Tag Archives: Global Warming

I’m too busy to blog properly tonight, but can someone please explain to me how lowering taxes prevents hurricanes?

By Mark | September 13, 2017

Let me help you out this that, @realDonaldTrump. Here's what I think you meant to say. pic.twitter.com/fP3n6EDCOa — Mark Maynard (@MarkAMaynard) September 13, 2017 Yes, in case you missed it, the top tweet, minus my suggested edits, of course, really was sent out by Donald Trump today. Apparently, what we all saw play out across […]

Posted in Education, energy, Environment | Also tagged Bob Mercer, Climate Change, Donald Trump, FEMA, global climate change, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, hurricanes, Koch brothers, lies, OCED, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, post-truth, tax policy, taxes | 7 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, drought, Florida, 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

Hurricane Harvey has taken me to a dark place

By Mark | August 29, 2017

I think I’m suffering from outrage overload. I just don’t want to write about anything anymore. There’s too much that needs to be said, and I have too little time, energy and talent to do it justice. I find myself just sitting here, staring at my screen, paralyzed by the thought that, as soon as […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged baseball caps, dams, Donal Trump, end times, fishing for praise, flooding, floods, global climate change, high heels, Houston, Hurricane Harvey, infrastructure, John Cornyn, MAGA, Melania Trump, natural disasters, On Tyranny, Robert Mueller, self-serving, Texas, zoning | 78 Comments

Follow the money… And keep an eye on the sanctions… The quid pro quo at the heart of the the relationship between the Trump administration and the government of Vladamir Putin is finally beginning to emerge

By Mark | June 2, 2017

Earlier today, as Trump was formally bringing an end to the era of American global leadership by backing out of the Paris accord over the protests of environmentalists, business leaders and world leaders alike, some significant things were happening in the investigation into the quid pro quo at the heart of the relationship between the […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Ben Cardin, Christopher Steele, collusion, Donald Trump, dossier, Gary Cohn, global climate change, James Comey, Jared Kushner, Jef Sessions, Lindsay Graham, Magnitsky Act., Maxine Waters, Mayflower Hotel, Michael Flynn, Obama, Paris Accord, Rosneft, Russia, sanctions, Sergei Lavrov, Sergey Gorkov, Sergey Kislyak, State Department, Vladimir Putin, Vnesheconombank | 15 Comments

Tim Walberg: If climate change is real, God will “take care of it”

By Mark | June 1, 2017

Yes, it’s true. It looks as though Trump is getting ready to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement tomorrow. There’s no reason for alarm, though. According to Michigan Congressman Tim Walberg we don’t need to act on the recommendations of the international scientific community, as God will see us through. “I believe […]