Thread for obviously newsworthy stuff

[rah]

I remember when certain posters were taking a vacation that there was some. Not a lot, but enough to prove that it is possible.

[-Jrabbit]

There can be no interesting discussions on Apolyton. That much is clear.

[rah]

Not if it encourages them to build more deadly weapons that wouldn't be threatened by this type of defense or decide that their arsenal is no longer a deterrent. As I said, a possible interesting discussion.

[spambot]

Scaring the crap out of the Russians makes us more safe.

[rah]

No, I don't think so either, but just pointing it out. Theory on that is varied and thought it might make interesting discussion. But I forgot that that type of thing doesn't happen here much anymore.

[Proteus_MST]

I don't think that there is any big danger of reaching 100% hit probability anytime soon

[Uncle Sparky]

I would disagree with your final statement … if Warren wore a headdress and did a public rain dance every day, she would approach the level of fakery the Jews for Jesus types display daily..

[rah]

I don't know. If we hit 100% that's going to scare the crap out of the Russians and might make us less safe.

[Kidlicious]

2 for 4 now on shooting down missiles in space. Need to get better.

[ZEE]

I miss Serb. He is the greatest rage-poster I have ever had the pleasure of meeting on the internet, and I have been around since it's inception. AAHZ has nothing on the mighty Serb, let me tell you.

[spambot]

US warship shot down a missile in space

wait until serb hears about this

[Dinner]

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...ical-ad-953758

Avenati releases his first campaign ad and it it generic. Only fools will vote for him because if he is the Dem nominee then Trump serves two full terms.

[Kidlicious]

US warship shot down a missile in space

[Proteus_MST]

The PotUS is too busy to visit the troops overseas.

No surprise, considering that his schedule was busy (among others) with 71 campaign rallies, 68 visits to hils golf courses and 5174 tweets since his inauguration

https://twitter.com/krassenstein/status/1058022100332658688

[Broken_Erika]

'We've never seen this': massive Canadian glaciers shrinking rapidly


Glaciers in the Yukon territory are retreating even faster than expected in a warming climate, scientists warn


Scientists in Canada have warned that massive glaciers in the Yukon territory are shrinking even faster than would be expected from a warming climate – and bringing dramatic changes to the region.

After a string of recent reports chronicling the demise of the ice fields, researchers hope that greater awareness will help the public better understand the rapid pace of climate change.

The rate of warming in the north is double that of the average global temperature increase, concluded the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in its annual Arctic Report Card, which called the warming “unprecedented”.

“The region is one of the hotspots for warming, which is something we’ve come to realize over the last 15 years,” said David Hik of Simon Fraser University. “The magnitude of the changes is dramatic.”

In their recent State of the Mountains report published earlier in the summer, the Canadian Alpine Club found that the Saint Elias mountains – which span British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska – are losing ice faster than the rest of the country.

Previous research found that between 1957 and 2007, the range lost 22% of its ice cover, enough to raise global seal levels by 1.1 millimetres.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/canada-glaciers-yukon-shrinking