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Thanks for the comments. Yes, that site could be a lot better. I want it to be hosted in the best and fanciest peer-to-peer distributed semantic tools (that I help write), but until then I've ended up with the lowest of the low plain HTML. :-) Shoemaker's children, I guess. :-)

You're right about potential new bottlenecks, but there is a big difference between, say, people not getting enough food to eat and people not getting enough attention, like Abraham Maslow talked about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs

We now probably have enough as a global society, even with a big population, that we probably don't need to ration the basics (if we did not divert 90%+ of our resources to competition, guarding, and warfare -- example, every checkout clerk is a guard, teachers are mostly guards, lawyers are mostly guards, much medicine is now defensive, etc.). Even if we do not, we will be there very soon with new energy sources, with new materials, with 3D printing, and with robotics in general. Potentially, we could support quadrillions of simultaneous human lives with the resources in the solar system, each having access to far more energy and matter than a typical Earth-dweller.

Instead of doing that, the USA has seeded Iraq with depleted uranium? Makes no long-term sense.
"Depleted Uranium Radioactive Contamination In Iraq: An Overview"
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=3116
"Horror Of US Depleted Uranium In Iraq Threatens World"
http://www.rense.com/general64/du.htm
"Iraq Depleted Uranium Contamination Linked To Illness, Deformities & Death"
http://consciouslifenews.com/iraq-depleted-uranium-contamination-linked-to-illness-deformities-death/114318/
"The report also states that total deformities are around 11 times the world average, and that the number is rising. The report is the first study done on births during 2010, and it shows "unprecedented levels" of birth deformities [in Falluja], which suggests that the longer adults are exposed to the contamination, the more their children will be affected by the DU."

As Bucky Fuller said, whether it will be "Utopia or Oblivion" will be a touch-and-go relay race up to the very end.

Will people still have the equivalent of a military? Well, it's true that most organisms have some way to avoid predators or to consume other organisms or external resources or to compete in various ways, so yes, I can't disagree. Something I wrote on that theme:
http://www.pdfernhout.net/a-rant-on-financial-obesity-and-Project-Virgle.html
"... I agree with the sentiment of the Einstein quote [That we should approach the universe with compassion], but that sentiment itself is only part of a larger difficult-to-easily-resolve situation. It become more the Yin/Yang or Meshwork/Hierarchy situation I see when I look out my home office window into a forest. On the surface it is a lovely scene of trees as part of a forest. Still, I try to see *both* the peaceful majesty of the trees and how these large trees are brutally shading out of existence saplings which are would-be competitors (even shading out their own children). Yet, even as big trees shade out some of their own children, they also put massive resources into creating a next generation, one of which will indeed likely someday replace them when they fall. I try to remember there is both an unseen silent chemical war going on out there where plants produce defense compounds they secrete in the soil to inhibit the growth of other plant species (or insects or fungi) as a vile act of territoriality

Nice site you got there at http://www.rense.com/. David Duke videos? Check. Conspiracy theories about Mars? Check. Chemtrails? Check. Miracle cures? Check. Rampant antisemitism? Check.

Though for what it's worth, the original source seems to be here: http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=index_23

And the author, Laurence Britt*, seems to have no other credentials than his article appearing in a free, irregularly published journal of, let's say uncertain repute. (Don't forget to pick up his novel, June, 2004,, which depicts a future America dominated by right-wing extremists, still available new from 5 sellers for just $49.99.)

Of course none of that makes what he says any less true by default. Fascist nations probably possess most of those characteristics. It's also true that serial killers all have many characteristics in common: they have noses, mouths, ears, eyes, hair, and always seem to show up in human form (so far). Be on the lookout!

I'll definitely vote for whoever runs against him in the next election, though.

He will be bought as well. It does not even matter if he has a D or an R after his name.

With the two-party system you can choose if they shoot you in the left or the right kneecap. Please don't forget and register to vote. That will show how nice of a citizen you are.

And it will get worse, much worse. Also read http://www.rense.com/general37/char.htm and especially:
9.

This is the problem. Vapid, ignorant, uninterested people who don't even bother to illuminate the vast empty place between their ears. You mention Nazis. So let's do this by the numbers. WHY WERE NAZIS BAD? Because they were Fascists and slaughtered a bunch of innocent folks. What is a Fascist? Well, Mussolini, a Fascist, said its the corporate state. Why is this bad? Well when a nation's corporations determine the fate of that nation and its people all kind of predictable things, bad things, begin to happen. You see profit is a great thing to motivate people, but as a guiding target for a society, it can lead to dark things. At first everything is great and the society enjoys explosive growth. But soon, the system begins to cannibalize itself. Ultimately the wheels come off, it crashes and explodes, and often a lot of people die. That why we don't like fascism. If you want to know how to tell a Fascist State here are some signs to look at. If you've not been in a coma for the last decade, you may notice that modern day America now has something in common with Germany and sadly its not the love of beer. So your Nazi comment as clever as you might have thought it was echoes a sad and frightening irony.

As for soup kitchens and bread lines, are you brain damaged? Here, try these sites: People in line at foodbank, The State of Poverty in America, What replaced the Soup Kitchens, The real state of Unemployment in America Today, Tent Cities Sprouting up all over the country. One in five children in America today goes to bed hungry. One in six people in this country suffers chronic malnutrition. One in eight is out of work and can't find employment. Entire regions of America have been depressed for so long, they now have names like "The Rust Belt." One in seven people in this country is saved from hunger by food stamps or federal food programs. There are scenes all over the country of people lined up for blocks waiting for food from food banks. There are shanty towns and tent cities across the nation of homeless people who were formerly middle class, and tens of millions of middle class Americans who live a single pay check away from becoming homeless. Food banks are pleading for support, they've never before been required to support so many people and many are on the verge of collapse. Are you so blind and poorly informed that you don't even see the profound state of social collapse around you? Are you sleep walking? Medicated? Either you have no mind or you have no heart, please which is it?

As for the ruling class, the top 400 people in this country now have the same wealth as the bottom HALF of the country, over 160,000,000 people. The imbalance of wealth in America today is greater THAN ANY TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY. That is the ruling class. They have hijacked our government. They have hijacked the media and our sources of free information. They have robbed us of our Bill of Rights and damaged our form of government to the very edge of its ability to be repaired. They are working hard to rob us of our last best hope for human freedom and development, the internet.

I don't advocate violence, and never have, but I tell you now, I am plenty angry. I pray that we find our way back without the spilling of blood, but I have a hard time imagining a bright future with so many like you walking the street today. You scare me more than the despots.

Whilst not a particularly good example, the link http://www.rense.com/general64/fore.htm does have relevance. A smaller, low-tech force can, with intelligence, succeed in neutralising a larger and more advanced force.

See here. As I said private money was not really involved in US Federal elections prior to 1984, there may have been some behind the scenes machine building in places like Chicago but for the most part money didn't enter into the election.

Hey one-liner, he is referring to this Green & Red Gangs particular situation.

Wow. Just wow. Especially when you look at its parent.

Some of us are *really* out there. /. can be quite oddly entertaining at times. Not putting you down or dissing you in any way, nor attempting to question or dispute anything here, just ... wow.

Hey one-liner, he is referring to this Green & Red Gangs particular situation.

Wow. Just wow. Especially when you look at its parent.

Some of us are *really* out there. /. can be quite oddly entertaining at times. Not putting you down or dissing you in any way, nor attempting to question or dispute anything here, just ... wow.

Hey one-liner, he is referring to this particular situation. I read some of Ben Fulford's writing some time ago and couldn't find a reason for him to lie no matter how crazy all this shit sounds. Unbelievable? Yes. Untrue? It is certainly easier to just say "yes" and bury your head back in the sand.

Yeah yeah, tinfoil hat "Big Pharma is evil!" conspiracies.

Yeah, yeah, call something a "conspiracy" an we're all right again!

At least they can provide paid reviewed "studies" and clinical trials regarding their treatments, which is a fuckload more than these quack assholes can do.

http://www.naturalnews.com/028194_Scott_Reuben_research_fraud.html
http://blog.bioethics.net/2009/05/merck-makes-phony-peerreview-journal/
http://classic.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55671/
http://classic.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55679/
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Drugs/story?id=7577646&page=1#.TtV4Xzg6e-M
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=2066
http://www.medcitynews.com/2011/07/fda-says-cro-cetero-faked-trial-data-pharmas-may-need-to-redo-tests/
http://jeps.efpsa.org/blog/2011/11/01/lessons-from-a-fake-study/
http://www.rense.com/general66/newhigh.htm

In short - "clinical trials" and "peer-reviewed" in pharmacology are mainly just buzzwords to make shit look legit.

Actually, I'm kind of partial to "Fascist State" as defined by Mussolini... and if you look up the "14 defining characteristics of a Fascist State." You'll see we're pretty much already there.

If you follow the relationship between Washington and the British Banking System from before our independence, and the creation and evolution of Corporations in this country and abroad, you'll find that Fascism, has its roots as a movement to control the wealth and power of the world for over 200 years. This is not precisely a Plutocracy or even an Oligarchy. Its something deeper, darker and places wealth and power above the well being of humanity or environmental sustainability. In short, it's something of a religion the promotes the very worst in primate behavior, let loose on the planet.

Um, no. Fascism is far more specific than that. Any of the top five google hits for "fascism" will disabuse you of this notion.

Actually, hit #3 was this article, which is considerably longer and backs up my definition very well. At least half of that list applies to the US.

Surely any time government participates in the economy, the citizens have to participate in the government, otherwise corporate forces will enter the vacuum. On the other hand, in the absence of government intervention, business has shown itself quite capable of becoming the unlimited master of society and doing considerable damage.

That's a perceptual meme without any basis in history. It has been government support and sanction of corporate forces that make them powerful, not a lack of intervention. That's true over and over.

Your assertion that taxing antisocial behaviors (or behaviors which are antisocial when taken to excess) which we as a society wish to limit is "at best misguided interventionism" is an opinion, not a statement from evidence.

It's both, and it's supported by more evidence than the counter-argument. But the real issue is avoidance of Constitutional limits using fiscal constraints as direct regulation is prohibited. For instance the Federal government can no longer prohibit the manufacture of alcohol (after passage of the 21st amendment), so it is heavily taxed instead. They cannot legally set standards for intoxication, so states are coerced by withholding funding to pass more stringent standards. They cannot legally set standards for public education, so financial controls are used instead. While there may be some justification for a few minor taxes, it is currently completely out of control. The tax code is so complex and contradictory that even tax attorneys and IRS experts can't get the same answer to the same tax scenario. There has even been talk of raising capital gains taxes in spite of the acknowledged outcome of significantly reduced revenue, just as an issue of "fairness". And this has been considered even with deficits at record levels.

How about instead we discuss the *specific* merits of this *specific* proposal, what the risks and benefits are

If you're referring to this "financial transaction" tax, I fail to see any benefits to anyone but the Federal government itself and a few large financial institutions. It will further bleed money from the middle class, foment greater distrust and avoidance of banks, and add new complications to tax codes and enforcement. Instead, how about some real tax reform that eliminates 90% of the current code and start over with a plan to fund government without hurting those that can least afford it?

The good thing is China will basically burn its entire coal reserves, 3rd largest in the world, within the next 30 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal#World_coal_reserves
http://www.worldcoal.org/resources/coal-statistics/

This means that China will only pollute 3x more than it currently has before it has to switch to something else, most likely nuclear.

Anyway, very few care about the environment in China so this will continue for foreseeable future.

PS. Remember leaded gasoline? At least now we only pollute our ground water with MTBE..

http://www.rense.com/politics6/usgrnd.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_tert-butyl_ether_controversy

I'm not much for using ethanol as a fuel, but ethanol is used as a replacement for MTBE.

Of course this all boils down to too many people. 1,000,000 could pollute almost as much as they wanted without any issues. But 7000x as many can't even piss and shit into the oceans at once without causing a problem.

And, for some miraculous reason, coincidental with the stabilization of world population, oil will replenish,

That has already started.

Yeah, Abiogenic petroleum is the big fly in the ointment of the whole Peak Oil crowd. Oil companies get to have it both ways - they keep prices artificially high by insisting that they're selling a non-renewable resource, when in fact they've got "dry" wells filling back up mysteriously :)

http://www.rense.com/general63/refil.htm

This sounds up like something that would be told only to backup an already made up story about Osama Bin Laden being killed this year.
According to many sources, he was found dead already on 2001 (one source: http://www.rense.com/general93/laden.htm)

And who the heck cares about a downed stealth plane ? Why write so long arcticles about it? It's a god damn plane! At the same time, people are being murdered everyday abroad by the US Military. Yes, murdered, cold blooded, high tech killings. Women and children, innocent families, slaughtered in the name of Oil and Money, those which are the most holiest to the US of A, even surprassing human lives and the wellbeing of it's own citizens.

This is just something to get people arguing in the news again, giving them something to think about while the Army continues to ravage and kill innocent people just in the name of money and oil. And trying to provide more false background info, so that we would buy the false fact that Osama was killed this year, although no evidence has still surfaced about the body and it all just seems like a big scam!

A very poorly written rant, riddled with assumptions and spurious 'facts' is hardly a source. The whole website you linked reads like an early teen science project, if you were ~seriously~ proposing this as information, I'd advise a little more research rather than reading this. It's simply garbled bigoted trash.

This sounds up like something that would be told only to backup an already made up story about Osama Bin Laden being killed this year. According to many sources, he was found dead already on 2001 (one source: http://www.rense.com/general93/laden.htm)

And who the heck cares about a downed stealth plane ? Why write so long arcticles about it? It's a god damn plane! At the same time, people are being murdered everyday abroad by the US Military. Yes, murdered, cold blooded, high tech killings. Women and children, innocent families, slaughtered in the name of Oil and Money, those which are the most holiest to the US of A, even surprassing human lives and the wellbeing of it's own citizens.

This is just something to get people arguing in the news again, giving them something to think about while the Army continues to ravage and kill innocent people just in the name of money and oil. And trying to provide more false background info, so that we would buy the false fact that Osama was killed this year, although no evidence has still surfaced about the body and it all just seems like a big scam!

But in fact 18000 did die,

Every July, I dress up in my Red, White, and Blue and tell people about the ATTACK on this country by H5N1! The flue hates our Freedom!

They ask, "How can Flu hate our Freedom!"

And I respond, "it's because we're Free!"

If that's true, they say and it was about Freedom, then why didn't the Flu attack Sweden?! I say, "IT DID! That's how treacherous it is!

I've protested! And no one pays attention, but we wake up and find our nation ruled by the law of the Flu, they'll wake up! They sure will!

Let's list some of the defining characteristics of fascism: Powerful and Continuing Nationalism; Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause; Rampant Sexism; Obsession with National Security; Religion and Government are Intertwined; Corporate Power is Protected; Labor Power is Suppressed; Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts; Obsession with Crime and Punishment.

Are you seriously going to continue claiming that FDR was fascist?

Labels aside, the thing that the Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Castro and basically all other dictatorships (left or right) and religious theocrat movements like AQ have in common, and the thing that ties together all of the characteristics listed above, is Hofstader's "disorder in relation to authority:" the inability to find any mode of human relationship other than complete dominance or complete submission.

Neither the British or US government is an evil fascist state

1) Neither nor, not Neither ... or.

2) The correct noun is regime, not state.

3) Like many, those regimes seem to tick most of the 14 boxes.

Three strikes - you're out. Thanks for playing.

Tracking via cellular phones has been doable with a decent degree As long as the circumstances are "when we have a warrant", then I don't see an issue.

Every phone call you make insert some key words - here is a list - http://www.rense.com/general66/scgh.htm.

Post back here when you notice the increase in blacked out SUVs in your neighborhood.

These discussions happened the same way back in the early "carnivore" and "eschelon" days, nothing new.

The surveillance leads to things like "warrants" and so on. It's continuous and total. Has been for some time. Remember, if you have nothing to hide then there is nothing to worry about.

(forgot to log in, posted this originally as AC)

Marine General Paul Van Riper showed exactly that sort of creativity, and he was fucked over by Rumsfeld for it

How could you be more realistic than something that is in fact a real issue?

Strange that you say that, for some website say he was a Satanist.

Ferguson is accurate when she reports that the Fabian Society's H.G. Wells (World War I boss of British intelligence) is a key figure of the Aquarian Conspiracy. Also key are Wells' ally, Bertrand Russell, and such Russell cronies as Robert M. Hutchins (Chicago University, Ford Foundation, Fund for the Republic, Aspen Institute, and the project).

Both Margaret Mead and her husband Gregory Bateson were close collaborators of Russell and Hutchins from no later than 1938. The brothers, Aldous (Hollywood) and Julian (UNO) Huxley were collaborators of H. G. Wells, and were recruited to Crowley's Satanist cult during the late 1920s.

http://www.rense.com/general61/satanism.htm

Not that I care much, but found it funny.

No need to unfairly single out the Chinese. I feel confident to extend that out to pretty much any nation. Wasn't our bestest friend (sarcasm) Israel found to have the biggest espionage ring yet uncovered rigth here in the US of A?

No need to unfairly single out the Chinese. I feel confident to extend that out to pretty much any nation. Wasn't our bestest friend (sarcasm) Israel found to have the biggest espionage ring yet uncovered rigth here in the US of A?

When I heard that they dumped the body into the ocean so quickly I began to suspect that they had actually killed him. Either they are keeping him alive someplace, or even more likely, he has been dead for a while already.

I found this page with lots of statements from people about how Bin Laden died back in 2001. http://www.rense.com/general94/lies.htm

It makes you wonder.

It's doubtful any of them (barring a handful of very fragile viruses) are "killed" at 100'C (if, by "killed" you mean deactivated beyond any possibility of recovery, since viruses aren't actually alive to begin with). It's far too low a temperature to do much damage. The most you can hope for is to "denature" the protein coating. However, that's reversible (see all articles on how to unboil eggs for details). It also doesn't affect all proteins. Prions are misshapen proteins and the prions that cause vCJD can endure 134'C (and reportedly even higher temperatures). Clearly, any relatively stable RNA strand protected by a protein that will not denature isn't going to be easy to deactivate even temporarily.

Even when you can stun a virus when it's free-floating, you're out of luck if it's a retrovirus and the cell it had embedded itself into is a thermophile. Since there are cells that can survive 130'C, all retroviruses that infect such cells (including "fossil" viruses that are normally inactive in the cell but which can be reactivated under the right conditions) can also survive 130'C.

Here's a Slashdot story about fungus on Mir: http://slashdot.org/story/00/10/02/191229/Space-Fungus-Eating-Mir-Really Here's a mirror of the article linked there: http://www.rense.com/general8/mir.htm Consensus on Slashdot back then seemed to be that the fungus was only growing on the inside, and that dublin's "both inside and outside" summary was mistaken.

Randi very clearly lays out of the bounds of any tests beforehand, and what is considered proof. ...And then changes those parameters at any time. If you Google this you'll see many independent complaints about this.

If anyone had actually passed that test, they would, you know, sue him, because they were promised payment of a million dollars if they did that. There is an actual contract with actual winning conditions.

No can do, as per the contract, which is designed to benefit James, not the applicant:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/89173/exposing_the_unfair_truth_about_the.html

But since you've made that claim, you should be able to demonstrate that Randi has, at least once, laid out a test and winning conditions, and then backpeddled once someone actually won.

Except it's no contract in the lawful sense. Seek and Ye shall find:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/89173/exposing_the_unfair_truth_about_the_pg2.html?cat=17

Video: James Randi Challenge Exposed - A Lawyer Explains:
http://www.debunkingskeptics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1442

Professor Michael Prescott found that James Randi’s million dollar challenge is very much an illusion that have fooled people for decades:
http://torbjornsassersson.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/james-randi-and-his-one-million-dollar-challenge-fraud/
http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/challenge.htm

Examples (hard to find these days as SEO or litigations have made sites disappear, they used to be easy to find):

Rico Kolodzey
http://www.rense.com/general50/james.htm

Riley G Matthews
http://www.rileyg.com/pressdir.htm

Serios
http://michaelprescott.typepad.com/michael_prescotts_blog/2006/08/lets_get_serios.html

Or you are a liar and a slanderer who has accused someone of criminal fraud.

These are not my claims, and there are many many more, however hard to find now. Some is to be found in articles, some in books. I'll let the reader make the good judgement wether this is true or false, I don't have the time or interest to investigate it in detail for you.

You missed my point entirely though. Since everything "supernatural" can be explained away with magic tricks or similar mundane tricks, then it is impossible to prove that you just did something "supernatural". If you read more about James Randi, you'll see his argumentation is dismissive of diversity of people, intolerant and arrogant. So the "Challenge" then quickly turns into a fight for survival, and often end up in the courts. Not very nice.

Yeah, you moron, because that's what he's testing.

Wow, where did that come from?

If he let people win by 'statistics', he'd have a constant stream of people claiming they could predict a coin toss 75% of the time....and eventually one of them would happen to do that. Because that's how statistics work.

But how can you ever dismiss statistics? It is crucial to make discoveries and validate them in any field. Nothing is ever as black and white as some people want the world to be..

This has been discussed to death in other forums. If a basketball player misses the hoop 1 in 100 shots, is she no longer a basketball player? This is the way statistics is being misused to dismiss any results in the JRF chalenge. In the

I find it hilarious (though not really ironic) that the first page of timothy's search is completely filled with this /. story, or rehashes thereof, except for one (How The Globalists Create Heart Attacks).

This is exactly why us Canadians share our secret information openly with the public: Major Spy Secrets Found In Phone Booth

They are already doing unlawful arrests and detainment of American citizens. It's called the Patriot Act, and yes they have disappeared/arrested a number of American citizens over the years since.

http://www.politechbot.com/p-04221.html
http://www.rense.com/general61/feds.htm
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5049867/

The one I can't find now that was pretty well known, was the programmer who worked for...I think Oracle, and the FBI came in one day and arrested him and then no one knew where he was, and they wouldn't even say why he was arrested or anything. No lawyer, no phone call, no nothing, just poof and he was gone. Finally his senator or congressmen had to get involved.

These sports types are NOT heroes. Oh and neither are firemen or policemen, just for being a fireman or policeman. Same for almost all 'heroes' we see nowadays.
What they are looking for is 'role models' and it should be the school that should explain the difference as well as the parents.

But then the kid already knows that and does not see sports people as heroes. I would go with Einstein. Looks like a real scientist AND he build a frikkin' A-bomb that saved America from fascism. (well, for many years anyway.)

Either there's a glitch in the matrix or I feel like something similar had been created about 8 or 9 years ago. I remember reading about it either here or on engadget around 2004. After some googling back in time I managed to find this: http://www.rense.com/general20/transparentalum.htm which is the closest thing that comes to mind. I wish I had better source. Can anyone please explain how the two differ?

Nah, we could date it really easily. There's radioactive carbon dating. Oh, won't work. Well, you can look at the sedimentation layers. Oh, won't work. Well, there's always guesswork. :)

    Really, the dating itself isn't as important as if water was or was not there.

    I'm still biased towards the idea that there was and still is water there. Well, as NASA said, "The way the surface has responded is bizarre. I don't understand it. I don't know anybody on my team who understands it. It looks like mud, but it can't be mud."

    If it looks like mud, and acts like mud, it must be a new state of solid that isn't mud. :) Or it's just dirt and water, despite how they may describe it.

    It's very likely there is an awful lot of water there. As the climate cycles slowed, the water became more stagnant, ending up in rather comfortable resting spots like the ice caps and muddy plains.

You seriously trust a website run by a guy who looks like this? He looks like he'd be more at home peddling CD's of his pan flute music at the local farmers market than spouting new age mumbo-jumbo and conspiracy theories on the interwebs.

Seriously! It's much safer to only trust people with a more orthodox appearance...

The first one doesn't matter because Disco's dead. the second one is what nightmares are made of.

You seriously trust a website run by a guy who looks like this? He looks like he'd be more at home peddling CD's of his pan flute music at the local farmers market than spouting new age mumbo-jumbo and conspiracy theories on the interwebs.

Seriously! It's much safer to only trust people with a more orthodox appearance...

You seriously trust a website run by a guy who looks like this? He looks like he'd be more at home peddling CD's of his pan flute music at the local farmers market than spouting new age mumbo-jumbo and conspiracy theories on the interwebs.

Because we can totally trust what they put in them?

I'm sure that they'll contract it to a trusted supplier.

Ooooooh. No, better not drink rainwater. It condenses and falls from clouds.
The same clouds seeded by the US Government and contaminated by CHEMTRAILS.

Similar arguments were made by the Ptolemaic churches attempting to discredit Aristotle.

The UK acknowledges the phenomenon: Ministry of Defense
So does Mexico
oh, and so does the FBI
and the CIA.

UFO's are not just some hoojum bullshit. There is a serious phenomena of unexplained activity/objects, and rigorous scientific endeavor would get much more credibility if this area was at least explored from a rational and logical standpoint in educational institutions without all the hooting and hollering, even if what we discover is against our rational and logical assumptions.

and if your really interested, check out the NASA video of the STS-75 incident. Watch the video, and then read what NASA conveniently doesn't discuss.

http://www.rense.com/general64/fore.htm

There was an interesting war game played a while back: essentially it was nothing more than showing off how the US tactics couldn't ever possibly be defeated... which they proved by resetting the game after the opposing general "sank" most of the US fleet using nothing but a hodgepodge collection of small civilian boats.
Seems save scumming is fine even in war games.
The result was of course that the general playing the US side "won" since anything else would look bad.

(...) So, if there is a God, I think most reasonable people might agree that he's at least incompetent, and maybe, just maybe, doesn't give a shit. Doesn't give a shit, which I admire in a person, and which would explain a lot of these bad results.

http://www.rense.com/general69/obj.htm

Policy behavior would seem to disagree. The US often vetos security council resolutions on Israel's behalf. Israel is receiving more money from the US than any country receives from any other for any reason whatsoever. Israel has frequently criticized US policy when it's not supportive enough, but the reverse is almost never true. Also, anecdotally, there's Ariel Sharon's comment.

it's unlikely that a significant portion of the satellites would be affected by any single event.

On the contrary. The GPS constellation consists of fast-orbiting spacecraft. Period is about 11 hours. So all that must happen is an event that lasts 11 hours and has sufficient energy to do the job. The reserve sats (block IIR) orbit at the same rate; they'd be just as fried as the block II and block IIA sats.

For GPS to work, you need a minimum of three working sats within LOS of the antenna; the position fix is determined from the downward intercept of three spheres centered on the sats. Anyone who is depending on this, and suddenly loses it, may be in serious trouble. And it's not all that easy to whip out a sextant in the cockpit of an aircraft, or in your SUV (I'm really not sure how many expeditions actually carry a sextant, for that matter. I don't own one, and I do know how to use one.)

Here, take a look at this charmer, happened only 2 years ago: X-class flare. Pay particular attention to the duration.

So still no explanation as to why no common use of Thorium reactors.

Same reason we don't use hemp paper, and why anyone thinking we'll move away from oil based cars before the famine starts is fooling themselves.

The existing corporate status quo makes money doing it this way, and they won't change unless made to (by, say, running out of uranium or oil or what have you).

Its Denmark. I live here and I see the males completely emasculated - sorry guys but it’s the truth. It’s a feminist society.

For details read:
http://www.rense.com/general79/brave.htm
http://www.city-data.com/forum/world/398666-denmark-sucks-happiest-nation-my-ass.html

Until the advent of mass spectrometers in every household, the difference between a nice cool drink and a delicious cup of cancer comes down to what someobody else may or may not have been dumping into your water supply.

You do know that most municipal water supplies have hundreds of toxic chemicals intentionally dumped into it? For example, there is a strong link between fouride and bone cancer or flouride and brain damage.

Also, don't forget that our Science Czar advocates putting sterilents in the drinking water and food. The government is full of eugenicists.