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PatrickforO

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7. Really? He actually SAID that?

Reply to calimary (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 30, 2019, 11:57 AM

Jun 2019

The tragic thing is people like Watt are still around spewing these lies. Carefully creating doubt so the oil companies can eke out another few years of great profits. Knowing what they are doing but not caring because hey, they'll be dead by the time it gets really bad.

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Canicule, or, sweating through the hottest day in Paris history [View all] Recursion Jun 2019 OP

Thank you for that story from Paris - coping with the heat and fearing the future. erronis Jun 2019 #1

Thank you for the story. A very sobering view of things to come. MLAA Jun 2019 #2

Thanks! Recursion Jun 2019 #8

Oh but no! You guys don't get it! Remember what James Watt said!!! calimary Jun 2019 #3

Really? He actually SAID that? PatrickforO Jun 2019 #7

"My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land... Recursion Jun 2019 #9

The horrors inflicted on us by conservative Christianity. PatrickforO Jun 2019 #10

Yes. Wide-eyed and straight-faced. I think he was testifying before Congress. calimary Jun 2019 #17

wow, that's a reminder I'd rather not remember. mountain grammy Jun 2019 #13

113---even hotter than the 110 in Phoenix yesterday. panader0 Jun 2019 #4

Thank you for this. mountain grammy Jun 2019 #5

People die in this kind of heat. PatrickforO Jun 2019 #6

Wonderful writing. Thanks , Recursion! octoberlib Jun 2019 #11

I've spent a lot of time in Paris at different times of the year. defacto7 Jun 2019 #12

I went to Pigalle Friday and it was just miserable Recursion Jun 2019 #14

It was 95 in Spielberg, Austria at the F1 race earlier. House of Roberts Jun 2019 #15

And all those Dutch fans sitting in direct sunlight Codeine Jul 2019 #20

Sweet relief! shanti Jun 2019 #16

how is the electric grid in Paris? IcyPeas Jun 2019 #18

Solid; they mandate weaker fuses in apartments Recursion Jul 2019 #19