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October 23, 2018
Dear Friends:

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          In this newsletter is:

1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, OCT. 25, 2018
2. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org)
          a) Saudi Arabia and the Yemini Genocide
          b) Laser Technology: Crowd Control or Global Warming Mitigation
          c) Climate Graph Update

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1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2018

We vigil for peace in front of the Rolla Post Office THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, FROM NOON TO 1:00 PM (and most subsequent Thursdays until peace is established). Please try to join us. The temperature is predicted to be in the 50s. If you do not feel comfortable standing with us in front of the Post Office, please consider driving by and showing your support for our message by honking your horn and flashing a peace sign.

2. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org)
          a) Saudi Arabia and the Yemini Genocide
          b) Laser Technology: Crowd Control or Global Warming Mitigation
          c) Climate Graph Update

SAUDI ARABIA AND THE YEMINI GENOCIDE

For years Saudi Arabia has been carrying out a genocidal war against the Yemeni people with the blessings and support of the US and Europe. Apparently cracks in Western support for the Yemeni Genocide are beginning to grow. Germany has put on hold the sale of a few million dollars worth of patrol boats to Saudi Arabia and calls are coming in for a UN investigation into the apparent murder, torture and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul.

Khashoggi was a reporter for the Washington Post who was very critical of the Saudi regime and Saudi Prince Salmon. He entered the Saudi consulate in Turkey to obtain papers to marry his Turkish fiancee. He never returned. He is thought to have been murdered, tortured and dismembered. The Turks say they have proof.

I'm also a journalist (of sorts) and a critic of Saudi Arabia's genocidal war. I intend to stay out of Saudi Arabian consulates.

And like Robert Koehler, I can't help wondering why the murder of one Washington Post journalist is so much greater an atrocity than the murder of 40 children on a Yemini school bus.

LASER TECHNOLOGY: CROWD CONTROL OR GLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION

For years I have been pointing out that theoretically lasers could be used to beam some of Earth's excess heat back into space at a frequency transparent to Earth's atmosphere. I know of no research on this potential application of laser technology. Instead the US Military is actively researching the use of lasers for “crowd control.” Apparently attack dogs, rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons in freezing weather are not enough. More powerful and versatile weapon are needed and the military is actively researching the use of lasers to blind, deafen, burn, incapacitate and even kill non-violent peaceful protesters.

Apparently, the military views the real enemy as non-violent peaceful protesters; not the Taliban or al-Queda or the Chinese or the Russians or even runaway climate change.

CLIMATE GRAPH UPDATES

I've updated my ongoing essay: Some Historic Temperature Graphs. I've added a 30-year climate graph which depicts the wave-like nature of Earth's warming and the correlation between some historic heat waves and El Niño conditions.

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Wage peace,

Helen
helenm (at) fidnet.com

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