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US Military Cut, $120 Billion Spent on Climate Change

Thu, March 13, 2014



As the United States military is being unilaterally disarmed, $120 billion is spent on "climate change" initiatives.

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Can't you just envision it?

An Obama air force (small caps) with squadrons of F-35s flown by TRANSGENDERS?

No, Uncle Sam doesn’t really want YOU: Military now turns down 80% of applicants

By Douglas Ernst
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The Washington Times
May 13, 2014

Uncle Sam doesn’t want you. At least 80 percent of you.
These days, the U.S. military is only taking 20 percent of the applicants who walk into their local recruiter’s office intent on enlisting in the armed services.

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Army Sgt. 1st Class Terrence Hoard told the Kansas City Star that his recruitment office once needed to sign up 16 to 20 soldiers per month to meet recruitment goals. Today, he can get by with 10 to 12.
“We’re turning down twice as many as before,” he told the paper, which reported that four of every five adults who seek to join the military in 2014 do not make the cut.
The U.S. Army hopes to hit 57,000 recruits for active duty this year. It’s on pace to do just that, even while applying a stricter set of standards as it pertains to physical fitness, appearance (i.e., tattoos), intelligence test results and an applicant’s criminal history.
The Navy is no different.
“It’s not that we have a zero defect mentality, because we don’t,” Nathan Christensen, a Navy officer in public affairs for the Defense Department, told the Kansas City Star. “But it is true that the quality of military recruits right now is the highest it’s been in 40 years.”
The tough environment for potential recruits is due in large part to troop reductions in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the Pentagon’s plans to cut the size of the active duty Army.

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The Kansas City Star reported that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel aims to lower active duty soldiers from 520,000 to 490,000 by autumn 2015.

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5 Myths About Antarctic Melt

By By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer 2 hours ago

WEST ANTARCTICA ICE SHEET IS MELTING

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News that the catastrophic collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet is already underway, like other big reports about the southernmost continent, spur chatter and questions about what's really happening at the bottom of the world.

Here, Live Science explains the reality behind some common misconceptions about big changes in Antarctica.
1. Antarctic ice is getting bigger, not shrinking!
Yes, the Antarctic sea ice has been growing larger over the last few decades. But here's what people miss when they raise this point: Sea ice is NOT the same as land ice. When scientists talk about the Antarctic Ice Sheet melting, they're referring to glacial ice on land. And unlike the Arctic ice cap, which persists year-round, in Antarctica, almost all of the sea ice melts in the summer. So having more sea ice does little to boost Antarctica's total ice mass. [Vanishing Glaciers: See Stunning Images of Earth's Melting Ice]
Interestingly, the growing sea ice might be related to the shrinking glaciers. Stronger winds, along with changing ocean temperatures and salinity (salt content) are driving the increase in sea ice, by creating more open areas for ice to form and by reducing melting. The same conditions are also linked to the retreating glaciers. Winds drive an ocean circulation pattern that brings up warm water, which is nibbling away at the glaciers from below.
2. It must be all those volcanoes.
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This image shows a view of the Earth on Sept. 21, 2005, when Antarctic sea ice was at its full exten …

West Antarctica, where the ice is melting fastest, is also home to a number of active volcanoes. Could they be melting the ice, instead of climate change?
Several lines of evidence say the answer is a resounding NO.
First is Iceland. The land mass has many very active volcanoes, but glaciers still cover its surface. And Iceland is just one of several examples showing that fire and ice can coexist at volcanoes without widespread melting occurring. Second, volcanoes called tuyas erupted through ice sheets during past Ice Ages, and there is little evidence they caused rapid, catastrophic melting. Third, the volcanic activity beneath West Antarctica hasn't significantly changed in the past few decades, which is when the glaciers there started their galloping retreat. Finally, a super-eruption the size of Yellowstone's biggest blast would be needed to melt through the miles of ice that cloak the volcanoes, scientists have calculated. [Fire and Ice: Images of Volcano-Ice Encounters]
3. It's all a global warming conspiracy
Forty years of data don't care whether or not some people oppose the 97 percent of scientists who agree that humans are causing global warming. The latest findings from West Antarctica are based on direct observations of retreating glaciers, not computer models or climate projections. The study concludes that West Antarctica's six biggest glaciers are shrinking back into deep valleys with no ridges or mountains to halt the rapid pace. (Here's where a volcano might actually help!) And no amount of global warming or cooling, save a new ice age, will make a dent in the retreat.
4. The Earth will cycle itself into another ice age anyway
Climate scientists also agree the Earth has naturally warmed and cooled throughout its history. These cycles have repeated themselves about every 100,000 years for the last 900,000 years. If the pattern held true again, Earth might already be heading into another ice age, but there's a confounding factor: humans. Greenhouse gases, aerosols (airborne pollution particles) and other changes wrought by humans mean the natural climate cycle can't play out the same as before. Also, carbon dioxide levels are heading toward levels last recorded when the Earth was much warmer, about 3 million years ago, before modern humans evolved. The Earth is not heading into an ice age anytime soon.
5. Ice shrinks when it melts, so ocean levels will go down
The Antarctic Ice Sheet is on land, not floating in the ocean. Actually, it is dipping its toes in the sea, but the majority of the ice is on land. (Antarctica's glaciers end in floating ice shelves that extend into the ocean.)
Thus, the vast majority of the ice is not currently displacing water and will raise sea level when it melts and flows into the ocean. Fascinating side note: Land in West Antarctica is already rising up where the ice cover has retreated. Called glacial rebound, this phenomenon is still taking place in North America, where the land is recovering from the weight of the massive ice sheets that covered the continent during the last ice age.

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Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

No, Uncle Sam doesn’t really want YOU: Military now turns down 80% of applicants

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Obama's 'uncle sam' doesn't want you unless you are an illegal alien. Then, even the Republicans want you to flood the US military.

What's wrong with this picture?

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Air Force Grounds Its Lockheed F-35s After Fire

By David Lerman Jun 26, 2014 7:00 PM ET 2 Comments Email Print

The U.S. Air Force today grounded its fleet of F-35 fighter jets made by Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) as a safety precaution after a fire on one of the planes forced an aborted takeoff.
The temporary suspension of flight operations applies to the Air Force’s 45 “A model” planes. The Defense Department didn’t direct a halt to tests of the Marine Corps and Navy versions of the jet, known as the Joint Strike Fighter.
The grounding was the latest setback for the F-35, the costliest U.S. weapons system, which is being built even as it’s still being developed. The order was issued after an emergency at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida on June 23, when a fire in the rear of one plane forced the pilot to abort a takeoff.
“As a precautionary measure, the Air Force has decided to temporarily suspend all F-35A operations until it is determined that flights can resume safely,” the Air Force said in a statement. “This is not an uncommon practice following a mishap. It ensures the safety of our crews and our aircraft so we can determine there is no fleet-wide issue that needs to be addressed.”
The cause of the Eglin incident remains under investigation, Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters today.

Source: Lockheed Martin Corp. via Bloomberg Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 fighter jet.

The Marine Corps hasn’t flown its 31 F-35s for the last two days and is assessing whether to suspend flight operations on a daily basis, said Captain Richard Ulsh, a Marine Corps spokesman. The Navy is still assessing whether to issue a service-wide suspension, although some of its planes have been temporarily grounded, said Lieutenant Jackie Pau, a Navy spokeswoman.

Increased Cost

The F-35 has been plagued by a costly redesign, bulkhead cracks, excessive weight and delays in software. Building all 2,443 planes is projected to cost $398.6 billion, a 71 percent increase in inflation-adjusted dollars since the contract with Lockheed, the largest U.S. defense contractor, was signed in 2001.
The Air Force’s F-35s are at four bases: Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, Edwards Air Force Base in California, and Eglin, said Major Natasha Waggoner, an Air Force spokeswoman.
Lockheed will assist in any investigation of the fire at Eglin, said Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the Bethesda, Maryland-based company. He referred any further comments to the Air Force.
Oil Lost

Two weeks ago, the Pentagon ordered that all F-35 engines must be inspected before the planes could resume flying. That order, issued June 13, came in response to an “in-flight emergency” on June 10, when a Marine Corps F-35 had to return to base at Air Station Yuma, Arizona, after its engine lost oil. There were no injuries. Inspections of three other planes at the station revealed “suspect findings,” the Defense Department said in a statement.
Last year, the Pentagon grounded all F-35s after a routine engine inspection revealed a crack on a turbine blade in a test aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base. Flights resumed about a week later after further inspections found no other problems.
While defense officials have cited progress for the F-35, Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, has said it hasn’t yet demonstrated sufficient reliability improvements. There’s “some marginal evidence of improvement, but it’s not enough,” Kendall told reporters June 12.

To contact the reporter on this story: David Lerman in Washington at dlerman1@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: John Walcott at jwalcott9@bloomberg.net Larry Liebert

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