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WBND JH Cheerleaders 2019

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L-R: Kyra Pepin, Aria Long, Gracianne Robinson, Katelynn Newberry, Kaylee Cramer, Olivia Dellanos, Holynd Walters, Sayla Watson, Issabella Ammirati, Emma Payne, Emelia Glandon.
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NDWB JH Cross Country 2019

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Front (l-r): Liam McCollum, Sage Eggar, Anthony Moad, Chance Conrad. Middle: Hannah Fruhling, Audrey Brockway, Ethan Vance, Kennedy Ritter, Hadley Augustine. Back: Head Coach Ben Merrick, Asst. Coach Mike Moffit.
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Climate Alarmism Isn’t Rational

Bjorn Lomborg, Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, breaks down the facts about the environment in this short video and shows why the reality of climate change may be very different from what you hear in the media.

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Climate ‘Experts’ Are 0-41 with Their Doomsday Predictions

Click here: For more than 50 years Climate Alarmists in the scientific community and environmental movement have not gotten even one prediction correct, but they do have a perfect record of getting 41 predictions wrong.

LIST OF DOOMSDAY PREDICTIONS THE CLIMATE ALARMIST GOT WRONG

Here is the source for numbers 1-27. As you will see, the individual sources are not crackpots, but scientific studies and media reports on “expert” predictions. The sources for numbers 28-41 are linked individually.

  1. 1967: Dire Famine Forecast By 1975
  2. 1969: Everyone Will Disappear In a Cloud Of Blue Steam By 1989 (1969)
  3. 1970: Ice Age By 2000
  4. 1970: America Subject to Water Rationing By 1974 and Food Rationing By 1980
  5. 1971: New Ice Age Coming By 2020 or 2030
  6. 1972: New Ice Age By 2070
  7. 1974: Space Satellites Show New Ice Age Coming Fast
  8. 1974: Another Ice Age?
  9. 1974: Ozone Depletion a ‘Great Peril to Life
  10. 1976: Scientific Consensus Planet Cooling, Famines imminent
  11. 1980: Acid Rain Kills Life In Lakes
  12. 1978: No End in Sight to 30-Year Cooling Trend
  13. 1988: Regional Droughts (that never happened) in 1990s
  14. 1988: Temperatures in DC Will Hit Record Highs
  15. 1988: Maldive Islands will Be Underwater by 2018 (they’re not)
  16. 1989: Rising Sea Levels will Obliterate Nations if Nothing Done by 2000
  17. 1989: New York City’s West Side Highway Underwater by 2019 (it’s not)
  18. 2000: Children Won’t Know what Snow Is
  19. 2002: Famine In 10 Years If We Don’t Give Up Eating Fish, Meat, and Dairy
  20. 2004: Britain will Be Siberia by 2024
  21. 2008: Arctic will Be Ice Free by 2018
  22. 2008: Climate Genius Al Gore Predicts Ice-Free Arctic by 2013
  23. 2009: Climate Genius Prince Charles Says we Have 96 Months to Save World
  24. 2009: UK Prime Minister Says 50 Days to ‘Save The Planet From Catastrophe’
  25. 2009: Climate Genius Al Gore Moves 2013 Prediction of Ice-Free Arctic to 2014
  26. 2013: Arctic Ice-Free by 2015
  27. 2014: Only 500 Days Before ‘Climate Chaos’
  28. 1968: Overpopulation Will Spread Worldwide
  29. 1970: World Will Use Up All its Natural Resources
  30. 1966: Oil Gone in Ten Years
  31. 1972: Oil Depleted in 20 Years
  32. 1977: Department of Energy Says Oil will Peak in 90s
  33. 1980: Peak Oil In 2000
  34. 1996: Peak Oil in 2020
  35. 2002: Peak Oil in 2010
  36. 2006: Super Hurricanes!
  37. 2005 : Manhattan Underwater by 2015
  38. 1970: Urban Citizens Will Require Gas Masks by 1985
  39. 1970: Nitrogen buildup Will Make All Land Unusable
  40. 1970: Decaying Pollution Will Kill all the Fish
  41. 1970s: Killer Bees!

Sorry, Experts… Sorry, Scientific Consensus… Lets not come running for the 42nd cry of wolf.

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Thank You For Your Service (A Moment of Truth)

The courage and sacrifice of our veterans cannot be overstated. When you encounter them, thank them for their service. You never know how powerful those words may be.

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Is the Climate Change Scare New? Not really.

Click here: Modern doomsayers have been predicting climate and environmental disaster since the 1960s. They continue to do so today. None of the apocalyptic predictions with due dates as of today have come true. What follows is a collection of notably wild predictions from notable people in government and science.

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Falcons fall to Keokuk, 21-6

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WB Homecoming 2019 Flag Bearer Jonah Fritz (20).
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Quarterback Anthony Hoffman (13) tries to evade the grasp of Keokuk’s Anthony Potratz (7) Friday night in West Burlington. WBND fell to Keokuk, 21-6.
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WBND Homecoming Fans.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Running Back Dreyton LaVeine (28) carries the ball against Keokuk Friday night in West Burlington. WBND fell to Keokuk, 21-6.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Wide Receiver Kendell Baker (35) tries to evade Keokuk’s Braylon Martinez (24) Friday night in West Burlington. WBND fell to Keokuk, 21-6.
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Keokuk’s Jondarian Hodges (8) tips a would-be touchdown pass away from West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Brady Oleson (24) Friday night in West Burlington. WBND fell to Keokuk, 21-6.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Players kneel for their injured teammate, Drew Chiprez, who was carried off the field to an ambulance.
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Emergency personnel tend to WBND’s Drew Chiprez after an illegal hit by a Keokuk player (that drew several penalty flags).
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WB Homecoming Pep Rally 2019

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WB Homecoming Parade 2019

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Common antibiotics may lead to heart problems

Click here: Scientists have shown for the first time a link between two types of heart problems and one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics.