I think it was Russia. For one, they have that capacity and I suspect that theirs is far more advanced than ours. Second, they have the access since they've been more aligned with Iran than us and would probably have more luck inserting such a virus. Third, Iran had been lying to the Russians about the status of their nuclear program. Fourth, the timing is also about right as this would be relatively shortly after we informed the Russians what the Iranians were up to.
It's also "criminally irresponsible" for the US to invest itself so heavily in defending this PoS slab of sand and totally wrecking our regional policy efforts for the past 20-30 years; including the hypocrisy of raging against nuclear weapons when the 5th largest arsenal belongs to the most incompliant (and 100th largest) nation. Israel, do what the hell you want, but do it with your own money and your own prestige. Stop dumping the foreign aid we give you back into influencing our foreign policy to defend your deplorable standards.
A few years back there was a great HD documentary on the wildlife returning to the area. They followed the lives of several animals (I think a cat and a wolf for one). Wildlife is doing very well, but apex predators are accumulating large doses of radiation from being at the top of the food chain. Who knows what effects that will have, but I was amazed at how well the ecosystem rebounded. I guess I was expecting a Mad Max landscape.
I'd love to see where you got this information. "Informant" could be the nosy 70 year-old neighbor who sees the Johnsons' kid dealing on a street corner. Or, the roommate who knows people are selling out of his house and doesn't want to go down with them when they get caught. There are lots of innocent people who give information to the police, but refuse to become "witnesses" for their own safety.
The EPA as a whole isn't the problem. It's that thin, but corrupt as hell, veneer between the scientists and the policy makers that is the problem. There are so many stories of corruption (like the administrator who edited a climate change report then went to work for Big Oil) like this. But, no substantial changes will ever occur since our country has gone over the Fascism cliff. We are totally at the beck and call of corporate interests now. Yes, I'm saying our country is on its death bed.
You need to relax. It's quite simple if you understand Friedmannite economics. Cutting corporate taxes and deregulation will resolve all of our problems. The Free Market will come up with a cheaper, better solution to bee pollination.
This reminds me of a Star Wars test the military did about 5-10 years ago. Their weapons kept missing the target, so in order to avoid the embarrassing headlines they put some sort of a beacon on the target warhead (GPS I think), ran the test again, and called it successful. I remember at the time thinking "what kind of fools do they take us for?" Well, several years later that test was cited in another news story without the troublesome details of how it came to be "successful". History is rewritten.
This isn't hatred of the US. Try to think beyond "they hate freedom." I'm an American and I'm pretty pissed that the government doesn't like what a whistle blower is doing, so the go about systematically trying to dismantle their life (including elected officials calling for assassinations and whatnot). Take a look at this article on Assange's "sex crimes". They just need an excuse to get him into custody for future extradition.
My personal thoughts about Assange aside, I really hate the idea that the government can make a phone call to a business and get someone's accounts deactivated. This especially when I've been considering Amazon Web Services for virtualization. I'm making it a point to *not* do any of my Christmas shopping at Amazon this season or for school texts for next semester. Last year, I dropped about $1300 on them.
As I understand it, MythBusters screwed it up. And, what's so bad about a President promoting education? People in this country are anti-intellectual, anti-science enough. Did you see the recent story about our precipitously dropping science and math scores? No need to start catering to the stupid and disinterested.
Wow, it's so annoying to hear Obama-teleprompter jokes. Especially since they're from formerly disinterested morons who never realized that all politicians use them for speeches anyway. "But-but-he stutters and sounds like an idiot without one!" Remember the Presidential debates where he kicked the crap out of McCain 3-0 without one, or the open questions session with the House Republicans where he made the whole caucus look like buffoons (enough so that they publicly wished they hadn't done it)? After listening to polished PR-approved answers that provide no insight, I at least appreciate a President who tries to answer questions however much I might disagree with him.
Coincidentally, there was an episode on a few days ago discussing the possibility of arsenic-based bacteria. I'm guessing that the episode wasn't churned out in 2 days, so there's probably a decent amount of background to this research.
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I think it was Russia. For one, they have that capacity and I suspect that theirs is far more advanced than ours. Second, they have the access since they've been more aligned with Iran than us and would probably have more luck inserting such a virus. Third, Iran had been lying to the Russians about the status of their nuclear program. Fourth, the timing is also about right as this would be relatively shortly after we informed the Russians what the Iranians were up to.
It's also "criminally irresponsible" for the US to invest itself so heavily in defending this PoS slab of sand and totally wrecking our regional policy efforts for the past 20-30 years; including the hypocrisy of raging against nuclear weapons when the 5th largest arsenal belongs to the most incompliant (and 100th largest) nation. Israel, do what the hell you want, but do it with your own money and your own prestige. Stop dumping the foreign aid we give you back into influencing our foreign policy to defend your deplorable standards.
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Seems obvious that someone would show it. I've been looking for a few months with no luck.
Actually, they were making sharp turns along progressively smaller triangles.
BURN!!!! Where are my mod points when I really need them :(
Send me your IP, I'll take a look.
Load up on greasy tacos about an hour before firing up WoW.
Good point. There isn't really a health care crisis in this country and we weren't lied into the Iraq war. Thanks for clearing that up.
A few years back there was a great HD documentary on the wildlife returning to the area. They followed the lives of several animals (I think a cat and a wolf for one). Wildlife is doing very well, but apex predators are accumulating large doses of radiation from being at the top of the food chain. Who knows what effects that will have, but I was amazed at how well the ecosystem rebounded. I guess I was expecting a Mad Max landscape.
It's not to protect drug dealers, it's to protect *themselves* from this kind of crap.
I'd love to see where you got this information. "Informant" could be the nosy 70 year-old neighbor who sees the Johnsons' kid dealing on a street corner. Or, the roommate who knows people are selling out of his house and doesn't want to go down with them when they get caught. There are lots of innocent people who give information to the police, but refuse to become "witnesses" for their own safety.
The EPA as a whole isn't the problem. It's that thin, but corrupt as hell, veneer between the scientists and the policy makers that is the problem. There are so many stories of corruption (like the administrator who edited a climate change report then went to work for Big Oil) like this. But, no substantial changes will ever occur since our country has gone over the Fascism cliff. We are totally at the beck and call of corporate interests now. Yes, I'm saying our country is on its death bed.
You need to relax. It's quite simple if you understand Friedmannite economics. Cutting corporate taxes and deregulation will resolve all of our problems. The Free Market will come up with a cheaper, better solution to bee pollination.
Baby Jesus drove a Chevy, you communist, sexual deviant
Two great puns in a row! Well played, sirs!!!
I was trying to bloat that movie out of memory. Thanks for the reminder, jerk!
This reminds me of a Star Wars test the military did about 5-10 years ago. Their weapons kept missing the target, so in order to avoid the embarrassing headlines they put some sort of a beacon on the target warhead (GPS I think), ran the test again, and called it successful. I remember at the time thinking "what kind of fools do they take us for?" Well, several years later that test was cited in another news story without the troublesome details of how it came to be "successful". History is rewritten.
Blue is in the boys. Ewwww
This isn't hatred of the US. Try to think beyond "they hate freedom." I'm an American and I'm pretty pissed that the government doesn't like what a whistle blower is doing, so the go about systematically trying to dismantle their life (including elected officials calling for assassinations and whatnot). Take a look at this article on Assange's "sex crimes". They just need an excuse to get him into custody for future extradition.
My personal thoughts about Assange aside, I really hate the idea that the government can make a phone call to a business and get someone's accounts deactivated. This especially when I've been considering Amazon Web Services for virtualization. I'm making it a point to *not* do any of my Christmas shopping at Amazon this season or for school texts for next semester. Last year, I dropped about $1300 on them.
Let me throw out a plug for Better World Books with that being said.
As I understand it, MythBusters screwed it up. And, what's so bad about a President promoting education? People in this country are anti-intellectual, anti-science enough. Did you see the recent story about our precipitously dropping science and math scores? No need to start catering to the stupid and disinterested.
Wow, it's so annoying to hear Obama-teleprompter jokes. Especially since they're from formerly disinterested morons who never realized that all politicians use them for speeches anyway. "But-but-he stutters and sounds like an idiot without one!" Remember the Presidential debates where he kicked the crap out of McCain 3-0 without one, or the open questions session with the House Republicans where he made the whole caucus look like buffoons (enough so that they publicly wished they hadn't done it)? After listening to polished PR-approved answers that provide no insight, I at least appreciate a President who tries to answer questions however much I might disagree with him.
Coincidentally, there was an episode on a few days ago discussing the possibility of arsenic-based bacteria. I'm guessing that the episode wasn't churned out in 2 days, so there's probably a decent amount of background to this research.
Now you all have another BS rumor to latch onto to start a hatefest.