China: Rain Called on Account of Games (CHINA PLAN TO MANIPULATE WEATHER FOR OLYMPICS)

Newsweak via PMSNBC ^ | Aug. 5 issue | Melinda Liu

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Chinese look to weather manipulation to ensure optimum conditions for Olympics

(Excerpt)

BEIJING’S BUREAUCRATS HAVE also embarked on a Great Leap Forward in manipulating the weather by dispelling rain and fog, trying to ensure that nothing, er, clouds China’s achievements and image during important public events. “We’ll definitely be consulted on how to create beautiful conditions for the Olympics,” says Wang Wang, one of China’s foremost experts at Beijing’s Study Institute of Artificial Influence on the Weather.

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FYI and discussion

[dead]

Everybody talks about the weather, but only China does something about it.

[weikel]

Didn't Jon Von Neumann concieve of a weather control machine but then stepped back because he thought it was dangerous for idiot bueracrats to control the weather?

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Wang Wang

Sounds like the name of a panda porn star.

[sharktrager]

I don't know, but tampering with the weather on a large scale scares the hell out of me. It's consequences could be disasterous, and it's usefulness as a military weapon is terrifying.

[weikel]

I think thats why Neumann backed off. Im not sure its possible really.

[Bamaconservative]

It was attempted in the late 1960's, but the plot was foiled by James Coburn. HAven't you seen any of the Derek Flint movies?

[Free the USA]

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[malakhi]

Only Roker can go to China.