No, but GW could affect crop yields and land usability significantly - making even current levels of population hard to sustain.
In fact, the only reason current levels are sustained is because of chemical fertilizers increasing yield rates up to 500% over natural levels. Critically fertilizers are ammonia based and that ammonia comes from the Haber process - which requires natural gas. Therefore if natural gas production reduces so will human population.
There have been plenty of forecasters of doom saying that the earth would run out of space, food, energy and whatnot and the population continues to expand
The Earth is a finite size so exponential population growth must bow down to laws of physics eventually. Food availability ultimately limits population growth. There will come a time where limits to food production limit population.
Apple has introduced a US$899 configuration of the 17-inch iMac designed specifically for education customers featuring a 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor. It's available immediately and will replace the eMac, Apple's last CRT based computer.
Featuring a 17-inch widescreen LCD display, the iMac for education includes a Combo drive for burning CDs and reading DVDs, 512MB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory expandable up to 2GB and hard drive storage capacity up to 160GB. Every iMac also includes a built-in iSight video camera, built-in 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed networking, built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11g WiFi for up to 54Mbps wireless networking, a total of five USB ports (three USB 2.0) and two FireWire 400 ports.
Like all the models in the iMac line, it comes with Mac OS X 10.4.6, iLife '06, Safari, Mail, iCal, iChat AV, Front Row and Photo Booth. The 17-inch iMac for education is available immediately for education customers through the Apple Store for Education or by calling an Apple education sales representative at 800-800-APPL. The eMac will no longer be in production and is available for purchase while supplies last through the Apple Store for Education or by calling an Apple education sales representative at 800-800-APPL.
I don't think the OP is pretending that Shia-Sunni hostility doesn't exist, but rather that it is abused as a convenient label to slap on all internal Iraqi problems, and that such slapdash analysis ignores the fact that in large number of cases Shi'ites and Sunni live in peace.
thanks, you understood me perfectly.
There was some interesting insights on this on the Riverbend blog recently which, of course, is well worth reading anyway.
I had no idea the bushco label would cause so many problems but it did. I don't really know why. I think it accurately represents the collusion of political and corporate power in present day USA.
But the real agenda here is to say that our "common ancestors" were Adam and Eve, cryptoreligious "science" that insists the world was created around 6-7000 years ago.
Brilliant, insightful thinking. It was there at the back of my mind but you crystallized it. The time frame used is an artificial (and meaningless) one - apart that the subtext seems to confirm that 6000 years ago we all had common ancestors. Well, duh, of course - obviously excluding 'islands' of population as you mentioned. You could go back 60,000 years and say exactly the same thing too. They either survived or died (in a genetic sense) is all that TFA boils down to.
This is some kind of psy-op piece that could easily be misinterpreted by Joe Sixpack® as provision of 'hard scientific proof' for Adam & Eve mythology.
Every Sunni Muslim in Iraq is descended from at least one Shiite
Sorry, this annoyed me. There are plenty of Sunnis and Shiites in any extended Iraqi family today living happily side by side, not caring about the difference in hand positions during prayer. Sunnis and Shiites are not mortal enemies as is so lazily portrayed in the media. They fought along side each other in the war against Iran just 25 years ago for example. This generally artificial tension is being produced as a convenient cover for the disaster that is Iraq and gives Bushco the ability to walk away from their mess and blame it on civil war. As long as they keep the oil rich areas and the new military bases civil war it would even suit them. Hence this false meme.
Although I'm on your side I've got to say that the illegal war did not cause this level of denial in 'the people'. It was there before waiting to be used to someone's advantage. It could be said it's the negative symptom of prosperity and being too comfortable to care: complacency.
A similar thing happened with the assassination of JFK, MLK, RFK - denial and discrediting of facts that make people uncomfortable.
OR,
How did the 2000 'election' go unquestioned by the majority?
Why do the facts surrounding the unabomber attack not add up?
Why does the official story of 9/11 not make scientific or practical sense?
There are many other examples but I'm sure you get the idea.
The other day I heard a woman in the street being asked by her colleague if she wanted to read the newspaper he had. Her reply was "No thanks, I never read anything with bad news in it" and was proud of herself for her 'clever' approach. And I thought, "and that's why things are the way they are".
There's a passage in 1984 that explains how BB continued. It says 85% of the people didn't care or question - they were too busy with the sports games and the lottery. And, I think, that's where we're at now.
Was I the only one having the eery deja vu feeling when beta-testing Vista? Feeling like it's 2000, and you are beta-testing Apple's OS X.
Ha ha! I thought it was just me!
Now imagine, OSX didn't get primetime ready until 10.3 (released 2004 I think, or was it 2003?), so there's realistically a chance that Vista won't come into its own for another 3-4 years. As you say, they are too late, and I agree, it's possibly fatal.
The woman in the TFA wasn't exactly homeless homeless. She was staying in a shelter and so able to keep clean and not smell of pee, have clean clothes and so on. I don't imagine anyone going off to 'forge new business relationships' if they hadn't brushed their teeth for a week so I'd say the general 'technology is so great it evens rescues the homeless' message is hype. Even charging up your cell isn't going to be easy when you're sleeping under a bridge.
You could be right. Thing that crosses my mind is how much of this incredible fortune eventually goes to big pharma? Majority I should think. (Don't get me started on the AID$ industry).
Interestingly, Buffet frequently decries the amount CEOs take home and consistently talks about it. He regards it as bad for the economy and morally wrong. He wrote about in this years BH newsletter too.
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No, but GW could affect crop yields and land usability significantly - making even current levels of population hard to sustain.
In fact, the only reason current levels are sustained is because of chemical fertilizers increasing yield rates up to 500% over natural levels. Critically fertilizers are ammonia based and that ammonia comes from the Haber process - which requires natural gas. Therefore if natural gas production reduces so will human population.
Imagine Stephen Hawking talking about 'population reduction' and stuff like that in his synthetic "fred" voice. It would be pretty weird.
Personally I'd be waiting for the laser to come out of his head if he started talking like that.
I agree that we should focus on Moon, Mars & Asteroids ... don't forget Galaxians. :p
There have been plenty of forecasters of doom saying that the earth would run out of space, food, energy and whatnot and the population continues to expand
The Earth is a finite size so exponential population growth must bow down to laws of physics eventually. Food availability ultimately limits population growth. There will come a time where limits to food production limit population.
There's not a lot of meat to this article
No, but it's Leopard Meat! They go mad for it!
Apple has introduced a US$899 configuration of the 17-inch iMac designed specifically for education customers featuring a 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor. It's available immediately and will replace the eMac, Apple's last CRT based computer.
Featuring a 17-inch widescreen LCD display, the iMac for education includes a Combo drive for burning CDs and reading DVDs, 512MB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory expandable up to 2GB and hard drive storage capacity up to 160GB. Every iMac also includes a built-in iSight video camera, built-in 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed networking, built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11g WiFi for up to 54Mbps wireless networking, a total of five USB ports (three USB 2.0) and two FireWire 400 ports.
Like all the models in the iMac line, it comes with Mac OS X 10.4.6, iLife '06, Safari, Mail, iCal, iChat AV, Front Row and Photo Booth. The 17-inch iMac for education is available immediately for education customers through the Apple Store for Education or by calling an Apple education sales representative at 800-800-APPL. The eMac will no longer be in production and is available for purchase while supplies last through the Apple Store for Education or by calling an Apple education sales representative at 800-800-APPL.
From a comment in your linked blog:
Thank you for posting the story of the young boy in Vietnam. My organization, Clear Path International, responded to that accident.
What killed this boy was probably not a landmine... it most likely was a cluster bomb.
The more deadly cousin of the landmine, the cluster bomb has no place in a civilized society.
Thank you again... and you have a great blog!
James Hathaway
Clear Path International
"Another One Bites The Dust" ?
right, exactly. Now and go and explain that to all these people who don't see it. It wears me out.
"with friends like you who needs enemas!"
thanks, you understood me perfectly.
There was some interesting insights on this on the Riverbend blog recently which, of course, is well worth reading anyway.
I had no idea the bushco label would cause so many problems but it did. I don't really know why. I think it accurately represents the collusion of political and corporate power in present day USA.
But the real agenda here is to say that our "common ancestors" were Adam and Eve, cryptoreligious "science" that insists the world was created around 6-7000 years ago.
Brilliant, insightful thinking. It was there at the back of my mind but you crystallized it. The time frame used is an artificial (and meaningless) one - apart that the subtext seems to confirm that 6000 years ago we all had common ancestors. Well, duh, of course - obviously excluding 'islands' of population as you mentioned. You could go back 60,000 years and say exactly the same thing too. They either survived or died (in a genetic sense) is all that TFA boils down to.
This is some kind of psy-op piece that could easily be misinterpreted by Joe Sixpack® as provision of 'hard scientific proof' for Adam & Eve mythology.
come back when you're a real person. I'm not debating an AC.
Sorry, this annoyed me. There are plenty of Sunnis and Shiites in any extended Iraqi family today living happily side by side, not caring about the difference in hand positions during prayer. Sunnis and Shiites are not mortal enemies as is so lazily portrayed in the media. They fought along side each other in the war against Iran just 25 years ago for example. This generally artificial tension is being produced as a convenient cover for the disaster that is Iraq and gives Bushco the ability to walk away from their mess and blame it on civil war. As long as they keep the oil rich areas and the new military bases civil war it would even suit them. Hence this false meme.
Never underestimate the power of raw denial. Or cognitive dissonance.
They weren't monitoring Cheney?
(This is not flamebait or trolling but could be considered funny by people that know a little bit more than the official story version)
Although I'm on your side I've got to say that the illegal war did not cause this level of denial in 'the people'. It was there before waiting to be used to someone's advantage. It could be said it's the negative symptom of prosperity and being too comfortable to care: complacency.
A similar thing happened with the assassination of JFK, MLK, RFK - denial and discrediting of facts that make people uncomfortable.
OR,
How did the 2000 'election' go unquestioned by the majority?
Why do the facts surrounding the unabomber attack not add up?
Why does the official story of 9/11 not make scientific or practical sense?
There are many other examples but I'm sure you get the idea.
The other day I heard a woman in the street being asked by her colleague if she wanted to read the newspaper he had. Her reply was "No thanks, I never read anything with bad news in it" and was proud of herself for her 'clever' approach. And I thought, "and that's why things are the way they are".
There's a passage in 1984 that explains how BB continued. It says 85% of the people didn't care or question - they were too busy with the sports games and the lottery. And, I think, that's where we're at now.
Can't wait to get my hands on tabbed browsing. It sounds really good.
And all of this goes to show: Never buy early Apple models. Wait for the rev B, when they've got this stuff ironed out.
True as it is today as it ever was.
Ha ha! I thought it was just me!
Now imagine, OSX didn't get primetime ready until 10.3 (released 2004 I think, or was it 2003?), so there's realistically a chance that Vista won't come into its own for another 3-4 years. As you say, they are too late, and I agree, it's possibly fatal.
As opposed to the physically insane?
BTW, I disagree with you. I often give homeless people money - some won't want handouts from a church.
The woman in the TFA
Forgive me, I've comitted the sin of redundancy.
Now, what's my PIN number again??
The woman in the TFA wasn't exactly homeless homeless. She was staying in a shelter and so able to keep clean and not smell of pee, have clean clothes and so on. I don't imagine anyone going off to 'forge new business relationships' if they hadn't brushed their teeth for a week so I'd say the general 'technology is so great it evens rescues the homeless' message is hype. Even charging up your cell isn't going to be easy when you're sleeping under a bridge.
You could be right. Thing that crosses my mind is how much of this incredible fortune eventually goes to big pharma? Majority I should think. (Don't get me started on the AID$ industry).
Good post.
Interestingly, Buffet frequently decries the amount CEOs take home and consistently talks about it. He regards it as bad for the economy and morally wrong. He wrote about in this years BH newsletter too.