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offsite link Trump hosts former head of Syrian Al-Qaeda Al-Jolani to the White House Tue Nov 11, 2025 22:01 | imc
Was that not what the War on Terror was about ?
Today things finally came full circle. It was Al-Qaeda that supposedly caused 9/11 and lead to the War on Terror but really War of Terror by the USA and lead directly to the deaths of millions through numerous wars in the Middle East.

And yet today the former head of Syrian Al-Qaeda, Al-Jolani was hosted in the White House by Trump. A surreal moment indeed.

In reality of course 9/11 was orchestrated by inside forces that wanted to launch the War of Terror and Al-Qaeda has been a wholly backed American tool ever since then.

offsite link Rip The Chicken Tree - 1800s - 2025 Tue Nov 04, 2025 03:40 | Mark
That tree we got retained in 2007, is no more
2007
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2025
https://eplan.limerick.ie/i...

offsite link Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc
A major study involving 1.7 million children has found that heart damage only appeared in children who had received Covid mRNA vaccines.

Not a single unvaccinated child in the group suffered from heart-related problems.

In addition, the researchers note zero children from the entire group, vaccinated or unvaccinated, died from COVID-19.

Furthermore, the study found that Covid shots offered the children very little protection from the virus, with many becoming infected after just 14 to 15 weeks of receiving an injection.

offsite link The Golden Haro Fri Oct 31, 2025 12:39 | Paul Ryan
Disability Fine Lauder and Passive Income with Financial Gain as A Motive
Why not make money?

offsite link Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause Heart Attacks in Children Sun Oct 05, 2025 21:31 | imc
A comprehensive study by leading pediatric scientists has confirmed that the devastating surge in heart failure among children is caused by Covid mRNA shots.

The peer-reviewed study, published in the prestigious journal Med, was conducted by scientists at the University of Hong Kong.

The team, led by Dr. Hing Wai Tsang, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, uncovered evidence to confirm that Natural Killer (NK) cell activation by Covid mRNA injections causes the pathogenesis of acute myocarditis.

Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle that restricts the body?s ability to pump blood.

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offsite link Starmer Poised to Ban Under-16s From Social Media Fri Jan 16, 2026 15:03 | Will Jones
Sir Keir Starmer is ready to impose a social media ban on under-16s after dropping his opposition to Australia-style restrictions backed by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch.
The post Starmer Poised to Ban Under-16s From Social Media appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link NHS ?Violated Darlington Nurses? Dignity? by Allowing Trans Staff into Women?s Changing Rooms, Judge... Fri Jan 16, 2026 13:03 | Will Jones
The eight Darlington nurses were subjected to a "hostile, humiliating and degrading environment" by the NHS after a transgender male colleague was allowed to use female changing rooms, a judge has ruled.
The post NHS “Violated Darlington Nurses’ Dignity” by Allowing Trans Staff into Women’s Changing Rooms, Judge Rules appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Has Britain Shifted to the Right? Fri Jan 16, 2026 11:00 | Noah Carl
Britain's Rightward shift is overstated. Going from 5 seats at the last election to leading in the polls is an impressive feat from Nigel Farage?s Party, but the Left in Britain hasn?t gone away.
The post Has Britain Shifted to the Right? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Southeast Asia Continues Hurtling Down the Net Zero Suicide Track Fri Jan 16, 2026 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
Net Zero may be on life support in the US and Europe, but Southeast Asia doesn't appear to have got the note. Not, at least, if a new paper from the National University of Singapore is any indication, says Dr Tilak Doshi.
The post Southeast Asia Continues Hurtling Down the Net Zero Suicide Track appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 64: Theodore Dalrymple on the 25th Anniversary of His Book, Life at the Bottom... Fri Jan 16, 2026 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 64 of the Sceptic: acclaimed author Theodore Dalrymple on the 25th anniversary of his book, Life at the Bottom ? on crime, the underclass and liberal hypocrisy.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 64: Theodore Dalrymple on the 25th Anniversary of His Book, Life at the Bottom ? on Crime, the Underclass and Liberal Hypocrisy appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

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Why climate models underestimate Arctic sea ice retreat?

category international | environment | other press author Sunday October 09, 2011 18:23author by P. Rampal - CNRS Report this post to the editors

The discussion continues as to why climate modelling may underestimate Arctic sea ice loss.

In recent decades, Arctic sea ice has suffered a dramatic decline that exceeds climate model predictions. The unexpected rate of ice shrinkage has now been explained by researchers at CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They argue that climate models underestimate the rate of ice thinning, which is actually about four times faster than calculations. This model bias is due to the poor representation of the sea ice southward drift out of the Arctic basin through the Fram Strait. When this mechanism was taken into account to correct the discrepancy between simulations and observations, results from the new model suggested that there will be no Arctic sea ice in summer by the end of the century. This work was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research on 29 September 2011.

The Arctic has been losing about 10% of its permanent ice layer every ten years since 1980. Melting of Arctic sea ice has also reached record heights: in mid-September 2007, at the point when sea ice reaches its annual minimum extent, perennial ice covered an area of 4.14 million km˛(1). This record low level was nearly reached again in September 2011 (4.34 million km2). Climate simulations conducted for the IPCC(2) simulate the decline in Arctic sea ice resulting from global warming. They predict that summer ice will disappear altogether at the end of this century. However, when compared with 30 years of detailed satellite observations, these models appear optimistic. Arctic sea ice has thinned on average four times faster over the period 1979-2008 than in the climate simulations. True observations are therefore not correctly reproduced by these climate models, which were mainly calibrated using global variables, such as world average rather than “regional” temperature.

Related Link: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-climate-underestimate-arctic-sea-ice.html

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Arctic sea ice continues decline, hits 2nd-lowest level     JPL/NASA    Sun Oct 09, 2011 18:30 
   Geologic clocks are slow and relentless.     Slow Geological Timer.    Sun Oct 09, 2011 19:16 
   More Climate Hoax Exaggerations     Billy Bong    Wed Oct 12, 2011 18:17 
   Ships Passed through     Lord Franklin    Wed Oct 12, 2011 21:58 
   Hyperbollix     Real scientist    Wed Oct 12, 2011 23:45 
   Temperature Graph     Real scientist    Wed Oct 12, 2011 23:55 
   Ships Passed through?!!     Real Scientist    Thu Oct 13, 2011 00:06 
   "Real Scientist"     Lord Franklin    Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:48 
   you really don't get it do you     Real scientist    Thu Oct 13, 2011 13:24 
 10   "Real Scientist"     Lord Franklin    Thu Oct 13, 2011 13:30 
 11   "Lord" Franklin     Real scientist    Thu Oct 13, 2011 13:43 
 12   Response     LF    Thu Oct 13, 2011 13:55 
 13   "Lord" Franklin     Real Scientist    Thu Oct 13, 2011 14:07 
 14   Whoops     Real Scientist    Thu Oct 13, 2011 14:11 
 15   Global Warming and Climate Change     pat c    Thu Oct 13, 2011 14:21 
 16   '..in a scientific manner..', RS?     opus diablos    Thu Oct 13, 2011 15:37 
 17   why bother addressing that to me anyway     Real Scientist    Thu Oct 13, 2011 15:49 
 18   'Model' underestimates extent of Arctic ice Growth     Al Blood    Thu Oct 13, 2011 21:32 
 19   behave or be hidden ok?     wageslave    Fri Oct 14, 2011 08:10 
 20   '..merely a trolling attempt..'??     opus diablos    Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:52 
 21   this story about the Models     Real Scientists    Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:54 
 22   Coal-burning obscuring Global Warming-and the truth.     Rational Ecologist.    Fri Oct 14, 2011 14:03 
 23   some of it is pretty easy to predict though..     Nostradamus    Fri Oct 14, 2011 16:43 
 24   Vinnie Joines     Soot not CO2    Sat Oct 15, 2011 00:01 
 25   Your statement is nonsense RE     Real Scientist    Sat Oct 15, 2011 00:56 
 26   The AGW side are just attempting to "Save the [Flawed] Theory" and ignore the Real World     RS    Sat Oct 15, 2011 01:14 
 27   A clear example of the uselessness of the Climate Modelers "predictions"     RS    Sat Oct 15, 2011 01:28 
 28   We can't model it so fuck it, lets just party on then....what do you think RS?     Serf    Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:08 
 29   The Theory is wrong     RS    Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:00 
 30   RE: your selective use of quotation, Serf     RS    Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:24 
 31   Because I want to know whether I can trust you or not.     Serf    Sat Oct 15, 2011 14:16 
 32   What you want is immaterial     RS    Sat Oct 15, 2011 14:42 
 33   I think, serf..     opus diablos    Sat Oct 15, 2011 15:12 
 34   still off topic Opie     RS    Sat Oct 15, 2011 15:24 
 35   ta 4 d compliment, RS     opus diablos    Sat Oct 15, 2011 15:32 
 36   sure     Real Scientist    Sat Oct 15, 2011 17:01 
 37   might I suggest     opus diablos    Sat Oct 15, 2011 17:55 
 38   clearly a corporate shill     Real Lyingtwit    Sat Oct 15, 2011 18:17 
 39   RE: "might I suggest . . ."     RS    Sat Oct 15, 2011 18:36 
 40   @ Real Lyingtwit     Real Scientist    Sat Oct 15, 2011 18:54 
 41   you want some rebuttals from real scientists? here's a few.     Real Lyintwit    Sat Oct 15, 2011 19:39 
 42   I wish you would     @OD    Sat Oct 15, 2011 19:45 
 43   I don't 'need' anything, thanks anyway     Real Scientist    Sat Oct 15, 2011 19:57 
 44   I guess you aren't much interested in the opinions of "real scientists" either     Real Lyingtwit    Sat Oct 15, 2011 20:10 
 45   When you finally get round to discussing the actual science     RS    Sat Oct 15, 2011 20:14 
 46   @Real Lyingtwit     Real Scientist    Sat Oct 15, 2011 20:17 
 47   RS wouldn't last two minutes there     Serf    Sat Oct 15, 2011 20:23 
 48   Back to the Science - Temperature Trends     Real Scientist    Sat Oct 15, 2011 20:27 
 49   RE: RC     Real Scientist    Sat Oct 15, 2011 20:33 
 50   what does my ability to cut and paste add to the argument?     Real Lyingtwit    Sat Oct 15, 2011 20:35 
 51   so much for not smearing people without evidence     Serf    Sat Oct 15, 2011 20:39 
 52   ?     Real Scientist    Sat Oct 15, 2011 20:46 
 53   @ Real Lyingtwit     Real Scientist    Sat Oct 15, 2011 20:53 
 54   learn to read RS!     Real Lyingtwit    Sat Oct 15, 2011 21:07 
 55   When you finally get round to discussing the actual science     RS    Sat Oct 15, 2011 21:17 
 56   Back to the Science     Real Scientist    Sat Oct 15, 2011 21:30 
 57   The Models fail again     Real Scientist    Sat Oct 15, 2011 21:35 
 58   Models again shown to be wrong - "Unknown processes account for 50% of warming" - possibly more     Real Scientist    Sat Oct 15, 2011 22:02 
 59   @ Real Lyingtwit     Real Scientist    Sun Oct 16, 2011 08:21 
 60   Proof that RS is untrustworthy. Even The author himself thinks this paper says the opposite!     Real Lyingtwit    Sun Oct 16, 2011 08:28 
 61   Now the true face of real scientist is revealed. The emperor has no clothes     Serf    Sun Oct 16, 2011 09:20 
 62   To Nostradamus.     Rational Ecologist.    Mon Oct 17, 2011 09:54 
 63   back@@OD     opus diablos    Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:57 
 64   tap tap.......     Serf    Tue Oct 18, 2011 14:18 


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