blessed britons

Professor Asaf Durakovic... is one of the world’s leading experts on radiation, and sees a familiar pattern. ‘Any doctor who becomes involved in this [depleted uranium] is pressurized, fired; records and samples go missing...’
Ray Bristow, of the British Gulf Veterans and Families’ Association, echoes Durakovic: ‘Dosimeters (which read radiation levels) issued to troops were at first denied as being issued at all, then we were told the records were lost, then that the readings were all normal – but no-one was allowed to see them. Medical records of Gulf War vets regularly go missing.’

mad world

The United States curreently produces more than 5 tons of carbon per person per year. Japan and Western European nations have per capita emissions that range from 1.6 tons to 4.2 tons, with most below 3 tons. In the developing world, emissions average 0.6 tons per capita, with China at 0.76 and India at 0.29. This means that to reach an 'even-handed' per capita annual emission limit of 1 ton of carbon per person, India would be able to increase its carbon emission to more than three times what they now are. China would be able to increase its emissions a more modest 33 per cent. The United States, on the other hand, would have to reduce its emissions to no more than one-fifth of present levels.

— Peter Singer

One World

scrambling

an amazingly responsive system

Submitted by antarchi on November 11, 2007 - 14:30.

One of the most important elements of our nation's National Air Defence System is the speed, efficiency and timeliness of both launching interceptor fighters and then the steps taken to actually intercept 'target' aircraft once airborne. Without such timeliness, there would be no purpose in having such a defence system at all... So at every problematic point of readiness, over the years, the military and FAA have worked diligently, through practice and experience, to get interceptors airborne and headed for intercept operations as quickly as possible. This has resulted in an amazingly responsible system in which, pilots, flight mechanics, aircraft, airport configurations and NORAD/FAA radar procedures have been honed and developed to save time as measured in seconds.

— Robin Hordon

former FAA air traffic controller (quoted in Debunking 9-11 Debunking)