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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Syt - Today at 11:59:02 AM

#22

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Razgovory - Today at 11:54:33 AM

In the epstein files but then removed thus confirming what we all know about the stuff that was removed.

He has real doctors hand writing but this is a letter epstein wrote to a fellow sex offender. Note the bit in the bottom right....

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I can see Trump wouldn't want that out.

#23

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 11:38:30 AM

I think we need to create powerful trade unions and join socialist parties; perhaps some of the more exuberant can become anarchists 

Perhaps a Temperance League? But I don't like the sound of that as drink provides some solace from the pain of having malignant half-wits in charge 

#24

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Savonarola - Today at 11:06:06 AM

I guess Trump needs to send his new battleship fleet somewhere

 

Just saw that this morning:  Trump unveils plans for 'Golden Fleet' battleships named after himself

So, in the United States, wealth inequality is at a staggering level, nativism has become a dominant philosophy, we have a president serving non-consecutive terms, we're raising tariffs on everything, we're threatening a Latin American nation, we're looking to take up the white man's burden in Greenland and now we're building Dreadnoughts.  The late nineteenth century has returned. 

(I'm not sure what this means for the common man.  Are we supposed to create centers for social reform or dig a canal in Central America or form missionary societies to bring the gospel to China or something? )

#25

Off the Record / Re: Climate Change/Mass Extinc...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 10:43:01 AM

The local mountains just opened for skiing but the snow pack is light to pathetic.

Here is an analysis by the Globe and Mail for all of Canada.  It's grim.

A Globe and Mail analysis of 50 years of weather data from 43 cities and ski destinations shows that while white Christmases remain frequent, snow depth is shrinking. In the past five years, 27 locations have seen thinner snowpacks – accumulated snow – compared with their long-term averages, calculated from 1975 to 2024.

The steepest declines are in places that Canadians often associate with winter wonderlands. Banff and Whistler, two of the country's most famous ski destinations, have experienced some of the largest Christmas Day snow losses on the ground among all cities studied. That does not mean a snowless Christmas in the mountains. Both destinations still record snow on most Dec. 25s, easily clearing the two-centimetre threshold. But the data show that the snowpack is, on average, noticeably shallower than it was a few decades ago.

#26

Off the Record / Re: Climate Change/Mass Extinc...

Last post by Syt - Today at 10:32:10 AM

While we're at it, change in the duration of snow coverage in Austria based on altitude:

#27

Off the Record / Re: Climate Change/Mass Extinc...

Last post by Syt - Today at 10:19:13 AM

White Christmas (1cm of snow cover on 24th or 25th) in the Austrian state capitals since 1961.



30 year average chance of White Christmas:



Geographic locations for reference:

#28

Off the Record / Re: Climate Change/Mass Extinc...

Last post by Norgy - Today at 08:54:29 AM

I can only remember one year when there was no snow in my hometown. It was back in 2006.

There was a slight snowfall in November, but with 8 degrees Celsius for well over a month and nothing but clouds with no rain, there is actually a chance that this "snow guaranteed" region of Norway will be snow free until at least January.

I am not sure what to think. It's not like I love shovelling snow every morning, but I find the darkness 19 hours a day a bit eerie when there is no snow.
Usually, there is about 1 metre or about 30-40 inches, sleet and ice here and -10 degrees Celsius here around this time. I suppose this means that by late January or early February we get a "Siberian" cold wave with -30 degrees.
Without snow, that will be a tough one for most buildings. Snow, while annoying, isolates.

#29

Gaming HQ / Re: What are you playing? (Red...

Last post by Norgy - Today at 08:47:27 AM

I played ... 1.

My most played games this year (out of 160 total):

I just looked at my record, and I have sunk 1000 hours plus into KCD2. Add to that 600 hours into Vic3, and I see why I have been... unproductive this year.

#30

Off the Record / Re: What are your favorite Chr...

Last post by Norgy - Today at 08:45:19 AM

Maybe it is because I am a bit lost in depression and melancholy, longing after a time long gone where I could speak to my parents and feel part of a family, but I think my favourite Christmas album is just a tape my step-brother bought me in 1987 or 1988.
It had U2 singing "Santa Claus is coming to town", Madonna's version of "Santa Baby" and about 10 other songs. I played it all the time that Christmas.

A Very Special Christmas it was made to benefit the Special Olympics.  There's a series of them, but that first one had the most hits. 

That's the one.
Norway did not have a great Winter Olympics in Calgary in '88.

Norway is of course a bit off-key when it comes to Christmas. We celebrate the 24th, close down everything for several days (except buses and railroads) and have our own Christmas songs from working class poets like Alf Prøysen.