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2010-11-30 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

'Mass suicide now the only option left' say Cancun scientists

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Posted by tipper 2010-11-30 02:05|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Thank goodness carbon taxes are finally off the table.

Posted by AzCat 2010-11-30 02:27|| 2010-11-30 02:27|| Front Page Top

#2 'Mass suicide now the only option left' say Cancun scientists

May I be the first to volunteer the jihadis?

Posted by gorb 2010-11-30 02:33|| 2010-11-30 02:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Somebody should take you at your word, "scientists".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-11-30 04:16|| 2010-11-30 04:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Hey, scientists, wee r stoopid, and no unnerstan fancy wurds gud. Show us what you mean. And do it first, several times. we need examples to follow.

Posted by nGuard 2010-11-30 06:57|| 2010-11-30 06:57|| Front Page Top

#5 You "scientists" first.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-11-30 08:32|| 2010-11-30 08:32|| Front Page Top

#6 I assume this is satire, but these days, ya never know...

Posted by tu3031 2010-11-30 09:06|| 2010-11-30 09:06|| Front Page Top

#7 let the die off's happen naturally and you'll pretty much eliminate most of the developing world where they've been living off US aid for the last 50 years

Posted by 746 2010-11-30 09:44|| 2010-11-30 09:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Don't know if you are being funny or not, because I saw exactly that proposed by the can-o-loons conference, I think on the bloomberg crawl. Something like a 20 year development freeze for developing countries or some jargon. Perhaps it was a WTO proposal?

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-11-30 11:19|| 2010-11-30 11:19|| Front Page Top

#9 The first step in encouraging them to 'be the first' is to end all government grants dealing with these things.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-11-30 16:29|| 2010-11-30 16:29|| Front Page Top

#10 Soylant Green can solve two problems at once.

Perhaps they'd consider pushing for nuclear power, you know, clean power. But no, the problem is not that serious that they'd consider reopening that old can of worms.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-11-30 16:51|| 2010-11-30 16:51|| Front Page Top

#11 Too bad these types never lead by example.

Posted by Iblis 2010-11-30 16:58|| 2010-11-30 16:58|| Front Page Top

#12 Hey scientists: you first.

Posted by No I am The Other Beldar 2010-11-30 18:19|| 2010-11-30 18:19|| Front Page Top

#13 I've never been one to volunteer. I'll just stay on and go down with the ship.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-11-30 20:11|| 2010-11-30 20:11|| Front Page Top

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