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| == Session== | | == Session== |
| ===Opening=== | | ===Opening=== |
− | George: "My concern is also with the [[fate]] of the regions surrounding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq Iraq]."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War] | + | George: "My concern is also with the [[fate]] of the regions surrounding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq Iraq]."[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War] |
| ===Lesson=== | | ===Lesson=== |
| Bzutu: "The [[challenging]] circumstances we encounter today belong to but a chapter in the ongoing [[desire]] by few to [[manipulate]] and [[coerce]] in this war of words, to threaten and make [[accusations]] here, when all is centered around the ownership of oil and the [[control]] of supplies of same. | | Bzutu: "The [[challenging]] circumstances we encounter today belong to but a chapter in the ongoing [[desire]] by few to [[manipulate]] and [[coerce]] in this war of words, to threaten and make [[accusations]] here, when all is centered around the ownership of oil and the [[control]] of supplies of same. |
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− | "Long ago, the planet could have moved towards the use of a 'friendlier' fuel for your ever-increasing [[energy]] requirements. We greeted the wise use of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydropower hydropower] with excitement. The safe and prudent use of [[water]], and its conversion to clean, useable gasses was explored ages ago, and the [[discovery]] of [http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/energy-from-space.htm space energy] that constantly 'rains' down onto our planetary surface is also not new, and of the greatest [[potential]] and the cleanest available source when selectively applied by [[individuals]] and small groups. | + | "Long ago, the planet could have moved towards the use of a 'friendlier' fuel for your ever-increasing [[energy]] requirements. We greeted the wise use of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydropower hydropower] with excitement. The safe and prudent use of [[water]], and its conversion to clean, useable gasses was explored ages ago, and the [[discovery]] of [https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/energy-from-space.htm space energy] that constantly 'rains' down onto our planetary surface is also not new, and of the greatest [[potential]] and the cleanest available source when selectively applied by [[individuals]] and small groups. |
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− | "The 'almost costless' [[electricity]] produced can fuel many a range of appliances. In the end, the most useful application will be in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination desalination] of seawater and it will make your [[fertile]] [[deserts]] bloom without the [[pollution]] that is slowly making the environment uninhabitable. | + | "The 'almost costless' [[electricity]] produced can fuel many a range of appliances. In the end, the most useful application will be in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination desalination] of seawater and it will make your [[fertile]] [[deserts]] bloom without the [[pollution]] that is slowly making the environment uninhabitable. |
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| "Either before this threatening [[war]], or soon after, the people of [[this planet]], irrespective of their [[political]] and [[religious]] [[beliefs]] need to unite, and inform their [[dictatorships]] and quasi [[democracies]] that there may be wars no more, and that the living standards of brothers and sisters all over the globe must be raised to minimum standards. | | "Either before this threatening [[war]], or soon after, the people of [[this planet]], irrespective of their [[political]] and [[religious]] [[beliefs]] need to unite, and inform their [[dictatorships]] and quasi [[democracies]] that there may be wars no more, and that the living standards of brothers and sisters all over the globe must be raised to minimum standards. |
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| "A time will soon come when there cannot be another war, for we will swiftly face the [[extinction]] or wholesale [[regression]] of the (human) [[species]], though truly, we [[midwayers]] will [[survive]] and our tasks here may even be at an end. And you, all, will survive and look forward to millennia of [[rehabilitation]] elsewhere. Yet, the goal of the ages, the continuation of the species, may then not be achieved. | | "A time will soon come when there cannot be another war, for we will swiftly face the [[extinction]] or wholesale [[regression]] of the (human) [[species]], though truly, we [[midwayers]] will [[survive]] and our tasks here may even be at an end. And you, all, will survive and look forward to millennia of [[rehabilitation]] elsewhere. Yet, the goal of the ages, the continuation of the species, may then not be achieved. |
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− | "And, yes, we fear for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egypt], we fear for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey Turkey], and like you, with you, we also fear for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan Jordanian] lands, and more than that. The Muslim world brought into disarray will create untold millions to [[experience]] unrest, and it will herald the re-[[awakening]] and re-arming of many nations now in a peaceful slumber, to result in a great deal of ongoing damage to the [[western world]] as [[violence]] begets violence, and troops will mass at the borders. | + | "And, yes, we fear for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egypt], we fear for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey Turkey], and like you, with you, we also fear for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan Jordanian] lands, and more than that. The Muslim world brought into disarray will create untold millions to [[experience]] unrest, and it will herald the re-[[awakening]] and re-arming of many nations now in a peaceful slumber, to result in a great deal of ongoing damage to the [[western world]] as [[violence]] begets violence, and troops will mass at the borders. |
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− | "For those who feel that a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preemptive_war pre-emptive strike] will solve the [[problem]], I [[assure]] you that greater minds than yours have estimated that this will create infinitely more of the same rebellion you have already [[experienced]]. | + | "For those who feel that a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preemptive_war pre-emptive strike] will solve the [[problem]], I [[assure]] you that greater minds than yours have estimated that this will create infinitely more of the same rebellion you have already [[experienced]]. |
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| "We await the outcome of [[negotiations]], and as our friend, Andrea, pointed out during the northern hemisphere [[summer]], she would like to believe that brother will help brother to rebuild. She cannot see it. I cannot see it. | | "We await the outcome of [[negotiations]], and as our friend, Andrea, pointed out during the northern hemisphere [[summer]], she would like to believe that brother will help brother to rebuild. She cannot see it. I cannot see it. |