concern towards - to trophy hunting?
I am going to judge posters on what they actually think are important issues, and what their personal priorities are, based on the posts they make and the threads they start.
You would be hard pressed to find hardly any threads started by conservatives over the 14 year history of this board where they articulate and demonstrate genuine concern for the environment, for wildlife, for ecological systems.
They might yelp about some license fee they paid out of a self-serving interest in being able to shoot deer or catch fish.
But their utter silence, their lack of posting history, the abject absence of any threads they start demonstrating sincere interest and concern for the environment says more than a supposed license fee ever will.
Guno צְבִי (09-20-2019), Phantasmal (09-20-2019), ThatOwlWoman (09-20-2019)
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