Navy lab makes gasoline from seawater, as low as $3 per gallon, by Keith Pickering President Carter Tells Thom Hartmann: 'I Don't Think George W. Bush Won', by Leslie Salzillo Elizabeth Warren slams Paul Ryan for his comments on "inner city" culture of "men not working", by HoundDog
President Carter Tells Thom Hartmann: 'I Don't Think George W. Bush Won', by Leslie Salzillo
Elizabeth Warren slams Paul Ryan for his comments on "inner city" culture of "men not working", by HoundDog
On this day in 2003, April 9, U.S. forces took central Baghdad and millions watched on TV as locals toppled a giant statue of Saddam Hussein (it was only later revealed that U.S. marines played a large role). I remember it well. I was in New Orleans for a newspaper convention as editor of E&P and sat in a ballroom awaiting the arrival of Dick Cheney. Cheney told us that day that critics of our conduct of the war were merely ''retired military officers embedded in T.V. studios." Media commentators suffered from premature ejaculations. Chris Matthews on MSNBC gushed, “We’re all neo-cons now.” Joe Scarborough, also on MSNBC, declared: “I’m waiting to hear the words ‘I was wrong’ from some of the world’s most elite journalists, politicians and Hollywood types.”
Cheney told us that day that critics of our conduct of the war were merely ''retired military officers embedded in T.V. studios." Media commentators suffered from premature ejaculations. Chris Matthews on MSNBC gushed, “We’re all neo-cons now.” Joe Scarborough, also on MSNBC, declared: “I’m waiting to hear the words ‘I was wrong’ from some of the world’s most elite journalists, politicians and Hollywood types.”
The amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere has exceeded 402 parts per million (ppm) during the past two days of observations, which is higher than at any time in at least the past 800,000 years, according to readings from monitoring equipment on a mountaintop in Hawaii. Carbon dioxide, or CO2, is the most important long-lived greenhouse gas responsible for manmade global warming, and it is building up in the atmosphere due to the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas. Once emitted, a single molecule of carbon dioxide can remain aloft for hundreds of years, which means that the effects of today's industrial activities will be felt for the next several centuries, if not thousands of years. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, such as methane, warm the planet by absorbing and redirecting outgoing solar radiation that would otherwise escape back into space.
Once emitted, a single molecule of carbon dioxide can remain aloft for hundreds of years, which means that the effects of today's industrial activities will be felt for the next several centuries, if not thousands of years. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, such as methane, warm the planet by absorbing and redirecting outgoing solar radiation that would otherwise escape back into space.
The military is cutting back on the number of ways it can cause complete and utter destruction, announcing Tuesday that it will reduce the number of systems capable of launching a nuclear missile from 886 to 700, as required by the terms of the New START treaty with Russia. The Department of Defense will disable a total of 56 missile launch tubes on 14 nuclear submarines, convert 30 B-52 nuclear bombers into conventional bombers, and take the bombs out of 50 other missile silos. The cuts are the first under the treaty, which was agreed to in 2010 and signed in 2011. According to the Air Force Times, the Department of Defense will make cuts to its intercontinental ballistic missile program at bases in Wyoming, North Dakota, and Montana.
The Department of Defense will disable a total of 56 missile launch tubes on 14 nuclear submarines, convert 30 B-52 nuclear bombers into conventional bombers, and take the bombs out of 50 other missile silos. The cuts are the first under the treaty, which was agreed to in 2010 and signed in 2011. According to the Air Force Times, the Department of Defense will make cuts to its intercontinental ballistic missile program at bases in Wyoming, North Dakota, and Montana.