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volfanhill said:
My point wasn't about the credibility of AJ. It was that the posters here biatching about it were the first to scream fake news and peddle both White House and there favorite source for news who were claiming it was Iran who blew up the school. Fix your own house before you worry about others sort of thing. And of course each of those posters, news outlets, and national "news people" have not come forward and said main we fell for some fake BS spread by the White House and this Admin.
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I responded with out looking at your screen name.
I know what you’re made of.
Apologies if it seemed otherwise
 
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swampfoxfan said:
Unbecoming is asserting I would be happy sailors were injured, ad a retired Navy Corpsman that offends me.

Donnie Trump is the source, but maybe he doesn't know.

I believe you said fire in laundry room and smoke damage to living qtrs. Which if you have ever been assigned to a Navy ship, you would know is BS
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So you have no source?

Or is it the same source that told you the Butler assassination attempt was staged with blood packs and flash bangs?
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
Aaaahhh the voice of the strawman.
If you start a sentence with “you seem “ that is a clue that it’s a bull **** statement.

Which party is my party?

What exactly was posted that I disagree with?

One fact for you. The last major party candidate I voted for was Bill Clinton for his second term.
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Right right, I get it, the Qatari government is bad, just not when they're bribing the president you voted for, or his when his AG was lobbying for them, but rather when you don't agree with the slant of Al Jazeera.
network.aljazeera.net

Leadership | Faces of Al Jazeera | Al Jazeera Media Network

Al Jazeera is where we tell the stories that deserve to be told. Where reaching deeper is just the beginning. Where independence overcomes oppression, and integrity and respect matter above everything else.
network.aljazeera.net network.aljazeera.net
www.cnbc.com

Qatari PM denies jumbo jet gift to Trump is bribery

The plain story is a ministry of defense to department of defense transaction," Qatar's prime minister said of the prospective plane gift.
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com
 
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BeardedVol said:
Right right, I get it, the Qatari government is bad, just not when they're bribing the president you voted for, or his when his AG was lobbying for them, but rather when you don't agree with the slant of Al Jazeera.
network.aljazeera.net

Leadership | Faces of Al Jazeera | Al Jazeera Media Network

Al Jazeera is where we tell the stories that deserve to be told. Where reaching deeper is just the beginning. Where independence overcomes oppression, and integrity and respect matter above everything else.
network.aljazeera.net network.aljazeera.net
www.cnbc.com

Qatari PM denies jumbo jet gift to Trump is bribery

The plain story is a ministry of defense to department of defense transaction," Qatar's prime minister said of the prospective plane gift.
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com
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You’re an even bigger idiot than I thought if you think I’m a Trump supporter.
Why don’t you try arguing against or agreeing with something I’ve actually said instead of posting random stuff.
Because right now all you’re doing is acting like a putz because you agree with me.
 
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rikberry31 said:
Where is the evidence?
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There’s a very strong scientific consensus that human activities are the primary cause of recent global warming. This conclusion comes from multiple independent lines of evidence across physics, atmospheric science, geology, and direct observations. Here are the main categories of generally agreed-upon scientific evidence:

1. Direct Measurement of Rising Greenhouse Gases​

  • Atmospheric CO₂ levels have risen from ~280 ppm (pre-industrial) to over 420 ppm today.
  • Measurements from observatories like Mauna Loa Observatory show a continuous increase since 1958 (the “Keeling Curve”).
  • The chemical signature of this CO₂ (lower ratios of carbon-13) matches fossil fuel combustion, not natural sources.

2. Basic Physics: The Greenhouse Effect​

  • The warming mechanism is based on well-established physics dating back to Svante Arrhenius in 1896.
  • Greenhouse gases (CO₂, methane, etc.) trap outgoing infrared radiation.
  • Satellite measurements confirm that less heat is escaping to space at CO₂ absorption wavelengths, while more is being re-radiated back to Earth.

3. Global Temperature Records​

  • Surface temperature datasets from groups like NASA and NOAA show:
    • ~1.1–1.3°C (2–2.3°F) warming since the late 1800s.
    • The last decade has been the warmest on record.
  • Warming is observed across land, oceans, and the lower atmosphere.

4. Climate Models Only Match Reality With Human Inputs​

  • Climate models simulate temperature changes using different factors:
    • Natural factors alone (solar changes, volcanoes) → do NOT reproduce modern warming
    • Natural + human factors → accurately match observed warming
  • This is a critical attribution test used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

5. Fingerprints of Human-Caused Warming​

Scientists observe specific patterns (“fingerprints”) that distinguish human warming from natural causes:

  • Troposphere warming + stratosphere cooling
    (expected from greenhouse gases, not solar increases)
  • Greater warming at night than during the day
  • More warming in the Arctic than the tropics (Arctic amplification)
  • Oceans absorbing over 90% of excess heat

6. Ocean Heat Content Increase​

  • The oceans have steadily accumulated heat over decades.
  • This is measured directly with instruments like the Argo float system.
  • Ocean warming cannot be explained by short-term natural variability.

7. Melting Ice and Rising Sea Levels​

  • Global sea levels have risen about 8–9 inches since 1900.
  • Ice loss is accelerating in:
    • Greenland
    • Antarctica
  • Glaciers worldwide are retreating, and Arctic sea ice is shrinking.

8. Isotopic Evidence (Carbon Fingerprinting)​

  • Fossil fuels contain less carbon-13 than atmospheric carbon.
  • The observed decline in carbon-13 in the atmosphere confirms that the added CO₂ is coming from burning fossil fuels, not volcanoes or oceans.

9. Energy Imbalance of the Earth​

  • Satellites measure more energy entering Earth’s system than leaving it.
  • This imbalance is consistent with increased greenhouse gases trapping heat.

10. Scientific Consensus​

  • Multiple studies show ~97% or higher agreement among actively publishing climate scientists that humans are causing global warming.
  • Major scientific bodies worldwide agree, including:
    • American Association for the Advancement of Science
    • National Academy of Sciences
    • World Meteorological Organization

Bottom Line​

No single piece of evidence stands alone—the conclusion comes from many independent, cross-checking lines of data:

  • Measured rise in greenhouse gases
  • Known physical mechanisms
  • Observed warming patterns
  • Climate model validation
  • Ocean and ice changes
  • Chemical fingerprints
Together, these form a coherent and highly robust scientific case that human activities—primarily burning fossil fuels—are the dominant cause of recent global warming.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
My assertions?
What would those be?
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You know, things like Palestinians who want to can become Israeli citizens, Hamas will execute someone if they're gay, there are no Christians in Gaza, etc.
Orangeslice13 said:
And you’re basically proving my point. Qatar charges what AJ reports based on their current needs.
And no they aren’t reliable. They are the propaganda wing of Qutar. Just like Haaretz is the propaganda wing of the opposition party in Israel, and Hayom is straight up pro Bengi propaganda in Israel.

Let’s not pretend that those things are not true because we like what they’re saying.
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Their reporting on international issues is informative. Like I mentioned you just have to know how they're biased and filter and reconfirm accordingly. For example they ran a clip on Trump's overwhelming support in West bG Vrginia; nailed it. They also have good documentaries, like on Asian environmental and labor issues.
 
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CobbVol said:
Without the US and Israel's attacks last June and now, can you make any futuristic predictions from this list?

  • November 1979: Iranian students, backed by the regime, seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran — taking 66 Americans hostage in a 444-day standoff.
  • April 1983: The Islamic Jihad, an Iran-backed terrorist group, carried out a suicide car bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 17 Americans.
  • October 1983: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists killed 241 U.S. military personnel — including 220 U.S. Marines and 21 other service personnel — in a truck bombing at a Marine compound in Beirut.
  • March 1984: Iran-backed Islamic Jihad terrorists kidnapped CIA station chief William Buckley on his way to work in Beirut, ultimately killing him the following year.
  • September 1984: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists killed 23 innocent people — including two American service members — in a car bomb attack at the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut.
  • December 1984: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists hijacked Kuwait Airways Flight 221 en route to Pakistan, diverting it to Tehran — where they brutally tortured and killed two American officials.
  • June 1985: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists hijacked TWA Flight 847 on its way from Athens to Rome, torturing a U.S. Navy diver before shooting him point blank in the head and tossing his body onto the Beirut airport tarmac.
  • July 1989: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists killed U.S. Marine Col. William Higgins after kidnapping him the previous year while serving with a United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
  • April 1995: Iran-backed Islamic Jihad terrorists killed eight people — including one American citizen — in a car bomb attack in the Gaza Strip.
  • August 1995: An Iran-backed Hamas suicide bomber blew up a bus in Jerusalem, killing an American and three other passengers, and wounding more than 100 others.
  • February 1996: An Iran-backed Hamas suicide bomber blew up another bus in Jerusalem, killing three Americans and wounding three other Americans.
  • March 1996: A suicide bomber linked to the Iran-backed Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist groups killed 20 people — including two Americans — in a suicide bombing at a Tel Aviv shopping center.
  • May 1996: Iran-backed terrorists killed an American-Israeli dual citizen and wounded another American citizen in the West Bank.
  • June 1996: Iran-backed Hezbollah Al-Hijaz terrorists killed 19 U.S. Airmen and wounded nearly 500 others in a truck bombing at a U.S. Air Force housing complex in Saudi Arabia.
  • September 1997: Iran-backed Hamas suicide bombers blew themselves up at a shopping mall in Jerusalem, killing an American-Israeli dual citizen and wounding seven other American citizens.
  • August 1998: Al-Qaeda suicide bombers, facilitated by Iran-backed Hezbollah, simultaneously bombed U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people — including a dozen American citizens.
  • August 2001: An Iran-backed Hamas terrorist blew up a Jerusalem pizzeria, killing three Americans.
  • January 2002: An Iran-backed al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade terrorist killed an American-Israeli dual citizen in the West Bank.
  • July 2002: An Iran-backed Hamas terrorist killed five Americans in a bombing at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
  • June 2003: An Iran-backed Hamas suicide bomber killed 17 people — including an American citizen — on a bus in Jerusalem.
  • October 2003: Iran-backed Popular Resistance Committees terrorists killed three U.S. diplomatic personnel in a bombing in Gaza.
  • Between 2003 and 2011: Iran-backed militias killed at least 603 U.S. troops in Iraq — “roughly one in every six American combat fatalities in Iraq.”
  • August 2003: An Iran-backed Hamas terrorist blew up a bus in Jerusalem, killing five Americans and wounding one other American.
  • August 2006: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists killed American citizen and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier Michael Levin during the Second Lebanon War — the only American to die in the conflict.
  • January 2007: A dozen men affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force killed five U.S. soldiers and wounded three others in Karbala, Iraq, after disguising themselves as U.S. soldiers and entering the Provincial Joint Coordination Center.
  • March 2007: Former FBI Agent Robert Levinson disappeared in Iran, likely dying in an Iranian prison.
  • July 2014: Iran-backed Hamas terrorists killed two American citizens serving in the IDF.
  • October 2015: Iran-backed Hamas terrorists killed an American citizen and his wife in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank.
  • December 2019: Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah terrorists killed an American civilian contractor and wounded several U.S. service members in a rocket attack at K1 Air Base in Kirkuk, Iraq.
  • January 2020: 109 U.S. troops suffered traumatic brain injuries in an Iranian ballistic missile attack on the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq.
  • September 2020: U.S. intelligence indicated the Iranian regime was considering a plot to assassinate the U.S. Ambassador to South Africa.
  • February 2021: An Iran-backed militia fired a rocket at coalition forces in Erbil, Iraq, wounding a U.S. service member and four U.S. civilian contractors.
  • July 2021: Iranian-backed militias wounded two U.S. service members in a series of rocket and drone attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria.
  • September 2022: An Iranian rocket attack killed an American citizen in Iraqi Kurdistan.
  • November 2022: An IRGC captain orchestrated the killing of an American citizen in Baghdad.
  • March 2023: An Iranian drone attack killed an American contractor and wounded five U.S. service members and another contractor in a strike on a coalition base in Syria.
  • October 2023: Iran-backed Hamas terrorists killed 46 Americans and kidnapped at least 12 Americans in the October 7th massacre.
  • December 2023: Iran-backed militias wounded three U.S. service members in an attack on Erbil Air Base in Iraq.
  • January 2024: Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah terrorists killed three U.S. service members and wounded more than 40 other service members in a drone attack against the Tower 22 military base in Jordan.
  • Between October 2023 and November 2024: Iran and its proxies conducted more than 180 attacks against U.S. forces in the Middle East, wounding more than 180 U.S. service members and killing three service members.
  • November 2024: An Iranian national and IRGC asset was charged for plotting to assassinate President Trump.
  • June 2025: Iran-backed militias attacked at least three U.S. bases in Syria and two U.S. bases in Iraq.
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Which has nothing to do with the topic of discussion. That doesn't mean they're good guys btw.
It's very simple; if they hadn't have been attacked they wouldn't have shut the SoH. We knew they'd do that and everybody else knew too.
 
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EasternVol said:
You know, things like Palestinians who want to can become Israeli citizens, Hamas will execute someone if they're gay, there are no Christians in Gaza, etc.

Their reporting on international issues is informative. Like I mentioned you just have to know how they're biased and filter and reconfirm accordingly. For example they ran a clip on Trump's overwhelming support in West bG Vrginia; nailed it. They also have good documentaries, like on Asian environmental and labor issues.
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So you struggle with facts.

So is the national inquirer
And their just as accurate.


Oh. It makes sense now.
 
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