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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Think you're crowded in LA? It's a record population hike - MyNewsLA.com
Think you're crowded in LA? It's a record population hike - MyNewsLA.com
Wow, but not wow. Is LA sustainable? Quality of life, water use, traffic, livability?
#lasustainable #notwhatitusedtobe
Wow, but not wow. Is LA sustainable? Quality of life, water use, traffic, livability?
#lasustainable #notwhatitusedtobe
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Michelle Obama: 'We are gonna be there for the next president' - POLITICO
Michelle Obama: 'We are gonna be there for the next president' - POLITICO
This was a great interview. What a classy lady. We will miss the Obama's terribly.
Taking the high road, being inclusive, working for a clean environment and combating climate change, working for families, being a role model for women and people of color. Really a such a great, great person.
This was a great interview. What a classy lady. We will miss the Obama's terribly.
Taking the high road, being inclusive, working for a clean environment and combating climate change, working for families, being a role model for women and people of color. Really a such a great, great person.
Sunday, December 18, 2016
#AskTheElectors – A tool to email Electoral College members
#AskTheElectors – A tool to email Electoral College members
They vote tomorrow... you can email and tell them your thoughts, even suggest the best candidate to vote for. Maybe one who won the popular vote by a huge margin.
Trump is somewhere between ill-equipped and inappropriate for President and a complete madman. The popular vote was HUGELY in favor of Clinton.
If I were an elector I think I'd have to search my conscience and vote for the candidate who I thought was the best choice for the country.
They vote tomorrow... you can email and tell them your thoughts, even suggest the best candidate to vote for. Maybe one who won the popular vote by a huge margin.
Trump is somewhere between ill-equipped and inappropriate for President and a complete madman. The popular vote was HUGELY in favor of Clinton.
If I were an elector I think I'd have to search my conscience and vote for the candidate who I thought was the best choice for the country.
The extinction crisis is far worse than you think - CNN.com
The extinction crisis is far worse than you think - CNN.com
"First Cause: Climate Change" My heart breaks open every time I read this, & see what the oil-soaked GOP continues to foist (crookedly & knowingly) on citizens & the environment
"First Cause: Climate Change" My heart breaks open every time I read this, & see what the oil-soaked GOP continues to foist (crookedly & knowingly) on citizens & the environment
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Pipeline rupture spews oil into creek 150 miles from Standing Rock | US news | The Guardian
Pipeline rupture spews oil into creek 150 miles from Standing Rock | US news | The Guardian
SOOOOOO... "...176,000 gallons of crude oil [spilled] into a North Dakota creek, according to the pipeline’s operator, about 150 miles from the site of Standing Rock..."
SOOOOOO, you have to call bullshit to all the apologists and oil-investors who think building the fucking pipeline has no potential repercussions for the people of Standing Rock. Let alone the damage it will continue to do after it's sub-par dirty product is burned and spewed into the air, affecting health and damaging the climate worldwide.
#strandedasset
SOOOOOO... "...176,000 gallons of crude oil [spilled] into a North Dakota creek, according to the pipeline’s operator, about 150 miles from the site of Standing Rock..."
SOOOOOO, you have to call bullshit to all the apologists and oil-investors who think building the fucking pipeline has no potential repercussions for the people of Standing Rock. Let alone the damage it will continue to do after it's sub-par dirty product is burned and spewed into the air, affecting health and damaging the climate worldwide.
#strandedasset
700+ Acres of Ohio's Only National Forest Leased for Fracking
700+ Acres of Ohio's Only National Forest Leased for Fracking
WHAT THE FUCK. This is a national forest, to be preserved for its natural beauty. Not destroyed and strip mined for the short term folly of fossil fuel. WHAT THE FUCK
WHAT THE FUCK. This is a national forest, to be preserved for its natural beauty. Not destroyed and strip mined for the short term folly of fossil fuel. WHAT THE FUCK
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Pledge of Resistance to Donald Trump's Assault on America's Environment, Democracy and Civil Rights
Pledge of Resistance to Donald Trump's Assault on America's Environment, Democracy and Civil Rights
My God.
"It's no accident that he's picked ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson for secretary of state; former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (who has taken $11 million in oil-money donations and sits on the board of the company pushing the Dakota Access Pipeline) to lead the Department of Energy; and Scott Pruitt -- a climate-denier and relentless oil-industry advocate -- to run the Environmental Protection Agency."
My God.
"It's no accident that he's picked ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson for secretary of state; former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (who has taken $11 million in oil-money donations and sits on the board of the company pushing the Dakota Access Pipeline) to lead the Department of Energy; and Scott Pruitt -- a climate-denier and relentless oil-industry advocate -- to run the Environmental Protection Agency."
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Dem. lawmakers: GSA says Trump must give up D.C. hotel stake - POLITICO
Dem. lawmakers: GSA says Trump must give up D.C. hotel stake - POLITICO
Uh, that's pretty clear. See below. At face value too, let's be honest, Trump should get out of the ownership stake in that hotel.
"The new Trump International Hotel sits on federal property and is operated under a 60-year lease issued by GSA, but a provision in the deal prevents any "elected official" from being "admitted to any share or part of this Lease or to any benefit that may arise therefrom."
Uh, that's pretty clear. See below. At face value too, let's be honest, Trump should get out of the ownership stake in that hotel.
"The new Trump International Hotel sits on federal property and is operated under a 60-year lease issued by GSA, but a provision in the deal prevents any "elected official" from being "admitted to any share or part of this Lease or to any benefit that may arise therefrom."
Monday, December 12, 2016
Here’s What America Needs to Know About Trump and Russia - POLITICO Magazine
Here’s What America Needs to Know About Trump and Russia - POLITICO Magazine
" My time as the Pentagon’s Russia-watcher suggests we need much more disclosure, and soon."
" My time as the Pentagon’s Russia-watcher suggests we need much more disclosure, and soon."
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Senators Balk at Tillerson Over Putin Before He’s Nominated - Bloomberg
Senators Balk at Tillerson Over Putin Before He’s Nominated - Bloomberg
Uh, yeah.
"Rubio raises doubts on ‘friend of Vladimir’ for State post
Bipartisan group of senators promise Russia hacking probe"
Uh, yeah.
"Rubio raises doubts on ‘friend of Vladimir’ for State post
Bipartisan group of senators promise Russia hacking probe"
Tillerson choice raises questions of corporate vs. national interest | Reuters
Tillerson choice raises questions of corporate vs. national interest | Reuters
Uh, yeah?
Like a corporate greed monger is the best statesmen the United States has to offer to interface with the rest of the world?
No.
Uh, yeah?
Like a corporate greed monger is the best statesmen the United States has to offer to interface with the rest of the world?
No.
Keith Olbermann on Twitter: "Tillerson, @realDonaldTrump, is one of Putin's whores. Just like you, you disloyal son of a bitch #Flee https://t.co/Y1b8Cvp2Gl"
Keith Olbermann on Twitter: "Tillerson, @realDonaldTrump, is one of Putin's whores. Just like you, you disloyal son of a bitch #Flee https://t.co/Y1b8Cvp2Gl"
So treason is a word that I don't think people take lightly. Wow.
So treason is a word that I don't think people take lightly. Wow.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Lawmakers alarmed Exxon chief could empower Putin
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/rex-tillerson-state-lawmakers-232468
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
Trump team memo on climate change alarms Energy Department staff | Reuters
Trump team memo on climate change alarms Energy Department staff | Reuters
So this is like the McCarthy witch hunt days?
So this is like the McCarthy witch hunt days?
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Trump's pick of Pruitt to run the EPA spells disaster for the environment - LA Times
Trump's pick of Pruitt to run the EPA spells disaster for the environment - LA Times
This is a heinous affront on our collective future. This pick cannot be taken seriously, and needs to be rejected by Democratic and Republican Senators.
Trump must seriously be whacked out on something if he thinks this is kosher, somehow acceptable or can slide by. No, it is not, it is not, and it will not.
@SenSchumer @SenFeinstein @SenJohnMcCain @KamalaHarris Pruitt=prelim EPA choice in abyss. WORST appointment try yet. Antithesis of post -- BLOCK
Tom Udall @SenatorTomUdall 6h6 hours ago
#Trump nominee Scott Pruitt has spent yrs fighting for polluters in court. Not the leader we need at @EPA to ensure #cleanair & #cleanwater
This is a heinous affront on our collective future. This pick cannot be taken seriously, and needs to be rejected by Democratic and Republican Senators.
Trump must seriously be whacked out on something if he thinks this is kosher, somehow acceptable or can slide by. No, it is not, it is not, and it will not.
@SenSchumer @SenFeinstein @SenJohnMcCain @KamalaHarris Pruitt=prelim EPA choice in abyss. WORST appointment try yet. Antithesis of post -- BLOCK
Tom Udall @SenatorTomUdall 6h6 hours ago
#Trump nominee Scott Pruitt has spent yrs fighting for polluters in court. Not the leader we need at @EPA to ensure #cleanair & #cleanwater
Google Says It Will Run Entirely on Renewable Energy in 2017 - The New York Times
Google Says It Will Run Entirely on Renewable Energy in 2017 - The New York Times
Love it. Progress, smart future.
As Tom Steyer said, "Google it: The world's most successful businesses understand that clean energy is the future."
Love it. Progress, smart future.
As Tom Steyer said, "Google it: The world's most successful businesses understand that clean energy is the future."
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
How Do You Believe: A Few GOP with Money in Fossil Fuels, or Facts: 2,300 Leading Scientists Send Trump A Clear Warning: We're Watching You | The Huffington Post
2,300 Leading Scientists Send Trump A Clear Warning: We're Watching You | The Huffington Post
Facts are good. Science is good. Greed and destroying the planet and our atmosphere is bad.
California has one of the strongest economies in the nation... and we've been cutting our greenhouse gas emissions for years....
Note to Trump: get with it.
Facts are good. Science is good. Greed and destroying the planet and our atmosphere is bad.
California has one of the strongest economies in the nation... and we've been cutting our greenhouse gas emissions for years....
Note to Trump: get with it.
Sustainable Happiness! Golden Years: Americans Get Happier in Older Age
Golden Years: Americans Get Happier in Older Age
If you can get there, things get better. Also there's a list state by state of happiness for seniors, ranked....
If you can get there, things get better. Also there's a list state by state of happiness for seniors, ranked....
Monday, December 5, 2016
Yes!!! No Dakota Access Pipeline!!
Fantastic news! Too long in coming.
Beautiful pictures of the day from the Huffington Post here
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders Retweeted Ali Velshi
I appreciate
Michael
Brune Verified account BREAKING: US Army Corp will not grant final
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Two Petitions, One to Obama: STOP the Dakota Access Pipeline and Violence
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-dakota-access-pipeline
https://www.change.org/p/president-barack-obama-shut-down-the-dakota-access-pipeline
The Army Corps of Engineers cited "reduced proximity to residential areas" in the Bismarck routing change and more tellingly calling it a "“high consequence area.” ("In its environmental assessment, the Corps rejected the Bismarck route to protect wells that serve the municipal water supply, according to according to The Bismarck Tribune.") We could play ethics here and say, sure, a more highly populated (albeit white) area is at more jeopardy than a less densely populated area (by the Indian reservations). So while perhaps Snopes is right by saying 'white outcry' did not primarily cause a re-route of the proposed route per se (although I'm sure there was some, either public and/or private outcry that I will not take the time today to find)... even those on the record statements can be seen to assert very plainly and essentially "WE WILL NOT ROUTE IT NEAR OUR POPULATED [WHITE PEOPLE] CITIES but WE WILL TRY TO ROUTE IT OVER TRADITIONAL SACRED INDIAN LANDS AND JUST UPSTREAM FROM THE INDIAN WATER SUPPLY." You can spin that as you'd like. Just imagine being on the Indian Reservation and seeing that unfold.
https://www.change.org/p/president-barack-obama-shut-down-the-dakota-access-pipeline
The Army Corps of Engineers cited "reduced proximity to residential areas" in the Bismarck routing change and more tellingly calling it a "“high consequence area.” ("In its environmental assessment, the Corps rejected the Bismarck route to protect wells that serve the municipal water supply, according to according to The Bismarck Tribune.") We could play ethics here and say, sure, a more highly populated (albeit white) area is at more jeopardy than a less densely populated area (by the Indian reservations). So while perhaps Snopes is right by saying 'white outcry' did not primarily cause a re-route of the proposed route per se (although I'm sure there was some, either public and/or private outcry that I will not take the time today to find)... even those on the record statements can be seen to assert very plainly and essentially "WE WILL NOT ROUTE IT NEAR OUR POPULATED [WHITE PEOPLE] CITIES but WE WILL TRY TO ROUTE IT OVER TRADITIONAL SACRED INDIAN LANDS AND JUST UPSTREAM FROM THE INDIAN WATER SUPPLY." You can spin that as you'd like. Just imagine being on the Indian Reservation and seeing that unfold.
Welcome to the post-truth presidency - The Washington Post
Welcome to the post-truth presidency - The Washington Post
Mother f*er. This hits a nail - Trump's ascendancy - on the head.
Quotes per the amazing Washington Post article
"Oxford Dictionaries last month selected post-truth — “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief” — as the international word of the year, and for good reason."
"The practice of post-truth — untrue assertion piled on untrue assertion — helped get Donald Trump to the White House. The more untruths he told, the more supporters rewarded him for, as they saw it, telling it like it is.
As Politico’s Susan Glasser wrote in a sobering assessment of election coverage for the Brookings Institution, “Even fact-checking perhaps the most untruthful candidate of our lifetime didn’t work; the more news outlets did it, the less the facts resonated.”
"But today we have the conjunction of a president unconstrained by facts with a media environment both siloed into partisan echo chambers and polluted by fake news. This development poses an urgent challenge — for journalism and for democracy."
"... even as... [Obama]... seeks to prove his wisdom an outmoded relic of a pre-post-truth era."
"The journalist’s challenge is not to tire in refuting the torrent of lies."
"The citizen’s challenge is to remain vigilant against the enticing lure of post-truth politics."
Mother f*er. This hits a nail - Trump's ascendancy - on the head.
Quotes per the amazing Washington Post article
"Oxford Dictionaries last month selected post-truth — “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief” — as the international word of the year, and for good reason."
"The practice of post-truth — untrue assertion piled on untrue assertion — helped get Donald Trump to the White House. The more untruths he told, the more supporters rewarded him for, as they saw it, telling it like it is.
As Politico’s Susan Glasser wrote in a sobering assessment of election coverage for the Brookings Institution, “Even fact-checking perhaps the most untruthful candidate of our lifetime didn’t work; the more news outlets did it, the less the facts resonated.”
"But today we have the conjunction of a president unconstrained by facts with a media environment both siloed into partisan echo chambers and polluted by fake news. This development poses an urgent challenge — for journalism and for democracy."
"... even as... [Obama]... seeks to prove his wisdom an outmoded relic of a pre-post-truth era."
"The journalist’s challenge is not to tire in refuting the torrent of lies."
"The citizen’s challenge is to remain vigilant against the enticing lure of post-truth politics."
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