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MAJOR world climate changes were under way that would cause economic and political upheavals “almost beyond comprehension”, an internal report of the Central Intelligence Agency has warned the US Government.

“The new climatic era brings a promise of famine and starvation to many areas of the world”, the report warns.

Its basic premise is that the world’s climate is cooling and will revert to conditions prevalent between 1600 and 1850 — when the earth’s population was less than 1,000 million and its rural, pre-industrial era civilisations were largely capable of feeding themselves.

A return to cooler temperatures in today’s fragile, . interdependent global economic structure would mean that India, China and the Soviet Union’ — among other northern hemisphere nations — will be hard pressed to feed their populations.

The report notes that’ “the change of climate is cooling some significant agricultural areas and causing drought in others. If, for example, there, is a northern hemisphere drop of one degree centigrade, it would mean that India will have a major drought every four years and can only support three-fourths of her present population”.

“The world reserve would have to supply 30 to 50 million metric tons of grain each year to prevent the death of 150 million Indians”, the re port said.

“China, with a major famine every five years, would require a supply of 50 million metric tons of grain. The Soviet Union would lose Kazakhstan for grain production, thereby showing a yearly loss of 48 million metric tons of grain.

“Canada, a .major exporter, would lose over 50 per cent of its production capability and 75 per cent of its exporting capabilities. Northern Europe will “lose 25 to 30 per cent of its present production capability while the Common Market countries would zero their exports”.

The report, which was concerned with possible political and economic threats the United States could expect from such drastic events, said the starvation and famine would lead to social unrest and global migration of populations.

21 Jul 1976 – C.I.A. WARNING Changes to climate to bring uphea…

h/t to Ivan

climate change has been kind of coming in and removing some of those other numbers off the dice and putting in more sixes

Climate Change and the Drought: An Interview With Katharine Hayhoe | StateImpact Texas

10-Day Precipitation Outlook for the Conterminous U.S.

Look for the US Drought Monitor to bump the region up to unprecedented drought next week, after receiving 600% of normal precipitation.

Rowers stuck in 10C below normal weather.

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Major Cooling May Be Ahead  NYTimes.com

I took a number of NRA safety classes as a child, and learned to respect and handle rifles safely. I passed this knowledge on to my children, who are also very safe with firearms.

The White House is constantly demonizing the NRA, and has disrupted the culture of gun safety they have always promoted.  Partially as a result, we now have some complete morons running around with guns, and no knowledge of how to handle them.

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If Obama actually cared about gun and school safety, he would work with the NRA – not against them.

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Fairfield and Washington, Iowa both reached 112F on July 13, 1936. Eighteen stations reached 105F on that day.

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