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Iceland unveils memorial plaque for lost glacier
Reuters ^ | August 18,2019 | Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen

Posted on 08/18/2019 6:49:52 PM PDT by mdittmar

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To: DoodleBob

Yes I’m well aware of it. If a person with downs is born there it’s by the Grace of God. So sad.


41 posted on 08/18/2019 9:11:36 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

I figured you’d know, but the screwed up priorities evident in this story vs this de facto eugenics program in Iceland is stunning (and yes, I know the US abortion rate for such babies is 60%+ so we’re not that great either). I’m certain a special needs child is even more of a challenge than your average child. But this story is just, as you note, saddening.


42 posted on 08/18/2019 9:17:42 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

Let’s try to by Iceland also.


43 posted on 08/18/2019 9:33:35 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: mdittmar

Someone needs to tell these moonbats that their island? continent? was called GREENLAND for a reason!


44 posted on 08/18/2019 9:40:36 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: mdittmar

How ‘bout due to the huge volcanoes and hot springs that the island boasts?


45 posted on 08/18/2019 9:52:46 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: mdittmar

What, you lost another glacier?

What do you want us to do?


46 posted on 08/18/2019 10:29:27 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Morgana

Iceland ought to be hauled before the world court for genocide against handicapped. Taking a cue from their Germanic brethren further south. And these Euro-weenies sicken me with their phoney-@$$ virtue signaling.


47 posted on 08/18/2019 11:20:51 PM PDT by attiladhun2
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To: mdittmar

Eh, I wonder how many of these glaciers were around when the last interglacial period reached its temperature maximum?


48 posted on 08/19/2019 12:33:03 AM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling.)
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To: BipolarBob

Do not Cross!


49 posted on 08/19/2019 12:56:30 AM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!))
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To: FormerFRLurker

Well, I don’t disagree, but did you watch the short video?

It provides the context. Your response might be a little different if you did...


50 posted on 08/19/2019 2:09:27 AM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: mdittmar

Makes me think the GSM cold weather is coming. God seems to have a sense of humor when people get too full of themselves.


51 posted on 08/19/2019 4:05:00 AM PDT by D Rider
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To: Revel

Here in SW Ohio (Dayton), we were also covered by a 2-mile thick glacier.

That’s 100% proof of globull warming...or something.


52 posted on 08/19/2019 4:35:10 AM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: mdittmar

Believe it or not

When the Vikings came to this remote island in the North Atlantic Ocean the land was extensively forested. Around 1100 years ago the climate was warmer than it is now, and the glaciers were smaller than they are at the present time, even though there has been accelerating melting of the Icelandic glaciers for many decades. In even older times those glaciers were far smaller, the remains of a massive 3000-year-old forest have been discovered under Breiðamerkurjökull, a glacier tongue of Vatnajökull. So, there is now evidence that Iceland was even more heavily forested in older pre-settlement times than people had thought. Fossils, place names, the remnants of charcoal and climate modeling suggest that 25% to 40% of Iceland was forested when the Vikings came. In the light of new evidence, this figure should be raised considerably higher when referring to preceding millenniums.

https://adventures.is/blog/why-are-there-no-trees-in-iceland/


53 posted on 08/19/2019 4:47:29 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
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To: mdittmar

How about a plaque memorializing the trees that once grew in Iceland, but were all cut down by their Norse ancestors.


54 posted on 08/19/2019 10:12:16 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: mdittmar

New Glacier Forming in California?

Within the Hope Valley as of two days ago, there was rumored to be a canyon with a remaining 40 foot depth of snow. Hope Valley is near Kirkwood Ski resort in California.


55 posted on 08/19/2019 1:45:37 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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