The rate of change since the mid-20th century is unprecedented over millennia.
Earth’s climate has changed throughout history. Just in the last 800,000 years, there have been eight cycles of ice ages and warmer periods, with the end of the last ice age about 11,700 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era — and of human civilization. Most of these climate changes are attributed to very small variations in Earth’s orbit that change the amount of solar energy our planet receives.
The current warming trend is different because it is clearly the result of human activities since the mid-1800s, and is proceeding at a rate not seen over many recent millennia.1 It is undeniable that human activities have produced the atmospheric gases that have trapped more of the Sun’s energy in the Earth system. This extra energy has warmed the atmosphere, ocean, and land, and widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere, and biosphere have occurred.
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The heat is on, but she’ll stand by hey man. She’s got baggage, too.
“The wife of embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday she will “carry out (her) duties” as a state senator and not recuse herself ahead of her husband’s upcoming impeachment trial.”
“In 2020, multiple top aides publicly accused Paxton of bribery and abusing his office. The aides, who also reported their allegations to the FBI, were all fired, put on leave or resigned.”
“The whistleblowers had accused him of using his authority to benefit political friend Nate Paul, a real estate investor who had donated tens of thousands of dollars to Paxton’s campaign.”
“One of the impeachment articles accuses Paxton of using employees of the attorney general’s office to write a legal opinion intended to help Paul avoid the foreclosure sale of properties owned by Paul and his It was among a series of articles focused on Paxton’s relationship with Paul, including accusations he hired an outside attorney who issued more than 30 grand jury subpoenas while investigating a “baseless complaint” made by Paul, benefited from Paul hiring a woman with whom Paxton “was having an extramarital affair,” and provided Paul with favorable legal help in exchange for renovations on Paxton’s home.”
“She must surely be aware of the relationship between her husband and Paul, as well as who was remodeling her own home. If the woman named in the whistleblower complaint was indeed a member of her staff, then she would presumably know that she had moved onto to her husband’s friend’s business.”
“The Texas heat wave extends across the border, throughout northeastern, central and southern Mexico, and into Guatemala and Belize.”
It’s 8:30am, and the heat index is already 93. Yesterday, the H/I was 113. It’s not normally so humid here, but we’re we’re in drought and I’m grateful we’ve had rain. This heat dome is going be devastating to those to the south.
Can the DEA find the whereabouts of orange Junior’s drug dealer?
Can Congress own up to the ease with which folks can obtain a gun and fix it?
Can we talk about tRUMPsky, top secret docs, and HUGE money from the Saudis to his crime family?
President Biden’s son Hunter has reached a tentative agreement with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to two minor tax crimes and admit to the facts of a gun charge under terms that would likely keep him out of jail, according to court papers filed Tuesday.
Any proposed plea deal would have to be approved by a federal judge, and it was not immediately clear what day Hunter Biden, 53, might appear in court to enter his guilty plea.
The agreement caps an investigation that was opened in 2018 during the Trump administration, and has generated intense interest and criticism since 2020 from Republican politicians who accused the Biden administration of reluctance to pursue the case.The terms of the proposed deal — negotiated with Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, a holdover from President Donald Trump’s administration — are likely to face similar scrutiny.
The court papers indicate the younger Biden has tentatively agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges of failure to pay in 2017 and 2018. The combined tax liability is roughly $1.2 million over those years, according to people familiar with the plea deal, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe details of the agreement that are not yet public. Prosecutors plan to recommend a sentence of probation for those counts, these people said. Biden’s representatives have said he previously paid back the IRS what he owed.
In a letter filed in federal court in Wilmington on Tuesday, federal prosecutors said they were filing two documents called criminal informations — typically used in cases in which a defendant has agreed to plead guilty.
“The defendant has agreed to plead guilty to both counts of the tax Information,” the prosecutors wrote. The second criminal information is about the gun charge. “The defendant has agreed to enter a Pretrial Diversion Agreement with respect to the firearm Information,” the letter says.
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What? No jail time? That has to piss the Dumbass crime family off.
Let’s talk about Orange Adolf’s taxes!
Really, Dems just need to learn to deflect and pivot.
If Republicans want to hide behind Bible verses, pivot and mention Mathew 7:3-5. You know how it goes: Don’t be a hypocrite and point out the speck of sawdust in someone else’s eye, when you have a plank in your own eye.
A candidate you can get behind!!!
jamie, thanks for the randy announcement. he should at least get some votes for his one line state of the union speech “ok, cut the sh*t”
this current critterville congress could use some talking to like that
Thanks for having me, Janine! Ha!
The perfect line to bookend the vid.
“What Is Swedish Death Cleaning? How the Method Can Help You Declutter”
“There’s no shortage of home decluttering methods — take Marie Kondo’s popular minimalist approach, the KonMari Method, for example.” *This is the does-it-bring-me-joy method.
“Swedish death cleaning is a well-known concept in Swedish and Scandinavian culture, where you work on eliminating unnecessary items from your home, so loved ones won’t be burdened…”
“The thorough organizing method involves editing everything from furniture and clothing to the ever-growing piles of documents that’s been difficult to control over time.”
Yeah, those documents do pile up, don’t they? The FBI isn’t going to come and haul them away for most of us.
“I was very busy,” he told Fox News’ Bret Baier, explaining that he wanted to go through all the boxes identified by the Archives to remove personal things before handing them over.”
“Trump said he wanted to pull out “all sorts of things, golf shirts, clothing, pants, shoes,” interspersed with papers in his boxes.”
“He deflected about why exactly he kept all the sensitive material in the first place: “I don’t say I do.”
Somebody wanna open a Google doc spreadsheet to keep track of all of his stories?
Busy. Right. How’s the draw, or do you suffer from a fade? Asshole.
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/politics/ken-paxton-texas-wife-impeachment-proceedings/index.html
The heat is on, but she’ll stand by hey man. She’s got baggage, too.
“The wife of embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday she will “carry out (her) duties” as a state senator and not recuse herself ahead of her husband’s upcoming impeachment trial.”
“In 2020, multiple top aides publicly accused Paxton of bribery and abusing his office. The aides, who also reported their allegations to the FBI, were all fired, put on leave or resigned.”
“The whistleblowers had accused him of using his authority to benefit political friend Nate Paul, a real estate investor who had donated tens of thousands of dollars to Paxton’s campaign.”
“One of the impeachment articles accuses Paxton of using employees of the attorney general’s office to write a legal opinion intended to help Paul avoid the foreclosure sale of properties owned by Paul and his It was among a series of articles focused on Paxton’s relationship with Paul, including accusations he hired an outside attorney who issued more than 30 grand jury subpoenas while investigating a “baseless complaint” made by Paul, benefited from Paul hiring a woman with whom Paxton “was having an extramarital affair,” and provided Paul with favorable legal help in exchange for renovations on Paxton’s home.”
“She must surely be aware of the relationship between her husband and Paul, as well as who was remodeling her own home. If the woman named in the whistleblower complaint was indeed a member of her staff, then she would presumably know that she had moved onto to her husband’s friend’s business.”
https://www.axios.com/2023/06/16/texas-heat-wave-record-warmth
“The Texas heat wave extends across the border, throughout northeastern, central and southern Mexico, and into Guatemala and Belize.”
It’s 8:30am, and the heat index is already 93. Yesterday, the H/I was 113. It’s not normally so humid here, but we’re we’re in drought and I’m grateful we’ve had rain. This heat dome is going be devastating to those to the south.
Can the DEA find the whereabouts of orange Junior’s drug dealer?
Can Congress own up to the ease with which folks can obtain a gun and fix it?
Can we talk about tRUMPsky, top secret docs, and HUGE money from the Saudis to his crime family?
But… Hunter Biden… WAPO
What? No jail time? That has to piss the Dumbass crime family off.
Really, Dems just need to learn to deflect and pivot.
If Republicans want to hide behind Bible verses, pivot and mention Mathew 7:3-5. You know how it goes: Don’t be a hypocrite and point out the speck of sawdust in someone else’s eye, when you have a plank in your own eye.
A candidate you can get behind!!!
jamie, thanks for the randy announcement. he should at least get some votes for his one line state of the union speech “ok, cut the sh*t”
this current critterville congress could use some talking to like that
Thanks for having me, Janine! Ha!
The perfect line to bookend the vid.
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/organizing/a43826147/swedish-death-cleaning/
“What Is Swedish Death Cleaning? How the Method Can Help You Declutter”
“There’s no shortage of home decluttering methods — take Marie Kondo’s popular minimalist approach, the KonMari Method, for example.” *This is the does-it-bring-me-joy method.
“Swedish death cleaning is a well-known concept in Swedish and Scandinavian culture, where you work on eliminating unnecessary items from your home, so loved ones won’t be burdened…”
“The thorough organizing method involves editing everything from furniture and clothing to the ever-growing piles of documents that’s been difficult to control over time.”
Yeah, those documents do pile up, don’t they? The FBI isn’t going to come and haul them away for most of us.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/politics/trump-indictment-cabinet-secretaries-what-matters/index.html
“I was very busy,” he told Fox News’ Bret Baier, explaining that he wanted to go through all the boxes identified by the Archives to remove personal things before handing them over.”
“Trump said he wanted to pull out “all sorts of things, golf shirts, clothing, pants, shoes,” interspersed with papers in his boxes.”
“He deflected about why exactly he kept all the sensitive material in the first place: “I don’t say I do.”
Somebody wanna open a Google doc spreadsheet to keep track of all of his stories?
Busy. Right. How’s the draw, or do you suffer from a fade? Asshole.
NEW THREAD