[YouTube] Daily Caller: A video recently went viral of a girl sarcastically discussing the struggle of a career woman in 2023. In fact, many women are not returning to work after the pandemic. What is really going on?
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Because the work world isn't at all what they thought it was. You can't just sit in an air-conditioned office and write Emails to each other all day and have everyone tell you how wonderful you are.
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08/19/2023 10:12 Comments ||
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#5
Oh wait, you mean working means actually producing something useful for your employer?!
Posted by: ed in texas ||
08/19/2023 11:23 Comments ||
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#6
We pretend to work. They pretend to pay us.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
08/19/2023 11:43 Comments ||
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Whether you seek balanced reporting or climate hysteria[, both can be found in this article.
BBC] Extreme wildfires are increasing due to rising emissions, but they also disrupt the climate in return. Weighing up the overall impact, however, is tricker than it seems.
One of the most far-reaching ways fires impact the climate is their ability to release vast quantities of carbon stored in trees and soils into the atmosphere. In a vicious feed-back loop, the additional CO2 then contributes to the same long-term warming of the planet that makes the fires themselves more likely. In 2020 alone, California's wildfires were estimated to have negated 16 years of the state's cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. Forest regrowth may occur, the researchers suggest, but not fast enough to help keep global warming under the 1.5C limit.
Not all of wildfires' impacts on climate are so long-lasting, however. Nor do all produce warming. By blocking sunlight and attracting additional water droplets that brighten clouds, smoke aerosols can reflect sunlight back into space, leading to localised cooling in the lower atmosphere.
This cooling effect typically only lasts until rain washes the aerosols back to earth. Yet as wildfires increase in scale, even these more temporary impacts are expanding their reach and duration. Australia's 2019-2020 fire season, for instance, produced a widespread smoke-induced cooling that may have influenced the recent "triple dip" in the La Niña weather pattern, research suggests.
Calculating the net warming or cooling effect of wildfires means considering their impact across various time-scales and levels of the atmosphere, from surface up. One avenue of research has thus focused on the stratospheric reactions that take place 4-31 miles (6-50km) up in the air.
Beneath this level, the lower troposphere is warming due to rising levels of CO2. Yet the same trend is also cooling the stratosphere, where thinner air allows the carbon dioxide to release its energy into space.
Until recently, it was thought only volcanoes or nuclear explosions were powerful enough to interrupt this cooling process by propelling smoke up into the stratosphere. But when large wildfires meet with the right meteorological conditions, they can produce vast dirty thunderstorms which darken the sky, create erratic winds and tornadoes, and inject large plumes of wildfire smoke five to nine miles (8-14km) above the surface. Known as pyrocumulonimbus clouds, or pyroCbs, these thunder-clouds release aerosols that can travel thousands of miles across the globe.
Once airborne, the black carbon in these wildfire aerosols absorb heat, causing them to rise and warm the surrounding stratosphere, says Matthias Stocker from the Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change at the University of Graz, Austria.
His research on large wildfires' stratospheric impact has shown that smoke from the pyroCb super outbreak in Australia in 2019-20 caused the stratosphere to warm very strongly (by up to 10C/18F) during the plumes' early development. Over the next few months, it remained an average of 3.5C (6.3F) warmer, before the aerosols sank back to earth.
Canada has this year seen by far its most active pyroCb year over the last decade, says David A Peterson, a meteorologist with the US Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC, which is attempting to create a prediction system for the movement of pyroCb smoke, and has been building a global dataset since 2013.
"At least 133 pyroCbs have been observed in Canada since early May, with 153 observed worldwide," he adds – more than doubling the country's previous seasonal maximum. (Read about the latest science on whether climate change caused Canada's wildfires).
However, none of the many pyroCb events observed in 2023 rival the stratospheric impact of the 2019-20 Australia super outbreak, or the 2017 Pacific Northwest event in Canada, says Peterson. Both produced stratospheric smoke plumes that "rival or exceed the impact from the majority of volcanic eruptions over the past decade", he says – persisting at high altitudes for many months.
STRATOSPHERE VS TROPOSPHERE
Models clearly show that the conditions for pyroCb wildfires are set to increase, meaning there is the potential for the effects of such aerosols to become significant enough "to change dynamics in the stratosphere and have consequences," Stocker says.
One particular concern is that the recovery of the ozone layer, which blocks harmful ultraviolet radiation, could be delayed – and research has already demonstrated some negative impacts.
ALBEDO AND EVAPORATION
Wildfires can also influence climate back on the ground.
One mechanism involves changes to a landscapes' albedo, or ability to reflect light. In the aftermath of a fire, charred surfaces can reduce albedo, leading to an increase in surface warming. Conversely, a reduced forest canopy can raise albedo by exposing more reflective entities such as grass or snow, leading to a cooling effect.
Another process involves the evaporation of water. Thriving plants release water from their leaves in a process known transpiration, and water also evaporates directly from the soil and canopies. The surrounding air is cooled as a result. But when wildfires suppress this, warming increases.
A 2019 study which investigated the interplay of these factors found that the average surface temperature can warm for at least five years after flames are extinguished. Reduced transpiration was found to be the main cause of this, says Zhihua Liu, an ecology researcher at the University of Montana and lead author of the study.
"If there are more frequent and severe fires in the future, this land surface warming may contribute to climate warming," he adds. "However, the interactions among climate warming, vegetation dynamics, and fire are very complex, and yet to be fully understood."
[HOT AIR] Not steal. But rig as in distorting the political landscape.
A "rigged" election is not the same thing as a stolen election; stealing requires changing votes. "Rigging" is about changing the rules, the information landscape, or other factors that can influence voters using illegitimate means. Spreading misinformation can be a form of rigging, as of course censorship or "debunking" of true information.
I couldn’t say if the 2020 election was stolen—there certainly were irregularities as there always are in elections—because any vote changes or illegal ballots have to be in the right place in the right numbers, and no evidence has been accepted by courts indicating that enough illegal votes to change the results were cast.
#6
"Did the CIA work to rig the 2020 election?"
Of course they did. The twits at Langley are the pinnacle of the mindset of "everything works better with our supervision". The illusion of control and the illusion of wisdom in one happy package.
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08/19/2023 11:49 Comments ||
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#7
Of course they did. They've had plenty of practice all over the world so it's no surprise they'd do it here too.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
08/19/2023 12:48 Comments ||
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#8
They are still rigging the justice system. Obama, Comey, Rice, Biden, Brennan…. Literally kicked off Crossfire Hurricane in the Oval Office in the last days of Obama administration and it is Trump facing election interference charges!
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Regardless of how powerful they may become, rulers need to use their sense of hearing. Aversion to listening to the people’s voice inevitably alienates the governed sooner or later, no matter how convinced they are of the ideology or how robust their partisan affiliation is. When those in positions of power do not listen to their subjects, supporters, or even opponents, when their police prohibit criticism and skepticism or ban their subjects from raising their voices, this creates only a surface image of cohesion shattered once one looks a little deeper.
Although the "Shiite duo" (Amal Movement and Hezbollah) have the tools to contain the critics in their strongholds, it cannot continue to deny what life is like for the residents or to ignore their grievances. The situation has become untenable, as those in power cannot confront the pains borne by residents of their areas with haughtiness and hubris, nor can they turn a deaf ear to those advising them out of friendship. These are blatant attempts to silence opposition among its supporters and hinder its spread, as demonstrated by flagrantly forcing anyone who dared criticize his leaders or their governance to make public apologies.
One could succeed in forging reality, presenting an image of cohesion, and compelling absolute support for him and his policies. However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... given the severity of living conditions across the country, and the total denial of its authorities, is leading it to outright subjugation of the people and even the rulers’ base, which has sacrificed a lot in the past. Nonetheless, they are now being met with the denial of their right even to criticize and are being silenced by force as their rulers assault their person, sect, and homeland.
If the matter genuinely does not concern them - that is, the Duo - the question becomes whether anyone has spoken to them frankly about the economic crisis and mismanagement that have exposed their limitations, that it has become obvious that they lack the merit and capacity needed to replace the state, and that their initiatives and programs have failed to meet the needs of their base. Indeed, despite all the clamorous slogans and promises they made, opposition is expanding, albeit slowly, and they are increasingly resorting to terrorizing locals as a result. After accusing some independent voices of treachery, they are publicly humiliating any dissension that comes from their ranks.
The videos of individuals forcibly making public apologies for their criticism of an official’s practices or the leadership of the "Duo," in which they individuals declare their total allegiance to their approach and role in protecting the faith and the homeland, remind us of the Soviet era. There, only one individual, one party, one book, one newspaper and one color, were permitted. It seems that the "Duo" has not learned from history, and Imam Ali (peace be upon him) tells us that "The arrogant do not learn."
If brewing discontent among its base and the teachings of Imam Ali do not concern the "Duo," there remains a more difficult and pressing question: When will the "Duo" realize that in a society an ideologically and religiously pluralistic society like Leb ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , imposing one way of being is impossible. The fact is that regardless of how dominant partisanship may be in all religious institutions, eliminating their diversity is not possible. Thus, it would be better to address the statement issued by the Higher Islamic Shiite Council, which no longer resembles its founders (Imam al-Sadr and Imam Shams al-Din).
The statement issued against a group of holy mans opposed to the politics and ideology of the "Duo" is nothing but a testament to confusion rattling this religious institution, whose role has been undermined and whose independence has been totally nullified. The young holy man, Samer Ghanoui, spoke truth to power in his response to the decisions of the Religious Reporting Authority, saying that "This statement is another testament to my innocence of corruption." As for Yasser Audi’s response, it also showed great courage: "Yes, I deviate from holy warrior Shiite doctrine. I am a deviant who opposes the politicians and their behavior, and if they want my turban, they can have it."
And so, while the scale of support for the "Duo" among the members of its sect is undeniable, it could be the sect is just as afraid of the "Duo" as it is keen on safeguarding it.
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08/19/2023 00:00 ||
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#1
I'm so old I remember when Lebanon was considered the "Paris" of the middle east.
On Aug. 19, 1953, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, who had seized Iran’s vast oil fields from the British and put them under Iranian control, was removed from power in a coup organized and financed by the British and U.S. governments.
Ah. Not solely a CIA project, after all.
He was replaced by the dictatorial Shah who immediately signed over forty percent of Iran’s oil fields to U.S. companies. The coup ushered in a long nightmare of repression, buttressed by Iran’s brutal secret police, Savak, trained and equipped by the CIA. The Shah not only crushed the democratic aspirations of Iranians, but enriched U.S. oil companies and purchased billions of dollars of weapons from U.S. weapons manufacturers. Read the rest at the link.
#2
The Shah not only crushed the democratic aspirations of Iranians, but enriched U.S. oil companies and purchased billions of dollars of weapons from U.S.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
