Mark Maynard | drought

Is Putin right when he says that “Western-style liberalism” is “obsolete”?

By Mark | June 29, 2019

It’s difficult to look beyond Trump, as he demands so much of our attention, and rightfully so, but the issue we’re facing right now is far bigger than him. We live in a time of great uncertainty and fear, and people, not just in America, but across the globe, are beginning to gravitate toward authoritarianism. […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged America First, anti-immigrant, armageddon, authoritarianism, border security, border wall, Climate Change, concentration camps, dictators, Donald Trump, Donald Tusk, European Council, famine, fear, fear mongering, G20, global climate change, Global Warming, human rights, immigration, Ivanka Trump, Jamal Khashoggi, Japan, Kim Jong Un, legitimizing dictators, liberalism, Mohammed bin Salman, NATO, North Korea, oligarchs, Osaka, Pearl Harbor, Russia, Saudi Arabia, southern border, The Origins of Totalitarianism, threats to journalists, Vladimir Putin, western civilization | 213 Comments

Make America Rake Again

By Mark | November 19, 2018

As of right now, 76 people are known to have died in the drought-stricken Sierra foothills of Northern California, where a wildfire, dubbed “Camp Fire,” has been burning for 10 days. As 1,276 people are still unaccounted for, this number is expected to rise considerably over the coming days, as the smoldering remains of over […]

Posted in energy, Environment, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Schiff, Andrew Wheeler, Ben Santer, Brian Rice, California, California Professional Firefighters Association, Camp Fire, Climate Change, coal, cruelty, Department of the Interior, Donald Trump, empathy fail, EPA, Finland, fires, forests, forrest management, global warming denial, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Make America Rake Again, Nancy Pelosi, natural disaster, Noah Diffenbaugh, Orange County, Paris Accord, pleasure, prescribed burns, raking, Sauli Niinistö, snowpack, U.S. Forest Service, wildfires, Woolsey Fire | 18 Comments

With our second “500 year” storm in three weeks gathering off the coast of Florida, it’s time to accept the reality of climate change, finally hold the GOP accountable for their lies, and take decisive action

By Mark | September 6, 2017

As I write this, there are three hurricanes working their way westward across the Atlantic. They are; Katia, Irma, and Jose. Irma, the one that appears to be the most deadly of the three at the moment, has maintained a sustained windspeed of 185 miles an hour for over 24 hours now, breaking all known […]

Posted in Environment, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-science, Atlantic Ocean, Barbuda, big oil, carbon, class action, Climate Change, coastal real estate, Confederate statue, crimes against humanity, Donald Trump, Florida, Global Warming, global warming denial, Houston, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, hurricanes, Jim Bridenstine, lies, Miami, Mitch McConnell, NASA, Puerto Rico, renewable energy, severe weather, St. Martin, those anti-science Republicans, Turks and Caicos Islands | 78 Comments

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Is Putin right when he says that “Western-style liberalism” is “obsolete”?

Make America Rake Again

With our second “500 year” storm in three weeks gathering off the coast of Florida, it’s time to accept the reality of climate change, finally hold the GOP accountable for their lies, and take decisive action

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