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vxbush
11/30/2021 6:08:28 AM
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It must be cinnamon roll week at Rude Bridge. I'm getting hungry.
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Occasional Reader
11/30/2021 6:34:08 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 1: I find cinnamon roll to be cloying, and mildly disgusting. But chacun à son goût and all that.
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vxbush
11/30/2021 6:44:36 AM
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In #2 Occasional Reader said: I find cinnamon roll to be cloying, and mildly disgusting. But chacun à son goût and all that. There is research that suggests (can I find it now? Of course not) people who love chocolate also greatly enjoy cinnamon. So if you aren't a great chocolate lover, the chances of you also liking cinnamon are somewhat smaller. Similar taste buds are activated by similar chemicals, it seems.
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Alice in Dairyland
11/30/2021 6:50:27 AM
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In #3 vxbush said: There is research that suggests They didn't ask me. Their research is flawed. I love chocolate; cinnamon, not so much.
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Kosh's Shadow
11/30/2021 6:59:42 AM
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Buzz, I've seen the term "Jewish supremacist" mentioned in articles about Jew haters and Jew hatred in the form of anti-Zionism. I don't have the time to look for the articles now, however.
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doppelganglander
11/30/2021 8:27:34 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 3: I like chocolate, but I love cinnamon, both as a flavor and a scent.
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JCM
11/30/2021 8:33:22 AM
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Back on my head today!
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JCM
11/30/2021 9:11:20 AM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 10: Biden's puppeteers and the EU see an opportunity for them to be rid of the Jewish Problem once and for all. Let Iran do it, and they're hands are clean, after all they did try to stop Iran...... Makes me ill.
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Kosh's Shadow
11/30/2021 9:15:00 AM
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In #11 JCM said: Biden's puppeteers and the EU see an opportunity for them to be rid of the Jewish Problem once and for all.
Let Iran do it, and they're hands are clean, after all they did try to stop Iran......
Makes me ill. They forget that Iran considers the US to be the Great Satan, and also chant Death to America. But then, there are times I think Biden's puppeteers agree with that, too.
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JCM
11/30/2021 9:22:23 AM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 12: They always think they can control the beast they created. They always are consumed by the beast. They never, ever learn from history. They think their delusion of control knows no limits.
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buzzsawmonkey
11/30/2021 9:23:16 AM
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In #10 Kosh's Shadow said: Iran is just jerking Biden around while they develop nukes. The talks are just a sham. It is a mystery why anyone would not presume that Iran has had nuclear weapons for at least 5 to 10 years. They've been "developing nuclear capability" for...what? Fifteen years? At least that. The US developed nuclear weapons from scratch---inventing the technology along the way---in a mere 2-3 years, under wartime conditions. That technology has been readily available over the counter, or under the table, for years---backup machinery, raw materials, finished bombs---from China, Pakistan, North Korea, rogue Russian scientists, shadow arms dealers. And 15 years or more in "development" they haven't got/can't put together a weapon? Please. The question is not whether Iran has nuclear capability. The question is where the "sleeper" bombs it has smuggled into the US have been planted (Remember that most American port facilities are container-processing facilities, and that most of them are run by Middle Eastern Muslim countries. You think Iran couldn't smuggle a few devices into the US?).
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JCM
11/30/2021 9:38:59 AM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 14: Nukes are now an engineering problem. A well know engineering problem, and for a gun type nuke... a simple one. The hurdle is refinement of uranium or plutonium. Pakistan and N. Korea both have the technology, and are highly likely share. We won't even get into what the ChiComs might be doing. I'm surprised Iran hasn't tested one. However I think they know just a handful are not going to be useful.... they need a bunch. Just hitting Tel-Aviv with one warhead they have isn't going to do anything except generate a massive response from Israel. The Mad Mullahs are mad... just not that mad. IMAO... Iran is waiting for what they think will be a ace. Like announcing they have 250 weapons on missiles.
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buzzsawmonkey
11/30/2021 9:43:46 AM
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Reply to JCM in 15: Me, I still believe---as I have since our days on SOB---that Iran is engaged in planting devices across the US, smuggled in via containerized freight. Everybody looks at "missiles" as a delivery means---but forget that the Trade Center was brought down with boxcutters, which is as low-tech as you can get. If everyone is watching the skies, or watching for tests in the atmosphere, smuggling hostile weaponry in via containers (through ports whose facilities are controlled, as so many are, by Muslim companies based in the Middle East) is simplicity itself. Truck 'em around the country as containerized freight, and you've got a first-strike without the need for missiles---the more so if your on-the-ground minions have the jihadi suicide mindset well-developed.
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JCM
11/30/2021 10:04:28 AM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 16: Either that. They do have fairly sophisticated radiology monitor at ports, but it's bound to have holes. Also a cargo flight, air burst over a city, while on approach.
N. Korea's bombs so far have been small. Around 15kT is the fundamental yield of a basic device. It takes a lot more engineering, refined material etc. to go smaller. If Norks are sharing with Iran, they might have small devices, the size of a steamer trunk. Much easier to move around. Just need a minivan. With a few guys carry the thing across the border. Or break it down to backpack size piece for assembly in Springfield.
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Kosh's Shadow
11/30/2021 10:21:00 AM
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Reply to JCM in 17: Based on a 2004 news report of finding a particular nuclear material in Iran, which the news article even indicated how it would be used in a nuclear weapon, Iran knows at least the theory of making smaller bombs. Getting that to work takes testing, and Iran knows if it tests a nuke, they won't get to actually use them before massive Israeli retaliation. And if they try to use one without testing, they will get the same response. Based on the reported yields, neither North Korea nor Pakistan know how to get this to work. (Some of the information that gets discussed in physics grad student offices can be quite interesting. I don't know if any of the Indian or South Korean students overheard that particular conversation, however.)
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buzzsawmonkey
11/30/2021 11:02:35 AM
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How can you tell it's a state dinner at the White House? Jill puts out the good China.
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Occasional Reader
11/30/2021 11:13:19 AM
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In terms of "sleeper" nukes, I'll repeat the story (I think I've posted before) that an International Law prof told us back when I was in law school. He had worked on some of the SALT negotiations back in the day; and during the discussions on the American side, the question arose as to whether the Soviets had the capacity to produce "suitcase nukes", that could be surreptitiously placed near key C&C centers in the US (e.g. the Pentagon), and detonated in sychronization with a first strike. After some expert study, they came to the conclusion that; yes, without question, the Soviets had the technical capacity to make an atomic bomb compact enough to fit inside a suitcase. The real question was: Could they make a decent suitcase.
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JCM
11/30/2021 11:20:17 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 20: LOL! I've heard that one.... long time ago. We had the B-54 Special Atomic Demolition Munition, a 60lb pack back that was actually deployed.
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Kosh's Shadow
11/30/2021 11:25:43 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 20: Suitcase bombs don't have room for much shielding, not that the radiation is that dangerous, but it is detectable. Still hard to detect over a large area, though, due to "1/r2" shielding - the intensity goes down as the square of the distance from the source
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Kosh's Shadow
11/30/2021 11:32:10 AM
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All this reminded me that the problem of radon gas in houses was detected by a radiation detector at a nuclear power plant, detecting radiation from an employee entering the plant from home. His house had a lot of radon.
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JCM
11/30/2021 11:34:23 AM
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The Profound Junk Science of Climate Climate change prophecy hangs its hat on computer climate models. The models have gigantic problems. According to Kevin Trenberth, once in charge of modeling at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, “[None of the] models correspond even remotely to the current observed climate [of the Earth].” The models can’t properly model the Earth’s climate, but we are supposed to believe that, if carbon dioxide has a certain effect on the imaginary Earths of the many models it will have the same effect on the real earth.
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vxbush
11/30/2021 11:39:33 AM
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In #17 JCM said: Or break it down to backpack size piece for assembly in Springfield. Ix-nay on the uggestions-say.
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JCM
11/30/2021 11:42:25 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 25: Nothing they haven't thought of. Or are in the process of doing.
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Kosh's Shadow
11/30/2021 11:44:15 AM
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Reply to JCM in 24: And then they tried to add fudge factors to make the models fit, but now change the data to make the models fit. Occasionally, AAAS sends me a copy of Science to entice me to re-join. One had an article on how the way sea water temperatures are measured now caused the temperatures to read lower than the older methods of measuring from ships, so they had to adjust the data to show water temperatures increasing. Science (specific magazine) articles are generally quite detailed, with methods, where to get the data, calculations, etc. This read like a newspaper article. I think that was because of the data actually was released, and their calculations, the fact they were adjusting the data to fit the models would have been obvious, and debunking the work would have been easy.
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JCM
11/30/2021 1:15:32 PM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 28: ... conclusions are established and facts are manipulated or just ignored to support them. Science, History... all of education today in that one phrase.
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vxbush
11/30/2021 1:28:29 PM
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In #27 Kosh's Shadow said: One had an article on how the way sea water temperatures are measured now caused the temperatures to read lower than the older methods of measuring from ships, so they had to adjust the data to show water temperatures increasing. The idea of actually attempting to have the two temperature gauges in place at the same time so they could be calibrated was seen as unacceptable, as it would demonstrate the errors of the model.
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vxbush
11/30/2021 1:31:51 PM
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In #28 buzzsawmonkey said: It appears the Tenement Museum has gone "woke." That article is a good description of the problem.
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JCM
11/30/2021 1:34:57 PM
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Reply to vxbush in 31: With a certified and calibrated instrument you do only need one. However it has to be current with it's calibration.
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JCM
11/30/2021 1:39:19 PM
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Well, I'm not hitting the Red Bucket again..... Of great concern to loyal supporters and faithful Salvationists is the initiative dubbed "Let's Talk About Racism." In a nutshell, its curriculum outlines the Christian church's alleged racial collusion and provides action steps to analyze and combat racism through an "anti-racist" lens while incorporating Critical Race Theory.
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Occasional Reader
11/30/2021 1:54:44 PM
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In #28 buzzsawmonkey said: It appears the Tenement Museum has gone "woke."
Maybe they got railroaded into taking that posture.
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Kosh's Shadow
11/30/2021 1:54:51 PM
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Reply to JCM in 33: I think she was saying the correct way to determine if a correction was needed would be to actually compare the temperature readings from a ship and nearby buoy. I have not heard of such an experiment being carried out, and, while I might be wrong, I don't remember any comprehensive work done in the article. That would let you know if ships really did warm the water near them enough to affect the readings.
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JCM
11/30/2021 2:03:36 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 36: I remember they changed from buoy and instrument package readings. To ships water intake logs.
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