Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Say "Goodbye" to Lions, Tigers, Cheetahs and Elephants

and hippos and Cape buffaloes and gazelles and zebras and hyenas and aw, hell, every other wild critter in Africa. For the population of Africa in 2100 will be between 3.4 to 5.8 billion people.

The outlook for this planetary petri dish isn't so good.

4 comments:

w3ski said...

It's a sad thing that good health in developing, as well as 'established' countries leads so quickly to overpopulation. A longer life span can be a great thing if you aren't burdened beyond your means raising children.
I understand it will never be that simple, but controlling the birth rate is equally as important as controlling the disease rate.
I guess it comes back to education.
People need to see a value in not having children.
w3ski

Deadstick said...

Has anybody read "The Mote In God's Eye"?

hans said...

Deadstick... wow, hadn't thought about Jerry Pournelle for ages... used to read his columns in Byte faithfully... and as it happens he's having a funder right now for Chaos Manor https://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/

Will said...

w3ski:

Very simple solution to population growth: Make sure they have a decent economy(capitalist systems work quickest and best), and then introduce socialist programs, and especially important, the tax rates necessary to attempt to fund them. Sit back and watch the birth rate plummet below replacement rates. No more problem!

So far in history, this always works. (if you haven't noticed, Socialism has this as a built-in national death sentence. Due to human nature, there is no way to avoid this result.)