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	4/29/2005

Cold Hard Facts From the Memory Hole

With things heating up over at edcone.com, a few brisk blasts from the past:

Climatologists now blame those recurring droughts and floods on a global cooling trend. It could bring massive tragedies for mankind. --- Fortune, "Ominous Changes in the World's Weather" February 1974

Most scientists agree that today's ice movement may reflect a worldwide cooling trend, but their explanations vary widely. --- National Geographic, "What's Happening to Our Climate?" November 1976

Since the 1940's the mean global temperature has dropped about 2.7 degrees F. Although that figure is at best an estimate, it is supported by other convicing data. When Climatologist George J. Kukla of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory and his wife Helena analysed satellite weather data for the Northern Hemisphere, they found that the area of the ice and snow cover had suddenly increased by 12% in 1971 and the increase has persisted ever since. Areas of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic, for example, were once totally free of any snow in summer; now they are covered year round. --- Time, "Another Ice Age?" June 24, 1974

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Citizen Censorship

Still just a small sampling of 24 votes so far, but why would the citizen media types hanging out at Greensboro 101 vote overwhelmingly in favor of blacking out the speakers from the floor segment of televised Greensboro City Council meetings?

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The Power Behind the Throne

Now if I am Prime Minster Sharon here, who am I going to conclude is the real brains behind this outfit?

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