MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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US Media’s Global Warming Denialism
By A Guy Called LULU on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 11:25pm |Besides nuclear war, arguably the greatest threat to human civilization is global warming, but the U.S. news media virtually ignored the issue in 2016
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by artappraiser on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 5:54am
Consortium News, no need
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 8:25am
Nice that you finally downloaded a pic of yourself for your posts. Just a suggestion though, those glasses really make you eyes look big. They kinda make you look a little bit dorky.
by ocean-kat on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 8:38am
In real life I have a big head, so the scale's fine - it's a problem with the blog's emoji's. Though in real life my body's a bit shrunken so I look like a cross between Mr. Potato Head and Eraserhead, though more amusing than scary aside from potato skin with fuzz and the Dexter glasses. Or maybe that's amusing too.. Fortunately I have oversized fingers so I can still type. And don't even go where you might think you're going.
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 10:02am
I just edited the post but it comes up the same way on the dashboard. Most of the claims of fact in the article come from Media Matters, a strong pro Clinton advocacy site as you no doubt know.
https://consortiumnews.com/2017/03/27/us-medias-global-warming-denialism/
Here is a related link which remarks on the importance of the relative non-coverage of climate change as an electoral issue.
by A Guy Called LULU on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 8:51am
Turley acts as if Obama had a choice. The case of his last Supreme Court nominee is a perfect example - the GOP was going to act like a bunch of extra-legal jackasses no matter what, and Obama had the choice to either do absolutely nothing or find areas he could improve via decree. The situation has not reversed - the GOP is acting by spite and impulse, not government methodology, which is what got them seriously burned last week.
Even with Gorsuch, the Dems objections were more substance than vengeance - Golsuch had stated in a court case that a driver should stay in a faulty truck and die in a snowstorm after waiting in vain for 1 1/2 hours for the promised help to come. It's basically an absurd decree of corporate lèse-majesté defying common sense that made all conservative jurors uncomfortable as well, hitting Gorsuch's suitability to be picked as 1 of the top 9 esteemed jurors in the country.
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 10:16am
I think we are coming to grips with the fact that Conservatism does not work in modern society. In the past, one could live as an island because neighbors were far away from you. Once you live in a larger community, the health of your neighbors becomes important to your survival. Governed to enforce vaccination for example. Dumping waste in a stream used by a few people has limited impact. Dumping waste in water used by thousands is intolerable. Conservatism fails by requiring limited government.
A telling sign is that while Hillary won less than 500 counties, they were where wealthier, healthier people lived. If Conservatism works why isn't Mississippi an economic model.Gorsuch is locked in a past where workers are chattel. Gorsuch is a Conservative.
by rmrd0000 on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 11:05am
To be fair, there are various ways to frame it.
Prospering people don't have to be as conservative, but that loosening up doesn't necessarily mean being liberal *caused* their success.
Those 500 counties tend to be where heavy population agglomerate, and Paul Krugman above others cut his teeth on clustering theory, how centers of both competing and cooperating companies provide these bubbles of growth more than dispersed resources. (as an example, a strip with a bunch of trendy restaurants does better than 1 restaurant, even though you could think they're competing - together they make a bigger attraction than an isolated excellent restaurant). Add on combined infrastructure, steady access to a growing workforce talent, suppliers, etc.
And then there's the nature of cities.
But yeah, I'd prefer clustering theory to chattle & bondage. Emptywheel had a nice review of "Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?", an analysis of the unpaid sector on the economy.
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 12:20pm
Thanks for the link.
When Red State Congressmen complained about paying for Hurricane Sandy in NYC because there were no budget cuts, they were soon shown a major flaw in Conservative theory when natural disasters hit Red States that could not fend for themselves. These snowflake Conservatives cried out for help from the government.
by rmrd0000 on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 2:42pm
Something is wrong with the posting function on "In the News" the last few days. The same thing is happening to me. I thought it might just be me, the speed of my internet or something. So it was helpful to see it happening to someone else. Everything you want to post eventually will post if you keep trying to edit it. But you have to be sure to be on an "edit" link, as just going "back" on your browser will cause it to post twice.
by artappraiser on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 1:48pm
Unfortunately, it's not a new issue. I've grown accustomed to waiting to see the post published before exiting out from the linked article, as I expect I may need to reinsert the URL and any quoted text I'd highlighted. Edit is a handy thing!
by barefooted on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 2:09pm
Yes, if the initial submit news save doesn't work it's always worked for me to do it over with the edit button. It's a bit of an annoyance but not extremely time consuming.
by ocean-kat on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 5:36pm
I thought I had it figured out as "In the News" with no initial comment from mobile phone, but then even with comment it fails, along with other fails. So yeah, write, keep copy, post/fail, then update/succeed.
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 5:39pm
Analysis: Fox News destroyed EPA chief Scott Pruitt over climate change
By Amy Wong @ WaPo, freebie version @ Philly.com, Updated: April 4, 2017 — 8:39 AM EDT
Maybe Consortium News should change it's name to Consortium Fighting Old Battles While It's a Brave New World Out There
by artappraiser on Thu, 04/06/2017 - 9:11pm