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Old 12-30-2013, 10:49 AM
 
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The irony.

MSM Glosses Over Irony of Global Warming Scientists Trapped in Antarctic Ice | NewsBusters
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Old 12-30-2013, 10:55 AM
 
Location: Tampa Florida
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Gee... you know what happens when polar caps melt? Fresh water go into the surrounding ocean. Gee... you know that fresh water freezes quicker that salt water? Gee....!! Go figure, huh?
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:08 AM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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If only that ice they are trapped in hadn't broken off due to warming.
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:10 AM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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What's ironic about it?
Are you another one of those yahoos who doesn't understand why sea ice is growing in the Antarctic, but melting in the Arctic?
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:15 AM
 
Location: Wasilla, Alaska
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What's ironic about it?
Are you another one of those yahoos who doesn't understand why sea ice is growing in the Antarctic, but melting in the Arctic?
Yea, they are called "seasons." When the sea ice is growing during the winter in the Antarctic, it is summer in the Arctic and the ice is melting. When the sea ice is growing during the winter in the Arctic, it is summer in the Antarctic and the ice is melting. Funny how that works, is it not?
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:24 AM
 
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Its summertime in the Antarctic. Usual time for bergs to calve. It hasn't because its been..................wait for it........................freakin cold!!
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:27 AM
 
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Its summertime in the Antarctic. Usual time for bergs to calve. It hasn't because its been..................wait for it........................freakin cold!!
Oh, that's climate change!
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:29 AM
 
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Gee... you know what happens when polar caps melt? Fresh water go into the surrounding ocean. Gee... you know that fresh water freezes quicker that salt water? Gee....!! Go figure, huh?
Uh, because its cold?

Gee, what a concept.
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:30 AM
 
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Oh, that's climate change!
As long as I don't hear that continual whine of AGW.
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:35 AM
 
Location: Flyover Country
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Newsbusters.....LOL...(news for the ignorant)

Notice how the headline says "MSM glosses over".....works great on the fevered, conspiratorial minds of the scientifically illiterate.
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