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Climate Crisis Reducing Land's Ability to Sustain Humanity

vendredi 9 août 2019 à 02:00

Climate Crisis Reducing Land's Ability to Sustain Humanity, Says IPCC.

The article mentions population growth as one of the causes of this problem.

Agriculture produces almost 1/4 of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Considering also the long-term effect on ecosystems shows farming to be even more destructive.

Israeli soldier was stabbed

vendredi 9 août 2019 à 02:00

An Israeli soldier was stabbed and killed in the occupied West Bank (part of Palestine). Israelis presume it was done by a Palestinian.

Suppose that was so. If the killing was done for a personal motive, then it was murder. If it was done as an act of resistance to occupation, it was war. In neither case does it qualify as "terrorism", because terrorism means making war on civilians.

If Palestinians attack Israeli noncombattant civilians, that is terrorism. If Israelis attack Palestinian noncombattant civilians, that too is terrorism.

Mitch McConnell

vendredi 9 août 2019 à 02:00

(satire) Mitch McConnell Wonders If He Could’ve Done More To Harm People In Private Sector.

Investing a lump sum

vendredi 9 août 2019 à 02:00

Businesses are working hard to convince workers (and retired workers) to bet that they will do better at investing a lump sum than their pensions will do. It's a sucker's bet.

Adversarial interoperability

vendredi 9 août 2019 à 02:00

"Adversarial interoperability" led to useful competition among many manufacturers of PCs. Various bad US laws have created obstacles which contribute to today's systems as prisons.