Summer is over at Mt. Rushmore

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Chicken Little
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Summer is over at Mt. Rushmore

#1 Post by Chicken Little » Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:38 pm

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“The Arctic will be ice-free in 5 years”

- Al Gore, December, 2008

In this case, use of the more technically “correct” term is actually less likely to convey the key implications to a lay audience.

- Michael Mann, SEEDMAGAZINE.COM May 30, 2009

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Re: Summer is over at Mt. Rushmore

#2 Post by tlynn78 » Thu Sep 11, 2014 3:44 pm

And George seems despondent over it.
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Re: Summer is over at Mt. Rushmore

#3 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Sep 11, 2014 4:01 pm

I liked the grumpy snowmen picture someone tweeted from Alberta, which got picked up on yesterday's news.

https://twitter.com/jpmwd/status/509749867984723968

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Re: Summer is over at Mt. Rushmore

#4 Post by thguy65 » Thu Sep 11, 2014 4:23 pm

I was at a conference last week and the lecturer from Vancouver started off with this "Canadian view" of Mt. Rushmore.
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Apparently their photo lenses have the ability to ignore N. Dakota.


- Tim H.

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