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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Today at 13:39:29 »

What it states about USA and Mr Biden? Or for that sake the UK and Boris Johnson? I don't know, that there seems to be a lot of more clowns in town recently? We didn't need that.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Today at 13:32:03 »

what do we find here? A situation in where you, in the end, won't be able to refuse to pick a side. 'Fundamentalists' putting you in it. Western or Eastern, behaving in much the same way, it doesn't really matter what they claim to stand for as their behavior is like a mirror. Where UK already picked one. Europe and EU, then UK, Australia and USA, then Russia and China, Then India, Pakistan, North Korea. then one can add other variables as Japan, Taiwan, China etc.

forget about global warming, you're not gonna do sh* about it.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Today at 13:20:20 »

So ok. My worst case scenario confirmed, again. It's like one of those horror movies in where you know what will go wrong but can't stop it. It's going to f* up, big time.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Today at 13:10:33 »

Soo, USA and the UK etc leaving Afghanistan for what?

Starting anew in the 'Indo Pacific'?

And you think you can handle global warming, do you?

You're laughable.   https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/what-is-the-indo-pacific/

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Today at 13:04:41 »

So " Paris regards itself as a significant power in the Indo-Pacific, with Pacific territories such as New Caledonia and French Polynesia giving it a strategic and military foothold unrivalled by any other European country.

“If Australia can alienate the major advocate for an EU Indo-Pacific strategy, what hope have we got in convincing Indonesia or other regional middle powers of the inclusiveness of the concept?” Lemahieu said. Indonesia has already indicated its disquiet with Australia’s decision, saying it “is deeply concerned over the continuing arms race and power projection in the region”.

Prof John Blaxland, senior fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at ANU’s College of Asia and the Pacific, said Australia needed to be working to repair the relationship with France. “We owe them probably about $3bn in penalties over the broken deal,” he told the ABC, and suggested Australia could propose leasing from France some of its Barracuda submarines to cover the capability gap before the new nuclear submarines arrive. what is it worth, to that Australian government?  "


$3bn in penalties, yeah, and then some more. And the UK? with its new hidden stockpile of nuclear armaments? Low yield and limited nuclear warfare, that's the way, am I correct USA?

Come on.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/18/australia-regrets-frances-recall-of-ambassador-as-aukus-fallout-predicted-to-last-years

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Today at 12:55:32 »

And then we have that new clown, Australia. Feeling their 'super power status' now confirmed. Readying themselves for a military showdown with 'Fu Manchu', well, as they seem to think of it? Presenting one of the most conservative governments I have had the unlucky opportunity to watch the last decade. And let's not forget, supported by most European countries, although that might be changing.

" The US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, said the US and Australia would continue to explore “greater and more frequent engagement … with our air capabilities, more training opportunities for our ground forces, and increasing our logistical footprint in Australia as well”.  But Austin played down suggestions that in return for the new highly sensitive submarine technology, the US might want Australia to accept proposes it has previously rejected, such as intermediate-range missiles hosted on Australian soil.

“We certainly didn’t go into this with a quid pro quo mindset, and we’ve not outlined any specific reciprocal requirements,” Austin said. Payne said the Ausmin talks “discussed the competition of China at a number of levels that requires us to respond and to increase resilience”.

“This does not mean that there are not constructive areas for engagement with China. Australia continues to seek dialogue with China without preconditions.”  The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said the previous day’s defence cooperation pact was “not aimed at any country – it’s certainly not aimed at holding anyone back”.

Blinken said the alliance between the US and Australia was “unshakeable”. "


funny, and lying.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/17/more-us-military-to-deploy-to-australia-as-dutton-dismisses-china-outbursts

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Today at 12:39:42 »

I'm getting very cynical here, and very tired.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Today at 12:38:48 »

So what should we believe?

" There was a record rise in emissions of methane last year, according to the UN, coming mainly from the fossil fuel industry, cattle and rotting waste. But the UN also found that methane emissions could be almost halved by 2030 using existing technology and at reasonable cost. A significant proportion of the actions would actually make money, such as capturing methane gas leaks at fossil fuel sites. "

Bs?

Yeah, probably.

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-5P/Monitoring_methane_emissions_from_gas_pipelines

Then we have Russia and Germany's Nordstream methane project, the one that makes me go through the roof.
Under water..

http://www.climatechange.ie/abandoned-north-sea-wells-may-be-emitting-significant-amounts-of-methane-study-warns/

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2021-methane-hunters-climate-change/

and the article   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/17/us-and-eu-pledge-30-cut-in-methane-emissions-to-limit-global-heating

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Yesterday at 21:30:37 »

Can't remember if I already mentioned this anime?
Chinese and I would call it a gamers anime, but it's okay even if you're not into that, it actually has something of a story.

https://animekisa.tv/the-kings-avatar---episode-1

With the next season  https://animekisa.tv/quanzhi-gaoshou-2018

followed by   https://animekisa.tv/quanzhi-gaoshou-2

Well, I do enjoy online gaming, so, what can I say?
=

Better warn you though. The game exists, didn't know that when I first found it, so one might see it as a shamelessly directed commercial product / anime. Then again, that's life, isn't it? As for the game itself? I doubt it, but the anime was okay even if the constant fight scenes got a little boring after a while

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Yesterday at 12:44:05 »

I stand corrected. There was something to write about.

The conveyor belt principle, and profits.

" the source of much of the world’s food – seeds – is mostly in the control of just four corporations; half of all the world’s cheeses are produced with bacteria or enzymes manufactured by a single company; one in four beers drunk around the world is the product of one brewer; from the US to China, most global pork production is based around the genetics of a single breed of pig; and, perhaps most famously, although there are more than 1,500 different varieties of banana, global trade is dominated by just one, the Cavendish. "

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/17/are-we-eating-ourselves-to-extinction

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Yesterday at 12:37:26 »

Think of Norway, and see if they stop selling leases to fossil exploits. And this

"Greenpeace is challenging the licence to the Cambo oilfield, near Shetland, which Shell and Siccar Point Energy plan to exploit under a permit initially granted in 2004. This month, lawyers for the government told the court that climate change concerns were “not relevant” to decisions to grant oil permits. "

Aha,   " climate change concerns were “not relevant” to decisions to grant oil permits. " "

I see, so what is relevant?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/17/environmentalists-ties-oil-gas-sector-uk-north-sea-regulator-fossil-fuel

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Yesterday at 12:02:05 »

It is a joke, but you don't see it.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Yesterday at 12:00:17 »

And with your idiots, sorry, elected spokesmen and spokes-women, leading you 'forward' to a better future and to a ever rising GDP.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Yesterday at 11:58:09 »

So we will have those blame games, and wars, and starvation's, and topsoil, and water, and groundwater, and global warming on top of it all. And your indifference will grow, each man for itself. Storms, droughts, floods , wildfires creating a ever growing cascade of disasters, with you finding that your plasters no longer works.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Yesterday at 11:54:24 »

Incredible how dirty your laundry can be.

" “WCM are gambling on that failure, hoping that coking coal use will stay almost constant until 2049, knowingly contributing to dangerous climate change. They are effectively asking the inspector and secretary of state to allow the new mine because it will be needed if the UK and EU fail on climate change.” "

Of course. It's the game and game doesn't care. Your ideals and your beliefs, your values and your ignorance, and greed.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/16/cumbria-coalmine-firm-betting-on-uk-breach-of-climate-targets

And they will be found correct. Both the UK and the EU, and China, and Australia, and Canada, and USA.. Actually I don't know where to stop here?  We will fail, you have built that one in already.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Yesterday at 11:42:50 »

It's actually the best you can produce humanity. Not much, but something.
A good joke.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Yesterday at 11:41:41 »

Unless you still carry those rose tinted glasses?

do you?

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Yesterday at 11:40:55 »

The point is that if you see a change, as f.ex China pressing the west on action, it will be about inflamed geopolitics. It makes it all a very good joke, doesn't it? The opposite will be just as true, the west pressing China, and we can refer to it all as creating blame games.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Yesterday at 11:36:54 »

Nah, I'm looking forward to cop26. It will give me a lot of laughs.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« on: Yesterday at 11:35:53 »

But they consist of a spectrum of different ideas, ideals, values, and regimes. So I don't expect much happening there either.