Scientific American — Red State America Acts on Climate Change But Calls It Other Names

by Dennis Sanders · February 28, 2017

Tags: climate change domestic politics science

Dennis Sanders

Dennis Sanders is the Associate Pastor at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Minneapolis, MN. You can follow Dennis through his blogs, The Clockwork Pastor and Big Tent Revue and on Twitter. Feel free to contact him at dennis.sanders(at)gmail(dot)com.

Oscar Gordan
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February 28, 2017 at 9:36 am
In other words, branding & messaging matters.Report
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- Stillwater in reply to Oscar Gordan
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  February 28, 2017 at 10:49 am
  Or: “staying ahead of the alternative-fact-based national politics curve matters.”
  Or: “branding and messaging is what got us into this problem to begin with!”
  Or: …. 🙂Report
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Kim
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February 28, 2017 at 11:09 am
Dennis,
Yawn. We aren’t doing anything effective to stop climate change.
Enjoy the upcoming shitstorm. And the drowning of entire nations (which we’ve already built walls around, because humans are So Nice).Report
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- DensityDuck in reply to Kim
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  February 28, 2017 at 12:57 pm
  I’m sorry, I won’t be around to watch because I died along with the rest of terrestrial life when the Deepwater Horizon blowout depressurized the methane clathrates in the seabed and turned the atmosphere into a giant fart.
  Or wait, I died when the Yellowstone caldera cracked open and covered all of North America with magma in a couple of hours.
  Or did I die when antibiotic-resistant bacteria spread across the planet?
  Or maybe it was back when population pressures spurred resource competition that escalated into strategic nuclear exchanges.Report
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  - Damon in reply to DensityDuck
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    March 2, 2017 at 8:44 am
    it’s “liquid hot MAGMA”. Say it like Dr. Evil.
    And don’t forget about the global cooling!Report
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  - notme in reply to DensityDuck
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    March 2, 2017 at 8:52 am
    No, you died of dysentery.Report
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Damon
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March 2, 2017 at 8:46 am
That article makes reference to local folks doing local things to conserve energy, etc. As it has always been.
In AZ, you see a lot of places adding solar panels-houses, covered car parks, etc. This is where the changes happen, not some federal mandate.Report
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Weinstein Convicted of Rape

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Weinstein Convicted of Rape

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After five days of deliberation, the jury in Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial returned a mixed verdict, convicting the disgraced Hollywood producer of third degree rape and criminal sexual act in the first degree. Weinstein was acquitted of the most serious counts, a charge of first degree rape and two counts of predatory sexual assault. From the NY Times:

Harvey Weinstein, who long reigned as one of the most influential producers in Hollywood, was found guilty on Monday of two felony sex crimes after a Manhattan trial that became a watershed moment for the #MeToo movement.
But the jury acquitted Mr. Weinstein of the two most serious charges against him, predatory sexual assault.
The verdict offered a measure of justice to the dozens of women who have come forward with similar allegations against Mr. Weinstein. For many, the trial was a crucial test in the effort to hold powerful men accountable for sexual harassment in the workplace.
The jury found Mr. Weinstein guilty of two counts, criminal sexual assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree. On the two counts of predatory sexual assault, the not guilty verdicts suggested that one or some jurors did not believe the testimony of Annabella Sciorra, an actress best known for her work in “The Sopranos.”
He faces a sentence of five to 25 years on the top count.

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From Fox News: Bernie Sanders projected to win Nevada caucuses

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From Fox News: Bernie Sanders projected to win Nevada caucuses

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From Fox News:

Sen. Bernie Sanders will win the Nevada caucuses, Fox News can project, furthering the democratic socialist's lead over his Democratic rivals and raising the question as to whether he can be stopped on his path to the Democratic nomination.
With four percent of delegates in, Sanders has 56 percent.
According to the early returns, former Vice President Joe Biden is in second place with 19.9 percent, billionaire Tom Steyer has 9.3 percent, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has eight percent, and former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg has 5.8 percent. Ultimately 36 delegates are at stake.

(Featured image is “IMG_5530” by cornstalker. Used under a creative commons license.)

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Video: Blagojevich Is A Natural

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Video: Blagojevich Is A Natural

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I thought Rod Blagojevich's presser was insanely Lynchian, so here you go pic.twitter.com/2uq8SUBalS
— Vic Vaiana (@vicvaiana) February 19, 2020

thanks @lilyslynch for flagging this bizarre moment.
It keeps going btw... pic.twitter.com/lh1D1t2qRw
— Vic Vaiana (@vicvaiana) February 19, 2020

Fortunately, because it was a commute and not a pardon, Blagojevich is not to be president. Otherwise, I would be concerned.

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Voter ID Law Blocked in North Carolina Before March 3rd Primary

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Voter ID Law Blocked in North Carolina Before March 3rd Primary

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No law is really law in the Tarheel State until it's been ruled on by at least three judges. Or so it seems. This time, it's the state's latest version of a voter ID law that has been blocked from implementation.

CNN:

North Carolina's Court of Appeals on Tuesday blocked the state's new voter ID law from taking effect, a move that will likely prevent it from being in place in time for the 2020 elections.
The ruling, coming two weeks before the Tarheel State holds its presidential primaries on March 3, is a victory for civil rights groups and advocates who have argued the law would disenfranchise poor and minority voters. A separate ruling in federal court has already issued a block of the voter ID law through the state's primaries, and Tuesday's decision all but ensures a block through the general election in November until another ruling.
In Tuesday's decision, the court said voter ID provisions "likely will have a negative impact on African Americans because they lack acceptable IDs at a greater rate than white voters."
The North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley called the voter ID ruling "ridiculous" and said the opinion was "invalidating the votes of more than 2 million North Carolinians who voted for a constitutional amendment in 2018."
"The opinion, issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals, ignores the fact that more than 30 other states have enacted similar laws which have been upheld by federal courts," Whatley said in a statement on Tuesday. "An overwhelming percentage of North Carolinians of every demographic support voter ID and we are very disappointed to see a panel made up of three Democratic judges overturning their votes by judicial fiat."

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President Trump Commutes Blagojevich Sentence, Pardons Others

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President Trump Commutes Blagojevich Sentence, Pardons Others

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President Trump got busy with his pen today, commuting and pardoning several people including former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and former NYC Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik.

Via the New York Times:

President Trump commuted the 14-year prison sentence of former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, the Democrat who was convicted of trying to essentially sell Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat for personal gain, and pardoned the financier Michael R. Milken and Bernard B. Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, the president announced on Tuesday.
“Yes, we commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich,” Mr. Trump told reporters just before boarding Air Force One for a four-day trip to the west coast where he is scheduled to hold three campaign rallies. “He served eight years in jail, a long time. He seems like a very nice person, don’t know him.”
Mr. Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, was convicted of tax fraud and lying to the government. And he said he had also pardoned Mr. Milken, the investment banker who was known in the 1980s as the “junk bond king” and who has fought for decades to reverse his conviction for securities fraud.
Mr. Trump commuted the former governor’s sentence on Tuesday after saying for years that he was considering intervening in Mr. Blagojevich’s case. By commuting the sentence, the president would free Mr. Blagojevich from prison without wiping out the conviction. Republicans have advised the president against it, arguing that Mr. Blagojevich’s crime epitomizes the corruption that Mr. Trump had said he wanted to tackle as president.
The president’s decision came the same day that he pardoned or commuted the sentences of eight others including Edward J. DeBartolo Jr., a former owner of the San Francisco 49ers who pleaded guilty in 1998 to concealing an extortion attempt and eventually surrendered control of his team.

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