by Gaius PubliusEvery national instance of Rule by the Rich is accompanied by a great deal of violence, inflicted on the many by the few.—Yours truly (paraphrased)As you ponder the criticism of the Antifa ("anti-fascist") movement for engaging in violent tactics in Berkeley, consider the following.▪
Unless one lives in the alternate reality of religious beliefs, it has become impossible to deny and ignore a simple fact: very soon, perhaps within only two decades, humans will join the crowded groups of endangered species. While polar bears, lions, and elephants are solely the victims of men’s cruel and reckless stupidity, humans are collectively both the perpetrators and the ultimate victims of a self-inflicted mass genocide.
Abnormally dry conditions now cover 100 percent of South Dakota according to U.S. Drought Monitorby Gaius PubliusThe climate crisis has already started. Early signs include the refugee crisis in Europe, begun in large part by a deadly drought in Syria.
Why we need to start now to address global warming (source; click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusTick tick tick. Stefan Rahmstorf is one of the most pre-eminent climate scientists in the world:
Cover image from the New York Magazine feature story, "The Uninhabitable Earth." by Gaius PubliusWe need new Cassandras to warn us of new disasters, even though they'll never be believed.—Richard Cla
#LarsenC break-up extends the march of ice shelf retreat toward the pole, as climatic limit recedes to the south [UPDATED with latest break] pic.twitter.com/JdX97nsw2h— Climate Signals (@ClimateSignals) July 12, 2017
The "Seneca Cliff" is the point at which a system that grew large slowly, starts to collapse rapidly. This is the way the 1929 stock market and 2008 banking assets collapsed (image source). Any complex system can go over the Seneca Cliff, says climate scientist Ugo Bardi.
After a humiliating General Election result, the British Conservative party are today trying to secure a working relationship with the small Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), in order to secure a Parliamentary majority and form a working Government.
The election result is seen as a chastening personal failure for current Prime Minister, Theresa May, who has been widely lambasted for losing an election campaign where she was predicted to win a huge landslide; to one where she lost her overall majority in the House of Commons.
President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord has thrown the world into a blazing furnace full of weeping and gnashing of teeth—or the political world, at least, has been thrown into a fiery tizzy. It's all ridiculous.
Following Trump's announcement that the US is pulling out of the Paris climate accord, California Governor Jerry Brown spoke about the end of the world from global warming. [...]
