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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/

Its spreading like gonorrhea in a whorehouse. "Transport Canada is studying restrictions the United States has just placed on electronic devices being carried by travellers coming from 10 primarily Middle Eastern airports, and is reviewing the possibility of joining the ban, an industry source has told The Globe and Mail." http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-banning-carry-on-electronics-on-flights-from-10-airports/article34360400/

(source: http://globalnews.ca/news/3323468/americans-build-the-wall-cancun/) "The incident adds to a “growing number of complaints” from tourism workers who say that spring breakers have been “offensive, rude and haughty towards Mexican people.” Stupidity knows no bounds. Say and do stupid stuff to people that serve you food.

I can see her now. Sneaking around the WH, listining at every door. Peaking around the corners of the hallways,hiding in the closets, listening quietly.... trying to ascertain.... where are...where are the Obama fifth columnists?

How Americans Think About Climate Change, in Six Maps By NADJA POPOVICH, JOHN SCHWARTZ and TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG MARCH 21, 2017 The link at the bottom is the best way to view this story as it has six maps describing the polls of Americans. Americans overwhelmingly believe that global warming is happening, and that carbon emissions should be scaled back. But fewer are sure that the changes will harm them personally. New data released by Yale researchers gives the most detailed view yet of public opinion on global warming. Americans want to restrict carbon emissions from coal power plants. The White House and Congress may do the opposite. A majority of adults in every congressional district in the nation support limiting carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. But many Republicans in Congress (and some Democrats) agree with President Trump, who this week may move to kill an Obama administration plan that would have scaled back the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. Nationally, about seven in 10 Americans support regulating carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants – and 75 percent support regulating CO2 as a pollutant more generally. But lawmakers are unlikely to change direction soon. Bob Inglis, a former Republican congressman from South Carolina, warned that committed activists — like the Tea Party — can shape politicians’ approaches to issues like climate change. “Those are the ones who can take you out at the next primary,” he said. He lost his primary in 2010 to Trey Gowdy, a Tea Party candidate who attacked his climate views. Most people think that climate change will harm Americans, but they don’t think it will happen to them. Most people know climate change is happening, and a majority agree it is harming people in the United States. But they don't believe it will harm them. Part of this is the problem of risk perception. Global warming is precisely the kind of threat humans are awful at dealing with: a problem with enormous consequences over the long term, but little that is sharply visible on a personal level in the short term. Humans are hard-wired for quick fight-or-flight reactions in the face of an imminent threat, but not highly motivated to act against slow-moving and somewhat abstract problems, even if the challenges that they pose are ultimately dire. Texas and Florida are vulnerable to climate change, but residents are split on how much to worry about it. In Florida, the effects of climate change, including sunny-day flooding, are being felt across the state. But the state shows a distinct north-south split in the level of concern over global warming, and it is not a simple Democrat-versus-Republican distinction, said State Representative Kristin D. Jacobs, a Democrat. Four southeast Florida counties — Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe and Palm Beach — stand out because of their concerted effort to work on climate issues together and to discuss it in nonpartisan terms. South and West Texas, as well as the state’s Gulf Coast, are more worried about climate change than the rest of the state — and politics alone cannot explain it. South Texas favors Democrats, West Texas is decidedly more mixed, and the Gulf Coast in November 2016 was solid Trump territory. One thing is shared by those disparate parts of the state: They have felt the brunt of shifting weather patterns, including rising temperatures, coastal hurricanes and western droughts so long and severe that some West Texas towns now recycle wastewater for drinking. The state’s highest concentrations of Latinos can be found in the south and west, which may also partly explain the difference in climate views. Roberto Suro, a professor of public policy and journalism at the University of Southern California, suggested age as a possible factor. Latinos are “a young population with the median age significantly younger than the white population, and younger still than the African-American population,” he said, noting that young people have embraced climate science to a greater extent than their elders. Just 33 percent of Americans surveyed said they discuss global warming at least occasionally with friends and family – and 31 percent said they never do. But there are distinct regional patterns. (we found THE TRUMP SUPPORTERS) In the American West, much of which has been affected by drought and wildfires, residents are more likely to talk about climate change. New England states, and not just the liberals of Massachusetts and Vermont, talk more about climate, as well, along with coastal South Carolina, which lies in the path of many hurricanes. But aside from Southeast Florida, which has put so much effort into making discussion of climate change a priority, much of the rest of the Atlantic Coast is less likely to engage in climate discussions, despite recent increases in tidal flooding. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/21/climate/how-americans-think-about-climate-change-in-six-maps.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

There to promote her brand....er....look after daddy.......check out the bedrooms. "Ivanka Trump is reportedly getting an office in the White House, but is not assuming an official role. Ivanka Trump's office will be on the second floor of the West Wing, Politico reported. She is also reportedly getting security clearance and government-issued communications devices. But her attorney said she will not have an official position in the White House or get a salary. Instead, she will serve as the president's "eyes and ears" and give advice, attorney Jamie Gorelick told Politico. Gorelick also said Ivanka Trump will follow the ethics and records retention rules that government employees adhere to. "Having an adult child of the president who is actively engaged in the work of the administration is new ground,” Gorelick told Politico in an interview Monday. ... “While there is no modern precedent for an adult child of the president, I will voluntarily follow all of the ethics rules placed on government employees," she said. The arrangement raises questions about possible conflicts of interest. “They're not saying she's going to voluntarily subject herself to ethics rules to be nice,” said Norm Eisen, the former ethics czar under Obama. “There’s recognition that they're in very uncertain territory here. The better thing to do would be to concede she is subject to the rules. It would create some outside accountability, because if she can voluntarily subject herself to the rules, she can voluntarily un-subject herself to the rules.” Trump still owns her fashion brand, but she stepped down from her position at the company. Gorelick said, regarding divesting from her business, that "we don't believe it eliminates conflicts in every way." “She has the conflicts that derive from the ownership of this brand," he said. "We’re trying to minimize those to the extent possible." http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/324896-ivanka-trump-getting-white-house-office-but-no-official-position Perhaps Germans don't understand. In China they call them princelings. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4828251;search_string=princelings;#4828251 In the US its called "filling the swamp", "pigs at the trough", etc.

Angela Merkel has just released this new video in order to help trump out. To answer questions about trump's political correctness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OvKTyYu7W0

Trump has lots of duties and responsibilities as President. I have yet to see him actually DO any of them. He's a fraud. As I've said - He pulled off a hell of a good con. Unfortunately, he's now President. He can't just 'take the money and run' like usual. One of his promises was to eliminate IS. The Iraqi Prime Minister was visiting the WH today. He could have delivered a coherent message on how he was going to do that. Instead all the coverage was...covering up his lies. Russiagate. Likely bragging up how great he is on giving Iraq an exemption on the travel ban. Increasing coverage, reducing costs for the trumpcare bill. There is supposed to be a vote Thursday. The budget, has had no discussions. Meanwhile trumps legacy has slipped a bit. "US president Donald Trump’s fortune has fallen by about $1bn to $3.5bn over the past year, as measured by Forbes magazine in its annual list of the world’s billionaires... The fall in Trump’s net worth is due to a drop in the value of office space in Midtown Manhattan, where the president owns about 10 buildings. Forbes said Trump had fallen from the world’s 324th-richest person to 544th. “Forty percent of Donald Trump’s fortune is tied up in Trump Tower and eight buildings within one mile of it,” Forbes said. “Lately, the neighbourhood has been struggling (relatively speaking).” Trump has refused to publish his tax returns to show the true scale of his wealth, but during the campaign he claimed he was worth “in excess of $10bn”. Dolan said that in previous years the real estate tycoon had challenged Forbes for underestimating his fortune. “We contact everyone we can to give them the opportunity for feedback. Over the last 31 years we have been compiling this list Trump has given us a lot of feedback, believe me, ‘You guys are too low I am worth far more than you say’,” she said. “He didn’t call back to dispute our estimate. I would hope that running the country is more important to him right now than Forbes’s value of his net worth.” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/20/forbes-billionaire-list-trump-loses-1bn-as-elite-club-welcomes-233-new-members

More important: October 21, 2016 "Chinese leaders have called a halt to construction work on 30 large coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 17GW — greater than the UK’s entire coal fleet. This unprecedented move indicates just how serious the Chinese authorities are about bringing the country’s coal power bubble under control. And those 30 plants aren’t the only ones that are being stopped. The policy also dramatically scales down plans for transmitting coal-fired power from the west of China to the coast through a network of very long-distance transmission lines. Another 30 large coal plant projects, for which transmission lines were already under construction, are being axed. Ten of those plants were already under construction but will now be marooned as they will have no connection to the grid. This means China is stopping work on the equivalent of the combined coal-fired capacity of UK and Spain. Up to now, the Chinese government had avoided interfering in projects that had already been contracted and financed, and where construction had started. The cancellations will be painful, and entail major commercial losses and disputes. But spending money to complete these unneeded coal plants would have been even more wasteful — it would likely have cost well over $20 billion. [/url]http://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2016/10/21/china-coal-crackdown-cancel-new-power-plants/

I disagree. If he had gotten even 51% of the popular vote, then I would give some consideration to it being a 'mandate.' However, with less than 1/2 of the popular vote, I do not see how anyone can call it a 'mandate.' Jerry Baumchen I'll rephrase that by stating that he has a duty to every American. Those that voted for change and those that did not. A substantial portion wanted a change or shakeup in Washington. Because they felt that they had not had their concerns addressed by either traditional republicans or democrats. Certainly the votes cast for congress and house members count as much because there are three partners in the government. My point would be, that both republicans and democrats need to address the voters that have seen a recovery without rising wages. Those who believe that the federal government is not protecting well paid manufacturing jobs. Together with the role and direction that national leadership can bring to that equation. To increase the competitiveness of US manufacturing and see those benefits be directed to workers. Obviously some jobs, some manufacturing sectors will never come back. Its also a fool's game to throw corporate tax breaks, tariff barriers, or to lay waste to the environment. To save or create false employment.

So that's the House Intelligence Committee Chairman saying there was never a wiretap... and here's the FBI director saying that "neither the FBI nor the Department of Justice had evidence to support Trump’s claims that his predecessor Barack Obama wiretapped his phones ahead of the election. " http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-39328507 Trumps tweets - FAKE NEWS! I think in the end the committee was trying to send the President a message. There is a reason why republicans on the committee co-operated and brought this forward. It was to send trump a message. Lying and false promises on the campaign trail is different from doing the same things as a president. As to the hearings. In committees there is genuine work in a bi-partisan, professional way done when there are no cameras or microphones around. Enter the public or the media and grandstanding grows. The doubling down on the lies by trump over the noon-hour shows that trump is not going to change. Mr. Spicer looses more and more credibility every day. The presidents credibility, that he may want to use sooner or later.

Dummy. He could have bought a balloon. http://www.hotairballooning.com/classified/listing/5633/1995_aerostar_aurora_69.html and got a local pilot to teach him how to fly it. Then got a decent used rig as well. For the $26,500 plus legal fees. But that would not have included his 15 minutes of fame.

I'll guess somewhere around 25%. There seems to be a small but dedicated faction that will support him no matter what. It seems to run around 25%. I don't know if they are blind, stupid, or simply that bigoted, xenophobic and misogynistic that actually like what he's doing. You have to admit that he's done a masterful con job. All of his main campaign points ("Lock her up", "Build a wall & make Mexico pay for it", "Ban Muslims", "Drain the swamp", "I won't take a vacation", ect) have fallen through. There are fairly clear indications that Russia interfered in the campaign (not the actual election). Yet his true believers, and more than a few "sorta true" believers ignore those things. I don't disagree. BUT there is a mandate from voters to change the status quo. To institute a national program to promote US workers. I don't agree that its one to erect trade barriers because they don't work. Venezuela and another populist leader that was almost a carbon copy of trump, Hugo Chavez showed that. Chavez was more socialist than trump. Democrats and Republicans should recognize this in order to regain the voter in the middle of the political spectrum.

SAD "Most members of President Trump’s Cabinet do not yet have leadership teams in place or even nominees for top deputies. But they do have an influential coterie of senior aides installed by the White House who are charged — above all — with monitoring the secretaries’ loyalty, according to eight officials in and outside the administration. This shadow government of political appointees with the title of senior White House adviser is embedded at every Cabinet agency, with offices in or just outside the secretary’s suite. The White House has installed at least 16 of the advisers at departments including Energy and Health and Human Services and at some smaller agencies such as NASA, according to records first obtained by ProPublica through a Freedom of Information Act request. These aides report not to the secretary, but to the Office of Cabinet Affairs, which is overseen by Rick Dearborn, a White House deputy chief of staff, according to administration officials. A top Dearborn aide, John Mashburn, leads a weekly conference call with the advisers, who are in constant contact with the White House." above from the story. IMO this is almost hard to believe. Then trump wonders why he has loyalty issues beyond his children. P.S. its helpful if direct quotes are taken from stories and posted directly, because most of the major newspapers limit the number of stories a IP address can access in a month. Most are 5-10 a month and beyond that you have to become a subscriber.

1. Pipeline approvals. 2. The two current generals he picked were great choices. i.e. Mattis, McMaster. 3. Removing micro-management of the US military re drone strikes from politics is a step in the right direction. 4. The statements he made regarding Germany's very successful apprenticeship-trades training programs. Was right on the money. He should direct his education secretary to implement such a program.

F-1 technology: http://jalopnik.com/how-formula-ones-amazing-new-hybrid-turbo-engine-works-1506450399 New battery tech: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/tech/super-safe-glass-battery-charges-in-minutes-not-hours/ IMO state of the art:http://www.caranddriver.com/bmw/i8 Its pretty hard to beat diesel/ gas given today's prices and technology.

Meanwhile for Russian Consumption. Every opportunity to separate European allies and diss trump now that the Putin trump bromance is dissolved. "There were discernible slights and insults for German Chancellor Angela Merkel at her first meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday. For Donald Trump, it was just another day, full of outrageous behavior and controversy. The grave consequences of rudeness at this rarefied diplomatic level should not be underestimated. But it was nuances of what was said and what wasn’t said at the White House that will have the more far reaching results. Angela Merkel was portrayed by the world media as a put upon woman, a victim of the slights of a misogynist. But she is a mature and substantial politician in her own right. She will know that she came away from this summit with nothing. She is the kind of consensus, liberal politician that Trump holds in the greatest contempt. And she has the most to fear. It was the more nuanced, less obvious slights that will rankle Merkel. She will get over the brutish behavior of Trump, for she is a woman who has put up with George Bush, Silvio Berlusconi, and Nikolas Sarkozy in the past. It is her failure to win any concessions that will wound her more deeply. But first, to the ghastly fun – Trump’s obnoxious behavior. The German media, clutching at straws, said that the pair had clasped hands twice. But it was the outrageous snub of the German Chancellor’s offer to shake hands at the particular time and location – the official photo call in the Oval Office – that caught the world’s attention. The footage will be replayed for many years as a reminder of how badly Trump can behave. The photographers called for the two to shake hands and Merkel can be heard saying: “Do you want to have a handshake?” Trump ignored her, and enhanced footage later shows that he clearly heard her. https://www.rt.com/op-edge/381299-trump-merkel-nato-meeting-washington/ Its unfortunate that the republican leadership has no control over trump. That Fox news has no concept of political international relationships. Fox is solely a US national phenomenon. That there is no one to suggest that the US will need allies sooner or later. That trump's treatment of Australia, Germany, GB, etc. will soon come back. In a manner that will only benefit Russia. Hopefully Merkel will rise to the occasion. Together with Republican house and senate leaders. Because Putin, China and North Korea all have agendas in mind. Ones that differ from that of the US. For Germany and Japan. Worldwide competition and free trade was on the agenda. While trump wants to hide, to baby and protect US domestic industries. Who will have domestic markets protected by the rigors of real competition. Business News | Sun Mar 19, 2017 | 5:27pm EDT Germany's Merkel and Japan's Abe urge free trade with jabs at U.S. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke up for free trade at a major technology fair on Sunday with jabs clearly pointed at an increasingly protectionist United States. Both called for a free trade deal to be reached quickly between Japan and the European Union, in comments made after G20 finance ministers and central bankers dropped a long-standing mention of open trade in their final communique after a two-day meeting in Germany. Neither leader named the U.S. government as they opened the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover, but both used the opportunity to distance themselves from protectionist tendencies coming from the Trump administration. "In times when we have to argue with many about free trade, open borders and democratic values, it's a good sign that Japan and Germany no longer argue about this but rather are seeking to shape the future in a way that benefits people," Merkel said. As G20 president, Germany feels especially committed to these principles, she added. After meeting President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday for the first time, Merkel said she hoped the United States and the European Union could resume discussions on a trade agreement. Trump said he did not believe in isolationism but that trade policy should be fairer. Merkel stressed that Germany was strongly in favor of free trade and open markets. "We certainly don't want any barriers but at a time of an 'Internet of things' we want to link our societies with one another and let them deal fairly with one another, and that is what free trade is all about," she said. Speaking at the same event, Abe said: "Japan, having gone through reaping in abundance the benefits of free trade and investment, wants to be the champion upholding open systems alongside Germany." He added: "Of course to do so it will be necessary to have rules that are fair and can stand up to democratic appraisal." He also said the European Union and Japan should soon reach an economic deal. Merkel welcomed his comments, saying: "It's very, very good that Japan says we want a free trade agreement, we want it soon because that could be the right statement and Germany would love to be a driving force behind this." European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told Bild am Sonntag newspaper he was pleased that he would be meeting Abe on Tuesday and said the bloc wanted to conclude a free trade deal with Japan this year." http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-cebit-merkel-idUSKBN16Q0UR Meanwhile China, South Korea,are joining in free trade talks to replace the US in the TPP. Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, , Mexico, Chile and Peru. http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/14/china-south-korea-join-tpp-members-in-trade-talks.html Canada is already in a EU free trade marketplace. As such the US will now have free trade agreements with....wait... nobody. These are the free trade deals which trump has vowed to cancel and renegotiate. Such that US manufacturers can have free reign over domestic consumers. https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements

That is a charge? What a joke. LOL. Oh come on. If there was a law that legalized prostitution outside 1000ft of a church, I bet you guys would be all for it! But then again, this would just be trick by those crafty christian conservatives. In the U.S, when are you ever 1000ft away from a church? A couple small places in the smokey mountains near Dollywood.