Climate Change Report

[Androidpk]

1. Definitely not optimal. As I've said before there is corruption on both sides and that basically stems from the amount of money and influence coming from the military industrial complex.

2. Abrams, you're right. There are a few words that for some reason don't click correctly in my head. This and Hunter Thompson for example.

3. I fully believe in air and naval superiority. That doesn't mean I don't have concerns for certain decisions, such as the decision to mothball the A-10 (a fucking terrible idea,) or the issues that arise from weapons systems design creep, such as with the F-35. I'm definitely concerned with the total cost, especially with problems its been having. You've probably heard but the entire existing fleet has been grounded due to one catching on fire. Not to mention the whole projects cost was supposed to have been split between the US and multiple other allied countries. Now some are scaling back on the amount they are buying or completely abandoning the jet in favor of the 4.5 gen Eurofighter Typhoon.

I do see potential in the F-35 despite all this. Not every system comes out of the gates an ass-kicking champion. It's why we have upgrade blocks, where they're continuously being improved upon.

On a side note I think it was a bad idea to stop production of the F-22, but that's just my uneducated opinion.

[waywardgs]

So, you couldn't find a single example out of "plenty"?

You are reaching Backwolff proportions of stupidity now. Maybe WayBackwolff?

Pretty sooon it'll be waybackbanditwolf!

[Parkbandit]

Pretty sooon it'll be waybackbanditwolf!

Stop being a such a packer.

[Jarvan]

Would you say that the current situation, as it relates to military procurement, and the relationship between congress, the Pentagon, and the White House, is optimal?



Not to nitpick, but I'm quite certain you meant the M1 Abrams...though Father Abraham had many sons, a tank was not one of them.



Imo, air superiority is the one thing I'm willing to spend a lot of money on. Obscene amounts. I'm generally not of the school of thought that more money automatically means better results, but...when it comes to air superiority...I'm willing to take a gamble. Mechanized ground units...eh, not so much. Until the Army comes up with a viable Atlas or Templar, I'm going to stick with the navy/air force for securing our particular terrestrial position on this planet.

Should never have proposed getting rid of the A-10's we have.

The F-35 will never compare to the A-10 in Close Fire Support.

[Ashliana]

Meanwhile, May 2014 was the hottest May ever recorded in the history of climate records.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2014/5

Don't worry, conspiracy theory-loving conservatives! Climate change is still a fraud/myth you don't have to worry about. You're doing a good job stifling those greedy "scientists."

Wait--the Pentagon is worried that climate change will have implications for national security? Don't worry! House Republicans inserted a rider into the NDAA to try and stop them from considering/acting on it.

What's that? Henry Paulson, Bush's treasury secretary and Michael Bloomberg, billionaire Republican are also concerned? Don't you worry! It's still nothing to worry about.

Continue not to worry, conspiracy theory-loving conservatives! The hottest May in recorded human history was followed-up by the hottest June in recorded human history, but it's still just a vast liberal conspiracy.

The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for June 2014 was the highest on record for the month, at 0.72°C (1.30°F) above the 20th century average of 15.5°C (59.9°F).

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2014/6

Japan's Meteorological Agency also lists April, May and June as the hottest globally recorded months, making the past quarter year the hottest on record.
http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/pro...p/jun_wld.html

But no, sir. John "I'm Not a Scientist" Boehner and his political backers want you to know you've got nothing to worry about.

[Warriorbird]

Continue not to worry, conspiracy theory-loving conservatives! The hottest May in recorded human history was followed-up by the hottest June in recorded human history, but it's still just a vast liberal conspiracy.

They can just move underground with me to avoid the Skynet-style LATRINSWARM of universal surveillance drones.

[Tgo01]

Chicago just had it's coldest winter in recorded history too, what can we draw from this?

Latrin?

[Back]

They can just move underground with me to avoid the Skynet-style LATRINSWARM of universal surveillance drones.

Awesome!

[Methais]

Chicago just had it's coldest winter in recorded history too, what can we draw from this?

Latrin?

Snow causes psychosis!

[Latrinsorm]

Chicago just had it's coldest winter in recorded history too, what can we draw from this?

Latrin?

Snow causes ps-...

Snow causes psychosis!

Damn you, sir!

Everybody knows that to boil water you need to heat it to 212ºF or 100ºCommunist. Right? Of course right! But would it interest you to learn that if you have a glass of water, there are nonzero molecules in it that are transitioning to a gaseous phase? That is... boiling? In life all things are distributions. Like this:



Not like this:



Everything is in flux, and YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT.

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If the world is a glass of water, we can reasonably say that the glass of water is getting colder even though an individual molecule becomes hotter. Much hotter! So hot that it breaks free from its liquid prison and roams free in the atmosphere! A rugged vapor! And vice versa for hotter and ice cube. The statement "the globe is getting hotter" is inconsistent with neither "Chicago is getting colder" nor "Leon is getting larger".

It is also worth pointing out that the larger model of ACC predicts isolated extremes such as these, so the larger question of whether you should believe the science is still answered "yes".