Carried over to Monday. AoS. For Those with Macs and various flavors of Linux and BSD-unix, I have included instructions for those platforms as well. Nothing for Internet Explorer. Sorry.
Righthaven, the Nevada lawsuit mill which is suing Fred, has acquired a "license" from another newspaper holding company, WEHCO in Arkansas, to sue the planet in US Federal court.
Consequently, I have updated the Firefox block list to include every newspaper website associated with WEHCO. The list currently stands at 123 different websites total, many of them sub-domains and alternative sub domains which may get through the Firefox blocking add-on. (Dunno how it works; don't care)
For those who do not know to click on the headline, the file is here.
For those living in a cave the last few weeks, see here.
- Couldn't import the list. Had to first open it in Word, then save as text with line feeds. That worked.
- Jurisdiction in Nevada probably isn't an insurmountable obstacle for Righthaven.
- Copyright infringement doesn't require any intent. If you copied, you infringe. Period. Willfulness come into play when you start talking damages.
- Statutory damages are only available for copyrights which have been recorded with the Copyright Office. They also have to record in order to file a lawsuit, but if there was nothing recorded when the alleged infringement first took place there might be an argument that statutory damages are not available. That would be huge. Without statutory damages these lawsuits all go away.
- Until another motive can be proven, let's assume this is just about money. The key to making these suits go away will be for lots of people to fight back. Then it simply costs Righthaven too much to do this. Ideally there would be some do it yourself defendant's kit available for download. Would be especially interesting if a large number of these defendants had no assets to collect against.
- If they file, get a fight, decide there is no money available and then withdraw the suits a few times there may be a basis for a countersuit and sanctions. If they don't withdraw, then we know it really isn't about the money, which is even more disturbing.
- Wondering aloud if this won't push blogs into becoming boiler room affairs. Set them up anonymously, maybe even with foreign hosts. First sign of trouble just take it down and disappear, only to resurface a few days later somewhere else. Maybe even throw in a quickie foreign corporation to further insulate from liability. Not foolproof, but that's not the point. The point would be to raise costs for the trolls.
#6
Okay, great. What do I do with the txt file? I don't see a way to point Safari to that file so as to say, "don't go to these websites."
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Dunno that much about Mac,but if it is structured like BSD Unix, you can paste that list onto a hosts.deny list ( minus the http:// prefix ) and it should prevent you from loading anything, pings, http, anything network based from those hosts. BUT the hostname must be exact and if it is on a shared server, then all those websites are blocked as well.
After you do that you must restart network services on your Mac. Don't remember how to do that.
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I am having a problem. Same one I had when this solution first was proposed.
When I enable BlockSite, and import the list from Iblis, I am unable to reload this or any other page because something on the website references one of the blocked web sites. Might even be this list. Only if i disable the add-on can i move away.
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Seems to be a white list issue.
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For some reason my mind classifies these bottom-feeders in the same category as pedophiles and child-molesters.
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For those of you having trouble with the BlockSite plug-in, you can accomplish the same thing by inserting the list of blocked sites into your Hosts file.
On Windows - go to c:WINDOWSsystem32driversetc hosts. Open the Hosts file with notepad and paste in the entries below. Save the file and reboot.
On the Mac - open a terminal windows and type sudo pico /etc/hosts. Hit return. Paste in the entries below. Save and reboot.
What this does is tell your computer to go navel gazing any time it sees ones of these URLs. This happens quickly so it won't slow down your browsing at all.
BTW - there needs to be a tab character between the 127.0.0.1 and the URL. Don't know whether the tabs will survive this comments box. If not just do a find/replace and put them back in.
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I use IE out of habit, but seeing as how firefox is the way to block those SoB's websites, I'll switch. It's little things like times 100,000 that take a huge chunk out of those who hire Righthaven.
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Hmmmm. This thing might originate in Nevada but there sure seem to be a lot of Arkansas sites on that list. Hmmmm. You don't think Bubba has anything to do with it, do you? Nah. He wouldn't do that. Would he?
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IE sucks if you enter all of these into your "disallowed sites" list because you have to do each one individually. Blech. And then when there are updated lists, you have to sift through your list. At least it's in alphabetical order ....
#24
IE sucks! if you enter all of these into your "disallowed sites" list because you have to do each one individually. Blech. And then when there are updated lists, you have to sift through your list. At least it's in alphabetical order ....
#25
Dunno what is going on. The zip file downloads and unzips using WinZip 9, Windows Explorer, 7-Zip as well as Linux/Fedora's zip program.
To get the file, you must download the file, then extract the files contained inside.
I will get a scannable directory where you can download all the files without using the zip facility, but I will do it later.
Iblis: If you even bothered to look inside the instructions and related files, you would have seen I did the same thing you did, except rather than clutter up the local loop, I chose a null IP octal set.
#27
Leave off the Block Site Header? Duh. Works now. Thank you.
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WTF? Do I suddenly live in Peking?
That's not Mandarin. It's Linux-Geek. Not very polite, either.
badanov:
Problem with the file is not the extraction, unless maybe someone got a bad download? Problem is that the text encoding doesn't work on Windows. Your line feeds are not recognized, which means BlockSite can't import the list.
As for the local loop, this many entries is not a problem on Windows or Mac OS. I know this as my Hosts file is over 400k.
No, I didn't read your Unix instructions. I don't run Unix. Have an Ubuntu box to play with, but that doesn't really count.
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Iblis: If you you are willing, please, re-post your instructions for Windows as you would in a text file and I will add them to the file archives for distribution. If you want actual credit you can email your name to grurkka at g mail dot com
As far as text encoding for Windows, then I will need you to attach a file with the proper text coding for windows in an email to the above address to be distributed in the file archive.
Looking around the Arab world this week, it is hard to know what are the region's real priority challenges, because multiple issues stand out as problems, vulnerabilities, weaknesses or threats. Most of the problems in our region can be traced to local incompetence, or, in the worst cases, criminality and irresponsibility in the seats of power -- though everywhere there is also an element of foreign involvement or manipulation that should not be ignored. The regional picture is not pretty.
The Somali capital Mogadishu is once again ripped apart by vicious street battles, the state-level equivalent of senseless drug wars among poor urban youth in other parts of the world. Somalia is the sad global laboratory of a society without a state, chaos masquerading as statehood.
Since when is Somalia an Arab, as opposed to merely Muslim, country? Isn't it part of the Maghreb, whose people are the Berbers?
No, it's ethnic Somali, distinct from the Berbers.
Bahrain is once again plagued by street demonstrations and security crackdowns, reflecting a total inability of citizens and leaders to engage one another in a sensible political negotiation over the exercise and sharing of power. Bahrain should have been a leader in sustainable development and social equity in the region, given its small population and its early emphasis on educating men and women alike.
Iraq remains the most dangerous place in the region today,
Seriously? I just read that Venezuela is considerably more dangerous than Iraq, which suggests that other countries might be as well -- Yemen and the Gaza Strip immediately come to mind, although I've no data to back that up. Perhaps Mr. Khouri is influenced by Iraq's high media profile rather than actual data.
given its combination of internal stress, rekindled high levels of terror and political violence, the inability of the political class to achieve consensus, and the rampant interference of foreign countries.
I think Mr. Khouri aimed that at the West, led by the U.S. On the other hand, he could mean Iran. I'd agree about Iran.
The destructive ripples that have radiated from Iraq outward to the region and the world in the form of foreign invasion and interference, terror groups, sectarian fighting and nation-state fragility are unprecedented in the modern era.
Not to mention the idea that Arab Muslims are capable of democratic self-government, no Strong Man needed. The fact that Iraq continues even while its politicians squabble over the formation of a central government gives weight to this idea.
Lebanon remains trapped in its continuing dilemma of being both the vanguard of Arab liberalism, cultural creativity, intellectual production, tolerance, and multiculturalism, on the one hand, and a perpetual proxy battleground for regional and global powers who link up with fierce local fighters,
Oooooh, "fierce". Gotta be impressed by that, although I would have characterized them as religious-themed gangs of armed bullies. Clearly I don't understand the nuances of the situation.
on the other. The best of the Arab and universal human condition is on display in Lebanon every day, and every few weeks or months this is complemented by street fighting, assassinations, political stand-offs or large or small wars.
Yemen is caught in its own whirlwind of national fragility, polarization and low-intensity disintegration, having several times in its modern history split up and united, fought and reconciled, stabilized and plunged into warfare. Now it embodies a new destructive dimension in the form of militant Salafists linked with Al-Qaeda, making it another local breeding ground and battleground in the global terror industry.
Palestine becomes stronger and stronger as a national identity in the hearts and minds of its own citizens, but also more and more fragmented and disjointed politically on the ground. Several different Palestinian leaderships share legitimacy with some of their own people, but none has been able to achieve the more important international legitimacy or credibility and respect in the eyes of Israeli leaders and society.
Or even mere national respect and legitimacy. I don't see the Gazans ever accepting West Bankers as their rulers and spokesmen. It's a tribal thing, I believe.
Sudan chronically displays its own stresses and national deficiencies, including internal fighting on several fronts, the possibility of the south seceding after a referendum, and the ignominy of the president being indicted by the International Criminal Court.
Everywhere else, the Arab world is defined by top-heavy states where small groups of men surrounded by many soldiers make decisions without seriously consulting their fellow citizens. This legacy is firmly supported by major foreign powers who see "security and stability" as critical priorities in this region, by which they mean that Israel should remain dominant, Arab nationalists and Islamists should be fought and diminished, and security-minded Arab governing elites should rule forever.
This translates into a perpetual cycle of mostly disempowered and disenchanted Arab nationals who never get to experience the thrills of true and full citizenship -- participation, accountability, opportunity, transparency. They share in transforming their states into shopping malls, their identities into categories of security clearances, and their humanity into unthinking automatons who wave the flag on command, cheer on cue, and otherwise restrict the exercise of their rational, emotional and creative human dimensions to subservience, acquiescence, and obedience in the political and social spheres.
Religion helps many such dehumanized Arabs cope with their constraints and discomforts. Emigration is a solution for some. Most people simply adjust to life in modern non-democratic states where the two most prevalent public manifestations of collective norms are in the domains of security and consumerism.
In "secure" Arab societies like Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia and others like this them that do not suffer the chronic violence of Yemen, Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq, the ubiquitous symbols of Arab statehood and citizenship are guns in the hands of police and army personnel, and cell phones in the hands of all other nationals. This is another kind of unstable statehood, one whose vulnerabilities do not appear in the open as they do in those other Arab countries engulfed by fighting.
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Sick, as in "cough cough" or sick as in "dude, that is really sick. You need to get help, or at least reel it in a bit. I mean, she's your sister!" You make the call!
#3
Wasn't the Ottoman Empire the "Sick Man of Europe" I'm guessing he's playing with that label here. So nothing has changed in centuries. We need to get off of oil so we can ignore them like we ignore Africa.
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I seriously doubt this rumor, which is likely to have been circulated by Chinese nationalists on the internet who have no knowledge of how Japanese-style export-driven economic growth works. The reality (and downside) is that all countries (including all of the fast-growing East Asian economies) that resort to this strategy take massive losses on their USD currency and bond holdings. The upside is that all countries that have resorted to this strategy have grown far richer than countries that have not, even after factoring in the currency and bond holding losses. These Chinese internet know-nothings want to have export-driven growth without the associated currency losses. I seriously doubt that the Chinese leadership sees those losses as anything other than part of the cost of doing business.
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all countries (including all of the fast-growing East Asian economies) that resort to this strategy take massive losses on their USD currency and bond holdings
Those losses are actually insurance premiums paid to the premier guarantor of Asian collective security, free trade, and open sea lanes of communication, aka the US Military.
We police the seas and restrain the Asians from going to war with each other, and they (indirectly) support our massive military expenditures by preventing our interest payments from spiraling out of control.
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Those losses are actually insurance premiums paid to the premier guarantor of Asian collective security, free trade, and open sea lanes of communication, aka the US Military.
Actually, there's no geopolitical component to this. Uncle Sam could withdraw completely from the Far East, and export-driven economies would continue their strategy of keeping their currencies low against the ones of their major export markets. The idea that the US Navy is the mechanism through which Uncle Sam extracts tribute (in the form of cheap goods) from his protectorates is nonsense on stilts. They take the currency losses because it's a proven strategy for rapid growth. China certainly doesn't see the US as a force for good in the Far East - it sees the US as the primary obstacle to its dream of a universal Chinese empire of All Under Heaven. Without the US (nuclear umbrella) in the way, China could monopolize the offshore resources of the Western Pacific by using the nuclear threat liberally against its non-nuclear neighbors.
#5
Fair enough re China's capabilities in Asia (I didn't view it as "tribute", btw). The main point is about ensuring the uninterrupted flow of the oil from the middle east, has been for 50 years now.
Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see the Chinese as contributing in any meaningful sense to that aspect, the main one, of the insurance policy.
#6
The uninterrupted flow of oil from the middle east hurts us a lot more than it helps us. They do not, and have not for over a decade, sold it for less that it would cost to produce it ourselves, with the added problem that there are massive currency flows to outside the country.
#7
Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see the Chinese as contributing in any meaningful sense to that aspect, the main one, of the insurance policy.
The Chinese self-insure, via hundreds of nuclear warheads and delivery vehicles. And they're not interested in a world where there's a US price, and everybody gets that US price, whether American or not. In a Chinese-dominated world, China will pay a certain (below-cost) price, and everybody else will pay more. That is the meaning of tribute. It's the kind of insurance policy the neighborhood grocer pays to the local mobster to ensure that no man-made accidents occur on his premises.
#8
Lots of wealthier Chinese are trying to beat feet right now, figuring that the Chinese economy is about to bust, and don't want to get caught up in the next Cultural Revolution.
Canada is fed up with all its new Chinese arrivals, and there are increasing numbers trying to cross the border from Mexico.
Also, I imagine a lot of those wealthier Chinese are just a few steps ahead of Chinese prosecutors.
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Lots of wealthier Chinese are trying to beat feet right now, figuring that the Chinese economy is about to bust, and don't want to get caught up in the next Cultural Revolution.
Huh? No. If they wanted to "beat feet" then they'd just buy an investor visa. Canada is particularly easy to emigrate to, due to their multicultural policies. It's no coincidence that Vancouver had a SARS outbreak a few years back.
The kind of conspiracy-mongering that Bin Laden loves. From Canada. The 'Centre for Research on Globalization' is apparently dedicated to all manner of Truther and HAARPer conspiracies, amongst others.
It's easy! All he has to do is fix the economy and get people back to work! And learn how to make a decision. And how to make the correct decision. And stop bowing to foreign leaders. And stop talking injecting confusion into the business environment. And dissing our allies. And find his cajones. And stop spending. And start saving. And start taking his work seriously. And use his ears/eyes/mouth in the correct proportion. And secure the border. And stop ceding sovereignty to the UN. And stop converting this country to socialism. And axe Obamacare. And start upholding the constition all the time and not using it as a tool only when it's convenient. And stop appointing clueless czars. And bomb Iran's government, Pakistan's ISI and North Korea's government. And leave Sherriff Joe alone. And cut government in half or less. And get serious about regulating the financial industry rather than let them write their own "regulations".
Well, it would be easy except he's an ideologist and I don't trust him to give up his idea of utopia as long as he's breathing.
#3
Actually, Obambi's approval numbers have improved several points since he went on vacation. All he has to do is keep his big mouth shut and stop insulting those "ignorant bitter people from flyover country." And stop making decisions, since all his decisions are bad ones.
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His ego's too big. He won't compromise or turn on a dime like Clinton or Reagan. He's incapable of it.
His way or no way.
#2
Pakistan's floods 'the result of Allah's wrath'
When you have no qualms about killing good people who are in your country only to help you where you can't help yourself, God does get a bit perturbed. God kicks "Allah" (Satan) where it hurts, and inflicts unpleasantries upon those doing the killing. The locals blame it on "Allah's wrath", do more killing, and are rewarded with more unpleasantries. The cycle continues unabated. The history of the Middle East in one paragraph.
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[Pak Daily Times] US aid pouring into Pakistan's flood-hit regions is helping reverse widespread anti-American sentiment but will not be enough to win hearts and minds in the long term, experts say.
The US has been the biggest and the quickest single international floods donor, committing $200 million to help its ally in the fight against terrorism to recover from its worst-ever natural disaster. The US currently has 22 helicopters rescuing stranded villagers and ferrying relief supplies around the country, with four more on the way, said US embassy spokesman Richard Snelsire. The superpower has been involved in every area of the relief effort, spending its millions mostly through the UN, and international and local charity channels, to supply tonnes of food, water, shelter and medicine. $50 million have already been diverted from a $7.5 billion aid package approved by the US Congress last year in a bid to deepen ties with the South Asian nuclear power, a key partner in the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda-linked terrorists. Victims are grateful for the help but many Pakistanis think it ironic that while the US is sending tonnes of aid, it is also sending drones to bomb terrorist hideouts in the border areas with Afghanistan.
Our culture finds the combination of carrot and stick more effective -- rewarding good behaviour and punishing bad.
And the gratitude may be short-lived, just as it was after a swell of support from America following Pakistan's 2005 earthquake that left 73,000 dead, said Pakistan analyst Rahimullah Yusufzai. "There will be goodwill created, it's already happening for America and it also happened in October 2005 during the earthquake... but that was for a short while and this is again the fear that it may not last long," said Yusufzai. "Aid must happen on a long-term basis," he said.
Aid has been happening on a long term basis. Decades, actually. Y'all just assume you're entitled to a tax on American income, and refuse to be grateful.
"There's a changing perception about America but not on such a big scale right now because at the same time America's helping out they are also bombing Pakistan territory".
Fix your jihadi problem and we won't have to do it for you.
During a visit to Pakistan's devastated submerged regions last week, head of aid agency USAID Rajiv Shah sought to assure officials that the US would keep a commitment to help Pakistan in the long term. But touring Sukkur, once a thriving semi-industrial trading post -- now reduced to a city of tarpaulin tents providing thin respite from the heat for thousands of families, the scale of the challenge was clear. "This is going to be very, very difficult, this is a huge-scale disaster," said Shah. "But we have to continue to be optimistic and look for those opportunities to help Pakistan to use this to build back better". The floods have already forced the US to rethink its spending in Pakistan, after announcing in July a series of water, energy and healthcare projects to improve the country's dire infrastructure. The floodwaters have wiped out part of Pakistan's most fertile agricultural land, damaged roads, bridges, power stations, electricity facilities, hospitals, schools, homes and left millions hungry, setting back longer-term development goals.
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Of course not. We are infidels, and any payment to a Muslim country is just their due.
Besides, we caused the floods.
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What a bloody stupid question.
The Muslim world will never be grateful for anything the US does, or has done, to help them. It's the dependent adolescent syndrome, made worse by the fact that the Islamic world has been around a whole lot longer. All aid should stop, to be replaced with loans.
all aid should cease to be replaced with... nothing.
Pakistan doesn't need your money they can get all they want from the Saudis. Fred needs your money he is being sued and Rantburg is in danger. Donate to Rantburg instead!!
#5
What Bulldog said. Dependence breeds resentment. Especially when the billions are routinely stolen by a Pakistani elite that's among the most corrupt on the planet-- including the supposedly sophisticated, western-educated Pakistani leaders like "Pinky" Bhutto.
#6
I thought Islam was the Arabic word for ungrateful, unworthy and uncivilized. Why should we expect anything more.
No oil in Pakistan. When we're done with Afghanistan I think Pakistan might find themselves ignored, like Somalia, and not particularly happy about it.
#8
Cut off the aid and maybe they will figure out how to survive and be productive. Too many of them have far too much free time if they have enough time left for mischief, hi-jinks, terrorism and jihad. Besides, the money could be used in the U.S. to resurrect our economy. It's not appreciated over there--it only breeds seething and resentment.
[Dawn] Flash floods are largely unforeseen and there is little the state machinery can do to prevent the devastation they cause.
Donations are pouring in from around the world, ordinary citizens and NGOs are lending a helping hand and Pakistan's armed forces are leading from the front in terms of rescue operations. American helicopters too are dropping food to the hungry. And where is the government in all this? It is conspicuous by its absence and total failure to cope with a situation which, at least in lower Sindh, had been on the cards for quite some time now.
Cases in point are the deadly rains and accompanying landslides that enveloped parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last month and claimed hundreds of lives. Without downplaying the severity of the tragedy, it has to be said that residents and the civil administration were caught off guard and could not cope with the sudden onslaught of nature's wrath, which was in large part linked to the massive deforestation that has taken place in the north-west in recent decades. There the government may be faulted for its policies and soft corner for the illegal timber industry but not really for a relief effort that could realistically only take place after the event. But why should Thatta be caught unawares, as this paper reported yesterday? Lower riparians in the Indus delta have known for weeks that a massive flood is on the way and it was incumbent on the Sindh and federal governments to shore up embankments and evacuate vulnerable people to safer ground well in advance.
The government's utter inability to deliver in this crisis is all too palpable. Donations are pouring in from around the world, ordinary citizens and NGOs are lending a helping hand and Pakistan's armed forces are leading from the front in terms of rescue operations. American helicopters too are dropping food to the hungry. And where is the government in all this? It is conspicuous by its absence and total failure to cope with a situation which, at least in lower Sindh, had been on the cards for quite some time now. Some questions need to be raised here. Are the authorities in Sindh simply inept or, worse, completely callous? Would an elected local government system, disbanded earlier this year, have shown more enthusiasm in helping the needy -- even if the support it extended stemmed largely from self-interest, the desire to win votes the next time round?
Having failed yet again to take care of the public at large, the government should waste no time in aiding those uprooted or rendered sick and hungry by the floods. We have seen time and again that Pakistani people are generous to a fault and quick to mobilise when their countrymen need help. The same is not true of the civilian authorities whose response is marked by a combination of lethargy and apathy that simply beggars belief. People are dying and action is needed now, not later. Then there is a peripheral danger, of people losing faith in the system. Democracy must deliver at this critical stage.
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The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should only make predictions when it has solid scientific evidence and avoid straying into policy advocacy, a group of national science academies has warned in a report.
That's just a smoke-screen; the IPCC will do as it pleases and proclaim that its evidence is 'solid' and 'scientific', and that its recommendations are not 'policy statements'.
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Same old COLD WAR SECULARIST ARGUMENT = NOTHING EXISTS UNLESS MANKIND + ONLY MANKIND CAN ABSOLUT QUANTIFY = CONTROL IT, ergo demand for OBJECTIVE OR EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES IN ORDER TO REACH SUBJECTIVE OR SURREAL = "POLITICIZED" CONCLUSIONS.
You know, RELIABLY OR CONCLUSIVELY
"PREDICTING/FORECASTING" THE FUTURE.
#4
By the above, GW + Climate Change, etc, exists only widin the narrow-scoped dimension of linear statistical or other mathematical extrapolation, THUS THERE IS NO NEED FOR MAN TO EVER LEAVE EARTH + EXPLORE DEEP SPACE BECUZ THE "RATIONAL" SOLUTION TO MMGW + CC, ETC. IS FOR MAN TO REDUCE HIS CONSUMPTION.
#5
"The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should only make predictions when it has solid scientific evidence and avoid straying into policy advocacy"
In other words, they need to come up with some more believable lies.
They gotta protect their phoney-baloney jobs somehow. :-(
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If Barack Obama were to marshal Americas vast scientific and strategic resources behind a new Manhattan Project, he might reasonably hope to reinvent the global energy landscape and sketch an end to our dependence on fossil fuels within three to five years.
#1
India is hoping to start up a 300MW Thorium based reactor in 2011.
Fabricating the fuel is a problem and so is recyling because there are a lot of radiactively by products but we have better remote fabrication technology than 20 or even 5 years ago. So maybe.
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marshal Americas vast scientific and strategic resources behind a new Manhattan Project
Someone needs to create a version of Godwin's Law for hack references to a "new Manhattan Project."
#6
"Whats stopping us?" > Nothing except Ourselves, + PCorrectness-Deniability aka NOT BEING HELD LEGALLY, MORALLY, ETC. RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY FOR ANY DEFECT OR FAILURE.
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