26 thoughts on “Break(down)ing News”

  1. last week’s Last Week Tonight

    John Oliver discusses Donald Trump’s plans for a second term, why it could be much worse than his first term, and what Trump has in common with a hamster.

    watching late night comics is like a spoonful of sugar that helps make the breaking news go down. 

     

  3. no need to hurry, folks, looks like we’ve got 25 more years to build Ark II according to

    Rising sea levels will disrupt millions of Americans’ lives by 2050, study finds | Sea level | The Guardian

    […]
    Almost 1,100 critical infrastructure assets that sustain coastal communities will be at risk of monthly flooding by 2050, according to the new research by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The vast majority of the assets – 934 of them – face the risk of flood disruption every other week, which could make some coastal neighborhoods unlivable within two to three decades.
    Almost 3 million people currently live in the 703 US coastal communities with critical infrastructure at risk of monthly disruptive flooding by 2050, including affordable and subsidized housing, wastewater treatment facilities, toxic industrial sites, power plants, fire stations, schools, kindergartens and hospitals.
    The number of critical infrastructure assets at risk of disruptive flooding is expected to nearly double compared to 2020, even when assuming a medium rate of climate-driven sea level rise (rather than the worst case scenario).
    […]
    The world’s oceans are rising, and every year seawater reaches farther inland, which poses an ever-increasing threat to homes, businesses and critical infrastructure. By 2030, the number of critical buildings and facilities at risk of routine and repeat flooding along US coastlines is expected to grow by 20% compared to 2020 conditions.
    In Charleston, South Carolina, more than 20 high-tide floods were recorded in 2023, sending seawater into the streets and submerging low-lying areas. By 2050, at least 23 essential pieces of infrastructure in Charleston are expected to flood at least twice annually, assuming a medium sea level rise scenario. This includes 17 public housing buildings, which would exacerbate the state’s affordable housing crisis.
    UCS researchers identified the critical infrastructure along the entire contiguous US, as well as Guam, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, which face risk of routine flooding, using data including National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) tide gauges and three sea level rise scenarios developed by a US Interagency Task Force.
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    • Debate – rigged
    • 2020 election – rigged
    • 2022 election – rigged
    • Academy Awards – rigged
    • Pulitzers – rigged
    • Trump U case – rigged
    • Carroll trial – rigged
    • Election lawsuits – rigged
    • Criminal trial – rigged
    • Rudy trial – rigged
    • Bannon & Navarro trials – rigged
    • J6 Committee- rigged
    • Civil fraud trial – rigged
    • Polls – rigged

  6. “We anticipate that for this first debate he will be on something” — GOP Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Guests and hosts on FOX are spreading this reckless, evidence-free Trump/Hannity conspiracy theory with no pushback

  9. “The News” by-and-large is a broken sump pump.  It can’t handle the levels of raw sewage flooding it.

    I’m doing a lot more scrolling by these days and faster.

  12. magat accusations.   Nonsense must be treated with all due respect.  
    i.e., none.

  13. They sit around trying to make up shit to lie about.

    I think “Trickle Down” gets their Liftime Achievement Award this year.

  15. ooh let me just get all of my politcal thoughts for the week out now and then i can just stick to tubes and jokes
     
    boo convicted guy, boo Cannon, booo that Kelly L-something convicted-guy demonic spokesperson, boo the creepy fascists behind the throne like cheung and miller(s), boo Alito, Thomas and the rest of the anti-American activist SCotUS…

    ok that would take too long
     
    Hooray Biden, vote blue, eye on the prize 👁️ 🧘‍♂️ 🇺🇸

  16. sturge, I always considered “trickle down” was their little inside joke whose real meaning was “piss on everyone”

  17. …by the way, “the legislature knows what to do now” or whatever Alito wrote in regards to bump stocks is such a clear violation of separation of power, the judicial branch shouldn’t be administering directives to the legislature 🙄 
     
    Ok, maybe i’ll have continual political thoughts despite my best intentions, damnit 😒 

    advice in a formal opinion on how to fine-tune laws to conform to SCOTUS’ telegraphed partisan agenda is über fuckin corrupt

  18. I always considered “trickle down”

     
    Lol, Pat, I’ve always referred to it as tinkle down. 

  19. My mental health is dependent on not nurturing as resentments any people, places and things that shouldna’-been-but-was @ caused harm and even death to my near and dear. The list was lengthy, but I have it whittled down to one person. 

  20. One of my Ph.D. friends in therapeutic practice claims the key to all health – mental, physical, etc. – is eliminating stress.
    Do what’cha gotta do, but get rid o ‘dat stress.

  21. No audience for the debate. Orange Adolf should be comfy with that, as audiences at his appearances seem to be dwindling.

    We know tRUMPsky is always projecting; every accusation is an admission.   The only question I have is will the orange guy’s handlers be able to administer his meds in a timely manner or will his sundowners syndrome be in full display?

  22. As a malignant narcissist, the Felon feeds off that negative energy, without it he’ll be a deflated balloon. Also, no opportunity to parade fake victims in attempt to embarrass Joe. 

  23. https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/25/climate/antarctic-ice-sheet-tipping-point-sea-level-rise-climate-intl/index.html

    “…the Antarctic ice sheet already sheds an average of 150 billion metric tons of ice every year and, in its entirety, it holds enough water to raise global sea levels by around 190 feet (around 58 meters).”

    “The Antarctic ice sheet is melting in a new, worrying way that scientific models used to project future sea level rise have not taken into account, suggesting current projections could be significantly underestimating the problem, according to a new study.”
     
     

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