StanSmith

OBMF
one bad mother fricker

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never saw any that were offended by accepting Christmas bonuses from work or paid Christmas holidays off though

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Don't think you would find one amongst them turning down the bonus,gifts or paid vacation. It says alot about someone's character when they take offense at a mention of a religious holiday while enjoying some of the benefits resulting from that holiday.
If I know someone is Jewish I will ask them about their religious celebrations and what plans they have. I don't plan on walking on eggshells around them though at Easter, Went or Christmas.

How about you quit your job and give away a big chunk of your money to create your own personal depression economy. Report back to us how that works for you.

I saw this LM ascent on TV when I was 5 years old. This was the Apollo 17 LM ascent. That image is still vivid after all these years. I think I drove my dad crazy with all the questions after seeing that.

Thank you for your almost service. Now you can join the AFVW. Almost veteran of foreign wars.

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At least it was clean burning.

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Episode from king of the hill with a dream where Hank was supplying propane to hell comes to mind.
That's a clean burning hell I tell you what.

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Irony of course is that all the info they offer is instantly available on a device we all hold in our hands…for free!

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I wouldn't confuse owning a smart phone or PC with actually granting any knowledge to the owner. That's the same mistake as believing a degree grants any useful knowledge to the degree holder.

I look forward to my great grand children driving across it in their flying car when it opens around 2100.

There are a few parts to the problem but everyone would like to lump it together in the question: Do you believe in climate change.
Well it's changing regardless of what you believe. The biggest questions are:

What is the rate of change?
What factors are affecting the rate of change?
What are the various outcomes?This is affected by the rate of change.
What would reasonable solutions look like and how much will they cost?

All I see right now is a huge bias towards gloom and doom forecasts with no discussion of the merits of the various studies. Error bounds and validity of the models aren't discussed in the news. Validity by being able to actually post predict given known inputs is the elephant in the room that is never mentioned.

Given the problematic predictive power of the various models there seem to be many who are rushing to give multi billions of dollars away and will alter whole industries and economies. This alone makes me very skeptical of motives and intent.

So to sum it up. The folks hell bent on spending hundreds of billions into the trillions of tax dollars would call me a denier. The folks who believe that man has zero impact would call me a radical. Either way I care little what anyone would think. It's more important to me that someone would take a little bit of time to exercise some critical thought on a complex subject than to state that they are either a believer or a denier.

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Seems like the kind of person who needs to be locked in a really thick concrete box for at least 23 hours a day.

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Better yet a concrete box 6 ft underground for 24 hours a day. Should be put down for being a rabid animal.