Sep 192024
 

Ahoy, me hearties (today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.) Yesterday, I deliberately went looking for climate news becuse I wantedto use tis cartoon today. I realize that sounds pretty shallow. But it is true that the climate is getting pushed out of the news in favor of violence and other stupidities. And not finding any climate-related news in my ususal sources made me more aware that more attention needs to be paid to it. It’s enough to make a pirate say Aaarrrgh! And I may do it again before the election, though that’s not a promise.

The AP could not resist putting a few beautiful photos in among the more obviously disastrous ones in this photo-essay. But it’s still quite eye-opening. Something else that is eye-opening is that herein Colorado we are starting to have climate refugees who have been our neighbors. At 5000 feet ablove sea level, it’s not from sea level rise, nor is it from flooding, or heavy snowfall (which quite reasonably might happen here, as evaporation puts more water into the air. The last two blizzards here were IMO caused by that.) It is related to dryness though. There’s a fire in Larimer County (where Virgil grew up) which has taken a lot of homes and displaced a lot of people. Our wildfire seasons are not as bad as California’s yet, but we are headed that way.

And Reuters has a potpourri of snippet articles, some of which are as devastating as some of the pictures from the AP. Fortunately that’s not true of all of them.

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Jul 022024
 

Yesterday, SCROTUS released more decisions, and JOyce Vance is going to have a lot to say. So are others – most everyone I subcribe to on Substack and also many others. And I’m sure all of you will also have opinions. It may take me a while, but I’ll share a few evemntually which I consider the best thought out and worded.

It’s always possible that our altitude might exacerbate this effect (the lowest point in Colorado is between 3000 and 4000 feet. It’s in some riverbed.) But I doubt that accounts for all of these effects. I’d recommend not living near an oil well in any state.

A DU member who received a somewhat detailed summary of the Biden/Harris team’s response to the debate reactions posted it in full. It should be somewhat reassuring. Here it is.

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Sep 162023
 

Glenn Kirschner – Judge McAfee rules that defendants Powell & Chesebro will go to trial in October but Trump will not

The Lincoln Project – Plowing With Pence

Thom Hartmann – Big Oil Killed The Richest People on the Planet To Steal & Got Away With it w/ Greg Palast

Puppet Regime – Bolsonaro banned from flying too!

Elderly shelter cat had weeks to live. So this woman adopted him.

Beau – Let’s talk about rhetoric and reality….

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Jul 162023
 

Glenn Kirschner – Trump files brief in Georgia Supreme Court demanding they STOP DA Fani Willis from indicting him

The Lincoln Project – Blood in the Water

Talking Feds – Merrick Garland’s RARE Appeal of January 6th Sentences in BAD NEWS for Trump

MSNBC – Rep. Raskin: Trump’s devolved GOP into ‘authoritarian cult’

Hyperobject Industries – A Love Letter from Darth to Exxon

Rescue Kittens Love To Ride Around On Dad’s Shoulders

Beau – Let’s talk about Biden’s briefing booboo…. πŸ˜€

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Aug 162021
 

Glenn Kirschner – Trump’s Unabated Crime Wave Continues: Threatens Officer Who Protected the US Capitol on Jan. 6

Now This News – London’s Stuck Tower Bridge Inspires Social Media Jokes

The Republican Accountability Project – The New McCarthyism

Ring of Fire – Anti Vax Nurse Investigated For Injecting Patients With Saline Instead Of COVID Vaccine (No words – and the only picture which comes to mind is not just NSFW, it’s NSFPP)

Liberal Redneck – Tennessee’s Turn to Dumb

Rocky Mountain Mike – Hooked On Their Stealing (another favorite of mine – earworm, here we come!

Beau – Let’s talk about Biden’s message to OPEC, foreign policy, and oil…. (I could not keep a straight face through the whole thing – in fact I laughed out loud twice.)

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Jun 092021
 

Glenn Kirschner – DOJ Holds Press Conference on Colonial Pipeline Case – Remains Silent on Insurrection Investigation (Glenn’s frustration is showing – not least in that he [I assume accidentally] allowed his ending to also start this video.)

Meidas touch – We saw this ad when it posted to their YouTube channel – I of course included it in this thread at the time. Now push has come to shove.

The Lincoln Project – Trump’s North Carolina Speech In 70 Seconds

Lakota Peoples Law – latset DAPL decision (not good)

Jim Acosta – Mar-a-Lagoville. He does have a way with words.

Rob Rogers – Race Massacres

Beau – Let’s talk about Trump running for the House and the speaker’s bargain….

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Feb 172020
 

I want to rest all I can today, because tomorrow is shove a camera down my throat day.  Please expect only a Personal Update.  By the time WWWendy gets me home it will be supper time.  Depending on how I feel I may or may not be able to publish Wednesday.  I’ll update you as soon as I can.  Oh God, it’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:56 (average 5:27).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

This is how white supremacists used to steal elections.

Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: Trump’s newest Medal of Freedom winner was apparently terribly concerned about presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg kissing his husband on stage during an ugly rant on his radio show last week, where he said this during his attack on the former mayor’s sexuality:

Now, there may be some Democrats who think that is the ticket. There may be some Democrats who think that’s exactly what we need to do, Rush. Get a gay guy kissing his husband on stage, to ram it down Trump’s throat and beat him in the general election. Really. Having fun envisioning that.

Buttigieg was asked if he wanted to respond to Limbaugh’s remarks this Sunday by Dana Bash on CNN’s State of the Union:

Now Mayor Pete is not my 1st choice, but when it comes to Rush Limbarf and Republican homophobia, I could not be more on his side.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Slick Lobby: Velshi On How Fossil Fuel Is Buying Your Vote

I’m sure none of my regular readers are falling for this Republican bullshit, but we need to educate others: Corporations are NOT people. Money is NOT speech. Fossil fuels are killing YOU!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): I Think We`re Alone Now – Tommy James & The Shondells


Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

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