Granberry's Parlor

in a 4 degree warmer world, the population '' … carrying capacity estimates [are] below one billion people."

Truly frightening...

I've heard there are people that think the world cannot sustain more than 300 million. We've blown past that. I would not be surprised that we would see a really substantial mass kill-off like a plague or similar. But it doesn't help that we try to protect from it with vaccines and better health care for everyone. We seem to have opposing goals in population growth and sustainability.

The solution is for only people who are surgically sterilized as teens to be eligible for cheap, advanced medical care.

You've got a platform - run on it. :)

If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve. If defenestrated, I will not plié.

Funny, JK, expanded funding and protection from libertarian policies for government oversight agencies and regulations would protect people from just that sort of thing happening... who else stands between citizens and the bitch-slap hand of the free market?

ddt

Tony, from what I've gathered over the past few days is that politics in the UK didn't happen unless Murdoch got behind it.

And also, remember the Iraq war? How many people would have gotten behind it if Rupert didn't think it was an excellent idea and started pushing it through his 100+ media outlets?

Power like that is truly scary and finally something seems to be happening that make people realise what's been going on.

Hmm, who wants to bet 10 dollars News Corp won't exist in 12 months time; http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/11/phone-hacking-news-international-gordon-brown

Murdoch plays political kingmaker in at least the UK, the US and Australia.

Before getting elected PM Kevin Rudd "did lunch" with Murdoch to get his blessing. The Murdoch press is currently tearing apart the Gillard govt because he no longer supports a carbon tax or Gillard.

Evil man.



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Ton, I'll take that bet. Their holdings are way too diverse and extensive, and investors will always have faith in someone who has made tons of cash for them for decades. This is a hit, and may cause shakeups in holdings and management, but not a fatal blow to the empire. For better or worse.

ddt

Shouldn't have bet...

It's the Shipstone Complex.

Good God - the Courier Mail (my local Mucdoch rag) doesn't even get a mention? More climate change deniers than any other paper!

Murdoch owns 65% of the newspaper press in Australia. The only meaningful competitor is Fairfax.

Granted, this doesn't seem to be so much a case of gun-specific stupidity as stupidity in general, but jeebus. We make sure people take tests in order to allow them to drive a car, but for guns...?

ddt

Arizona's turning out a bumper crop of ideologically pure, ignorant, idiot politicians.

Democracy - A form of government where everybody gets what the majority deserves.

Yeah, I live in a state that just set a new record for the longest government shutdown. The previous record, set in 2005, was also ours.

Should be extra special when the Federal government shuts down, too.

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John Willoughby
It's the Shipstone Complex.

Good one. My wife handed me that book a few months ago.

I thought about footnoting it, but decided that it was more fun to be obscure.

Back in 1998, the good people of Minnesota deemed the right to hunt and fish worthy of constitutional protection.

Article XIII, Section 12 of the Minnesota Constitution reads:

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PRESERVATION OF HUNTING AND FISHING. Hunting and fishing and the taking of game and fish are a valued part of our heritage that shall be forever preserved for the people and shall be managed by law and regulation for the public good.

As for the "law and regulation" bit, the "law" part is handled by the state's legislators and the "regulation" bit is handled by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

The legislators passed a law requiring fishing licenses. The DNR enforces that law through Conservation Officers.

With the state being shutdown, only "essential services" are still functional. Law Enforcement (the banner under which Conservation Officers fall) is deemed an essential service. Licensing is not.

This means that anybody who had not obtained a fishing license prior to the shutdown on June 30th is not allowed to fish. The DNR has made this very clear.

I wish I could afford to challenge this in court as it is clearly unconstitutional. The constitution says, "forever preserved," not, "preserved unless the legislators can't agree on a state budget."