The American West is arid, and apparently is becoming even more so because of climate change. The western states are in the grip of a prolonged drought that shows no sign of letting up. The Colorado River’s problems are well known — no water from that river makes it to the ocean anymore [...]
Archive for June, 2021
June 10th, 2021 - 8:28 pm § in Health
I bet you didn’t know aluminum is magnetic
Sure — whatever it takes to “prove” Covid-19 vaccines turn people into magnets, eh? Like an aluminum key sticking to your neck. “Registered nurse Joanna Overholt, testifying before the Ohio House health committee about what she said were potential coronavirus vaccine dangers,[...]
June 10th, 2021 - 7:59 pm § in Politics
Democrats will dump this senator
Democrats have no Senate seats to spare. One of their indispensable seats is occupied by Arizonan Kyrsten Sinema, who has so angered supporters back home they’re gearing up to replace her when she comes up for reelection in 2024 (read story here). They have many complaints against her, but not[...]
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June 9th, 2021 - 6:29 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
GOP governor says he’s too busy to pardon innocent black man
“Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says addressing the clemency petition for a man who’s been behind bars for a triple murder for more than four decades is not a ‘priority,’ even though prosecutors say he didn’t commit the crime,” ABC News reported on Tuesday, June[...]
June 9th, 2021 - 6:04 pm § in Misc.
Texas AG faces ethics investigation for election lawsuit
“The Texas bar association is investigating whether state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud amounted to professional misconduct,” Huffington Post reported on Tuesday, June 9, 2021 (read story here). &#[...]
GOP rep. suggests changing earth’s orbit to solve climate crisis
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), colloquially known as “America’s Dumbest Congressman” (for good reasons, as will be seen below), said in a congressional committee hearing on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, “I was informed by the immediate past director of NASA that they’ve found that the moo[...]
Keystone XL pipeline cancelled
The Canadian promoter of the Keystone XL pipeline is giving up on the project after the Biden administration revoked the permits issued under Trump. Read story here. The pipeline would have connected Alberta’s tar sands fields to the Cushing, Oklahoma, oil hub and refineries in Illinois and Te[...]
Will Biden be able to negotiate with Republicans? That’s up in the air
Biden came into office with an ambitious agenda, but he also campaigned on a promise to turn down the political heat, work with the other side, and use his 50 years’ of political experience and connections to bring Republicans — many of whom he knows personally — on board with gett[...]
Idaho’s far right wants to renounce federal funding despite what that will do to their state
As elsewhere, a civil war is raging within Idaho’s GOP — between far right and even farther right. There are very few Democrats in Idaho. It’s a place where Ammon Bundy is fixin’ to run for governor (although he probably won’t be elected). The current fight is between p[...]