Come on, tell us exactly how these terrorists destroyed America 40 years ago by telling Americans they were being spied on by America.
They weren't terrorists engaged in violence, and they didn't destroy America. The crimes they committed were more or less breaking and entering, and theft of documents.
The actual terrorists engaged in a campaign of violence at the time were the Weather Underground. They had a goal of violently overthrowing the US government and economic system to replace it with revolutionary communism. If you read the very bottom section of the second link, the transcript, you can see how far they were prepared to go to accomplish it. I've heard numbers like that before, and you should too.
This is a useful reminder that government can be heavy handed. The group that did this made careful plans, took a big risk, and the results are still being talked about and referenced today. It contributed to reform. COINTELPRO is regularly referenced in Slashdot discussions, relevant or not.
Although COINTELPRO is remembered, few bother to remember the other side of the equation, which is the conduct of the radicals. There were those that went past legitimate protest, past civil disobedience, and turned to violence: bombs, arson, shooting. One famous example, the Weather Underground.
Triage is a critical function that supports battlefield medicine especially in mass casualty events. Pretty much any ancient battle is going to be a mass casualty event. If you don't do triage you will end up wasting limited medical resources and losing more lives and limbs than you would if you had done it properly. Roman medicine was much more sophisticated than simple expedients. The Romans weren't doing to for the purpose of "stats," but to save lives and return trained soldiers to duty. They were more successful at it than other peoples for more than a millennia after the fall of the empire.
They actually performed a form of triage similar to modern practice, but they also had dedicated medical staff to both treat battlefield wounded and evacuate them. I recommend the article.
If you happen into a library that carries Military History magazine you may want to read the Roman medicine article, it is fascinating. Just one tidbit:
On average the Roman medical corps saved the lives of 70 percent of the wounded that reached the field hospital, a survival rate not equaled until the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War
It is fascinating that we continue to find artifacts from the ancient world that show far more sophistication that people today generally realize. This finding is one. The Antikythera Mechanism is another. I recently read a fascinating article about ancient Roman military medicine which was so advanced that it was not equaled in some ways until the 1900s. I have little doubt that there is much more to be found. Our ancestors could be quite astonishing in their abilities, and very human in their flaws.
The start of prohibition meant the loss of production of 2 billion gallons of beer and 150 million gallons of liquor. That didn't just appear out of thin air for people to drink, so yes, consumption did fall greatly. After prohibition ended sales were slow to rise again.
I have little doubt that you are free enough to get yourself into serious trouble due to poor judgment. I hope someone is watching over you.
Thank you for the link. It has a couple of key sentences you may have missed.
A number of studies support the hypothesis that cannabis consumption is an important risk factor for schizophrenia, which has been reported to increase with the frequency and dose of cannabis use.[41-43] Epidemiological studies confirm a high occurrence of schizophrenia in people smoking cannabis,[44] and chronic cannabis smokers show cognitive deficits similar to those seen in schizophrenic patients.[45] Moreover, cannabis use is associated with an early onset of schizophrenia; young people with genetic vulnerability to schizophrenia are particularly sensitive to the physical and mental effects of cannabis.[46]
A seminal 27-year longitudinal study involving more than 50 000 Swedish participants[41] showed that cannabis use in adolescence was dose-dependently correlated to the risk of developing schizophrenia, with individuals taking cannabis on more than 50 occasions being ca. 7 times more likely to develop schizophrenia.......
Undeniably, the habitual use of cannabis increases the risk of developing schizophrenia, especially in vulnerable subjects, but evidence suggests that this may be largely attributed to THC.
If this is accurate, by simply removing the chemical responsible for marijuana's "high" it might have some therapeutic value. Maybe that is a good target for genetic engineering. Until then, marijuana use poses a threat to the mental health of young people, especially heavy use. Would you still be so interested in it if you didn't get a buzz from it?
You are confused. You might be thinking of former hero to gun control advocates, Michael Bellesiles. His deeds are a sordid story of misconduct and fraud.
The data is readily available if you care to look, there have been hundreds of arrests and convictions for terrorism related offenses.
Islam is of particular interest since the extremist factions the US is at war with are from that faith. (Not obvious to you?)
There is no "might be" about it, both you and the GP are wrong.
The bolding is to help draw attention to specific information that should provide a useful clue - information about connections to extremist Islam and al Qaida. It doesn't seem to have helped you. I wonder why?
Your position is virtually indistinguishable from willful blindness or trolling. Either sign in or get an account if you want to continue.
Actually your link appears to support the research in the linked article I provided, specifically:
"This paper is among the first to reveal that the use of marijuana may contribute to the changes in brain structure that have been associated with having schizophrenia."
Chronic marijuana use could augment the underlying disease process associated with schizophrenia, Smith noted.
"If someone has a family history of schizophrenia, they are increasing their risk of developing schizophrenia if they abuse marijuana," he said.
Yes??? Where is communism written (or implied) anywhere?
Communism is Left. You asked "What left?" and stated that the US only has two parties. In fact it has many parties and a genuine Left as the existence of the CPUSA demonstrates.
I didn't state that the Democratic party is hard left. However you can find member of the hard Left in it, those that want to be elected for an office higher than dog catcher.
Apparently being caught out you are heading into troll-land. Is that your intent?
There are other documented effects, and it has been thought to play the role of a gateway drug. I'll get you dig into it if you're really interested,... and you remember.
Yeah, only latinos and negroes. White folk didn't have/generate that problem, right? No poppy seeds were available in the US EVER!
Opium was one of the first drugs regulated in various places in the US, and an early drug for Federal regulation. It affected people of all sexes, races, classes, and ages.
Are you suggesting that there would be the same or less drug use if it wasn't illegal?
You don't go into any detail about what you think the issue is with "guns", but I assume you've heard that ownership of them is a Constitutionally protected right. Some people think that a murder with a gun is a gun problem when it is a murder problem.
Yes, your argument there is a straw man. This is what you wrote, "What left? The USA has only two parties, and both are right-wing."
We are up to at least 3 parties now, aren't we? And one of them is hard left of the sort any European would respect. (Do you want me to bring more into the discussion? We are far from being out of just communist parties in the US.)
The Democrats aren't all that right these days either. They have largely driven the moderates and conservatives from their party.
Actually I contradict your statement. Existence is one question, support is another. There are a variety of bad ideas popular in Europe that aren't supported in the US, that is one of them. Any day you could convince 51% of Americans that communism is a good idea, they are waiting there to accept them and win elections. Don't hold your breath, the word is out about communism, but people are forgetting. Maybe in time....
Personally, I like "State Security", it has a nice descriptive ring to it, especially when abbreviated.
Thanks, but I'll stick with the BKA, CDU, and the Bundesrepublik Deutschland. You can keep the SS along with the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit and Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands. I'm not a fan of that sort of progressivism.
Loewen, 58, had been under investigation since this past summer after making threats to engage in a terrorist act of jihad against the United States. Loewen intended to kill himself in the process.....
He frequently expressed his admiration of Anwar Al-Awlaki, the American-born al-Qaida leader who was killed in a 2011 drone strike in Yemen. Al-Awlaki emerged as an influential preacher among militants living in the West, with his English language Internet sermons calling for jihad against the U.S.
Authorities said Loewen spent months studying the airport’s layout, flight patterns and other details to maximize fatalities and damage. During that time, he developed a plan along with undercover FBI agents to use his access card to airport grounds and eventually thrust the vehicle loaded with explosives into the terminal. He planned to die in the explosion, a fate that he said was inevitable after convincing himself to become a martyr in a jihad against America, according to court documents.
Slashdot Mirror
Come on, tell us exactly how these terrorists destroyed America 40 years ago by telling Americans they were being spied on by America.
They weren't terrorists engaged in violence, and they didn't destroy America. The crimes they committed were more or less breaking and entering, and theft of documents.
The actual terrorists engaged in a campaign of violence at the time were the Weather Underground. They had a goal of violently overthrowing the US government and economic system to replace it with revolutionary communism. If you read the very bottom section of the second link, the transcript, you can see how far they were prepared to go to accomplish it. I've heard numbers like that before, and you should too.
Shall we commence with the ironic moderation?
This is a useful reminder that government can be heavy handed. The group that did this made careful plans, took a big risk, and the results are still being talked about and referenced today. It contributed to reform. COINTELPRO is regularly referenced in Slashdot discussions, relevant or not.
Although COINTELPRO is remembered, few bother to remember the other side of the equation, which is the conduct of the radicals. There were those that went past legitimate protest, past civil disobedience, and turned to violence: bombs, arson, shooting. One famous example, the Weather Underground.
Weather Underground: William Ayers' forgotten communist manifesto: Prairie Fire
Kent State tape indicates altercation and pistol fire preceded National Guard shootings (audio)
Triage is a critical function that supports battlefield medicine especially in mass casualty events. Pretty much any ancient battle is going to be a mass casualty event. If you don't do triage you will end up wasting limited medical resources and losing more lives and limbs than you would if you had done it properly. Roman medicine was much more sophisticated than simple expedients. The Romans weren't doing to for the purpose of "stats," but to save lives and return trained soldiers to duty. They were more successful at it than other peoples for more than a millennia after the fall of the empire.
If it would end up in the newspaper, fine. Otherwise it could be considered a form of public humiliation.
It also runs contrary to the old rule of praise in public, discipline in private. (Subject to transparency requirements.)
I certainly hope that they aren't finding out after the news goes out.
I wonder how often those tweets will have to be eaten? Tweet in haste, repent at leisure.
Which is more tedious, a ship of fools, or a thread of idiots? I'll have to ponder that ....
They actually performed a form of triage similar to modern practice, but they also had dedicated medical staff to both treat battlefield wounded and evacuate them. I recommend the article.
The article describes a number of innovations the Romans had that weren't copied or equaled for centuries.
If you happen into a library that carries Military History magazine you may want to read the Roman medicine article, it is fascinating. Just one tidbit:
The Best Medicine
On average the Roman medical corps saved the lives of 70 percent of the wounded that reached the field hospital, a survival rate not equaled until the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War
It is fascinating that we continue to find artifacts from the ancient world that show far more sophistication that people today generally realize. This finding is one. The Antikythera Mechanism is another. I recently read a fascinating article about ancient Roman military medicine which was so advanced that it was not equaled in some ways until the 1900s. I have little doubt that there is much more to be found. Our ancestors could be quite astonishing in their abilities, and very human in their flaws.
The start of prohibition meant the loss of production of 2 billion gallons of beer and 150 million gallons of liquor. That didn't just appear out of thin air for people to drink, so yes, consumption did fall greatly. After prohibition ended sales were slow to rise again.
I have little doubt that you are free enough to get yourself into serious trouble due to poor judgment. I hope someone is watching over you.
I'm no sucker. I only buy coins named after celebrities.
Are coins named after celebrity twins worth double or half?
Thank you for the link. It has a couple of key sentences you may have missed.
A number of studies support the hypothesis that cannabis consumption is an important risk factor for schizophrenia, which has been reported to increase with the frequency and dose of cannabis use.[41-43] Epidemiological studies confirm a high occurrence of schizophrenia in people smoking cannabis,[44] and chronic cannabis smokers show cognitive deficits similar to those seen in schizophrenic patients.[45] Moreover, cannabis use is associated with an early onset of schizophrenia; young people with genetic vulnerability to schizophrenia are particularly sensitive to the physical and mental effects of cannabis.[46]
A seminal 27-year longitudinal study involving more than 50 000 Swedish participants[41] showed that cannabis use in adolescence was dose-dependently correlated to the risk of developing schizophrenia, with individuals taking cannabis on more than 50 occasions being ca. 7 times more likely to develop schizophrenia. ......
Undeniably, the habitual use of cannabis increases the risk of developing schizophrenia, especially in vulnerable subjects, but evidence suggests that this may be largely attributed to THC.
If this is accurate, by simply removing the chemical responsible for marijuana's "high" it might have some therapeutic value. Maybe that is a good target for genetic engineering. Until then, marijuana use poses a threat to the mental health of young people, especially heavy use. Would you still be so interested in it if you didn't get a buzz from it?
No, I simply bear unpalatable news. You should prepare yourself since more is likely to come in the future.
Good day to you.
You are confused. You might be thinking of former hero to gun control advocates, Michael Bellesiles. His deeds are a sordid story of misconduct and fraud.
Disarming History
The data is readily available if you care to look, there have been hundreds of arrests and convictions for terrorism related offenses.
Islam is of particular interest since the extremist factions the US is at war with are from that faith. (Not obvious to you?)
There is no "might be" about it, both you and the GP are wrong.
The bolding is to help draw attention to specific information that should provide a useful clue - information about connections to extremist Islam and al Qaida. It doesn't seem to have helped you. I wonder why?
Your position is virtually indistinguishable from willful blindness or trolling. Either sign in or get an account if you want to continue.
Wrong.
Actually your link appears to support the research in the linked article I provided, specifically:
"This paper is among the first to reveal that the use of marijuana may contribute to the changes in brain structure that have been associated with having schizophrenia."
Chronic marijuana use could augment the underlying disease process associated with schizophrenia, Smith noted.
"If someone has a family history of schizophrenia, they are increasing their risk of developing schizophrenia if they abuse marijuana," he said.
Abstract: An examination of the effects of concealed weapons laws and assault weapons bans on state-level murder rates. Like many papers published in academic journals you would have to pay to see the whole thing, although you can preview it.
You can read a news story about it here:
Study shows concealed-carry laws result in fewer murders
Similar work:
An interview with John R. Lott, Jr.
You may find this interesting as well.
Detroit police chief: More legally armed citizens deter crime
How may gun-relate crimes have been stopped thanks to citizen carrying guns? It seems to me that the more guns there are, the more death there are.
It happens all the time. Recent example:
Dallas Store Manager Shoots at 5 Armed Robbers Police Arrive 74 Minutes Later
Study shows concealed-carry laws result in fewer murders
Yes??? Where is communism written (or implied) anywhere?
Communism is Left. You asked "What left?" and stated that the US only has two parties. In fact it has many parties and a genuine Left as the existence of the CPUSA demonstrates.
I didn't state that the Democratic party is hard left. However you can find member of the hard Left in it, those that want to be elected for an office higher than dog catcher.
Apparently being caught out you are heading into troll-land. Is that your intent?
What was the great harm caused by marijuana again?
It's unclear if you forgot or never knew, which is consistent with your interest.
Heavy pot use linked to memory loss, schizophrenia link
There are other documented effects, and it has been thought to play the role of a gateway drug. I'll get you dig into it if you're really interested, ... and you remember.
Yeah, only latinos and negroes. White folk didn't have/generate that problem, right? No poppy seeds were available in the US EVER!
Opium was one of the first drugs regulated in various places in the US, and an early drug for Federal regulation. It affected people of all sexes, races, classes, and ages.
America's First Drug Epidemic 1850-1914
Alcohol use fell greatly due to prohibition, and the rate of use took many decades to return to the previous level.
Did Prohibition Really Work? Alcohol Prohibition as a Public Health Innovation
Are you suggesting that there would be the same or less drug use if it wasn't illegal?
You don't go into any detail about what you think the issue is with "guns", but I assume you've heard that ownership of them is a Constitutionally protected right. Some people think that a murder with a gun is a gun problem when it is a murder problem.
Study shows concealed-carry laws result in fewer murders
Straw man.
Did I write anything about communism?
Yes, your argument there is a straw man. This is what you wrote, "What left? The USA has only two parties, and both are right-wing."
We are up to at least 3 parties now, aren't we? And one of them is hard left of the sort any European would respect. (Do you want me to bring more into the discussion? We are far from being out of just communist parties in the US.)
The Democrats aren't all that right these days either. They have largely driven the moderates and conservatives from their party.
Actually I contradict your statement. Existence is one question, support is another. There are a variety of bad ideas popular in Europe that aren't supported in the US, that is one of them. Any day you could convince 51% of Americans that communism is a good idea, they are waiting there to accept them and win elections. Don't hold your breath, the word is out about communism, but people are forgetting. Maybe in time....
Personally, I like "State Security", it has a nice descriptive ring to it, especially when abbreviated.
Thanks, but I'll stick with the BKA, CDU, and the Bundesrepublik Deutschland. You can keep the SS along with the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit and Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands. I'm not a fan of that sort of progressivism.
You must not have read the article closely.
Loewen, 58, had been under investigation since this past summer after making threats to engage in a terrorist act of jihad against the United States. Loewen intended to kill himself in the process. ....
He frequently expressed his admiration of Anwar Al-Awlaki, the American-born al-Qaida leader who was killed in a 2011 drone strike in Yemen. Al-Awlaki emerged as an influential preacher among militants living in the West, with his English language Internet sermons calling for jihad against the U.S.
Authorities said Loewen spent months studying the airport’s layout, flight patterns and other details to maximize fatalities and damage. During that time, he developed a plan along with undercover FBI agents to use his access card to airport grounds and eventually thrust the vehicle loaded with explosives into the terminal. He planned to die in the explosion, a fate that he said was inevitable after convincing himself to become a martyr in a jihad against America, according to court documents.
Who is it that engages in Jihad again?
Maybe this will help: Terry Lee Loewen, the Mellow Kansas Man Who Dreamed of Jihad
There are many fine Muslim people in the world that are willing to live in peace. But there are also extremists who will not.