The world is getting
greener.
Heresy!
Impossible! CO2 is destroying the world as we know it!
Not
according to this article.
As
carbon dioxide levels have risen, the planet’s green vegetation has
increased by 14 per cent.
So
far, the benefits of global greening have been greater than expected,
while the costs of global warming have been smaller than expected and
the price of reducing carbon dioxide emissions has been higher than
expected. That price is falling more heavily on poor than on rich
people. The evidence suggests that this imbalance will persist for
most of this century, perhaps longer. It is time for a rethink.
Much
more @
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/10/the-world-is-getting-greener-why-does-no-one-want-to-know/
Weekly
Climate and Energy News Roundup #315 @
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/05/13/weekly-climate-and-energy-news-roundup-315/
Number
of the Week: 11.9 million barrels per day (b/d), 220% higher The
Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook
reported: “EIA projects that U.S. crude oil production will average
10.7 million b/d in 2018, up from 9.4 million b/d in 2017, and will
average11.9 million b/d in 2019, 0.4 million b/d higher than forecast
in the April STEO.”
In
2009, the U.S. Crude Oil Production averaged 5.5 million b/d. The
2019 estimate is 220% higher than 2009. In 1977, Haapala was
under a government contract to evaluate the models used to predict
the world would run out of oil and the US out of natural gas around
2000. He reported that the models were incapable of making such
predictions, and why. Global climate models have similar problems.
His report disappeared in the bureaucratic science of the time.
We
are fortunate that independent oil and gas producers did not believe
government models and predictions.
Black Support for
Trump Reaching ‘Danger Zone’ for Democrats
I've
come to totally distrust polls and am solely posting this for the
heck of it. 16% of black males approve of Trump. This is a big deal?
It is when you are told that he only one 10% of black votes in 2016.
Do you think the economy might be playing a role in this?
Here's
the real news:
The
RNC has vastly out-fundraised the DNC. The RNC raised $157.7 million
so far this year and has $42.4 million in cash on hand. By contrast,
the DNC has raised just $79 million in total over the same period,
and just $10.1 million in cash on hand.
More
of this @
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-black-support-reaching-danger-zone-democrats/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Trump's
improved standing, energized GOP voters worry Democrats @
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/trump-s-improved-standing-energized-gop-voters-worry-democrats-1.526939
"It's
the economy, stupid!"
An Impotent Congress
This
should actually say, "An Impotent Senate." Since Senators
are no longer directly answerable to their home state legislatures,
they tend to grandstand for their own political gains. Arcane rules
allow individual Senators to block action on a wide variety of
matters. Therefore, little if anything ever gets done.
Consider
how the Senate typically deals with controversial bills today.
Instead of a deliberative and unpredictable process in which its
members debate competing ideas, party leaders direct a stage-managed
process designed explicitly to create the appearance of genuine
deliberation on the Senate floor without its unpredictability. Doing
so may make life easier for members in both parties. But that
convenience also makes the minority more powerful than it would
otherwise be if the Senate adhered to its rules. And, paradoxically,
it also makes it easier for the leadership of both parties to limit
the ability of individual senators in the minority from participating
in the legislative process in the first place.
The
article then presents several example of Senate dysfunction @ http://www.libertylawsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/AdobeStock_120430261-1024x680.jpeg
GOP Trying to Pass
Farm Bill
Many
claim H.R.
2 is "controversial because it requires all able-bodied
adults between the age of 18 and 59 to work at least 20 hours per
week in order to qualify for food stamps. [There is no summary of the
bill yet but the full text is at the above link]
The
bill was introduced in April and reported out of committee May 3. The
report is @
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/115th-congress/house-report/661/1?overview=closed
I
know that somewhere out there are posters who are willing to dig
through the verbage to come up with nuggets of what it's all about. I
would love to read them.
Original
article @
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/gop-farm-bill-mike-conaway-work-program/2018/05/13/id/860084/
Is North Korea's
Nuclear Program Dead?
Makes
one wonder. As this article points out, NK has spent decades seeking
to become a nuclear power, turning down investments and starving its
people.
Why
give it all up now?
We
are supposed to believe that upon achieving nuclear capabilities, as
well as developing intercontinental ballistic missiles, North Korea
has had a sudden change of heart because it wants investments and
food?
Regardless
of what readers make think of Kim Jong Un's mental state, he is a
logical man who makes rational decisions. Do not confuse his reign of
terror for madness. It is the opposite. The devil is cold-hearted and
cunning.
The
complex has collapsed and Kim's nuke program with it.
Is McCain Finally
Losing It?
And
this video of McCain RIPPING apart a woman reporter with an
f-bomb-assault simply because she asked a question. This @
http://truthfeed.com/video-watch-john-mccain-cuss-out-and-viciously-attack-a-female-reporter-who-asks-a-question/29050/
Ex-Senator who
called for gun control gets 5 years in prison for weapons trafficking
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Hypocrisy,
thy name is Democrat.
Former
California Sen. Leland Yee was sentenced to five years in prison on
Wednesday for accepting bribes and trafficking in arms.
Throughout
Yee’s political career, he was a staunch gun control advocate, the
Washington Post reported.
Nowhere
in this article does it mention his party affiliation @
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2018/05/ex-senator-who-called-for-gun-control-gets-5-years-in-prison-for-weapons-trafficking/
White House Leakers
Try to Explain Why They Do It
I
personally think leaks are next to treasonous. But, they happen in
every administration and almost everywhere in government and
industry. We just don't hear much about them from sources the media
finds favor with. How many from the Obama administration did the
media report?
So,
why do they do it? Here are some "unnamed" explainers.
“The
most common substantive leaks are the result of someone losing an
internal policy debate,” a anonymous senior administration official
told Axios. “By leaking the decision, the loser gets one last
chance to kill it with blowback from the public, Congress, or even
the president.”
Working
in the White House to “kind of like being in a never-ending
‘Mexican Standoff,” the aide reportedly said.
“Everyone
has guns (leaks) pointed at each other and it’s only a matter of
time before someone shoots. There’s rarely a peaceful conclusion so
you might as well shoot first,” the official added.
Other
officials attributed the spilling of administration secrets to
“personal vendettas” or “to make sure there’s an accurate
record of what’s really going on” in the West Wing.
New Yorkers Have to
be Told Not to Feed the Rats
You
gotta be kidding me! They're really that dumb.
Seems
they'd rather blame de Blasio for not having the trash picked up more
often. Some residents say the move only shows how City Hall is a
Mickey Mouse operation.
Which
it surely is.
More
about this @
https://nypost.com/2018/05/13/lousy-anti-rat-campaign-reminds-new-yorkers-not-to-feed-rodents/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow
Minnesota Somalis:
You’re old and we are taking over
Yeah.
It's coming and many stand idly by while it's happening. Don't
mistake for an instant that they mean what they say.
“Get
with the program, miss. We are here to stay. We never left our Somali
heritage or culture. That’s what America is missing. Please stop
forcing us to your ways. You’re old and have very old ideas. Get
with the program. I’m trying to have my son to be the first Muslim
black governor of the state of Minnesota in next 20 years. He’s
gonna run as a Democrat. Oh, and on those upgrades at Cedar
Riverside. They better give us those upgrades and changes if the
Mayor wants to earn our votes. Or else we can always get another
Mayor next time around. You see how being an American works? I told
you lady please get with the program because Somalis are the latest
addition to black folks.
Why
should we assimilate? Do you know how stupid you sound? Guess what?
We’re here to stay and will transform America for the better. Get
that through your thick, ignorant skull. You need to see a doctor.
It’s inevitable that Somalis will be taking over and there isn’t
anything you can do about it. Again, what’s wrong with Somalis
taking over? It is inevitable! This land doesn’t belong to either
of us. It is our time to populate it and rule it. Go back to Europe
or wherever you’re from if you don’t like it.”
"American
People Have Enough of Trump-Bashing."
You
will never, ever guess who said this!
Yeah,
right! The same so-called comedian who trashes Trump every night on
his show.
Since
Trump was elected president, Kimmel has spent much of his comedic
airtime attacking Trump, his family, and members of his
administration. Prominent examples include describing Trump as
“mentally ill” and mocking his wife Melania Trump’s Slovenian
accent.
“So,
I don’t know, I don’t know how much focus there will be on that.
I think people have had an ass-full of Donald Trump, and I feel like
the upfront is a time to look within and make fun of ourselves,”
Kimmel said of his comedy routine for the annual event that sees
major advertisers gather to purchase airtime on networks, like ABC,
ahead of the summer and fall TV seasons.
Kimmel
went on to say that although his upcoming routine will not be a
“Trump-free zone,” it will not be so focused on events in and
around the White House.
“Well,
I can’t imagine that it will be entirely Trump free, but I’m not
planning on that to be my focus,” he said. “Already I’m seeing
a lot of other things to point out, to make fun of.”
Much
more @
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/05/13/jimmy-kimmel-american-people-enough-trump-bashing/
What?
Frisco
ex-May Brown says, "Stop Bashing President Trump." @
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/05/13/san-francisco-ex-mayor-brown-stop-bashing-trump/
I'm
gonna have a heart attack.
Is Wikileaks Founder
Going to be Turned over to UK? US?
He's
been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy for six years.
In
March, the Ecuadorian government cut Assange’s phone and Internet
contact with the outside world and barred his friends and supporters
from visiting him.
The
Ecuadorian authorities explained their action by stating that
“Assange’s behavior, through his messages on social media, put at
risk good relations this country has with the UK, the rest of the EU
and other nations.”
Putting
Assange on trial for espionage is a priority according to AG
Sessions.
Securing the
US/Mexico Border is a Monumental Task
How
many of us have actually seen the border? When I was stationed in
Texas many years ago, I frequently visited border towns. I'm sure a
lot has change since then. I've recently crossed the border in
California so have seen what's there. But, much of the rest is a big
blank.
San
Ysidro/Tijuana
Sonora
Desert in Arizona
Near
Deming, N.M.
Along
the Rio Grande River in Texas
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