Re: Global Warming Alert

On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:44:55 -0000 (UTC), Tara <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Aug 24, 2026 at 7:14:47?PM EDT, "Creon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> At Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:47:09 -0000 (UTC), Tara <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Aug 24, 2026 at 6:33:41?PM EDT, "Noah Sombrero" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:27:20 -0000 (UTC), Tara <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Noah Sombrero <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:54:59 -0000 (UTC), Tara <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Aug 24, 2026 at 5:04:27?AM EDT, "dart200"
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 8/23/26 7:31 PM, Creon wrote:
>>>>>>>>> At Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:49:55 -0700, dart200
>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On 8/21/26 11:50 AM, Dude wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/18/2026 2:06 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/18/26 2:01 PM, Dude wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/18/2026 1:13 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/18/26 9:26 AM, Wilson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/17/2026 11:39 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/17/26 5:25 PM, Doc Hammerslack wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:32:05 -0700, Dude <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/17/2026 12:39 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/17/26 10:08 AM, Dude wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/16/2026 7:41 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/16/26 7:13 PM, Dude wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/16/2026 4:30 PM, Wilson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/16/2026 5:12 PM, Creon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:27:48 -0400, Wilson
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/16/2026 2:29 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:06:50 -0400, Wilson
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/15/2026 6:24 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:46:19 -0400, Wilson
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You don't ever acknowledge your beliefs as being
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ideological.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You think you're dealing in the realm of truthiness
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> while I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just repeating propaganda. And tbh, a lot of times I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you're just repeating what your media told you,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> things that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tickle your preset biases.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So it goes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What it comes down to is that I say, when you refusal to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Know that the 2020 election was not stolen from himbo,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> attack on the attempt to count electoral ballots was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in fact an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> attack and not something else, and that election fraud
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> might
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happen once in a while but it is not a problem in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> us. That
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is a sample.  The list is long, including attempts to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> prosecute
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> himbo's critics and pardon criminals who do not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> criticize him.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I say that refusal to know is self evident bull shit.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That does
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not put me on throne of belief.  But it sure does sink
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you into
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the depths of delusion.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You're so high on your own beliefs you can't even see
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that's what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you're standing on.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And you have nothing to say about my list above.  Of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> course you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't we have been over this stuff so many times.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes indeed, why bother. You're not an honest debater and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you see me
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the same way.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm still wondering if you trust the news source from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "learned" that California didn't allow controlled burns.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In context some areas do restrict controlled burns. I don't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> remember where I saw it and maybe I was the one who
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> conflated that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> policy with the whole state.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's just one item that you were corrected on.  I wonder
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> many other "facts" of that provenence you hold in your memory
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> banks.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At least I admit it when I'm proven wrong.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Let's not forget we're dialoging with a guy who believes the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jews
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> attacked the WTC on 9/11 and brought down the WTC-7 with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> explosives
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> planted on the inside.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> let's not forget 7/8ths of the planet is chained to their nation
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> states because psychos like you want to live in an fake
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> illusion of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> general prosperity
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Let's not forget that 99.9% of all people on earth live in nation
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> states. Only a very tiny minority are stateless.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is this supposed to justify violating basic freedom of movement
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 7/8ths people on the planet???
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can't have open borders in a welfare state.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What weenerbrane is describing would be some kind of "even newer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> world order".
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Name one country that doesn't check your passport when you cross
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a border.  (They might allow that in the EU, but not even sure
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about that.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yes were so normalized to shitting all over basic freedom of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> movement, to point where 7/8 people on this planet are chained to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their nation state without any choice in the matter, we should
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just keep doing it...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just like we should have just kept around slavery, eh???
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it's funny u think this shitshow of a subethical species even
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> deserves sustainability. but the jokes truly on me cause most of u
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> chucklefucks have ur head shoved so far up ur asshole u can't even
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> admit there's a problem
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cause it would completely break the fragile ideology u preach
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #god
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cons and not wanting to study things cause they can't handle the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> truth: name a more iconic duo
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why do you want to destroy the country you're living in?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this nation is literally just a bunch of fucking immigrants u racist
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tard. it doesn't even function like a single coherent nation, it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> functions more like 12 separate identities
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> We look forward to your questions concerning Albert Einstein's theory
>>>>>>>>>>>>> of mass and the paradox of time warping. Go!
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> again, dud you keep bleating on about enlightenment, but u display
>>>>>>>>>>>> nothing of the sort in the slightest
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> You came here. For what? To bleat about enlightenment?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> YES WHERE IS THAT ENLIGHTENMENT YOU TARD???
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Creon tells how it is:
>>>>>>>>> If you sit, after a while, your practice will deepen.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Once you've experienced kensho, your perspective will
>>>>>>>>> realign itself.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> So, Creon, whose perspective...yours? Or maybe something you've been told it
>>>>>>> (kensho) should look like. . And you bought it. ;) - Cali flake
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> nignog there ain't a whole lot of fucking "hUmIlItY" actually present in
>>>>>>>> ye old group of senile cons,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'f you're looking for humility Nick, this is not the place to find it. They
>>>>>>> don't believe in it.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> and this is entirely independent on the amount of enlightenment present,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> which is exactly and precisely none thus far
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Does anyone really know what so called 'enlightenment' is. From what I can
>>>>>>> ken, it's something about a certain reality that you 'realize'. Something
>>>>>>> specific that you've been told that you should realize (when you 'become'
>>>>>>> enlightened, that is). And, of course, happiness and fullfillment is now
>>>>>>> yours. And you get to tell other people what to do.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Why is it that you can get 'enlightened' if you're a Christian, (St Paul
>>>>>>> etc), a Buddhist, or in any other belief system. The problem is that what you
>>>>>>> 'realize' as a so called, enlightened being is different from what someone
>>>>>>> else has been told they should realize according to the doctrine they've
>>>>>>> bought in to and embraced.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> That's ok, you know..different strokes, eh.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> But, I'm not now or ever will be enlightened, and blasphemer that I am, I
>>>>>>> really think the whole enlightenment thing is a made up crock.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> However, on second thought, who are they to say that I'm not enlightened. Or
>>>>>>> that I am. How would they know one way or the other. Oh yeah, I forgot, if I
>>>>>>> believe what they do, right?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I am enlightened and so are you. But not in accord with the Buddhist idea of
>>>>>>> what it is - and not conditional or in accord with any other belief system.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I won't be replying if you (Nick) or anyone else decides to answer this post.
>>>>>>> Be/Stay well.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In common parlance, enlightened generally means, having abandoned
>>>>>> foolish behaviors and become wiser than most.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In common parlance maybe but not what I?ve read about Buddhist
>>>>> Enlightenment.
>>>>> I was, as you know, or should know, referring to a state where you realize
>>>>> the nature of reality ( according to the Buddhist idea of what that is).
>>>> 
>>>> Most of us are not qualified to talk about that.  Certainly  not to
>>>> disparage one another for lack thereof.  Or even to know what a lack
>>>> or presence would look like.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Well, someone has been leaking some hints, otherwise I wouldn't know the bit I
>>> do.
>>> 
>>> I think that it's real and someone was truely enlightened,
>> 
>> "Enlightened" is overrated.
>> 
>> We talked about this during our UU men's alpha meeting one time.
>> Anyone can say "I'm enlightened" or "I've had enlightenment."  Sure,
>> I guess.
>> 
>> There's the kind where you look around and realize how things work.
>> 
>> There's the kind where you get the braingasm/kensho thing.
>> 
>> There's the kind where you get the eureka/aha from figuring out
>> something.
>> 
>>  ...and there's the kind where you realize you're connected to
>> everything else.
>> 
>> I'm guessing:  except for the first and the last above,
>> it's dopamine clouds.
>> 
>> Somewhere in there, synchronicity can play a part, and sensitivity
>> to synchronicity can happen during psychosis.
>> 
>> Finally, I've noticed that "God"/The Cosmic Muffin/whatever is
>> a troll -- I call that "coyote zen".
>> 
>> There was one time that I asked the Cosmos for a sign that a woman
>> I'd fallen in love with loved me back -- and I got a rainbow.
>
>I'm familiar with the rainbow thing.  It happened to me too. :).

My experience with that sort of thing, is the last thing you want is
what seems like a confirmation.  Because it never works out like it
seemed it would.  Best to don't ask, and let fate do its thing.  Once
in a while something good can happen.

>> 
>> That was a happy time -- but later, she left me for a lesbian
>> relationship.  That's coyote zen -- "trolled by 'God'".
>
>Haha. God can be quite mean sometimes. 
>Ah, but that's not God, it's the devil in disguise.
>
>> 
>> I don't make any claims about being "enlightened" because it could
>> all be delusions...
>
>Good call. 
>
>> 
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>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I know, I did what I said I wasn?t going to do (reply). Perfect takes work.
>> 
>> I like when you reply.
>
>Thanks :)
>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>>> Which is not a bit
>>>>>> easier to attain or more commonly found  than any ancient concept of
>>>>>> enlightenment you might hear of.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In fact the opposite is so common that an enlightened person most
>>>>>> likely will not get a hearing.  Most people not being wise enough to
>>>>>> know it when they hear it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> But it can be great fun to abuse each other for our lack of
>>>>>> enlightenment, which of course implies that the abuser is possessed of
>>>>>> such enlightenment.  In a world where we have no other way to
>>>>>> recognize or claim it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> #god
>>>>>>> Yeah!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
-- 
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Don't get political with me young man
or I'll tie you to a railroad track and
<<<talk>>> to <<<YOOooooo>>>
Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?
dares: Ned
does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away