Agreement
requires disagreement.
Revelations:
Trump says that over 200 generals and admirals have selected him to
be president. Strange, I thought it was supposed to be the other way
around.
Going,
Going, Gone: In
Paris the US pledged to reduce its CO2 emissions 26-28% below 2005
levels (about 6 billion tons of CO2) by 2025. Even if Obama's Clean
Power Plan were enacted promptly, it would miss that goal by well
over 1 billion tons and maybe as much as 1.8 billion tons of CO2
emissions. And the Clean
Power Plan is unlikely to get past our
Republicans or our courts. The always cosmetic 1.5°C
goal is not going to be
met. Neither
is the 2°C
level.
MIT scientists say that even with the proposed cuts global
temperatures will pass a 3.5C
increase in average global temperatures by 2100. That's
a 6.5°
F increase,
which is pretty much curtains on civilization as we know it.
Rainy
Daze:
Among US
households nearing retirement (age 55-65) the median retirement
account holds about $14,500.
Sleeping
Around: The
Trump campaign
is said to be planning on diverting attention from the poor debate
showing by Their Donald by attacking the Clinton's marriage. A
spokesman claimed that Trump's repeated adulteries don't count
against him as a
negative character trait because he's still 'friends' with his
ex-wives.”
Smoke
Gets In Your Eyes:
The
WHO says that 9
out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, which
kills
more than six million of
us every year.
Doing
Our Part:
Automobile exhaust is one of the top contributers to global warming,
and it is heartwarming to know that we Americans are doing our part –
burning a record 9.7 billion barrels of gasoline every day.
The
7% Solution:
Trump professes, "Believe
me, I started off with $1 million," in
1975. This is probably true, but overlooks the fact that over the
next ten years Daddy gave him another $13 million.
Indoctrination:
The Tennessee
State Board of Education Standards Recommendation Committee wants to
remove information about Islam – the third largest religion in the
world - from the state's middle school curricula because it isn't
“age-appropriate”.
Achievement:
Donald Trump
was
recognized as “the most improved bigot” on the stage Tuesday
night. He also won the consistency award for his
ongoing misogyny.
A
Parting Shot:
3 comments:
Considering that we evolved to breathe air containing around 180ppm CO2, shouldn't it be 10 out of 10 of us?
First 'ear' of the day goes to paul.
Between farm-out, automation and CHURN [the practice of replacing high cost workers with lower paid ones] the working class has been abandoned by both the unions and the politicians while under relentless attack by the 1 %
Given the exponential increase in the cost of living, EVERYBODY below the level of the now non-existant 'middle manager' has been using 'easy credit' to make ends meet...to the point of borrowing against their houses in order to pay off their maxed out credit cards! When the bottom fell out from under the Real Estate bubble, people tapped their retirement accounts.
Now we are at 'crunch time' and people have nothing left.
Think things are 'tough' now? Wait a couple of years when they start stacking the dead on the street corners.
Put a fork in it! Capitalism is 'cooked', we need meaningful change NOW!
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