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Ah yes, free speech is no longer possible even on Demonland as mods take down a video that speaks nothing but the truth. The crime ? Someone may be offended by the truth. This country is stuffed.

I saw your name predictably pop up so will momentarily take you off ignore. Thank me later. With which part of what he's saying do you disagree ? Muslim immigrants are causing havoc in Europe. Have you heard about the Rotterdam rape gangs ? Did you know there are 750 no go zones in France ? Did you know that the peace loving leftist Swedes now reside in the rape capital of Europe ? Rape in Sweden increased by 1490% between 1975-2014. What do you think caused that when their population only increased by 19% in that time ? Do you think it might have something to do with the fact that Sweden takes in more immigrants per capita than any other European country ? Rather than put your hands over your ears and pretend you can't hear things you find offensive why don't you engage in a battle of the minds and prove why this guy is wrong ? There's a dare for you, Dieter. Prove him wrong. Problem is you can't and he's not. Sweden’s ugly immigration problem MARGARET WENTE PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 11, 2015UPDATED MARCH 25, 2017 In Europe, refugees from Syria and Iraq have been cramming the ferry-trains heading from Germany to Denmark. But once in Denmark, many refused to get off. Where they really want to go is Sweden, where refugee policies are more generous. When the Danes said no, they hopped off the trains, and began heading toward the Swedish border by taxi, bus, and foot. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/swedens-ugly-immigration-problem/article26338254/

I've been apathetic about this, but on deeper reflection there are concerns. Anyone with a bit of knowledge about the club knows the players love and respect Goody, however, there are a group of players that have either knowingly, or unwittingly, undermined the club, the coach and his preparations for the 2018 season. It's poor. Although, I doubt it will have any affect on game outcomes next year. We don't know the players concerned, but I hope Tyson isn't involved considering his disappointment at getting injured at last year's camp. I doubt Goodwin would need much of an excuse to hand his position to Corey Maynard.

I highly recommend you read every word of this including the comments section. http://landscapesandcycles.net/polar-bear-gate-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-lies.html

5 New Papers: Climate And Weather Events Become LESS Erratic And Severe During Warming Periods Significant Decreasing Trend In Severe Weather Since 1961 Abstract Understanding the trend of localized severe weather under the changing climate is of great significance but remains challenging which is at least partially due to the lack of persistent and homogeneous severe weather observations at climate scales while the detailed physical processes of severe weather cannot be resolved in global climate models. Based on continuous and coherent severe weather reports from over 500 manned stations, for the first time, this study shows a significant decreasing trend in severe weather occurrence across China during the past five decades. The total number of severe weather days that have either thunderstorm, hail and/or damaging wind decrease about 50% from 1961 to 2010. It is further shown that the reduction in severe weather occurrences correlates strongly with the weakening of East Asian summer monsoon which is the primary source of moisture and dynamic forcing conducive for warm-season severe weather over China. Read more here: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep42310 Most Frequent Climate Instability During Global Cooling/Reduced CO2 Periods Abstract Climatic variabilities on millennial and longer time scales with a bipolar seesaw pattern have been documented in paleoclimatic records, but their frequencies, relationships with mean climatic state, and mechanisms remain unclear. Understanding the processes and sensitivities that underlie these changes will underpin better understanding of the climate system and projections of its future change. We investigate the long-term characteristics of climatic variability using a new ice-core record from Dome Fuji, East Antarctica, combined with an existing long record from the Dome C ice core. Antarctic warming events over the past 720,000 years are most frequent when the Antarctic temperature is slightly below average on orbital time scales, equivalent to an intermediate climate during glacial periods, whereas interglacial and fully glaciated climates are unfavourable for a millennial-scale bipolar seesaw. Numerical experiments using a fully coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model with freshwater hosing in the northern North Atlantic showed that climate becomes most unstable in intermediate glacial conditions associated with large changes in sea ice and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Model sensitivity experiments suggest that the prerequisite for the most frequent climate instability with bipolar seesaw pattern during the late Pleistocene era is associated with reduced atmospheric CO2 concentration via global cooling and sea ice formation in the North Atlantic, in addition to extended Northern Hemisphere ice sheets. Read more here: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/2/e1600446.full Hurricane Activity Is ‘Subdued’ During Warm Periods (1950-2000) Abstract Long-term data are needed to properly assess the influence of anthropogenic climate change on Atlantic hurricane frequency, however hurricane records are inconsistent prior to the development of modern monitoring techniques. Paleolimnological investigations from coastal Caribbean lagoons can be used to track changes in Atlantic hurricane activity because coastal lagoons can become inundated with seawater during hurricane events, which leaves distinct biological and geochemical signals in their sediments. This study analyzes changes in fossil diatom assemblages and chlorophyll-a (chl-a) concentrations of a ~1,500 year old sediment core from Grape Tree Pond, a coastal lagoon located in southern Jamaica. The diatom and chl-a profiles were used to evaluate overall changes in salinity and primary production, as well as to identify potential periods of enhanced hurricane activity. The results of this research identified three periods of pronounced hurricane activity around 1350, 1725-1785, and 1900-1925 CE, which were indicated by mixed-salinity diatom assemblages and distinct changes in chl-a concentrations. Additionally, two periods of drought occurring during 1650-1725 and ~1785- 1900 were identified by low diatom abundance and decreased chl-a concentrations. These changes in the diatom assemblage and chl-a concentrations show that climate variability has increased following the onset of the Little Ice Age (~1450-1850 CE), however it is difficult to distinguish the impacts of recent anthropogenic climate warming on hurricane activity from those of natural Atlantic climate regimes, such as ENSO. This study is one of the first to report on the diatom species found in Jamaica, and demonstrates the potential of using fossil diatoms from coastal lagoons to track past storm activity. Read more here: http://qspace.library.queensu.ca/bitstream/handle/1974/15658/ensc_502_Heller.pdf Surface Warming Weakens Cyclone Activity Abstract By using an objective identification and tracking algorithm of the cyclone, the statistics of midlatitude cyclone activity in East Asia during summer for the period 1979–2013 were analyzed. The impact of the midlatitude summer cyclone anomalies in East Asia on the decadal mode of East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) was investigated and possible mechanisms were proposed. The possible reasons for the anomalous cyclone activity from the perspective of land surface thermal forcing were also explored. Results indicate that the midlatitude summer cyclone activity over East Asia exhibits decadal changes in the period of 1979–2013 and is significantly weakened after early 1990s. Further analysis indicates that there is a close relationship between the midlatitude summer cyclone activity over East Asia and the decadal variation of EASM; when the midlatitude summer cyclone activity over East Asia is strong (weak), EASM tends to be intensified (weakened), and the weak cyclone activity after 1993 generally coincides with the decadal weakening of EASM. Moreover, there is a close linkage between the weakening of cyclonic activity after the early 1990s and the nonuniform surface warming of the Eurasian continent. Significant warming to the west of Mongolia tends to weaken the north–south temperature gradient and the atmospheric baroclinicity to its south and eventually can lead to weakening of the midlatitude cyclone activity over East Asia. Read more here: http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0155.1 Little Ice Age climatic erraticism as an analogue for future enhanced hydroclimatic variability across the American Southwest Abstract The American Southwest has experienced a series of severe droughts interspersed with strong wet episodes over the past decades, prompting questions about future climate patterns and potential intensification of weather disruptions under warming conditions. Here we show that interannual hydroclimatic variability in this region has displayed a significant level of non-stationarity over the past millennium. Our tree ring-based analysis of past drought indicates that the Little Ice Age (LIA) experienced high interannual hydroclimatic variability, similar to projections for the 21st century. This is contrary to the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA), which had reduced variability and therefore may be misleading as an analog for 21st century warming, notwithstanding its warm (and arid) conditions. Given past non-stationarity, and particularly erratic LIA, a ‘warm LIA’ climate scenario for the coming century that combines high precipitation variability (similar to LIA conditions) with warm and dry conditions (similar to MCA conditions) represents a plausible situation that is supported by recent climate simulations. Our comparison of tree ring-based drought analysis and records from the tropical Pacific Ocean suggests that changing variability in El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) explains much of the contrasting variances between the MCA and LIA conditions across the American Southwest. Greater ENSO variability for the 21st century could be induced by a decrease in meridional sea surface temperature gradient caused by increased greenhouse gas concentration, as shown by several recent climate modeling experiments. Overall, these results coupled with the paleo-record suggests that using the erratic LIA conditions as benchmarks for past hydroclimatic variability can be useful for developing future water-resource management and drought and flood hazard mitigation strategies in the Southwest. Read more here: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0186282

The players only found out about the camp on Monday.

I find the constant referencing of Oscar McDonald as Tmac's younger brother utterly bizarre. Btw, showing kick, mark and handball stats to compare tall defenders is useless. Intercept possession defenders are the most valuable in the games, as it's where attacking possessions start, and Lever was no.1 in the AFL in 2017. Rance second. Lever was also the 2nd best intercept mark in the competition behind Jeromy McGovern. This is no slight on Oscar McDonald, as he's coming on and won't be playing his best footy until at least 2021 when he's 25.

I'm more interested in wins than guessing a ladder position. 14 mimimum is my expectation.

Yet seemingly too high for numerous other coaches. He was handed a team that played his game-plan in 2016, which is one of the reasons he was handed a team on the improve. His guidance of a very young and inexperienced team was excellent for a first year coach. We're lucky to have him.

They were still one of the youngest and most inexperienced teams fielded each week. These aren't excuses, they're valid reasons for anyone that's followed footy for a long period of time. In round 23, 2016 Richmond lost to Sydney by 113 points. It affected them so badly and the signs were so worrying they won the flag the next year.

The guy wins the most no. of games in a season since 2006 and you don't think the players are galvanised and you see "worrying signs for the future" ? It's amazing what some people can extrapolate when they're not part of the inner sanctum.

Vineytime posted this after last year's camp. - Salem badly concussed at the commando style camp - Tyson injured his knee quite badly and will miss a large chunk of pre season training - Hibberd injured knee also, not as severe as Tyson. It's little wonder the players had reservations, especially as there were reports their recovery took a number of days post the camp.

This is being over analysed to extraordinary levels.

These are the sort of comments I place little weight in. It may or may not be true and is very open to interpretation.

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2017-12-13/calf-injury-a-bit-of-a-blowup-jones

I find some of the comments re Goodwin now and post season ignorant. Even in Paul Roos recent interview in Inside Football he admits he was pretty much the match day coach in 2016 and had little to do with the players during the week. In Roos' final year the game-plan was Goodwin's. It's the year we really started to make inroads. In Goodwin's first year as head coach he finished with the most number of wins this club has had since 2006. And yet posters are claiming this is "on notice" ? Spare me. Btw, I'm not downplaying Roos' influence, as it's been massive and this club would be nowhere without him. He was the right man do change the culture of this footy club.

To save the alarmists trouble, I'll link criticisms of the author of Twenty reasons not to worry about polar bears (Susan Crockford), which can be found here: http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/study-finds-climate-denier-blogs-ignore-polar-bear-sea-ice-science There's a balanced response to that criticism by an impartial author here: http://business.financialpost.com/opinion/terence-corcoran-canadian-finds-polar-bears-are-doing-fine-and-gets-climate-mauled And there's a very detailed and compelling retraction request by Susan Crockford here: https://polarbearscience.com/2017/12/05/retraction-request-to-bioscience-foia-emails-document-another-harsh-criticism-of-amstrups-2007-polar-bear-model/

Predictably, the climate porn addicts, who must believe in tragedy are the ones who take this kind of rubbish hook, line and sinker. There could be a number of reasons this solitary bear fell ill, including cancer, but what we do know is that a solitary bear does not mean bears are starving. If bears were starving there'd be a landscape filled with dying bears, and not just one as depicted in the video. But this tactic is not new to the Left or those with an agenda. Twenty reasons not to worry about polar bears, the 2017 update Posted on November 6, 2017 https://polarbearscience.com/2017/11/06/twenty-reasons-not-to-worry-about-polar-bears-the-2017-update/

Jack Watts the footballer has often made me want to puke, but the only story here would have been if he'd said the opposite.

When Marc Allen speaks about golf with KB it's compelling listening. He acts normally and is exceptionally insightful. And when he uses wit it's not over the top. With Schwarz he's arguably the most insufferable announcer I've ever heard. The show evolved into the most puerile and juvenile show imaginable. Allen constantly got overly excited by nothing or repeated what Schwarz had said a nanosecond earlier. Schwarz was harmless and likeable, but had little depth.

I know he uses a Canon. If you search his posts he's answered this question before. Best amateur photographer going around.

You don't hold out much hope due to something you admit is "hearsay" ? Even if it is true that mere fact would mean nothing. New players live together at all clubs. Living with someone doesn t mean you endorse, or are even privy to their activities.

I'll be snorkeling at the outer reef today with a small tour group of marine biologists. I look forward to asking them about the state of the reef, as well as witnessing our incredible marine life.

Yes, he was good that day. He's definitely shown his best footy as a high pressure linking small/medium forward.

^^^ Either post or don't. The threats are tiresome. Players look slimmer. Very positive.