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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Father Terrence who wrote (32055)8/25/2000 10:23:12 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (3) of 769667
 
It was also free of ice during the Jurassic period about 65 million years ago.

And you may have noticed that I pointed out:
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If Antarctica was plodding along at 2 inches /per year it could have been 2000 miles from the south pole 65 million years ago, Far enough from the pole to be ice-free. That was the end of the Jurassic, so presumably it was even farther from the pole during most of the reign of dinosaurs. It wasn't the pole that moved, it was the land.

I am referring to Earth-shifts here. When the rotation about the axis becomes unstable, the precessional wobble increases and the Earth can literally flip, creating a NEW axis it revolves around. Strong evidence exists that has occurred in the past. We may be approaching a time when it occurs again. Recent measurements show that the wobble has increased and the Earth's rotation is slowing down (in part, also due Luna.)
Where on earth did you get an idea like this? The earth and moon are gravitationally locked, this is why the same side of the moon always faces the earth. This huge extra mass a quarter a million miles out keeps the precessional wobble to a minimum. The only thing that flips is the magnetic fields around the planet.
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