March 18, 2019
As Republican’ts, now under the (probably lift-augmented) boot of their malignant mob boss Donald Chrump, continue their greed-driven assault on the environment, others persist in their fight to hold back the forces of filth. While many Democrats attempt to bring America a Green New Deal, Republican’ts continue their relentless pursuit of total environmental destruction.
In 2017 Chrump and former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke – who left office under an ominous cumulonimbus cloud of 18 investigations – perpetrated the largest public lands protection rollback in modern American history. They ignored sovereign tribes’ claims of sacred lands, public opinion, and jeopardized the health and lives of local communities.
Rep. Rob
Bishop (R-UT) told reporters that for those who live in the west, the ideas in
the Green New Deal “are tantamount to genocide.” Bishop added, “That may be an
overstatement, but not by a whole lot.”
Bishop, second only to Mike Pence as the whitest person in America
explained his credibility saying, “I’m an ethnic.”
If Only it Was the Other Kind of Club
The cover story of the latest Sierra Club magazine, “Animals are Smarter Than You Think,” provided yet more evidence rebutting the idea that only humans have what we call intelligence. Sure, we are the only ones capable of creating massive pollution and other forms of environmental destruction sufficient to eradicate our very presence on this otherwise finely tuned, beautiful planet, but other species have their own gifts and skills.
According to the article, “This research highlights an intriguing possibility: Could it be that much of North America is populated by hundreds of thousands of exceptionally intelligent nonhuman beings?” This would be very fortunate as the number of even basically intelligent human beings appears to be dwindling.
Magazines often release multiple versions of covers for special issues. Sierra Club (or someone) made two versions of their latest issue.
The cover story of the latest Sierra Club magazine, “Animals are Smarter Than You Think,” provided yet more evidence rebutting the idea that only humans have what we call intelligence. Sure, we are the only ones capable of creating massive pollution and other forms of environmental destruction sufficient to eradicate our very presence on this otherwise finely tuned, beautiful planet, but other species have their own gifts and skills.
According to the article, “This research highlights an intriguing possibility: Could it be that much of North America is populated by hundreds of thousands of exceptionally intelligent nonhuman beings?” This would be very fortunate as the number of even basically intelligent human beings appears to be dwindling.
Magazines often release multiple versions of covers for special issues. Sierra Club (or someone) made two versions of their latest issue.
The original cover, aimed at the environmentally friendly population
In August 2018, following Sweden’s hottest summer ever, that country’s 15
year-old Greta Thunberg protested at the parliament to get politicians to act
on climate crisis. Thunberg’s
solo protest was the catalyst for the Youth Climate Strike movement. Following Thunberg’s lead, the movement
comprises young people skipping school in favor of putting their bodies where
their mouths are. Brings to mind another
great fighter for social change:
“There is a time when the
operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that
you can't take part. You can't even passively take part! And you've got to put
your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the
apparatus, and you've got to make it stop! And you've got to indicate to the people
who run it, to the people who own it — that unless you're free, the machine
will be prevented from working at all!”
Mario Savio - University of California, Berkeley Dec 2,
1964
Thunberg’s solo protest saw her sitting
quietly on the cobblestones outside parliament in central Stockholm every day
for two weeks instead of going to school.
The Swedish teen said school was a waste of time, “What am I going to
learn in school? Facts don’t matter anymore, politicians aren’t listening to
the scientists, so why should I learn?”
Outside the parliament building Thunberg handed out leaflets saying, “I
am doing this because you adults are shitting on my future.” She stated, “I am doing this because nobody
else is doing anything. It is my moral responsibility to do what I can. I want the politicians to prioritize the
climate question, focus on the climate and treat it like a crisis.”
SCHOOL STRIKE THE CLIMATE: Greta Thunberg, starting good trouble
Greta Thunberg has been nominated for the Nobel
peace prize, on the eve of the Youth Climate Strike’s biggest single day of
global action yet, which ultimately brought young people to some 1700 locations
in more than 100 countries on March 15th.
I. Mangrey
replacing. The kids are alright. Whew.
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