War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
(Illustration found here). The abstract from a new study via Tellus: The thaw and release of carbon currently frozen in permafrost will increase atmospheric CO2 concentrations and amplify surface warming to initiate a positive permafrost carbon feedback (PCF) on climate. … By 2200, we predict a 29–59% decrease in permafrost area and a 53–97 cm…
Rare for me to be up this early on a Saturday, yet here I am at 4 AM peeking at a world seemingly gone mad as a hatter. The hourglass is empty The horsemen are prepared The hollow men are marching The wind is softly crying… A millstone’s falling from the sky The clouds are…
(PM UPDATE BELOW) Run away, run away…but where? (Illustration found here). Last Monday, a huge event on earth’s sun occurred — called the largest solar explosion since 2006 — and sent massive super-charged bright sparks heading straight for the peaceful blue planet. From Wired magazine: As SpaceWeather.com notes, the sunspots didn’t even exist one week…
“‘Smart growth’ destroys the environment. ‘Dumb growth’ destroys the environment. The only difference is that ‘smart growth’ does it with good taste. It’s like booking passage on the Titanic. Whether you go first-class or steerage, the result is the same.” — – Dr. Albert Bartlett, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Colorado; World Population Balance…
(Illustration found here). Life appears becoming to an end via interesting ways. What was considered true and old faithful, just might be a lie. The huge volcano under Yellowstone National Park has been rising at an unprecedented rate during the past several years, according to a new study. … “It’s pretty exciting when you see…
As climate change continues its unchecked advance upon the deep-blue planet, disrupting everything we now consider, all kinds of weird and ominous shit are coming to dangerous, life-threatening surface. And like a lot of other stuff, a small thing can create a humongous problem. A pure case in point: Honey bees and “Colony Collapse Disorder…
As events continue to dramatically unfold in Cairo’s Liberty Square, the US also persists in propping up other assholes around the world beyond Hosni Mubarak, who is clinging to power despite the last two weeks. The US hypocritically loves dictators while crying for democracy. And this bullshit slaps the face of the Egyptian protesters: As…
The CIA along with all the US intelligence agencies were caught with their panties down on Tunisia and Egypt: “These events should not have come upon us with the surprise that they did,†the committee‘s chairwoman, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, said in an interview. “There should have been much more warning†of the revolts…
In the last month, the weather here on California’s northern coast has been near splendid — indeed, some old timers are wondering whether it’s June, and not the dread of winter. Sunny days, mild temperatures and very-little moisture — the old La Niña effect — has kept most of us here in a bewildered, wondering…
During these uprisings across northern Africa, a lot of talk has been about national security, or the nearly-mechanical catch-phrase, “police apparatus,’ which is just a soft-lotion locution for an ugly, nefarious secret cop operation. All strong-armed, dictator regimes must have these organizations or they couldn’t exist for very long — the Soviets had the old…