Stephen Colbert on Winter Vortex

January 30, 2019

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Sir Charles Says:

January 30, 2019 at 8:28 am

Late Night Comics School Trump on Climate Science

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- dumboldguy Says:
  
  January 30, 2019 at 9:18 am
  It’s good that climate change is gaining some traction with all the late night folks, but my local news is still going yada-yada about just the weather and all the human interest stories around it—-cops helping the homeless, do-gooders passing out blankets, buses being used as temporary shelters, how fast your lungs will freeze if you take a deep breath. etc.. The “polar vortex” is mentioned only in the context that it’s the cold air descending on us, WITHOUT any explanation or attempt to educate the public about WHY. The same goes for heat waves and massive downpours in other seasons.
  
  What is corporate media afraid of? Or who has bought them off?
  
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  - ruckus13 Says:
    
    January 30, 2019 at 10:22 am
    Thank you for this post!!
    
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  - Sir Charles Says:
    
    January 30, 2019 at 12:46 pm
    Big fossil fuels.
    
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    - Sir Charles Says:
      
      January 30, 2019 at 12:54 pm
      I mean. It has become a habit over the decades to please organised climate change denial as being a part of the system. That’s what most corporate media are working for. Don’t Mention The Emergency? Not before all others do so as well.
      
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    - Sir Charles Says:
      
      January 30, 2019 at 1:28 pm
      The fish rots from the head down.
      
      Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) says U.S. Department of Transportation officials censored parts of a letter sent to him in response to his inquiry about how climate change may affect highways in his state. He says the letter, written by an agency staff member, was altered by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao’s office for political reasons, omitting the terms “climate change” and changing “sea level rise” to “sea level variations.”
      
      => Senator: Climate change letter went through ‘political censoring’ in Chao’s office
      
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      - Sir Charles Says:
        
        January 30, 2019 at 1:29 pm
        https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/01/30/senator-climate-change-letter-went-through-political-censoring-chaos-office/?utm_term=.e6a6e6a48b5e
    - dumboldguy Says:
      
      January 30, 2019 at 1:58 pm
      Big fossil fuels? That’s the simple answer. It’s the plutocracy—-the modern day robber barons—-and they have their hands in many more things than just fossil fuels. Read Dark Money, The Wrecking Crew, American Amnesia—-it’s been going downhill ever since the rich anti-government folks bought the Repugnant Party 40+ years ago
      
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      - Sir Charles Says:
        
        January 30, 2019 at 2:39 pm
        I call them oligarchs.
      - dumboldguy Says:
        
        January 30, 2019 at 2:50 pm
        Plutocracy-oligarchy-plutarchy-aristocracy.
        
        Not much difference. Here in the U.S. it seems having $$$$ first rather than group affiliation is the key factor, so pluto- might be the best fit. IMO, oligarchs start out as a small group who first seize power, then use that to get rich.(like Putin and his buddies)
Sir Charles Says:

January 30, 2019 at 12:48 pm
The subject made it into Daily Kos

=> Climate Scientist who put ‘Polar Vortex’ into the Vernacular explains her Findings in plain English

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- dumboldguy Says:
  
  January 30, 2019 at 1:48 pm
  HuffPost too. I will be happy when I see it on the 6 o’clock news.
  
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  - Sir Charles Says:
    
    January 30, 2019 at 2:34 pm
    👍
    
    On Faux News… “Global warming is real” … “We’re facing catastrophe if we don’t act immediately”… “We’re in a climate crisis!”
    
    OK. It was just a dream.
    
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Sir Charles Says:

January 30, 2019 at 2:31 pm
Is it climate change?

Heat and drought extremes are consistent with scientific consensus: More greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere bring a greater likelihood of abnormally high temperatures. Also, broadly speaking, scientists say, a hotter planet makes extreme weather more frequent and more intense.

=> U.S. Midwest Freezes, Australia Burns: This Is the Age of Weather Extremes

Chicago will be as cold as the Arctic on Wednesday.

=> A Closer Look at the Polar Vortex’s Dangerously Cold Winds

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