http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/03/25/antartica.collapse.ap/index.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A chunk of Antarctic ice nine times the size of Manhattan has suddenly collapsed, putting an even larger glacial area at risk.

Satellite images show the runaway disintegration of a 220-square-mile chunk in western Antarctica.

British scientist David Vaughan says it's the result of global warming.

The rest of the Connecticut-sized ice shelf is holding on by a narrow beam of thin ice and scientists worry that it too may collapse. Larger, more dramatic ice collapses occurred in 2002 and 1995.

Larger, more dramatic ice collapses occurred in 2002 and 1995.

That's the only thing that really matters.

Consider the source also. I think it would be cool if we could make it our own country. TFLibertania. We could all be politicians and lie and pay $1000 for an hour of sex. Don't you see the potential?

LOL.

We should all go live on an ice island together.....

Seriously though. Think about it. It's not part of Antarctica anymore really. It's sovereign land/ice mass just waiting to be claimed.

I'll live there.

You figure out the logistics.

We need to come up with a flag and national anthem and etc. We stake the flag in to the ice and then it becomes ours. But which countries should we side with? America would be our friend and then fuck us in the ass when we turn our back. The Chinese will use us. I say we align ourselves with the Swiss so we all get army knives.

Can we have margaritas?

the Swiss! Good idea.

Our country won't melt as fast up there either.

Martinis are a must.

I ninja edited.

Can we side with the Leatherman Corp. instead? I like Leathermans (Leathermen?) more.

margs are teh suxer.

Leathermen? Are you talking about those tools idiots wear on their belts?

But we'll have a plethora of ice.

How are we going to side with a corporation? Be realistic here.

We'll put "Sponsored by: *insert name here*" on our flag. We could make some money.

I think we just might make this happen fellas.

We've got most of the main problems worked out already.

Hmmmm. I like this idea actually. Kinda like NASCAR, we sell space on our flag for corporate sponsorship. Right that down.

we'll need a falconer.

Right that down.

:stupid:

Shut up or we'll invade Canada and make you our ass slave.

we'll need a falconer.

That means we'd have to bring someone in. Less money for us.

Who will be our falconer!

I def get to be Prime Minister or President or King first because I thought of the idea. I appoint Queen as Secretary of the Department of Makeup. Alex is the Head of the Department of Alcohol. TheBigAristotle is Head of Agriculture with rty being his deputy chief. Ark can head up the Civil Liberties Union. Tofuball can head the Census. Chris can move his hood operation to our newly founded country for tax breaks. Everybody else can work at the Wal-Mart and McDonalds of the country.

will there be a church of the YZF-R1?

We need to name this place, and figure out what motor we'll use to drive it around.

Do we get health benefits?

I can be the falconer...I have watched someone catch one before, I think I could do it.

Unless you are talking about something else, then I know nothing of what you are talking.

Oh yeah if vert wants to be the Prime Minister or President or King, I think smoking should be banned. That is infact I am actually invited.

will there be a church of the YZF-R1?

We need to name this place, and figure out what motor we'll use to drive it around.

We can give him a church, but rig it to blow that chunk of the ice off the rest if he becomes unruly. True banishment. I said the name TFLibertania, but I am open to all others.

Do we get health benefits?

Yes. And a free college education.

theforumland will need some sort of health care if I remain feeling as sick as I do right now.

I can be the falconer...I have watched someone catch one before, I think I could do it.

Unless you are talking about something else, then I know nothing of what you are talking.

Oh yeah if vert wants to be the Prime Minister or President or King, I think smoking should be banned. That is infact I am actually invited.

Motion to ban smoking hereby dismissed. Your tax rate has also just gone up. :bigthumb:

theforumland will need some sort of health care if I remain feeling as sick as I do right now.

Queen is a Biology major. She will also be the Surgeon General and the countries primary physician. She will get paid 3 salaries.

b2200 is the falconer. Done deal.

Ima need to smoke on this island though....

Who will build us a bar completely out of ice blocks?

Ok....I'll live with the smoke

We need to figure out how long this island will last, also we need to go to china to get supplies since we can stock up for next to nothing.

I don't know, but I will patron it.

Me as well. We gotta get some hot northern european blondes as well.

for maximum longevity we'll need to summer the leatherman fritos bean dip theforumland nation in the north Atlantic.

margs are teh suxer.

Leathermen? Are you talking about those tools idiots wear on their belts?

I've been wearing mine for the last 5 years. Use it all the time. Feel naked without it :P

fair enough.

Queen is a Biology major. She will also be the Surgeon General and the countries primary physician. She will get paid 3 salaries.

:stupid:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a289/Alex-7/hitler.gif

Me as well. We gotta get some hot northern european blondes as well.

Two handed boxing?

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a289/Alex-7/02.jpg

*country's. You are hereby deported from TheForumLand.

Two handed boxing?

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a289/Alex-7/02.jpg

:werd: That's what I'm talking about.

*country's. You are hereby deported from TheForumLand.

That's okay. Something about a bunch of guys, alone, floating around on a chunk of ice... sounds kinda gay.

That's okay. Something about a bunch of guys, alone, floating around on a chunk of ice... sounds kinda gay.

Sounds like the ultimate deer camp.

That's okay. Something about a bunch of guys, alone, floating around on a chunk of ice... sounds kinda gay.

I hereby authorize force against Canada. Can I get the motion seconded or are we going to be a country full of hippies?

I'm a quaker........

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a289/Alex-7/falconry3.jpg

I hereby authorize force against Canada. Can I get the motion seconded or are we going to be a country full of hippies?

Motion seconded.

Pot legal?

Indeed. Prostitution also. Legalized and Unionized. Hoe's got rights too.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s39/Darth-Snickers/y6KaVa.jpg

^lol never seen that'n before.

do you think we might need a fire department..wait i just second thought that...we need a water department so we can keep adding to the island.

We need chemists to use nitrogen properly to make additions to our land and to keep the current land from melting.

Did you guys see the pictures though? The fucking chunk of ice looked like it was PERFECTLY CUT.............YES CUT to me. It wouldn't surprise me if some stupid fucking group cut it from the main glacier just to make it appear as though global warming were occuring rapidly.

We need chemists to use nitrogen properly to make additions to our land and to keep the current land from melting.

Did you guys see the pictures though? The fucking chunk of ice looked like it was PERFECTLY CUT.............YES CUT to me. It wouldn't surprise me if some stupid fucking group cut it from the main glacier just to make it appear as though global warming were occuring rapidly.

Psh, ever break an ice cube? :)

Yeah and very rarely does it look perfectly cut like that. Did you see the pictures? Completely squared off from what I saw.

So someone piloted Eva Unit 01 out there and cut the thing with a progressive knife?

If I had to guess, the way you'd split a massive glacier on your own would involve explosives :P

lol. I'm not saying it happened, just merely that it looks like it was. It actually looks kinda cool all squared off and everything. More the reason for us to claim it before anybody else does.