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Is a mini ice age on the way? Scientists warn the Sun has 'gone to sleep' and say it could cause tem
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 18 January 2014 | Mark Prigg

Posted on 01/18/2014 6:49:20 AM PST by BenLurkin

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To: varmintman
There's a paradigm problem here. IF you buy the idea of our sun being a 4B year old thermonuclear furnace, there is no reason to think it would heat up and cool off periodically.

Your paradigm problem is false.

Human nuclear furnaces have control rods and fancy gear to make damn sure they don't heat up or cool off randomly.

And our solid fuel nuclear plants aren't bubbling pools of hot gas with random mixing of fuels going on.

There's no reason to think that a natural thermonuclear reaction in a huge hot bubbling bubble of gas wouldn't heat up and cool off a bit from time to time.

41 posted on 01/18/2014 8:04:06 AM PST by slowhandluke (It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
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To: BenLurkin

“I’m fit, 39, have a full head of hair, and am as rich as Croesus.”

This is Freerepublic, not Sugardaddy.com :)


42 posted on 01/18/2014 8:04:38 AM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: A Navy Vet

Gosh, you’re right. I remember when they got rid of red dye. My Mom went out before it occurred and purchased about forty tubes of red lipstick. After she passed, I had to explain to my much younger sister-in-laws about it.. we discovered about 20 unopened tubes of it when we were cleaning out the house. The list of what is going to kill us is essentially endless, isn’t it?


43 posted on 01/18/2014 8:09:13 AM PST by momtothree
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To: momtothree

I remember it well. There was an article in Popular Science about ideas for combating Global Cooling and the next ice age. The were offering ideas like spraying the poles with black paint applied from C-130s.

The winters of 1977-78 and 78-79 were exceptional in Oklahoma for the amount and duration of snow and ice. I also remember quite a bit of sledding in the 60s that just went away for many years.

And so it goes.


44 posted on 01/18/2014 8:23:36 AM PST by Sequoyah101
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To: momtothree

Actually the red coloring in most lipsticks is lead based.


45 posted on 01/18/2014 8:25:15 AM PST by Black Agnes
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To: momtothree
do you remember this about forty some years ago? There was going to be another ice age

That's what our HS science teacher told us. If it knocks down our 100+ Texas summers, then bring it on.

46 posted on 01/18/2014 8:26:37 AM PST by bgill
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To: CatherineofAragon
I appreciate and enjoy your posts.

And I thought my posts were pretty much ignored.

47 posted on 01/18/2014 8:35:07 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: BenLurkin

Well. if this summer isn’t 100 degrees for 8 months here in Louisiana, then I-for one- will celebrate. Using the current logic, heat produces cold, we should have snow in August instead of hurricanes, right? Bring on global cooling, and let it begin at the equator!


48 posted on 01/18/2014 8:36:12 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (When anyone says its not about Islam...it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
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To: darkwing104

Sore/Loserman had a 50/50 chance of becoming President and a 50/50 chance of guessing hotter or colder. He only needs one more major flop to go down in history as a three time loser.


49 posted on 01/18/2014 8:45:57 AM PST by Reeses
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To: central_va
"And I thought my posts were pretty much ignored."

Nope! We're fellow Southerners and central Virginians.

50 posted on 01/18/2014 8:54:25 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: BenLurkin
And my hairline has actually “receded” a bit. Well, a lot.

So what your saying is your fore-head has become a five-head? Join the club. ;)

51 posted on 01/18/2014 9:01:47 AM PST by Traveler59 ( Truth is a journey, not a destination.)
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To: 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; ...
Thanks BenLurkin.

52 posted on 01/18/2014 9:09:25 AM PST by SunkenCiv (;http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: BenLurkin

Can I start burning leaves and yard waste again?


53 posted on 01/18/2014 10:29:22 AM PST by Nepeta
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To: BenLurkin
I’m fit, 39, have a full head of hair, and am as rich as Croesus.

Translation: I was in high school when The Honeymooners debuted on TV.

54 posted on 01/18/2014 10:57:06 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: A Navy Vet
Especially love astro-physicists who say the universe will eventually collapse on itself and now some say it will always be ever expanding.

They also claim that the galaxies are speeding away from each other at an increasing speed, and that something akin to "the force" is propelling them. They can't detect or measure 'dark energy' or 'dark matter', but they'll bet your paycheck that they're really really real.

I'm getting to the point where I just ignore everything out of any alleged scientist's mouth until they show incontrovertible proof of their theories.

55 posted on 01/18/2014 11:11:39 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: zot; Interesting Times; Alamo-Girl; NYer; 2ndDivisionVet

Time to invest in long underwear stocks.


56 posted on 01/18/2014 11:43:02 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: detective

OK!! Everybody pay attention!

Lesson for today:

1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.

2. The sun is a ball of fire that controls the climates of all its planets.

3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.

4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.

5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.

Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?


57 posted on 01/18/2014 11:58:41 AM PST by abclily
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To: Nepeta

Mother Earth has the chills.

Do it for Mama.


58 posted on 01/18/2014 1:25:08 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: GreyFriar

For many years, I have been saying, “Enjoy global warming while we have it, for sooner or later, the ice ages return,” but I was hoping it would be later rather than sooner.


59 posted on 01/18/2014 1:48:00 PM PST by zot
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To: momtothree

Thats the funny thing about this life... nobody gets out of it alive. .


60 posted on 01/18/2014 2:04:49 PM PST by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. ItÂ’s been found hard and not tried')
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