Trump Uses Climate Change As A Punchline Again

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  1. “The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie–deliberate, contrived and dishonest–but the myth–persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." – John F. Kennedy

    [Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]

  2. My old man, a taciturn guy who didn’t mince words would have said something like “I’ll warm you up. I’ll shove a flaming blow torch on full bore up your ass!”

    Must be nice to have such a narrow perspecive on the world.

    Roads melted and doctors warned people about heat stress as Australia notched five of its 10 hottest days on record amid a searing heatwave.

    One town in New South Wales recorded a night-time low temperature of 35.9C – the highest minimum temperature ever recorded anywhere in Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology said.

    The extreme heat, which has hit the country for a week, has caused dozens of bushfires and bat deaths on a “biblical scale” in Adelaide, South Australia. More than a dozen people in that state have been taken to hospital due to heat, reports said.

  3. It was only a matter of time before tRump did his Inhofe impersonation.

    Somebody throw a fucking snowball at that asshole.

    This is the reason why we can’t have nice things.

  4. Jan.18, 2019

    Australia is in the grip of an extreme heatwave with authorities estimating the country has seen at least 5 of its 10 warmest days on record this week.
    https://www.bbc.com/weather/features/46924029

    Jan 19, 2019 50C is 122 F

    ‘It’s like hell here’: Australia bakes as record temperatures nudge 50C
    Fears rise for homeless and vulnerable people as communities brace for another week of relentless hot weather
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/19/australia-swelters-as-relentless-hot-weather-smashes-records

    If the Aussies weren’t such blushing violets, I’m sure they would tell him off…

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