I forgot about harsh treatment!  And I generally have a ridiculous amount of spare military points anyway in the early game!  You may have just fixed my game, Arby. 

That being said, my native games aren't as much WC as "get myself big and scary so Europe doesn't immediately gobble me up once they see my people aren't white."  You'd be surprised how difficult it is to stay alive as a native if you haven't taken the time to crush every possible future ally beneath your heel before Europe arrives.

And that's why things like the EPA and Clean Air Act exist, to create regulations and pollution caps on many of THOSE chemicals.  But not CO2, because its status is still being debated... hence this debate.

That being said, there are fundamental differences between CO2 and the pollutants that may come with CO2 that warrant debate.  Off-hand, the mitigation strategy is different.  With many pollutants, for example, the environmental effects are generally localized.  In such cases, a company could effectively mitigate the damage it would cause with building a factory by placing that factory in a region where the pollution would cause little environmental damage.  With CO2, however, the effects are described as such that emissions anywhere contribute to a global impact, so relocation is meaningless.

... Was it?  It's all well and good to suggest that a deviation from predictions may be within expected error... however, that "expected error" isn't just a random insertion.  That's an actual thing that can be checked.  So no, you can't just say "hey, that could be assumed in the model" without pulling some sort of support and expect that to fly.

Mammals, yes.  However, until the dinosaurs died (note: as a result of a sudden global shift in temperatures toward colder climates), said mammals were mouse-sized creatures.  This is quite a distinction.  After all, a small mammal has a much easier time relying on the environment to determine the temperature it must survive in (for example, by burrowing in a small hole).  An elephant, in contrast, would largely be stuck with the temperature of the environment and their internal temperature regulations.

(That being said, the lack of large mammals in the environment could simply be because dinosaurs were there first in the "massive herbivore/carnivore" niches).

(Quick google search for a self-fact check)
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/otherpreh … ammals.htm

Finally, this discussion has now made me want to start releasing more CO2 into the atmosphere in the hopes of eventually being able to ride a dinosaur. 

... Okay, so where's the part of this where any of us are supposed to be surprised?  ^_^

Nope.  Now it's in a gold-plated chest, held by a British Admiral that is threatening to stab said heart if its owner fails to follow the will of the British monarchy.

I stipulated myth because I didn't want to hold myself as an authority on the issue because I've never actually decided to drink out of a cactus, and wouldn't want to vouch for its health issues (particularly since the first thing I found on google said there were a few negative consequences from drinking cactus water).  But hey, if you want to be the authority on cactus nutrition, enjoy!

I would consider taking parts of that bet, if it didn't require me to join a family. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/1 … 47557.html

Yeah, enjoy that. 

That game of poker doesn't really work, does it?  After all, you... one of the competing players, knows my hand.  Remember, poker isn't player vs. house.  It's player vs. player.  Unless you're hacking into my computer, you wouldn't be able to tell me what I have.

And before you start trying to say "that's what online poker is," you'd better start posting some evidence, because then you would be lobbing criminal accusations against casinos.

Incorrect.  Nevada and Delaware both do online poker, regulated by their respective gaming commissions.

As for the second part, that is a complaint not unique to online poker, just as applicable to any method of gambling in a casino.  Yeah, that can happen, but ridiculous regulations by not just a regulatory authority, but an authority that is incredibly trigger-happy at the hint of illegitimate activity, deters that.  I understand your argument in an unregulated environment, but otherwise you're just complaining about gambling in general, to which my response would be "well, gambling isn't for everyone."