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Geoengineering schemes

dimanche 13 juillet 2014 à 14:00

One weakness in most geoengineering schemes intended to counter greenhouse heating is that their effect is temporary so it is necessary to keep doing them forever. If any other catastrophe occurs, making society unable to continue the geoengineering, catastrophic heating (much faster than today) would start within a few years.

Most of these geoengineering schemes fail to do anything to stop ocean acidification, so there would still be a catastrophe anyway.

NSA records 80% of all phone calls

dimanche 13 juillet 2014 à 14:00

William Binney says the NSA records at least 80% of all phone calls, and lies about it.

Israeli drone attack

dimanche 13 juillet 2014 à 14:00

An Israeli drone attack targeted a building which was a residence for disabled people. Some were killed.

The family home of an enemy fighter is not a valid military target either. A large fraction of Israelis are military reservists; does that make their family homes legitimate targets for missiles?

Honduran minors fleeing to US

dimanche 13 juillet 2014 à 14:00

The biggest origin of minors trying to enter the US without visas is Honduras; they are driven by the effects of the US-supported coup.

US thugs given impunity

dimanche 13 juillet 2014 à 14:00

The US Supreme Court has made and approved a long string of decisions allowing thugs to do almost anything with impunity.

This includes the ruling that the president can have anyone imprisoned without trial by calling that person a "terrorist suspect".

The recent decision that they can't search arrested people's phones and computers without a warrant is an exception, but one exception isn't enough.

Since "drug-sniffing" dogs are mentioned, I should point out that a dog can easily learn to react the same way to a cue from its handler as it does to the smell of drugs. Then it can give the handler an excuse to search whoever the handler wants to search.