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No news to report from the Bali climate conference

Over the course of the last two weeks, nothing has happened at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia. Negotiations haven’t occurred. There have been no heated policy debates....

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Quotabull: "We shouldn't have to give employers complete control over our...

You get used to listening to that Alvin and the Chipmunks voice. — New York state Gov. David Paterson, who is legally blind, on the special tape recorder he uses to listen to long articles or books...

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The Weekly Carboholic: U.S. consumer choices control U.S. carbon emissions

U.S. consumer choices control U.S. carbon emissions The financial bailout will affect how the world addresses global heating Arctic ocean may absorb more CO2 Scientists don’t know what fewer sunspots...

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A Qom bomb? No, but a seismic shock from Iran

THE DEPROLIFERATOR — President Obama’s appearance at the United Nations this week was intended as a show with a sideshow. First, he became the first U.S. president to chair an “extraordinary” session...

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UN Secretariat knew COP15 wouldn't hit 450ppm CO2, 2°C target

The pledged cuts to carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) won’t be enough to hit the targeted 450 ppm of CO2 thought to be necessary to keep the Earth’s mean temperature from rising...

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Nota Bene #101: Your Pal, Mike S.

“The guys who are shooting films now are technically brilliant, but there’s no content in their films. I marvel at what I see and wish I could have done a shot like that. But shots are secondary for my...

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Nota Bene #102: Dancing Limbaughs

“What they really want to see is, they want you to chop your fucking arm off, hold up your arm, wave it around spewing blood, and believe me, if you did that, the crowd would go fucking ballistic. You...

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Faux Pause: climate contrarians lose favorite talking point

by Greg Laden In an ongoing effort to discredit mainstream climate science, climate contrarians have incorrectly asserted that there is a “pause” in the rate of global warming. This was never true,...

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Donald Trump is a fascist, Part One

Why Donald Trump is a fascist, part one of an eight part essay. Fascism according to a definition acquired during a college class in 1994. Continue reading →

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Donald threatens nuclear war against North Korea at the UN

Is it just me, or did Donald threaten to nuke 25 million North Koreans yesterday, before the UN, a body created specifically to reduce the risk of a nuclear World War III?

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Horrible things said and done by Donald and his Administration – September 2017

September 2017 saw Donald and his minions say or do at least 112 horrible things.

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Donald Trump is still a fascist – Part 2 (update)

Since taking office, Donald has become noticeably more fascist (in an authentic 1930's, Benito Mussolini way), at least according to the characteristics that historian of fascism Stanley G. Payne...

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