Displaying 0 To 0 Of 0 Comments Why Obama Can’t Be a Magic Genie on Egypt CL – Apparently there is also some agreement that the US is obligated to fund Egypt, connected to Egypt’s recognition of Israel. It’s a mess and not as clear cut as it may seem. » Posted By AdLib On August 19, 2013 @ 2:06 pm Fracking, Droughts and Bottling – The Evaporation of Public Water The ongoing 12 years of drought in the US is nearing emergency levels. Again, the availability of water due to Climate Change induced drought is falling and there is no end in sight: Dwindling Colorado River Forces First-Ever Cuts in Lake Powell Water Releases The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation – the agency charged with managing water in the West – announced Friday that it would cut the amount of water released next year by Lake Powell in Arizona by 750,000 acre-feet, enough to supply about 1.5 million homes. The move could trigger an “unprecedented water crisis within the next few years,” the business coalition group Protect the Flows told USA Today, as reductions could have major ramifications for farmers and businesses downstream that depend on those flows, as well as on hydroelectric power generation. » Posted By AdLib On August 20, 2013 @ 11:43 am Thanks for the link and heads up on this doc! It is a devious practice, and the horizontal drilling practice exacerbates this, some people have no idea that a drilling rig a ways away is drilling right under their property and/or fracking right under their property. I’m afraid it won’t be until drought becomes severe and persistent in the US that people will get angry about billions of gallons of ground water being polluted and undrinkable due to fracking…but by then the fracking companies will be heavily leveraged into the bottled water business (and making much more than they did from fracking). » Posted By AdLib On August 16, 2013 @ 12:15 pm glenn, that is great praise indeed, thank you! In case people missed it, here’s that segment from last night’s Colbert (“Stop reading my thoughts and get out of my mind, Colbert!”) EDIT: Here is the lead up bit to The Word segment that’s also aboout fracking: And here’s The Word segment: » Posted By AdLib On August 16, 2013 @ 12:01 pm CL – That’s kind of a tortured argument that some make against electric cars. The total pollution caused by fracking is enormously more than an increase in some powerplants that are coal fired. It’s just plain wrong as a comparison. And the idea would be to improve alternative fuels and energy that would increasingly reduce coal-using powerplants. Put it this way, as solar and wind power an increasingly amount of the grid, coal pollution is hugely slashed. And it should be completely eliminated…if only we had a more aggressive alternative energy program. And with a smart grid in place nationally, the south, midwest and west can contribute solar, the northwest and northeast can contribute wind power and other alternatives. I was stunned by the news about Monsanto and XE and did some research on the web to find that this is not conclusively true, it’s based on an assumption. The assumption may or may not be correct but in any case, Monsanto has employed XE (now remnamed again as Academi) in the past and as a fellow evil, oppressive entity, is in the same category of Enemies of the People and are soulmates in militarily and economically taking over the world piece by piece. It is an open secret that corporations know that water is the next oil and that its growing shortage will give great wealth and power to those who control water. Monsanto is naturally predatory towards owning water rights and as you say, having control over both the growing of food and water would make Monsanto the fascist world leader it wants to be. It may sound too comic-bookish but it’s true, they and other corporations are dedicated to the domination of the planet. The closer they get to having iron fisted control over our food and water though, the closer they will be to an explosive revolution by the masses. They don’t get it, you can’t oppress billions of people like that and sustain it. » Posted By AdLib On August 15, 2013 @ 11:05 am Hey CL! Yes, I know Johnson is a real Johnson and sold out SAC to Nestle. Outrageous! Actually, I’d argue that the science is in as much as it ever will be because there will be no in depth government studies on fracking since Cheney has legally cloaked them in secrecy. I would highly recommend watching Gasland 2, they use night vision lenses to show massive amounts of methane pouring into the atmosphere from processing plants. Methane is far worse as an ozone pollutant than CO2 so what this fracking madness is doing is speeding up our driving off the Climate Change cliff. The disaster that has come with our not moving in a timely way to restrain Climate Change was brought about by arguing that capping CO2 would reduce jobs and fuel supply so it never happened. And now, we’re in big trouble. In a better reality, we could have a Progressive Congress devoting investment into alternative fuels so we could work our way off of fossil fuels (which includes natural gas) instead of digging in deeper on fossil fuels as fracking and the proliferation of natural gas usage has brought about. Switch grass into ethanol, wind power and solar power filling up the grid, more hybrid and all-electric cars with charging stations built around the nation, lots and lots of jobs in alternate fuels would dwarf those in fracking and there would be a decrease in ozone pollutants instead of an increase. I don’t connect with the pro-fracking argument when I look at the extreme weather and disasters caused by Climate Change. So we have more fossil fuels to power things in the short term but waste and contaminate billions of gallons of water (which is the resource we need to live) as droughts are projected to grow across the US from now on (check out the NASA animation in my post, it’s scary and should make anyone want to conserve our water). I think we really need to look long term, we absolutely need a Progressive Congress to make the things happen that need to happen and we should be looking to transitioning out of fossil fuels instead of finding alternate and worse-polluting ways to produce them (don’t get me started on tar sands!). » Posted By AdLib On August 14, 2013 @ 10:48 pm Actually, aside from a few exceptions, we have pretty much stopped buying bottled water already. And after learning about Nestle’s nefarious agenda and sociopathic philosophy, we have been boycotting Nestlé to my daughter’s disappointment (“But I love Butterfingers and they make the best chocolate chips!!” “Nope, Ghirardelli chocolate chips are better, trust me! And you can still have Reese’s!”) » Posted By AdLib On August 14, 2013 @ 6:48 pm Kes, we can’t help but take common sense things for granted, like human beings in a civilized society being entitled to water. Sociopathic corporate execs though see something people need like health care or water and say, “There must be a way to make people come through us and have to pay us a fortune to get it!” I remember your comment about K-Sick letting corporations drain Lake Erie of a lot of water, this is a disaster that won’t come to fruition during his Governorship it in the future, it will become quite clear. And as you say, selling off riverfront property and water rights to Chinese investors may be a forever thing. Then again, I watched a 60 Minutes and a Vice episode about the enormous housing bubble in China and when that bursts, these people might need to sell their property here for the cash. One thing we do know, the short term benefits from selling off long term water rights is short sighted and a recipe for disaster. » Posted By AdLib On August 14, 2013 @ 6:38 pm The Weekend Music Thread-Fly Me To The Moon KT, I love this song (and Billie Holiday), great pick! » Posted By AdLib On August 10, 2013 @ 10:08 pm EMI has removed nearly all Pink Floyd music from YouTube so a glaring omission is of course Dark Side of the Moon. » Posted By AdLib On August 10, 2013 @ 10:34 am Man on the Moon – REM Dancing in the Moonlight – King Harvest It’s Only a Paper Moon – Ella Fitzgerald » Posted By AdLib On August 10, 2013 @ 10:28 am Harvest Moon – Neil Young Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra Moonshadow – Cat Stevens » Posted By AdLib On August 10, 2013 @ 9:12 am Repubs Can Counter Hillary Movies with Films of Their Own Thanks Sue! Yep, gotta watch my back for Li’lLib! Waiting for her to tell me,me, “Oh, is it supposed to be more ironic than funny?” I like the mystery and suspense aspect of that story. Maybe whoever is stalking them leaves a note each time advising the others to shut down the government unless funding is cut off for Obamacare or they will be next? » Posted By AdLib On August 11, 2013 @ 4:16 pm I think Christie and Jeb are pretty similar as Repubs though Jeb being a Bush would seem to have that albatross around his neck that he will never escape. Two bad Bush presidents is more than enough for this country. And Jeb signed SYG into law in FL among other things (like fraudulently giving the state to his brother in an election Gore won). Without Jeb’s crooked deeds, there wouldn’t have been a Pres. George Bush and that’s something he should never be allowed to live down, As for Eisenhower, it’s a pity that Repubs anointed Reagan as their King Daddy, that phony, destructive actor instead of a man with the insight and successes such as Eisenhower. Put him side by side with Reagan and Reagan pales in comparison. » Posted By AdLib On August 9, 2013 @ 6:52 pm Murph, yes, I’ve seen that film, it’s a bit of fun indeed and the Lovitz character is such a preening yet insecure egotist. IOW, I think we have our lead actor for “The Reince Prebus Story – The Courage of My Ignorance”. BTW, the “https” only works with URLs from YouTube. You can embed video from other sites but you’ll need to copy and paste their embed code for a video. » Posted By AdLib On August 9, 2013 @ 6:43 pm AB, expecting blind Republican ideologues to suddenly “see” anything reasonable will always lead to disappointment. They seem clueless how they are alienating Repub women in this crusade so not surprising they didn’t plan on the blowback. What do you mean they are “stacking the town aginst us”? » Posted By AdLib On August 9, 2013 @ 12:53 pm Cheers AB! Who says ChicaLib didn’t supervise the design work (while watching cartoons on tv)? In the short term, it’s a minute positive for the GOP but as it sinks in with people how insecure they must be to make such a big deal out of this and launch big threats, I think it will be a bigger negative for them. And when anti-Hillary films come out from GOP entities, won’t reporters ask Preibus about where his “principles” are on that? Why isn’t he condemning and threatening them? In the end, I think it’s a lose-lose-lose (the last lose is for the 2016 Presidential election) for Repubs. Thanks so much for sharing the link, very appreciated! At least Perry won’t be running for Governor again. Do you think with all the anti-women crap going on in TX that Wendy Davis might have a shot at Governor? » Posted By AdLib On August 9, 2013 @ 12:21 pm Agrippa, agreed, the GOP has devolved into a party that no longer has attributes to attract anyone new, it’s just about clutching on tightly to the only remaining demographics that still support it. And they’ve made it very clear that they have no reservation about lying or doing anything no matter how unprincipled just to get more power. I think Hillary has already made it pretty clear that she is running for President and the GOP is frantic and panicked because they have no one who could beat her. So, they pull this heavy handed stunt to prove to themselves that they have power…even though it really shows their insecurity and weakness. » Posted By AdLib On August 9, 2013 @ 12:10 pm Thanks Murph! As you say, I don’t know that Hillary and Bill would be all too keen on a film about her since it is natural to show a flawed character in bios. I do agree that this is all just a propaganda tactic by Preibus to justify their rigging their debates primarily on Fox News and with moderators that will toss softball questions. He’s come right out to say that only moderators who support the GOP will be considered so for the networks who want to host debates, they were put on notice that they better be pro-GOP. This is about trying to influence the “refs” (news networks and moderators) and is the tactic of cheaters. Of course. That’s a very clever idea for Jeb being set straight by Eisenhower, would that it was possible but just like the rest of his family, Jeb is mostly about winning and holding power, such elitists display little empathy for most people…especially those not in the 1%. Wow, can you imagine a Republican today using the word “peace”, let alone the concept of Peace Through Understanding? There a a number of Republican Presidents I do like, none since Eisenhower and hate to say it but I don’t think that is likely to change considering the trajectory of the GOP. » Posted By AdLib On August 9, 2013 @ 12:05 pm Nirek, that is so true. All the tantrums, howling, name calling, crying, threats…they come off not just as children but as little brats. » Posted By AdLib On August 8, 2013 @ 6:13 pm Kalima, knowing how busy you are right now, your props mean even more! Thanks! » Posted By AdLib On August 8, 2013 @ 6:11 pm Thanks KT! I should send the list to NBC to help them out on this. What would be most amusing is that if such films were made, the RW would think it was a win for them while the rest of the nation would be looking at them as complete idiots. » Posted By AdLib On August 8, 2013 @ 4:43 pm Cheers Beatlex! » Posted By AdLib On August 8, 2013 @ 4:42 pm Hey Funk, thanks! The Unborn Supremecy would make the perfect Rick Santorum film, he plays an undercover-in-your-bedroom spy who disarms his female adversaries of birth control pills and voting rights. » Posted By AdLib On August 8, 2013 @ 4:41 pm Boston Marathon Bomber and The Tea Party – Peas in a Pod Itchybiscuit, very true, these types are so adolescent they really do see themselves as being like fictional movie characters so they act the part on videos, blogs, anywhere they can actually hide from real conflict. Why didn’t they join the army and make a career of it if they really think they’re Rambo? Because of course they have the minds of deluded children and the fictional bravery of their fictional heroes. » Posted By AdLib On August 6, 2013 @ 3:25 pm He’s a cop for the power, not to serve the people. If it walks like a criminal and is a quack like a criminal… » Posted By AdLib On August 6, 2013 @ 1:53 pm KT – I made a similar comment although I’d bet the true cowardice and insecurity in these types would take over and they’d soil their pants as they anxiously handed over their guns. They display the bravado of overcompensating cowards. » Posted By AdLib On August 6, 2013 @ 1:51 pm Itchybiscuit, I also wonder if this is the courage of cowards who can talk so bravely into a video camera and shoot assault weapons into bushes but if a tank rolled up to his trailer home to take his guns away as his paranoid fantasy goes, I’d bet he’d wet his pants and hand it right over. » Posted By AdLib On August 6, 2013 @ 1:45 pm WARWJS…that is, What Assault Rifle Would Jesus Shoot? » Posted By AdLib On August 6, 2013 @ 1:36 pm Assumed, Itchybiscuit embedded the video above. » Posted By AdLib On August 6, 2013 @ 10:25 amComments Posted By AdLib
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