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janlyn

(735 posts) Fri Aug 3, 2012, 06:53 PM Aug 2012

The Flat Earthers are at it again!

The North Carolina bill brings to mind Galileo and the church...

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=north-carolina-sea-level-rises-desipte-senators

Could nature be mocking North Carolina's law-makers? Less than two weeks after the state's senate passed a bill banning state agencies from reporting that sea-level rise is accelerating, research has shown that the coast between North Carolina and Massachusetts is experiencing the fastest sea-level rise in the world.

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The Flat Earthers are at it again! (Original Post) janlyn Aug 2012 OP

To Quote astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Yavin4 Aug 2012 #1

The coast may be sinking, too RobertEarl Aug 2012 #2

Sshhhhh they wish to keep it their secret and that way,,,, benld74 Aug 2012 #3

Yavin4

(35,446 posts)

1. To Quote astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson

Reply to janlyn (Original post)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 06:58 PM

Aug 2012

"Science is going to exist whether you believe in it or not."

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)

2. The coast may be sinking, too

Reply to janlyn (Original post)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 07:00 PM

Aug 2012

An NC person here and i were talking.
He's like the legislature.
But when i told him the temperature of the ocean was hotter, what could he say?

benld74

(9,910 posts)

3. Sshhhhh they wish to keep it their secret and that way,,,,

Reply to janlyn (Original post)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 08:57 PM

Aug 2012

they can still sell sea side lots, where people will build, pay taxes, spend money AND when the ocean level wipes them out, the insurance companies will pay out. After sending out adjusters to see the damage.

Who says the GOP doesnt create jobs!!! nt

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