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We all wait! "IF" Income Redistribution is EVER to become acceptable, then it is for the best the Earth is snuffed out like a dead candle, and cast lifeless into deep space!

It would be pointless to save any such planet.
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I'm sure the global climate changers will latch onto this and blame mankind so they can dig into our pockets for even more money. Just give them time, they're working on a new hockey stick chart that will scare the life out of lefties until they demand we fix the field and restore it to perfect balance and harmony.
legendary
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Been saying this for awhile now, we NEED to develop space flight as a species, it's necessary for our survival.

What we need is politicians who will prioritize space programs over nonsense wars. Space programs need big budgets.

What we need is politicians who dont have the power to control everything.  For all we know the elites already have space transportation ready.
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The magnetic field has been flip flopping, moving about, varying in strength since the formation of this world.  It's not really anything to worry about.  Magnetic north and south poles travel a bit every year... everyone should know that.  Ten times faster than nearly nothing is... lemmee think, still nearly nothing.

Wait.  Pelosi says we should never waste a crisis.... even if we have to invent one.
legendary
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Been saying this for awhile now, we NEED to develop space flight as a species, it's necessary for our survival.

What we need is politicians who will prioritize space programs over nonsense wars. Space programs need big budgets.

It's true, if we put the budget we'd have in the military for space flight instead we'd be incredibly advanced >_< but all we have are a few space probes and satellites that look like they're made out of tinfoil.
legendary
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Been saying this for awhile now, we NEED to develop space flight as a species, it's necessary for our survival.

What we need is politicians who will prioritize space programs over nonsense wars. Space programs need big budgets.
legendary
Activity: 1540
Merit: 1000
Been saying this for awhile now, we NEED to develop space flight as a species, it's necessary for our survival.
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Earth's Magnetic Field Is Weakening 10 Times Faster Now

Earth's magnetic field, which protects the planet from huge blasts of deadly solar radiation, has been weakening over the past six months, according to data collected by a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite array called Swarm.

The biggest weak spots in the magnetic field — which extends 370,000 miles (600,000 kilometers) above the planet's surface — have sprung up over the Western Hemisphere, while the field has strengthened over areas like the southern Indian Ocean, according to the magnetometers onboard the Swarm satellites — three separate satellites floating in tandem.

The scientists who conducted the study are still unsure why the magnetic field is weakening, but one likely reason is that Earth's magnetic poles are getting ready to flip, said Rune Floberghagen, the ESA's Swarm mission manager. In fact, the data suggest magnetic north is moving toward Siberia.

"Such a flip is not instantaneous, but would take many hundred if not a few thousand years," Floberghagen told Live Science. "They have happened many times in the past."

More : http://news.msn.com/science-technology/earths-magnetic-field-is-weakening-10-times-faster-now

Great. A hair off either way and we all fly off into space.
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