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What will China’s emissions be in 2030 by the time China’s cap kicks in? Is this deal worth the accompanied hype?
David Victor and Charles Kennel enjoyed that one 5.    The global scientific community has made clear that human activity is already changing the world’s climate system.
9-to-5 Google reports Google-owned Boston Dynamics debuts new video of Atlas robot mimicking ‘The Karate Kid’ . Google-owned robotics lab Boston Dynanics has debuted new video of its 6’2″ Atlas robot, also known as “Ian.†The hulking mass of metal, which weighs a whopping 330 lbs, has been programmed to recreate a key scene from the 1984 film The Karate Kid
The Financial Times reports Russia-Iran Nuclear Reactor Deal Raises Eyebrows . Russia has agreed to build eight new nuclear reactors in Iran in a deal raising eyebrows in Washington and Europe as fraught international talks to curb Tehran’s atomic ambitions near their deadline
I picked up the video above from Reason.Com Watch Obamacare Architect Jonathan Gruber Explain Why "Lack of Transparency" Was Key to Passing the Health Care Law . Complete Quote Gruber: "This bill was written in a tortured way to make sure CBO did not score the mandate as taxes.
"Brink" of a New Cold War? Another Cold War Already Started? Is McCain Brain Dead
Tweet There has been an ethically lacking attempt by the usual suspects, Lomborg, Pielke, the Breakthrough folk and now Matt Ridley to claim that coal is necessary for the developing world to prosper and we will all be so rich in the future that doing nothing now about climate change does not matter.
Links Don’t Replace Facebook, Disrupt It November 11, 2014 Â ( Tony Cartalucci – LocalOrg ) – Facebook is a problem. It is undoubtedly being used by special interests to manipulate and monitor entire populations both within the United States and well beyond.
Links ISIS is America’s Dream Rebel Army US policy paper reveals desire for construction of full-scale extraterritorial army to invade Syria. Such an army is being built in Iraq and Turkey and it’s called "ISIS." Â November 10, 2014 ( Tony Cartalucci – NEO ) – The corporate-financier funded and directed policy think tank, the Brookings Institution, has served as one of several prominent forums documenting and disseminating US foreign policy. It would host in part the architects of the so-called "surge" during the nearly decade-spanning US occupation of Iraq, as well as battle plans for waging a covert war against Iran now well under way.
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