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There are some massive wind farms in Indiana. Indiana is, of course, extremely liberal. ‘We get a tax credit if we build a lot of wind farms. That’s the only reason to build them,’ Warren Buffett said. I know change is tough. I know change is hard for some people to understand, especially new technology. http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2016/06/vestas-scores-massive-order-for-warren-buffett.html http://fortune.com/warren-buffett-wind-power-berkshire-hathaway-energy/ Coal's Devastation Scholars may never understand the energy source's full economic cost, but that doesn't make its damage any less knowable. They looked at everything: the damage to the climate, to people’s health, and to the plants and animals around the mines. In the end, they estimated that the sum total of coal’s externalities amounted to between 9.42 cents and 26.89 cents per kilowatt-hour. Their best guess put it at 17.84 cents. The United States’ dependence on coal cost the public “a third to over one-half of a trillion dollars annually,” they wrote. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/08/coals-externalities-medical-air-quality-financial-environmental/401075/ The US wind subsidy is 23 cents per kwh. A 2016 study estimated that global fossil fuel subsidies were $5.3 trillion in 2015, which represents 6.5% of global GDP.[3] The study found that "China was the biggest subsidizer in 2013 ($1.8 trillion), followed by the United States ($0.6 trillion), So $1.1 trillion a year... plus the cost of war and the military to defend middle east BIG OIL Did U.S. spend $6 trillion in Middle East wars?... total reaches $4.79 trillion. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/oct/27/donald-trump/did-us-spend-6-trillion-middle-east-wars/ So add another 4.8 trillion for middle east oil supply security. How cheap again is coal and oil????? Wind Energy Now Directly Competing With Coal On Cost http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Wind-Energy-Now-Directly-Competing-With-Coal-On-Cost.html But don't let FACTS interfere with notions, alt-facts and false economic ideas that coal is a factor. Or that for electricity generation nat gas is currently at parity and oil, gas doesn't already receive over a trillion a year in subsidies from US citizens.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ivanka-trump-plans-federal-employee-article-1.3013122 "Workin' nine to five, what a way to make a livin' Barely gettin' by, it's all takin' and no givin' They just use your mind and they never give you credit It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it Nine to five, for service and devotion You would think that I would deserve a fat promotion Want to move ahead but the boss won't seem to let me I swear sometimes that man is out to get me!"

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-jersey-bridgegate-idUSKBN170139 Bill Baroni, 45, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, will serve two years, while Bridget Kelly, 44, a former deputy chief of staff for Christie, received a sentence of 1-1/2 years. and in case Christie needed a distraction from this on the exact same day. thanks trump https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-03-29/chris-christie-appointed-by-trump-to-leadership-role-in-fighting-opioid-epidemic

Given the group hate for Dubai. Some proximity WS and a mix of flying mixmasters would be a great combo. Then add the fire hazards of Dubai construction: http://www.thenational.ae/business/property/most-dubai-towers-built-before-2012-have-non-fire-rated-exterior-panels But I digress from WS Dubai.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rfe4BFiVNA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdk3dXBTA5k

Coal, yeah I like the feel of a gentle acid wash on my face and exposed skin. I know many women pay big money for a acid skin wash."a cocktail of four acids" http://www.sephora.com/glycol-lactic-radiance-renewal-mask-P203616?country_switch=ca&lang=en Anyone can just stand downwind from a trumpcoalplant and get one for free. If the acid rain kills the trees. The global warming will help Alaska move to pineapple production. If there are no trees then eagles don't have to pester the cats and dogs in the neighborhood. From Oil and Gas 360, http://www.oilandgas360.com/wind-boom-generators-going-wind-economics/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r6X7T8pKXo

The long knives have started to come out. Fox News host promoted by Trump calls on Paul Ryan to step down Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro, whose show President Trump urged his followers on Twitter to watch earlier in the day, opened her program on Saturday evening by calling on Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to step down. "Ryan needs to step down as Speaker of the House. The reason, he failed to deliver the votes on his healthcare bill, the one trumpeted to repeal and replace ObamaCare," Pirro said in her opening statement. "You come in with all your swagger and experience and sell them a bill of goods which ends up a complete and total failure and you allow our president, in his first 100 days, to come out of the box like that, based on what?" Pirro said. The Fox News host's fiery comments about Ryan came hours after Trump tweeted to encourage his followers to watch "Justice with Judge Jeanine." http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/325810-fox-news-host-promoted-by-trump-calls-on-paul-ryan-to-step-down So first trump praised the work Ryan had done on trump's trumpcare bill. Then trump pulled the dagger from his belt and stabbed Ryan in the back.

Quick, you can still enlist: www.stripes.com/news/air-force/air-force-raises-enlistee-age-limit-from-27-to-39-1.290578 Good luck. Thanks for your service!

"The sea ice cover in the Arctic and Antarctic hit new record lows for this time of year, marking the smallest polar ice caps in the 38-year satellite record, US government scientists said Wednesday... Data from the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado, also showed that on March 3, “sea ice around Antarctica hit its lowest extent ever recorded by satellites at the end of summer in the Southern Hemisphere.” The disappearing sea ice comes as the planet has marked three years in a row of record-breaking heat, raising new concerns about the accelerating pace of global warming and the need to curb burning of fossil fuels which spew heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.... The Arctic sea ice maximum has dropped by an average of 2.8 per cent per decade since 1979, NASA said. “We started from a low September minimum extent,” said Walt Meier, a sea ice scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.... “Last year was stunningly different, with prominent sea ice decreases in the Antarctic.” This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as: Sea ice cover hits new record low at both poles http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/2081523/ice-caps-shrink-new-record-lows-both-ends-planet No the Chinese are not smarter than Americans. They and other countries are just more concerned. The US less so and of course there are more anti-science "outliers" or people that refuse to recognize science. In the US. For educated western counties the US is overall 20% less concerned about the environment and warming. Even though US organizations like NOAA lead research in these areas. Posted in this thread before: [/url]http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/18/what-the-world-thinks-about-climate-change-in-7-charts/ Want to Gut Emission Rules? Prepare for War With California In its ongoing jihad against federal regulations, the Trump administration has indicated some interest in targeting the ones that attempt to fight climate change. First in its sights: a funky law that gives the state of California the right to make its own rules on automotive emissions. But because of the way laws and business work, the California exemption is one of the most powerful environmental tools in the world. So California’s not going down without a fight. A quick history lesson: When legislators wrote the 1963 Clean Air Act, they acknowledged that California already had pollution-fighting rules, and that its environmental situation was especially dire. So they gave the state the right to write its own, stricter standards. “It’s hard to overstate how important the ability for California to set its standards has been to public health and clean air over the past 40 years,” says Don Anair, deputy director for the clean vehicles program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. “Time and again, California’s been willing and able to move forward.” [url]https://www.wired.com/2017/03/want-gut-emission-rules-prepare-war-california/ California lawmakers don't think this fight is emission impossible The Trump administration could move at any time to revoke California's right to impose stricter auto emissions standards than the federal government does, and the state's senators are already mounting a fight. Congressional sources are hearing conflicting information on whether and when the Environmental Protection Agency will revoke California's waiver. The EPA is refusing to comment, with a spokeswoman saying, "We don't have any information to offer at this time." California has signaled its willingness to fight Trump in court and has hired former Attorney General Eric Holder to assist with challenges to the president's policies. No administration has tried to revoke an existing waiver issued under a Clean Air Act for California to set its own auto emissions standards. So there is no legal precedent for how a judge could rule, said Richard Frank, an environmental law processor at the University of California, Davis. https://phys.org/news/2017-03-california-lawmakers-dont-emission-impossible.html

This is a very Passive Aggressive way to govern. I agree, but when side wants more government and the other side wants less, compromise looks a lot like gridlock. It should always be smart government to deliver the most cost effective solutions to all the people. Why has trump not gone after US drug companies. How they use the statements that research in the US justifies outrageous drug prices. That US prices are 3-4 times higher than New Zealand for the same drug. He has made statements to such effect many times. Or is it that lobbyists and the Washington swamp has already led trump's morals astray?

Brent, you know everyone here loves you and tries to help you. But news coverage by major TV networks. Is not a quantifiable determinate of scientific fact. The US is such a leader or research. A shining star of science so to speak. NOAA, NASA, etc. We all know that sooner or later, you will see the light. Sure science can be wrong. But in the absence of contrary facts. Which is altogether different from Mrs. Conway's "Alternative Facts". Facts should direct intelligent conclusions.

Its a good day for America. 24 million will still have coverage. Nothing is going to explode. Somebody was looking after the weak, the vulnerable, the sick, the poor and the injured. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E

What's the difference between trump and Colin Kaepernick? Colin has beliefs and values that he stands up for. "Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick reportedly donated $50,000 to Meals on Wheels, a group that provides food for seniors in need. Kaepernick, currently a free agent, has promised to donate $1 million to organizations that help at-risk communities, and to support a campaign to raise millions of dollars for drought relief in Somalia." http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/22/colin-kaepernick-donates-50k-meals-wheels-sarah-palin-reacts trump steals from charities for which he receives money for.

Ok take this with a grain of salt because of the source. I don't know how reliable VICE is. These traits are reported in other websites. Which of course means absolutely nothing, re, the environmental thread, rushmc, etc. "Why opiates are proof of God's existence: "Were it not for these drugs, many common and miraculous surgeries would be impossible to either undergo or perform. In my opinion this is no coincidence at all. Only a higher power and intellect could have created a world in which substances like opiates grow naturally." How pornography can lead to fear of dick: "Another recent example I can cite is that of an adult woman who was allowed to see a pornographic movie as a child. As an adult, she has suffered from a phobia to male genitalia." On whether Goths are predisposed to drug addiction: "Goths usually smoke cigarettes and many practice an odd sort of devil worship, although kids in the 'punk' culture may not have any interest in these non-mainstream beliefs. Not all Goths are drug addicts, but a high percentage experiment with all types of drugs, including hallucinogens... When you see that your child has become interested in body art or has a fascination with the Goth or other subculture, then be on alert, because your child is likely headed into rebellion and possible drug experimentation." Fleming was known for believing an Onion story about Planned Parenthood building an $8 billion "abortionplex" was real, and propagating phony information he read on Breitbart on the House floor. BuzzFeed also pointed out that in an interview, Fleming recounts making his 16-year-old son take a breathalyzer test every time he came home after he caught him drinking. "Believe it or not, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association have come out against the use of home breathalyzer and drug testing," Fleming said, but then called his parenting techniques "necessary in today's environment." https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/trump-healthcare-appointee-opiates-are-proof-god-exists Sounds as if he and trump are two peas in a pod. I can see why he was appointed to lead a govt. dept.

Good story in NY times. Some good pictures so read the Times article directly if you can. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/world/asia/china-air-pollution-smog-climate-change.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 Climate Change May Be Intensifying China’s Smog Crisis By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZMARCH 24, 2017 BEIJING — Chinese leaders, grappling with some of the world’s worst air pollution, have long assumed the answer to their woes was gradually reducing the level of smog-forming chemicals emitted from power plants, steel factories and cars. But new research suggests another factor may be hindering China’s efforts to take control of its devastating smog crisis: climate change. Changing weather patterns linked to rising global temperatures have resulted in a dearth of wind across northern China, according to several recent studies, exacerbating a wave of severe pollution that has been blamed for millions of premature deaths. Wind usually helps blow away smog, but changes in weather patterns in recent decades have left many of China’s most populous cities poorly ventilated, scientists say. The findings, some of the first to link climate change to smog, may escalate pressure on Chinese leaders to move more swiftly to shutter steel factories and coal-fired power plants amid rising public anger over smog caused by soot and gases like sulfur dioxide. The research could also push China to assume an even more forceful role in international efforts to curb climate change by reducing carbon emissions, at a time when the United States, under President Trump, appears to be backing away from the issue. “Everyone used to think that controlling smog hinged on reducing regional pollution,” said Liao Hong, a professor at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology and the co-author of a climate change study published this week. “Now it’s clear that it will require a global effort.” As public outrage has grown in China over dirty skies and a rash of respiratory illnesses linked to smog, Chinese officials have redoubled efforts in recent years to fight air pollution. They have dispatched teams of police officers to inspect factories, closed down hundreds of coal-fired power plants and imposed limits on driving and activities like outdoor barbecuing. Premier Li Keqiang, speaking at the annual session of China’s legislature this month, vowed to “make our skies blue again” and promised to take further steps to reduce the use of coal. But even if Chinese officials push forward with ambitious plans to cut emissions, they may struggle to offset the effects of climate change, the findings suggest. Ms. Liao’s study, which examined data on pollution in Beijing from 2009 to 2016, predicted that weather conditions associated with severe smog would become increasingly common in coming decades. The study did not account for possible reductions in carbon emissions under the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. Scientists point to the so-called airpocalypse that fell on Beijing in January 2013 as an example of the effects of climate change on smog. During that episode, Beijing and dozens of other cities in northern China were shrouded in toxic haze for days. Despite emergency measures to cut emissions, the concentration of PM2.5, particles of a size that can penetrate the bloodstream, remained dangerously high. Researchers now attribute the resilience of smog during that period to unusually stagnant air conditions brought on by climate change. The air was the stillest in three decades during the heavy particulate pollution in 2013, according to a study published this month in the journal. The study found that the melting of ice in the Arctic, combined with increased snowfall in Siberia, contributed to changes in wind patterns across Asia that winter that failed to clear the air over northern China. Yuhang Wang, an atmospheric scientist at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta who was a co-author of the study, said the results suggested that Chinese officials would have an especially difficult time curbing air pollution in the winter, when weather conditions are most conducive to smog and more coal is burned for heating. The Ministry of Environmental Protection pledged this month to put in place stricter policies to curb winter air pollution. Beijing is set to host the Winter Olympics in 2022. “In the long run, emission reductions of both pollutants and greenhouse gases are needed to mitigate the winter haze problem,” Mr. Wang said. The effect of climate change on air pollution might extend beyond China. In a study last year, for example, Mr. Wang found that warmer and drier conditions might lead to longer stretches of ozone pollution in parts of the southeastern United States. (Previous studies have also shown a link between climate change and ozone pollution.) The Chinese government has emerged as one of the leading voices on fighting climate change. As the Trump administration hints that it might move away from international efforts to cut emissions, environmentalists are looking to China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, to play a leading role in curbing the use of fossil fuels. The government has pledged to go more aggressively after polluters and to cut excess production in heavy industry. Already, some progress has been made, with particulate pollution falling nearly 10 percent in the Beijing area over the past three winters, according to government statistics. But many cities, especially in the north, continue to experience severe bouts of smog, resulting in school closures, traffic accidents and increases in hospital visits. Enforcement of environmental laws remains lax, and steel capacity actually rose last year, contributing to a surge in air pollution, a Greenpeace report found. The growing body of research on the links between climate change and air pollution might serve as a rallying cry for China to take a more aggressive role in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. But it could also give the government another excuse for the country’s pollution problems, analysts said. “In light of growing local protests against poor air quality, linking this issue with climate conditions outside of China underscores the fact that the pollution problem has international sources in addition to local,” said Marc Lanteigne, a senior lecturer on Chinese defense and security issues at Massey University in New Zealand. Environmentalists said the role of climate change in exacerbating smog was an important finding. But they underlined the need for local governments to do more to reduce emissions. “It won’t change the overall conclusion that air pollutant emission is the direct and interior cause for this air pollution problem,” Dong Liansai, a climate and energy advocate at Greenpeace in Beijing, wrote in an email. “Much more action is required.”

So if the presidential election was stolen by fraud. Should trump reimburse the costs? i.e. about $2.6 billion. Which according to Forbes would still leave him with a $1 billion left over. Or should there be punitive damages of $1-2 billion added as well, for the damage to the US reputation. For disruption to government. https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/cost.php http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-net-worth-billion-2017-forbes-571508

I guess I'll just remain a skeptic. The "60 scientists letter" dates from 2006. Its 2017. Every major Canadian government and quasi-official environmental organization recognizes climate change. In Canada the federal government has been met with ferocious resistance to the new national carbon tax. "Three groups are asking the federal government to not implement a countrywide carbon tax. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association and the United Steelworkers union Local 5890 have sent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a letter outlining how a federal carbon tax will hurt Western Canada. The federal government is proposing a carbon price of $10 per tonne in 2018 that would rise to $50 per tonne by 2022. Todd MacKay, the Prairie director for the federation, says a carbon tax will mean less money for working Canadians. Union spokesman Courtland Klein says many industries have not been given a chance to show their commitment to reducing Canada's carbon footprint. Shantel Lipp, president of the construction association, says there are no alternative fuel sources for their industry. "A lot of the construction camps are powered off propane. The equipment, the construction asphalt plants, the crushing plants, all of that is powered off diesel and there are no alternative fuel sources," she said." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-carbon-tax-letter-1.4028709 With such resistance the whole country could be at war soon.

As always, don't bother: "Watts Up With That? (or WUWT) is a blog[1] promoting climate change denial[2][3][4][5][6] that was created by Anthony Watts in 2006.[2][3] The blog predominantly discusses climate issues with a focus on anthropogenic climate change, generally accommodating beliefs that are in opposition to the scientific consensus on climate change. Contributors include Christopher Monckton and Fred Singer as guest authors.[7] In November 2009, the blog was one of the first websites to publish emails and documents from the Climatic Research Unit controversy, and a driving force behind its coverage.[7]... In 2009, Watts Up With That was involved in popularizing the Climatic Research Unit email controversy,[10][18] wherein emails of several climatologists were published by a hacker. ... Mann, Michael (1 October 2013). The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines. Columbia University Press. pp. 27, 72, 222. "Since then, a number of other amateur climate change denial bloggers have arrived on the scene. Most prominent among them is Anthony Watts, a meteorologist...and founder of the site "Watts Up with That?" which has overtaken climate audit as the leading climate change denial blog." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Up_With_That%3F

All part of trump's "White America" no blacks, no browns, no non-Christians. As soon as Gorsuch is in place, as soon as the cutbacks to foreign service and State department takes effect. The US embassies in Africa will just close doors. Except for one marine guard with a rubber stamp and ink pad. Anyone who wants anything gets a free stamp "DENIED".

Where does this 144,000 come from? Why wasn't I informed about this? ...Is there still time to get in Line? ...Is that not just,fair, like,like there are billions of people!

Ok for as much as I despise trump is it time to back off. He has a young child. This is what happens to anyone that crosses his business deals. Crosses him in any fashion. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-murder-idUSKBN16U19O

only for subscribers. Europe middle east, Asia, Australia. all know trump is a habitual liar. Its as if you had a neighbor in a upscale neighborhood. Then the husband starts to beat his wife, cops get called. Then there fighting on the front lawn. Every day its a new scandal. The whole community watch in a mixture of horror, amusement and fascination. Wondering how and when its all going to end. Some neighbors laugh, some feel pity, some want to help, others want to move away. SAD

GWB was like that. http://www.vibe.com/2017/03/george-bush-bond-with-michelle-obama/ People that knew him would say thats him being him. More dumdum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPQ8Ai69zEE Perhaps it would be best if Tillerson met all the other world leaders from now on. trump could just go to Mar-a-Lago and pretend that he forgot about the visiting world leader coming to town.

Copycat http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/19/fugitive.pilot/