A ROCK SOLID ENVIRONMENTAL STORY
I am not a big fan of environmental advocates and operators. I believe they do more damage than good. The Valdez Oil spill is a good example. Nature did a better job than the environmental whackos, as i call them, in cleaning up the mess. Look at Lake Sunapee, once the home of Golden Trout. One of three lakes in the world that hosted Golden Trout: requires cold water, high altitude lake and water purity. The environmental do-gooders decided to stock the lake with lake trout, which bred the golden trouts out of existence in a hurry; never to return. Read the real story about the Spotted Oil and Weyerhauser, a big customer of my old company, The Travelers. But the Wolf re-introduction into Yellowstone had a marvelous outcome. The best environmental story I have read or heard.
West Coast warming linked to naturally occurring changes
West Coast warming linked to naturally occurring changes
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without
a license, but not for being in the country illegally .....
Then you might live in a country run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on
a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get
an abortion ...
TO WHOM DOES THE LAND OF ISRAEL BELONG?
TO WHOM DOES THE LAND OF ISRAEL BELONG?
An Israeli with a good Sense of Humor at the United Nations set the record straight.
An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently in the United Nations Assembly and made the world community smile.
A representative from Israel began: 'Before beginning my talk I want to tell you something about Moses: When he struck the rock and it brought forth water, he thought, "What a good opportunity to have a bath!"
Moses removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water. When he
got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished. A Palestinian had stolen them!
The Palestinian representative at the UN jumped up and shouted furiously, "What are you talking about? The Palestinians weren't there then."
The Israeli representative smiled and said, "And now that we have made that clear, I will
begin my speech."
ARE WE EVOLVING TO A DIFFERENT SPECIES
Are we evolving into a NEW type of human? 'Different' species will have evolved by 2050, scientist claims
Are colleges to blame for slackers?
Are colleges to blame for slackers?
Joe - I agree with you on political correctness having run amok in America, even though we are kind of opposites, you being libertarian in nature, and my having a liberal bent (although I don't call myself "a liberal," just "liberal").
I'm also horrified about what has happened to our colleges and universities, so watered-down they've become a travesty, a sick joke. But we still do have the serious majors, from engineering to mathematics to physics to the est of the serious sciences to medicine and law and all the rest. Russ
Russ : I believe the article; I was a trustee of saint joseph college run the the sisters of mercy, they are almost like the like Jesuits.
I had many a discussion about the futility of a liberal education. The last time I checked, 24% of the college grads from 2010 were working at jobs requiring only a high school education; and it is going to get worse.
I am giving a presentation on 9/11 to my luncheon club about 200 guys, mostly retired executives. My topic is the NIC report Global Trends 2030. My lead comments revolve around: American is in retreat, but not in decline; we are resurging big time over Russia, Japan, the EU and particularly China, BECAUSE of demographics, aging populations and declining workforces, and CULTURAL CHANGES because of the increasing dominance of the Muslim population and sharia law.
But here in the USA, we have been saved by illegal immigration on two fronts: (1) our population is still growing out to the years 2050 when we will peak at 500 million; (2) our culture remains rooted in Hispanic Christianity. However we will have high unemployment for many years weith many, many unfilled jobs because students are not qualified.
Most USA students are getting politically correct education on bullshit subjects (looking forward to our new world orders).
Going forward only math, physics, chemistry, engineering, economics, nursing, criminal justice, etc will count.
The rest of the kids do not know anything: and here is an important point: they cannot reason correctly because it is impossible to reason correctly in a politically correct environment. Political correctness defies logic and logical thinking. It is a pity.
Another sad point is that many of the unfilled technical jobs in the USA will be filled by foreigners, living abroad, but interacting with fellow workers in the USA though the internet. Some corporations, traditionally thought of as USA companies will be able to harness the brains of smart, educated workers all over the world. This will give these corporations terrific leverage on our feckless Federal Government; and it is mentioned in the Global Trends 2030 Report. joe
Ukraine, Iraq and a Black Sea Strategy
Ukraine, Iraq and a Black Sea Strategy
by george friedman: ceo, Stratfor:
The United States is, at the moment, off balance. It faces challenges in the Syria-Iraq theater as well as challenges in Ukraine. It does not have a clear response to either. It does not know what success in either theater would look like, what resources it is prepared to devote to either, nor whether the consequences of defeat would be manageable.
TRUTH ABOUT SOLAR FLARES - NOT REALLY DANGEROUS
like global warming, the risk of solar flares to life on earth are overblown. this is a good summary; listen to end.
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