the watcher

Atta boy Willie

Bailey!!

Demski !!!

The real Sergio stands up !

Not even close. I was just talking to my wife about the worldwide heat wave, ( US, EU, China, Japan, Uruguay...) and was telling her that as we slide into this you are going to see a huge amount of stress put on to society. If you buy into Jared Diamonds idea , environmental issues have been the cause of many societal collapses, wars, genocides.... I don't agree with all his ideas but generally agree with alot of it.

That's about as disgusted as I've ever seen Oshea

In case you were wondering, Yes, I have a direct connection to Zachs helmet.

Time for some points and put this to bed

His hand is high on the QB because it is being lifted by the RB player

Way to go TSN

Damn we are lucky on that one

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Nice grab !

This is a bit of a shocking number. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/10/heatwave-last-summer-killed-61000-people-in-europe-research-finds

I'm not sure if this has been posted but 750 miles on a 10 minute charge is a game changer for a country like Canada. Imagine where technology will take this kind of thing in 20 years. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/04/toyota-claims-battery-breakthrough-electric-cars

Of course climate is always changing. The Milankovitch cycles guarantee that. It has been hotter. It has been colder. But that doesn't mean that what we are in now is natural. The vast, vast percentage of scientists involved with anything to do with our climate agree that our reliance on carbon fuels is affecting our climate adversely. And it's the speed that it is happening and the fact that it is a global phenomenon that will be the ass kicker. When there has been rapid climate change in the past the effect on local societies has been devastating. As far as changing shorelines don't forget alot of that is from erosion. But if you are talking changes over thousands of years it's different .It allows time for societies to adapt. The isostatic rebound you see in Manitoba for instance will eventually move Lake Winnipeg down to the city of Winnipeg . But the time line is about 10,000 years. What we are doing now world wide would be the equivalent of waiting till the Lake is flowing over the perimeter to react. I'm not a huge fan of the carbon tax at all but thats because I'm not sure we are getting the best bang for our efforts . But I suppose it's a start. I'd prefer to start with removing the up to 15 billion dollar subsidies Canada is giving to the oil industry. Pour that 15 billion directly into green initiatives. I'd rather have seen the rail lines that are vastly more efficient have remained in place. I'd rather see an better effort to get cars off the roads in our cities. I'd rather see that money go into educating people on their personal responsibility for climate change.

That drive in the 4th was a thing of beauty despite only getting 3.

That looked easy lol

Got some breathing room now

Woli !!!

Invoking God after you have decided to go to war is quite different than than having religion start a war or be the root cause. Yes a greater percentage of the Middle East wars have religion at the core but not all. I guess I could make a list but I'd lay a fair bit of coin on my argument and I'm not a betting man. Many mistake what they hear about religion in a war with what caused the war. Religion would be well behind greed for land and wealth , fear ( possibly #1) , poverty, racism....

" I don’t take medications': Marjorie Taylor Greene says " The 1st thought through my head : " But Marjorie, you really, really need to " .

This is a pretty interesting article. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/26/vladimir-putin-yevgeny-prigozhin-russia-wagner-ukraine

Well said Tracker. Christianity like most religions has very good guidelines for life at the heart of it. But I have always said that you can pretty much prove anything you want by using the Bible if you want to believe it word for word. Reading about the history of the current Bible and the history of the Christian church would really benefit alot of people. What I find helps is to look at the real core, of the stories of some of the greatest religious figures, Christ, Buddha, Lao Tzu.......how they acted,how they spoke, what they did...and you will find goodness and perhaps a belief system that benefits both yourself and those around you. Edit: Good on you for starting this thread Mark H. I had thought of it a couple of times but wasn't brave enough lol.

Dan 38 said. " Temples were either destroyed outright or made into Churches. This is a very common thing when a particular culture is replaced. If really came home to me when I was in the York Minster in England. Touring below ground you can see it is built on an Anglo-Saxon church, a Viking temple, and a " pagan site. So, if you want people to come to your church and embrace your religion ( which helps you control them ) then you put it where they are use to going. It's not a thing that is discussed much but it seems to be a common practice.