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chris_gerrib ([personal profile] chris_gerrib) wrote2009-07-28 10:30 am

Controversial Links And Pictures

Rotary today, and back from a 2-day vacation, so I'm trying to get un-buried. However, here are a few links I found that I may come back to for more discussion.

Health Care: From the Denver Post, an article debunking Canadian health care myths. A quick quote on the idea that Canadian taxes are too high: "At the end of the day, the average after-tax income of Canadian workers is equal to about 82 percent of their gross pay. In the U.S., that average is 81.9 percent."

Global Warming: Artic sea ice is declining. For example, see here, source of this graph (courtesy of the University of Illinois):



If you don't like that source, see NASA's take on the matter.

2008, no doubt by sheer coincidence

[identity profile] rodney-g-graves.livejournal.com 2009-07-29 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
marked the end of the solar maximum.

Re: 2008, no doubt by sheer coincidence

[identity profile] chris-gerrib.livejournal.com 2009-07-29 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
More than a few folks (paging George Will) are arguing that sea ice is not declining.