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To: Bonefish who wrote (764457)	1/18/2014 10:38:57 AM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573908

Podesta to Lead NSA Review... Soros Crony... ............................................................................................... Obama Picks Soros Crony to Lead NSA Probe January 17, 2014 By Mike Ciandella When President Obama needs help, he can always turn to one of the Soros inner circle. In a speech on Jan. 17, Obama announced that his new Presidential Counsel John Podesta will lead a "comprehensive review of Big Data and privacy," following the NSA privacy scandal that has dogged his administration. What he didn't mention was that Podesta is the founder of the liberal Center for American Progress. CAP has gotten $7.3 million from liberal billionaire George Soros since 2000 and was one of the keystone liberal think tanks founded after the Democrats lost the 2004 election. Podesta was to have focused on the health care law and climate change issues, according to a Dec. 9, New York Times article. According to Obama, Podesta will work with a group of government officials and the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, as well as reaching out to "privacy experts, technologists and business leaders," to "look at how the challenges inherent in big data are being confronted by both the public and private sectors." Podesta will also examine how government can "continue to promote the free flow of information in ways that are consistent with both privacy and security." This will be done to address the ongoing NSA spying scandal that came to light in June 2013. Podesta has a long history with Democrats. He co-chaired the transition team when Obama first came into office. He was also White House chief of staff under Clinton. Neera Tanden, who has worked for both Obama and Hillary Clinton, currently runs CAP. CAP is an influential liberal policy writing and advocacy organization, complete with its own media outlet. Not only has CAP received more than $7.3 million from George Soros, it also has a membership program for corporations to be part of the discussion. Recently, CAP partnered with NBC Special anchor (and former wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger) Maria Shriver on a report which NBC News promoted without qualification. CAP was part of coalition of liberal groups in March of 2012 who targeted the pro-free market American Legislative Exchange Council for having corporate donors and promoting policy initiatives not in line with liberal goals. This attack resulted in several of ALEC's corporate members pulling out. A similar attack was launched by some of the same groups against the State Policy Network.

To: Bonefish who wrote (764457)	1/18/2014 11:07:13 AM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573908

At the end of the first week in January, a brutal spell of cold weather settled over most of the country. Multiple cold-temperature records were shattered across the country. Some sites experienced frigid conditions not seen since the 19th century. Chicago and New York City broke temperature records set in 1894 and 1896, respectively. These extremes were not singular, but exemplary of conditions throughout much of the continent. Temperatures in Chicago were so cold that a polar bear at the Lincoln Park Zoo had to be taken inside. The onset of polar conditions over the United States was also a reminder that cold weather in general is more inimical to human welfare than warm weather. The operation of power grids, gas pipelines and oil refineries was disrupted. Passengers on Amtrak trains were left stranded, and thousands of flights were delayed or canceled. By Jan. 7, the media were reporting at least 21 deaths directly related to the cold.

To: Bonefish who wrote (764457)

1/18/2014 12:49:13 PM

From: koan

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What do you think of open borders that let more people into the country so the can pollute infinitely more than they used to?>>

I have no answers to most of our big problems (except massive education as fast as possible) , like illegal immigration or over population, massive illiteracy, etc.. I am old and will leave those to the kids.

But the most important thing we can do is institute massive free education. Too many people are simply not educated enough to wrestle with the complexity they need to understand. They can't even seem to understand things as obvious as evolution and tyranny of the plutocrats; and that they are too often voting against their own best intersts.

My only comment is that these are more of a dilemma than a problem i.e. no logical solution, only decisions to be made.

The single largest problem the human species faces is over population and most of that is in Asia. My guess is that we will not solve it and nature will solve it for us by killing millions or billions of people through something like nuclear war (India and Pakistan?), global warming causing death and starvation, infectious disease?

Pro life/pro choice is a dilemma. Why it is hard to debate. No right or wrong, only tough decisions to be made. Like Sophie's Choice.