“Scientists agree that all of these extreme weather events are tied to global warming, which is happening whether you believe it or not,” he said. “For the record, many Americans choose not.”
A new poll found 45% of Americans don’t believe humans cause climate change. “It doesn’t matter what you believe – it’s true!” Colbert exclaimed. “That’s like not believing that humans cause pants-pooping – ‘It’s just part of the natural cycle of my khakis, I’m going to leave them for my grandkids to deal with.’”
This weekend, world leaders “are gathering yet again to wear lanyards about it” at Cop26, the 26th UN climate change conference.
lest we digress from the thread topic, here’s depressing news for a certain GOPer gubernatoral candidate
‘Youngkin is begging the former President to stay away.’
The Lincoln Project continues to troll a so-called “audience of one,” with an ad buy in Palm Beach for Donald Trump‘s eyes only that seems to have set a chain of events into motion.
The premise of the ad was simple. During the stretch run of a close gubernatorial race in Virginia, surging Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin has banned Trump from stumping for him because the former President could repel independent voters.
But the substance of the spot is in question.
Trump seemed to suggest that he would be in Virginia, with a statement Wednesday from his Save America PAC: “Chanting, “We love Trump” in Arlington, Va. Thank you, Arlington, see you soon!”
That led the Lincoln Project to fire back: “Donald Trump is too big of a coward to come to Virginia and campaign with Glenn Youngkin.”
Upon the release of the ad, the group offered a statement contending that Youngkin had pushed Trump away.
“During the Primary, and in certain parts of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin was as big a fan of Donald Trump as anyone, but now that it’s time to close the deal with Virginians, Youngkin is begging the former President to stay away,” said Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson. “This dynamic is representative of today’s Republican Party: Court Trump and his base to win the Primary and then run away from the MAGA world as fast as possible. Our message to Trump with this ad is simple: You’re being played.”
The 30-second ad, called “Ungrateful,” features narration asserting that Youngkin has “banned” Trump from Virginia, urging the “loser” former President to stay away.
Youngkin, according to the sympathetic female voice reading the script, is “just another RINO stabbing you in the back.”
Only Fox News viewers will be able to see this spot.
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LP is also running this ad
Virginians face a clear choice — a candidate handpicked by Donald Trump or an honest, decent, and tested leader: Terry McAuliffe
President Biden is expected to attend a House Democratic caucus meeting on Thursday morning before he departs for Europe to attend a pair of global summits, in a last-minute attempt to push through the multi-billion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Sources familiar with the plans told NBC News that Biden is expected to attend the 9 a.m. meeting on Capitol Hill, where he will push progressives to help get the infrastructure bill passed.
Many progressives in the House are still refusing to vote for the infrastructure package until a deal is secured on a broader social spending package, called the Build Back Better Act.
NBC noted the meeting will likely delay Biden’s overseas travel plans, but White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has said that “flexibility” is built into the president’s schedule.
“For years it used government incentives for people to buy electric vehicles. Much of its current profits are thanks to the sale of government regulatory credits to other, traditional automakers, which allowed them to keep making gas-guzzling pickups and SUVs rather than reduce their emissions.”
“Investors think it’s a good scheme, which is why Tesla is worth three times more than Toyota but sells far fewer vehicles. “
“Eventually, they run out of other people’s money and then they come for you,” he said on Twitter of the billionaire tax proposal. He did not mention Tesla’s reliance on government help.”
Corporate welfare queens are such hypocrites.
Why are world leaders flying to a climate summit? Wouldn’t it be better to have virtual meetings to reduce the impact to the climate? Oh, and covid is still a thing.
“…Marjorie Taylor Greene bought as much as $50,000 worth of shares in a shell company that is merging with former President Donald Trump’s new media venture, according to a financial disclosure form.“
“….Greene purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of shares. The form does not say what price Greene acquired the shares at, but she very likely lost money on the trade, at least on paper.“
“The last Trump IPO took place in 1995, when Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts went public. The casino company lost money every year it was public and filed for bankruptcy a decade later.“
“Despite their sway over federal policy, members of Congress are allowed to trade stocks, though they may not use non-public information for personal benefit.“
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) is warning that Democrats may lose their majorities in the House and Senate in the 2022 midterm elections because of internal divisions in the party.
“We are not going to do what we need to do next year until we build enough intestinal fortitude to start operating a little outside or beyond our comfort zones,” the third-ranking Democrat in the House said during a virtual event with the Charleston Jewish Federation on Wednesday, according to Jewish Insider.
“We’re not there yet. I’m hopeful that we can get there. Will we ever get there? That remains to be seen,” Clyburn said.
[…]
Clyburn also urged progressive Democrats to be more open to discussions with moderates.
“Progressives have got to feel like they can take a chance on moderates. Get outside of their comfort zone. Moderates have got to feel the same way about progressives,” he said, the news outlet reported. “And between those two, you’ve got the New [Democrats], you’ve got the Congressional Black Caucus, you’ve got the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, you’ve got the Asian and Pacific Islanders, all of us operating within our comfort zone.”
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you want good news for Dems… how about this…
Bernie Sanders is at it again. Wasn’t it enough that he helped hand the Presidency to Trump now he is trying to help destroy Biden?
“In recent years, Texas has rapidly drawn more and more in the cryptocurrency industry as state and federal lawmakers try to lay the groundwork for a blockchain technology explosion. Industry leaders say they are drawn to the state’s cheap energy and aversion to regulation.“
“Bitcoin is largely considered the first decentralized, peer-to-peer payment network powered by its users, though many cryptocurrencies exist. Its worth isn’t backed by any government, but transactions are tracked on a public ledger.“
Yep, kinda like that coupon I gave my grandma to wash the dishes.
“The more computers a miner has competing in the process, the more bitcoins they can acquire, which makes mining an energy-intensive process. Whinstone U.S. hosts over 25,000 miners, or computers programmed to mine bitcoin. Power runs through large transformers connected to those buildings, where miners line racks upon racks.“
It’s like creating digital Pokémon cards. What are they worth? It depends. Humans are just ridiculous.
If the TX power grid fails, again, this may be why.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told Democrats she will bring a Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill to the floor later Thursday, rolling the dice with progressives who are vowing to vote down the roads-and-bridges package unless a bigger social spending package moves with it.
Pelosi “said she’s going to hold the vote open until we get a majority,” House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), a member of Pelosi’s leadership team, told The Hill after Democrats’ meeting with President Biden in the Capitol.
Addressing her rank-and-file members after Biden, Pelosi rallied Democrats to give the president a victory as he embarks on a European trip Thursday to address the Group of 20 and a United Nations climate summit.
“When the president gets off that plane we want him to have a vote of confidence from this Congress,” Pelosi said, according to a source in the room.
“In order for us to have success, we must succeed today.”
Pelosi is effectively daring progressives to directly undermine Biden on the world stage.
Liberals on Thursday vowed to block a popular infrastructure bill — a central piece of President Biden’s domestic agenda — just hours after the president urged their support and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced plans to bring the bipartisan proposal to the House floor for a vote the same day.
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“That’s one of the problems with these relatively new members who have never operated in a governing majority before in Congress. … They’re very unrealistic, and at some point the law collapses if they don’t help,” House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) told The Hill.
Another progressive, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), predicted the infrastructure bill would still come to the floor on Thursday but that it will fail.
“I don’t think it will pass if it comes up today, but that doesn’t mean we won’t have a vote,” he said.
it would be interesting if enough GOPers (who really really want an infrastructure bill) join the dem moderates to pass the bill. can’t imagine all of the progressives will thumb their nose s at joe & nancy so it wouldn’t mean that many GOPers needed to take up the slack.
A recent speaker at the United Nations had a message that has been heard many times: refusing to drastically cut back on fossil fuels could drive humans to extinction. What made the speech unusual was the bearer of the warning: Frankie the Dinosaur.
Days out from the U.N. climate summit, known as COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, the U.N. Development Program released a video of the computer-generated Frankie calling on the world not to “choose extinction.”
A thorn, by any other name, still pricks and draws blood.
“…Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that Facebook will change its corporate name to Meta, effectively demoting Facebook’s namesake service to being just one of the company’s subsidiaries…”
“Today we’re seen as a social media company,” he added, “but in our DNA, we are a company that builds technology to connect people. And the metaverse is the next frontier just like social networking was when we got started.”
‘Containergeddon’: Supply crisis drives Walmart and rivals to hire their own ships
“U.S. retailers’ traditional lifeline from Asia is freezing up due to a resurgence of COVID-19 in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia plus a power-supply crunch in China. “
“The global supply crunch is providing lucrative opportunities for bulk cargo ship operators, though; they are cashing in on a record spike in container shipping rates that has sent freight costs above $20,000 per box on the biggest liner vessels.“
speaking of depressing things
we’re fiddling around while earth burns — or melts as the case may be
the guardian:
lest we digress from the thread topic, here’s depressing news for a certain GOPer gubernatoral candidate
Donald Trump says he’s Virginia-bound, after Lincoln Project ad says Glenn Youngkin’s shunning him (floridapolitics.com)
LP is also running this ad
Virginians face a clear choice — a candidate handpicked by Donald Trump or an honest, decent, and tested leader: Terry McAuliffe
TheHill
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/27/politics/billionaire-tax-what-matters/index.html
“For years it used government incentives for people to buy electric vehicles. Much of its current profits are thanks to the sale of government regulatory credits to other, traditional automakers, which allowed them to keep making gas-guzzling pickups and SUVs rather than reduce their emissions.”
“Investors think it’s a good scheme, which is why Tesla is worth three times more than Toyota but sells far fewer vehicles. “
“Eventually, they run out of other people’s money and then they come for you,” he said on Twitter of the billionaire tax proposal. He did not mention Tesla’s reliance on government help.”
Corporate welfare queens are such hypocrites.
Why are world leaders flying to a climate summit? Wouldn’t it be better to have virtual meetings to reduce the impact to the climate? Oh, and covid is still a thing.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/28/health/fluvoxamine-covid-risk-study/index.html
There’s about to be a run on anti-depressant.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/27/investing/trump-spac-dwac-marjorie-taylor-greene/index.html
“…Marjorie Taylor Greene bought as much as $50,000 worth of shares in a shell company that is merging with former President Donald Trump’s new media venture, according to a financial disclosure form.“
“….Greene purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of shares. The form does not say what price Greene acquired the shares at, but she very likely lost money on the trade, at least on paper.“
“The last Trump IPO took place in 1995, when Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts went public. The casino company lost money every year it was public and filed for bankruptcy a decade later.“
“Despite their sway over federal policy, members of Congress are allowed to trade stocks, though they may not use non-public information for personal benefit.“
Clyburn: Divisions threaten Democrats’ majorities in House, Senate | TheHill
you want good news for Dems… how about this…
Bernie Sanders is at it again. Wasn’t it enough that he helped hand the Presidency to Trump now he is trying to help destroy Biden?
tRUMPsters are tribal; Dems will eat their own.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/28/texas-republicans-blockchain-bitcoin/
“In recent years, Texas has rapidly drawn more and more in the cryptocurrency industry as state and federal lawmakers try to lay the groundwork for a blockchain technology explosion. Industry leaders say they are drawn to the state’s cheap energy and aversion to regulation.“
“Bitcoin is largely considered the first decentralized, peer-to-peer payment network powered by its users, though many cryptocurrencies exist. Its worth isn’t backed by any government, but transactions are tracked on a public ledger.“
Yep, kinda like that coupon I gave my grandma to wash the dishes.
“The more computers a miner has competing in the process, the more bitcoins they can acquire, which makes mining an energy-intensive process. Whinstone U.S. hosts over 25,000 miners, or computers programmed to mine bitcoin. Power runs through large transformers connected to those buildings, where miners line racks upon racks.“
It’s like creating digital Pokémon cards. What are they worth? It depends. Humans are just ridiculous.
If the TX power grid fails, again, this may be why.
Youngkin
Rhymes with punkin.
is this a bernie vs nancy show of power?
the hill
Liberals defy Pelosi, say they’ll block infrastructure bill | TheHill
it would be interesting if enough GOPers (who really really want an infrastructure bill) join the dem moderates to pass the bill. can’t imagine all of the progressives will thumb their nose s at joe & nancy so it wouldn’t mean that many GOPers needed to take up the slack.
Talking dinosaur warns of extinction before U.N. climate conference – The Washington Post
all about that bass
House progressives dug in. Don’t blame them.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/28/tech/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-keynote-announcements/index.html
A thorn, by any other name, still pricks and draws blood.
“…Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that Facebook will change its corporate name to Meta, effectively demoting Facebook’s namesake service to being just one of the company’s subsidiaries…”
“Today we’re seen as a social media company,” he added, “but in our DNA, we are a company that builds technology to connect people. And the metaverse is the next frontier just like social networking was when we got started.”
“Metaverse.” Virtual world domination. Dangerous.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/28/weather/coastal-flood-forecast-washington-dc-baltimore/index.html
Craig, I hope you guys have a full pantry for the storm and the supply chain issues that may follow.
I just found out transportation costs on a container have quadrupled. No wonder they cut salaries and hours.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/containergeddon-supply-crisis-drives-walmart-rivals-hire-their-own-ships-2021-10-07/
‘Containergeddon’: Supply crisis drives Walmart and rivals to hire their own ships
“U.S. retailers’ traditional lifeline from Asia is freezing up due to a resurgence of COVID-19 in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia plus a power-supply crunch in China. “
“The global supply crunch is providing lucrative opportunities for bulk cargo ship operators, though; they are cashing in on a record spike in container shipping rates that has sent freight costs above $20,000 per box on the biggest liner vessels.“
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/28/politics/billionaire-wealth-tax/index.html
“…America’s billionaires saw their collective fortunes soar more than 70% to more than $5 trillion during the pandemic.”
I early voted today. Just me and three poll workers. Crickets.
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