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7/19: Biden Job Approval, Rasmussen Reports |
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7/19: Election: Trump v. Biden, Trafalgar Group |
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7/19: Generic Congress Vote, CNN |
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Huff Post:Â Dems Want Biden To Go 'Beast Mode' And Fight Climate Change Via Executive Action
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China Cautions Pelosi, Twitter and Musk Trial, Scathing Shooting Report
World:Â China warns of 'forceful measures' if U.S. House Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan (Reuters)
US:Â Judge orders October trial for lawsuit between Elon Musk and Twitter (CNN)
US:Â "Shame on you": Uvalde parents lash out at school board after release of scathing report on police response to shooting (CBS)
US:Â AOC fakes being handcuffed after arrest at abortion rights protest (NY Post)
US:Â Biden holds off on climate emergency declaration (AP)
US:Â The National Archives is looking into reports that the Secret Service deleted texts (NPR)
US:Â Explosion and fire reported at Nevadaâs Hoover Dam (The Independent)
US:Â 'Law & Order' crew member gunned down in hail of bullets on show's set (Fox News)
US:Â Crypto-Regulation Bill Unlikely to Get Senate Vote This Year (Bloomberg)
World:Â Biden to sign executive order aiming to deter taking of US hostages, wrongful detentions (CNBC)
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Euro Inferno
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LEFT-LEANING SENTIMENT
A Planet on Fire While World Sits on Hands
- The world is experiencing a series of heatwaves all at once, highlighting the pressing need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Heat waves are becoming more commonplace as the planet warms, but thereâs still time to make changes and avoid suffering.
- It seems the deadly impact of heatwaves is being ignored, all while politicians do nothing to stem the coming carnage.
âThe global heat waves should be a warning for the futureâ Editorial Board, Washington Post: âIn Yosemite National Parkâs famed Mariposa Grove, giant sequoias have grown for millennia. ⊠This month, they were threatened by a nearby wildfire that was exacerbated by dry, hot conditions. ⊠Western Europe is also experiencing extreme heat waves ⊠These cases should not be viewed in isolation. While links between individual weather events and global warming cannot be determined immediately, studies have found that concurrent heat waves affecting parts of North America, Europe and Asia have become more intense and frequent over the past few decades. ⊠Such patterns have disastrous, far-reaching effects. Heat waves pose a particular threat to global food supplies, already under pressure from Russiaâs invasion of Ukraine. They are linked with a range of health problems and correlate with higher rates of crime, anxiety and depression.â
âEuropean heat wave isn't a surprise â it's a warning of what inaction could mean for our futureâ Nicole Mortillaro, CBC: âEurope is living in a disaster movie. ⊠Roads in France are under threat of literally melting. Rail lines are in danger of buckling. Runways at airports are forced to shut down. Wildfires are spreading across several countries as thousands evacuate their homes. ⊠At one time, this may have sounded like hyperbole, but the fact is every year countries around the world break long-standing temperature records⊠Looking at Britain, Spain and Portugal, where temperatures either soared near 40 C or above that, it's a stark reminder that without serious action we will face temperatures we've never seen before. In recent years, the continent has had several heat waves and will face more with a warming planet. But there is still time, scientists say, to avoid tens of thousands of deaths and to reduce the suffering of millions.â
One more opinion piece from the Left: On climate politics: net zero must stay as policy Editorial Board, The Guardian
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RIGHT-LEANING SENTIMENT
The Air Is Certainly Hot: Politicians and the Media Are Full of It
- Many are quick to blame climate change when in reality weather fluctuates, and politicians donât really care about peopleâs pain.
- The dogmatic mindset behind climate change lacks scientific curiosity and offers no practical solutions.
- A summer heatwave is being classified as a ânational emergencyâ to empower UK bureaucrats and keep people afraid.
âAll the Heat in Europeâ Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal: âThe vast majority of homes lack air conditioning and many public spaces also lack adequate cooling ⊠The climate lobbyists in media and politics blame every turn in the weather on climate change... (but) any seasonâs temperature shifts are far more attributable to variations in weather. Europe in recent decades has spent hundreds of billions of dollars reducing its carbon-dioxide emissions, which are now half of their 1990 level in emissions per dollar of GDP. These reductions have come at the cost of less reliable energy and greater vulnerability to Vladimir Putin. Even if one believes carbon emissions alone cause any and all climate changes, further European emissions reductions will do nothing to alter global temperatures without much bigger cuts from China, India and developing countries in Africa that arenât going to happen. Meanwhile, as European leaders boast about supporting net-zero emissions targets in 2050⊠they arenât investing nearly enough in mitigation and adaptation in 2022.â
âThe heatwave green hysteria is out of controlâ Brendan OâNeill, The Spectator: âIf you find yourself wondering over the next few days why it is so swelteringly hot, I have an answer for you. Itâs because of rich people. Itâs because of those wealthy elites with all their gas-guzzling vehicles ⊠Is anyone else tiring of all this green hysteria over the heatwave? There is something medieval about it. There is something creepily pre-modern in the idea that sinful mankind has brought heat and fire and floods upon himself with his wicked, hubristic behavior. What next â plagues of locusts as a punishment for our failure to recycle? The unhinged eco-dread over the heatwave exposes how millenarian environmentalism has become. Climate-change activism is less and less about coming up with practical solutions to the problem of pollution and more about demonizing mankind as a plague on a planet, a pox on Mother Earth.â
One more opinion piece from the Right: Heatwaves and the climate of fear Tim Black, Spiked
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A recent poll showed voters are more likely to be worried about inflation or the economy in comparison to climate change. Just 1% ranked climate change as the most important issue facing the country (New York Times/Siena College).
In a separate poll, 4% ranked climate change as the top concern, ranking 10th behind things like inflation, the economy, abortion, and fair elections (Center for Climate Change Communication).
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Moon Landing, Mea Culpa, Eleanor's Press Conferences
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This entire climate thing is a bunch of bunk and the Dems use it since they suckered some of itâs member in to believing it. If they were really trying to do something it would make sense to include nuclear power in the discussions(they will not). If they really cared they would limit the amount of airplanes in the sky and make them also have to be carrying a certain number of people/cargo to even fly(they do not). All they want is to talk solar power, wind power, and electric cars. How much you want to bet that Dems and their major supporters have stock in these type of companies. And last but not least why does Canada use dams to create power while the US removes dams, are the fish more important than the humans?
Wow. Climate Change is a day to day occurrence. Trends in the changing world are to be expected. Question How many use ageâs have we had? 5 I believe. Anymore alarmists ?!!
Climate change is a crucial issue backed by the majority of climate scientists. We need to address these issues before it is too late and begin paths to energy independence, reduced emissions, and renewable energy (including nuclear).
Scientific study that is unbiased is whatâs going to convince the public that climate changes arenât just part of the natural cycle. I havenât seen that. Just a lot of âthe sky is fallingâ rethoric. And we canât be the only country responsible for making changes. Until the biggest culprits are in board our changes will have little impact. And then we need a long range plan, not the Dems âwe have to go all electric vehiclesâ by 2030. Thatâs unrealistic. And until Congress gets real and we have scientific data to support this hypothesis Iâm not going to get overly concerned.
There is definitely a change in the climate where I have lived since birth as opposed to just seasonal fluctuations â for instance, it seemed to snow more years ago and some seasons we get drought and others plenty of rain. However, the seasons seem to have shifted at least a month and for the past few years, we have not had a spring but slid directly into warm weather from the winter cold. I donât think the climate experts know what is causing it because they have been wrong throughout my life constantly. Even one example is the ozone hole over the north pole which opens and closes with us doing even nothing along the lines of suggested resolutions. Also, there are enough reputable scientists who believe the carbon theory doesnât quite cut it. I sincerely feel that thereâs more going on â perhaps due to world governments using weather as a weapon or just decent scientists just trying things that are having bad and unanticipated repercussions and companies hiding potential impacts of their output. There are additional impacts like building of dams and concrete masses of buildings that are shifting the earth slightly. As far as doing something about it, it certainly appears that half the world is doing nothing and could care less. The other half seems hell bent on blaming the US for everything because they conveniently use data from close to a century ago when the US was a big polluter and conversely ignore how they are exceeding things now. I also agree that govts are using this to push the agenda of selling goods they produce and people like Greta are just being used. We need adequate panels of scientists who disagree with each other to really look and discuss what really is going on and what to really do â scientists not paid by a company or government entity to slant things.
The terminology of Climate Change was created to sucker people into feeling guilty about the use of their carbon footprint. Then activist and liberal politicians said you can pay to offset your carbon footprint and now this whole effort by our political leaders is to swindle the American taxpayer into further debt. Climate changes all the time and if anyone thinks we can change our climate they are a little mixed in the head. We are going through extreme heat right now in some parts of the world but this past winter we went through extreme cold with new records of heat and cold during this past year. If records indicate the earth is really warming, that maybe so, but the Earth also goes through cooling cycles as well. Man cannot control the climate. We are doing enough regarding climate change; in fact, we can reverse some actions that our government has already taken to reduce economically destructive regulation. These political actions are affecting the economic wellbeing of our nation versus the rest of the world.