Everything Microsoft touches turns to shit. As I said back then, the execs at Nokia who went with Microsoft were either complete idiots or were traitors.
Hawking's scenario would only come true if it's decided we shouldn't grow the economy. In other words, in a stagnant, zero-growth economy, he's probably right. However, humanity can -- and must -- substantially upgrade the global economy where all people will have sophisticated jobs and will be needed despite AI and automation.
I've heard so many nefarious things about Bill over the years that I think his private bunker building prepping may be his selfish, zero-responsibility solution to a coming nuclear war. (Of course, if he were a selfless, responsible, good man, he would speak up against nuclear war -- like Elon Musk.) If I've missed something, please enlighten me.
New York City needs to overhaul everything concerning garbage. In my neighborhood, 5-10 different garbage trucks drive around in the night -- not one truck only because of ridiculous and stupid privatization. Those antiquated garbage trucks spew out horrible exhaust fumes. Anyway, In New York City, garbage is thrown on the sidewalk. Homeless people then open the bags to find refundable bottles and sometimes they forget to close the bags. People in New York City pretend to be environmentally aware or whatever, but the way they sort recyclables betrays them.
My recommendation for New York is to install garbage and recycling stations on every block-or-so and have those stations manned by professionals that can guide and educate the people.
I'd like to recommend the book "The Chilling Stars" by Svensmark and Calder. That book explains the role of cosmic rays in cloud formation and how more clouds cool down the planet. The amount of cosmic rays reaching Earth's lower atmosphere depends on our solar system's location in the Milky Way (if there are supernovae in the vicinity or if we're passing through a spiral arm of the galaxy) and the Sun's and Earth's magnetic activities. Magnetic fields repel the electrically charged cosmic rays.
To cut it short, it doesn't matter what the CRU emails contained because the whole theory of CO2 being the driver of climate change is incompetent.
You didn't specify what you wanted me to give you references to.
On September 2, the 26-nation International Energy Agency agreed to make availabe to the U.S. 2 million barrels of oil per day, half petroleum and half gasoline.
In other words, when the gasoline shipments start arriving from Europe in the next week or so, along with 1 million barrels per day from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve the U.S. will be swimming in oil. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) estimates that $7 billion per month are stolen by the major oil companies. Also, the Department of Energy is aware of the fact that Saudi Arabia has significant refining capacity and could send a supertanker a day to the U.S. with 500,000 to 750,000 barrels of gasoline. The price of oil is being set by two institutions: the London-based International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) and the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). These two institutions is controled by the same oil cartel.
Most of what I originally wrote I think you can find in The New York Times. I know... it's hard to trust them too.
Regarding the paradigm shift in the U.S. politics I mentioned, just check out what some of the senators in Washington are saying. Harry Reid for instance.
What would happen to the oil price if Cheney and Bush launched a war, possibly using nuclear weapons, against Iran? The oil price would go up, right? Now, who would win on something like that? Who would gain anything from making all the bombs and other stuff that would be used in bombing Iran and that the U.S. population would finance with taxes? Who would benefit from drawing the attention away from the U.S. domestic situation by launching a war? Who would benefit from having a permanent war where nuclear weapons are being used?
It's time to impeach Cheney and Bush before the U.S. takes the final step into becoming a dictatorship.
> the President is not someone who would
> jeopardize the livelihood of hundreds of
> millions of americans for a little profit
What did you smoke, buddy?
The Bush administration has systematically cut the spending on all types of essential infrastructure in the U.S. Not only did they ignore the flawed flood protection systems that New Orleans had but
they've done it everywhere else in the nation.
Not only that, Bush was informed by NOAA (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) on August 2nd that there was a 95% to 100% likelihood of a major hurricane in the August-September time frame in the Gulf. Bush and Cheney did absolutely nothing to prepare for a possible Katrina. It had been know for several years that the levees in New Orleans would not be able to sustain a level 3 hurricane.
32 hours before Katrina hit, state and city authorities in Louisiana asked Bush for federal assistance. All they got was a click on the phone.
Only 5 days after the catastrophe was a fact the U.S. military finally was ordered to moved in.
As the Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid asked: "Where were you, Mr. Bush? Were you the President?"
What now is known is that Bush and his ventriloquist, Dick "dick" Cheney, rejected all offers to get refined petroleum from around the world. Many countries offered gasoline to the U.S. but Bush and Cheney wanted the gasoline price to go up in order to loot the American people even more. (In fact, there is no shortage of petroleum in the U.S. or the world and about $40 of the price per barrel is pure speculation.) This was the only executive action they took.
Fortunately, there is a paradigm shift taking place in Washington, D.C. and around the country. People are now calling for great infrastructure projects like a new New Deal, a TVA-style (Tennessee Valley Authority) project for the Gulf Coast, an American Marshall plan to rebuild the nation. This goes for not only Democrats but certainly also for most of all the sane Republicans. Only a small, and now increasingly isolated, group inside the Republican Party are crazy neo-cons. Remember, the Republican Party is the party of Lincoln and many Republicans want to go back to Lincoln's tradition of infrastructure building and real production. Bush is not a Republican, he's an idiot. Hopefully he (and Cheney too) will be impeached soon.
I agree with you except I don't think NIMBYs is going to be a real problem. (Maybe non-scientific environmentalists could pose a problem...) The general welfare principle, as stated in the U.S. Federal Constitution, weights heavier than "my property" arguments. (Tell the NIMBYs: "If you don't like the general welfare, you're in the wrong country.")
When it comes to NY-LA trips, passengers would probably choose to go by air. However, it would be optimal to transport goods by rail instead of trucks or by air -- much cheaper.
The U.S. government should issue credit and invest in high-speed rail lines. Remember JFK's space program? For every dollar the government spent it got back at least $10 over several years. Or Lincoln's trans-continental railway. Projects like that spur economic activity. Same thing would happen with a new national high-speed rail system today. Ask yourself: What would it cost to NOT build a modern railway system? The U.S. really needs a modern railway system that can eliminate highway congestions, heavy trucks on highways, and compete with airlines.
A voting machine is something completely unnecessary. It is like having an orange-juice-pack-shaker-machine just because you're too lazy to shake your orange juice in the morning.
What happens if the equipment breks down during an ongoing election? What if there is a blackout? Can you do a recount of the vote then?
By avoiding voting machines you can come a giant step closer to a fair election. In fact, not having a paper-trail in an American election is a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
Also, due to copyright laws or whatever, there is no way you can inspect the source code of these machines.
I heard of an international voting inspector, who in October 2004, was allowed to do a test vote on a voting machine that was going to be used in the election. She voted for Kerry but the result came out as Bush.
By the way, Diebold threw a $100,000 fundraiser for Dick Cheney a couple of years ago...
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Everything Microsoft touches turns to shit. As I said back then, the execs at Nokia who went with Microsoft were either complete idiots or were traitors.
Hawking's scenario would only come true if it's decided we shouldn't grow the economy. In other words, in a stagnant, zero-growth economy, he's probably right. However, humanity can -- and must -- substantially upgrade the global economy where all people will have sophisticated jobs and will be needed despite AI and automation.
I've heard so many nefarious things about Bill over the years that I think his private bunker building prepping may be his selfish, zero-responsibility solution to a coming nuclear war. (Of course, if he were a selfless, responsible, good man, he would speak up against nuclear war -- like Elon Musk.) If I've missed something, please enlighten me.
New York City needs to overhaul everything concerning garbage. In my neighborhood, 5-10 different garbage trucks drive around in the night -- not one truck only because of ridiculous and stupid privatization. Those antiquated garbage trucks spew out horrible exhaust fumes. Anyway, In New York City, garbage is thrown on the sidewalk. Homeless people then open the bags to find refundable bottles and sometimes they forget to close the bags. People in New York City pretend to be environmentally aware or whatever, but the way they sort recyclables betrays them. My recommendation for New York is to install garbage and recycling stations on every block-or-so and have those stations manned by professionals that can guide and educate the people.
There should be a better train/subway system in LA. Currently, people are forced to use cars to get around.
But because of his contributions, countless companies have made, not just billions, but trillions.
I'd like to recommend the book "The Chilling Stars" by Svensmark and Calder. That book explains the role of cosmic rays in cloud formation and how more clouds cool down the planet. The amount of cosmic rays reaching Earth's lower atmosphere depends on our solar system's location in the Milky Way (if there are supernovae in the vicinity or if we're passing through a spiral arm of the galaxy) and the Sun's and Earth's magnetic activities. Magnetic fields repel the electrically charged cosmic rays. To cut it short, it doesn't matter what the CRU emails contained because the whole theory of CO2 being the driver of climate change is incompetent.
You didn't specify what you wanted me to give you references to.
On September 2, the 26-nation International Energy Agency agreed to make availabe to the U.S. 2 million barrels of oil per day, half petroleum and half gasoline. In other words, when the gasoline shipments start arriving from Europe in the next week or so, along with 1 million barrels per day from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve the U.S. will be swimming in oil. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) estimates that $7 billion per month are stolen by the major oil companies. Also, the Department of Energy is aware of the fact that Saudi Arabia has significant refining capacity and could send a supertanker a day to the U.S. with 500,000 to 750,000 barrels of gasoline. The price of oil is being set by two institutions: the London-based International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) and the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). These two institutions is controled by the same oil cartel.
Most of what I originally wrote I think you can find in The New York Times. I know... it's hard to trust them too.
Regarding the paradigm shift in the U.S. politics I mentioned, just check out what some of the senators in Washington are saying. Harry Reid for instance.
> This is targeting Iran.
You got it right.
What would happen to the oil price if Cheney and Bush launched a war, possibly using nuclear weapons, against Iran? The oil price would go up, right? Now, who would win on something like that? Who would gain anything from making all the bombs and other stuff that would be used in bombing Iran and that the U.S. population would finance with taxes? Who would benefit from drawing the attention away from the U.S. domestic situation by launching a war? Who would benefit from having a permanent war where nuclear weapons are being used?
It's time to impeach Cheney and Bush before the U.S. takes the final step into becoming a dictatorship.
> the President is not someone who would
> jeopardize the livelihood of hundreds of
> millions of americans for a little profit
What did you smoke, buddy?
The Bush administration has systematically cut the spending on all types of essential infrastructure in the U.S. Not only did they ignore the flawed flood protection systems that New Orleans had but they've done it everywhere else in the nation.
Not only that, Bush was informed by NOAA (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) on August 2nd that there was a 95% to 100% likelihood of a major hurricane in the August-September time frame in the Gulf. Bush and Cheney did absolutely nothing to prepare for a possible Katrina. It had been know for several years that the levees in New Orleans would not be able to sustain a level 3 hurricane.
32 hours before Katrina hit, state and city authorities in Louisiana asked Bush for federal assistance. All they got was a click on the phone.
Only 5 days after the catastrophe was a fact the U.S. military finally was ordered to moved in.
As the Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid asked: "Where were you, Mr. Bush? Were you the President?"
What now is known is that Bush and his ventriloquist, Dick "dick" Cheney, rejected all offers to get refined petroleum from around the world. Many countries offered gasoline to the U.S. but Bush and Cheney wanted the gasoline price to go up in order to loot the American people even more. (In fact, there is no shortage of petroleum in the U.S. or the world and about $40 of the price per barrel is pure speculation.) This was the only executive action they took.
Fortunately, there is a paradigm shift taking place in Washington, D.C. and around the country. People are now calling for great infrastructure projects like a new New Deal, a TVA-style (Tennessee Valley Authority) project for the Gulf Coast, an American Marshall plan to rebuild the nation. This goes for not only Democrats but certainly also for most of all the sane Republicans. Only a small, and now increasingly isolated, group inside the Republican Party are crazy neo-cons. Remember, the Republican Party is the party of Lincoln and many Republicans want to go back to Lincoln's tradition of infrastructure building and real production. Bush is not a Republican, he's an idiot. Hopefully he (and Cheney too) will be impeached soon.
I agree with you except I don't think NIMBYs is going to be a real problem. (Maybe non-scientific environmentalists could pose a problem...) The general welfare principle, as stated in the U.S. Federal Constitution, weights heavier than "my property" arguments. (Tell the NIMBYs: "If you don't like the general welfare, you're in the wrong country.")
When it comes to NY-LA trips, passengers would probably choose to go by air. However, it would be optimal to transport goods by rail instead of trucks or by air -- much cheaper.
A railway system will always cost money but to not have a funtioning railway system would cost the country as a whole even more. A paradox.
By the way, the US should have maglev train system.
The U.S. government should issue credit and invest in high-speed rail lines. Remember JFK's space program? For every dollar the government spent it got back at least $10 over several years. Or Lincoln's trans-continental railway. Projects like that spur economic activity. Same thing would happen with a new national high-speed rail system today. Ask yourself: What would it cost to NOT build a modern railway system? The U.S. really needs a modern railway system that can eliminate highway congestions, heavy trucks on highways, and compete with airlines.
A voting machine is something completely unnecessary. It is like having an orange-juice-pack-shaker-machine just because you're too lazy to shake your orange juice in the morning.
What happens if the equipment breks down during an ongoing election? What if there is a blackout? Can you do a recount of the vote then?
By avoiding voting machines you can come a giant step closer to a fair election. In fact, not having a paper-trail in an American election is a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
Also, due to copyright laws or whatever, there is no way you can inspect the source code of these machines.
I heard of an international voting inspector, who in October 2004, was allowed to do a test vote on a voting machine that was going to be used in the election. She voted for Kerry but the result came out as Bush.
By the way, Diebold threw a $100,000 fundraiser for Dick Cheney a couple of years ago...