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Did you know that there is so much ice on Antarctica, that it is what is causing the Earth to be pear shaped?
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Says who, Neil? You?
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And the rotation makes it into a oblate spheroid -- so it is quite complex. The weight of the Antarctic ice is pushing the land down a lot, too -- don't quote me, but I think it is at least several hundreds of feet?
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Oh, yes, "so it is quite complex". That's your escape clause, in case it isn't so, isn't it? "(D)on't quote me, but I think it is at least several hundreds of feet?" What, are you not certain? So Neil gets to spit out all this unsubstantiated crap and say "don't quote me" as an escape hatch, but he will hold his opponents responsible for proving everything they say?
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You say there are holes in the theory -- are you qualified to say this?
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Wow. What a double standard! Neil can continually say all sorts of things at will but you will need to be "qualified" before you respond. What arrogance!
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Watch this Congressional testimony, and please pay close attention. There is a skeptic (who works for the Cato Institute which was started by the Koch brothers, who made their money from oil)...
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Ah, now we are back to the real subtext here, the meat of the issue which irritates Neil so deeply: that if someone made money (which is a sin to a Socialist), and made it from oil production (an even more egregious sin) and had the nerve to be a founder of a think tank (which only the Left should be allowed to do) anything to do with it must be discredited at all costs! You see, Neil can be 'ad hominem' in his insinuations, but no one else should be allowed to.
Neil is not only an activist, but a Socialist or Communist (blatantly anti-capitalist), and an authoritarian in his mindset.
If he weren't, he would not have said what he did.