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Loss of fossils

dimanche 21 mai 2017 à 02:00

When a fossil appears at the surface of the ground, we have a limited time to collect it before it erodes away or is crushed. We could remain forever ignorant of past species unless we have people collecting fossils as they appear.

Troll endangers intelligence sources

dimanche 21 mai 2017 à 02:00

The troll shared secret information with Russian officials in a way that endangered intelligence sources.

More information.

Sharing secrets with Russia (or other countries) is not necessarily a bad thing. In some cases it is useful for diplomacy. However, endangering sources is a harmful practice; states do this at their peril.

One of the few criticisms of Wikileaks that I agree with is that sometimes it endangers intelligence sources (and other people) by failing to redact information.

Dubya was criticized for revealing the identity of Valerie Plame. He did this merely to score political points.

Drug money laundering and deforestation

dimanche 21 mai 2017 à 02:00

Laundering drug money is responsible for large amounts of deforestation of protected land in Central America.

Investigation of troll/Russia

dimanche 21 mai 2017 à 02:00

The Senate has not provided any resources for a real investigation of troll/Russia by the senate committees that are supposedly doing it.

US high school history

dimanche 21 mai 2017 à 02:00

US high school history teachers: devote the rest of the term to the question of how to remove a president that is incompetent, repeatedly breaks the law, and disregards the constitution.