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This news should shock the world, but it hasn’t even appeared in most media. In the US, we actually have a significant group of people who are claiming that CO2 isn’t a greenhouse gas. This is wilful ignorance and frank insanity. A large minority simply ignore the reality or consider it a political issue. Nature, however, doesn’t play politics. Nature is numbers and nothing can change that. Right now, we are on the brink of a precipice. The only thing that can save us is concerted international action, which is unlikely to happen. In fact, the whole climate that our civilization has counted on for its entire history could fall completely apart more or less at any time.
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OpenMinds does an outstanding job in general. This article is well done. More people should use night vision equipment to video the night sky. It may be that a great deal of previously unnoticed activity will be revealed. Unless these objects are spy craft that are not using FAA approved running lights, they are not only mysterious, their numbers suggest that whoever is here is really out in force. However, be aware that, as the article points out, birds can present a mysterious appearance to an infrared camera. They are relatively easy to distinguish, however, as long as the videographer has a good idea of what they look like using night vision equipment. A video of birds in flight is provided for comparison.
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Sex usually begins with a kiss (although if you have no one to kiss you can always go solo with your cell phone). Humans like to kiss because we have lips that are DESIGNED for it: We are the only animals with lips that purse outward. But we’re not the only primates that kiss–some of the apes do too (although we’re not sure about machines).
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