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The AEL is today formally announcing that its target of halving its greenhouse emissions by 2050 is now targeted to be achieved by 2045.

These endless blue skies. You know what that means is just around the corner. Hosepipe bans.

The current blood clot brouhaha has fascinating parallels with the 'MMR vaccine causes autism' brouhaha. In both cases the risks (if any) are in the million-to-one range, in both cases the benefits ou ...

Yes, the 'if every game is special, no game is special' argument. But you are wrong. People don't get sick of ice cream, they eat as much ice cream as they want. The ice cream gets better over the yea ...

Here's a weird one for you. Chad is one of the more strategically important countries in the world and the French and the Yanks keep pretty close tabs on it. Their man is President Idriss Déby, seven ...

I'm not saying the Chauvin conviction is wrong, I'm not saying that rough justice sometimes has to be meted out for the greater good, and I'm not saying that exemplary punishments should not be given ...

Here is an appalling story and yet one that will prompt 'there but for the grace of God' feelings in some of us
https://medium.com/publishous/how-a-brilliant-floridian-savant-escaped-prison-seven-tim ...

Let's agree on some things

1. The FA Cup and the Caribou Cup are a complete bore
2. The Premier League is too big by at least a coupla clubs
3. All the Big Clubs will continue to have squads of ...

If a conspiracy theory is needed surely the more likely is that the Big Clubs staged the whole thing to get a better deal from UEFA in the ongoing negotiations re the Champions League. I seem to remem ...

The surgeon, who had been an avid coin collector and investor for 35 years, had also served on the board of the American Numismatic Society. He pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of stole ...

I'm racking my brain trying to think who it was that invented the model for professional sport that consisted of disgusting money-obsessed owners operating a permanent oligarchy of top clubs with no p ...

I just realised. If the breakaway happens the Champion's League final will be between Paris Saint-German and Bayern Munich forever. Unless we can persuade them to breakaway separately. Er... together, ...

Speaking of Arsenal and Jose Mourinho, we turn to our own managerial stakes. What should we wish for? If we win the Europa and qualify for the Champions League, Arteta (and the current hierarchy) will ...

A good illustration of what poor old Wiley is up against. It's a Twitter from the Journal of Art (26,000 followers)

Possibly the most valuable of all ancient Greek coins, this superbly-detailed rar ...

I cannot help remembering going through all this when the Premier League was being formed. Oh what a disaster that was. Oh how we all pine for the days when football was awful. Though they didn't actu ...

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Topic: Global Warming
Mick Harper Replies: 891 Views: 156997	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 7:10 pm Subject: Global Warming
Mick Harper Replies: 891 Views: 156997	The AEL is today formally announcing that its target of halving its greenhouse emissions by 2050 is now targeted to be achieved by 2045.
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1356 Views: 172216	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:43 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1356 Views: 172216	These endless blue skies. You know what that means is just around the corner. Hosepipe bans.
Topic: The Flu
Mick Harper Replies: 868 Views: 92987	Forum: Health Posted: 1:58 pm Subject: The Flu
Mick Harper Replies: 868 Views: 92987	The current blood clot brouhaha has fascinating parallels with the 'MMR vaccine causes autism' brouhaha. In both cases the risks (if any) are in the million-to-one range, in both cases the benefits ou ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 2:47 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	Yes, the 'if every game is special, no game is special' argument. But you are wrong. People don't get sick of ice cream, they eat as much ice cream as they want. The ice cream gets better over the yea ...
Topic: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 1008 Views: 146676	Forum: Politics Posted: 4:16 pm Subject: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 1008 Views: 146676	Here's a weird one for you. Chad is one of the more strategically important countries in the world and the French and the Yanks keep pretty close tabs on it. Their man is President Idriss Déby, seven ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 2834 Views: 261826	Forum: Politics Posted: 2:14 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 2834 Views: 261826	I'm not saying the Chauvin conviction is wrong, I'm not saying that rough justice sometimes has to be meted out for the greater good, and I'm not saying that exemplary punishments should not be given ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1356 Views: 172216	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 2:00 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1356 Views: 172216	Here is an appalling story and yet one that will prompt 'there but for the grace of God' feelings in some of us https://medium.com/publishous/how-a-brilliant-floridian-savant-escaped-prison-seven-tim ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:48 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	Let's agree on some things 1. The FA Cup and the Caribou Cup are a complete bore 2. The Premier League is too big by at least a coupla clubs 3. All the Big Clubs will continue to have squads of ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:17 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	If a conspiracy theory is needed surely the more likely is that the Big Clubs staged the whole thing to get a better deal from UEFA in the ongoing negotiations re the Champions League. I seem to remem ...
Topic: COIN
Mick Harper Replies: 660 Views: 97761	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 2:19 pm Subject: COIN
Mick Harper Replies: 660 Views: 97761	The surgeon, who had been an avid coin collector and investor for 35 years, had also served on the board of the American Numismatic Society. He pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of stole ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 1:23 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	I'm racking my brain trying to think who it was that invented the model for professional sport that consisted of disgusting money-obsessed owners operating a permanent oligarchy of top clubs with no p ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:22 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	I just realised. If the breakaway happens the Champion's League final will be between Paris Saint-German and Bayern Munich forever. Unless we can persuade them to breakaway separately. Er... together, ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:05 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	Speaking of Arsenal and Jose Mourinho, we turn to our own managerial stakes. What should we wish for? If we win the Europa and qualify for the Champions League, Arteta (and the current hierarchy) will ...
Topic: COIN
Mick Harper Replies: 660 Views: 97761	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:46 am Subject: COIN
Mick Harper Replies: 660 Views: 97761	A good illustration of what poor old Wiley is up against. It's a Twitter from the Journal of Art (26,000 followers) Possibly the most valuable of all ancient Greek coins, this superbly-detailed rar ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:55 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2159 Views: 207316	I cannot help remembering going through all this when the Premier League was being formed. Oh what a disaster that was. Oh how we all pine for the days when football was awful. Though they didn't actu ...