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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Active whistleblower inside the NSA

mardi 25 février 2014 à 13:00

There may be an active whistleblower inside the NSA now.

Dirty tricks used by GCHQ to ruin people's reputations

mardi 25 février 2014 à 13:00

GCHQ uses dirty tricks to ruin people's reputations. It uses this tactic against dissidents who are in no sense terrorists.

Temporary cooling due to volcanic eruptions

mardi 25 février 2014 à 13:00

Volcanic eruptions since 2000 have caused a temporary cooling that cancels out part of the heating effect of greenhouse gases.

To cancel it out entirely would require a higher level of vulcanism. However, that would work only for a time. As we pump more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, cancelling them out would require a steadily increasing level of vulcanism.

Setting aside the harm those eruptions would do if they occurred, there is no reason to expect them to happen.

Moreover, eruptions can also emit greenhouse gases, so over the long term they can make things worse.

Yanukovych's millions hidden offshore

mardi 25 février 2014 à 13:00

Yanukovych's hidden millions spotlight how easy it is to hide the fruit of corruption offshore.

World-wide fishing police force

mardi 25 février 2014 à 13:00

Proposing a world-wide fishing police force.