One-Sided Debate on Gun Control

 I usually like Power and Politics and Evan Solomon is generally a good host, but what was up here? Why did he only have pro-gun supporters in this discussion? Why no one from the other side to raise the public safety concerns? This was a very one sided discussion. You can read more on this topic here.

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Update: We live in a very troubled world

I did this post yesterdsy. Mound of Sound left a great comment. I am posting it here for others to read.

"Don't count on it getting better anytime soon, LD. We're at the 'early onset' stage of climate wars.

Drought in Syria and resulting food shortages are said to have been a major factor in that horrible civil war. Sudan was a water war.

Israel will never give autonomy to the Palestinians for fear of losing control of the aquifer that sits beneath the West Bank.

Iraq is threatened by Turkey and Syria damming the Tigris and Euphrates. Likewise Egypt is endangered by upstream nations beginning to demand a greater share and control of the Nile waters.

Tensions are rising among China, India and Pakistan over access to river flows out of the Himalayas. China pretty obviously conquered Tibet to dominate those great rivers - among them the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra.

States in the American southeast are constantly suing each other and the Army Corps of Engineers over shared access to inadequate freshwater resources. In the southwest, everyone is squabbling over who gets how much of the Colorado and Mexico, meanwhile, is left holding the dirty end of the stick.

In South America watch for squabbles over the Amazon.

In Southeast Asia, nations from China to Vietnam and Laos are gearing up for a fight over the Mekong.

The only countries that don't seem particularly water stressed any more are the extreme northernmost and the extreme southernmost. Every place in between is in some state of water insecurity.

This water insecurity forms the foundation for serious conflict when severe weather events - major and sustained droughts - compound already difficult conditions.

When you're out of water, you're out of luck. Water insecurity means inadequate water for agriculture leading to food insecurity; inadequate supplies for drinking and cooking and inadequate water for hygiene and sanitation (epidemics).

This is all happening, LD, right now and it is threatening the stability of our civilization. Yet as nations and communities of nations we're doing next to bugger all about it. How do you imagine that strategy is going to pay off?

By the way, before I go did I mention that China, India, Pakistan and Israel are well stocked with nuclear warheads and that a few of the other countries involved aren't that far away from developing their own?

As Roy and Dale used to say, "Happy Trails."

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We live in a very troubled world

It is heartbreaking. We humans never learn from history.

Here are some examples:

AFRICA:
Hot Spots: Central African Republic (civil war), Democrati Republic of, Egypt (popular uprising against Government), Mali, Nigeria, Somalia Sudan ,Sout Sudan (civil war)

ASIA:

Hot Spots: Afghanistan ,Burma-Myanmar (war against rebel groups), Pakistan, Philippines

EUROPE:

Hot Spots: ,Dagestan , Ukraine (in Crimea russian people are forming Popular Brigades against new Government created on February 23 2014. Until now have not reported clashes.)

MIDDLE EAST:

Hot Spots: Iraq ,Israel , Syria (civil war), Yemen

AMERICAS:

(5 Countries and 25 between drug cartels, militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: Colombia (war against rebel groups), Mexico (war against narcotraffic groups)

Number of Countries involved in wars 60
Number of Militias-guerrillas and separatist groups involved 523

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Artist Saint Hoax turns Obama and Putin into drag queens

It is quite funny. :)

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Baricka O'Bisha

Vladdy Pushin'

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Massive sun flare

It is amazing. 

The sun fired off a major solar flare late Feb. 24, making it the most powerful sun eruption of the year so far and one of the strongest in recent years.



Earth isn't in danger from the latest eruption of space weather activity, according to officials with Spaceweather.com, which tracks space weather and stargazing events. Sunspot AR1990 (previously named AR1967) is located on the southeastern limb of the sun, pointed away from Earth. This is the third time this sunspot has rotated onto the Earth-facing side of the sun. CBC

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Traffic reporter: A novel presentation

Bob Herzog of WKRC Cincinnati presents traffic report in his own novel way.

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Piers Morgan done with CNN

It was expected. The guy is terribly boring. It looks his contract will not be renewed.

Read more here.

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Putin in deep thoughts

He is thinking how to deal with Obama.;) He is upset that his buddy Ukraine's president Viktor Yanukovich has been toppled by the Ukrainian Parliament. Putin thinks that that is what Obama wanted.

Is cold war on again?

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Smog in Beijing

It is  getting really bad in Beijing. People on the streets wear masks as well as commuters in the trains wear masks.

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Alberta's oil-sands are polluting groundwater

Harper government will like us to believe that Alberta's oil-sands are safe. However, a recent study has shown that that is not the case.



  New federal research confirms that Alberta’s oilsands are polluting ground water and seeping into the Athabasca River. The industry has maintained that toxic chemicals are contained safely in tailing ponds, but new research shows this isn’t the case.

Read more here.

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