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DINGO Joe
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« on: January 18, 2014, 10:19:54 PM »


The smog is back in Beijing and most of NE China,

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/beijing-turns-to-virtual-sunrise-due-to-polluted-air/
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« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2014, 11:56:12 PM »
Reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QWmahMdeGU
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« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2014, 12:07:49 AM »
Depressing.
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« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2014, 12:35:05 AM »
Looks like any city in industrial-era America or Europe. 
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Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.
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« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2014, 12:37:27 AM »
Quote from: Frodo on January 19, 2014, 12:35:05 AM
Looks like any city in industrial-era America or Europe. 

Or in a William Gibson novel.
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« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2014, 01:07:49 AM »
Salt Lake City during the inversion days looks very similar to that.
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Fmr President & Senator Polnut
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« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2014, 03:15:16 PM »
I was in Hong Kong 10 days ago, by noon, you couldn't see more than 30ft in front of you... it was awful.
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« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2014, 09:44:44 PM »
It turns out this story isn't true

http://qz.com/168705/westerners-are-so-convinced-china-is-a-dystopian-hellscape-theyll-share-anything-that-confirms-it/
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