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23-04-2026 23:51
Im a BM
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Im a BM wrote:
sealover wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
IBdaMann wrote:
Im a BM wrote: Some scientists are so "biased" that they believe climate CAN change,

Those people aren't scientists. They are political hacks, cosplaying actual scientists.

When they aren't cosplaying scientists, they cosplay actual economists.

Im a BM wrote: ... and it IS possible to discern what happened in the past based on modern day evidence.

Nope. If you understood anything about science, you would know how stupid that statement is.

You are committing an omniscience fallacy by imagining that your speculation is somehow absolute truth. If you understood science to any degree, you would know that the scientific method demands direct verification, i.e. a time machine to verify the hypothesis.

Being the interested layman that you are, I wouldn't expect you to know any of this.

Im a BM wrote: Among such [fanatical cosplayers], a [fantasy] of "climate change" [requires no] "unambiguous definition" of the term that [merely enhances the religious fantasy].

I get it. Enjoy your fantasy. Perhaps afterwards, you and your friends can play "fort".

Im a BM wrote:IBdaMann has got ITN's back on this one.

Into the Night doesn't need anyone to "have his back" while correctly specifying that categories and classifications are categories and classifications.

Im a BM wrote: The carbonate ion is usually referred to simply as "carbonate" in discussions of [cosplayers who don't know what they are talking about].

That's what I've been saying.

Im a BM wrote: The capacity of the persulfate anion to behave as an oxidant terminal electron acceptor to oxidize organic carbon other organic forms of elements such as nitrogen is ALMOST independent of the associated cation.

The technical terminology for something that behaves almost independent of an associated cation is "does not behave independently of the associated cation."

Im a BM wrote: One notable exception would be ammonium persulfate.

FYI, ammonium persulfate is a chemical, by the way, of the persulfate class.

The existence of an exception means that there is no rule.

Im a BM wrote: Maybe I'm not really a "chemist", but a lot of chemists employ the laboratory procedure I invented.

I can confirm that you aren't a chemist, if you need someone to vouch for you.

Im a BM wrote: Got the idea from the Dohrman organic carbon analyzer in our lab. Cabrera and Beare came up with the same idea just ahead of us.

Maybe they should have asked a chemist if there are actually differences between nitrogen atoms.

Im a BM wrote:Enter search terms such as "Northup and persulfate", "Northup and organic nitrogen" or "Northup and organic carbon" in Google.


What the searches actually reveal

1. Northup + persulfate
No relevant scientific or scholarly results surfaced connecting anyone named Northup to persulfate chemistry.
The hits were generic SDS sheets and supplier pages for ammonium and sodium persulfate, not authored by or associated with a Northup.

2. Northup + organic nitrogen
Search results returned commercial fertilizer listings, not scientific publications, and none were authored by or associated with a Northup.

3. Northup + organic carbon
Here we do get legitimate scientific hits — but they concern soil carbon, agricultural emissions, and carbon storage, not persulfate chemistry.
Two distinct researchers named Northup appear:
* Daniel L. Northrup
Co‑author on papers about agricultural emissions, soil carbon storage, and negative‑emissions farming systems.
These works involve carbon cycling, soil carbon, and nitrogen fertilizer efficiency, but not persulfates.
* Brian K. Northup
Co‑author on a study of soil organic matter and soil carbon distribution in Oklahoma.
Again: carbon, nitrogen, soil ecology — no persulfate chemistry.

The Correct Synthesis
There is no known connection between any researcher named Northup and persulfate chemistry.
There are Northups working in:
* soil carbon
* soil organic matter
* agricultural emissions
* nitrogen fertilizer efficiency
But none of these intersect with persulfate chemistry, persulfate oxidation, or persulfate analytical methods.
So the namespace mapping looks like this:
Persulfate Namespace
No Northup present.
Organic Nitrogen / Organic Carbon (Soil Science) Namespace
Daniel L. Northrup → agricultural emissions, soil carbon
Brian K. Northup → soil organic matter, carbon distribution

Im a BM wrote:These "meaningless buzzwords" have been taken seriously by a lot of published academics who actually have earned the right to be called "chemists".

"Published Academics" occupy the bottom of the credibility food chain. Talk about cosplayers! If they really want to be taken seriously, they need to get the hell out of academia and get into the real world of results-driven industry.



I invite ANYONE to fact check IBdaMann's claims.

Get into Google with three different search terms. "Northup and persulfate", "Northup and organic nitrogen" and "Northup and organic carbon".

IBdaMann didn't seem to see the main part of Google's answers, which refer directly to my own publications. And verify that a LOT of scientists seem to believe in "organic nitrogen" and "organic carbon".

"Northup and persulfate", the first two references on the list are my own publication on the subject, although Zengshou Yu was first author, I'm there too. The next six references Google lists are more recent papers that reference our 1994 paper.

"Northup and organic nitrogen", I proudly invite others to take the challenge. It begins with Google's OWN answer in the upper left.

"Robert Northup, a biogeochemist, discovered that plants in nutrient poor ecosystems such as the pygmy forest, use polyphenols in tannins to bind organic nitrogen in litter, protecting it from loss, and enabling direct uptake via mycorrhizal fungi. This research suggests that plants can 'short circuit' the nitrogen cycle, using dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) directly, instead of waiting for it to convert to inorganic forms."

Google's excellent answer continues with a lot more detail.

Either IBdaMann is INCREDIBLY dishonest, pretending he didn't even see it, or his research skills are so lacking he couldn't even find it.

I am impressed by the quality of Google AI on this one. Very nice answer.

Google agrees with all the scientists that "organic nitrogen" is very real. It even points out that scientists like to save time by just writing "DON" instead of "dissolved organic nitrogen".

I could go on to "Northup and organic carbon", and I hope others will. Google confirms that "organic carbon" is a REAL thing that scientists distinguish, because the distinction is very important to those who understand chemistry.

But if others do no more, just Google "Northup and organic nitrogen" to see how comprehensive Google's answer is, and how DISHONEST IBdaMann is about it.

Check for yourself!

Or just believe a scientifically illiterate troll who used to lead a whole gang of trolls at a dead website.

Google knows a LOT more about these things than IBdaMann.

And GOOGLE identifies me by name as a "biogeochemist".

Apparently, Google believes that there IS such a thing as "biogeochemistry".

It kind of makes it sound like I am recognized as some kind of "chemist".

Additional edit: Google's "Northup and organic nitrogen" AI answer, shown in the upper left of search results, also has a PHOTO of me from 35 years ago.

On the right hand side of Google's AI answer are a couple of articles ("Pygmy forest reveals new secrets about the nitrogen cycle.." and "I Slick thinking - Nature").

Open the "..Slick thinking.." one to get the whole article - "New cog in the nitrogen cycle". Oops... Google screwed this one up and only has the SECOND page of the article. Well, at least it's the page with my photo!

"Go and learn some science." - IBdaMann


The ever evasive IBdaMann either doesn't know how to use Google, or he LIED about what he found there. Or his blind spot required him to skim past all the direct references to his inquiry until he found the obscure one that satisfied, as in the case with the accepted definition of "biogeochemistry". He "debunked" it!


IBdaMann, I hope you didn't miss this post because ITN jumped in first.

Did you really not see in the upper left, the very first part of Google's reply to the "Northup and organic nitrogen" keyword search, where it spelled out why I am famous among biogeochemists?

Google itself identifies me as a "bioogeochemist" who "discovered" things.

Pretty hard to miss at the upper left of Google's reply.

But honesty is not IBdaMann's strong suit, is it?

Unable to admit that I am FIRST author of those major pubs.

But if IBdaMann were 17th author of some mediocre scientific pub about nothing important, that would STILL make him eminently more qualified to discuss science than the actual IBdaMann we have here at climate-debate.com


One member colorfully described Into the Night as IBdaMann's "second rate side kick"

There was clearly an intellectually dominant leader.

One of them could make an "argument" that almost sounded scientifically plausible to someone with little or no scientific training. The other could not.

They were not alone. Another sidekick in training was a rising star under IBdaMann's tutelage. Several other more independent types always joined in the chorus. DEFINE YOUR TERMS! DEFINE YOUR TERMS! DEFINE YOUR TERMS!

The chorus is a solo act now, and Into the Night is struggling on his own to continue the legacy.

The world must be protected from the evil of persons being allowed to discuss climate change without being obnoxiously trolled.
24-04-2026 23:28
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Im a BM wrote:
The world must be protected from the evil of persons being allowed to discuss climate change without being obnoxiously trolled.

I have given you more than a fair chance to describe what is 'changing' in climate. You apparently cannot answer that question.

Climate cannot change.

Now...do you want to try to discuss Global Warming? What makes you so afraid of CO2?


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Edited on 24-04-2026 23:29
26-04-2026 17:19
Im a BM
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Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
The world must be protected from the evil of persons being allowed to discuss climate change without being obnoxiously trolled.

I have given you more than a fair chance to describe what is 'changing' in climate. You apparently cannot answer that question.

Climate cannot change.

Now...do you want to try to discuss Global Warming? What makes you so afraid of CO2?


I have begged you for YEARS to just ONCE provide a word beyond "ratio" as an unambiguous definition for "pH".

DEFINE YOUR TERMS!

"RQAA" doesn't cut it when all you would have to say is pH = -log(H+)

HOWEVER, you keep insisting that pH = -log(H+) is NOT the correct definition.

You keep your personal definition for pH a big secret.

The closest you have ever come to offering a definition for pH is to say "ratio", and nothing more.

Define your terms, YARP! (Yellow And Red Parrot)

One of many reasons I know that you cannot possibly be a real "chemist".

Quite literally, you don't even know what pH IS!
26-04-2026 19:57
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Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
The world must be protected from the evil of persons being allowed to discuss climate change without being obnoxiously trolled.

I have given you more than a fair chance to describe what is 'changing' in climate. You apparently cannot answer that question.

Climate cannot change.

Now...do you want to try to discuss Global Warming? What makes you so afraid of CO2?


I have begged you for YEARS to just ONCE provide a word beyond "ratio" as an unambiguous definition for "pH".

DEFINE YOUR TERMS!

"RQAA" doesn't cut it when all you would have to say is pH = -log(H+)

HOWEVER, you keep insisting that pH = -log(H+) is NOT the correct definition.

You keep your personal definition for pH a big secret.

The closest you have ever come to offering a definition for pH is to say "ratio", and nothing more.

Define your terms, YARP! (Yellow And Red Parrot)

One of many reasons I know that you cannot possibly be a real "chemist".

Quite literally, you don't even know what pH IS!

Not an answer. Pivot fallacy. Try again. Answer the question put to you.


The Parrot Killer

Debunked in my sig. - tmiddles

Google keeps track of paranoid talk and i'm not on their list. I've been evaluated and certified. - keepit

nuclear powered ships do not require nuclear fuel. - Swan

While it is true that fossils do not burn it is also true that fossil fuels burn very well - Swan
Edited on 26-04-2026 19:59
26-04-2026 20:37
Im a BM
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Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
The world must be protected from the evil of persons being allowed to discuss climate change without being obnoxiously trolled.

I have given you more than a fair chance to describe what is 'changing' in climate. You apparently cannot answer that question.

Climate cannot change.

Now...do you want to try to discuss Global Warming? What makes you so afraid of CO2?


I have begged you for YEARS to just ONCE provide a word beyond "ratio" as an unambiguous definition for "pH".

DEFINE YOUR TERMS!

"RQAA" doesn't cut it when all you would have to say is pH = -log(H+)

HOWEVER, you keep insisting that pH = -log(H+) is NOT the correct definition.

You keep your personal definition for pH a big secret.

The closest you have ever come to offering a definition for pH is to say "ratio", and nothing more.

Define your terms, YARP! (Yellow And Red Parrot)

One of many reasons I know that you cannot possibly be a real "chemist".

Quite literally, you don't even know what pH IS!

Not an answer. Pivot fallacy. Try again. Answer the question put to you.


Of course you will never reveal the SECRET "ratio" that defines pH.

What is "changing" in "climate change"?

Unless this is some kind of trick question, that would be the climate.

Don't whine about your straw man "global climate" because there is no such thing.

Get it? There is NO SUCH THING as "Global Climate".

There is regional climate. I remember in 4th grade how the teacher explained to us that "California has a Mediterranean climate".

That includes cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. That includes never getting snowed in. Anyway, I thought I'd ease you into it with an example you might possibly be familiar with. You have heard of Mediterranean climate, right?

Climate parameters are all about "regimes", which include distribution over time as well as highs, lows, and averages. There is the temperature regime. There is the moisture regime. There is the wind regime.

Climate is defined as the consistent weather patterns associated with the local regime of temperature, moisture, etc. A significant change in those patterns would constitute climate change.

California and its Mediterranean climate now suffers the same new wildfire hazards they see in Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. They don't see the atmospheric rivers we get here in quite the same way, but very similar climate changes are happening on every continent where regions are characterized as having a "Mediterranean" climate. Forest pests are ravaging at higher elevation. New extreme weather with freak summer snowstorms in southern Spain as well as southern California. Global weirding.

I could go on with a hundred more examples that YARP (Yellow And Red Parrot) will belittle and dismiss.

Climate change is happening. I hold that truth to be self evident.
26-04-2026 22:07
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Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night wrote:
Now...do you want to try to discuss Global Warming? What makes you so afraid of CO2?


I have begged you for YEARS to just ONCE provide a word beyond "ratio" as an unambiguous definition for "pH".
...deleted remaining random pivot...
What is "changing" in "climate change"?

Unless this is some kind of trick question, that would be the climate.

Climate is not a value. Climate cannot change. Try again. What is 'changing' in climate?
Im a BM wrote:
Don't whine about your straw man "global climate" because there is no such thing.

Yet you claim there is. Which is it, Robert?
Im a BM wrote:
Get it? There is NO SUCH THING as "Global Climate".

Yet you claim there is. Which is it, Robert?
Im a BM wrote:
There is regional climate. I remember in 4th grade how the teacher explained to us that "California has a Mediterranean climate".

The SDTC has many climates. It has snowy climate, hot climate, marine climate, forest climate, desert climate, mountain climate, swampy climate, city climate, country climate, an economically depressed climate, a violent climate, a dictatorial climate, a socialist climate, a high fuel price climate, a rainforest climate, a racist climate, an arrogance climate, a windy climate, etc.
Im a BM wrote:
That includes cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. That includes never getting snowed in. Anyway, I thought I'd ease you into it with an example you might possibly be familiar with. You have heard of Mediterranean climate, right?

Forgot the mountains, eh? Snow has fallen most everywhere in California (the SDTC), and it's hilarious watching the panic set in when it does!
Im a BM wrote:
Climate parameters are all about "regimes", which include distribution over time as well as highs, lows, and averages. There is the temperature regime. There is the moisture regime. There is the wind regime.

Climate has no temperature. Climate has no measurement of humidity. Climate has not wind speed or direction.
Im a BM wrote:
Climate is defined as the consistent weather patterns associated with the local regime of temperature, moisture, etc. A significant change in those patterns would constitute climate change.

Weather is not consistent. Climate is not weather. Weather is not a pattern. Climate has no temperature. Climate has no humidity or wet bulb measurement. A desert climate will always be a desert climate. A forest climate will always be a forest climate. Climate cannot change.
Im a BM wrote:
California and its Mediterranean climate now suffers the same new wildfire hazards they see in Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. They don't see the atmospheric rivers we get here in quite the same way, but very similar climate changes are happening on every continent where regions are characterized as having a "Mediterranean" climate. Forest pests are ravaging at higher elevation. New extreme weather with freak summer snowstorms in southern Spain as well as southern California. Global weirding.

The SDTC suffers from a much greater fire hazard. A few simple reasons:
* No one is clearing the brush away any more.
* Sagebrush is allowed to collect against fences producing a great fire hazard. There are also more fences.
* Arson is more common; often set by rioters, looters, or believers in the Church of Global Warming.
* Water supplies have been destroyed in the name of 'environmentalism'; making it very difficult if not impossible to fight these fires.
* In a 'tax the rich' scheme, wealthy neighborhoods have been burned away using arson to construct 'homeless shelters'.

As to Spain:
A liberal government (socialists, like Democrats, sponging off the EU. This economic basket case has suffered a nationwide power loss (requiring a cold start) just last year, that also affected parts of France. So much for the reliability of electric trains! Nuthin' to do but witlessly wander the countryside!

Spain has wildfires as well (pretty much everywhere does!), but NOTHING like you see in the SDTC!

Im a BM wrote:
I could go on with a hundred more examples that YARP (Yellow And Red Parrot) will belittle and dismiss.

Redefinition fallacy.
Im a BM wrote:
Climate change is happening. I hold that truth to be self evident.

Climate cannot change. Circular argument fallacy (fundamentalism).


The Parrot Killer

Debunked in my sig. - tmiddles

Google keeps track of paranoid talk and i'm not on their list. I've been evaluated and certified. - keepit

nuclear powered ships do not require nuclear fuel. - Swan

While it is true that fossils do not burn it is also true that fossil fuels burn very well - Swan
26-04-2026 22:21
Im a BM
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It is a fair generalization to say that "California has a Mediterranean climate."

However, the political geographic boundaries of California were not drawn on the basis of climate regimes, or even their corresponding biomes. Death Valley does not have "Mediterranean" climate, for example. But most of the state's land area falls within the Mediterranean climate regime. To teach fourth graders, it's a good enough start, without making it too complicated.

Did you get that, YARP? (Yellow And Red Parrot)

Perhaps YARP thought I meant that every square meter within California has the same climate regime.

Sorry if I got you all confused, YARP. Please accept my apologies.


Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night wrote:
Now...do you want to try to discuss Global Warming? What makes you so afraid of CO2?


I have begged you for YEARS to just ONCE provide a word beyond "ratio" as an unambiguous definition for "pH".
...deleted remaining random pivot...
What is "changing" in "climate change"?

Unless this is some kind of trick question, that would be the climate.

Climate is not a value. Climate cannot change. Try again. What is 'changing' in climate?
Im a BM wrote:
Don't whine about your straw man "global climate" because there is no such thing.

Yet you claim there is. Which is it, Robert?
Im a BM wrote:
Get it? There is NO SUCH THING as "Global Climate".

Yet you claim there is. Which is it, Robert?
Im a BM wrote:
There is regional climate. I remember in 4th grade how the teacher explained to us that "California has a Mediterranean climate".

The SDTC has many climates. It has snowy climate, hot climate, marine climate, forest climate, desert climate, mountain climate, swampy climate, city climate, country climate, an economically depressed climate, a violent climate, a dictatorial climate, a socialist climate, a high fuel price climate, a rainforest climate, a racist climate, an arrogance climate, a windy climate, etc.
Im a BM wrote:
That includes cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. That includes never getting snowed in. Anyway, I thought I'd ease you into it with an example you might possibly be familiar with. You have heard of Mediterranean climate, right?

Forgot the mountains, eh? Snow has fallen most everywhere in California (the SDTC), and it's hilarious watching the panic set in when it does!
Im a BM wrote:
Climate parameters are all about "regimes", which include distribution over time as well as highs, lows, and averages. There is the temperature regime. There is the moisture regime. There is the wind regime.

Climate has no temperature. Climate has no measurement of humidity. Climate has not wind speed or direction.
Im a BM wrote:
Climate is defined as the consistent weather patterns associated with the local regime of temperature, moisture, etc. A significant change in those patterns would constitute climate change.

Weather is not consistent. Climate is not weather. Weather is not a pattern. Climate has no temperature. Climate has no humidity or wet bulb measurement. A desert climate will always be a desert climate. A forest climate will always be a forest climate. Climate cannot change.
Im a BM wrote:
California and its Mediterranean climate now suffers the same new wildfire hazards they see in Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. They don't see the atmospheric rivers we get here in quite the same way, but very similar climate changes are happening on every continent where regions are characterized as having a "Mediterranean" climate. Forest pests are ravaging at higher elevation. New extreme weather with freak summer snowstorms in southern Spain as well as southern California. Global weirding.

The SDTC suffers from a much greater fire hazard. A few simple reasons:
* No one is clearing the brush away any more.
* Sagebrush is allowed to collect against fences producing a great fire hazard. There are also more fences.
* Arson is more common; often set by rioters, looters, or believers in the Church of Global Warming.
* Water supplies have been destroyed in the name of 'environmentalism'; making it very difficult if not impossible to fight these fires.
* In a 'tax the rich' scheme, wealthy neighborhoods have been burned away using arson to construct 'homeless shelters'.

As to Spain:
A liberal government (socialists, like Democrats, sponging off the EU. This economic basket case has suffered a nationwide power loss (requiring a cold start) just last year, that also affected parts of France. So much for the reliability of electric trains! Nuthin' to do but witlessly wander the countryside!

Spain has wildfires as well (pretty much everywhere does!), but NOTHING like you see in the SDTC!

Im a BM wrote:
I could go on with a hundred more examples that YARP (Yellow And Red Parrot) will belittle and dismiss.

Redefinition fallacy.
Im a BM wrote:
Climate change is happening. I hold that truth to be self evident.

Climate cannot change. Circular argument fallacy (fundamentalism).
26-04-2026 22:28
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Im a BM wrote:
It is a fair generalization to say that "California has a Mediterranean climate."

The SDTC is not the Mediterranean.
Im a BM wrote:
However, the political geographic boundaries of California were not drawn on the basis of climate regimes, or even their corresponding biomes.

Climate is not a kingdom. 'Biomes' is not a word.
Im a BM wrote:
Death Valley does not have "Mediterranean" climate, for example. But most of the state's land area falls within the Mediterranean climate regime. To teach fourth graders, it's a good enough start, without making it too complicated.

The SDTC is not the Mediterranean.
Im a BM wrote:
Did you get that, YARP? (Yellow And Red Parrot)

Perhaps YARP thought I meant that every square meter within California has the same climate regime.

Sorry if I got you all confused, YARP. Please accept my apologies.

YARP is not a parrot.

Every square meter of The Socialist Dictatorship of California (SDTC) has an economically depressed climate.

Climate is not a kingdom. The SDTC, however, IS.


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Google keeps track of paranoid talk and i'm not on their list. I've been evaluated and certified. - keepit

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30-04-2026 19:05
Im a BM
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Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
It is a fair generalization to say that "California has a Mediterranean climate."

The SDTC is not the Mediterranean.
Im a BM wrote:
However, the political geographic boundaries of California were not drawn on the basis of climate regimes, or even their corresponding biomes.

Climate is not a kingdom. 'Biomes' is not a word.
Im a BM wrote:
Death Valley does not have "Mediterranean" climate, for example. But most of the state's land area falls within the Mediterranean climate regime. To teach fourth graders, it's a good enough start, without making it too complicated.

The SDTC is not the Mediterranean.
Im a BM wrote:
Did you get that, YARP? (Yellow And Red Parrot)

Perhaps YARP thought I meant that every square meter within California has the same climate regime.

Sorry if I got you all confused, YARP. Please accept my apologies.

YARP is not a parrot.

Every square meter of The Socialist Dictatorship of California (SDTC) has an economically depressed climate.

Climate is not a kingdom. The SDTC, however, IS.


Six out of eight sentences assert that something "is not" something else that it is not.

All you scientifically illiterate morons who insisted that CLIMATE is a KINGDOM just got SERVED!

By asserting that "Climate is not a kingdom", Into the Night acknowledges that "climate" is not just a meaningless "buzzword".

Therefore, the term "climate" must have a meaningful definition.

Thanks for enlightening all those confused souls who thought that climate is a kingdom.

You have added more items to the list of all those things that climate is NOT.

Do you have ANY freakin' clue what climate IS?

Please, please, please, pretty please DEFINE YOUR TERMS!

You keep using the term "climate", presumably because it IS something.

Please give us YOUR definition of what you think you are saying when you use the term "climate", because you use the term very frequently.
30-04-2026 20:17
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Im a BM wrote:
Six out of eight sentences assert that something "is not" something else that it is not.

...due to your usual problem with using numerous buzzwords.
Im a BM wrote:
All you scientifically illiterate morons who insisted that CLIMATE is a KINGDOM just got SERVED!

Climate is not a kingdom.
Im a BM wrote:
By asserting that "Climate is not a kingdom", Into the Night acknowledges that "climate" is not just a meaningless "buzzword".

Climate has a meaning. I already gave it to you, but you continue to use it as a Magick Buzzword. You keep describing a 'change' in climate, but you can't define what is 'changing'.
Im a BM wrote:
Therefore, the term "climate" must have a meaningful definition.

It does. I already gave it to you.
Im a BM wrote:
Thanks for enlightening all those confused souls who thought that climate is a kingdom.

You have added more items to the list of all those things that climate is NOT.

Do you have ANY freakin' clue what climate IS?

Please, please, please, pretty please DEFINE YOUR TERMS!

RQAA
Im a BM wrote:
You keep using the term "climate", presumably because it IS something.

Please give us YOUR definition of what you think you are saying when you use the term "climate", because you use the term very frequently.

RQAA


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01-05-2026 19:20
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Does ANYONE believe Into the Night knows JACK SHIT about ANATOMY?

I may send PM's out to IBdaMann, GasGuzzler, and gfm7174, because I would love to get the whole "Define your terms!" perspective from them.

Into the Night has a REVOLUTIONARY NEW DEFINITION for the "interstitium" in human anatomy. Says the parrot, "It's basically saltwater... It's not a tissue.. It has no compartments.. No collagen... No elastin... No fibers.. No connective tissue."

It is an exciting and EXPLOSIVE area of new medical research. Identified as a single, integrated organ in 2018.

I am MORE THAN WILLING to define my terms in this discussion.

I guess ITN gave us a LITTLE more detail about what the interstitium IS, in addition to a long list of what it is NOT. Almost every item on his "is not" list is actually a feature of what the interstitium IS. But according to ITN, it's basically saltwater with some other chemicals in it in the space between cells.

PLEASE weigh in with an opinion, all ye trolls who dominated the discussion here for so long.

Does Into the Night know JACK SHIT about ANATOMY?


Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
Six out of eight sentences assert that something "is not" something else that it is not.

...due to your usual problem with using numerous buzzwords.
Im a BM wrote:
All you scientifically illiterate morons who insisted that CLIMATE is a KINGDOM just got SERVED!

Climate is not a kingdom.
Im a BM wrote:
By asserting that "Climate is not a kingdom", Into the Night acknowledges that "climate" is not just a meaningless "buzzword".

Climate has a meaning. I already gave it to you, but you continue to use it as a Magick Buzzword. You keep describing a 'change' in climate, but you can't define what is 'changing'.
Im a BM wrote:
Therefore, the term "climate" must have a meaningful definition.

It does. I already gave it to you.
Im a BM wrote:
Thanks for enlightening all those confused souls who thought that climate is a kingdom.

You have added more items to the list of all those things that climate is NOT.

Do you have ANY freakin' clue what climate IS?

Please, please, please, pretty please DEFINE YOUR TERMS!

RQAA
Im a BM wrote:
You keep using the term "climate", presumably because it IS something.

Please give us YOUR definition of what you think you are saying when you use the term "climate", because you use the term very frequently.

RQAA
02-05-2026 01:34
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Im a BM wrote:
Does ANYONE believe Into the Night knows JACK SHIT about ANATOMY?

Anatomy is not Jack.
Anatomy is not shit.
Anatomy is not a consensus or vote.
Im a BM wrote:
I may send PM's out to IBdaMann, GasGuzzler, and gfm7174, because I would love to get the whole "Define your terms!" perspective from them.

Redefinition fallacy.
Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night has a REVOLUTIONARY NEW DEFINITION for the "interstitium" in human anatomy. Says the parrot, "It's basically saltwater... It's not a tissue.. It has no compartments.. No collagen... No elastin... No fibers.. No connective tissue."

Inversion fallacy. Otherwise correct.
Im a BM wrote:
It is an exciting and EXPLOSIVE area of new medical research. Identified as a single, integrated organ in 2018.

It is not an organ.
It is not a research.
If you have a medical problem with explosions, may I recommend Simethicone? People around you would probably appreciate it. You can get it at your local drug store.
Im a BM wrote:
I am MORE THAN WILLING to define my terms in this discussion.

Redefinition fallacy (interstitia<->connective tissue).
Im a BM wrote:
I guess ITN gave us a LITTLE more detail about what the interstitium IS, in addition to a long list of what it is NOT. Almost every item on his "is not" list is actually a feature of what the interstitium IS. But according to ITN, it's basically saltwater with some other chemicals in it in the space between cells.
RAAA.
[quote]Im a BM wrote:
PLEASE weigh in with an opinion, all ye trolls who dominated the discussion here for so long.

Anatomy is not an opinion.
Anatomy is not a consensus.
Anatomy is not a vote.
Im a BM wrote:
Does Into the Night know JACK SHIT about ANATOMY?


I know about shit as well. I certainly help sewage treatment plants process enough of it!
Shit is not anatomy.

The anatomy of a jack is pretty simple. Most consist of a reservoir, a one way valve, a release valve, and a lever. They are sold as 'bottle' styles, where the jack stands up like a bottle, or 'ram' styles, where the jack is incorporated into a mechanical apparatus and appears similar to a hydraulic ram.

They all use a light oil as hydraulic fluid.


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Edited on 02-05-2026 01:47
02-05-2026 02:54
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Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
Does ANYONE believe Into the Night knows JACK SHIT about ANATOMY?

Anatomy is not Jack.
Anatomy is not shit.
Anatomy is not a consensus or vote.
Im a BM wrote:
I may send PM's out to IBdaMann, GasGuzzler, and gfm7174, because I would love to get the whole "Define your terms!" perspective from them.

Redefinition fallacy.
Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night has a REVOLUTIONARY NEW DEFINITION for the "interstitium" in human anatomy. Says the parrot, "It's basically saltwater... It's not a tissue.. It has no compartments.. No collagen... No elastin... No fibers.. No connective tissue."

Inversion fallacy. Otherwise correct.
Im a BM wrote:
It is an exciting and EXPLOSIVE area of new medical research. Identified as a single, integrated organ in 2018.

It is not an organ.
It is not a research.
If you have a medical problem with explosions, may I recommend Simethicone? People around you would probably appreciate it. You can get it at your local drug store.
Im a BM wrote:
I am MORE THAN WILLING to define my terms in this discussion.

Redefinition fallacy (interstitia<->connective tissue).
Im a BM wrote:
I guess ITN gave us a LITTLE more detail about what the interstitium IS, in addition to a long list of what it is NOT. Almost every item on his "is not" list is actually a feature of what the interstitium IS. But according to ITN, it's basically saltwater with some other chemicals in it in the space between cells.
RAAA.
[quote]Im a BM wrote:
PLEASE weigh in with an opinion, all ye trolls who dominated the discussion here for so long.

Anatomy is not an opinion.
Anatomy is not a consensus.
Anatomy is not a vote.
Im a BM wrote:
Does Into the Night know JACK SHIT about ANATOMY?


I know about shit as well. I certainly help sewage treatment plants process enough of it!
Shit is not anatomy.

The anatomy of a jack is pretty simple. Most consist of a reservoir, a one way valve, a release valve, and a lever. They are sold as 'bottle' styles, where the jack stands up like a bottle, or 'ram' styles, where the jack is incorporated into a mechanical apparatus and appears similar to a hydraulic ram.

They all use a light oil as hydraulic fluid.


My fraudulent effort to pose as some kind of "chemist" has been exposed!

If I were REALLY a chemist, I would KNOW the formula to calculate the "ratio" that is pH, and then I'd understand why it's mathematically impossible for pH to EVER be below zero...

And the fact that I DON'T know that SECRET definition for pH PROVES that I'm not a chemist.

Why are you so afraid of carbonate?
02-05-2026 03:00
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Im a BM wrote:
My fraudulent effort to pose as some kind of "chemist" has been exposed!

Yup.
Im a BM wrote:
If I were REALLY a chemist, I would KNOW the formula to calculate the "ratio" that is pH, and then I'd understand why it's mathematically impossible for pH to EVER be below zero...

And the fact that I DON'T know that SECRET definition for pH PROVES that I'm not a chemist.

I already know you have no idea what pH is. You don't have to keep proving it.
Im a BM wrote:
Why are you so afraid of carbonate?

Carbonate is not a chemical.


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02-05-2026 16:26
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This is how a SCIENTIST teaches about "anatomy":

"Anatomy is not Jack. Anatomy is not shit. Anatomy is not consensus or vote." "Anatomy is not opinion. Anatomy is not consensus. Anatomy is not a vote." "Shit is not anatomy." "The anatomy of Jack is pretty simple." - Into the Night


I'm going have to study that and memorize it for the exam.

"Anatomy" suggests that certain physical structures comprised of tissue can be located and identified in the body. They are either present or absent. Very little ambiguity.

The "interstitium" is a certain physical structure comprised of connective tissue in a network of interconnected, fluid-filled compartments, the structure of which is a lattice of collagen and elastin fibers. It is either present or absent.

Either there is "no such thing" as the interstitium, or there IS such a thing.

Either it's basically just saltwater or it's not. No room for word games.

Either it contains tissue, fibers, etc., or it does not.

Whatever "unambiguous definition" for the term "organ" one chooses that accurately applies to the SPLEEN, it will be equally correct for the interstitium.

But the controversy HERE is not about whether or not it is an ORGAN.

The controversy here is that Into the Night insists that the interstitium contains NO tissue, NO collagen or elastin fibers, NO stuctural lattice, No fluid-filled compartments... nothing but saltwater and some chemicals in it.

Into the Night's definition for "interstitium" would be CORRECT if the term being defined were INTERSTITIAL FLUID.


Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
Does ANYONE believe Into the Night knows JACK SHIT about ANATOMY?

Anatomy is not Jack.
Anatomy is not shit.
Anatomy is not a consensus or vote.
Im a BM wrote:
I may send PM's out to IBdaMann, GasGuzzler, and gfm7174, because I would love to get the whole "Define your terms!" perspective from them.

Redefinition fallacy.
Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night has a REVOLUTIONARY NEW DEFINITION for the "interstitium" in human anatomy. Says the parrot, "It's basically saltwater... It's not a tissue.. It has no compartments.. No collagen... No elastin... No fibers.. No connective tissue."

Inversion fallacy. Otherwise correct.
Im a BM wrote:
It is an exciting and EXPLOSIVE area of new medical research. Identified as a single, integrated organ in 2018.

It is not an organ.
It is not a research.
If you have a medical problem with explosions, may I recommend Simethicone? People around you would probably appreciate it. You can get it at your local drug store.
Im a BM wrote:
I am MORE THAN WILLING to define my terms in this discussion.

Redefinition fallacy (interstitia<->connective tissue).
Im a BM wrote:
I guess ITN gave us a LITTLE more detail about what the interstitium IS, in addition to a long list of what it is NOT. Almost every item on his "is not" list is actually a feature of what the interstitium IS. But according to ITN, it's basically saltwater with some other chemicals in it in the space between cells.
RAAA.
[quote]Im a BM wrote:
PLEASE weigh in with an opinion, all ye trolls who dominated the discussion here for so long.

Anatomy is not an opinion.
Anatomy is not a consensus.
Anatomy is not a vote.
Im a BM wrote:
Does Into the Night know JACK SHIT about ANATOMY?


I know about shit as well. I certainly help sewage treatment plants process enough of it!
Shit is not anatomy.

The anatomy of a jack is pretty simple. Most consist of a reservoir, a one way valve, a release valve, and a lever. They are sold as 'bottle' styles, where the jack stands up like a bottle, or 'ram' styles, where the jack is incorporated into a mechanical apparatus and appears similar to a hydraulic ram.

They all use a light oil as hydraulic fluid.


My fraudulent effort to pose as some kind of "chemist" has been exposed!

If I were REALLY a chemist, I would KNOW the formula to calculate the "ratio" that is pH, and then I'd understand why it's mathematically impossible for pH to EVER be below zero...

And the fact that I DON'T know that SECRET definition for pH PROVES that I'm not a chemist.

Why are you so afraid of carbonate?
02-05-2026 20:48
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Im a BM wrote:
This is how a SCIENTIST teaches about "anatomy":

"Anatomy is not Jack. Anatomy is not shit. Anatomy is not consensus or vote." "Anatomy is not opinion. Anatomy is not consensus. Anatomy is not a vote." "Shit is not anatomy." "The anatomy of Jack is pretty simple." - Into the Night


I'm going have to study that and memorize it for the exam.

"Anatomy" suggests that certain physical structures comprised of tissue can be located and identified in the body. They are either present or absent. Very little ambiguity.

Your word games won't work, Robert.
Im a BM wrote:
The "interstitium" is a certain physical structure comprised of connective tissue in a network of interconnected, fluid-filled compartments, the structure of which is a lattice of collagen and elastin fibers. It is either present or absent.

Absent.
Im a BM wrote:
Either there is "no such thing" as the interstitium, or there IS such a thing.

Either it's basically just saltwater or it's not. No room for word games.

Your word games won't work, Robert.
Im a BM wrote:
Either it contains tissue, fibers, etc., or it does not.

It does not.
Im a BM wrote:
Whatever "unambiguous definition" for the term "organ" one chooses that accurately applies to the SPLEEN, it will be equally correct for the interstitium.

The spleen is not interstitia. The spleen is an organ. The interstitia is not.
Im a BM wrote:
But the controversy HERE is not about whether or not it is an ORGAN.

It is not.
Im a BM wrote:
The controversy here is that Into the Night insists that the interstitium contains NO tissue, NO collagen or elastin fibers, NO stuctural lattice, No fluid-filled compartments... nothing but saltwater and some chemicals in it.

Into the Night's definition for "interstitium" would be CORRECT if the term being defined were INTERSTITIAL FLUID.

You word games won't work, Robert.


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02-05-2026 21:21
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Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
This is how a SCIENTIST teaches about "anatomy":

"Anatomy is not Jack. Anatomy is not shit. Anatomy is not consensus or vote." "Anatomy is not opinion. Anatomy is not consensus. Anatomy is not a vote." "Shit is not anatomy." "The anatomy of Jack is pretty simple." - Into the Night


I'm going have to study that and memorize it for the exam.

"Anatomy" suggests that certain physical structures comprised of tissue can be located and identified in the body. They are either present or absent. Very little ambiguity.

Your word games won't work, Robert.
Im a BM wrote:
The "interstitium" is a certain physical structure comprised of connective tissue in a network of interconnected, fluid-filled compartments, the structure of which is a lattice of collagen and elastin fibers. It is either present or absent.

Absent.
Im a BM wrote:
Either there is "no such thing" as the interstitium, or there IS such a thing.

Either it's basically just saltwater or it's not. No room for word games.

Your word games won't work, Robert.
Im a BM wrote:
Either it contains tissue, fibers, etc., or it does not.

It does not.
Im a BM wrote:
Whatever "unambiguous definition" for the term "organ" one chooses that accurately applies to the SPLEEN, it will be equally correct for the interstitium.

The spleen is not interstitia. The spleen is an organ. The interstitia is not.
Im a BM wrote:
But the controversy HERE is not about whether or not it is an ORGAN.

It is not.
Im a BM wrote:
The controversy here is that Into the Night insists that the interstitium contains NO tissue, NO collagen or elastin fibers, NO stuctural lattice, No fluid-filled compartments... nothing but saltwater and some chemicals in it.

Into the Night's definition for "interstitium" would be CORRECT if the term being defined were INTERSTITIAL FLUID.

You word games won't work, Robert.


Yes, you have demonstrated your commitment to TROLLING any discussion regarding the interstitium.

I will continue with little teases to see if there is a sudden increase in "views", but I won't start the interstitium thread that I want the research scientists to forward links to until Branner and I reach some kind of understanding. Even if they don't get a single reply to any of their heckling posts, the thread will be so cluttered with obnoxious shit... No, it will have to wait for better conditions.

Into the Night will NEVER control HIMSELF.

I could go ahead and put it on Facebook where moderators prevent punks like IBdaMann and Into the Night from trolling in such obnoxious fashion. But I want it right here, to go along with the rest of the library.

People who believe that ocean acidification is NO cause for concern, and that climate change is a HOAX, probably account for very few of the people linking to posts on this website, racking up thousands of views in the "Maximizing Carbon Sequestration..." thread, for example.

Similarly, people who believe that the interstitium is NOT an "organ", and maybe it's nothing more than saltwater even, won't be accounting for a lot of the "views" that the anticipated interstitium thread will be racking up.

But whoever such people out there might be, perhaps they would be comforted to know that Into the Night is diligently representing their interests in the discussion. Making sure that nobody gets away with pretending that science is buzzwords.
02-05-2026 21:30
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Im a BM wrote:
Yes, you have demonstrated your commitment to TROLLING any discussion regarding the interstitium.

Stop spamming.
Im a BM wrote:
I will continue with little teases to see if there is a sudden increase in "views", but I won't start the interstitium thread that I want the research scientists to forward links to until Branner and I reach some kind of understanding. Even if they don't get a single reply to any of their heckling posts, the thread will be so cluttered with obnoxious shit... No, it will have to wait for better conditions.

Into the Night will NEVER control HIMSELF.

Censorship never works, Robert.
Im a BM wrote:
I could go ahead and put it on Facebook where moderators prevent punks like IBdaMann and Into the Night from trolling in such obnoxious fashion. But I want it right here, to go along with the rest of the library.

Find talking to yourself on Facebook a bit lonely, Robert? :laugh:
Im a BM wrote:
People who believe that ocean acidification is NO cause for concern, and that climate change is a HOAX, probably account for very few of the people linking to posts on this website, racking up thousands of views in the "Maximizing Carbon Sequestration..." thread, for example.

You can't acidify an alkaline.
Climate cannot change.

Why do you want to 'sequester' carbon? Carbon is a useful fuel.
Im a BM wrote:
Similarly, people who believe that the interstitium is NOT an "organ", and maybe it's nothing more than saltwater even, won't be accounting for a lot of the "views" that the anticipated interstitium thread will be racking up.

Stop spamming.
Im a BM wrote:
But whoever such people out there might be, perhaps they would be comforted to know that Into the Night is diligently representing their interests in the discussion. Making sure that nobody gets away with pretending that science is buzzwords.

Your word games and buzzwords won't help you, Robert.


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03-05-2026 16:05
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Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
Yes, you have demonstrated your commitment to TROLLING any discussion regarding the interstitium.

Stop spamming.
Im a BM wrote:
I will continue with little teases to see if there is a sudden increase in "views", but I won't start the interstitium thread that I want the research scientists to forward links to until Branner and I reach some kind of understanding. Even if they don't get a single reply to any of their heckling posts, the thread will be so cluttered with obnoxious shit... No, it will have to wait for better conditions.

Into the Night will NEVER control HIMSELF.

Censorship never works, Robert.
Im a BM wrote:
I could go ahead and put it on Facebook where moderators prevent punks like IBdaMann and Into the Night from trolling in such obnoxious fashion. But I want it right here, to go along with the rest of the library.

Find talking to yourself on Facebook a bit lonely, Robert? :laugh:
Im a BM wrote:
People who believe that ocean acidification is NO cause for concern, and that climate change is a HOAX, probably account for very few of the people linking to posts on this website, racking up thousands of views in the "Maximizing Carbon Sequestration..." thread, for example.

You can't acidify an alkaline.
Climate cannot change.

Why do you want to 'sequester' carbon? Carbon is a useful fuel.
Im a BM wrote:
Similarly, people who believe that the interstitium is NOT an "organ", and maybe it's nothing more than saltwater even, won't be accounting for a lot of the "views" that the anticipated interstitium thread will be racking up.

Stop spamming.
Im a BM wrote:
But whoever such people out there might be, perhaps they would be comforted to know that Into the Night is diligently representing their interests in the discussion. Making sure that nobody gets away with pretending that science is buzzwords.

Your word games and buzzwords won't help you, Robert.


Facebook... The "Climate Change Reality" group at Facebook had been around for seven years, and had just over 900 members when I joined about a year ago. Today it has more than 7000 members. Imagine how much larger it would have gotten if I didn't join to drive everyone away. Even if I only drove 25 members each time I posted, I prevented it from ballooning to 14,000. But 7000 is a clusterfork to work with. It's easier to hear my own thoughts in this quiet little place.

I don't know, Into the Night, but I assume you got yourself BANNED from Facebook a long time ago. In the unlikely event that you did NOT, you are eligible to join and see what's up with the "Climate Change Reality" group. I estimate you have at least 3000 potential soulmates there - like-minded kindred spirits who REFUSE TO BELIEVE in climate change. Or, at least not MANMADE climate change. It's a much bigger "tent" than the tiny cult that died HERE.

One BIG advantage that Facebook has over climate-debate.com which makes it less UNATTRACTIVE is that they don't allow doxing. And they actually pin the blame on the member who does the doxing, not the member who got doxed.

I do NOT recommend that anyone join climate-debate.com until the moderator establishes protections against doxing. At Facebook I go by my full, real name without concern that some PUNK will say "you doxed yourself" because I referenced widely-cited scientific paper about greenhouse gases that happens to have my name on it as author. Or a poster that happens to have my name on it.

Into the Night, I don't WANT to know your real name. I won't be able to find any useful under it. You are a scientific NOBODY. You are a NOTHING in the real world where scientists do real science. I can't learn from or criticize your papers or any other contribution you made to science under your real name, because there AREN'T ANY.

You can't make heads or tails out of any of MY widely cited pubs because you don't have a clue what any of the "buzzwords" mean. Such as "pH", "buffer", carbohydrate, hydrocarbon, lignin, tannin... You don't know SHIT. And you can't TEACH shit because you can't teach what you don't know.

For all you've done to earn my affection and respect, pHuck YOU!
pHuck you. pHuck you. pHuck you. pHuck you. pHuck you. pHuck you

Edited on 03-05-2026 16:45
03-05-2026 21:18
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Im a BM wrote:
Facebook... The "Climate Change Reality" group at Facebook had been around for seven years, and had just over 900 members when I joined about a year ago.

Climate cannot change. I don't give a shit about Facebook.
Im a BM wrote:
Today it has more than 7000 members.

7000 people just as lost as you are.
Im a BM wrote:
Imagine how much larger it would have gotten if I didn't join to drive everyone away. Even if I only drove 25 members each time I posted, I prevented it from ballooning to 14,000. But 7000 is a clusterfork to work with. It's easier to hear my own thoughts in this quiet little place.

You got lonely on Facebook, so you came back here.
Im a BM wrote:
I don't know, Into the Night, but I assume you got yourself BANNED from Facebook a long time ago.

I can't get banned from something I never joined.
Im a BM wrote:
In the unlikely event that you did NOT, you are eligible to join and see what's up with the "Climate Change Reality" group.

Climate cannot change.
Im a BM wrote:
I estimate you have at least 3000 potential soulmates there - like-minded kindred spirits who REFUSE TO BELIEVE in climate change. Or, at least not MANMADE climate change. It's a much bigger "tent" than the tiny cult that died HERE.

Climate cannot change. No one has died here.
Im a BM wrote:
One BIG advantage that Facebook has over climate-debate.com which makes it less UNATTRACTIVE is that they don't allow doxing. And they actually pin the blame on the member who does the doxing, not the member who got doxed.

You doxed yourself.
Im a BM wrote:
I do NOT recommend that anyone join climate-debate.com until the moderator establishes protections against doxing.

You doxed yourself.
Im a BM wrote:
At Facebook I go by my full, real name without concern that some PUNK will say "you doxed yourself" because I referenced widely-cited scientific paper about greenhouse gases that happens to have my name on it as author. Or a poster that happens to have my name on it.

So you dox yourself there as well.
Science isn't a paper.
There is no such thing as a 'greenhouse gas'.
Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night, I don't WANT to know your real name. I won't be able to find any useful under it. You are a scientific NOBODY. You are a NOTHING in the real world where scientists do real science. I can't learn from or criticize your papers or any other contribution you made to science under your real name, because there AREN'T ANY.

Science isn't a person. True Scotsman fallacy. Science is not a paper or 'contribution'.
Im a BM wrote:
You can't make heads or tails out of any of MY widely cited pubs because you don't have a clue what any of the "buzzwords" mean. Such as "pH", "buffer", carbohydrate, hydrocarbon, lignin, tannin... You don't know SHIT. And you can't TEACH shit because you can't teach what you don't know.

Buzzwords have no meaning, Robert.
Im a BM wrote:
For all you've done to earn my affection and respect, pHuck YOU!
pHuck you. pHuck you. pHuck you. pHuck you. pHuck you. pHuck you


Getting angry gets you nowhere, Robert. It will not make any part of your religion a theory of science.


No gas or vapor is capable of warming the Earth, Robert.


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03-05-2026 21:34
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Im a BM:
The world must be protected from the evil of persons being allowed to discuss climate change without being obnoxiously trolled.

ITN:
I have given you more than a fair chance to describe what is 'changing' in climate. You apparently cannot answer that question.

Climate cannot change.

Now...do you want to try to discuss Global Warming? What makes you so afraid of CO2?

Im a BM:

I have begged you for YEARS to just ONCE provide a word beyond "ratio" as an unambiguous definition for "pH".

DEFINE YOUR TERMS!

"RQAA" doesn't cut it when all you would have to say is pH = -log(H+)

HOWEVER, you keep insisting that pH = -log(H+) is NOT the correct definition.

You keep your personal definition for pH a big secret.

The closest you have ever come to offering a definition for pH is to say "ratio", and nothing more.

Define your terms, YARP! (Yellow And Red Parrot)

One of many reasons I know that you cannot possibly be a real "chemist".

Quite literally, you don't even know what pH IS!

ITN:
Not an answer. Pivot fallacy. Try again. Answer the question put to you.

Im a BM:

Of course you will never reveal the SECRET "ratio" that defines pH.

What is "changing" in "climate change"?

Unless this is some kind of trick question, that would be the climate.

Don't whine about your straw man "global climate" because there is no such thing.

Get it? There is NO SUCH THING as "Global Climate".

There is regional climate. I remember in 4th grade how the teacher explained to us that "California has a Mediterranean climate".

That includes cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. That includes never getting snowed in. Anyway, I thought I'd ease you into it with an example you might possibly be familiar with. You have heard of Mediterranean climate, right?

Climate parameters are all about "regimes", which include distribution over time as well as highs, lows, and averages. There is the temperature regime. There is the moisture regime. There is the wind regime.

Climate is defined as the consistent weather patterns associated with the local regime of temperature, moisture, etc. A significant change in those patterns would constitute climate change.

California and its Mediterranean climate now suffers the same new wildfire hazards they see in Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. They don't see the atmospheric rivers we get here in quite the same way, but very similar climate changes are happening on every continent where regions are characterized as having a "Mediterranean" climate. Forest pests are ravaging at higher elevation. New extreme weather with freak summer snowstorms in southern Spain as well as southern California. Global weirding.

I could go on with a hundred more examples that YARP (Yellow And Red Parrot) will belittle and dismiss.

Climate change is happening. I hold that truth to be self evident.
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What do you call a "chemist" who is incapable of writing a formula or description to define pH?

A. A liar
B. An idiot
C. A faker

"I am recognized as a chemist. I know that bugs the hell out of you.." - ITN
"You are not a chemist, scientist, or 'expert' of any kind." - ITN
"The idiots who cite your work aren't really chemists." - ITN
"They are not really chemist. I am." - ITN

When I first arrived at climate-debate.com, someone did "recognize" you as a chemist. IBdaMann referred to you by name as a "chemist".

It doesn't really bug the hell out of me that IBdaMann recognizes you as a "chemist". Just out of concern for your health, I'm glad that you have SOMEBODY out there who thinks you're a "chemist".

If IBdaMann endorses you as a "chemist", but turns out to be an "idiot" (like all the fake chemists in the 1300 teams who published 1300 different endorsements of ME as a "chemist"). Does it cancel out?

IBdaMann better not be an "idiot", or his endorsement doesn't count.
03-05-2026 21:54
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Im a BM wrote:
What do you call a "chemist" who is incapable of writing a formula or description to define pH?

A. A liar
B. An idiot
C. A faker

So...you are a liar, an idiot, and a faker.
Im a BM wrote:
"I am recognized as a chemist. I know that bugs the hell out of you.." - ITN
"You are not a chemist, scientist, or 'expert' of any kind." - ITN
"The idiots who cite your work aren't really chemists." - ITN
"They are not really chemist. I am." - ITN

When I first arrived at climate-debate.com, someone did "recognize" you as a chemist. IBdaMann referred to you by name as a "chemist".

It doesn't really bug the hell out of me that IBdaMann recognizes you as a "chemist".

Lie. Denial.
Im a BM wrote:
Just out of concern for your health,

You don't care about my health. Lie. Synthesis. Mantra 3.
Im a BM wrote:
I'm glad that you have SOMEBODY out there who thinks you're a "chemist".

If IBdaMann endorses you as a "chemist", but turns out to be an "idiot" (like all the fake chemists in the 1300 teams who published 1300 different endorsements of ME as a "chemist"). Does it cancel out?

Chemistry is not an 'endorsement'. Science does not use consensus. There is no voting bloc in science. Science is not a 'publication'. Science is not a 'team'.
Im a BM wrote:
IBdaMann better not be an "idiot", or his endorsement doesn't count.

It really doesn't. Chemistry is not an endorsement. Science does not use consensus. There is no voting bloc in science.

At least IBdaMann thinks my fireworks are a cool part of my chemistry.


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03-05-2026 22:19
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Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
What do you call a "chemist" who is incapable of writing a formula or description to define pH?

A. A liar
B. An idiot
C. A faker

So...you are a liar, an idiot, and a faker.
Im a BM wrote:
"I am recognized as a chemist. I know that bugs the hell out of you.." - ITN
"You are not a chemist, scientist, or 'expert' of any kind." - ITN
"The idiots who cite your work aren't really chemists." - ITN
"They are not really chemist. I am." - ITN

When I first arrived at climate-debate.com, someone did "recognize" you as a chemist. IBdaMann referred to you by name as a "chemist".

It doesn't really bug the hell out of me that IBdaMann recognizes you as a "chemist".

Lie. Denial.
Im a BM wrote:
Just out of concern for your health,

You don't care about my health. Lie. Synthesis. Mantra 3.
Im a BM wrote:
I'm glad that you have SOMEBODY out there who thinks you're a "chemist".

If IBdaMann endorses you as a "chemist", but turns out to be an "idiot" (like all the fake chemists in the 1300 teams who published 1300 different endorsements of ME as a "chemist"). Does it cancel out?

Chemistry is not an 'endorsement'. Science does not use consensus. There is no voting bloc in science. Science is not a 'publication'. Science is not a 'team'.
Im a BM wrote:
IBdaMann better not be an "idiot", or his endorsement doesn't count.

It really doesn't. Chemistry is not an endorsement. Science does not use consensus. There is no voting bloc in science.

At least IBdaMann thinks my fireworks are a cool part of my chemistry.


pH? pH? of course, it is the negative logarithm (-log, and NOT the natural log, ln, proposed by IBdaMann) of the hydrogen ion molarity. pH = -log(H+)
Do the math and you'll prove any strong acid at >1.0 M (H+) has pH<0.

But pH is more than that. pH is a way to pHeel pHar superior to the pHake "chemist", into the Night. So pHull of pHeces! So pHucked up, making pHalse claims. ITN pHabricated pHalse scientific title.

So pHar out of touch, in a pHantasy pHeel-good pHairy tale. Oh, it's so pHun and he feels pHine as he pHancies himself to be a "chemist".

The definition for pH they teach at Chemistry Clown College must be kept SECRET.
Edited on 03-05-2026 22:33
03-05-2026 23:26
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Im a BM wrote: DEFINE YOUR TERMS!
"RQAA" doesn't cut it when all you would have to say is pH = -log(H+)
You keep your personal definition for pH a big secret.
One of many reasons I know that you cannot possibly be a real "chemist".

Guess what!
DEFINE YOUR TERMS! Asserting "Global Warming" doesn't cut it.
One of the many reasons I know that you cannot possibly be a scientist to any degree.

Im a BM wrote:Quite literally, you don't even know what pH IS!

Quite literally, you don't even know what a climate is.

Im a BM wrote:Don't whine about your straw man "global climate" because there is no such thing.

You don't get to use the definite article "the", i.e. "the climate" without specifying which particular local climate, unless you are talking about the global climate which, as you acknowledge, doesn't exist. So every time you refer to "the climate" without specifying which one, you are talking about your religion and not about anything terrestrial.

It's why you don't define your terms, i.e. you are discussing religion, not science, because you are not a scientist, you are a profoundly devoted warmizombie who wouldn't be able to construct a rational argument if his life depended on it.

Im a BM wrote: Get it? There is NO SUCH THING as "Global Climate".

Remember, I'm the one who taught you that.

Im a BM wrote: There is regional climate.

So you admit that if you use the definite article "the", you must specify which one, yes?

However, to this day, you never have. What a strange oversight on your part. At least you can understand why everything you have ever written on the matter has been dismissed. No worries, you can always start over.

Im a BM wrote: I remember in 4th grade how the teacher explained to us that "California has a Mediterranean climate".

So, you remember your 4th-grade teacher specifying California's climate, right?

Im a BM wrote:Climate parameters are all about "regimes",

No climate has any parameters. Let's agree that you aren't a very technical person. Say it with me: "Climates have differing attributes."

Im a BM wrote: ... which include distribution over time as well as highs, lows, and averages.

You are blowing chunks here. You are operating under the mistaken impression that data is somehow involved in discussing a climate. Error. This is where warmizombies and climate lemmings, as well as others, mock the shit out of you for not knowing the difference between "climate" and "weather".

There is no data involved. Recall your 4th-grade teacher explaining California's climate to you. There was no data involved. I'll mock the shit out of you in a later post.

Im a BM wrote: There is the temperature regime.

Nope. This is a very stupid assertion. I'll include this "regime" business in my later mockery.

Im a BM wrote: Climate is defined as the consistent weather patterns ...

Nope. This is mathematical incompetence. Only people who are mathematically incompetent will regurgitate this contradiction. Ergo, you are officially mathematically incompetent.

There is no such thing as a pattern (implying dependencies) in random events (no dependencies), e.g. weather patterns. Try flipping a coin until you see the pattern.

Im a BM wrote: California and its Mediterranean climate now suffers the same new wildfire hazards they see in Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.

You are a mindless lemming. California suffers from wildfire hazards because of California's Democrat-monopoly government prohibiting all controlled burning and other fire prevention measures, just to keep wildfires prevalent, just so they can point to them and declare "Climate Change" because they know that California is chock full of stupid people like you who will believe absolutely everything that you are ordered to believe. California's fire hazard is deliberately engineered, and the scientifically illiterate, mathematically incompetent, and logically inept Democrat dumbasses like you fall for it every time.

Panama is a country comprised of nothing but forest and jungle, and they allow controlled burns to eliminate fuel for wild fires. That's why you never hear of wild fires in Panama while Democrat-controlled California is the only place on earth with a fire season.

Now let's talk about California's insane gasoline prices. Why does gasoline cost so much in California, but only half that in Not-Democrat-controlled Oklahoma?

Im a BM wrote: They don't see the atmospheric rivers we get here in quite the same way,

There is no such thing as an atmospheric river. It's one of the many reasons I know that you cannot possibly be a scientist.

Im a BM wrote: but very similar climate changes are happening on every continent

Not a single one of earth's climates has changed one iota during our lifetime, Robert. Changes have happened to most every environment, sure. Weather has certainly changed, everywhere, always. However, you and I could go anywhere on the planet and the climate at that region is exactly the same today as it was when you and I were born.

Maybe Into the Night has a point, i.e. that no climate can change. I notice that no climate has any attributes that ever change.

Im a BM wrote:I could go on with a hundred more examples that YARP (Yellow And Red Parrot) will belittle and dismiss.

You do have an abysmal track record. You get most everything wrong.

Im a BM wrote: Climate change is happening. I hold that truth to be self evident.

This is a religious profession of faith. If it were something more than religion, you'd define your terms, right?

Im a BM wrote:What do you call a "chemist" who is incapable of writing a formula or description to define pH?

What do you call a Climate-worshiper who insists that his religion is science, but won't define any of his religious terms and can't present any science to support his faith?

A. A liar
B. An idiot
C. A faker

Im a BM wrote: IBdaMann referred to you by name as a "chemist".

Yep. We should test him, though. Let's ask him what the different types of fireworks are and what safety procedures are required for each. Only a chemist would know that.

Im a BM wrote: If IBdaMann endorses you as a "chemist",

Is "endorse" the correct word?
04-05-2026 06:52
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Im a BM wrote:
pH? pH? of course, it is the negative logarithm (-log, and NOT the natural log, ln, proposed by IBdaMann) of the hydrogen ion molarity. pH = -log(H+)
Do the math and you'll prove any strong acid at >1.0 M (H+) has pH<0.

But pH is more than that. pH is a way to pHeel pHar superior to the pHake "chemist", into the Night. So pHull of pHeces! So pHucked up, making pHalse claims. ITN pHabricated pHalse scientific title.

So pHar out of touch, in a pHantasy pHeel-good pHairy tale. Oh, it's so pHun and he feels pHine as he pHancies himself to be a "chemist".

The definition for pH they teach at Chemistry Clown College must be kept SECRET.

YARP


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04-05-2026 08:31
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IBdaMann wrote:
Yep. We should test him, though. Let's ask him what the different types of fireworks are and what safety procedures are required for each. Only a chemist would know that.


Heh. Fireworks have literally thousands of formulas, but many have fallen out of favor over the years due to lack of supply of the necessary chemicals, or because a chemical was just too toxic to handle in most firework manufacturing houses.

Most of them use either a black powder formula (adjusted for different effects or purposes). The earliest mention of black powder was created in China as an 'elixir of life'. The idea was to combine various ingredients associated with life into one in an effort to prolong life. He used the manure from pigs combined with wood ash and boiled (lovely process!), and produced potassium nitrate (a rather impure form, but good enough). This was combined with honey (a rather powerful fuel!). Something ignited it (probably the fire he was using to boil stuff), and he wound up burning down his own house. In his journal he wrote to never make this stuff again.

The world never listens!

China, then the rest of the world took to the new stuff enthusiastically, used for everything from various guns and celebration items.

In fireworks, other than guns (and safety bags in cars), there are just a few basic forms.

The most common you see in town shows are the display shell, shot from mortars made of paper or HDPE plastic tubes. Sometimes these tubes are fiberglass or steel. Steel tubes should be buried their full length to reduce shrapnel problems from a failed tube. These materials don't fragment if the tube fails, resulting in dangerous shrapnel. The shell itself is generally spherical (Japanese design) or cylindrical (Italian design). Most display operators prefer the Japanese design. In Japan, fireworks are called hanabi (literally fireflower).

A sparkler can have many different formulas, depending on the color and whether it has a flashing effect (such as in senko hanabi). This flashing effect is produced by an excess of sulfur combined with a bright burning metal, such as coarsely ground aluminum. This is also used in aerial fireworks to produce a glittering effect. The material burns unevenly, bright, then dark, then bright...in rapid succession; particularly when exposed to rushing air, as a star is for an aerial display. The most common sparkler (gold) is just iron filings, a binder, and a bit of oxidizer (typically potassium nitrate again), and a wire. These burn very hot. I consider this firework the most dangerous made...not because it burns hot, but because parents give them to little kids, who run around in the dark often barefoot, drop the hot wire when it goes out, and someone else steps on the wire, sending them to the hospital.

Another type is called a gerb (also commonly called 'fountains'). These start more fires than any other type of firework, usually due to their cheap base. A gerb can be thought of as a rocket engine pointing the wrong way, thrusting downward rather than upward. If you use one, make SURE it has a stable base (partially burying it in a bucket of sand is ideal).

Rockets are familiar to everyone. It's just the usual black powder formula now facing the correct way. Stabilization is provided by a simple stick, bringing the center of gravity just aft of the nozzle. Nozzles for gerbs and rockets are made of diatomaceous earth, typically found in cat litter (the nonabsorbing kind). This same material can be used to clean up oil spills. Just sprinkle it on the oil stain on concrete or asphalt and it will soak it right up...easily swept away afterward. Most firework rockets are end burning (just burns from the nozzle through the end of the engine.

The booster rockets on the Space Shuttle and later the SLS, are just solid rockets, core burning (a hollow core extends through the center of the engine). They use ammonium persulfate combined with a rubber that acts as both binder and fuel. Once you light one of these, you can't turn them off.

Rocket engines are often combined with other designs rather than used for rockets. A wheel is a good example of this. The rocket goes round and round instead of up in the air.

A type of firework that spins horizontally and then either bounces or flies is known as a girandola. These can be quite large, looking like a flying saucer rising into the sky. They are an aircraft, and must be built to exacting balance, weight, and thrust; or the device can be very unstable.

The only visible part of a firework at night is the star. The rest of the device is used to present the stars in some fashion, such as a roman candle, aerial firework, gerb, or rocket.

The light producing star may produce light by one of two methods: The Stefan-Boltzman method (anywhere from a glowing coal to a white, produced by hot burning aluminum or titanium); or the harmonic (direct drop of electron energy) method. This 2nd method is used to produce various colors. Certain salts have electron orbital drops that produce a visible light of a narrow frequency. A strontium salt such as strontium carbonate produces a red color. Barium chloride produces a yellow color, or in a hotter flame, a green color. Copper carbonate produces a blue color, somewhat dim.

A balance must be achieved to prevent Stefan-Boltzmann emission from swamping out the harmonic emission that is the color you want. A firework is a burning device, after all. Various tricks are used, such as using a cooler burning flame (by varying which oxidizer is used and it's ratio to the fuel).

Colored smoke devices use a VERY cool burning blame, provided by potassium chlorate as the oxidizer, and further cooled by using lactose as the fuel. The color is just powdered dye. This decomposes at higher temperatures, so it is important to maintain a cool burning flame.
Such devices are used for entertainment, and as military signaling devices. Most are in paper tubes, but I use a reloadable version, made of an aluminum canister and an impact spoon (like a grenade). This one can't explode, though, because of the big hole in the bottom of the device.

Fuses are a core part of any firework. There are various types:

Black match, or simply a string coated with a black powder (typically using dextrin as the binder, or glue). This most often burns about 2-3 seconds per inch. This is the type used as the leader fuse for firecrackets as well.

Visco match, made the same way a braided rope is, but using a black powder core (fed by two leader threads). These are often also lacquered, making them waterproof. They will burn even when wet (but not underwater so well, since the water steals heat from the flame, putting it out). This is often sold as 'cannon fuse' or that green fuse you see on many fireworks.

Visco and blackmatch are used to provide a delay. The old "light fuse and get away" is the idea here.

Quickmatch, which is a fuse in a loose paper wrap. Since black powder is a surface burning material (making it a low explosive classified material), confining it in paper in this way prevents the heat generated from the fuse from escaping. Instead, it races ahead of the fuse inside the paper wrapping. Quickmatch can burn in as little as 3ms per foot. It's effectively instant fuse. It is used as messenger fuse inside the device to cause simultaneous effects.
Commercial quickmatch also has a plastic overwrap, making it rain resistant.

Timefuse, which burns very slowly, about like Visco, but unlike Visco, which spits fire out the side, the timefuse is covered in asphalt, preventing any side spit. By cutting it to precise length, you can provide the time delay needed to let a shell rise to peak altitude before exploding the shell.

In fireworks, the mortar is a gun. Treat it like one. NEVER put any part of your body you want to keep from getting over the mortar when it's loaded. That shell coming out of the mortar has a muzzle velocity about like a pistol, but the shell is MUCH larger! F=mA. Don't let it take your head!

All fireworks contain their own source of oxygen for the fire. That means restrict their use to places resistant to wildfire, and have water available to put something out should it get away from you. One black powder manufacturer puts old bathroom tubs around the place and kept full of water. These are painted orange. If someone gets burned, they can jump into the nearest tub. The number of personnel working in a particular area is strictly enforced.

Black powder can be set off by even a small static electricity spark. Cotton cloths only, and EVERYTHING is properly grounded. Why cotton? Such natural fibers don't hold a flame well.

A few pounds of chemicals, some paper, some glue; produces the magic and memory of a night of fireworks - Dr. John Steinberg


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04-05-2026 09:54
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Fireworks make use of an oxidizer such as potassium nitrate, potassium perchlorate, or potassium chlorate; combined with a fuel (typically charcoal, which is primarily carbon). Sulfur is used as a catalyst, lowering ignition temperature, or even as a fuel.

Water is always present, either as vapor in the air condensing on product, or in making the product itself. It can have effects that are seriously not desirable, particularly when sulfur is involved, or when ammonium nitrate or sodium nitrate is involved as the oxidizer.

For example, potassium chlorate must never be mixed with sulfur. In the presence of water, a double exchange reaction takes place that produces potassium sulfate, which can ignite at room temperature, producing a dangerous fireball for the poor unfortunate nearby. There is no way to outrun a fireball. This can be mitigated somewhat by using sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) to keep the mixture alkaline, but the danger is always there.

Aluminum is an interesting material. Commonly available in foil sheets and used for food preparation, in this form, aluminum is surprisingly stable. The same aluminum, course ground, will burn readily with a bright white light. The same aluminum again, as fine powder, is quite dangerous. It easily ignites and produces a brilliant white flash. This reaction consumes all of the solid material, and is converted entirely into a gas.

You can make your own fine powdered aluminum from foil sheets, but I don't recommend it unless you know EXACTLY what your doing! Keep in mind this process requires a federal license AND quite probably a State license to be legal to conduct.

These licenses are also required to make black powder legally.

Most firecrackers, such as Flash Crackers, use fine aluminum and a bit of potassium perchlorate. Quantities are quite small, yet these can easily damage you. Photographers used to mix this stuff up for photoflash. They would put a trail of it into a tray and set it off electrically. Many a photographer was quite injured messing with this stuff, which is friction, impact, and temperature sensitive. The more modern flashbulb was made of magnesium sponge in a sealed bulb. MUCH safer! Being sealed also meant the magnesium was protected against corrosion by exposure to air and water vapor.

Magnesium can also produce a brilliant white, but it easily corrodes, and is too reactive with most other chemicals used in fireworks. A safer alloy known as magnalium (alloyed with aluminum) is more easily used in such formulations. You can substitute it 1 for 1 with magnesium, but adjusting for the weight difference is useful.

Of late titanium sponge has become available, due to jet engine manufacture. This produces an even brighter white light, but it is a very hard material that easily produces sparks when pressed. You have to be careful when pressing composition into tubes when using titanium. It is best to keep the press shielded from personnel. A thick sheet of plexiglass mounted on the front of the press itself will suffice, as it will direct any blast away from the operator.

For larger manufacturers, such as Estes Industries, the press is a fully automated robot working in it's own room. Any blast only damages the robot, and is easily repaired. This is how the common model rocket engines are made at Estes Industries. They are black powder rocket engines using an end burning design.

The initial thrust is black powder. The delay thrust (it does produce a slight thrust!) is black powder using an inefficient ratio. This is separated by a disc with a hole in it from a small black powder burst charge. This charge fires forward into the rocket, expelling a parachute or streamer recovery system, or ejecting the engine casing from the rocket, making it unbalanced and it tumbles to Earth. This tumble recover system is useful for smaller rockets. The quality and accuracy of these little engines is amazingly good. The key is keeping tightly controlled parameters on the mix, the stuffing rate, and of course the press pressure used. As is with other rocket fireworks, the nozzle is made in exactly the same way, using diatomaceous earth (a type of clay).

A firework that is commonly ignored as such is used to light other fireworks. I am referring to the common kitchen match. This little device is potassium chlorate (a highly sensitive oxidizer), which can burn by itself. This is the match head.

The striker contains red phosphorus and glass beads, glued into a strip using a binder (usually dextrin again).

Striking the match on the striker, converts the red phosphorus into volatile white phosphorus and a small amount of heat from the friction, which ignites the material. This ignites the potassium chlorate, starting the flame and lighting the wooden or cardboard stem.

There used to be a match commonly used around the late 1800's that didn't need a striker. Any rough surface would do. These 'strike anywhere' matches contained a spot of white phosphorous in the head itself. The rough surface produced enough heat from friction to ignite it. The red part of the head is potassium chlorate again.

These strike anywhere matches are dangerous, since even rough handling can ignite the whole box, particularly in the presence of dry, static electricity prone conditions (common in the western deserts).

The new matches are much safer, and they are marketed as 'safety matches', or just 'matches' as the strike anywhere variety is quite limited in availability now.

The old cap guns used potassium chlorate again, this time taking advantage of the impact sensitive nature of the material. Similar types of devices are also used as target impact indicators in shooting ranges.

Today's cap guns use plastic pellets containing the potassium chlorate as the caps, because kids would lay the whole roll out and smack it with a hammer to make nice big bangs. Sometimes this would chip the concrete used as an anvil, and flying bits of concrete can injure.

Potassium chlorate and potassium perchlorate can be prepared using an electrolysis of common table salt (sodium chloride), which produces sodium chlorate. A substitution reaction produces the potassium variety. After that, it should be carefully purified. Potassium perchlorate is safer to use than potassium chlorate since it has a higher ignition temperature. Most high energy formulations such as color stars use this as the oxidizer now. It is easy to get excellent purity avoiding contamination with potassium chlorate.

While the chemicals themselves do not require a license of any kind, mixing them into any type of explosive material requires the licenses. Part of these licenses attaches a license for a place to put the end product, a type of magazine, a building or container specially constructed and spaced for such a purpose. Mine takes the form of a small shed, properly spaced away from houses, roads, fires, vegetation, and manufacturing and drying areas; and constructed according the requirements of that type of magazine.

Storage of the chemicals themselves should be kept sensible. Keep oxidizers away from any type of fuel. Keep sulfur or compounds containing sulfur far away from potassium chlorate or powdered aluminum. Respect potassium chlorate in particular for it's sensitive nature. Manufacturing areas should always have a bucket of water available, or even use a small pool. It can be used to dunk burned hands in to stop a burn after an accident, or to put a fire out.

The PPE around fireworks is simple and effective. Cover for the eyes (such as impact glasses or goggles), possibly a face shield, a hardhat when loading and launching guns, and thick leather gloves, such as welding gloves when lighting quickmatch directly, such as is done for some display shows.

Electric matches, or e-match, is just like a regular match, but with a fine wire embedded in the material. Sufficient current melts the wire and ignites the match head. These often have a plastic cup around the match head to direct the flame into the black powder in the device. Just a few mA is sufficient to light the match. A commonly seen version is used with model rockets. You stuff the match up the engine nozzle and hold it in place using a small bit of paper. Lighting the match burns the paper away and the nozzle blasts the remnants away as the rocket takes off.

Those small party poppers that you throw on the ground to produce a small pop is just potassium chlorate and red phosphorus again (Armstrong's mixture). This highly friction and impact sensitive mixture should only be used in very small quantities, such as what is in party poppers and toy caps. Manufacturing processes for these products uses a very strictly controlled environment, since sufficient quantities are around to destroy the entire plant.
04-05-2026 13:42
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Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
What do you call a "chemist" who is incapable of writing a formula or description to define pH?

A. A liar
B. An idiot
C. A faker

So...you are a liar, an idiot, and a faker.
Im a BM wrote:
"I am recognized as a chemist. I know that bugs the hell out of you.." - ITN
"You are not a chemist, scientist, or 'expert' of any kind." - ITN
"The idiots who cite your work aren't really chemists." - ITN
"They are not really chemist. I am." - ITN

When I first arrived at climate-debate.com, someone did "recognize" you as a chemist. IBdaMann referred to you by name as a "chemist".

It doesn't really bug the hell out of me that IBdaMann recognizes you as a "chemist".

Lie. Denial.
Im a BM wrote:
Just out of concern for your health,

You don't care about my health. Lie. Synthesis. Mantra 3.
Im a BM wrote:
I'm glad that you have SOMEBODY out there who thinks you're a "chemist".

If IBdaMann endorses you as a "chemist", but turns out to be an "idiot" (like all the fake chemists in the 1300 teams who published 1300 different endorsements of ME as a "chemist"). Does it cancel out?

Chemistry is not an 'endorsement'. Science does not use consensus. There is no voting bloc in science. Science is not a 'publication'. Science is not a 'team'.
Im a BM wrote:
IBdaMann better not be an "idiot", or his endorsement doesn't count.

It really doesn't. Chemistry is not an endorsement. Science does not use consensus. There is no voting bloc in science.

At least IBdaMann thinks my fireworks are a cool part of my chemistry.


pH? pH? of course, it is the negative logarithm (-log, and NOT the natural log, ln, proposed by IBdaMann) of the hydrogen ion molarity. pH = -log(H+)
Do the math and you'll prove any strong acid at >1.0 M (H+) has pH<0.

But pH is more than that. pH is a way to pHeel pHar superior to the pHake "chemist", into the Night. So pHull of pHeces! So pHucked up, making pHalse claims. ITN pHabricated pHalse scientific title.

So pHar out of touch, in a pHantasy pHeel-good pHairy tale. Oh, it's so pHun and he feels pHine as he pHancies himself to be a "chemist".

The definition for pH they teach at Chemistry Clown College must be kept SECRET.


Or we could just give up on finding out what Into the Night's SECRET definition is for "pH".

How about "buffer"?

The closest thing to a definition for buffer Into the Night offers is to say:

"Water itself is a buffer for acid." - Into the Night

Perhaps there is an "RQAA" somewhere in the archives where Into the Night offers a more complete explanation.

Those "idiots" who "aren't really chemists" say that pH buffering has something to do with "conjugate bases"... Probably just a "buzzword".

You can take the 5th on pH.

Do you know what a BUFFER is?

Perhaps I should call you "Mr. Chemistry Genius..", as IBdaMann would say.
04-05-2026 14:09
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Into the Night wrote:
Fireworks make use of an oxidizer...

(deleted spam) ..

these products uses a very strictly controlled environment, since sufficient quantities are around to destroy the entire plant.


Stop spamming.
04-05-2026 19:05
Into the NightProfile picture★★★★★
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Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night wrote:
Fireworks make use of an oxidizer...

(deleted spam) ..

these products uses a very strictly controlled environment, since sufficient quantities are around to destroy the entire plant.


Stop spamming.

LIF. Grow up.
You cannot blame your problem on me or anybody else, Robert.


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04-05-2026 19:05
Into the NightProfile picture★★★★★
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Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night wrote:
Fireworks make use of an oxidizer...

(deleted spam) ..

these products uses a very strictly controlled environment, since sufficient quantities are around to destroy the entire plant.


Stop spamming.

LIF. Grow up.


The Parrot Killer

Debunked in my sig. - tmiddles

Google keeps track of paranoid talk and i'm not on their list. I've been evaluated and certified. - keepit

nuclear powered ships do not require nuclear fuel. - Swan

While it is true that fossils do not burn it is also true that fossil fuels burn very well - Swan
05-05-2026 00:18
Im a BM
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Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night wrote:
Fireworks make use of an oxidizer...

(deleted spam) ..

these products uses a very strictly controlled environment, since sufficient quantities are around to destroy the entire plant.


Stop spamming.

LIF. Grow up.


Well, gosh, we wouldn't want to see anyone "destroy the entire plant".

Tell us more about the entire plant.

You ALREADY DID!

"The entire plant is just carbohydrates and some protein." - ITN

Which is why every good chemist knows that LIGNIN, TERPENES, and VEGETABLE OILS produced by plants are CARBOHYDRATES.

Well, as long as we protect the "very strictly controlled environment", we won't "destroy the entire plant".

We need that ENTIRE PLANT for all of its "carbohydrates", for food and fiber.

According to Into the Night, we cannot use the term "fossil fuel", and must instead call petroleum, coal, and natural gas "hydrocarbons".

According to Into the Night, we cannot call vegetable oil a "hydrocarbon", because it is a "carbohydrate" and NOT a "fossil fuel".

Because "the entire plant" is just carbohydrate and some protein, and we could destroy the entire plant unless the environment is very strictly controlled.

That sounds like a Commie plot to try to take control. WHO gets to decide how to "very strictly" control the environment? How are we going to pay for it?
Edited on 05-05-2026 00:31
05-05-2026 00:58
Into the NightProfile picture★★★★★
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Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night wrote:
Fireworks make use of an oxidizer...

(deleted spam) ..

these products uses a very strictly controlled environment, since sufficient quantities are around to destroy the entire plant.


Stop spamming.

LIF. Grow up.


Well, gosh, we wouldn't want to see anyone "destroy the entire plant".

Your word games won't work, Robert.
Im a BM wrote:

Tell us more about the entire plant.

You ALREADY DID!

"The entire plant is just carbohydrates and some protein." - ITN

Nope. It's a building.
Im a BM wrote:
Which is why every good chemist knows that LIGNIN, TERPENES, and VEGETABLE OILS produced by plants are CARBOHYDRATES.

Your word games won't work, Robert.
Im a BM wrote:
Well, as long as we protect the "very strictly controlled environment", we won't "destroy the entire plant".

We need that ENTIRE PLANT for all of its "carbohydrates", for food and fiber.

A building is not carbohydrates, Robert.
Im a BM wrote:
According to Into the Night, we cannot use the term "fossil fuel", and must instead call petroleum, coal, and natural gas "hydrocarbons".

Coal is not a hydrocarbon.
Fossils don't burn. They are not used as fuel.
Im a BM wrote:
According to Into the Night, we cannot call vegetable oil a "hydrocarbon", because it is a "carbohydrate" and NOT a "fossil fuel".

Plants are not fossils, Robert.
Fossils are not used as fuel. Fossils don't burn.
Im a BM wrote:
Because "the entire plant" is just carbohydrate and some protein, and we could destroy the entire plant unless the environment is very strictly controlled.

A building isn't made out of protein, Robert.


The Parrot Killer

Debunked in my sig. - tmiddles

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06-05-2026 21:22
Im a BM
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Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
What do you call a "chemist" who is incapable of writing a formula or description to define pH?

A. A liar
B. An idiot
C. A faker

So...you are a liar, an idiot, and a faker.
Im a BM wrote:
"I am recognized as a chemist. I know that bugs the hell out of you.." - ITN
"You are not a chemist, scientist, or 'expert' of any kind." - ITN
"The idiots who cite your work aren't really chemists." - ITN
"They are not really chemist. I am." - ITN

When I first arrived at climate-debate.com, someone did "recognize" you as a chemist. IBdaMann referred to you by name as a "chemist".

It doesn't really bug the hell out of me that IBdaMann recognizes you as a "chemist".

Lie. Denial.
Im a BM wrote:
Just out of concern for your health,

You don't care about my health. Lie. Synthesis. Mantra 3.
Im a BM wrote:
I'm glad that you have SOMEBODY out there who thinks you're a "chemist".

If IBdaMann endorses you as a "chemist", but turns out to be an "idiot" (like all the fake chemists in the 1300 teams who published 1300 different endorsements of ME as a "chemist"). Does it cancel out?

Chemistry is not an 'endorsement'. Science does not use consensus. There is no voting bloc in science. Science is not a 'publication'. Science is not a 'team'.
Im a BM wrote:
IBdaMann better not be an "idiot", or his endorsement doesn't count.

It really doesn't. Chemistry is not an endorsement. Science does not use consensus. There is no voting bloc in science.

At least IBdaMann thinks my fireworks are a cool part of my chemistry.


pH? pH? of course, it is the negative logarithm (-log, and NOT the natural log, ln, proposed by IBdaMann) of the hydrogen ion molarity. pH = -log(H+)
Do the math and you'll prove any strong acid at >1.0 M (H+) has pH<0.

But pH is more than that. pH is a way to pHeel pHar superior to the pHake "chemist", into the Night. So pHull of pHeces! So pHucked up, making pHalse claims. ITN pHabricated pHalse scientific title.

So pHar out of touch, in a pHantasy pHeel-good pHairy tale. Oh, it's so pHun and he feels pHine as he pHancies himself to be a "chemist".

The definition for pH they teach at Chemistry Clown College must be kept SECRET.


Or we could just give up on finding out what Into the Night's SECRET definition is for "pH".

How about "buffer"?

The closest thing to a definition for buffer Into the Night offers is to say:

"Water itself is a buffer for acid." - Into the Night

Perhaps there is an "RQAA" somewhere in the archives where Into the Night offers a more complete explanation.

Those "idiots" who "aren't really chemists" say that pH buffering has something to do with "conjugate bases"... Probably just a "buzzword".

You can take the 5th on pH.

Do you know what a BUFFER is?

Perhaps I should call you "Mr. Chemistry Genius..", as IBdaMann would say.
06-05-2026 22:10
Into the NightProfile picture★★★★★
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Im a BM wrote:
...deleted irrelevance...


Irrelevance fallacy. Whining and your BS accomplishes nothing, Robert.

No matter how many names you call someone, or how much you dodge, you cannot escape the fact that you ignore the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics and the Stefan-Boltzmann law.

You are paranoid of CO2.


The Parrot Killer

Debunked in my sig. - tmiddles

Google keeps track of paranoid talk and i'm not on their list. I've been evaluated and certified. - keepit

nuclear powered ships do not require nuclear fuel. - Swan

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06-05-2026 23:02
Im a BM
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(3283)
Into the Night wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
...deleted irrelevance...


Irrelevance fallacy. Whining and your BS accomplishes nothing, Robert.

No matter how many names you call someone, or how much you dodge, you cannot escape the fact that you ignore the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics and the Stefan-Boltzmann law.

You are paranoid of CO2.


Here is a hilarious irony.

As seen on Google, I am "recognized" as an "expert" in "chemistry".

Here's the catch!

Almost everything I am "recognized" as an "expert" for DOESN'T EVEN EXIST!

There is NO SUCH THING as those things my research is "recognized" for.

There is no such thing as "organic nitrogen", for example.

Indeed, there is no such thing as "biogeochemistry" or "biogeochemists".

Technically, that makes ME "a nothing".

Denying the very existence of biogeochemistry is, literally, SCIENCE DENIAL.

Which used to be the main theme of this website.
07-05-2026 21:36
Into the NightProfile picture★★★★★
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Im a BM wrote:
Denying the very existence of biogeochemistry is, literally, SCIENCE DENIAL.

Which used to be the main theme of this website.

Buzzwords are not science, Robert. There is no such thing as 'biogeochemistry'.

You still haven't described what is 'changing' in climate.
You are still ignoring the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics and the Stefan-Boltzmann law.


The Parrot Killer

Debunked in my sig. - tmiddles

Google keeps track of paranoid talk and i'm not on their list. I've been evaluated and certified. - keepit

nuclear powered ships do not require nuclear fuel. - Swan

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08-05-2026 21:39
sealover
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(1953)
Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night continues to insist that he is a "chemist".

Does ANYONE believe him?

I know for a fact that he is NOT a chemist, or even competent to pass an introductory course in chemistry.

This is an opportunity for his supporters to tell me why I'm wrong.


Well, they came crawling out of the woodwork to praise ITN as a "chemist".

Who could possibly DOUBT that Into the Night is really a "chemist"?

ANYONE who has any knowledge of chemistry reading ITN's shit is who.

I know for a fact that Into the Night does not have sufficient understanding of chemistry to pass an introductory college level course.

I TAUGHT such classes, and I would have encouraged Into the Night to drop out before I had to flunk him. I'm sure that another chemistry professor at another college somewhere DID encourage Into the Night to drop out before he would have to flunk him.
09-05-2026 01:33
Into the NightProfile picture★★★★★
(23896)
sealover wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night continues to insist that he is a "chemist".

Does ANYONE believe him?

I know for a fact that he is NOT a chemist, or even competent to pass an introductory course in chemistry.

This is an opportunity for his supporters to tell me why I'm wrong.


Well, they came crawling out of the woodwork to praise ITN as a "chemist".

Who could possibly DOUBT that Into the Night is really a "chemist"?

ANYONE who has any knowledge of chemistry reading ITN's shit is who.

I know for a fact that Into the Night does not have sufficient understanding of chemistry to pass an introductory college level course.

I TAUGHT such classes, and I would have encouraged Into the Night to drop out before I had to flunk him. I'm sure that another chemistry professor at another college somewhere DID encourage Into the Night to drop out before he would have to flunk him.

You haven't taught anyone anything, Robert. Stop pretending.
Science is not a class, course, university, college, degree, license, title, book, magazine, journal, website, AI site, search engine, government agency, or any other sanctification.

You deny science, and chemistry along with it.
You are still discarding the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics and the Stefan-Boltzmann law.


The Parrot Killer

Debunked in my sig. - tmiddles

Google keeps track of paranoid talk and i'm not on their list. I've been evaluated and certified. - keepit

nuclear powered ships do not require nuclear fuel. - Swan

While it is true that fossils do not burn it is also true that fossil fuels burn very well - Swan
Edited on 09-05-2026 01:34
10-05-2026 15:12
Im a BM
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(3283)
Into the Night wrote:
sealover wrote:
Im a BM wrote:
Into the Night continues to insist that he is a "chemist".

Does ANYONE believe him?

I know for a fact that he is NOT a chemist, or even competent to pass an introductory course in chemistry.

This is an opportunity for his supporters to tell me why I'm wrong.


Well, they came crawling out of the woodwork to praise ITN as a "chemist".

Who could possibly DOUBT that Into the Night is really a "chemist"?

ANYONE who has any knowledge of chemistry reading ITN's shit is who.

I know for a fact that Into the Night does not have sufficient understanding of chemistry to pass an introductory college level course.

I TAUGHT such classes, and I would have encouraged Into the Night to drop out before I had to flunk him. I'm sure that another chemistry professor at another college somewhere DID encourage Into the Night to drop out before he would have to flunk him.

You haven't taught anyone anything, Robert. Stop pretending.
Science is not a class, course, university, college, degree, license, title, book, magazine, journal, website, AI site, search engine, government agency, or any other sanctification.

You deny science, and chemistry along with it.
You are still discarding the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics and the Stefan-Boltzmann law.


"You deny science." - Into the Night

Into the Night, once again you do NOT deny being a college drop out who was unable to complete the introductory chemistry course with a passing grade.

Science is not a course. Science is not a grade. Chemistry is not a degree. Science is not publications. Science is not recognition. Scientific is not a community. Nature is a shit rag. There is no such thing as "biogeochemistry".
Science is not a chemical. Omniscience is not citable. Genius is not discernable.
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