aUTO PIArts (by {Guerrilla Futures | Jason Tester})
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Read moreThe calls for an all-out campaign against WikiLeaks are growing more shrill. Tony Shaffer of the Center for Advanced Defense Studies, a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer, told Fox News that he would like to see military action against Assange: “I would look at this very much as a military issue. With potentially military action against him and his organization.” (While the Obama administration no longer uses the term “enemy combatant,” it claims (PDF) the authority to “detain” someone who has provided “substantial support” to enemies of the United States.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs today said: “WikiLeaks and people that disseminate information to people like this are criminals, first and foremost. And I think that needs to be clear.” That’s an indication the investigation has gone beyond WikiLeaks’ source to the group itself. He added, when asked against legal action against WikiLeaks and Assange: “We are looking at a whole host of things, and I wouldn’t rule anything out.” And syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer reportedly said on Fox News (I haven’t seen this segment myself yet) that journalists should be investigated: “To say that if you are unlike CNN and Wall Street Journal, who apparently turned down collaboration with WikiLeaks, and you collaborate, we are going to look into possible prosecution.”
A war is brewing. If you think body scanners, sexual assault patdowns, censorship laws, and the seizure of property without even a notice are the end, you’re sadly mistaken.
It’s only the beginning.
Thom Holwerda, OS News (via seanbonner)
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Read moreZimov is trying to recreate an ecosystem that disappeared 10,000 years ago with the end of the ice age, which closed the 1.8 million-year Pleistocene era and ushered in the global climate roughly as we know it.
He believes herds of grazers will turn the tundra, which today supports only spindly larch trees and shrubs, into luxurious grasslands. Tall grasses with complex root systems will stabilize the frozen soil, which is now thawing at an ever-increasing rate, he says.
Herbivores keep wild grass short and healthy, sending up fresh shoots through the summer and autumn. Their manure gives crucial nourishment. In winter, the animals trample and flatten the snow that otherwise would insulate the ground from the cold air. That helps prevent the frozen ground, or permafrost, from thawing and releasing powerful greenhouse gases. Grass also reflects more sunlight than forests, a further damper to global warming.
It would take millions of animals to change the landscape of Siberia and effectively seal the permafrost. But left alone, Zimov argues, the likes of caribou, buffalo and musk oxen multiply quickly. Wherever they graze “new pastures will appear … beautiful grassland.”
Read moreMonique Wadsted, an attorney representing American record companies, was pleased with the ruling.
“It’s a relief that the court of appeal finally affirmed that if you carry out this type of activity, you’ll go to prison,” she told TT.
“In two years, this type of piracy will be over. After a ruling like this and all the pioneers start to get older and have children and families, piracy won’t occur to this extent.”
While Christian Engström, a member of the European Parliament representing the Pirate Party, called the ruling “depressing,” he disputed whether the ruling would affect file sharing.
“The judgement has no meaning for file sharing. It has continued to increase from year to year and the technical capabilities continue to develop,” he told TT.
The Committee to Nuke Elysium 