Stanley Armour Dunham, Ann Dunham, Maya Soetoro and Barack Obama, mid 1970s (l to r) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Portrait of Glenn Greenwald -creator of Unclaimed Territory blog and contributing writer at Salon.com (Photo credit: Wikipedia)CO2 Benefits Exceed Costs by … 50:1, more?
Cap-and-trade, carbon taxation, net social cost for carbon: all assume that increasing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases by mankind have injurious effects that are not accounted for in private activity. But the politically incorrect is intellectually correct: CO2 emissions make life better – even possible – for people, the economy, and the ecosphere.MoreAWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: February 10, 2014
Greed Energy Economics:
Americans have been subjected to barrage of propaganda about global warming of a length and intensity never seen in this nation except during wars**. That it has failed so far (see polls here) seems remarkable (explanations vary). Instead of reflecting on this failure, finding lessons learned, the Left* has elected to double down: betting their credibility on increasingly extreme forecasts — a combination of misrepresentation of climate science and disregard of that consensus.
* An identification seemingly ignoring bipartisan participation ... but I am noting the presence of the meme which identifies someone like Barack Obama as a Leftist....a patently ridiculous character-ization of an Authoritarian ( or should that be caricaturization ! )
** How many would you like to count ? But they're not 'wars' unless authorized by Congress !
Drones away !
Zombies Needed for Drone Terror
Multiple wars of aggression, indefinite detention of suspects without charges, secret CIA torture sites around the world, and spying on all Americans are undeniable offenses of our government that have been agreed to by the corporate media and, by default, the public. Drone terror is just the next step.
Drone pilots are redefined as “sensor operators” and the drone industry is campaigning to eliminate the word drone. And the Air Force has turned to using video games, referred to as “militainment,” to recruit drone pilots.
In
early 2012, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported on the
military’s use of a drone technique called the “double tap.” This is
where a drone attack occurs and then, moments later, the first
responders who arrive at the scene to rescue the victims are hit with
another drone attack. There is evidence of 11 strikes on rescuers between 2009 and 2011 as well as a deliberate attack on a funeral causing mass casualties. The double tap technique continues to this day.
Kids
will quickly recognize the better-known use of the term double tap. It
is one of the rules from the popular movie Zombieland, also made into a
video game.Killing enemies can be cool in a movie
Attempts to make these attacks sound cool or righteous are coupled with dehumanization of the victim
Bugs are the aliens in Card's Ender's Game and Heinlein's Starship Troopers ( an openly fascist society glorifying the military )
Same Story Decade After Decade – Government Liars Vs. The Truth
US Accuses Iran of Backing al-Qaeda in Syria. Baseless, irrational accusations, red meat for US geopolitical experts. news.antiwar.com/2014/02/09/us-…
Vatican slammed by UN human rights committee over sex abuse
the committee blasted the "code of silence" that has long been used to keep victims quiet, saying the Holy See had "systematically placed preservation of the reputation of the church and the alleged offender over the protection of child victims." It called on the Holy See to provide compensation to victims and hold accountable not just the abusers, but also those who covered up their crimes.
At risk of further erosion - confidentiality and : Right of Asylum ?
The National Security Agency is using complex
analysis of electronic surveillance, rather than human intelligence, as
the primary method to locate targets for lethal drone strikes – an
unreliable tactic that results in the deaths of innocent or unidentified
people. Read more
What does a surveillance state look like?
Over the past eight months, classified documents provided by Edward Snowden have exposed scores of secret government surveillance programs. Yet there is little visual material among the blizzard of code names, PowerPoint slides, court rulings and spreadsheets that have emerged from the National Security Agency’s files. Read more
Over the past eight months, classified documents provided by Edward Snowden have exposed scores of secret government surveillance programs. Yet there is little visual material among the blizzard of code names, PowerPoint slides, court rulings and spreadsheets that have emerged from the National Security Agency’s files. Read more
Does your food do more than fill you up?
Food as medicine
The Hippocrates Health Institute Demonstrates How Food Can Be Used as Medicine
Through hybridization, and now genetic modification, fruits contain at least 30 times more fructose, on an average, compared to their predecessors
Four powerful nutritional approaches taught are: shifting from burning carbs to burning fat for fuel; eating raw foods (especially sprouts); avoiding sugar; including fruit; lowering the overall animal-protein content in your diet
Eat Your Medicine: Food as Pharmacology
New field of nutrigenomics, the science of how molecules in food interact with our genes to support or interfere with our health. the average Chinese person knows more about the medicinal properties of food than I do after years of research. Medicinal foods are part of their every day diet.
The word for eating in Chinese is comprised of two characters: chi fan, or eat rice. The word for taking medicine is chi yao, or eat medicine. The ancient culinary traditions of China created meals for pleasure as well as healing.Beyond simply being a mechanism for conveying calories, food is a source of special ingredients than can prevent and treat disease and transform your health. These are called phytonutrients – special plant chemicals that are not calories, protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, but special molecules that interact with your biology, special molecules that act like switches on your DNA to heal your body.
Brown U - Food as Medicine
Radioactive Fertilizer—The Surprising Primary Cause of Lung Cancer in Smokers
Revisiting the Charter of the U.S. Department of Energy (reasons to abolish the agency)
Upon a Congressional declaration of ”the public interest” and to “promote the general welfare,” the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 centralized the federal government’s energy functions. The new agency was premised on five beliefs:
- an imminent exhaustion of oil and gas;
- problematic oil-import dependence;
- the efficacy of central planning;
- the need to commercialize renewable energy; and
- conservationism.
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