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  april fools

  The joke is on us.  I would like to issue a very special "THANK YOU" for all those wonderful people who reelected Bush.  Bush's tenur has been quite amazing.... one success after another...On April Fools joke? posted 2 years, 8 months ago 3 Responses

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  tu quoque

  Your rebuttal is a fallacy.  Even if the Kerry's were environmental terrorists, it doesn't weaken their argument in the least on any rational level. On John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry chat about their new environmental book posted 2 years, 8 months ago 20 Responses

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  interesting, but not comforting

  Cool indeed!!  It is amazing that by simply lowering the PH of the envoronment will cause polyps to change their morphology, size, and ecological strategy.  This finding may even help to provide clues on the origin of eukaryotic multicellular creatures, and even the genetic (and epigenetic) framework that allows for this very important biological transitiion to occur.

  Nonetheless, it is extremely important to emphasize that "This may be good news for individual polyps, but it doesn't change the gloomy outlook for reef ecosystems" (source: http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070326/full/070326-13.htm ...).

  The collapse of the reef ecosystem will be catastrophic to all species of earth.  While coral polyps may survive (and even thrive) in their altered form, millions of other species that use the reefs for resources and protection will perish.On A Fine Discovery posted 2 years, 8 months ago 1 Response