future dates to consider

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict
2015

February 19th - China's New Year

 March 3rd - President Netanyahu to visit US

April 3rd-April 11th, Passover can force Israel

May 9th-???, North Korean Kim Interviews with Moscow (and the world for 1st time) on May Day.

June 17th-July 17th, Ramadan.
June 30th, P5+1 talks to conclude


July 1st,

June-July 2016,
US RNC and DNC

India-Pakistan nuclear war would reduce US corn production by 10 percent

The study said that the black carbon aerosol particles kicked into the atmosphere by a South Asian nuclear war would reduce US corn and soybean production by around 10 percent over a decade.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/10507342/India-Pakistan-nuclear-war-could-end-human-civilisation.html

Jeb Bush's e-mail archive released/encourage all candidates to follow suit

http://goodattheinternet.com/2014/12/30/the-jeb-bush-emails/
Interesting summary using (AI) data mining techniques to rummage through over 2 million emails regarding the former governor, RNC hopeful Jeb Bush. Hopefully this encourages other candidates to release their e-mails as well.

http://americanbridgepac.org/jeb-bushs-gubernatorial-email…/

http://goodattheinternet.com/2014/12/31/the-jeb-bush-emails-as-sql/
..download it here...

http://www.vox.com/2015/1/5/7493835/jeb-bush-emails

In late December, nearly two million emails from Jeb Bush's two terms as governor of Florida were released following a public records request, and posted online. Jonathon Morgan crunched the numbers to find out what Floridians emailed their governor about — here were the most common topics:

(Jonathon Morgan)

Now, interest groups frequently urge their members to forward on form letters to politicians. But for this chart, Morgan actually tried to filter out messages with identical language, to focus instead on "emails that weren't solicited."
With that in mind, the Terri Schiavo controversy is easily the most common topic referenced, being mentioned in 35 percent of unsolicited emails sent to Bush during his administration, according to Morgan's tally.  Schiavo was a Florida woman who had been in a persistent vegetative state for over a decade, and whose husband and parents fought about whether her feeding tube should be removed. Governor Bush sided with the parents, and worked to keep Schiavo alive. Eventually, federal courts sided against him, and Schiavo died in March 2005.
It's worth keeping in mind that over the course of Bush's two terms, lasting from 1999 to 2007, adoption of email picked up dramatically, so it's perhaps not surprising that an issue that broke toward the end of his governorship dominated his email correspondence. And snail mail, of course, isn't accounted for here.
You can learn more about Morgan's methodology here and you can download the emails themselves here.

I hope this encourages--pressures--other candidates of all parties to do the same.

TV news theme music from around the world

The following is sorta like a remix of Mickey Avalon's "Roll the Dice;"


 

floating nuclear plant on sealed lake , less risky against earthquakes

http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=08867691&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526d%3DPALL%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.htm%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526s1%3D8867691.PN.%2526OS%3DPN%2F8867691%2526RS%3DPN%2F8867691&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page

**********************The reality of remote overriding of the autopilot in response to 9/11 hijackers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Honeywell_Uninterruptible_Autopilot

The Boeing Honeywell Uninterruptible Autopilot is a set of sub-routines in post-1995 Boeing aircraft (termed the Unauthorized Flight Detector), aimed at defeating attempts at aircraft hijacking by removing electrical power from the flight deck, and irrevocably passing pilot authority to the autopilot and navigational computer for an automated landing at a safe airfield that can deal effectively with the incident.

...automated, meaning remote...

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7142971.PN.&OS=PN%2F7142971&RS=PN%2F7142971

United States Patent	7,142,971
Brown ,   et al.	November 28, 2006

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System and method for automatically controlling a path of travel of a vehicle

Abstract The method and system for automatically controlling a path of travel of a vehicle include engaging an automatic control system when the security of the onboard controls is jeopardized. Engagement may be automatic or manual from inside the vehicle or remotely via a communication link. Any onboard capability to supersede the automatic control system may then be disabled by disconnecting the onboard controls and/or providing uninterruptible power to the automatic control system via a path that does not include the onboard accessible power control element(s). The operation of the vehicle is then controlled via the processing element of the automatic control system. The control commands may be received from a remote location and/or from predetermined control commands that are stored onboard the vehicle.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/04/11/planesploit-app-plane-hack_n_3063587.html


...this beats the police.




No manned pilot in that plane.

***********HAARP patent, SBX-1, weather control, CSPAN testimonials, etc...

  http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/hpm.htm
Non-nuclear EMP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Eastlund

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1118951 - this requires SMIL player

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4686605.PN.&OS=PN/4686605&RS=PN/4686605

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United States Patent	4,686,605
Eastlund	August 11, 1987

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Method and apparatus for altering a region in the earth's atmosphere, ionosphere, and/or magnetosphere

Abstract A method and apparatus for altering at least one selected region which normally exists above the earth's surface. The region is excited by electron cyclotron resonance heating to thereby increase its charged particle density. In one embodiment, circularly polarized electromagnetic radiation is transmitted upward in a direction substantially parallel to and along a field line which extends through the region of plasma to be altered. The radiation is transmitted at a frequency which excites electron cyclotron resonance to heat and accelerate the charged particles. This increase in energy can cause ionization of neutral particles which are then absorbed as part of the region thereby increasing the charged particle density of the region.

 This invention has a phenomenal variety of possible ramifications and potential future developments. As alluded to earlier, missile or aircraft destruction, deflection, or confusion could result, particularly when relativistic particles are employed. Also, large regions of the atmosphere could be lifted to an unexpectedly high altitude so that missiles encounter unexpected and unplanned drag forces with resultant destruction or deflection of same.

Weather modification is possible by, for example, altering upper atmosphere wind patterns or altering solar absorption patterns by constructing one or more plumes of atmospheric particles which will act as a lens or focusing device." (find on page 'weather')




Navy SBX-1

CSPAN recorded committee testimony verbalizing the implications of the research noted above.

Would a space elevator's magnets have a negligible affect on the ionosphere?(looks at HAARP studies)

TSA and checking in parachutes on civilian airliners

http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/parachutes

Parachutes

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Traveling with Special Items

Parachutes and Security Screening

You may bring skydiving rigs with and without Automatic Activation Devices (AAD) as carry-on or checked luggage.
Typically, a rig will move through the checked luggage or carry-on security screening process without needing physical inspection.  However, TSA security officers have a duty to thoroughly inspect any item that raises suspicion.  If security officers determine that they need to open a rig to inspect it, you must be present and will be allowed to assist.  For this reason, we encourage skydivers to add at least 30 minutes to the airline's recommended arrival window when they are traveling with their parachutes.

Checking Your Parachute as Luggage

Pack the rig separately without any other items in the bag. Additional items, if suspicious, could trigger an inspection of the entire bag.
Security officers will not unpack a parachute without the owner present to provide assistance.  This means that the passenger will be paged and asked to return to the ticket counter, so they can be present for inspection.  Depending on the size of the airport and passenger volume, it is likely that the checked rig will be screened within 30 minutes.  Remain in the area of the airline ticket counter and pay close attention to airport announcements for up to 30 minutes after you check in.
If we cannot locate the parachute owner, the uncleared parachute will not be transported on the flight.
Parachute owners may help our security officers unpack and repack the rig.

Carrying Your Parachute on the Aircraft

Pack the rig separately without any other items in the bag.  Additional items, if suspicious, could trigger an inspection of the entire bag.

If security officers need to further search your bag, they will make every effort to search it without opening the chute.

If a chute is opened, you can assist. Security officers will search the chute away from the checkpoint so that they have enough space for the search and for you to repack your the rig.
Parachutists should thoroughly inspect their parachutes at their destination to make sure that it has not been tampered with or damaged in a way that makes it unsafe.

Latest revision: 19 December 2012

Generating interest in airframe parachutes

http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/how-things-work-whole-airplane-parachute-67493177/?no-ist#ooid=x1a3F0MTos6TPBP78kYbHc4X6wf7rqM1

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/will-commercial-airplanes-have-parachutes-someday-180949373/?no-ist





http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131223-should-planes-have-parachutes

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150101145513AAWtbXM

Why aren't buildings surrounded by a safety net in case you have to jump out of a window due to fire?

Update : How about killing birds and feeding a hungry population???

Update 2: Er, 'trapping' birds and feeding a hungry population...

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  Comicbook Reader answered 2 days ago

  The cost to put them up, the cost to maintain them, it's dangerous having all that heavy netting floating around, mass die off of the bird population when they are caught up in the netting - all of which doesn't make sense given how very rarely someone has to jump out a window to escape. There's a reason for safety codes and clearly marked fire exits.

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  Rick answered 2 days ago

  Because nets would trap birds and dust and dirt and look terrible fairly fast. Also, if you need to jump out a window to avoid being burned alive how will being caught in a net to watch the flames approach make you safer?

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  Jeremy answered 2 days ago

  Cause safety nets would Trap Birds and kill them.
  
  And it's more efficient to go down stairs and die instead of jumping out a window and die :2

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  Alli Sexton answered 2 days ago

  Why aren't buildings made of fire-retardant marshmallows so no one can get hurt?

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  Alyosha answered 2 days ago

  Because we don't want our cities to look like architectural fly traps. Maybe we should require mandatory BASE jumping

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  esim345 answered 2 days ago

  That's not a common problem to have.

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  bernard answered 23 hours ago

  Your parents are brother and sister .......... am I right ???

Submarines aren't completely cut off from communicating with land lubbers

http://www.sippican.com/stuff/contentmgr/files/cc9b920684182edab1a8ecb0e5f2aefc/sheet/buoyant_wire_antenna_system.pdf

"Buoyant wires are long, towed antennas that provide a submarine with the ability to communicate while remaining deeply submerged. The system consists of a buoyant wire antenna, a reeling machine which deploys, tows, and retrieves the antenna, reeling machine controls, a transmit/receive switch, and an antenna coupler. When the submarine wishes to communicate, the buoyant wire antenna is deployed via the reeling machine which can be mounted either inboard or outboard of the pressure hull. A portion of the antenna floats at or near the sea surface and receives radio signals. An antenna that allows both transmit and receive in the HF band is also available. Signals received on the Buoyant Wire Antenna are filtered and amplified in the Antenna Coupler located in the radio room. This coupler is a broadband device that provides the interface between the special antenna and the standard submarine radio receivers. Because the system is broadband, it is LINK Eleven compatible."

http://www.wired.com/2010/07/run-wired-run-deep-subs-may-finally-get-online/

videos

007, in an act of irony for his country's navy, in defense of sonar killed whale meat.


USS Hawkbill claiming the top of the world. Exploiting polar regions before going to space.


Imagine blitzing the enemy by landing in the water first, and then swimming to shore, with a wingsuit.





USAF X37B, unmanned space drone capable of 27k+ mph upon atmospheric reentry and obirtal maneuverability/flexibility. Only lasers can shoot this thing down. What's your power level?






Google Deepmind



Smuggling camouflaged space weapons on board 'commercial' or 'civilian' 'purposed' payloads? Colder war, Star Wars.

Dual military/civilian purposes

If the submarine is tracked, the element of surprise is lost, and the offensive nature of the submarine is redundant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_submarine_incidents_since_2000#USS_Montpelier_collision_with_USS_San_Jacinto

In today's more peaceful, less violent world, what would you do if your submarine were discovered when the effective nature of the lethal submarine is to kill first or lose the element of surprise?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AEhime_Maru_and_USS_Greeneville_collision#Formatted_list

This is why,
Bermuda Triangle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-219

K-219 was involved in what has become one of the most controversial submarine incidents in the Cold War.

 The MFV Bugaled Breizh is a French trawler from Loctudy, Finistère, whose sinking with all hands on January 15, 2004 remains unresolved. While it appears likely that the ship was pulled under by a submarine, a specific submarine could not be...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugaled_Breizh#Submarine_involvement_.22likely.22

Does dragging surface ships via shipping nets disrupt sonar to hide submarines?

The dual use of ocean based oil rigs. Like underwater forest protection from sound based radar aka sonar. And submarine depots.

http://articles.latimes.com/1989-10-26/local/me-648_1_oil-rigs

"Oil rigs and noise from drilling would interfere with a variety of exercises now conducted, including sea-skimming missile and acoustic instrumentation tests, according to the report issued by Capt. J. B. Hinkle, director of Navy Programs, in Washington."

...Googling 'Archerfish 1981 rig' in the search for the particulars of the USS Archerfish colliding with an oil rig is not findable. NSA..

Did you know lasers are ineffective in fog and rain?

One solution to global warming serves as a dual purpose to counter directed energy weapons and reduce drought. protects planes from flak, deters remote sensing and targeteers, makes parachute landings unpredictable, etc...

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding

First person shooters increasingly prepares us to remote control battlefield robots. If you call that desensitizing, I say it eliminates the risk of the operator from a short lived life.

http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/army/mipb/1997-1/merkle.htm

"The Outer-Space Treaty of 1967, since ratified by the members of the United Nations, explicitly states that treaty partners not place any objects carrying nuclear weapons in Earth's orbit great idea, in principle. The trouble is, the treaty does not oblige any nation to allow others to inspect the cargo they send into space."

...smuggling camouflaged weapons into space.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision

The 2009 satellite collision was the first accidental hypervelocity collision between two intact artificial satellites in low Earth orbit.[1] It occurred on February 10, 2009, 16:56 UTC, when Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collided [2][3][4] at a speed of...

Space weaponizing capability demonstration, by Russia; the 2009 Satellite Collision (Wikipedia)

http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Non-Power-Nuclear-Applications/Industry/Nuclear-Desalination/;

"The main opportunities for nuclear plants have been identified as the 80-100,000 m³/day and 200-500,000 m³/day ranges. US Navy nuclear powered aircraft carriers reportedly desalinate 1500 m3/d each for use onboard."

Military volunteerism saves civies from being drafted as cannon fodder

One reason to volunteer is to save others from being drafted as http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon_fodder.

Cannon fodder is an informal, derogatory term for combatants who are regarded or treated as expendable in the face of enemy fire. The term is generally used in situations where combatants are forced to deliberately fight against hopeless odds (with the foreknowledge that they will suffer extremely h…