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Hadn't seen it before. Champion. It's this Thursday

Got a phone holder for the car on my wishlist, then coming up blank. Fancy one of them drones, but think the good ones are still a bit steep.

El-P's not looking too good though

Psy ops created the 4 year droughts in Syria, Cali, etc?

Nah, bezzy mates with Putin & Assad. It'll be like the old times again. Old arguments forgotten, join forces with the ruskies to crush the insurgent common foe, Dame Vera Lynn on the radio... We'll meet again etc.

Obviously, still denying climate change means you have to respond with your science denial hat on , but with Bernie Sanders making the same point in debates recently, it's being pushed at all the highest levels and will dictate global policies whether we believe it or not.

It was Bangladesh I meant specifically. Country most at risk from climate change... http://www.climatechangenews.com/2013/10/30/bangladesh-rated-worlds-most-vulnerable-country-to-climate-change/ And on the brink as it stands... http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/bangladesh-on-the-brink-between-terrorism-and-democracy/ 8th most populous country on the planet, 10th most densely populated. Could make Syria look like fun times.

Doh, not Somalia... 32 other countries... http://www.climatechangenews.com/2014/10/29/climate-change-could-create-more-boko-haram-extremists-study/

The US doesn't really count as a volatile country, or where extremists are feeding off poverty to radicalise to any extent. Think it's Somalia they're really worried about. 6m along the coast who are going to be uprooted by rising seas and walk into any rag tag force that will give them enough to live on.

No, religion is a massive factor.

I know white house policy is often questionable but I think you're being very disrespectful of the big O here.

I think the worry is that we're seeing drought on a scale not seen before due to climate change. So you can't look at earlier events to make a comparison. Syria might have coped with a 1 year drought in the past, or 2 or 3 but it went on for 4 years. It's inarguable that this will lead to mass migration. Think its an interesting question how this will impact the situation in already volatile countries, especially those where extremists feed off poverty to radicalise.

I've got no idea. I just found it strange to wake up to everyone laughing at Charles like he made up some crackpot theory when he's repeating old news that the likes of Obama's also been touting.... http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/05/20/obama-climate-change-fueled-rise-of-boko-haram-war-in-syria/

Naomi Klein making the same case and referring to John Kerry's statement that such an opinion is uncontroversial... http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2015/11/why-climate-deal-best-hope-peace

Despite what you've heard, Corbyn is polling better than Ed http://uk.businessinsider.com/jeremy-corbyn-poll-numbers-v-ed-miliband-2015-11

Neither in fact. Britain, US, Russia and co did the carving up and propping up.

Have you adapted your theory of motivation based on the fact that the perpetrators weren't particularly religious, didn't go to mosque and didn't pray?

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/03/science/earth/study-links-syria-conflict-to-drought-caused-by-climate-change.html?referer=&_r=0

I didn't http://www.toontastic.net/board/topic/35813-paris/?p=1373029

It's not Charles' idea is it? He's repeating scientific studies isn't he?

The people of the middle east would still be fighting an asymmetric war against the people who carved up and divvied out their land after the war, irrespective of their religion.

The list of stated motives behind 9/11 were long https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motives_for_the_September_11_attacks Hardly the chicken or the egg. If people are arguing that there is a single identifiable root cause for all Muslim extremism and hoping that extinguishing that will lead to world peace then they're on a hiding to nothing. A simple test is to ask, if the thing you're blaming entirely was eradicated but everything else was equal, would there still be an issue?