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Originally posted by antipigopolist
Here's an interesting bit-o-legislation. The government has the legal right to use biological chemicals, for whatever purpose it thinks neccessary, on the American public so long as it notifies the local elected official of the territory where is it to take place! How wonderful is that?
After going to the legal reference site to get the url, I found that they repealed this section (5 years ago...been awhile since I checked) after much debate and replaced it with sec. 1520a adding some restrictions and exceptions. Shoulda just killed the thing all together. But here is the deal. IT STILL GIVES THEM DISCRETION!
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Subsection b, paragraph 2 of Section 1520a makes this overtly exagerrated pseudo-terrorist scenario possible.
Pretty scary stuff below:
� 1520. Use of human subjects for testing of chemical or biological agents by Department of Defense; accounting to Congressional committees with respect to experiments and studies; notification of local civilian officials. (As AP stated above, 1520 has been repealed, therefore his reference to � 1520 is not valid. -HR)
(a) Not later than thirty days after final approval within the Department of Defense of plans for any experiment or study to be conducted by the Department of Defense, whether directly or under contract, involving the use of human subjects for the testing of chemical or biological agents, the Secretary of Defense shall supply the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives with a full accounting of such plans for such experiment or study, and such experiment or study may then be conducted only after the expiration of the thirty-day period beginning on the date such accounting is received by such committees. (I am not sure where AP got this, as the paragraph number is wrong. I have that as paragraph D. See below for the full text.-HR)
(b) (1) The Secretary of Defense may not conduct any test or experiment involving the use of any chemical or biological agent on civilian populations unless local civilian officials in the area in which the test or experiment is to be conducted are notified in advance of such test or experiment, and such test or experiment may then be conducted only after the expiration of the thirty-day period beginning on the date of such notification. (2) Paragraph (1) shall apply to tests and experiments conducted by Department of Defense personnel and tests and experiments conducted on behalf of the Department of Defense by contractors. (I have searched the two links that AP provided and I can not find the above referenced text. -HR)
Here are the links: Cornell University Law Library
www.law.cornell.edu...
www4.law.cornell.edu...
Sec. 1520a. - Restrictions on use of human subjects for testing of chemical or biological agents
(a) Prohibited activities
The Secretary of Defense may not conduct (directly or by contract) �
(1) any test or experiment involving the use of a chemical agent or biological agent on a civilian population; or
(2) any other testing of a chemical agent or biological agent on human subjects.
(b) Exceptions
Subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section, the prohibition in subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a test or experiment carried out for any of the following purposes:
(1) Any peaceful purpose that is related to a medical, therapeutic, pharmaceutical, agricultural, industrial, or research activity.
(2) Any purpose that is directly related to protection against toxic chemicals or biological weapons and agents.
(3) Any law enforcement purpose, including any purpose related to riot control.
(c) Informed consent required
The Secretary of Defense may conduct a test or experiment described in subsection (b) of this section only if informed consent to the testing was obtained from each human subject in advance of the testing on that subject.
(d) Prior notice to Congress
Not later than 30 days after the date of final approval within the Department of Defense of plans for any experiment or study to be conducted by the Department of Defense (whether directly or under contract) involving the use of human subjects for the testing of a chemical agent or a biological agent, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report setting forth a full accounting of those plans, and the experiment or study may then be conducted only after the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date such report is received by those committees.
(e) ''Biological agent'' defined
In this section, the term ''biological agent'' means any micro-organism (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, rickettsiac, or protozoa), pathogen, or infectious substance, and any naturally occurring, bioengineered, or synthesized component of any such micro-organism, pathogen, or infectious substance, whatever its origin or method of production, that is capable of causing -
(1) death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human, an animal, a plant, or another living organism;
(2) deterioration of food, water, equipment, supplies, or materials of any kind; or
(3) deleterious alteration of the environment
Originally posted by antipigopolist
"OK Mr. Applied Physics, lets see the math. Assume you are heating up an area the size of a cube that is 30 km per side. How much energy will it take to heat up this area 0.1 degree K? or even better, what percentage of the entire ionosphere is the volume of this cube?" -HR
Can't get much more childish than this. Ooh...a dreaded math challenge!! Sorry Howie, but you asked for it!
Your challenge regarding percentage of total volume is completely invalid because the ionosphere cannot be measured accurately. The actual size of the ionosphere depends upon the number of ultraviolet rays and x-rays given off by the sun on a particular day.
(Thank you for reinforcing my point. Even with a solar minimum, the total solar energy absorbed by the ionosphere is exponentially greater than the maximum that could ever be put out by HAARP. . The size and temperature of the ionosphere is a function of the solar radiation, the amount of energy put out by HAARP compared to the amount of solar energy striking the Earth per second is like pissing over the Niagara Falls. -HR)
Heck...the D Layer vanishes entirely at sun set. Shucks Jethro...errr...Howie...I thought you KNEW that?
(This is true, dopey, errr AP, but as you are well aware, the sun doesn�t turn off at night, it is just on the other side of the planet. Therefore, globally: What difference does it make? Don�t try to sidestep the point. -HR)
And the energy requirement for an increase of 0.1K? YOU TRULY ARE IN THE DARK! Another invalid problem. Physics 101: Different materials absorb and loose heat at different rates. SHC!! Heard of it? What is the composition of the area we are heating?
(OK, just assume that you are heating the free electrons -HR)
You neglected to mention? Let's assume you meant the ionosphere, which would keep it on topic and not some wild pissing contest, the variables required would be:
1: Which layer (D, E, F1, or F2) is the target area to be heated because the density of each layer is unique.
2: What frequency is to be used? I assume this is the energy you implied? You forgot to mention that, too?
(Feel free to make whatever assumptions that you want. -HR)
3: I believe what you really should have posed was a conical volume as this relates to the HF beam path.
(Again, you sidestep the point. The fact is, the amount of energy put out by HAARP is inconsequential to the total make up, temperature etc. of the ionosphere. -HR)
You wear your "Holier than thou" garb well!
Anyway...for those others interested, here is some info and data straight from the HAARP homepage pertaining to heating the ionosphere. Guess I was fabricating that too eh, Howard?
What Effects Are Produced By HAARP?
A portion of the energy contained in the HF signal transmitted by HAARP can be transferred to existing electrons or ions making up the ionospheric plasma through a process called absorption, thus raising the local effective temperature. As an example, the electron temperature at a height of 275 km (the peak of the F2 region) is over 1400�K. [2]. Work at other active ionospheric research facilities has shown that it is possible to raise this temperature by as much as 30% within a small, localized region during an experiment. The affected region would then temporarily display electrical characteristics different from neighboring regions of the layer. Sensitive scientific instruments on the ground can then be used to study the dynamic physical properties of this region in great detail.
(Which proves what? Don�t forget that they are talking about the electron temperature here. Even if you assume that the gas molecules in this region are raised b the same temperature, you are still talking about a tiny fraction of the ionosphere as a whole and an even smaller fraction of the atmosphere as a whole. I am willing to bet that a typical 1 megawatt power plant causes far more thermal heating of the atmosphere as a whole in a single day, then HAARP does in a year. -HR)
"Are you sure that it wasn�t because they wanted to study the aurora? I would also expect that they wanted to avoid interference from other radio sources also.
Certainly it wouldn�t be a good idea to go strolling through the arrays when they are in operation, but I wouldn�t recommend climbing the local radio station transmitter tower either. What is your point?" -HR
I already made my point. Your becoming borderline ridiculous.
"There you go with the ad hominum attacks again. You really shouldn�t be that hard on Bangin, Theneo, Billybob and Mikromanus. I think that their protests are so strong, because they can not admit to themselves that they have been chasing a hoax for the past few years." -HR
You expose yourself abit much there, Howie! Sounds like you're screaming "Truth".
Anyway, I attacked noone. But you, Howie...your self-righteousness made you such an easy target, I had to.
(At least I am not as self righteous as you are -HR)
I didn't tell people what to believe.
(Neither do I. I have merely pointed out that many if not all of the chemtrail claims do not hold up to scientific scrutiny. As for other beliefs that are commonly expressed in these forums, like Atlantis, UFOs, the Bermuda Triangle. Planet X and the �Philadelphia Experiment,� when I hold these to the same standard of proof, I generally find them flawed also. -HR)
I just made a common sense comment that a person would have to be an idjiot to scream "Truth!" without proof.
(Which is exactly what the Chemmies do in regard to chemtrails.-HR)
I simply found chemtrails to be an interesting topic regardless of my own opinion. It is possible! Hey...anyone remember the Philadelphia Experiment?
(Hell, anything is possible, As Stuart pointed out, just because something is possible, doesn�t mean that it is a reality. -HR)
Good luck on your quest guys. And don't let the nay sayers get ya down.
Originally posted by HowardRoark
One interesting side note, research indicates that conditions in the ionosphere change measurably prior to large earthquakes. This is a growing field of scientific inquiry. Is it possible that one day the data collected by HAARP research will be used to predict large earthquakes? Who knows, but it is an interesting thought, none the less. Not everything has an evil purpose behind it.
Originally posted by billybob
1. there was a bill draughted which clearly mentions chemtrails.(poopoo and obfuscate away, it is a fact)
I�ve never tried to deny that. I will, however, also point out that the author of that piece of legislation later removed said reference to chemtrails and claimed "I�m not into that." (d@mned tags )
2. there is a patent for building aluminum sprayers(poopoo and obfuscate away, it is a fact)
I�ve seen copies of this patent (it is for titanium dioxide, BTW) and I won�t deny that the patent exists. Wheather the divice was ever constructed, on the otherhand has not been proven. In addition, according to the patent, it is a rather bulky device that would be clearly visible on the outside of an airplane, yet no one has ever produced a picture of one in use.
3. the government has done illegal biological weapons testing on people in the past(fact, too)
And we used to burn people at the stake for being witches.
4. jet exhaust can affect the weather(you guys even had to begrudgingly admit this one)
Not at all begrudgingly, I accept it as a fact because the researchers making this claim have backed it up with the appropriate data.
5. howard and stuart and AR worked very, VERY hard at demeaning people with the gall to think for themselves.
Excuse me, I have never put down anyone who has not taken a cheap shot at me first. I am all to aware of how easy it is to fall into the personal attack mode, and I take pains to avoid that.
i'd also like to point out that all of the pictures taken from the ground recently of 'chemtrails', are just that. recent.
much the same as the contrail (reeducation)pages at NASA. recent.
much the same as the contrail research at NASA. recent.
the picture of world war two jets with contrails behind them is just that. i would need to see a movie of those contrails persisting for four hours and turning into those peculiar cotton candy clouds, before i could draw a parallel to the alleged chemtrails. It is actually possible that such clips exist, but in lieu of that, There are a number of first person accounts from pilots and airmen from that era that support the persistent contrails theory.
so let's see some old footage of grids of wispy clouds being laid down, and i will believe there is signifigant evidence that in fact 'chemtrails' are just contrails. still no proof(they could have been doing these experiments since the inception of jet powered flight, and in fact, that was AP's point which was obfuscated so nicely by the deft howard, ...EXPERIMENTAL jets in the seventies), but better evidence than people repeatedly telling me i'm ignorant and unscientific. it is unscientific to repeatedly claim proof when there is none.
Originally posted by jonathesis
not denying any type of conspiracy, just adding my thoughts. maybe the spraying over large industrial and metro areas is some type of chemical to break down pollution from automobiles and companies to make it less harmful to the atmosphere. just a thought to help you find your truth.
Originally posted by Gnomon
I've seen people comment that the 'stuff' being sprayed stays up all day and fills the whole sky: Spraying 'stuff' that stays up all day isn't isn't exactly effective, is it. You would want the stuff to come DOWN.
Originally posted by Kano
Noone is saying that this chemtrail theory is impossible. The fact remains however that there is nothing to suggest that these chemtrails exist.
The burden of proof lies fairly and squarely on the 'chemtrail' proponents. So far noone has found any proof for the chemtrail theory that stands up to scientific analysis. Its as simple as that.
[Edited on 3-1-2004 by Kano]
Originally posted by Kano
Noone is saying that this chemtrail theory is impossible. The fact remains however that there is nothing to suggest that these chemtrails exist.
Originally posted by Nicodemus
Originally posted by Kano
Noone is saying that this chemtrail theory is impossible. The fact remains however that there is nothing to suggest that these chemtrails exist.
Actually there is plenty to suggest that they exist. Just nothing that confirms their existance.