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That’s the best piece of sarcasm I’ve ever read on these forums! 😄Thanks!

I notice and understand your sarcasm. I just believe this topic is very important, and I want to steer the conversation back to the real problems.

That's not true. All technologies pollute, and technologies are made by humans - all humans.

Yes, printing my books and almost EVERYTHING I do is part of the problem. Why do I say that? Because all HUMANS are the problem, and I am a human.

The way I understand it, "arithmetic" is an approach to technology, not a technology by itself. And, yes, I say again, "All technologies pollute," I mean that, but am talking specifically about "energy technologies,” such as nuclear reactors, solar panels, windmills, tidal turbines, etc. They all cost more energy to create, operate, and dispose of than they ever produce.

The biggest disappointment I have with this story is that only 53% of people think Trump is trying to conceal something. WTF do the other 47% think he's doing? 😟

Name me one technology that does not pollute...

But most scientists focus only on technological processes, not on human proclivities. My book identifies three causes of our (humans') destruction of the Earth's biosphere: 1. Technology (all technology pollutes); 2. Overpopulation (humans); 3. Human Hubris (the belief that we (humans) are the most important thing in the universe, and everything else can be used and destroyed at our whim).

In my most recent book, I say as far as our (humans') destruction of the Earth's biosphere, we're already "over the cliff." We can only slow it down, but cannot stop or reverse it. 😢

Yes, this conflict, if you believe what's written in the Bible, in Exodus, goes back to around 1500 BCE when the Jews conquered (militarily) and took over the land of Canaan, which is now called Palestine. ☹️

Yes, they did. It's unclear what you mean with "this war," i.e., whether you are referring only to the current war in Gaza that started on Oct. 7, 2023, or the entire conflict stretching back to 1947-48. In either case, Palestinians initiated the military action. Yes, I consider the admittedly horrible Palestinian attack on Oct 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people, as just another chapter in a continuing war (conflict), which started back in 1947-48. Since then, in this chapter, there has been an admittedly horrible bombing of Gaza by the Israelis, killing 69,000 people and injuring many more.

I am 80, and I have a plan for the end of my life. I have a will that has all my bank and online accounts and passwords. I have a close friend who lives near me who has agreed to be the executor of the will. In my will, I state that I do not want my body cremated or embalmed. I want to be buried in a biodegradable sack, called a "body pod," and a tree planted on top of me.

I'll send you a list of the titles in a message. I've been warned about posting them here on Asean Now Forums. I think the Wikipedia articles on Trump and Cat Behavior are the same article. 😉

I read Wikipedia except for the science stuff. Too many interpretations. I know there are things called books. I’ve written and published ten of them.

Here's a good article for you to read... 1948 Palestine war - Wikipedia

The Palestinians didn’t start this war. The UN actually set up the conditions of the war by giving about half of Palestine to the Jews in 1947. The Jews (now called "Israelis”) then started the war by increasing their claim on the land from about 50% to now about 95% over the past 70 years. And how did they do that? By military actions, which are now increasingly seen by the general public as despicable anti-Semitic genocide.

Global opinion is turning against Israel because people are learning more about just what it is Israel is doing, and has been doing for the past 70 years. 😡

“De facto annexation”? No, it's absolutely genocide! 😡

Yes, I agree with Hunter Hess. It’s very uncomfortable being identified as a US citizen while Trump’s in the White House. :(

Yes, you're correct. I meant the First Amendment. Thanks for pointing that out.

Although I agree with this nurse’s desire to stop the chaos ICE is causing in various communities around the USA, any suggestion of violence is not speech that is protected by the 2nd Ammendment. Keep the use of violence on ICE, not the general community.

Just another example in a series of Israel's 79-year-long attempts to control all of Palestine by expelling Palestinians. 😥

Trump is the only reason I’ve had second thoughts about my opposition to the 2nd Ammendment. 🤨

It's "petite" crime, not "petty" crime, but it's pronounced like and has the same meaning as "petty." This has confused me, too.

Thanks for your post! I didn't know we could download and printout our own account records. That makes sense, though, since that's what they do when I get these copies from the bank. The bank, however, signs each one, attesting to its accuracy. I don't know if they’d do that with an account record that you would bring in. I'll try that the next time I renew my one-year extension, but that won't be until next December.