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 […]
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Make America Rake Again
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, drought, empathy fail, EPA, Finland, fires, forests, forrest management, global warming denial, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Make America Rake Again, Nancy Pelosi, Noah Diffenbaugh, Orange County, Paris Accord, pleasure, prescribed burns, raking, Sauli Niinistö, snowpack, U.S. Forest Service, wildfires, Woolsey Fire 18 Comments
“Calling all John Galts in Georgia”
I don’t want to make light of the tragedy taking place in Georgia right now, but I couldn’t help but chuckle at this Daily Kos post asking for principled teabaggers to stand up for what they believe in and demand that the federal government not intrude into their personal lives by providing emergency aid. I […]
Posted in Environment, Politics Also tagged Atlanta, Ayn Rand, emergency aid, federal aid, flooding, Georgia, government is never the answer, hypocrisy, John Galt, Katrina, Neal Boortz, New Orleans, radio, rugged individualism, Sonny Perdue, the great troll war, trolls 6 Comments