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Boon Mee · 15-09-2007, 02:16 AM

^
Fok that!
What you need to do Bob is refrain from being such a politically-correct douchebag and go for the $100K! With all your insight & superior intellect, we're sure you'll pull it off...with the 'peer-reviewed sources' of course...heh

DrB0b · 15-09-2007, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Boon Mee

^
Fok that!
What you need to do Bob is refrain from being such a politically-correct douchebag and go for the $100K! With all your insight & superior intellect, we're sure you'll pull it off...with the 'peer reviewed sources' of course...heh

Had a feeling you'd say something like that

Richard Littlejohn · 15-09-2007, 02:22 AM

The Great Global Warming Debate Awards Ceremony

Boon Mee

Dr Bob

Gerontion

DrB0b · 15-09-2007, 02:34 AM

^Cheers Dick. By the way, we're having a little soiree and a reading of my new novel at the Groucho next week. It's a roman-a-clef about a bisexual global- warming activist who lives in Soho and moonlights as a stockbroker. He decides to join the BNP but on his way to his first synagogue burning he sees a broken blossom on the ground and is overcome by ennui, the last 700 pages of the book are a heart-rending soliloquy on the difficulties of living in the west-end on less than 5,000 pounds a week. It doesn't use the letter e or commas because I consider them working-class affectations. Do come, Will and Salman will be there as will Camilla and Raoul - I know they miss you terribly.

Boon Mee · 15-09-2007, 03:10 AM

^
That novel sounds like a sure-fire #1 bestseller, Bob! You must post some 'teaser' portions on TD. It's been too long since we've experienced any 'ennui' around here!

stroller · 15-09-2007, 03:29 AM

Just my sort of event.
Plenty of booze and veggie food to feed the unwashed avantgarde artists who'll turn up, I suppose?
And a girlie bar or two to go to after hours?

Boon Mee · 15-09-2007, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by stroller

And a girlie bar or two to go to after hours?

Too low-brow for that crowd...

DrB0b · 15-09-2007, 03:39 AM

The Groucho Club
The Groucho is shorthand for " somewhere to get drunk and behave badly in front of London's most influential people". The original and arguably still the best private members' club in London, it was opened in 1985 by a group of publishers who were sick of the city's "gentlemen's clubs" which refused to accept women as members. If you'd like to be a member, you've got to get one of them to propose you to the committee. Membership costs £600.
Drinks: Will not reveal prices...
45 Dean Street, W1 (020 7439 4685, thegrouchoclub.com)

Boon Mee · 15-09-2007, 04:22 AM

Here's another way to win that $100K, Bob. Just have to deal with Martin Sheen's horrible fixed stare.

Richard Littlejohn · 15-09-2007, 04:28 AM

^

I got as far as it said 'continue reading' & knocked it on the head.

That stare a tad disturbing, to say to the least.

Narachon · 15-09-2007, 07:26 AM

Desertification, climate change combine to threaten development

Link

12 September 2007 – The linked scourges of desertification and climate change are impeding the achievement of key development targets, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

The “twin threats” of desertification and climate change “pose unrivalled challenges to humanity,” he said in a message to the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in running from 3-14 September in Madrid. “They demand an unprecedented response from all of us.”
Desertification and climate change, which he characterized as “two major manifestations of the same problem,” also are obstacles to reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the series of eight anti-poverty targets, by 2015.
Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities have contributed to global warming, he noted, while shifting weather patterns could potentially aggravate desertification, drought and food security for people living in dry areas, especially in Africa. The Secretary-General said that global warming can also lead to increased poverty, forced migration and vulnerability to conflict in regions impacted by extreme weather events.

Narachon · 15-09-2007, 07:37 AM

There is going to be a major,high level, but informal dialogue on climate change that will be scheduled at the UN next week during the General Assembly Debate session, on September 24. This is going to set the stage for the for the upcoming major December Climate summit , the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change which will meet in Bali, Indonesia. Governments will have a unique opportunity to build common ground to fight climate change.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Announces High-Level Event on Climate Change for September

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"United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that he will convene an informal high-level event in New York on the margins of the General Assembly on 24 September to promote discussion on possible ways to move the international community toward negotiations on new global agreement on climate change at the upcoming United Nations climate change conference in Bali in December.

The Secretary-General hopes that world leaders will send a powerful political signal to the negotiations in Bali that "business as usual" will not do and that they are ready to work jointly with others towards a comprehensive multilateral framework for action on climate change for the period after 2012.

The Secretary-General informed Permanent Representatives and Permanent Observers to the United Nations of the event, which will be informal and will seek to reaffirm the importance of addressing climate change in a global forum and provide an opportunity to involve all countries in the multilateral process. The high-level event would not seek to engage Governments in negotiations on the outcomes in Bali nor seek a negotiated outcome.

The Secretary-General has repeatedly stated that climate change is a major global challenge and he intends to take a leadership role in helping the international community address the problem. As the only global forum, the United Nations is uniquely positioned to forge a common approach to combating climate change. He has stated that all countries are experiencing it, all countries are becoming more conscious of the need to address this issue and the time for action is now. "

DrAndy · 15-09-2007, 02:46 PM

fuk, it is hot here

Boon Mee · 24-09-2007, 12:00 PM

"On July 9, 1971, the Post published a story headlined "U.S. Scientist Sees New Ice Age Coming." It told of a prediction by NASA and Columbia University scientist S.I. Rasool. The culprit: man's use of fossil fuels.

The Post reported that Rasool, writing in Science, argued that in "the next 50 years" fine dust that humans discharge into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuel will screen out so much of the sun's rays that the Earth's average temperature could fall by six degrees.

Sustained emissions over five to 10 years, Rasool claimed, "could be sufficient to trigger an ice age."

Heh...Gore & his lemmings - an inconvienent hypocrisy or what...

Marmite the Dog · 24-09-2007, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DrAndy

fuk, it is hot here

Inverness?

Boon Mee · 30-09-2007, 04:55 AM

Gore Dodges Repeated Calls to Debate Global Warming

"As over 150 heads of state and government gather at UN headquarters in New York to discuss climate change, former Vice President Al Gore, the most prominent proponent of the theory of the human-induced, catastrophic global warming, continues to refuse repeated challenges to debate the issue."

The bloom has gone off the rose w/respect to Gore's credibility...heh

attaboy · 30-09-2007, 06:13 AM

If you want to see him you have to rent the movie.

Dalton · 30-09-2007, 08:25 AM

^^ All there meetings and talks wont lead anywhere, there economy growth comes before anything else. The only thing happening is empty promises, and donation to WWF or another enviromental foundation, and then back to business as normal.
Greed and hunger for power, will bring mankind back to the stone-age.

Boon Mee · 30-09-2007, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dalton

^^ All there meetings and talks wont lead anywhere, there economy growth comes before anything else. The only thing happening is empty promises, and donation to WWF or another enviromental foundation, and then back to business as normal.
Greed and hunger for power, will bring mankind back to the stone-age.

Actually, I expect an astroid to do the job first...

blackgang · 30-09-2007, 10:17 AM

Hell, The last ice age ended only 14k years ago and glacial remanants existing as late as 7k years ago and there were people living in North American at that time, and the normal extension and retraction of the polar ice caps indicates that 20k years from now we might expect another incursion as far south as New York, Iowa and spots in between.

The first great ice age was about 700 mil years ago, but the 2 that we know about started about 2 mil years ago and their extents and characteristics are well defined at about 100k years, 40k years and 20k years ago, but I really do not think there is anything we can do about it and I doubt that we will be here to see it happen again.

Dalton · 30-09-2007, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dalton

^^ All there meetings and talks wont lead anywhere, there economy growth comes before anything else. The only thing happening is empty promises, and donation to WWF or another enviromental foundation, and then back to business as normal.
Greed and hunger for power, will bring mankind back to the stone-age.

Actually, I expect an astroid to do the job first...

Then it better hurry up, there aint that much time left..

Better get Bruce and the bore-drillers ready....

15-09-2007, 02:16 AM	#176 (permalink)
Boon Mee A Poor Widow's Son Last Online: Today 04:48 PM Join Date: May 2006 Location: Suphanburi Posts: 27,309	^ Fok that! What you need to do Bob is refrain from being such a politically-correct douchebag and go for the $100K! With all your insight & superior intellect, we're sure you'll pull it off...with the 'peer-reviewed sources' of course...heh Last edited by Boon Mee : 15-09-2007 at 02:24 AM.

15-09-2007, 02:34 AM	#179 (permalink)
DrB0b ไพร Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oh, beyond the last mountain, the very last mountain, beyond the last zynica-zanica tree. Posts: 10,630	^Cheers Dick. By the way, we're having a little soiree and a reading of my new novel at the Groucho next week. It's a roman-a-clef about a bisexual global- warming activist who lives in Soho and moonlights as a stockbroker. He decides to join the BNP but on his way to his first synagogue burning he sees a broken blossom on the ground and is overcome by ennui, the last 700 pages of the book are a heart-rending soliloquy on the difficulties of living in the west-end on less than 5,000 pounds a week. It doesn't use the letter e or commas because I consider them working-class affectations. Do come, Will and Salman will be there as will Camilla and Raoul - I know they miss you terribly. __________________ O ye generations of Christ-deluded imbeciles! Ye swarms of moonstruck meeklings! Ye burnt out cinders of men! — ye bleeding lambs! One day! One day! ye shall be flung to the lions! Behold! I spit upon your Idols — your Opinions. Now would I pour molten hell through the ventricles of your soul. "I am the Flail of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you."

15-09-2007, 07:26 AM	#186 (permalink)
Narachon Member Last Online: 09-10-2007 06:05 AM Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The Big Apple Posts: 121	"Desertification, climate change combine to threaten development", says UNSG Desertification, climate change combine to threaten development Link 12 September 2007 – The linked scourges of desertification and climate change are impeding the achievement of key development targets, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. The “twin threats” of desertification and climate change “pose unrivalled challenges to humanity,” he said in a message to the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in running from 3-14 September in Madrid. “They demand an unprecedented response from all of us.” Desertification and climate change, which he characterized as “two major manifestations of the same problem,” also are obstacles to reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the series of eight anti-poverty targets, by 2015. Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities have contributed to global warming, he noted, while shifting weather patterns could potentially aggravate desertification, drought and food security for people living in dry areas, especially in Africa. The Secretary-General said that global warming can also lead to increased poverty, forced migration and vulnerability to conflict in regions impacted by extreme weather events. __________________ "Mistakes were made"....

15-09-2007, 07:37 AM	#187 (permalink)
Narachon Member Last Online: 09-10-2007 06:05 AM Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The Big Apple Posts: 121	Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Announces High-Level Event on Climate Change for G.A. There is going to be a major,high level, but informal dialogue on climate change that will be scheduled at the UN next week during the General Assembly Debate session, on September 24. This is going to set the stage for the for the upcoming major December Climate summit , the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change which will meet in Bali, Indonesia. Governments will have a unique opportunity to build common ground to fight climate change. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Announces High-Level Event on Climate Change for September Link "United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that he will convene an informal high-level event in New York on the margins of the General Assembly on 24 September to promote discussion on possible ways to move the international community toward negotiations on new global agreement on climate change at the upcoming United Nations climate change conference in Bali in December. The Secretary-General hopes that world leaders will send a powerful political signal to the negotiations in Bali that "business as usual" will not do and that they are ready to work jointly with others towards a comprehensive multilateral framework for action on climate change for the period after 2012. The Secretary-General informed Permanent Representatives and Permanent Observers to the United Nations of the event, which will be informal and will seek to reaffirm the importance of addressing climate change in a global forum and provide an opportunity to involve all countries in the multilateral process. The high-level event would not seek to engage Governments in negotiations on the outcomes in Bali nor seek a negotiated outcome. The Secretary-General has repeatedly stated that climate change is a major global challenge and he intends to take a leadership role in helping the international community address the problem. As the only global forum, the United Nations is uniquely positioned to forge a common approach to combating climate change. He has stated that all countries are experiencing it, all countries are becoming more conscious of the need to address this issue and the time for action is now. "

24-09-2007, 12:00 PM	#189 (permalink)
Boon Mee A Poor Widow's Son Last Online: Today 04:48 PM Join Date: May 2006 Location: Suphanburi Posts: 27,309	"On July 9, 1971, the Post published a story headlined "U.S. Scientist Sees New Ice Age Coming." It told of a prediction by NASA and Columbia University scientist S.I. Rasool. The culprit: man's use of fossil fuels. The Post reported that Rasool, writing in Science, argued that in "the next 50 years" fine dust that humans discharge into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuel will screen out so much of the sun's rays that the Earth's average temperature could fall by six degrees. Sustained emissions over five to 10 years, Rasool claimed, "could be sufficient to trigger an ice age." Heh...Gore & his lemmings - an inconvienent hypocrisy or what... __________________ ผมเป็นคนบ้านนอก Last edited by Boon Mee : 24-09-2007 at 01:23 PM.

15-09-2007, 02:22 AM	#178 (permalink)
Richard Littlejohn I am in Jail Last Online: 27-05-2008 08:21 PM Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 685	The Great Global Warming Debate Awards Ceremony Boon Mee Dr Bob Gerontion

15-09-2007, 03:10 AM	#180 (permalink)
Boon Mee A Poor Widow's Son Last Online: Today 04:48 PM Join Date: May 2006 Location: Suphanburi Posts: 27,309	^ That novel sounds like a sure-fire #1 bestseller, Bob! You must post some 'teaser' portions on TD. It's been too long since we've experienced any 'ennui' around here!

15-09-2007, 03:29 AM	#181 (permalink)
stroller I am in Jail Last Online: 27-10-2010 11:13 PM Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: under the headphones Posts: 16,740	Just my sort of event. Plenty of booze and veggie food to feed the unwashed avantgarde artists who'll turn up, I suppose? And a girlie bar or two to go to after hours?

15-09-2007, 03:39 AM	#183 (permalink)
DrB0b ไพร Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oh, beyond the last mountain, the very last mountain, beyond the last zynica-zanica tree. Posts: 10,630	The Groucho Club The Groucho is shorthand for " somewhere to get drunk and behave badly in front of London's most influential people". The original and arguably still the best private members' club in London, it was opened in 1985 by a group of publishers who were sick of the city's "gentlemen's clubs" which refused to accept women as members. If you'd like to be a member, you've got to get one of them to propose you to the committee. Membership costs £600. Drinks: Will not reveal prices... 45 Dean Street, W1 (020 7439 4685, thegrouchoclub.com)

15-09-2007, 04:22 AM	#184 (permalink)
Boon Mee A Poor Widow's Son Last Online: Today 04:48 PM Join Date: May 2006 Location: Suphanburi Posts: 27,309	Here's another way to win that $100K, Bob. Just have to deal with Martin Sheen's horrible fixed stare.

15-09-2007, 04:28 AM	#185 (permalink)
Richard Littlejohn I am in Jail Last Online: 27-05-2008 08:21 PM Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 685	^ I got as far as it said 'continue reading' & knocked it on the head. That stare a tad disturbing, to say to the least.

15-09-2007, 02:46 PM	#188 (permalink)
DrAndy Oh Fuk Last Online: Today 08:50 PM Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: yes Posts: 31,144	fuk, it is hot here

30-09-2007, 04:55 AM	#191 (permalink)
Boon Mee A Poor Widow's Son Last Online: Today 04:48 PM Join Date: May 2006 Location: Suphanburi Posts: 27,309	Gore Dodges Repeated Calls to Debate Global Warming "As over 150 heads of state and government gather at UN headquarters in New York to discuss climate change, former Vice President Al Gore, the most prominent proponent of the theory of the human-induced, catastrophic global warming, continues to refuse repeated challenges to debate the issue." The bloom has gone off the rose w/respect to Gore's credibility...heh

30-09-2007, 06:13 AM	#192 (permalink)
attaboy Elite Member Last Online: 15-05-2013 09:54 AM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,979	If you want to see him you have to rent the movie.

30-09-2007, 08:25 AM	#193 (permalink)
Dalton Mea-Culpa Last Online: 23-09-2012 12:27 AM Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the sticks. Posts: 7,419	^^ All there meetings and talks wont lead anywhere, there economy growth comes before anything else. The only thing happening is empty promises, and donation to WWF or another enviromental foundation, and then back to business as normal. Greed and hunger for power, will bring mankind back to the stone-age.

30-09-2007, 10:17 AM	#195 (permalink)
blackgang RIP Last Online: 08-07-2010 08:33 PM Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Phetchabun city Posts: 15,485	Hell, The last ice age ended only 14k years ago and glacial remanants existing as late as 7k years ago and there were people living in North American at that time, and the normal extension and retraction of the polar ice caps indicates that 20k years from now we might expect another incursion as far south as New York, Iowa and spots in between. The first great ice age was about 700 mil years ago, but the 2 that we know about started about 2 mil years ago and their extents and characteristics are well defined at about 100k years, 40k years and 20k years ago, but I really do not think there is anything we can do about it and I doubt that we will be here to see it happen again.

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