Warmer climate strongly affects human conflict and violence worldwide, says study

Climate Change And Violence Linked, Breakthrough Study Finds

"The biggest culprit: higher temperatures. Out of 27 modern societies studied, all 27 showed a positive relationship between higher temperatures and violence."

"“Our results shed new light on how the future climate will shape human societies,” said Burke.  The findings of the study suggest that a global temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius could increase the rate of intergroup conflicts, such as civil wars, by over 50 percent in many parts of the world."

Army Recruiters Open War 'Experience' Arcade to Attract Youngsters

We finally get rid of cigarette makers advertising to children with caartoon characters and what do we get? Advertising war to children with video games. Disgusting. And our tax dollars are paying for it!!

Army Recruiters Open War 'Experience' Arcade to Attract Youngsters PEEK AlterNet

Let's Face It: The Warfare State Is Part of Us

Our economy is based on military spending, billions of dollars flushed down the military/industrial toilet. That money could provide needed social services and the push to clean energy.

I have been ranting and writing and marching my adult life and things just keep getting worse. Maybe it's already too late.

AlterNet: ForeignPolicy: Let's Face It: The Warfare State Is Part of Us: " in the words of Thomas Merton, 'It is the sane ones, the well-adapted ones, who can without qualms and without nausea aim the missiles and press the buttons that will initiate the great festival of destruction that they, the sane ones, have prepared.'"

Don't Let Lieberman Win

War monger Lieberman knows nothing about diplomacy.

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