Dr. Cole - I highly recommend the sci-fi trilogy that starts with the Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu for an exploration of the Fermi Paradox you reference. It may be lower tech intelligent species, if and when, they make contact with another intelligent species, are immediately destroyed.
I just read that when Chris Christie was a prosecuter he put Kushners father in jail...if Trump picks him has his VP choice along with the antisemitic tweets he already published and defended what will his son in law do? Bears watching...
Most of the money provided to Israel comes back to the U.S. in the form of contracts (meaning JOBS) with American companies. Can’t say that about any other country to which the U.S. provides foreign aid.
The "foreign aid" sent to Egypt comes to mind as it is mostly earmarked to be sent right back to US arms manufacturers
It wouldn't surprise me in the least if each one of those guys that was released didn't have a tracker implanted in them at some point during their stay in Guantanamo and now they have a Hellfire armed drone floating around above them like a kite waiting until they attend a gathering of 10 or more people in a "tribal area"....
On the flip side the fiscal deal cut sustainable argiculture funding significantly...
Research programs that were cut include:
Organic Agriculture Research and Extension ($20 million)
Specialty Crop Research Initiative ($50 million)
Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program ($19 million)
Outreach programs that were cut include:
Farmers Market Promotion Program ($10 million)
National Organic Certification Cost Share ($5 million)
Organic Data Initiative ($1 million)
Outreach and Technical Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers ($15 million)
"good soldier Edward Snowden"...I'm not sure that is the truth...
Dr. Cole - I highly recommend the sci-fi trilogy that starts with the Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu for an exploration of the Fermi Paradox you reference. It may be lower tech intelligent species, if and when, they make contact with another intelligent species, are immediately destroyed.
I just read that when Chris Christie was a prosecuter he put Kushners father in jail...if Trump picks him has his VP choice along with the antisemitic tweets he already published and defended what will his son in law do? Bears watching...
Most of the money provided to Israel comes back to the U.S. in the form of contracts (meaning JOBS) with American companies. Can’t say that about any other country to which the U.S. provides foreign aid.
The "foreign aid" sent to Egypt comes to mind as it is mostly earmarked to be sent right back to US arms manufacturers
It wouldn't surprise me in the least if each one of those guys that was released didn't have a tracker implanted in them at some point during their stay in Guantanamo and now they have a Hellfire armed drone floating around above them like a kite waiting until they attend a gathering of 10 or more people in a "tribal area"....
On the flip side the fiscal deal cut sustainable argiculture funding significantly...
Research programs that were cut include:
Organic Agriculture Research and Extension ($20 million)
Specialty Crop Research Initiative ($50 million)
Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program ($19 million)
Outreach programs that were cut include:
Farmers Market Promotion Program ($10 million)
National Organic Certification Cost Share ($5 million)
Organic Data Initiative ($1 million)
Outreach and Technical Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers ($15 million)
http://oak-ky.org/?p=1985
Dr. Cole
This Atlantic article provides some context for Reagan's gun policies here in the US...worth a read...
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/09/the-secret-history-of-guns/308608/