Hot Air Climate News Roundup
Submitted by magiamma on Thu, 11/14/2019 - 5:43am
Something to keep in mind…
The fossil fuel industry
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wants to solve the Climate Crisis
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by using more fossil fuel.
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The fossil fuel industry
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wants to solve the Climate Crisis
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by using more fossil fuel.
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Denying people medical care as a way of crushing Cuba
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 11/13/2019 - 7:54pmSince 1963 Cuba has been exporting its doctors to third world nations around the world.
There are currently over 50,000 Cuban doctors working in 67 countries. Cuba takes health care seriously. These are high quality doctors. Life expectancy in Cuba is higher than in the U.S. despite our embargo.
D.C. Police attempted to arrest Medea Benjamin Updated
Submitted by snoopydawg on Wed, 11/13/2019 - 3:59pmThis is INSANE!
The Evening Blues - 11-13-19
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 11/13/2019 - 3:31pm
11/13 Open Thread: Happiness is a Chore and a Fraud
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 11/13/2019 - 5:00am-
Someone forgot to blame Russia
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 11:27pmRussia is behind everything bad in the world. They are under every bed, behind every bush.
So it was a huge oversight when a coup happened in Bolivia and no one blamed Russia.
Hillary is inching closer to jumping into the race
Submitted by snoopydawg on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 5:02pmHillary Clinton: "I'm under enormous pressure' to run in 2020"
Sane humans: "No, you're not."https://t.co/dQC4GrmITh
— Stephanie Voltolin (@SAVoltolin) November 12, 2019
Britain's election and Labour's thin ray of hope
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 4:56pmThe polls for next month's general election do not currently look good.
Labour is far behind.
However, there are reasons to hold out some hope.
Reason #1: Look at the last election.
The Evening Blues - 11-12-19
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 2:45pm"The Super Wealthy Have No Country"
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 2:38pmThis is a quote from Dylan Ratigan who Jimmy Dore recently interviewed. Dore posted the video below on November 11. I thought of trying to summarize the contents of this video, but it is so packed with information, that it is almost impossible to do it justice.
The Bolivian Coup is as bad as we feared
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 1:30pmFormer Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived in Mexico City today. He fled for his life and is now in exile.
So guess who was one of the first people to enter the presidential palace?
We Need a Tough, Smart Woman to Vote For
Submitted by Wally on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 8:52amAh, the joys of identity politics.
Elizabeth Warren is getting hammered for the response she made on Monday when asked by a voter about how to get men to vote for a woman for president:
https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1194098778548117508
Elizabeth Warren on getting men to vote for a woman: "How about we give them a tough smart woman to vote for" https://t.co/e0ZqY5GI67 pic.twitter.com/ZzFNcpnWMF
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 12, 2019
Imagine insinuating that Hillary wasn't/isnt a tough, smart woman! Just look at the indignation and anger in those responses!!
Tuesday Open Thread ~ The Incredible Shrinking Waistline
Submitted by Anja Geitz on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 2:38am~
“If I hired one of the stock boys to chase me around the store with a licorice whip, I'd be thin by Christmas.” ~ Jennette Fulda
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Inflation Inequality
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 11/11/2019 - 10:15pmThere's our alarming income inequality. There's the even more dangerous wealth inequality.
And then there's the almost totally hidden inflation inequality, which until now wasn't even acknowledged.
"But private care provides options when the public system can't"
Submitted by Le Frog on Mon, 11/11/2019 - 7:55pmThis is an open letter to an Andrew Yang supporter I stumbled upon on Reddit. You wrote the above as part of a larger comment on why Bernie Sanders and Medicare4All won't work. You broke my heart and made me cry, and you deserve a response. Pull up a chair.
