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tazkcmo

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1. Sadly, I think nothing gets done.

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Wed Jan 13, 2016, 09:18 AM

Jan 2016

Even sadder, as a global collective, we could accomplish this toot sweet. Unfortunately, I'm sure there's a group out there that sees a benefit of 2 million people dying. It's rather sickening.

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Worse Than Isis. Mosul dam foundation dissolving. Half a million Iraqis could die State Dept. Warns [View all] eridani Jan 2016 OP

Sadly, I think nothing gets done. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #1

We're an incredibly stupid species, aren't we? deutsey Jan 2016 #2

Yes, we are. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #3

I disagree atreides1 Jan 2016 #7

Clarifying tazkcmo Jan 2016 #8

Nah. Dogs abandon their runts, kill their weak and roll in shit Orrex Jan 2016 #13

That is survival, not being an "asshole". Coventina Jan 2016 #22

Well, try doing those things the next time you're at the movies Orrex Jan 2016 #25

Well, what dogs have evolved to do for survival and we have evolved for survival is different. Coventina Jan 2016 #27

Very true, but consider: Orrex Jan 2016 #29

Oh I agree with you. No species is inherently noble. Although some are more cut-throat than others Coventina Jan 2016 #31

Saint Reagan Protalker Jan 2016 #5

To be fair, I'm pretty sure that he mentioned it before that Orrex Jan 2016 #26

The US response to Ebola was fantastic compared to the US response to AIDS in the 80's. 40,000 Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #9

Reagan and his ilk were more than just stupid when it came to AIDS deutsey Jan 2016 #12

Micturate, trickle down economics Protalker Jan 2016 #34

Obama ordered the military to respond before the man who brought ebola to the US karynnj Jan 2016 #32

I'm referring to how this was allowed to become a crisis by the world community deutsey Jan 2016 #33

Well, if there are two million ISIS members, is there a way to bait them all behind the dam? snooper2 Jan 2016 #15

IIRC this is the dam they have to pour concrete into daily underpants Jan 2016 #4

Funny how we think we can control water liberal N proud Jan 2016 #6

I wonder where infrastructure reinvestment figures on the caliphate's priority list BeyondGeography Jan 2016 #10

. . .nowhere unless god tells them personally, I suppose. . .n/t annabanana Jan 2016 #11

Yeah, time for Daesh to step up and prove it is a real government. Coventina Jan 2016 #19

Great article, eridani. Hussein ("a madman") and other dictators tend to get what they want, pampango Jan 2016 #14

I would love to see the specs on the dam that they build downstream Orrex Jan 2016 #16

I would think the plan is to build dam two dsc Jan 2016 #20

I would hope so, but might that not take years? Orrex Jan 2016 #21

An acquaintance of mine returned to Iran... meaculpa2011 Jan 2016 #17

"New dam" ?? WTF ? Draw the old dam's reservoir down ASAP !! eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 #18

That's what I'm thinking. But I think ISIL controls Mosul, or closeupready Jan 2016 #23

Nutbag zealotry trumps rational thought, including engineering considerations. nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 #30

two things EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #28

We have experience with dams built on substandard substrate: IDemo Jan 2016 #24