January 23, 2020

Warren asks big banks to turn over plans to prepare for climate change

It's going to break Wall Street banks if they don't prepare. There's no escaping it; so economically speaking, we must adopt alternative energy sources.

from the article...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a series of letters to the nation’s largest banks Wednesday asking them to turn over their plans for how they will prepare for the financial risks of climate change.

“As climate change continues to affect our economy, it is critical to understand your bank's adaptation and mitigation strategies,” Warren wrote.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/479359-warren-asks-banks-to-turn-over-preparation-for-climate-change



Forgive link to The Hill- was the only one I found at the moment (lost original & unwilling to dig rt now. )

January 23, 2020

"A lie...

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
- Winston Churchill

Not much help but posters above have explanations. The Rethugians actually have think tanks helping create these lying talking points.

As Rachel said: Oil $$$$ is their bottom line. All roads lead to it.

January 23, 2020

Nailed it....they don't give a shit.

They are so myopically focused on staying in office & THAT's all they care about. Whatever it takes.

They're almost as stupid as the people who vote for them.

January 22, 2020

I've passed only one.

The pain was worse than my labor pains for my 10lb son!! Truth.

(Labor with my daughter however was most painful in so many ways. She was transverse and my doc wouldn't believe I was in labor until my husband told him that I was passing vernix, my labor was so hard. My poor daughter died.)

January 20, 2020

I'll agree because of the extent of his influence

And because of the most urgent nature of global warming. He and his network have suppressed truth. We're running out of time to save our very lives. We badly need legislation curbing fossil fuels and supporting alternatives. Murdock is the #1 reason this isn't happening.



Any skeptics here should read Bill McKibben, James Hansen, Michael Mann, etc.

January 19, 2020

Wow. For many very susceptible minds

Conformity is second nature.
They're gullible, naive, unquestioning - their need to fit in is extremely strong.
Reminds me of another huge psychological brainwashing most accept.

January 18, 2020

We Americans are naturally egalitarians.

Even the notion of royalty is antithetical to our beliefs and concepts of what our country should be.

And our Democratic Party most highly represents those beliefs.

January 16, 2020

I'd like to say to someone here...

Eat your hat for criticizing MSNBC and Rachel Maddow. SHE makes history.

January 15, 2020

Bottom line: we humans create more carbon

Than anything else on the planet.

What should THAT tell us??

January 14, 2020

An iconic speech

"Machine men with machine minds"

I don't think lower rank and file Republican voters realized that their party's basic goal is making rich men richer at all cost. Their party's bottom line is greed and they'll use any Elmer Gantry type tactics to do it.

Trump feeds these folks' need for a Messianic savior who elevates their racism above "radical lefties'" ideas.

Here Chaplin was addressing this strange need for a Messianic savior. It's exactly how dictators come into power. Scary.