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Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.

5 (45.5%)

A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.

5 (45.5%)

A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.

0 (0%)

More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.

0 (0%)

A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.

1 (9.1%)

More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.

0 (0%)

DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.

0 (0%)

Huge disruption to the day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM

[bambu.]

“Australia had its hottest and driest year on record in 2019. Butler puts the blame squarely on humans, who he says have not respected the Earth, mismanaging the land and continuing to burn fossil fuels.

"I think this is a wake-up call not only for Australia but for the rest of the world. You cannot just destroy the land. You cannot destroy what keeps you alive."

Butler's father told him a long time ago, he says, that the white man may have to destroy himself in order to save himself. Butler is worried that may be coming true.”



https://www.npr.org/2020/01/11/795224932/with-their-land-in-flames-aboriginals-warn-fires-show-deep-problems-in-australia

Hottest Australian day was I believe about 80 years ago

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/why-aboriginal-planners-say-the-bush-needs-to-burn/ar-BBYT84j?li=BBTgOZ0&OCID=AVRES000

Why Aboriginal planners say the bush 'needs to burn'

For thousands of years, the Indigenous people of Australia set fire to the land.

[LarryBnDC]

“Australia had its hottest and driest year on record in 2019. Butler puts the blame squarely on humans, who he says have not respected the Earth, mismanaging the land and continuing to burn fossil fuels.

"I think this is a wake-up call not only for Australia but for the rest of the world. You cannot just destroy the land. You cannot destroy what keeps you alive."

Butler's father told him a long time ago, he says, that the white man may have to destroy himself in order to save himself. Butler is worried that may be coming true.”



https://www.npr.org/2020/01/11/795224932/with-their-land-in-flames-aboriginals-warn-fires-show-deep-problems-in-australia

Hottest Australian day was I believe about 80 years ago

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/why-aboriginal-planners-say-the-bush-needs-to-burn/ar-BBYT84j?li=BBTgOZ0&OCID=AVRES000

Why Aboriginal planners say the bush 'needs to burn'

For thousands of years, the Indigenous people of Australia set fire to the land.

Yeah, but they know how to do it.

Aboriginal people have generations of knowledge about managing the landscape on this continent, but Butler says they're ignored by public officials who rely on the massive controlled burns, known as back-burns. Butler says cool burns target specific areas and even specific plants, while the current methods destroy everything in their paths.

There has been a torrent of criticism over the blazes. This week, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmons, defended the tactic. The clearly frustrated commissioner declared, "We are not environmental bastards," saying that the burns are necessary to try to cutback the amount fuel available for the next blaze.

But Butler believes the current methods aren't working. Fires have been burning across Australia for months, destroying more than 17 million acres of land.

[kiidcarter8]

Even then, it only reduces hazards: "With the recent catastrophic conditions of humidity and high winds, nothing could stop these fires."



yep

natural disaster

[LarryBnDC]

Even then, it only reduces hazards: "With the recent catastrophic conditions of humidity and high winds, nothing could stop these fires."



yep

natural disaster

Ostrich

[barton]

Killing your enemies, if it's done badly, increases their number . . .

That was someone's tagline at the old forum.  A great one.   Can anyone remember whose?  Was it Dzimas?

[barton]

Chidren taken from their parents. "LOL!" says Ward.
Blocked legal asylum applications. "LOL!" says Ward.
Sexual assault. "LOL!" says Ward.
Violations of the Constitution. "LOL!" says Ward.

Nitrous oxide addiction is no laughing matter.

[barton]

Dry Australia?
No worries...just build another 7 desalination plants for Sydney, and build others all around the coastline...and pipe the water inland.

Hot Australia?
No worries...just build some new coal-fired [the emissions are reportedly very low] power stations to run aircon...until someone invents batteries to store solar energy.

Someone did.  What's needed are tax incentives to help grow the solar industry.   There are actually multiple storage technologies available, not just batteries.

[luee]

illegal aliens are unconstitutional?

The Fragility of Immigrants’ Constitutional Protections
Recent cases have claimed that our founding document doesn’t defend noncitizens—even on American soil.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/fragility-of-immigrants-constitutional-protections/601486/

[barton]

Booker drops out.  One less of the "killer B's" in the race (Bernie, Biden, Buttigieg, 'Buchar...).  I'm torn between Buchar and Bernie, at this point, so I can see them together on the ticket.  I could see either as top of the ticket, but I think Bernie due to his age has only one shot at potus and one good term if his ticker holds out.  So age before beauty.

[oilcan]

Bloomers doesn't get on the list until he eats a corn dog.

Meanwhile, Bambu spotted foraging for free produce in the national park, kicking wallabies out of his way....

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-bushfires-wildlife/koalas-wallabies-endangered-by-australia-bushfires-ecological-disaster-idUSKBN1ZC0DS?il=0

In a mission dubbed Operation Rock Wallaby, national park staff used helicopters to air drop thousands of kilos of carrots and sweet potatoes to brush-tailed rock wallabies in remote areas of New South Wales state.

“The provision of supplementary food is one of the key strategies we are deploying to promote the survival and recovery of endangered species like the brush-tailed rock wallaby,” NSW environment minister Matt Kean said.

“The wallabies typically survive the fire itself, but are then left stranded with limited natural food as the fire takes out the vegetation around their rocky habitat.”

[barton]

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00376-020-9283-7.pdf

Details and data on warming oceans.  No partisan spin - just the study in a peer-reviewed science journal. 

[Hairy Lime]

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00376-020-9283-7.pdf

Details and data on warming oceans.  No partisan spin - just the study in a peer-reviewed science journal.

The entire concept of "peer review" is an elitist liberal plot. The conclusions of a few accountants,  retirees, housewives and middle managers, armed with unverified internet articles written by laymen five years ago, or radio host opinions, is better than all your stupid "scientists" and their "scientifically verifiable" studies!

[REDSTATEWARD]

Cory Booker officially dropped out of the democrat presidential race today.
He was still in it?

[kiidcarter8]

Yeah - the bumfuks kept Cory and Yang off the stage for the next debate.  Sad.  More good ideas the better

[facilitatorn]

More good ideas are better

http://lincolnproject.us/news/magachurch-release/