TheCaconym [any]

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Cake day: September 19th, 2020

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  • I can't afford fancy vacations overseas so I'm not missing out on that

    I can, and don't. Morally speaking taking planes isn't justifiable in the context of climate change - in fact outside of government service (so basically military, diplomats, and the like) the whole air travel industry should've been dismantled at least a decade ago. With that being said, I'm lucky enough to be in a country where high speed rail (backed by nuclear at least inside the borders) can take me to so many vacations places you'd never run out in a lifetime, so in theory that helps - I say in theory because at this point my ideal holiday is maximizing free time with my partner anyway, regardless of the location.





  • I've never been convinced of the usefulness of that tungsten rod idea; between the cost of putting them into orbit in the first place, the limited yield, and the accuracy difficulty (this is an inert payload, that you're dropping at an initial speed of ~28000km/hr / 17000 mph, with no control surface), I suspect it's a bad idea all around.

    Much more likely it's what abcnews suggested a few weeks back: nukes in orbit for high-altitude nuclear detonation in order to produce very very large EMPs by exploiting the high-atmosphere ionization effect (basically an EMP multiplier). This is an idea that goes back to Starfish Prime and has always been in the background - to the point, in fact, where IIRC each and every nuclear power (including China and the US) puts into their initial assumptions in case of large scale war that the enemy is likely to start hostilities by doing just that.












  • Quick outline:

    • Nobody knows where the prime minister (Ariel Henry, as an aside possibly involved in the assassination of the Haitian president in 2021) is.
    • Rumors were he was in Kenya, or the US, or some coffee-themed festival in France, but he appears to be in none of those places.
    • Major airports are being closely watched by the population for his presence, as well as several regional airports.
    • The protests that started about a month back haven't piped down at all, quite the reverse, and he's the main target of the anger. As usual with large scale movements in Haiti, Port-au-Prince is the epicenter.
    • This is despite large scale repression of such protests, including on occasion with live ammunition.
    • They go on to describe specific instances of repression around February 7th (note: historically the date on which the Duvalier regime fell), where large scale use of teargas and dispersion grenades maimed several people; the previous prime minister, Claude Joseph, had to take refuge into a nearby slum.
    • They then describe how Guy Philippe, widely considered the spearhead of the ongoing movement against the current interim government - and a revolutionary, imprisoned at one point by the US years ago - managed to reach the capital discreetly - specifically by booking a flight ostensibly then spending the night crossing in a small boat instead.
    • They go on to describe this event, where five members of the BSAP (basically initially members of an Environmental ministry which are now armed and a major part of the ongoing protests) were gunned down in a car following a protest, apparently without provocation. Their bodies were then put into a mass grave.
    • The article concludes by saying a major local org connected to the military (AMH, Association for the Haitian Military) warned the current interim government when that event occurred, though their wording is lukewarm.

    As for your question:

    Revolutiion happening in Haiti??

    It's impossible to answer but it sure looks like things are moving fast over there.

    The article you linked is also part 2 of a two-part (thus far) series; here is part 1.