While biological warfare sounds futuristic, in the 6th Century B.C., the Assyrians poisoned enemy wells with a delusional fungus (whatever that means) and in 184 B.C., Hannibal’s soldiers threw clay pots filled with venomous snakes unto the decks of Pergamene ships. Diseased bodies were used to infect enemy water supplies in Medieval Europe, Black Death casualties were catapulted into besieged cities during the Middle Ages and as recently as 1710 by Russian forces attacking Sweden. The British Army is said to have used smallpox as a weapon during the Indian Wars in North America. In World War II, Japan reportedly infected foodstuffs with the plague and cholera, killing 58,000. China and North Korea protested in the Korean War that American troops used biological weapons against them. There is considerable evidence today of continuing R&D (which is permitted by the ban) at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah and Fort Detrick, Maryland.
Conventional biological weapons have animal origins, and, as would be expected, these tend to be the test subjects. Actually, somewhere between 50 million to 100 million are used annually in scientific animal testing. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is not happy about all this. A relatively peaceful nation today such as the United Kingdom in 2001 used more than 2.5 million animals, including 20,000 hoofed mammals, 125,605 birds and 170,459 fish. Where are PETA, the Animal Liberation Front or Brigitte Bardot? At the other end of the killing spectrum, Norway fishermen must now humanely terminate the life of any caught seafood variety.
In 1979 at a test site in Sverdlovsk in the Soviet Union, sheep became ill with anthrax 125 miles (200 kilometers) away from the lab. Washington, D.C. is only 30 miles from Fort Detrick. On a targeted basis, only 220 pounds of anthrax can virtually eliminate the 3 million in the District. Reportedly, Saddam Hussein at one time had at his disposal 25 missiles able to carry 11,000 pounds of biological agents, including botulism and anthrax. These were among the Weapons of Mass Destruction thought to exist by the current White House.
The fear, of course, is that, with the advent of the Genome Table, a whole new stratum of super-biological microorganisms can be created, especially for warfare. The ultimate virus could well eliminate human life forever. How do we prevent all this? Easy, prevent wars, eliminate terrorism and insure for peace on Earth forever. Sort of like this chapter.
But, then, you would hope, actually, that the world someday promotes wars for beneficent causes. The 9/11 death toll was around 3,000. Each year 470,000 die in traffic accidents, a little less than 10% (43,000) of that in the U.S. Now that would be a worthwhile crusade, a “War on Highway Deaths.” Or, the UN reported that there were 13 million deaths in 2006 due to environmental causes. What about the “World War to Prevent Environmental Deaths?” We will soon need a World War to Combat Peak Oil and Global Warming, and while already maybe be too late to avoid the economic crunch, perhaps this potential calamity can serve to catalyze world peace. Huh? Read on. Well, you can go on to SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Humanity and pick this up in Chapter 1. Or wait until next week.
Conventional biological weapons have animal origins, and, as would be expected, these tend to be the test subjects. Actually, somewhere between 50 million to 100 million are used annually in scientific animal testing. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is not happy about all this. A relatively peaceful nation today such as the United Kingdom in 2001 used more than 2.5 million animals, including 20,000 hoofed mammals, 125,605 birds and 170,459 fish. Where are PETA, the Animal Liberation Front or Brigitte Bardot? At the other end of the killing spectrum, Norway fishermen must now humanely terminate the life of any caught seafood variety.
In 1979 at a test site in Sverdlovsk in the Soviet Union, sheep became ill with anthrax 125 miles (200 kilometers) away from the lab. Washington, D.C. is only 30 miles from Fort Detrick. On a targeted basis, only 220 pounds of anthrax can virtually eliminate the 3 million in the District. Reportedly, Saddam Hussein at one time had at his disposal 25 missiles able to carry 11,000 pounds of biological agents, including botulism and anthrax. These were among the Weapons of Mass Destruction thought to exist by the current White House.
The fear, of course, is that, with the advent of the Genome Table, a whole new stratum of super-biological microorganisms can be created, especially for warfare. The ultimate virus could well eliminate human life forever. How do we prevent all this? Easy, prevent wars, eliminate terrorism and insure for peace on Earth forever. Sort of like this chapter.
But, then, you would hope, actually, that the world someday promotes wars for beneficent causes. The 9/11 death toll was around 3,000. Each year 470,000 die in traffic accidents, a little less than 10% (43,000) of that in the U.S. Now that would be a worthwhile crusade, a “War on Highway Deaths.” Or, the UN reported that there were 13 million deaths in 2006 due to environmental causes. What about the “World War to Prevent Environmental Deaths?” We will soon need a World War to Combat Peak Oil and Global Warming, and while already maybe be too late to avoid the economic crunch, perhaps this potential calamity can serve to catalyze world peace. Huh? Read on. Well, you can go on to SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Humanity and pick this up in Chapter 1. Or wait until next week.
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With all the hand-wringing about Detroit, the Dow Jones Industrials increased 65 to 8630. This, after world markets all tumbled today, led by Hong Kong and Japan with about minus 5%. Why? Well, Congress fumbled the bailout, maybe as a purposeful ploy, knowing that the Bush White House would dip into the $700 billion TARP funds to buy some time. You see, the general public remains generally opposed to being too generous to the Big Three, for their own policies cause their present predicament. Elected officials like to cover themselves, and George W. Bush will never again run for office.
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Bankrupties and closure will need to come next year. Let's see if these international exchanges ease up on Monday. By the way, 24 banks have failed so far this year. This, compared to three last year and none in 2006 and 2005. In 1993, 43 banks went under, so it could be a lot worse. Crude oil is now selling for $46.28/barrel and gold for $822/toz.
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